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The Netherlands is a beautiful country that is known for its windmills, tulip fields, red light district, amazing architecture, cannabis, coffeeshops and whatnot. But there are many things about the Netherlands that you probably didn't know about. Here are 10 things you didn't know about the Netherlands that may have some scratching their heads.
The Dutch East India Company – also known as "VOC" – was the richest company in the entire history of mankind. At its peak, the VOC was worth 78 million guilders (Holland's former currency). That is 7.4 trillion euros today, adjusted for inflation. Today's global corporations aren't even close. Alphabet, the parent company of Google is now worth about 1.25 trillion US dollars and Apple too is also around 1.25 trillion US dollars. The VOC was also the first company in the world that traded shares.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margraten_Netherlands_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial.jpg
Since 1945, more than 8,000 Dutch families have adopted a grave of fallen American WW2 soldiers who were buried in Limburg, a province in the south of The Netherlands. The Dutch families maintain the graves and lay flowers regularly. The graves remain within families, transferring from generation to generation. There are so many applications that there is a waiting list to adopt a grave.
The oldest store in Amsterdam is a pharmacy located in the Red Light District. It has existed since 1696. This pharmacy on the left is the oldest store of Holland's capital. It's located on the Geldersekade – one of Amsterdam's oldest canals – which was constructed in 1425. The Geldersekade has always been a lively part of town, as befits a port neighborhood like the Red Light District.
Its location on the open IJ river made Amsterdam a perfect water city. Almost all of the transportation of goods was shipped via the water of the canals, along which warehouses and merchants' houses alternated. Fishermen, sail makers, sailors, ship owners, ship carpenters, wine merchants, brewers, glass merchants, shopkeepers, hawkers and prostitutes defined the character of this old town for centuries.
Not in Europe but on the island of St. Maarten.
Saint Martin is an island in Caribbean, roughly 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico.
Red stands for the people, white stands for the church and blue for the nobility. Although the three colours do not seem original, it is actually the oldest tricolour in the world. All other tricoloured flags are copies.
Source: GeheugenvanNederland.nl
It was the 21-year-old Phil Bloom. She appeared completely naked in the VPRO program "Hoepla" as a protest against the dullness. Her appearance caused great commotion and even led to parliamentary questions. Earlier that year, Phil Bloom also posed naked in front of a statue in Amsterdam and published the picture as a postcard. Do you know when this 10 things you didn't know about the Netherlands story took place in your own country?
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This is based on the idea that every human being is worth thinking about and deserves to be buried with specially chosen words. The initiative has been adopted by several cities at home and abroad. Here is the site of Eenzame Uitvaart (Foundation Lonely Funeral).
Map of South Africa with the red dot pointing to Amsterdam. Source: Google Maps
Amsterdam is a small sheep holders village with 850 inhabitants, in Mpumalanga, South Africa. In addition to large sheep farms there are large plantations of eucalyptus, pine and wattle trees in the area.
Martin van Buren, 8th US President had Dutch roots and was the only president who learned English as a 2nd language.
The great-grandfather of Martin Van Buren, Cornelis Maessen, arrived in 1631 from the Dutch city Buurmalsen with a ship called "De Eenheid" (translated: "The Unit") in America. He did not have a penny in his pocket and wanted to try his luck in America. As a memento of the village where he came from he changed his name into Van Buren.
At the inauguration speech, Martin van Buren said: "Unlike all who have preceded me, the Revolution that gave us existence as one people was achieved at the time of my birth". the 8th US President was also known as The Flying Dutchman. An extra 10 things you didn't know about the Netherlands fact: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also of Dutch heritage.
It was during the match against Belgium which was played in the 1905. Ironically, it was made by someone named Ben Stom, which literally translates into "Am Stupid". Eventually, the Dutch won the game with 4-1.
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Screenshots of any size, with PhantomJS
The problem
Sometimes we need a screenshot of a web page with a different resolution of our own screen. If the resolution is lower than our screen, the thing can be done. Just resize the window to the desired size and use one of the many plugins available, although, sometimes, they aren't very reliable if we want an accurate resolution. If the resolution is bigger, it becomes a bit more complicated. If we need to simulate a higher pixel density (aka retina), even worse.
I came across this problem when I needed to create screenshots for my portfolio. I bought one of those .psd files with computers and mobile phones of various sizes. For some reason, all these files depict Apple products, and to function properly, needed screenshots with a resolution identical to that of Macs and iPhones.
The solution
This is where PhantomJS comes in. An implementation of Webkit that can be manipulated via Javascript. It has several use cases. Among them, the one that interests us today, generating screenshots.
The script to do this is quite simple.
var webPage = require('webpage'); var page = webPage.create(); // the size of the screenshot page.viewportSize = { width: 2880, height: 1800 }; // the url of the page to capture page.open("http://zecipriano.com/", function start(status) { page.evaluate(function () { // the scale of the content, 1 for normal, 2 for a kind of retina var scale = 2; document.body.style.webkitTransform = "scale(" + scale + ")"; document.body.style.webkitTransformOrigin = "0% 0%"; document.body.style.width = 100/scale + "%"; }); // the file to save the screenshot, the extension defines the format page.render('output.png'); phantom.exit(); });
To get a screenshot just write this script in a file (for example screenshot.js), edit the desired values and run PhamtonJS.
phantomjs screenshot.js
The scale = 2 is the value that will simulate a screen density of 2x (kind of, see notes). For a normal screenshot, the value should be 1.
Note that this is just a simple and dirty way to solve the problem. The script could be improved in several ways, including accepting parameters instead of hardcoding the values into the script.
Some questions:
- The scale = 2 does not emulate completely a high density screen. It just doubles the size of the content, the device pixel ratio remains 1, which eliminates, for example, the possibility of generating a screenshot of a smartphone screen correctly.
- The current version (1.9) does not support Google Web Fonts (more specifically .woff files). The next version (2.0) solves this problem. You can find a build of version 2 here.
- The height of the viewport appears to have no influence on the height of the screenshot. But after the screenshot is generated it's easy to cut to the correct size.

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It's official: the Republicans have no ideas.
The Republican "idea machine" has shut down. About a year ago, the Republicans set up a "National Council for a New America", the GOP's think tank for its own ideas, to compete with Democratic ideas.
We waited and waited and waited.
It became clear that the GOP had no ideas. Their entire agenda was to tear down Democratic ideas and attack the Democrats themselves. Whenever they were challenged to come up with their own proposals…"the dog ate our homework". Their promise to hold town meetings across the country to hear ideas from "plain folks"…didn't do that either – one town hall and they quit.
Now the group is dead. And their excuse? It's all the Democrats' fault! Those damn liberals attacked the Council so it couldn't get going.
Let me see if I get this straight. Over the last year, it's been the Democrats who have been slamming Republican ideas? And not the other way around?
Sorry, girls. You promised ideas, we waited for you to produce them so we could discuss them, you didn't produce anything, so the country moved on.
Fast forward a bit. Not long ago the Republicans, still with visions of a 1994 remake in their minds, announced that they were going to repeat the 1994 strategy by announcing a new "contract" with America, this time to be called "Commitment to America". Presumably it would be a list of things the party promises to do, the ideas it plans to pursue as legislation, and so forth. Right?
It's a suggestion box.
YOU go to their website, and YOU put the ideas in.
The guy who was stuck setting this up said the goal is for "the public to take ownership."
As with the failed "Council" effort, the aim was to let common folks do all the work for the "leaders".
In other words, they are so completely out of ideas, that they're leaving all the homework to us.
Republican "leadership". Totally out of gas.
But these same Republicans insist that they must be given control of Congress so that they can turn their ideas into law! Ideas which…they don't have.
Actually the fact that the GOP "idea factory" is out of business, is hardly a surprise. Just in the last day or two they have shown, over and over, how intellectually bankrupt they really are.
The Republicans have no idea how the Constitution really works -- Sarah Palin went on the air recently and made clear that (a) she's an idiot, (b) she ridicules knowledge of the Constitution out of spite because she doesn't have any herself, and (c) she seemingly wants to build a theocracy, like the Iranians did. "Our Constitution, of course, essentially acknowledging that our unalienable rights don't come from man; they come from God….I think we should kind of keep this clean, keep it simple, go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant. They're quite clear that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the 10 Commandments. It's pretty simple."…If her presidential aspirations don't pan out, she can always run for Ayatollah.
More cluelessness about the Constitution -- Kit Bond: "And both of these fellows, on Christmas Day and New York in Times Square, have enough evidence that you could convict them. You don't need to Mirandize them. You don't need to give them that warning and potentially shut them up and certainly give them a lawyer who will tell them to be quiet." So the wingnuts want to take away the Constitutional right to a lawyer, the Constitutional right to citizenship, and the Constitutional right to a Miranda warning, from U.S. citizens who haven't been convicted of anything…But it's Obama who's the terrible threat to the Constitution, right?
The Republicans have no idea how to write legislation, either. Their legislators at the state level are pursuing a really risky strategy. They are trying to show America that the best lawmaking happens at the state level, not the federal level. And then they are doing all they can to disprove that theory, by pursuing their wingnut agenda in one statehouse after another. Florida Republicans are now obsessed with banning sex with animals. Kansas lawmakers want to impose a tax on abortions. Arizona, which has passed an astounding body of stupid legislation recently, on everything from "papers please" to concealed carry, is now working on a law banning "human-animal hybrids", so all you mermaids and centaurs better hit the road! And this is how they're trying to persuade us that state-level lawmakers know better than Washington.
The Republicans have no idea how the economy works -- The latest jobs report showed the biggest jump in manufacturing jobs in almost 12 years. The report shot down the GOP assertion that the new jobs were mostly in the government sector. GOP leader Eric Cantor was force to mumble "An employment report that shows job growth is always a good thing, period", while his boss, John Boehner, went into complete denial/cognitive-dissonance mode: "Where are the jobs?"
The only idea they do have, is racism right out of the gutter. Skeery brown people! AAUUGGHH! -- America is seeing, ever more clearly, that a lot of what they're hearing from the GOP comes in the form of racial code words and signals. Down in Florida, my hero, Alan Grayson, is under attack from a wingnut candidate who actually went on the air with a picture of a white guy and a brownish guy, asking -- which one looks more like a terrorist? Message: BROWN PEOPLE SCARY! This perfectly mirrors the intent of the new Arizona law: look at the brown guy on the street, doesn't he look like an illegal? And when people think about all the other racist things the Republicans have said – "Kenyan" as code-word for "black", "real American" as code for "white" (which would come as a surprise to native Americans) -- Americans are starting to associate the GOP with the stench of a KKK torch.
More mindless racism -- Fox News is now running with a story that illegal immigrants kill 2000 people a year, which the original source admitted was a number that was essentially made-up: it has no basis in fact. The fact is that immigrants are far less likely to commit serious crimes that "real" Americans: they don't want trouble, because trouble means deportation. As Crooks And Liars noted, the fact that this nonsense has no basis in reality didn't stop Fox from implying, on the air, that 12 million people are murderous thugs. On no evidence whatsoever.
Some more signs that the American people are realizing how idea-free the Republicans are: first, Crist has pulled ahead. The minute Crist got the Republican stink off his back, he pulled 6 points ahead of Rubio in Florida. And second, the birther solidarity against Obama has begun to crack. The latest ABC poll shows that even among the birthers who think Obama is an illegitimate criminal, one-third of them approve of his job performance. Even the birthers are starting to realize how insane their jihad against Obama really is.
…Oh, wait, they DO have an original idea. They want to dismantle Medicare. Read on!
Sunday 9 May 2010
It's official: the GOP has no ideas
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Hey guys, I recently finished my Queen of Shadows recap and added it in with the other three recaps I have done on this series. I love the post, but these are long books and so those posts are very lengthy. I understand it might be easier to just have an individual post for each book. So I am going to be separating them and then keeping one master post of every book recapped as well.
Crescent City recaps:
ACOTAR recaps:
Crown of Midnight
Chapter 1: Making her way to a manor house, on a mission for the King. She is to kill Lord Nirall. Ends with her raising her sword above him as he sleeps in bed.
Chapter 2: Presents Niralls head and seal ring to the King, as well as his wife's hand. Given her next target - Archer Finn - someone she knew from her past. She is told he is part of a rebel movement. Her and Chaol are continuing their friendship and are closer. We realise that Celaena hasn't been killing her targets, has them fake their deaths and flee.
Chapter 3, 4 & 5: Dreams of Cain and the ridderak. Hear that more and more Eyllwe rebels are being sent to Calacula - another mine. Meet Lord Roland, Dorian's cousin, who has been appointed to the council. Celaena is spending most nights in Chaol's rooms. She reveals to Chaol that Sam was killed by a man named Rourke Farran. A man named Wesley then killed Farran, so Arobynn had him killed. Chaol shares that he once liked a girl called Lithaen, but Roland slept with her.
Chapter 6, 7 & 8: Visits the tomb, where the door knocker begins talking to her and reveals his name is Mort, and that there is still evil that she needs to stop. She gets Chaol to go in to town with her so she can find Archer - hasn't seen him since she was thirteen - where she convinces him to take her to dinner.
Chapter 9, 10 & 11: Celaena visits Kaltain in the dungeons, realises that the Duke visits her and rapes her. Hollin has returned to the castle, will have a court dinner in his honour. Celaena goes to dinner with Archer, tells him the King wants him dead. Archer tells her of rebels who are aiming to get Aelin Galathynius, the lost heir of Terrasen, on the throne. They say she is alive and building an army.
Chapter 12: Goes to a masque ball with Archer, in a man named Davis's house. Finds a book in his study, filled with Wyrdmarks. Has a phrase written in it - It is only with the eye that one can see rightly. Davis catches her and attacks her, cuts her with a blade that is tipped with gloriella, poison that causes temporary paralysis. She kills him and makes her way to the castle, she goes to Chaol for help.
Chapter 14: Celaena finds a hidden door in the library, follows the passage down and finds a giant door made entirely of iron - iron is the one element that is immune to magic.
Chapter 15: Goes to great hall to see famous singer Rena Goldsmith perform. She sings a song about Fae and magic. Rena sang the song because the King had killed her daughter, her sister and many others. The King has her beheaded.
Chapter 16: Tells Nehemia that she has not been killing the targets. Tells her about the tomb and Elena.
Chapter 17: Celaena is put on guard duty at the royal ball, where Chaol and Celaena dance together. Dorian and Nehemia see them dancing together, Nehemia tells Dorian that he has powers within him.
Chapter 18: Dorian is in a meeting about the Calaculla mines when he notices his father, Roland and Perrington are all wearing matching black rings. He storms out of the meeting in anger and punches a wall, that cracks the stone and explodes a window.
Chapter 19: Chaol is told to watch Nehemia, a threat has been made on her life. A carnival has arrived in celebration of Hollin's return, where they find a Baba Yellowlegs, an Ironteeth clan witch. Dorian gets Chaol an Asterion stallion for his birthday, Celaena reveals she once stole and Asterion mare.
Chapter 20: Takes a day off and leaves the castle on the tenth anniversary of her parents death.
Chapter 21: We get a flashback to the day she tried to 'escape' the mines, was the ninth anniversary of her parents death. Chaol stays with her that night.
Chapter 22: Dorian is realising that he has magic that he can't control. Celaena takes Chaol out for his birthday, something she has planned for weeks. Takes him to a enclosed glass greenhouse on the roof of a building. Tells Chaol that she hasn't been killing the targets.
Chapter 23: She tells Chaol that she wants to leave, go far away from Rifthold when she gets her freedom. Chaol says that when she does he will go with her. They kiss and return to the castle, where Celaena loses her virginity to Chaol.
Chapter 24: Dorian goes to Baba Yellowlegs to try and get answers about the magic. Nehemia tries to get Celaena to promise to help her free Eyllwe, when she doesn't, they fight and Nehemia calls Celaena a coward and storms out.
Chapter 25: We see Nehemia in the tomb, talking to Queen Elena. Tells Nehemia that either Dorian or Celaena needs to break, and that Dorian is not ready. Asks Nehemia if she knows what she has to do, Nehemia says she does.
Chapter 26: On a hunting party, the King tells Dorian that they are going to have Nehemia questioned. Chaol goes for a walk and is captured.
Chapter 27: Celaena finds a note that has been left for her, realises that Chaol has been taken by the rebel group.
Chapter 28: She goes to rescue Chaol, finally get to see why she is the world's most feared assassin. Archer is there, realises he is part of the group and that he set her up. Archer says that he has been working with Nehemia for six months, leading the rebel movement together. He tells her the King doesn't want to question Nehemia, they want to kill her and pins blame on Chaol, says he knew there was a threat to her life.
Chapter 29: She runs all the way back to the castle and discovers Nehemia has already been killed.
Chapter 30: Celaena snaps and tries to kill Chaol, blames him for Nehemia's death. Dorian uses his powers to stop Celaena stabbing Chaol.
Chapter 31: Chaol has Celaena placed in the dungeons.
Chapter 32: Returned to her rooms, but won't get out of bed.
Chapter 33: We see a girl in the Calaculla mines and truly see how much Nehemia means to them, what a symbol of hope she is. Word begins to spread that Nehemia has been assassinated by Adarlan. The girl kills her overseer.
Chapter 34: Dorian curious about his powers. Celaena suspects Grave killed Nehemia.
Chapter 35: Leaves the castle to hunt down Grave. It was him. Celaena begins torturing him for answers, is very brutal.
Chapter 36: Celaena brings Grave's head to the King and the ministers. Reveals that minister Mullison hired Grave to kill Nehemia. Archer and the others wanted Celaena to see that Chaol was the enemy, that he is loyal to the king. Chaol dines with his father, who wants him to come back to Anielle.
Chapter 37: Celaena burns clothes that remind her of Nehemia, also burns the dress she wore on Chaol's birthday. Works out the riddle she found in book at Davis study, and leads her to a lengthy poem that speaks about three powerful objects. Celanea sings song at Nehemia's grave, and Chaol overheards.
Chapter 38: Chaol looks in library to try and find song and language that Celaena was singing in. Finds out it was the language of the Fae, and that she must be someone of nobility.
Chapter 39: Celaena dines with Dorian.
Chapter 40: Celaena goes to see Baba Yellowlegs for help with the poem. It talks of Wyrdkeys, which are used to open Wyrdgates. Years before, Valg (demons) came from another realm and tried to destroy Erilea. The Valg took pieces of the Wyrdgate and split it into three, and made three rings to give to three Kings. Could be used to open gates and use its power. The Fae set out to steal the keys, then Queen Maeve of the Fae had the Valg banished. Poem gives clues to where the keys were hidden. King already has at least one key, which is why he became so powerful ten years before. Celaena wants to kill Baba Yellowlegs, she reveals she knows secrets about Dorian and so she wants to kill her to protect those secrets. Ends with Yellowlegs knocking Celaena out.
Chapter 41: Celaena is tied up, but frees herself and kills Baba Yellowlegs.
Chapter 42: Mort reveals that Crochan witches still exist, they are just in hiding, and that Baba Yellowlegs was a leader, Queen to her clan.
Chapter 43: Celaena returns to the door at the bottom of the secret passage in the library. Uses the book The Walking Dead and uses a spell in it that says it unlocks doors. Behind door is a stairway, leads to a corridor filled with 99 numbered doors. One at the end of the corridor opens to another hallway with 66 doors. Then next opens to a corridor with 33. Then 22. Then 11. Then 9. The next leads to a room with three doors, one has been busted open and something has broken out. Final corridor leads to the clock tower.
Chapter 44: Dorian had followed Celaena into the stairway. Celaena turns back, realises she is not alone and there is a monster down there with her, something that was once mortal. She runs and tells Dorian to run. Sees Dorian use magic to try and seal the door. She beheads the creature, realises it used to be human and thinks the King created it. Dorian tells Celaena about his magic.
Chapter 45: Revealed that Kaltain has been taken to Morrath with the Duke.
Chapter 46: Realises first Wyrdkey was in Elena's tomb. The King found that one when he was twenty. Mort hints that the King used it to stifle magic. Celaena wants to open a portal so she can try to talk to Nehemia. Dorian dreams, Gavin comes to him to warn him about Celaena and what she is about to do. Tells her where to find her and that he must stop her.
Chapter 47: Sees Nehemia, who tells her to never open the portal again. Nehemia tells her that she embraced her fate, knew she was going to die. Archer is waiting for Celaena in the chamber.
Chapter 48: Archer knows about the Wyrdkeys and wants to find them. Realises that Nehemia had been trying to warn her about Archer. Archer was the one who ordered for Nehemia to be assassinated. Kidnapped Chaol to get Celaena away from the castle. Planted the threat against her life, so that Celaena would come to mistrust Chaol. Dorian gets Chaol and tells him they have to find Celaena. They find Celaena, Archer and Fleetfoot by the portal, along with a monster.
Chapter 49: The monster takes Fleetfoot through the portal. Chaol jumps through after Fleetfoot. Celaena goes through the portal after both of them. It is here that she transforms into a Fae form, where Chaol realises that Celaena is really a Fae.
Chapter 50: Manages to kill the monster.
Chapter 51: Kills Archer
Chapter 52: Explains that her great grandmother was Fae and she inherited the ability to shift between human and Fae form. Chaol goes to his father for help to convince the King to send Celaena to Wendlyn, agrees to go back to Anielle with his father if he does.
Chapter 53: Celaena is told she is to go to Wendlyn, to kill the royals there.
Chapter 54: Makes bloodoath at Nehemia's grave that she will free Eyllwe.
Chapter 55: Tells Chaol everything about the Wyrdkeys and Wyrdgates. Chaol tells her that he loves her. Celaena whispers something in his ear before she leaves.
Chapter 56: She whispered a date in his ear, day her parents died. Chaol realises that Celaena is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, heir to the throne and rightful Queen of Terrasen.
Hope you find this helpful!
Heir of Fire recap here.
Queen of Shadows recap here.


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Libya quiet after US raid -- but how long?
| Washington
Nearly three months after the United States air raid on Libya, terrorist attacks sponsored by Tripoli have all but ceased. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi remains secluded, diplomatically isolated, and held at arm's length by his putative ally, the Soviet Union. Some observers also believe Colonel Qaddafi has been politically weakened at home.
A number of Middle East specialists say these positive developments since the April air attack appear to vindicate the Reagan administration's policy of military retaliation, combined with economic sanctions, to contain Qaddafi, generally believed to be one of the principal sponsors of international terrorism.
But these same analysts say it is far too early to say whether Qaddafi has permanently changed his stripes. They warn that other factors besides the US air attack could account for Qaddafi's momentary quiescence. The Libyan leader could yet cause trouble for the US, these experts caution, either through a resumption of terrorist attacks or by causing diplomatic complications in countries within Libya's political reach, such as Sudan and Tunisia.
The specialists point out that even if successful, the Reagan policy toward Libya may not be transferable to other major state sponsors of terrorism like Syria and Iran, where US military retaliation for terrorist strikes could pose far greater risks.
``The first indications are that Reagan's work was effective,'' says Robert O. Freedman, a Soviet and Middle East specialist at Baltimore Hebrew College. ``Qaddafi was probably betting the US wouldn't act. He overestimated the kind of support he'd get from the Soviets and Arabs. This, combined with the possibility that Reagan might strike again, may mean he'll be forced to alter his behavior, at least in the short term.''
``There's no doubt the situation has changed as a result of the raid,'' a State Department source adds. ``If and when they return to the terrorist field, the Libyans will have to do it in a way that's less traceable to Tripoli.''
Reagan administration officials express satisfaction with two developments since the April raid which they say could help constrain Qaddafi in the future. One is the gradual distancing of Europe from Libya politically and economically. This has come as the US has tightened its own economic sanctions against Libya announced in January. European leaders pledged at the recent Tokyo summit to take punitive action against states that sponsor terrorism. Most West European nations and some others have now agreed not to fill American jobs vacated in Libya as a result of the US embargo, while some have stopped trading with Libya in military items. The US, meanwhile, is encouraging its European allies to bar imports of Libyan oil.
At the same time, the Soviet Union has reportedly counseled Qaddafi to refrain from further attacks against the US. The warnings are said to stem from Soviet fears that Qaddafi's activities could complicate current efforts by Moscow to find some basis for an arms agreement with the US. The lives of Soviet military advisers in Libya could also be on the line in any future US attack.
Experts say these factors, combined with economic hard times at home, fears of new US retaliation, and Qaddafi's own current introspective mood, account for the current reprieve from incidents of Libyan-backed terrorism. But other things may be at work as well.
Robert Kupperman, a terrorism expert at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies, says a brief period of ``downtime'' is typical after a rash of terrorist incidents. ``It's normal for there to be slack time of up to six months after a series of major incidents,'' Dr. Kupperman says. ``We're talking about small groups for the most part. They need time to regroup after a period of activity like this.''
Another expert, Libya specialist Lisa Anderson of Columbia University, notes that cycles of activism and withdrawal have been typical of Qaddafi's behavior.
``The fact that Qaddafi has lain low is not inconsistent with his behavior at other times when he's felt his life was in danger,'' notes Professor Anderson. ``This has been far and away the most serious challenge to Qaddafi. Maybe he's decided to change his tune this time, but I think the jury's still out.''
Whatever the reasons for the lull, even the most optimistic observers refuse to discount the possibility of future incidents of Libyan-backed terrorism. There is special concern about the festivities coming up in New York to mark the centennial of the Statue of Liberty.
``Hints that there's change in Libya make a lot of sense, but I think they're premature,'' says William H. Lewis, a government professor at George Washington University. ``Libya and other terrorists will be thinking hard about the New York celebrations. If nothing materializes then, then maybe there's basis for the speculation.''


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Korg is teasing a new synthesizer for 2020 on their Instagram page.
They haven't made any official announcement about it yet, but the teaser shows a synth keyboard, with mod wheels.
Korg is teasing a new synthesizer for 2020 on their Instagram page.
They haven't made any official announcement about it yet, but the teaser shows a synth keyboard, with mod wheels.
The soundtrack implies multitimbral workstation (pad, bass, & drums) with effects. Looks like an at least 61 key keybed synth that includes mod wheels and joystick on left side with buttons immediately to right of wheels. No current Korg synth product has this configuration, however the side panel placement, size, and angle matches the Prologue. My guess is Prologue XD.
ARP 2600 full size clone. My buddy Jean Michel Jarre and I discussed it the other day when we had lunch. He said that, although the synth itself will be the same, it will have the option to purchase it with a "blue meanie" or "gray meanie" or black and orange panel. It will also have the ability to switch between the two filter types that appeared in the original 2600s back in the day.
I have to respect anyone who will sit in front of a 2600 and actually patch it with cords. Its not that hard to do. Its a matter of it being a near-perfect mix between a hard-wired synth and just enough modular to make it deeply weird at will. Its kind of Modular-For-Dummies, so while you're enjoying it as is, you'll also reach a point where you'll either say "That's the right amount of modular for me" or "I'm going to take up Eurorack and see if I can ruin my marriage."
* The 2600 is fully compatable w Eurorack and older modular so that may be the dumbest post ever.
Never said it wasn't. I said if you take up Eurorack too seriously, it can ruin your marriage. It has OCD written all over it! Though to be fair, all GAS is a little OCD. A patchcord forest just makes it more obvious.
The Korg Instagram doesn't say anything about a synthesizer. It just shows this video. I'm baffled as to how you come up with 61 keys from this dim, out of focus video?
You know what Korg already carry "that includes mod wheels and joystick on left side with buttons immediately to right of wheels"? That does have a 61 note keyboard? The Waldorf STVC.
Maybe one of those with smaller/fewer keys? At the end of the video it looks, faintly, as if there is light shining on the side of the last white key.
The blurry image becomes much sharper at the end of the video clip. I fully disagree that this is a Waldorf announcement. Korg may be the distributor but this is a Korg-branded product announcement, not Waldorf. Besides that, everything that can be seen in teaser video image most closely resembles elements of the Prologue, except for the "stick" control, which if it is a joystick looks a lot more like the smaller one on Korg's current Kronos lineup. As for the 61-key guess, that's based on the layout that's seen from the teaser: The keybed starts on the left at C, and with Korg making this kind of a big deal, it's likely to be a larger / "flagship" synth product, with at least 49 keys, but more likely 61 (and perhaps second model with 49?) For a full breakdown of my guesses with comparison images, please see here: https://imgur.com/a/UnVH2wu
As a chronic Korg player, I suspect it'll be somewhere in the realm of the MODX trend. You'll get most of a workstation's power-tools minus the onboard sequencer. It'll make it easy to plug in your iPad or PC/Mac. It'll probably offer some CV amenities, especially one aimed at working with the 'logue family. Surely analog to some extent (maybe with an XD built-in?), possibly a PCM-type bank to up the ante. Even if its not a full Kronos-type workstation, its got to compete with Roland's major Jupiter-X synths, so maybe a Korg vintage vault. Retail price, maybe $1695. Maybe a flying monkey will bring me dinner from Taco Bell, who knows?


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Adding to or accentuating the color tones in an image is a very effective way of telling a story, eliciting an emotion, or strengthening the aesthetic. In this short walkthrough, I'll explain how I can speedily color grade my images.
Color grading an image is usually one of the last steps in my workflow as I only want to do it after I've blended exposures (if necessary), applied any contrast adjustments, etc. The reason I prefer to do it after all other major adjustments is because increasing or reducing contrast will affect the vibrancy and saturation of an image. Sometimes, after experimenting with the overall and local contrast of an image for a while, I will notice a hitherto unseen color tone or palette; this will usually greatly influence how I proceed with my color adjustments.
Because I'm predominantly a landscape photographer, I'm often drawn to the naturally occurring complementary colors of yellow and blue. It is neither right nor wrong to choose these colors to accentuate or manipulate, it's just that for the time being, that's where my images take me. And, when I say, "yellow and blue," I mean the general tonal range of those areas of the color wheel including orange and aqua, etc.
The Process
First, I create a Color Balance adjustment layer (I usually start with the highlights). I could start with the midtones or shadows — it doesn't matter. As I'm usually dealing with the light from a sunset or sunrise, I like to add a brown or reddish tone, but I must be careful here not to push the colors too far, as I could wind up with artifacts or banding.
After I've applied the tone that I want, I like to refine it more. The simple way to do this is to invert the mask and paint in the effect with a white brush, but this is too inaccurate for photos with hard edges and greater dynamic range, so I use the Apply Image tool. In an article from last December, fellow Fstoppers writer Nicole York, gave a very handy example of how she uses the Apply Image tool, which is well worth checking out.
Using the Apply Image tool, I can very quickly add what is essentially a luminosity mask to my adjustment layer. For the highlights, I make sure to leave "Invert" un-checked, set the blend mode to "Normal," and the layer to "Merged" (this uses the sum of the pixels from all the layers underneath to calculate the range of the mask). Then, I will usually lower the opacity for a more subtle effect.
After I've finished applying a color grade to the highlights, I create a separate Color Balance adjustment layer, but this time I select either the midtones or the shadows (I don't notice a huge difference between the two most of the time, but it depends on the image). For the shadow areas, as with the highlights, I prefer to accentuate the color that's already there. With naturally occurring shadows, that usually means some shade of blue; however, this is really down to one's own vision or preference. More often than not, I will play with the blues, but other times I like to complement the color of the highlights by subtly mimicking them in the shadows. Doing this correctly can really tie an image together. For the purposes of this walkthrough, though, I'm sticking with the most cliché color combination in the history of cinema posters.
After I've made the adjustments that I want in the Color Balance control panel, I again make sure that the mask is selected before I click Apply Image. All the settings are the same as before, except this time I make sure to check "Invert," which tells Photoshop to mask out the highlights, only revealing the shadow areas.
If I want to refine it more I can just click Apply Image again, and Photoshop will do that same thing, except on the mask that it has already created. Sometimes the effect bleeds into areas I might not want it to, and in this case, I can put the adjustment layer into a group, add a layer mask to the group, and paint out the areas where I don't want it with a black brush. This method of adjusting the mask ensures a non-destructive workflow, as I can always go back to the original mask made by the Apply Image tool. After all that, I may reduce the opacity again, if needed. Just to note, the reason I create two different Color Balance layers is so that I can control their opacities and refine their masks separately.
Above is a before-and-after of my color grading. Just to note, I've exaggerated the effect for the purposes of this article. On another side note, the example photo is a shot I took of an island off the west coast of Ireland, known locally as An Fear Marbh: Irish Gaelic for "The Dead Man." No prizes for guessing why.
How Would You Do It?
As with everything else in Photoshop, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and this is just one quick way to color grade an image. Another way to do this would be to use a Selective Color adjustment layer instead of Color Balance like Nicole York did in her article, mentioned earlier, or using a gradient map. A quick but rather broad way to color grade an image would be to use Solid Color and play around with the blending modes and opacity. This can be very effective in tying an image together and making it more cohesive. I would love to hear how our readers go about color grading their images. Would you change anything in this particular workflow?


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – According to the preliminary results of a mock referendum on foreign workers' issues in Taiwan, more than 90 percent of those polled say the laborers should be free to change employers.
The poll is being held from September 17 until December 10, with the final results to be announced at a migrant workers' parade on December 17, the Migrants Empowerment Network in Taiwan (MENT) told the Central News Agency.
The first phase of the vote saw a total of 2,447 people, including 2,109 foreign laborers and 338 interested Taiwanese citizens, take part in the mock referendum, CNA reported Saturday.
The three topics up for a vote in the first phase included the protection of caregivers and housemaids by labor laws, the right to change employers freely, and the replacement of private labor brokers and middlemen by government-to-government labor recruitment.
A vast majority of voters approved of the three demands, with labor law protection for caregivers winning 2,424 against five, the right to find a different employer 2,413 to 14, and the abolition of the private labor brokerage system 2,415 to 14, organizers told CNA.
There are 15 designated voting areas across the country, with ballots to be opened every two weeks, though shortage of staff postponed the publication of the first-phase results from October 1 until Saturday, MENT officials said.


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The Egyptian interior ministry said Sunday that its forces killed 19 militants who it says were involved in Friday's deadly attack on Christian worshipers in the southern province of Minya.
The ministry said the men were killed in a shootout in a mountainous area in the western part of the province. Security forces tracked the men back to that area following the attack that killed seven Coptic Christian worshipers on their way to a monastery, the ministry said.
The ministry posted pictures of bodies it claimed were dead militants and the weapons found in their possession.
Friday's attack on Coptic Christians was just the latest incident of violence against the religious minority, which is the largest Christian community in the Middle East. Last year, at least 28 people were killed when gunmen wearing fatigues and face masks opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians to a monastery.
Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of the seven people who were killed Friday when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians, Egyptian state-run media outlet Ahram Online reported.
The group was heading to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, located south of Cairo in the western desert.
Six of the victims were from the same family, according to Ahram. A dozen people also were injured in the attack, it said.
ISIS had claimed responsibility for Friday's bus attack on Coptic Christians. In a statement published on the ISIS-affiliated Amaq media agency it said, "the ambush that targeted a bus carrying Coptic Christians, on the road to the Monastery of Saint Samuel in Minya, was carried out by Islamic state fighters."
The statement was published by several ISIS channels on Telegram, a messaging app.
The group provided no evidence to back up its claims. CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the claim.
The US State Department condemned the attack in a statement Friday.
"We extend our condolences to the families of these innocent victims," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. "We remain steadfast in our support of Egypt's efforts to combat terrorism and violence against religious communities."
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In January of 2012, you had no idea who I was. I know this because Google didn't know this Jeff Knupp. If Google doesn't know you, no one else does. Google knew all about the former Penn State wrestler, the lawyer, the musician, and the motocross aficionado Jeff Knupps (all separate Jeffs, I believe), but it knew nothing about me.
I always wanted to be the guy getting calls from recruiters all day (note: you do not want to be that guy; it's terribly annoying) instead of the guy meekly hitting the "submit" button on job forms on company web sites. I wanted to become known. I wanted to be "Internet Famous".
What follows is an account of how I did.
Some Caveats and Qualifications
I would not consider myself "Internet Famous" just yet, but I'm getting there. jeffknupp.com currently receives 112,000+ page-views per month from 161 countries/territories. Back in 2012, I had 22,000 page-views the first month I was up, but that was because I got lucky and one of my articles made it to the top of /r/programming (the subsequent month was 7,000 page-views).
I have 1,125 twitter followers though I follow no-one (I just don't have the time to use Twitter as a way to gather useful info and want to be honest about it, though it seems I'm in the minority). My GitHub account has been the top trending developer account two separate times, and my sandman project is starred by 897 people at the time of this writing. It has twice been the top trending repo on GitHub since its inception a few months ago.
So I'm not a household name, but I'm certainly not annonymous either. Take those numbers for what they're worth. They're simply meant to give you a sense of my progress.
Play To Your Strengths
I started this blog, originally called "Hackers Gonna Hack" (using the stock Octopress theme), in February of 2012. Before then, I essentially did not exist.
Except I did exist
I just hadn't focus on building a digital footprint for myself. I had done nothing publicly noteworthy, and thus no presence on the Internet. In February of 2012, I decided I was no longer happy with Google's results for "Jeff Knupp".
The first thing I set about building was this blog. Even in 2012, blogs seemed so 2005, though. Why did I choose to start a blog rather than hop on Twitter and churn out 140 character pearls of wisdom? I was playing to my strengths. I knew, if I had any talent writing, it lay in long-form prose rather than tweet-sized missives. If pithy one-liners are not in your wheelhouse, don't bet the farm on them.
Realize Everything Takes Time
One thing that I knew was my enemy was time. Like all things worth having, "Internet Fame" takes time to build. And I will tell you right now something I couldn't admit to myself then:
Building your presence takes time. There's no way around it. You can not become famous overnight. Deal with it.
Even though every article/blog post says otherwise, I kept looking for a short-cut. I kept scoured the Internet for something that would give me a leg up: SEO, link exchanges, directories.
They were all worthless in the face of time. Time for your content to be found, time for people to reference your content, time, time, time. Today, links to my content can be found all over Stack Overflow, GitHub, corporate homepages, internal wikis, personal blogs, and everything in between. And my blog is still only PR 4. There's now way to fake it. It's going to take time.
But time passes. For me, it did so in the form of my first dozen or so posts. They were on all sorts of crazy topics. None of them were particularly insightful. I kept plugging away.
In the meantime, I became active on Stack Overflow and GitHub. One thing I've
found particularly useful/important was to keep my account names consistent. I
was always
jeffknupp or
jknupp, making it easy for anyone (at that time, no
one) to follow me across sites. I put all kinds of projects on GitHub, answered
all the Stack Overflow questions I could, and just kept producing.
Become A Content Factory
See, that's the real secret: you've got to be constantly producing content. And here's the even deeper secret: it won't all be good.. In fact, most of it won't be good. But that doesn't mean you stop. It just means you've learned another thing that doesn't work, then keep producing.
During that time, I was producing like mad (and I'd like to think I still am). Oddly, I felt accountable to the (zero) readers of my blog to produce new content, even though my audience (zero) was still rather small. That accountability helped push me to generate more content, and was a good thing. Now, pressure to produce new things comes from me, rather than some perceived group of people hanging on the edge of their seats for Jeff Knupp's next blog post. The latter can actually become so great that people stop blogging. You just need to realize that no one really cares that much about what you do.
For software developers, now is an amazing time to be alive. Thanks to the Open Source Software movement, the focus on API building and openness, cheap processing and storage costs, and wonderful languages at high levels of abstraction, developers can create truly awesome things without investing anything but time.
If you keep busy, keep hustling, keep throwing stuff out there to see what sticks, you're bound to eventually hit on something.
Set Realistic, But Aggressive Goals
Even at 31, my parents still ask if I think I'll ever be millionaire-rich. I say that I do, but not because I have some awesome idea that's guaranteed to make millions. It's because I'm smart and keep plugging away. I've already seen big impacts on my finances from some of the stuff I've tried, and in my mind it's just a matter of time before something, or a set of somethings, "hits big".
But that's not the goal. I say with all sincerity that my goal is not to be rich. My goal is to be self-employed and spending time on things I find interesting, including my family, by 40. Sure, money helps, but I learned early on that there isn't a 1:1 correlation between money and happiness. Keeping that in mind, I created a more measurable (how rich is "rich"?) and meaningful goal.
That's not to say my goal is just going to achieve itself. I'm aware that I'll need to work hard, really hard for the next decade to find the path to freedom, but I'm confident. I've only been at this two years and I've made some incredible progress.
Enjoy The Ride
One thing no one tells you about becoming "Internet Famous" is the kinds of interesting people you'll speak to and meet. I would have striven to be well known if only to meet the people being so has allowed me to meet. But the other thing they don't tell you is that communicating with these people has to be enough of a temporary reward to keep you going, because that's basically all you get until you've reached your goal.
At this point, I get so much email that I've had to "hire" my wife to help me go through it all (it's true, I actually "pay" her). But I wouldn't trade that volume of email for anything. I hear the most interesting and heart-felt stories, talk to really smart people, and, hopefully, help people achieve their dreams through tutoring, seminars, and simple email exchanges.
And, really, you have to be happy with that as a temporary consolation prize. Until you've reached your goal, it's difficult some times to keep up the content production. You may drag your feet and wonder why you started any of this. Then you get that email that reminds you why you started writing in the first place or the tweet from that guy/gal you idolize telling you your project/article interested them. That has to be enough to hold you over until you've reached your goal. You have to enjoy the ride. Otherwise you'll burn out quickly.
Find Your Own Way
Lastly, as you'll see, becoming "Internet Famous" is a deeply personal experience. I say this without hyperbole: you may find becoming well known the most difficult event you've ever had to deal with. It's not for everyone, and certainly there is no blueprint for success.
The suggestions we talked about in the article, that is:
- Play To Your Strengths
- Realize Everything Takes Time
- Become A Content Factory
- Set Realistic, But Aggressive, Goals
- Enjoy The Ride
are a list of what worked for me, but that doesn't mean it will work for you, or that some other way wouldn't have worked better for me. But on my journey, I've come to realize what I really love doing (teaching, specifically programming), and I wouldn't have done so on your journey.
So take all of this with a grain of salt. You need to find your own way, but it can be done from scratch. You didn't know me in 2012, but the fact that you're reading this at all means that, in a small way, you know me now. And that's all I really wanted.Posted on by Jeff Knupp


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A North Carolina teacher has been arrested and accused of having sexual activity with a teen student.
Kayla Sprinkles, 26, was arrested on June 7 after a grand jury handed down a five-count felony indictment on charges of sexual activity with a student. PEOPLE confirmed the charges with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office told ABC 11 that the investigation began "on or about March 26" after authorities got a tip that Sprinkles had allegedly engaged in sex acts with a student while she worked as a teacher in the Cherokee County School System.
Sprinkles was a new teacher at Andrews High School at the time but she no longer works at the school, the Clay County Progress reports. She also coached softball and cross country at the school, the paper reports.
Police allege that Sprinkles' relationship with the student lasted from about December 2016 to April 2017.
Authorities responded to the school and began interviewing students. Because the students were young, the sheriff's office enlisted the help of HAVEN Child Advocacy Center to assist in the interviews.
After Sprinkles' arrest, Sheriff Derrick Palmer spoke to reporters about the case.
"Our youth and our students are one of the greatest resources that Cherokee County is blessed to have," Palmer told reporters, according to multiple news outlets. "It is incumbent upon all of us to ensure their safety and wellbeing as they grow and mature."
The sheriff's office also alleges that Sprinkles left the county after learning of the indictments through social media. She later returned to the area, and turned herself in to the Mecklenburg County Detention Center. She has been released on a $25,000 unsecured bond, PEOPLE confirms.
Sprinkles has not yet entered a plea, and court records do not list an attorney authorized to speak on her behalf. She did not immediately return PEOPLE's call or email for comment.
She is expected to appear in Cherokee County Superior Court on July 2.


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I have been sexually active for almost two years and yesterday I had my first orgasm, and I wasn't even having intercourse. Is there something wrong with me?
Dear Reader,
No, something is right with you! Whether you were flying solo, enjoying oral sex, or just experiencing sensational stimulation on one of your many erogenous zones, you'll be happy to know that there are plenty of ways to achieve orgasm, other than intercourse. Some women have their first orgasm through masturbation, use of a vibrator, or oral sex, among other things. In fact, some people can "think" themselves into an orgasm, and some orgasms happen when someone is dreaming and there's no physical stimulation at all (2% of women can orgasm through fantasy alone).
Over time, you may find that certain things bring you to orgasm more easily than others. Why not experiment with them all? If you're looking to expand your O-action to intercourse, there are plenty of ways to up your pleasure with your partner. Be sure to take note of what turns you on, and vocalize what gets your gears going with your partner. For more information, you can peruse the multitude of questions in the Orgasms archives.
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John 20
Modern English Version
The Resurrection of Jesus(A)
20 Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him."
3 So Peter came out with the other disciple and they went toward the tomb. 4 They both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5 Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying. Yet he did not enter. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went inside the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the cloth that was around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who came first to the tomb, went in also. He saw and believed. 9 For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.
The Appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene(B)
11 But Mary stood outside at the tomb weeping. As she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb, 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have put Him." 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?"
Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have put Him, and I will take Him away."
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
17 Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.' "
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.
The Appearance of Jesus to His Disciples(C)
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples were then glad when they saw the Lord.
21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you." 22 When He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained."
Jesus and Thomas
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called The Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail prints in His hands, and put my finger in the nail prints, and put my hand in His side, I will not believe."
26 After eight days His disciples were again inside with the doors shut, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at My hands. Put your hand here and place it in My side. Do not be faithless, but believing."
28 Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and my God!"
29 Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have yet believed."
The Purpose of the Book
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.


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Our second day as Henro pilgrims sees us visit four more temples. By now the ritual is established. The temples start to have a certain similarity. Main shrine directly in line with the entrance gateway. Kōbō Daishi shrine off to one side. Stamp office somewhere nearby.
In between the temples sites, we meander through busy streets, often only one lane wide. Communities are linear affairs. Modest one- and two-story buildings tightly crowd the street edges.
Technically, it's a gentle 19-kilometer day crossing mostly flat land. But it's hot and humid. Our cotton vests are soaking wet. The sedge hats have already been relegated to accessories hung off of our packs. The hats are ingenious, good for keeping the sun off our faces while the headband suspension system allows air to circulate above our heads. The problem is that the wood headband does not fit well with the head. And there are no adjustments.
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I still remember the day one of my old co-workers IMed me telling me she had something to share with me that I was going to love. Spoiler alert: it was Pinterest. This was probably nine 0r ten years ago-back when you needed to be invited to join. I was so confused about what it was at first, but I eventually started pinning clothes, shoes, baking recipes and whatever else I was into at that time. Up until recently, I never tried to grow a following or gain any traction using my Pinterest account. I mainly used it to pin and find dinner or vegan dessert recipes. Well, a few months ago I had listened to a few podcasts talking about how you can use your Pinterest (this episode is a great one to start with) to grow your business so I decided to start taking it more seriously. I quickly got to 200k monthly visitors, and then hit a plateau for a few weeks. After making some small changes and consistently devoting a few minutes a day to Pinterest, my monthly views skyrocketed to 1 million after a week, and then 2 million after two weeks! I really didn't do anything crazy, and it kind of happened by accident so I wanted to share a step-by step guide on exactly how I did it.
- Sign up for a a business account
If you haven't already done this, this would be my first piece of advice. If you are new to Pinterest, you can sign up for a business account or you can convert your existing account to a business one. Once you verify your website, you will be able to access tons of super valuable tools and data. Pinterest will also email you tips and tutorials to achieve success with your business account.
Tip: Add your blog and Instagram links to your Pinterest bio to drive traffic to your other platforms (see example below)
2. Pay attention to analytics
I'm an analytics geek so switching to a business profile was super helpful for me. I immediately noticed that my audience responded best to my inspirational quotes and style photos. Pay attention to what your followers re-pin most so you can focus on those categories. I also love pinning recipes, Russ quotes and parenting articles, but it was important for me to realize that those are not the pins that do well for me.
Just like with any other platform, you have to know your audience. Pinterest has an audience insights tab that shows you everything from their ages and location to their interests. It was interesting for me to see that over 50% of my audience is between the ages of 18-24. When pinning and creating pins, I now keep in mind that my audience is on the younger side. You can even export a CSV with your analytics data if you want to track and store it in a spreadsheet.
One of my favorite features of my business profile is the weekly email they send out with my top three pins for that week. In the email above, three of my pins brought in over 1 MILLION IMPRESSIONS!!! Insane right?! Every time I receive this email, I immediately re-pin those pins. If you notice some of your pins are doing really well, REPIN THEM! If they're high-performing pins, keep the momentum going!
3. Use Tailwind to schedule pins
I've had a Tailwind account for several months now, and I try to login 2-3 times a month to schedule pins. It's a great way to make sure that you're pinning at optimal days and times even if you don't actually have the time to do so. You can join tribes within your niche, which are similar to Pinterest group boards. I have joined several fashion, blogging and motherhood tribes and I add my pins to relevant tribes. I also schedule pins (mainly from my blog) several weeks in advance. Tailwind has soo many resources, blog posts, and amazing tools that are make it so much easier to be a Pinterest expert. They also have really great insights including a Pin Inspector, which ranks your top performing pins. You can even re-schedule your best pins directly from that page! I highly recommend signing up and exploring all of the cool features Tailwind has to offer!
4. Pin manually
I had been using Tailwind for several months, but I noticed my monthly views really started taking off when I set aside about 10 minutes a day to pin manually. It doesn't take a long time at all to see results. I usually pin while waiting in line, on my lunch break or while cooking dinner-anytime I have a few extra minutes. Make sure that you're pinning relevant content that you think your audience would be interested in. It sounds so simple, but I've definitely noticed that the more consistent time I put into pinning manually, the more growth I see (both followers and monthly viewers).
5. Create your own Pinterest Pins
This was HUGE for me. I had just started pinning my blog and Instagram content (as opposed to just pinning other people's content on Pinterest), but I had never created my own pins. I was always making inspirational quotes for my Instagram stories, so one day I randomly decided to try to pin one of the quotes. The impressions were INSANE and I immediately saw that I was onto something. I pinned some of the other quotes that I had previously created, and they did just as well. My monthly page views skyrocketed from the impressions of just a few of the pins I had created. I now try to create a few of my own pins a week to pin while also re-pinning my highest performing pins.
Some of my top tips for creating your own Pinterest Pins:
- Use Canva or Unfold to create eye-catching pins
- Link the pin back to your Instagram or Blog to drive traffic
- Create pins in your most pinned category (for me that's inspirational quotes)
- Use keywords in your description
- Use relevant hashtags (Some hashtags that I use: #inspirational #inspirationalquotes #motivationalquotes #motivational)
I was so shocked that I was able to increase my monthly page view so rapidly, so I hope you guys are able to use these tips to get the same results! I also want to emphasize the fact that you DO NOT need a large Pinterest following to have results like mine (I currently have around 1,700 followers). You can find my Pinterest profile here
Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
13 Comments
Really interesting information about pinterest, I would use these simple tips to grow my number of views
Rianna Stavrides
Great tips! I heard Pinterest is a really great source of traffic for bloggers. Will definitely follow your advice.
These are very helpful tips. I am gonna try them out.
Lynn Armstrong
Wow! There were some great tips that I've never heard before! I think just the fact that you had a realization about needing to pin what people are liking vs what you personally like to post is so important in a business. That'll set you up for some wonderful success.
Sonja - Too Much Character
I have been on the fence about using Tailwind, but it sounds like it is worth it. Pinterest has been a favorite of mine for a long time!
Michelle thibeault
I am new to Pinterest and find it so akward as it is not like fb or insta haha this helps me out so much!! Thank you 🙂
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New Year's Resolutions: Kentucky Wildcats
Published December 27, 2013 02:00 PM
Over the course of the holiday week, we at College Basketball Talk will be detailing what we believe will be the New Year's Resolutions of some of the nation's most talented, most disappointing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams. What can we say, we're in a giving mood.
Who else made Resolutions? Click here to find out.
WHAT DOES KENTUCKY PROMISE TO DO MORE OF?: Play defense
- Why it will happen: With the exception of last season's disaster, John Calipari's staple as a basketball coach has been his ability to get his teams to defend. During the seven season stretch from 2005-2006 through 2011-2012 -- when Cal's Memphis and Kentucky teams were in the top ten of KenPom's rankings every season -- the Wildcats only once had a defense that was worse than 9th in defensive efficiency: the 2011 team that finished 15th. This season Kentucky is currently sitting at 46th.
- Why it won't happen: Who on this Kentucky team is a defensive stopper? When Kentucky desperately needs a stop, who does Coach Cal know will lock his man up? Willie Cauley-Stein is a shotblocker and a game-changing presence around the rim. Everyone else? Do you really think the Harrison twins are willing and able to be lockdown defenders? James Young? Can Dominique Hawkins stay with someone like Jahii Carson or Semaj Christon? The issue with Kentucky isn't a stylistic one -- they've never really forced turnovers under Calipari and they've always been susceptible to offensive rebounders -- it's an effort one. Chasing someone around a screen or laying out to get that loose ball. That's not a skill that can be learned.
WHAT DOES KENTUCKY SWEAR THEY WILL DO LESS OF?: Ignore Julius Randle in the post
- Why it will happen: Outside of Jabari Parker and Doug McDermott, Randle may be the best offensive weapon in the country. He's a bull in a china shop on the block, scoring and getting rebounds and drawing fouls. He doesn't have the kind of offensive repertoire that Georges Niang does and he's not the kind of athlete that Joel Embiid is, but as Randle is relentless. Good things happen when he touches the ball, and they will only happen more often as he learns to read double-teams better.
- Why it won't happen: Randle needs to have the ball given to him on the block. He's not Kobe or LeBron. He's not simply going to dribble into a post-up. He needs to seal his man and have one of Kentucky's perimeter players throw him an entry pass. But those perimeter players aren't always willing to make that pass. Both Andrew and Aaron Harrison, and James Young as well, are score-first players. If they get into a rhythm and Kentucky is struggling, they've already shown a tendency to try to take over instead of continuing to pound the ball where their breads gets buttered.


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Strawberry Muddler
3 parts Hornitos® Plata Tequila
Handful of fresh strawberries
Juice from 1 lime
2 teaspoons superfine sugar
Fresh pepper
1 cup club soda
Step 1: Put strawberries in a small pitcher and mash to your desired consistency. Add juice, club soda, Hornitos® Plata and combine along with 4 good grinds from the pepper mill. Fill 2 glasses halfway with ice and divide drink among glasses.
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1 part Hornitos® Plata Tequila
4 parts concord grape juice
1/2 part fresh lemon juice
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