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As Metaquotes and Third Party Websites Clash What Can We do to Protect Ourselves and Our Profits
Most of us Forex traders are very familiar with the Metatrader platform, especially with its most used version, Metatrader 4. It's the trading platform of choice for most of us and it's a great trading platform, in my opinion at least. It's lightweight, easy to use and intuitive. The company that's behind Metatrader is called MetaQuotes.
Recently there was a highly publicized brawl between MetaQuotes and some third party websites utilizing the MetaTrader platform. The fight led to the disruption of services for many Forex traders and signal providers that relied on these 3rd party websites as a middleman to send/receive trading signals.
In this article I'll try to go over the argument in depth and I will try to not pin the blame on anyone. I will try to stick to covering the implications of MetaQuotes new policy changes and their repercussions on the boarder Forex platform market, as well is their effect on the end user, us, the Forex traders.
Big changes happening to the Metatrader 4 platform
There have been big changes coming to our favorite Forex trading platform. It all started few months back in April of this year, so we'll start our story back then.
The default MetaTrader 4 platform version as delivered by MetaQuotes lacked certain features and functionality, the most important of which was a 1 click trading interface. A common feature in other trading platforms, sadly this was lacking in MT4 for many years. As a consequence, many 3rd party applications like trading scripts and EAs have sprung up to fill the gap left by MetaQuotes.
One such EA was the one offered by Mt4i.com. Mt4i.com is a free web-based service for analyzing and publishing your trading statements, you can use this website to publish your trading statements from MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 as well as a couple of other trading platforms. Mt4i developed a new and improved interface that sits on top of the default MT4, it had a new functionality like a one click trading feature as well as other features like the option to close all winning or losing trades at once plus some other goodies. The add-on was launched by a couple big Forex brokers.
MetaQuotes blocks the MT4i one click interface
MetaQuotes has decided to block this one click interface from working by issuing an update to the Metatrader platform. The company claimed that the modifications done by Mt4i.com are not allowed under the current Metatrader 4 and Metatrader 5 licenses. But let me not put words in their mouth, here's a part of MetaQuotes statement where they explain their position:
''Unfortunately, some brokers and third-party developers do not pay attention to MetaQuotes Software Corp. license agreements implementing third-party components to the terminals and modifying distribution packages.
Therefore, we have to raise this issue and recall several conditions:
paragraph 2.3 of the license agreement for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 client terminals
No Modifications: You will not undertake, cause, permit or authorize the modification, translation into other languages, creation of derivative works, reverse engineering, de-compiling, disassembling or hacking of the MetaQuotes' Software or any part thereof. You will also not create other software based on the MetaQuotes' software.''
Confusion starts to creep in about what kind of modifications will MetaQuotes allow/not allow
This reaction by MetaQuotes caused quite a stir, both in the larger Forex trading community and among the Forex brokers. Questions started to arise about which modifications does MetaQuotes allow and which ones it doesn't? Will this affect regular tools that Forex traders use like trading EA's or trading scripts? How much and what kind of modification is considered to fall under or outside the license? All these questions were left unanswered.
Further adding fuel to the fire was the fact that MetaQuotes has just rolled out their own one click interface only 1 month earlier in March of this year. The build 482 update to the MetaTrader 4 trading platform introduced a one click trading interface to the platform for the very first time. The company earlier in the year rolled out the same one click update for its Metatrader 5 platform.
Because of the timing of its 1 click rollout, the move against MT4i was seen as a way to forcibly remove a competitor from the scene, not by outcompeting and offering a better product but by sheer force. This opinion was further enhanced by the fact that the MetaQuotes one click interface lacked certain features that the other one click interfaces had, like the ability to set both stop loss and take profit levels at the time when you enter a trade. The MetaQuotes one click interface just has a buy and a sell button. In light of the changes made to the platform by MetaQuotes, brokers had to issue changes to their one click interfaces and rollout new installers that are 3rd party plugin free.
MetaQuotes blocks MyFxBook servers by issuing an update to MetaTrader
We now come to the most recent development. On May 28th another popular 3rd party website for publishing trading statements Myfxbook.com complained that MetaQuotes was blocking its servers. Here's a part of their statement below:
''You might have noticed our topic regarding an issue with MT4 auto update, posted a week ago. We've been trying to fix it for the past 2 weeks however with no success. After talking with several brokers, we've confirmed this is an update released by MetaQuotes. No broker has yet offered/found a possible fix – this issue hasn't affected only us but many traders using VPS services and other similar services (as we're the largest publication service we experience the most disconnections) – our servers are being completely blocked which is why we can't update your account data.''
In the meantime, at a MetaQuotes sponsored event, the IFXEXPO, the company announced the launch of a 3rd party provider marketplace. The company's Head of Global Sales Andrei Savitski also addressed the on-going brawl with the 3rd party providers by saying that ''they appreciate the value that providers bring to MetaTrader'' but he then continued to add that ''the products also can lead to security issues and breakdowns of MetaTrader operating correctly for their clients''.
To address this issue, he announced that the company will be launching a Third Party Provider Marketplace. He went on to explain that any 3rd party provider will be able to submit their product to MetaQuotes to test for quality and performance and added that they want to make sure that there is compatibility.
When asked if participation in the marketplace will be imposed on the 3rd party providers Savitski said: ''third party providers can elect to participate, but it is up to them, we won't force them''. MetaQuotes is expected to launch the marketplace in the 4th quarter of this year.
MetaQuotes says 3rd party websites "hacked" MetaTrader protocols
Finally on June 3rd MetaQuotes released a strongly worded statement warning brokers about working with 3rd party sites, accusing them of hacking the platform's protocols and for the first time naming the websites in question. Here's part of the statement by the company:
''Unfortunately, some third-party developers have hacked MetaTrader 4 trading platform's network protocols violating end user license agreements and terms of contracts with brokerage companies. As a part of our active efforts to improve MetaTrader 4 system, we are starting to upgrade the network protocols and block all services based on the hacked versions. We urge you to cease any cooperation with ZuluTrade, Tradency, Tradeo, MyFxBook and other companies that use the hacked protocols violating our rights''.
Third Party Websites Reject Hacking Accusations
As you can imagine this strong statement accusing the websites of hacking caused a massive reaction in the larger Forex community. There was a immediate response by Tradency, a website dedicated to copying trades and providing middle man services between traders and signal providers. The website decided to end all cooperation with MetaQuotes and to stop using the Metatrader platform altogether. This was a pretty drastic move from their part considering the fact that the website has been using the MetaQuotes product for the past seven years.
ZuluTrade, the most popular website providing trading signals for forex traders responded a day later. The CEO of the company Leon Yohai had this to say on the matter: ''In relation to the latest public announcement made by MetaQuotes, we would like to clarify that ZuluTrade does not hack any network protocol, and this has been communicated to MetaQuotes repeatedly. ZuluTrade uses completely legitimate and documented methods to connect with collaborating MT4 brokers and has never violated the terms & conditions of MetaQuotes''.
Yohai went even further accusing the creator of the Metatrader platform for trying to monopolize the entire trading signals market: ''It seems to us that MetaQuotes has decided to monopolize the signals business, targeting fully legitimate competitive vendors like ZuluTrade, by using inappropriate methods such as secretly deploying mechanisms to broker MT4 servers to block a list of IPs''.
MetaQuotes launched its own signal trading feature few months earlier. This feature by MetaQuotes was fully integrated into the MetaTrader platform thereby giving the technology provider a significant advantage over its competitors from the get-go.
Forex Signal Trading Websites distance themselves from MetaQuotes
In a further effort to put some distance from MetaQuotes, ZuluTrade partnered with Tradable. Tradable is an open API front-end trading platform that utilizes 3rd party apps to enhance the platform. This adds ZuluTrade to the list of 3rd party websites partnering with Tradable, after MT4i did the same earlier. The Forex signal trading websites have been moving to find ways of diversifying away from their reliance on MetaQuotes.
Brokers and Forex companies have been reluctant to come out in a strong way publicly against MetaQuotes, instead preferring to use off the record remarks to share their thoughts on the matter:
''I think that the way MetaQuotes is acting is like the Sheriff of Nottingham, therefore I don't think it's a good idea to publicly be supporting Robin Hood'': a London based broker was quoted by Forexmagnates.
Norbert Lukasiewicz of Integral Development Corporation views the actions by MetaQuotes as protectionist ''The build 500 blocked all the third party plugins. This required some changes to the legal contract between brokers and MetaQuotes. The whole idea was to expand the technology from the broker side, and this defeats it. They had a right to do it, but on a server-side build it would be much more difficult for them to push it and it would not be well received by brokers''.
Brokers and signal provider websites scrambled to find workaround solutions to the problem of MetaQuotes blocking their servers. MyFxBook disabled the auto update feature on their website and reverted back to an EA based method of copying trades. On June 16th they released another statement saying that the auto update feature will be re-implemented soon, but as of the time of writing of this article this hasn't happened yet.
What can we do to protect ourselves from similar problems in the future?
All in all, a very messy and challenging situation. If you were a trader following a signal provider on any of the 3rd party signal websites you likely encountered problems like disconnections, missed trades, or both during the on-going brawl. If you were a signal provider this issue probably caused problems for your subscribers resulting in missed trades or unintended losses.
As traders we want to make money, putting the blame on one side or the other is counter-productive to this goal. As individuals we have a very limited scope to influence the situation. We can only control what we do and how we protect ourselves. Because of the attitude of both sides going forward, it appears that this will be an on-going battle between MetaQuotes and these 3rd party signal provider websites.
If you're a signal provider or a trader following a signal provider, It would be prudent to consider alternative solutions to the problem of delivering and receiving trading signals, preferably a solution that doesn't depend on any third party website. Even if you don't switch to using these solutions right away, it is prudent to at least have them as a backup if (or better put when) matters between the two warring parties escalate once again.
The Remote Trade Copier doesn't rely on third party websites to operate
Once such solution is the Remote Trade Copier software by www.ea-coder.com. This neat program is different because it doesn't rely on any 3rd party websites to operate. The program is an all-in-one solution for Forex Signal providers.
The Remote Trade Copier software works by using two expert advisors. The server EA needs to be attached to the master MT4 account, while the Client EA needs to be attached to each of the MT4 slave accounts. When you attach the Server EA to the master account, it will send your trading signals to your customers. All Client EAs attached to slave accounts open up when signals are received.
Some of the advantages for signal providers are:
- Customers don't need a Virtual Private Server in order to follow the trades by the signal provider. Thus neither the signal provider nor the customer need to rely on any 3rd party websites to send/receive trading signals.
- Easy installation of the client EA for the customers, plus if your customers do not wish to install the EA themselves they only need to submit their MT4 login credentials to you and then you can host their MT4 on your VPS server.
- Fast trade delivery in 1 second or less. The default copy trade time for the Remote Trade Copier and the Local Trade Copier is set at 1 second but can be adjusted even lower to 500 or 100 milliseconds.
- The Remote Trade Copier has a built-in control panel website where you can manage users, check out the master and slave trade lists, save MT4 login credentials, and adjust Client EA settings anytime and from anywhere in the world. The website is available in 9 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Chinese, and Lithuanian.
- The Remote Trade Copier license can be branded with your company name and a customized control panel.
- Automatic Payments. The Remote Trade Copier can be connected with all the popular payment processors like PayPal, ClickBank, Plimus and Click2Sell using special payment plug-ins.
- Fully compatible with Metatrader 4 Build 500, all previous MT4 versions and any future versions.
You can see an in-depth look at all the features of the Remote Trade Copier software.
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MetaQuotes vs Third Party Signal Providers: ZuluTrade Speaks Out
New MetaTrader 4 Platform Build 500: Trading from Chart and Company's Web Site in the Client Terminal – MQL4 forum
Platform Industry Evolves as ZuluTrade Partners With Tradable
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MetaQuotes Puts The Copy Trading Cat Among The Pigeons – What Does the Industry Think?
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1st John Ch. 5:1-21
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Brothers, we are told here in verse 1 that whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ then that person is born of God. John goes on to say here that everyone that loves God also loves his brothers in Christ Jesus.
By we know that we love the children of God, when we love and keep his commandments.
When you keep God's commandments you know that you love your brothers in Christ Jesus for to love the Father and the Son you must love your brothers in Christ also.
I will say here once again that you do not have to believe what they believe, but you must believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, and that he came to this world to die for our sins, and that he not only died for our sins but Jesus also rose on the third day and ascended into heaven to sit at God's right hand. Jesus makes intercessions for each of us when we pray, and he will return one day to take us to heaven and we will live forever.
If you believe these things and your brother in Christ Jesus believes these things also then you are brothers regardless of any other beliefs that you may have.
Just remember that religious denominations are man made they are not made by God. I tell you all of the above that you may know that it is not God who has separated us from our brothers, but rather it is un-learned men and the devil who tries to keep us from fellowshipping with one another.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
His commandments are not hard to keep.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
our faith.
Our faith in God has made us victorious in overcoming the world. Praise God!
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he that came by water and blood,
Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth the Spirit
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life
he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Brothers Jesus is the Son of God and He is life. We have life eternal because we know that Jesus is the Son of God. By our faith in His holy word we are saved from death. You and I will never know death.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask according to his will, he heareth us:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
If any man sees his brother sin a sin
which is
not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
we know that we are saved and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
The world lies in darkness and we who are saved live in the light. There is no darkness in us.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true,
in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true and eternal life.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
God bless you my brothers in Christ. Please love your brothers and do not forsake the fellowship with your brother in Christ Jesus.
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The Music World celebrities is made of some well known outsiders.
Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey are maybe the two most media characters of the moment. The question is, are they original because of their personality of because they understood what was bankable?
At a time when medias and public people have well understood that is was not worthy anymore being average let's have a look at those two ladies going from Jane Doe to singular Fashion Symbols..
This was Lady Gaga when she was Stefani Germanotta. She more looked like the girl that you cross going to High School or the city Mall.
It is only with the album "The Fame" and her first singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" that we get to see the sketch of the Lady Gaga we know now.
She first appeared to be original, but with time and singles passing by, she became a real Fashion Figure, creating The Haus of Gaga, and always going further and further in eccentricity.
Her videoclip "Judas" is the most expensive videoclip in the Music Industry and almost all the money related to her shows, shootings and appearances only goes to the creation of her new shows and costumes.
And as weird as it can look, It seems that Lana Del Rey has the same curriculum.
When she began, Elizabeth Grant was ... Pretty different than the iconic singer we now see in magazines.
The blond classical gir now got herself a very unique look with the famous flower crown...
Both of them are in demand for many shootings, fashion shows. They both appeared in the fashion bible Vogue under Mario Testino's and Terry Richardson's direction. Lady Gaga was Thierry Mugler's muse during one of his fashion shows and Lana Del Rey got Mulberry creating a bag named after her.
It just looks like being only a singer is not enough. You also have to be very careful about the image you are bringing on stage. you have to make it unique. To make it one of a kind.
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stall as long as possible; you can't ever tell
what might turn up later.
Let us give mortal justice it's proper due
on such an auspicious day, and every man-jack
of us lay down our swabs, hitch up our breeches,
face the fiery flag and repeat together:
"Only those who need mercy want mercy."
One fellow hereby describes
Secondary treatments for Secondary ills
as, "After being set afire, leaping from a tall
building to escape the flames."
Only revolutionist thought offers sufficient variety.
One old Borscht Belt veteran, upon visiting a
"House of Worship" for the first time, quickly
experienced his own moment of epiphany
when he leaped to his feet shouting,
"Vaudeville LIVES!"
A friend will hold your coat,
a lover will hold your hand,
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Mark Murphy | February 22, 2012 11:45 PM ET
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Take a good look at the photo below. Go ahead and take all the time you need. All right. Do you see anything wrong with this photo? No? Well, neither do I.
It's a picture I took this month when I was in New York's Penn Station on my way to some meetings in Manhattan. The reason I'm asking you what's wrong with the picture is because it flies in the face of what some are saying when it comes to marketing. That is, if it can't be measured it can't be done.
Indeed, many in the travel industry have become hostage to the notion that only the likes of Google or other online tracking mechanisms that can track a booking from an impression can be considered effective marketing. While they make these statements out one side of their mouth, they make exceptions outside the other. Are we possibly getting close to actual marketing? In fact, I do believe that is the case.
Take Key West and its recent "station takeover" in New York. There's no way to directly measure the results of that campaign down to an actual booking. They simply see the value of reaching the audience that passes through this station each and every day. By reaching an audience of travelers who commutes into and out of the city for work, Key West believes it can spur some of them to act and book a trip to Key West. Is there anything wrong with this? No!
What would this mean for travel agents? If you have customers in New Jersey or Long Island who commute into the city, now might be a good time to approach them about a Key West getaway. The destination will be top of mind given the amount of signage they pass each and every day, leading them to be more pre-disposed to considering this getaway.
Just as agents should consider these marketing programs and what happens when a potential traveler is exposed to a marketing message, so should travel suppliers and destinations. Key West, and other destinations and travel suppliers as well, should consider the target audience known as travel agents. They should consider where those agents "congregate" or "walk past" and use similar tactics to reach and influence them. In other words, they should consider putting their marketing messages in the mediums that travel agents use to sell travel.
Of course, there would be one very big difference in this approach versus that consumer example at Penn Station. In the travel agent's case, every impression would reach a travel agent who books travel day in and day out -- not someone who may or may not take a trip once or twice a year.
Mark Murphyis president and CEO of Travalliance, parent of TravelPulse.com, Agent @ Home magazine, Vacation Agent magazine, Travel Agent Academy, Virtual Travel Events and Agent Studio.
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Prof. Peter Okebukola, the former Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC) who addressed the sex-for-marks saga witnessed in some Nigerian Universities, blamed it all on academically weak students.
In the interview with NAN, Prof. Peter Okebukola who stated that most Nigerian universities in an attempt to make money from different programmes in various satellite campuses, admit "wishy-washy students" who are desperate to pass, hence the sex-for-marks saga.
"If, in the first instance, a student is academically good, what will a lecturer tell her, sex-for-which mark? .
All those girls who run after those lecturers or can be harassed by lecturers are those who are academically weak. Even, if the lecturer does not want to get engaged with them sexually, the girls will offer them their bodies. .
If at the point of admitting our students, we ensure that they have met some respectable score that when you teach them in class they can understand and do well on their own; then the problem would have been addressed."
The NUC former Secretary who concluded his statement, by stating that perpetrators of such acts be punished when caught, also advised that all the variables that bring such menace to bear should be addressed.


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The arrival After a fairly uneventful, yet 20 minute delayed flight from YYZ to MUC, I was fortunate enough to catch my connecting flight to PMI with a whopping 8 minutes to spare. I was relieved to make it to the gate and was very insistent to the gate-person that getting on this flight meant that my bike would be as well. So off to Mallorca I was greeted with a Warsteiner from the flight attendant… could life get any better at noon somewhere over the Pyrenees?
Arrived at PMI shortly after 1pm and was happy to find my baggage on the carousel; now the waiting begins for my bike. After speaking with several airport people it became evident at 2:30 that my bike hadn't arrived. This has to be the worse feeling as a cyclist: you venture on a "cycling holiday" to a country that is 11 hours away and your bike is lost. It just doesn't work without a bike. Furthermore, I happened to bring my "fancy bike"… So to the lost baggage kiosk I went and filled out the necessary paperwork – my worst nightmare.
Eventually made it to the hotel and was greeted by my Spanish family at Hotel Galeon (Pedro, Rico, Pepe, Tomeu); life is good. Within an hour i was sitting down to a fresh-fish lunch with everything Spanish: heaven. Once I finished lunch I made my way to the centre of Puerto Pollensa where I walked around and visited with old acquaintances. Dinner was waiting shortly thereafter, still no word on the bike.
Day 2 was much of the same. As a cyclist you are taunted by the thousands of cyclists that descend on Mallorca each spring to test their legs and enjoy a break from the UK and Germany (especially when your bike is missing). Lots of walking around: some picture taking, an espresso here and there along route.
Today was a great day indeed. Made it down to breakfast early to watch the sun rise over the water and had a lovely (and healthy) breakfast, lingering as long as I could just to gaze out at the water taking it all in. After breakfast I received the best news so far; my bike was here! Quickly assembled my bike and got ready… Day 1 on the bike was finally here after much anticipation.
Ended up riding for just over 3 hours today and visited some of the place I'd been in the past. It was so amazing to finally be outside in the warmth with only shorts, arm warmers and a light vest on… Pushed pretty hard today and at the 1 hour mark I had to remind myself this wasn't an hour spin class. Rode solo for the majority of the ride today except for a run-in with a foursome that were riding strong at 40km/h on my way back to the hotel. Jumped in with them for a few minutes but them they decided they wanted to have their special team to themselves and pulled over to let me by. In all, an easy day on the bike with Tiesto's Clublife in my ear, my colnago under my bum and the sun beating down on me.
Riding back to the hotel today I had the mountains at my left, taunting me, begging me to come closer. It's in the mountains where one's true self is tested. They can chew you up and spit you out, they can have you hitting the deck and can leave you for dead…literally. The mountains are no place for boys; it's god's country and you have to respect the rode on which you ride.
We'll see what tomorrow holds.


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Both titles should be ready in time for Cannes. Focus Features co-produced and will handle North American distribution of Thirst, while Diaphana acquired French rights to Mother at the AFM.
In addition, CJ has sold Haeundae, a disaster movie about a super-tsunami heading straight for the Korean seaside resort of Pusan, to Turkey's Horizon International and Intersonic for the Czech Republic.
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Joy and perfectionism.
They are two different entities.
A twisted vine of lies, shame and sadness.
Perfectionism is defined as unachievable unexpections and the inability to be happy unless these high expectations are reached.
Perfectionism destroys our happiness.
It ravages self-esteem.
Encourages bitterness and resentment.
It steals our joy.
Perfection is unattainable. Growth is a journey.
Perfection leads to stagnation, the fear to start something new. A mindset of growth fosters new experiences and new challenges — the releasing the shame of failure, and instead of seeing failure as a journey.
Psychologists have found a strong correlation between a perfectionist mindset and mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. this illustrates quite how harmful this mindset is. It can steal your happiness and contribute to deliberating conditions.
As a Type A personality and someone who always wants to be in control, I have a daily struggle against perfection. My standards are unattainable. I struggle if my uni grades are not 'perfect' or when I'm working, and I do not reach the standard I want. But I want this shame and striving to stop.
I want to embrace the joy of failure and instead view 80% effort as enough. Instead of unachievable standards, create reasonable goals which foster self-love and self-acceptance. I have collected some affirmations which are going to look at each day and whenever I begin to set my standards too high. You also can use them, set them as your background on your phone, stick them on a post-it note on your mirror or computer.
- "Mistakes are a normal part of everyday life."
- "Failure does not mean I an unworthy of love."
- "I will celebrate both my failures and successes."
- "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look
- beyond the imperfections." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "It is better to try and made mistakes than stand at the sideline doing nothing."
- "Being imperfect is what it means to be human."
- "I don't need to be a perfect parent, just a present parent."


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Last week I had the great pleasure and was able to met Don Ro Schockdiagnose Krebs. Und plötzlich ist alles anders. We were immediately on the same base. Initially it was not so much about our mutuality "cancer". It was the sport that brought us to the same base. Don is a former SEK (Special Operations Command) officer and in this role sport was important to him. Despite his cancer history, Don has returned to a full professional life as a police officer. Respect from my side for this!
Of course we also talked about cancer. One of our topics of conversation was "Does Cancer change your personality?"
Interesting question! Presumably, every cancer patient has asked this question before. What I have heard – independently of this conversation – from many patients as an answer – was the "egoism". Egoism has changed.
For some, this "rediscovery" of egoism is manifested in actively taking more time for themselves. For others, egoism is manifesting in the fact that they suddenly treat themselves to things they would never have done before. Still others learn to say "no" through the illness.
It is clear that the disease also works a lot on one's own attitude. Some report a true mind change.
Although I can not talk about a true Mind Change in terms of my egoism. But a lot has changed in my attitude as well. It was important for me to do sports before the therapy. Since the end of therapy, it has become even more important to me. Especially because I realized that when I do sports, I do not have any fatigue. Fatigue means that you feel tired even though you have slept well.
But if I do not do sports, I have fatigue. Then I get the classic fatigue symptoms, such as tiredness, lazyness, etc. Honestly, I prefer to do one hour of sports every day 😉
Does Cancer change your personality?
In my opinion, cancer does not directly change your egoism. But it gives you much more opportunity to think about yourself.
It does not necessarily lead to more egoism. Just as well, it can go in the other direction and one binds his fellow human beings more into their own lives.
What both Don and I realized was that the cancer makes it more explosive. How do you say so beautiful, the cooking pot goes up faster. However, it also cools down faster.
This is definitely the biggest change and also biggest change for the near ones. The best thing to handle it is always to make yourself aware that the pot is easier to pass over. Very important is also to be open and honest with the others.
Only together we are strong 😉
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4 Side Effects of My Chronic Illnesses That I'm Grateful For
When people, including myself, usually talk about chronic illness side effects, we don't typically speak of them as being positive things. But, today I'm going to change that. While most of the side effects I get from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are very unpleasant, I've learned that there are a few that I'm grateful for.
1. Being Direct
As I've mentioned before, I've always been a bit of a people pleaser. By a bit, I mean it was one of my defining characteristics. I wouldn't even tell waiters what I wanted to order from the menu, I had to ask for it so I wouldn't seem too aggressive. And, I probably say "sorry" more times in a day that most do in a year.
Now, my people pleaser attitude was technically a side effect, as well. It came from my PTSD and history of narcissistic abuse. It came from years of conditioning to believe that anything I want or need is a burden to whoever I'm asking it of. I was led to believe that even my very existence was a burden that I should apologize for frequently, and I did. It also came from learning that for there to be peace in the home (no matter how tenuous or artificial that peace is) I have to just agree to what others want, no matter how much it might hurt me. So, this is kind of one side effect being traded out for another.
Since becoming disabled from my conditions, my people pleasing habits have begun to shrink daily. Not that I'm suddenly becoming a people un-pleaser (yeah, you read that right), but I have become much better at stating exactly what I want/need from people. This not only saves time, it also saves me a whole lotta energy/spoons. I just don't have energy to waste on hinting around what I want, hoping that someone will understand. I also don't have the energy to pretend to be happy with something I'm unhappy with, or pretend that something rude or offensive isn't rude or offensive, or to hold in my frustrations as they come up.
2. Saying 'No'
I've mostly been a 'yes' person. You know, someone who tries to say yes to challenges they meet so that they won't be ruled by fear. My 'yes' personality was equal parts feeling like I wanted to do something, feeling like I had to do it to prove a point, and feeling like I couldn't say 'no' if someone asked me to do something. Saying 'no' doesn't mean I've stopped challenging myself or helping others out, it means that I finally found the power within myself to say 'yes' only to the things I really truly am able, or want, to do.
If you've read pretty much any of my other posts, then you know that having these new limitations is most often difficult for me. I hate not being able to dance with my daughter, or perform onstage, or do my old job. But, there's a positive side to not being able to do everything, as well. I've learned what truly are the most important things in my life, because those are the things I say 'yes' to every chance I get. And, saying 'no' is what allows me to do that.
3. Standing Up For Myself
As a people pleaser, people often walked all over me. I mean, I basically invited them to do it. I had many one sided relationships, where I did all the giving and they did all the taking. I changed myself to try to win over approval of others, because I so desperately wanted to feel like I belonged. And, because I felt that if I could get people to approve of me, that would mean I was forgiven for my burden of an existence.
But I don't have the patience to deal with that anymore. I've stopped trying to talk people into liking me, or caring about me, because either they will or they won't. I don't want to waste spoons that should be spent on the people who actually do care on trying to convince someone that they should care.
I've learned to stand up for myself when someone is patronizing or rude to me, because of assumptions they make based on my appearance. I've learned to stand up to bullies who try to convince me that my life has less value than theirs. I've learned to stand up to people who ask more of me than I am able to give, and get angry when I can't do what they want. And I've learned to stand up to medical professionals who dismiss me as 'too complex a case' for them to handle or when they refuse to take my complaints seriously.
Yes, it takes energy and spoons to stand up for myself, but it takes a whole bunch more to not do it.
4. Questioning Myself
This one came directly from my history of abuse, although I didn't realize it was a unique characteristic until recently. I'm sure a lot of people question themselves occasionally, but no one does self-doubt the way a survivor of abuse does self-doubt. We don't just question fact based statements or big picture opinions, we question every single thought we have and, typically, just jump to the assumption that we're wrong.
I know, this doesn't sound like a good thing at all. Before I recognized what I was doing and that most people don't do it, at least not to the extent I did, it left me shrouded in constant self-doubt and extreme self-criticism. And, while I'm still working to get past the worst parts of this habit, I've also started to realize that sometimes it works in my favor. Before I assert an opinion or belief, I tend to look at it from every possible angle, at least every angle I can think of or discover through research and, when met with an opposing opinion, I usually take care to fully examine their side. My immediate assumption is that I'm wrong and I tend to go into my research thinking "oh crap, what did I miss," so if I actually assert an opinion, you can rest well knowing that it's not a in the heat of the moment decision. It's something I've pained over.
It seems that not enough people question their beliefs or are prepared to admit that their beliefs could be wrong. Lot's of people assert that it's something everyone should do, but then continue to only look at things from one direction. I always chuckle when people say, "well, unlike you, I like to look at things from both sides" because a) typically that person has only given one side of the argument without even acknowledging the other side, and b) they have no idea how much time I've spent looking at it from every single side of the argument.
That doesn't mean I'm never wrong, not by a stretch. Just that I've learned to not rely on my gut as the only indicator of if something is correct or not, and that I'm pretty handy with an "I'm sorry," if I'm proven wrong.
Do you have a positive side effect of your chronic illnesses that you'd like to share? Leave it in the comments! I love to hear from you.


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OppLoans Word of the Week: Credit Score
Remember when you were in high school and you got that D on a chemistry test (stupid valent bonds) and you thought to yourself, "Is this bad grade really going to affect my life?" Fast forward to the present day and you'll see that, actually, that one bad grade maybe didn't have a huge impact.
Well, there is one grade that matters more; in fact, it matters a lot more. This grade follows you around wherever you go. It follows you to the bank when you're applying for a loan, it follows you to that new apartment you're hoping to rent, it even follows you when you're interviewing for a job! That grade is your credit score, and it might just be the most important grade you'll ever get.
What is a Credit Score?
A credit score is a number that's based on the information in your credit report, a document that tracks your history of credit use. Your credit report records data like how much credit you use, what kind of credit sources you've employed, whether you pay your bills on time, and whether you've ever been sent to collections or declared bankruptcy. Credit reports are created and maintained by the three major credit bureaus: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax.
Your credit score takes all the information in your credit report and turns it into a single number; this number can then be used by lenders, landlords, and even prospective employers, to decide whether or not they want to do business with you. The higher your credit score, the better your credit.
What about FICO scores?
A FICO score is a type of credit score, but it also just so happens to be the score that's most widely used. Most of the time, if somebody is talking about your "credit score", they mean your "FICO score". The FICO score was created by Fair, Isaac and Company in 1989. (The company has since changed its name to FICO.)
The FICO score is measured on scale from 300 to 850 (850 is a "perfect" score, and also not very realistic for anyone). Your FICO score weights different areas of your credit history more heavily than others. For instance, your payment history takes up 35 percent of your score and your total amounts owed takes up 30 percent. If your FICO score is below 630, you might have trouble getting a loan from a traditional lender. If that's the case, you might consider taking out a safe, manageable, personal loan from OppLoans. OppLoans reports your on-time payments to the credit bureaus so you get the cash you need now and you can improve your credit score over time.
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Ken Leighton 2:46 p.m., Oct. 15
At least one good thing may come out of this year's investigation of the Trump campaign's alleged Russian ties and last year's Panama Papers scandal. The public may learn how oodles of money is stashed in offshore tax and secrecy havens — those funny little places with names such as Mauritius, Brunei, Niue, and Vanuatu.
Don't laugh. Various scholars figure that anywhere from $7.6 trillion to $32 trillion is stashed in offshore tax and secrecy havens. A trillion dollars is a lot of bucks. Last year, the United States' total output of goods and services was $18.6 trillion.
More than 70 percent of big American companies have subsidiaries in offshore havens. Shady individuals use these havens to launder their proceeds from illegal drug and arms trafficking, stock fraud, embezzlement, and other crimes. The late gangster and financial genius Meyer Lansky was a pioneer in juggling ill-gotten gains around offshore havens. And, of course, both companies and individuals use the havens to dodge or sharply reduce taxes and regulation.
One major focus of the Trump team investigations will probably be the island of Cyprus, a secrecy haven for Russian oligarch money. For a while it wasn't even considered a haven because its sinking banks loaned too much money to crumbling Greece. But dirty Russian money didn't stop flowing to the island nation.
Cyprus is so cozy with Russia that it is the only European Union country that has allowed the Russian military to use its bases for operations. According to the Democratic Coalition, as related by the Huffington Post, president Donald Trump has two companies registered in Cyprus. "Trump worked with a notoriously corrupt Cypriot company to bid for [a] casino… during the Republican presidential primary," says the publication, quoting Hong Kong's Global Sources and Israel's Haaretz.
Wilbur Ross, Trump's secretary of commerce, was vice chairman of Cyprus's largest institution, the Bank of Cyprus. He has invested $500 million in the bank, which failed once, and which has had a top officer who was an ex-KGB friend of Vladimir Putin. But since Ross made his $2.5 billion in assets by investing in troubled businesses, his Cyprus adventure may not get him in trouble. Trump, who doesn't do much borrowing from American banks, may be able to explain any Cyprus borrowing he may have done.
Early this month, the Washington Post reported that Erik Prince, founder of the mercenary firm once named Blackwater, allegedly had a secret meeting with a Putin ally in an attempt to establish back-channel communications between Trump and Putin. The meeting was supposedly held in the Seychelles, an island country off East Africa. Tax Justice Network calls the Seychelles "a paradise for dirty money and corruption." Former San Diego newscaster and unsuccessful mayoral candidate Dick Carlson was ambassador to the Seychelles in 1991–1992. And Erik Prince? A decade ago, the San Diego County hamlet of Potrero, near Tecate, thwarted Blackwater's attempt to build an 824-acre training facility three miles from the town. In 2013, Prince, who is no longer with the firm, told the Daily Beast that Blackwater was "a virtual extension of the CIA."
A year ago, investigative journalists released a trove of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specializes in setting up secret avenues for moving money around offshore havens. The resulting scandal became known as the Panama Papers. Dubious friends of Bill and Hillary Clinton were exposed as users of offshore institutions. The list included Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining magnate and crony of Bill Clinton; Marc Rich, the international fugitive pardoned by Bill Clinton; Ng Lap Seng, who was at the center of a Democratic fund-raising scandal during the Clinton years; and the Chagoury Group, a West African developer that pledged a billion dollars to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Transactions linked to that Clinton initiative occurred in havens such as the British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Monaco, and Gibraltar.
Note the British accent. London is at the center of much offshore mischief. The Channel Islands — Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man — are havens, along with Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Gibraltar, and former British colonies Hong Kong, Singapore, the Bahamas, Bahrain, and Dubai. But the United States is coming on strong — particularly Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
San Diego has had its share of offshore bank adventures. Last year, Harold Bailey (B.J.) Gallison of Valley Center got an 18-year sentence for running a pump-and-dump scheme through offshore entities. Eighteen years is a very long sentence for stock fraud, but Gallison had gone to prison before for a similar offense and had run a penny-stock brokerage house that went down ingloriously.
The most publicized offshore caper took place in the 1980s. The late J. David "Jerry" Dominelli and his lover (then named Nancy Hoover) headed a firm named J. David that supposedly specialized in foreign-currency trading. Somehow, Dominelli's crew persuaded investors that he was a genius at trading currencies. Investors got statements indicating that they were making 40 to 50 percent a year. But, actually, he lost money when he traded currencies, so he did little of it. J. David was a Ponzi scheme. Early investors were paid off with funds from later investors. When the pyramid collapsed, Dominelli told investors and the bankruptcy trustee that he had funds in Switzerland, Austria, and the Bahamas. He didn't. Then Dominelli went off to Montserrat in the Caribbean, promising to launch a currency-trading operation there. But he got arrested. The game was over. Investors lost $80 million. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but got out in 10½. He died of a stroke in 2009. Hoover was sentenced to 10 years in prison but got out in 30 months. She then married two men who were genuinely rich (one died).
Former San Diego dentist L. Donald Guess had a tax-avoidance scheme for doctors and dentists. The tax havens he used were in Barbados and the British Virgin Islands. He beat the Internal Revenue Service in his first trial but got convicted later for filing false tax returns. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Until not long ago, it was possible to stash funds offshore without going to places with funny names. You could do that in just about any country, and our government (i.e. IRS) would not know. So, the really gold-plated one was Switzerland, with its bank secrecy laws. It was always assumed, and the Swiss bankers made sure you knew it, that those laws were inviolate. Ahh, but then the US went after some of the Swiss bankers who were working in the US, and who had been soliciting US account holders to hide money. That was rather dumb of the banks, notably UBS. exposing their citizens to prosecution, imprisonment and fines. When the threat was made, suddenly the Swiss saw the light and repealed the laws!
There has been a process underway to get more and more of the first-world nations to fall in line, with the result that hiding your wealth (and avoiding paying taxes on the income generated) is much harder to do. The large countries with stable banking systems and investments you can trust just don't provide the refuge any longer.
These centers you list are not places you can trust. If they will aid and abet your cheating on your taxes and laundering money, can you trust them? I'd say no. More countries will find it advantageous to come clean as time passes, with the result that there will be fewer and fewer havens, and all of them very dicey.
Visduh: Yes, Switzerland was THE major tax and secrecy haven for many decades. However, because of pressure from other nations and its own citizens, it has loosened up somewhat. In stepped smaller nations, such as Caribbean island countries. Competition from the Cayman Islands (the world's fifth biggest money center) and all the other remote nations -- both in the Caribbean and elsewhere -- took some of the power away from Switzerland.
A couple of decades ago, many nations joined together to thwart tax and secrecy havens. The U.S. was one of the holdouts. Among other things, then-Texas Senator Phil Gramm wailed that banks would have to go to too much trouble to stop money laundering. That's when places like the Cook Islands -- so far away that countries couldn't afford to send investigators there -- started up with new wrinkles, such as if any crime fighter in a nation such as the U.S. demanded that the money be repatriated, Cook would immediately take your deposit for itself. Some people got stung by that.
I agree that it is fatuous to trust your money to some of the smaller havens. Only you and your trustee on the island know about your stash. You may get double-crossed and lose what you have there.
The biggest offshore stasher these days are blue chip American corporations. Their main objective is to dodge U.S. taxes and regulation. Do we see the IRS going after these countries? We do not. It tells you something, doesn't it? Best, Don Bauder
Even the $32 trillion figure might be a little low. Staggering as the extent of corruption revealed was, the Panama Papers only covered the dealings of one of the top five shell gamers in the world. That's just the tip of a very big and very dirty iceberg.
Cassander: You may be right. I was conservative using $32 trillion. There are extremely wide variations in estimates of wealth stashed offshore, particularly now that large corporations are stashing billions in the havens. Best, Don Bauder
Don and Cassander: What Panama Papers? Did somebody report something? Top 5 who?
shirleyberan: Much has been written about the Panama Papers. I am not aware of any new findings from them. Best, Don Bauder
shirleyberan: In re-reading your post, I suspect you may have missed the Panama Papers scandal. A bundle of private papers from a Panama law firm specializing in offshore monkey business was covertly released. Investigative reporters went over the papers for a year, then released them last year. As I recall, I didn't find anybody from San Diego involved in the papers. The name Manchester came up a number of times, but Manchester's people claimed they had nothing to do with the law firm or the Panama Papers. Best, Don Bauder
I've been researching email and website providers who don't report all your traffic to the US and affiliated governments. Switzerland came up as a relatively secure place to do business. But the companies I found there refuse to guarantee privacy explicitly, while suggesting that privacy is important to them. The next most likely safe place for an online presence is India.
Several governments have agreed to share with each other any data they uncover, including USA, UK, Germany, France and some others. Whether they share information uncovered from bankers is uncertain. One might think that it is in their interest, but powerful, very powerful financial interests might discourage such an investigation. I leave it to you to discover who those powerful financial interests are.
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swell: Switzerland is betwixt and between. For decades, the "gnomes of Zurich" were the safe place for crooks to stash money. They also safeguarded clean money, such as that of people getting money out of Hitler's Germany. Now, under pressure, the Swiss have loosened up quite a bit. The Swiss even cooperate with foreign governments chasing crooks.
I have written several times about the Cosmos Bank, an all-Mafia institution that was based in Switzerland, but its legal team was in New York -- a giveaway. The bank played a major role in San Diego -- in the original La Costa loans, in the building of Rancho Penasquitos and parts of Clairemont, in financing the corrupt U.S. Financial whose key officials went to prison, etc. (At one time the Teamsters' notorious money fount was said to control 25 percent of San Diego County developable land.) But far back in the 1970s, the bank was closed by joint cooperation of the U.S. and Switzerland. So the Swiss have had a conscience longer than we realize. Best, Don Bauder


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If you haven't yet heard of Chillz, it's just a matter of time. She's a fully switched on DJ and producer with a plan, which is quickly coming to fruition as she purposefully brings a fresh twist to everything she plays whether it's on her radio show ' The Music Without A Pause Show' , her 'Afrobeats' podcast for Radar Radio or her live sets which unify crowds into near states of nirvana. Regularly playing out at festivals like Wireless, Outlook and Boom Bap, through to streetwear fashion events like New Balance X Heidi Klum, Chillz also has residencies across London at Bootylicious and her own Weekly Friday event Riddim Nights in Croydon.
Her love for music is relentless and her passion for blending Afrobeats and Bashment with Hip Hop, RnB, Dancehall and House have led to her being nominated for three Best Female DJ Awards over the last few years. She explains, "It's not just my love for music, it's my passion. I eat, breathe, dream music. That is why it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby. Music is my way of living. Music is vital to my life."
Chillz has so naturally progressed to the studio, where she has shown to have a deft touch as producer with debut single 'Power' tearing through clubland earlier this year. Along with remixes or refixes for the latest bangers she enjoys putting her own twist, ensuring Armin Van Buren's, "Don't be a prisoner of your own style" is implored in all she does. Carving out her own genre, Chillz follows up her previous single with another dance floor ready house track with undertones of her African roots. Her new single 'Hide It' brings a refreshing and uplifting vocal that is guaranteed to have you singing whilst shaking a leg.


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Taking a break from hierarchy to bring you this update: Best. Weekend. Ever. :)
Friday night we had a date night planned - I was going to take Nick out for sushi as part of his B-day present. Before we left, he said we had to go outside because had something to show me. ("Oh no, what did the dogs eat now?" I worried.)
But that's not what he had to show me at all.
By the little tree we planted together a few years ago, Nick proposed.
After hemming and hawing for a few hours, I said yes. Mostly because our sushi reservation time was nigh. ;)
The rest of the weekend was less momentous, but continually awesome.
Saturday we had an awesome board meeting at the gallery, and when Nick got off of work we went up to the cabin for the rest of the weekend.
Awesomeness ensued.
Bald eagle.
Cute beasties.
Happy fun lake time.
Ready, aim, FIRE!
As the dogs were running around the yard, we stumbled upon a tiny little bird almost dead. No sign of his parents and only a damaged nest nearby, we thought he wasn't going to make it. I took him into the garage, made him a little warm nest, and fed him a little bit of the recommended food.
Here he is, in all his cuteness. Nick thinks he kind of looks like a grumpy old man, and I agree.
By the next morning he was doing incredibly well!
To get him the proper care until he is able to be released back into da wild, I then took him to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. They said he was doing really well and would probably be just fine. Woooo! Birdy success!
I had an early morning meeting, but since Monday is Nick's day off, we went out to lunch a little later. The Northeast Social Club is now open earlier, and we decided to finally give it a try. Super fantastic food, and apparently magical dining experiences too. While we were sitting outside along the flowerpots, this little guy decided to pay us a visit.
I thought he came to say hi, but maybe he just likes guacamole.
This concludes my summary of the Best Weekend Ever. I'll be back to posting about heterarchies and hierarchies soon, I promise. (I know you're all glued to your seats, right? hehehe.)
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Kilnformed Soda Lime Glass Bowl 19.5"
As a follow up to the quilted bowl I took to Artisans of Rocky Hill in June, in September I brought this transparent bowl in red, orange, yellow and amber. The warm quilted feel is accentuated by the glass weave which stretches down one side of the bowl. In addition, I brought a slew of matching ring dishes and small sushi plates which lined the entry table to artisans when I left. It was a beautify glow of color in the afternoon sunlight.
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Yes, it's still November, but I refuse to call it fall when the snow is unending and it feels like -35 outside. I've seen winter before, of course. Winter in Newfoundland is cold and wet, miserable and long. This is a different sort of cold, one that is bitter and dry, and comes about quickly. It's beautiful and terrible at once. The snow doesn't give way under your feet, it crunches and compresses until it is slippery like ice. The wire to my headphones stiffens immediately and breathing the cold air freezes my lungs.
This is a post about weather, and I know that's the epitome of boring topics for some of us, but it's one of those things that affects you deeply and psychologically. I go to work in the dark, come home in dark, and all day sit at a computer on a floor with a hundred other people. It's just slightly depressing. The walk to work leaves my legs numb and my fingers burning (yes, I cover up, but I always underestimate that demonic cold). The funny part? This is just the beginning.
But, I shouldn't moan about it, because it has its perks. If you ignore the mess on the roads, the rest of the world is soft and white. Sometimes, in the morning, the bare branches on the trees that line my street look as if they've been coated in sheer glass or crystal. The hares have turned a clean white and bound away in the snow, or ignore you completely, depending on the day. The coffee shops are decked in fairy lights and have expanded their repertoires in the most festive of ways.
The winter is harsh, and the worst is to come, but without winter there would be no coziness. Without the dark days, my candlelit apartment would be less thematic. OK, the winter is coming and I'll deal with it. Somehow. With lots of hot chocolate and bath bombs from LUSH.
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How do you feel about winter? Have any winter tips to get me through my first winter this far north?


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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News
A front-page Washington Post story reveals that, eight years after al-Qaeda bombed the USS Cole just off the coast of Yemen and killed 17 US soldiers (see October 12, 2000), "all the defendants convicted in the attack have escaped from prison or been freed by Yemeni officials." Two Key Suspects Keep Slipping from Yemeni Prisons - For instance, Jamal al-Badawi, a Yemeni and key organizer of the bombing, broke out of Yemeni prisons twice and then was secretly released in 2007 (see April 11, 2003-March 2004, February 3, 2006 and October 17-29, 2007). The Yemeni government jailed him again after the US threatened to cut aid to the country, but apparently he continues to freely come and go from his prison cell. US officials have demanded the right to perform random inspections to make sure he stays jailed. Another key Cole suspect, Fahad al-Quso, also escaped from a Yemeni prison and then was secretly released in 2007 (see May 2007). Yemen has refused to extradite al-Badawi and al-Quso to the US, where they have been indicted for the Cole bombing. FBI Director Robert Mueller flew to Yemen in April 2008 to personally appeal to Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh to extradite the two men. However, Saleh has refused, citing a constitutional ban on extraditing its citizens. Other Cole suspects have been freed after short prison terms in Yemen, and at least two went on to commit suicide attacks in Iraq. US Unwilling to Try Two Suspects in Its Custody - Two more key suspects, Khallad bin Attash and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, were captured by US forces and have been transferred to the US-run Guantanamo prison. Al-Nashiri is considered the mastermind of the Cole bombing, but the US made the decision not to indict either of them because pending criminal charges could have forced the CIA or the Pentagon to give up custody of the men. Al-Quso, bin Attash, and al-Nashiri all attended a key 2000 al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia where the 9/11 attacks were discussed (see January 5-8, 2000). 'The Forgotten Attack' - A week after the Cole bombing, President Bill Clinton vowed to hunt down the plotters and promised, "Justice will prevail." But less than a month after the bombing, George W. Bush was elected president. Roger Cressey, a former counterterrorism official in the Clinton and Bush administrations who helped oversee the White House's response to the Cole bombing, says, "During the first part of the Bush administration, no one was willing to take ownership of this. It didn't happen on their watch. It was the forgotten attack." 'Back to Square One' - Former FBI agent Ali Soufan, a lead investigator into the bombing, complains,
"After we worked day and night to bring justice to the victims and prove that these Qaeda operatives were responsible, we're back to square one. Do they have laws over there or not? It's really frustrating what's happening." The Post comments, "Basic questions remain about which individuals and countries played a role in the assault on the Cole." Possible Government Complicity - One anonymous senior Yemeni official tells the Post that al-Badawi and other al-Qaeda members have had a long relationship with Yemen's intelligence agencies and have targeted political opponents in the past. For instance, in 2006, an al-Qaeda suicide attack in Yemen came just days before elections there, and Saleh tried to link one of the figures involved to the opposition party, helping Saleh win reelection (see September 15, 2006). Furthermore, there is evidence that figures within the Yemeni government were involved in the Cole bombing (see After October 12, 2000), and that the government also protected key bombers such as al-Nashiri in the months before and after the bombings (see April 2000 and Shortly After October 12, 2000). Bush Unwilling to Meet with Victims' Relatives - Relatives of the soldiers killed in the bombing have attempted to meet with President Bush to press for more action, to no avail. John P. Clodtfelter Jr., whose son died on the Cole, says, "I was just flat told that he wouldn't meet with us. Before him, President Clinton promised we'd go out and get these people, and of course we never did. I'm sorry, but it's just like the lives of American servicemen aren't that important." [Washington Post, 5/4/2008]
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Hi, I have a MapInfo layer with custom True Type Font Symbols. When I upload this layer to SSA, I do not see these fonts.
Can you let me know, how to install these custom fonts to SSA?
Thank you
Marek Roth
Hi Marek
You need to build the custom symbols into a JAR file and then publish this JAR file on your Spectrum server.
Here are some more details:
Building the WAR
Open command line or Shell prompt and run the following commands. Make sure to execute them in the folder where the images are actually located (otherwise you get folders in the jar file)
jar cvf <MyJarFileName>.jar *.png
where <MyJarFileName> is the name of the JAR file you are creating. This statement will include all the png files in the JAR file you are creating.
Deploying the JAR on the server
Copy the newly created JAR file and paste it into this folder on the Spectrum server: install_dir/server/modules/spatial/lib.
where install_dir is the folder where you installed SSA, typically C:\Program Files\Pitney Bowes\Spectrum.
Thank you Peter,
Are these steps the same, if I have True Type Font in *.ttf file?
jar cvf <MyJarFileName>.jar *.ttf
You are rigth Peter, I have installed Tru Type Font on server with standard way and the layer in now displayed correctly. Thank you for your help. Marek?


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Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 1938–1968; Complete Set
Unabridged Audiobook
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A chilling reenactment of the federal government's anti-Communist investigations. The testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC's treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a "dignified" manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record.
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Seeing you guys graduate Wednesday was bittersweet. I think I say that every year, but it never really ceases to be true, and it is especially the case with your class. You guys rocked the house, and will be greatly missed. I really hope that most of you stick around and coach, or that once you graduate from college you come back to coach, because the room will feel weird without you. At the very least, stay engaged as alums, because you are loved by many in this program, and you always will be family to us. A cliche', yes, but no less true.
Ok: parting words….ahhh, geez. I've been sitting here the past half hour with writer's block. The problem is that I'm trying to sound profound and deep, but pretty much everything that follows is unremarkable in the extreme and will probably sound like every other message or speech you get from well meaning folks this time of year. I'm beginning to think that every graduation speech for the past 20 years or so has been ghostwritten by the same guy. So let me stop trying and just lay it out:
First, as mentioned, you are loved. There are countless adults in your lives that care for your well being deeply and have sacrificed an awful lot for your good. You are not self-made; you have had many, many hands to guide you through the years. It is easy to take that for granted, and easier still to start thinking those helping hands are fists when things don't go your way…don't.
Second, speaking of when things don't go your way: that will happen….frequently. Expect it, and no that's not pessimism speaking. It's ok. Really. This too shall pass. Life will go on. Most things that fall under this category (*most* things) are light and momentary troubles, and somewhere in there there's a jewel for you if you can find it. Usually, this jewel has nothing to do with material things or helping you gain future success, but everything to do with building your character as a man. When those tough times come, remember the lessons you've learned on the mat, for they will be of immense help. Gosh, if I had a dollar for every time I've lost this perspective…well, you can finish that cliche' out for me.
Third, don't mess around. Focus! Prepare for marriage, prepare for fatherhood, prepare for a career. Don't waste your time by thinking "well, maybe one day, but that's way off. Right now I just wanna have fun." That is a mistake my generation has made and it's proving to be costly. For now, spend your time preparing for those things, for most likely, one day they will come, and there is no "good husband," or "good father" or "good employee" switch that you can flip when you are ready. It's just like wrestling, you see. You all know that if you are lousy in practice, you'll be lousy in competition. Well, if you waste your time on "the scene," video games, partying, and a delayed adulthood, you'll be a lousy employee/husband/father, etc when the time comes, and boy you don't want that. That'll hurt more than any loss you experienced on the mat by a mile. By then you won't have a choice. Life is a habit. Plus, if its fun you're after, those things will be more fun if you prepare for them now than if you don't.
Fourth, for heaven's sake, look forward to those things! That's another hangup my generation (and others) has, and it, too, is not doing us any good. It is popular these days to run from career, marriage, and family, and view those things as the "end" of our fun time or the "end" of our life, when in reality, that's when life really gets going. Those things are hard, sure, and you'll have to make big sacrifices, but that is why they are so much more deep and meaningful–and therefore "fun" in a certain sense–than typical post 20's pursuits.
Fifth, reading–a lot, and widely, and a lot of it from dead guys (and gals)–helps in all of the above, as does finding a community, *serving* in it, and working at a hard and demanding job. You have your parents, but also find some other adults you trust–preferably those with at least a few grey hairs–and learn from them. Mentors from other, much older, generations can help cure the myopic vision that can easily result just by hanging around those of your age group. That comment above about "dead guys and gals" might be tongue in cheek, but its really true: reading the writing of those who have gone before you (meaning: way, way before you) is a necessity. It is not optional.
Well that's pretty much it. I feel somewhat awkward saying all that, because I haven't exactly been a shining example of those things….it's just what others have passed on to me, and in the course of time I've found them to be right. Perhaps its all just the ramblings of a bald guy with an over-inflated sense of self-importance, but maybe there's a thing or two worth pondering, who knows.
Even though its not going to be the same without you, I am very excited to see what you'll accomplish in the future. Fellas, you've got the right stuff. And as you'll find out, your training as a wrestler has trained you well for life. Never forget that. There's a reason why I harp on the younguns so much about not quitting and staying the course. When I had that conversation with you guys (and I think at one time or another I had that conversation with just about every one of you) you might not have seen the value in all that. Well, now you do. Now, you "get it." Wrestling is one tough, tough sport, and now that you've finished your race (for some, the race is not done yet, as you will keep going in college! For you: stay the course…;) ) both as a wrestler and high school student, not only do you have an accomplishment that you can and will cherish for the rest of your life, but you have developed a habit of perseverance that most others don't have.
Keep the eye,