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A delegation of more than 80 San Diego officials opened their annual Sacramento trip Tuesday with sessions focused on housing and local and state responses to recent federal tax reform.
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The two-day trip is used by officials to meet with lawmakers in the state Capitol to lobby for legislation and discuss pressing issues. Among those attending are Jerry Sanders, chief executive of the San Diego Regional Chamber, which is sponsoring the trip; City Council members David Alvarez, Barbara Bry, Chris Cate, Myrtle Cole, Mark Kersey, Chris Ward and Lorie Zapf, and representatives from such entities as Cox Communications, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego Gas & Electric and the Port of San Diego.
"San Diego represents an important voice on many of the state's top issues such as housing, innovation, and goods movement," Sanders said. "Being so far from Sacramento, legislators don't often hear about our concerns face-to- face. This trip is key to bringing the expertise of our region's business and community leaders to state officials so they can hear, in a personal and direct way, how policies have an impact on business growth."
The trip kicked off Tuesday morning with a discussion on housing issues featuring data reporter Matt Levin of CALmatters and Los Angeles Times journalist Liam Dillon. The group then met with staff from the Senate Government and Finance Committee to discuss the federal tax reform signed into law by President Donald Trump in December.
Cole said her top priorities are discussing homelessness, the high cost of housing and the region's growing infrastructure needs with leaders in Sacramento.
The delegation will attend a housing panel discussion featuring Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, and state housing officials. Tthe group will also meet with Assemblyman Brian Maienschein, R-San Diego, to discuss health care, homelessness and mental health.
Cate plans to meet with officials from the Department of Water Resources to discuss plans to combat long-term drought, potable water reuse and the city's recent water billing issues, according to his office.
Zapf hopes to schedule a meeting to discuss the recent problems at the Point Loma Recycling Center.
Other planned session topics include self-driving vehicles with state transportation officials and General Motors leaders; climate change; improving international trade; innovation; and the 2018 political landscape.
–City News Service
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Like a modern day Paul Kelly or Elvis Costello, in his crumpled suit and tie, Gavin Bowles is the "King of Nothing". After 13 years fronting Sydney Rock trio "Picture Perfect", Gavin has delved into solo territory with his brand new debut EP "King of Nothing". The EP is an eclectic mix of guitar-based songs, with stylistic references to rock, blues and maybe even country. While never delving deep into genre specific territory, the songs are moulded and enriched by his exceptional guitar skills and effortlessly melodic voice; exuding a confident nonchalance that only comes with over a decade of writing, recording and performing. May and June will see Gavin (and band) hit the road for the "King of Nothing" Tour, performing the new EP plus other original material and selected covers.
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Delivering programs that re-engage local people at risk of social isolation.
Befriend is a social enterprise with a vision for an inclusive, connected world. They run programs that re-engage local people at risk of social isolation with the community, and ultimately influence broader cultural connection.
2015 Pitch
Funds raised: $11,550
With a desire to seek funds to develop a Befriend Starter Kit and establish mentoring services, in November 2015, Befriend raised $11,550 at The Funding Network Perth to develop and pilot the 'Befriend Starter Kit', a peer-mentoring service to help people living with a disability and/or mental health issues to make more effective social connections.
The impact...
Roger has a strong family network but was looking to expand his relatively small circle of friends. Living in Midland, this 50 year old found connecting with others challenging – a lack of confidence to start conversations and talk with others, low self-esteem and a shortage of places where Roger felt he could be his 'true self', had become barriers to new friendships.
Through the Befriend Starter Kit, Roger and Steph worked together to build his confidence, conversation skills and independence. They began attending Befriend events together, trouble-shooting his challenges and continually developing his confidence interacting with others. Over time, Roger became observably more confident and comfortable engaging naturally with other people – becoming very conversational in fact, not only at Befriend events (which he attends regularly) but also in everyday life, where he is now striking up conversations with people at the local shops and spends time with new friends outside of organised social programs.
Over the past 12 months, eight peer mentors have received training to develop the skills to facilitate social and community connections and 42 support workers have participated in Befriend's professional development workshop, 'Sparking Connections'. Nine individual users have now assessed the Starter Kit: 100% successfully connected to the social network and reported at least one newly developed social skill; 85% were highly satisfied with the service and intend to attend Befriend events in future; and more than half attended a Befriend event within a month of completing the kit.
Befriend knows that making friends can be hard – but a life in loneliness is often harder. The Starter Kit breaks down barriers to social participation, helping build friendship from acquaintance and changing the 'me' into 'we'.
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This week you can see in our website the new photos of Nicol. She show you her more sensual and erotic side.
It's some months ago, this Colombian woman arrived to Felina, from then she has conquered several customers thanks to her behavior and her perfect body.
She will offer you her best smile and with a twinkle in her eyes. Furthermore you can practice all kind of sexual services with her.
Seeing her perfect body reflected in the mirrors of our rooms is is a delight to the senses…
Come to Felina to meet her during the day, only here you can enjoy the best company of Barcelona.
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DINOSAUR REX is a game template for Android.
It inspired from Google Chrome's t-rex game.
Both ios, android studio, eclipse and buildbox files, fonts and sounds, game assets are included.
Buildbox included
Buildbox file (.bbdoc) included.
So that, you can edit all the assets, sounds, fonts etc.*
Game Assets Included
Nearly all of our items include game assets. This means you can edit vectors of game characters, objects and actions.*
Well Documented
We included all the information you need. With texts, videos and live support.
Fonts included
After buying the template you see missing fonts. If they make you crazy like us, dont get angry. We include a link for finding the font and install on your PC/Mac.
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Ask us to our customers. We are here to solve all the problems.
* These items are only included in our Buildbox Templates on Codecanyon.
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Do not pay for the same code, on different categories. We include both Android and xCode codes in the same template. Publish them any market you want.*
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To produce a quality second season, we are asking that family, friends, supporters, and fans contribute to our fundraising success. Your contributions will go towards the following:
- Food for cast and crew – the cast and crew are doing this for free (that's right, free!). The least we can do is make sure they're fed well. A happy actor is a good actor!
- Props
- Locations – there are fees associated with shooting at some of the locations
- Post-production – this covers editing. Nothing worse than having a good script with bad sound and lighting.
- Marketing – to spread the word about the series
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The fundraising campaign for Season 2 will begin July 1st. When you donate through Indiegogo, you're helping the first season of D.C. Yuppies reach its highest potential. As a token of our appreciation, each tier on the Perks scale comes with a gift. Please see the Perks scale and the gifts associated with each level.


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Prose Terminology 10
Terms in this set (36)
• Protagonist
The main character in the story
• Antagonist
The force against the protagonist.
• Flat
This is a minor character with one or maybe two sides to the personality.
• Round
These characters are believable and complex people with several sides to their personality.
• Dynamic
Also known as a kinetic character, a dynamic character changes in some important way because of plot events.
• Static
These characters are the opposite of dynamic characters. These are people who don't change in the course of a story.
• Stock
Also known as stereotypical, these characters are people who are easily recognized as "types".
The events of the story or the series of actions that take place in the story are referred to as the plot.
The reader meets the characters and discovers the setting.
Rising action
This builds up the story, is the longest part of the story and is a series of steps that lead to the climax.
Here, the reader finds out what happens to the conflict, or how the conflict is resolved.
Falling action
The plot begins to wrap up in this section of the story which is usually brief.
This part follows quickly after the climax and provides the last pieces of information for the reader.
• Novella
A piece of prose fiction that is in between the short story and novel in terms of complexity and length
Drives the plot forward and creates interest.
• Internal conflict
When the conflict is inside a character's head
• External conflict
When the conflict is outside a character in a novel.
. Setting
An introduction to the story including the mood and the physical _____________
• Emotional Setting
The mood or atmosphere of the story
• Physical Setting
The time, place, season of a story
First person:
"I" is the central character and tells his or her own story.
• Second person
the story is told about "you".
• Third person
A point of view in which the narrator is outside the action and refers to characters as he or she. There are three types of this...
• Omniscient narrator
A point of view that sometimes takes the form of writing as though observing all that is transpiring; sometimes the reader is able to enter the heads of some or all of the characters: God-like
Deals with right and wrong, with acceptable and non-acceptable societal values, and is limited to this
Defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
Theme statement
The message the author is trying to convey written as a full sentence.
Strangeness between what might be expected and what actually occurs
dramatic irony
when the audience knows of a plot event or situation but the characters do not.
verbal irony
speaks something contradictory to what she/he intends to.
situational irony
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
• Satire
A style of writing that has the goal of mocking or scorning an individual, an institution or society as a whole.
• Parody
A literary work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or work for comic effect or ridicule; a humorous, satirical or off-beat imitation of a person, event or serious work of literature.
• Symbol
Has two levels of meaning: a literal level and a figurative level.
Objective point of view
the narrator does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside, like a movie camera
limited omniscient point of view
Author tells the story in third person, but from the viewpoint of a single character. The thoughts and feelings of other characters are not shown.


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This Is How United Is Changing its Loyalty Program
United Airlines is making some big changes to its MileagePlus loyalty program. The airline will begin requiring a minimum annual spending amount in addition to a minimum number of miles flown for customers to qualify for different levels of MileagePlus.
United Airlines, which is owned by United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL), will now require customers to spend $2,500 in addition to flying 25,000 miles in 2014 to qualify for the lowest level of the program by 2015. In order to achieve the highest Platinum status customers will need to spend $7,500 and fly 75,000 miles. If a customer spends $7,500 but doesn't fly 75,000 miles they will qualify for the Gold, not Platinum, status. The loyalty programs give frequent fliers numerous perks, including free baggage, better seats, upgrades to first class, faster mile accrual, and other benefits.
Earlier in the year Delta (NYSE:DAL) made similar changes to its SkyMiles loyalty program. Both airlines have said that the new procedure allows them to better identify and serve their highest-spending customers instead of rewarding people who rack up miles on inexpensive flights. A spokeswoman from Delta said that the program change has gotten mixed feedback thus far, but added that "many of our Medallion members were pleased by this because they see it as narrowing the pool and focusing more on the high-value customers. As a result, you'll have fewer people fighting for the perks, like complimentary upgrades to first class."
But some are viewing the move with skepticism, and not just because it's more difficult to achieve a high loyalty program status. An opinion article published by Forbes claimed that the new spending requirement is not actually helping the airlines make more money or identify their customers that deserve to be rewarded.
The article points out that the new program actually punishes people who fly cheap flights frequently without rewarding those who spend more money. Because the airlines have maintained mileage requirements instead of switching to completely cost-based loyalty programs, a customer who spends a lot of money on infrequent flights would not qualify for higher levels.
Those customers taking infrequent but expensive flights are the ones that make airlines the most money, and so the change in United and Delta's loyalty programs still ignores the company's most profitable customers, according to the Forbes article.
While there have certainly been mixed reviews on the change, it's one that's likely to become an industry standard, as several foreign airlines have already implemented similar changes in their loyalty programs as well.
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South Sudan is the newest country on earth and also one of the poorest. A civil war has ravaged the country for five years, but now there is a national peace agreement in place. Unfortunately, orphans, vulnerable children, and widows are among the most affected by war. In December of 2018, UNICEF reported that fifteen thousand children remain missing or separated from their families five years after conflict first broke out in South Sudan. More than four million people have been uprooted by the fighting, the majority of them children.
God has uniquely positioned His Voice Global to help with some of the big needs in these countries while acting in obedience to James 1:27 as "His voice" to the vulnerable.
His Voice Global has been active in ministry to South Sudan since 2003. During that time, we have been involved in food distribution, founded a primary school and orphanage, and founded a secondary school and orphanage. Strong relationships have been developed with local church leaders. When civil war broke out in December of 2013, we found that being "His voice" extended beyond "looking after orphans and widows in their distress" to acting as a trusted advisor for peace talks on a grass roots, state-by-state level. This in turn helped to provide the desperately needed stability for the most vulnerable.
Because of the long-term presence of His Voice Global in South Sudan, we have been given many opportunities, on multiple levels of society, to walk alongside the South Sudanese to work towards lasting change for peace. Our peacemaking strategy has been to facilitate grassroots conversations so warring factions in each state can come together, communicate grievances, and then work towards holistic solutions that will empower the South Sudanese to flourish.
This approach has proven successful, as a national peace agreement was signed in 2018. His Voice Global was honored to visit the office of the President in November of 2018 to celebrate this accomplishment. Peace in South Sudan now allows us to focus our efforts on the rescue of the many displaced by the war as we help vulnerable women and children through our Circle of Care.
Our partner, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Yei, has day-to-day responsibility for the orphans in our care. This includes helping them become self-sufficient members of society. Life skill development is a part of the holistic discipleship that EPC provides as well.
For economic sustainability, our role is to support EPC by providing Economic Development assistance in creating income-generating opportunities for those in our care. These businesses also help support the orphanages and schools
A very exciting part of our 2019 plans is that the current peace in South Sudan has provided an opportunity to move the Nehemiah secondary school from miles away onto the campus of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Yei, South Sudan, alongside the younger children already in the primary school there. This move will produce economies of scale for the orphanages and provide needed space for discipleship training on what was the Nehemiah campus. Classroom construction will be necessary before the students can occupy the new safe location on the EPC campus.
As the children and their caretakers grow in Christ, they step out to renew relationships and engage others to share God's love and truth. These young disciples learn to make other disciples and, over time, their eyes are opened to the brokenness in their community and country.
They desire to work to see healing and see their home communities renewed. The Education Fund, which provides financial aid for the orphan's college or trade school attendance, facilitates renewal by preparing the orphans contribute to society in positions of cultural influence and be all that God intends for them to be as His children.


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On a cold winter night, few things are as comforting as a good roast chicken. It's almost worth making one just for the aroma that fills the house.
Italians don't eat nearly as much chicken as Americans do and they never mix it with pasta. (I'm looking at you, Olive Garden.) Most often Italians get chicken from a rosticceria where it's roasted on a spit and seasoned with a mix of dried or fresh herbs including garlic, rosemary, thyme, sage and oregano. When fresh herbs are unavailable, a pinch, a can of Ariosto is an excellent alternative.
Stefania at Cerini Coffee & Gifts introduced me to this magical yellow and red container whose contents smell just like an Italian rosticceria. The herb blend originated in a small restaurant in Emilia-Romagna that specialized in roasted meats. At the end of the meal, it became customary for guests to receive a small bag of herbs to take home. When it was decided to sell the blend, the new company was named for the Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto whose birthplace was nearby. I love how Italians are always feasting on history.
I make my own roast chicken in a regular gas oven with a halved lemon stuffed inside and a generous coating of Ariosto mix on the outside. To get a crispy skin without spit roasting, I blast it with high heat for the first 30 minutes of cooking. But most essential is an organic chicken which can be found for an excellent price at Vincent's Meat Market. The quality of Peter's chickens are so far superior to anything you can buy at a grocery store that you'll forever be spoiled.
Italian Roast Chicken
1 5- to 6-pound organic chicken
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1 large bunch fresh rosemary
1 lemon, halved
1 head garlic, cut in half along the top
2 tablespoons of Ariosto per Carni
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Rinse the chicken inside and out and pat the outside dry. (Make sure the giblets are all removed. Often they are inside the chicken in a small plastic bag.) Place it in a large roasting pan. Stuff the inside with the bunch of rosemary, the garlic and both halves of the lemon. Pour the olive oil over the top of the chicken, coating the whole bird, then use your fingers to sprinkle the Ariosto mix over the entire surface. Tie the legs together with butchers twine and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken.
Roast the chicken at 450 degrees for 30 minutes. Then turn the heat down to 400 degrees for 1 hour or until the juices run clear when you cut between the leg and thigh.


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text: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr Also known as Communication Design, Graphic Design is an art of projecting ideas by combining text and visuals. It can either be in physical or virtual form and may include words or images. In today's world, business is all about brand management and presentation. Those who present their brand well, make it big and the ones who do not, fail to attract the right customers. Also, owners of businesses already have a lot on their plates to take care of. In such a case, concerns like logo design or web design might take a back seat for them. However, one should not be quick to dispense the importance of these two things as they impact your brand in a very critical way. A good logo design speaks about your brand at length. Your business logo is responsible for what people think about your brand. It is said that your logo design is design is that visual symbol which represents your business. Following are the reasons why is a getting a logo design important for your business: 1. It is your identity: We shall all be able to recognize brands like McDonald's, Apple, Coca-Cola, Nike, etc. just by looking at their brands even if their names are not specified. Your brand communicates what sort of services or products you sell. 2. It attracts customers: A strategically designed logo will do wonders in attracting customers for you. The logo should prompt the customers to have a look at it. Once that is done, they would definitely feel tempted to search about your products and services and you might hopefully be able to sell them something. 3. It distinguishes you from your competitors: There might be certain symbols that represent a particular product from an industry. For instance, how many of us cannot associate a chef with a tall white hat and wide grin with food chains? A good logo must be different for standing out from its competitors in the industry. 4. It gives you brand visibility: It is a one-time investment. Once you get a logo designed, you can market it on social media, products, packagings, etc. to promote your products, services and business. While it is important to understand why your business needs a logo, choosing the best logo design service is also essential. So how does one go about choosing the best logo design service for his/her business? Let us see: 1. Work Experience: There is nothing that can beat experience. Not even money. Look for a designer with a diverse work experience. 2. Vast Portfolio: Always choose a designer that can offer you a sampling of his work for a diverse range of customers. 3. Industry Presence: What does this Graphic Designer really thinks about my project? Let me check out his blog. Is he active on social media? What type of blogs does he write? Does he only showcase samples of his work in these blogs? Do I see myself learning something from his blogs? As yourself these questions. A designer is a perfect fit if you hear about him in the industry. 4. Convey your expectations: Keep probing until you are sure that the designer has understood your expectations. Plan and convey your expectations to him. You may ask him if you could expect the same attention as most of his other client or how many man hours would he be able to invest into your project every day. 5. Pricing: Research and determine how much it would cost you to get the best logo design services. Be sure to have a fair outlook when negotiating price. 6. Client testimonials are important: Although, most client testimonials are forged on the websites of many service providers these days look into the types of comments the clients have left. Check if all of them sound the same or does some of them provide insights into the relationship between the designer and customer. 7. Consider the accessibility: It is obvious that most of us would want the graphic designer to be of the same location as us (unless of course, the project is very high end). You might also want to check the time in which he will respond to your business calls. Also, face to discussion will help you in working more productively. Above are the few factors that will help you in shortlisting the best logo design services in town. Keep this in mind when you are set to design the brand logo for your new business.


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Give 'Em Good (Red) Lip!
by Miriam Nichterlein, Beauty Editor
Each season as new make-up trends grace global runways, the perennially-chic red lip, pared with immaculate brows and luminous skin, is certain to make an appearance. The Spring/Summer 2013 shows were no exception with models wearing scarlet pouts for Burberry, Prada, Missoni and Akris.
Red lips are classic, beautiful and sexy, but rocking the perfect red lip requires careful attention to two details: symmetry and tone.
Delicately lining your lips and correcting any asymmetry will add a professional touch - the human eye loves symmetry and balance, yet most people's lips are slightly asymmetrical. Take time with this, and always use a lip-brush.
- Start with the cupid's bow of your lip and ensure an even 'peak' on either side. This helps create balance.
- From here, work from side-to-side of the lip stopping to ensure balance and symmetry.
- When you are done, take a small cue-tip dipped in moisturizer and remove any inconsistencies along the lip-line.
- Remove, re-draw and adjust until you are happy with your shape!
As with all skills, shaping lips takes some patience and practice, so enjoy playing with and perfecting the process!
If you think you 'just don't suit a red lip', then it is likely you have previously been wearing the wrong shade or tone for your skin colouring. There are no hard and fast rules, so follow the skin-tone guidelines below to start and then experiment to see what works best!
All lipstick recommendations are by Bite, a chic natural lipstick that is kind to your lips and your body!
What skin tone do you have?
1. PORCELAIN: A cool red containing hints of plum works best for a flawless pale skin tone with cool undertones. Try: Bite luminous crème lipstick in 'Mulberry'.
2. FAIR: A light skin tone with cool undertones is also most harmonious with a cool red, whilst a warm red can be used to create a bold look. Try: Bite luminous creme lipstick in 'Rose'.
3. BISQUE: Skin with pink undertones looks best with a cool red, but can also work a warm red. Try: Bite luminous creme lipstick in 'Tanin' or High pigment pencil in 'Pomegranate'.
4. OLIVE: Warm reds with green undertones are most complimentary for an olive skin tone. Try: Bite luminous crème lipstick in 'Tanin'.
5. CARAMEL: Cool reds are again wearable, but warm reds look gorgeous on a caramel skin tone. Try: Bite luminous creme lipstick in 'Tanin' or high pigment pencil 'Pomegranate'.
6. BEIGE: Skin colour with yellow undertones is most harmonious with a warm red, but a cool red can also look fabulous. Try: Bite lipstick in 'Poppy' or 'Scarlet'.
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Watch out, kids! It's Trouble In Mind week! We're featuring lists from all four bands with brand new 7″s on Chicago's Trouble In Mind label.
If Charlie & The Moonhearts wanted, they could've recorded "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" by Paul Revere & The Raiders. They could've recorded a killer version of "Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz. But they aren't just going to rest on their laurels as being one of today's great Nuggets yielding rock 'n' roll garage lords. That's evident in their new 7″ on Trouble In Mind.
Both "Real Hot Breakers" and "My Love Is Gone" are songs worthy of a spontaneous fight scene and/or dance sequence in a '50s popcorn movie. Incredible stuff.
Charlie & The Moonhearts – "Real Hot Breakers" (7″)
You really should buy this 7″. Here's five from Mikal and Charlie.
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1) The Baths – "Be Afraid Of Me" (7″) – "Kind of newish group from San Francisco. Share most of their members with the Tea Elles, who also rule. Really great band, I love it. Dark, anxious and unhappy sounding but it cheers me up. I donno. Buy their 7″." – Mikal
2) The Spits – "Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya" (from Vol. IV) – "It's the Spits. Their newest record blew/blows my mind as a whole, and this song slays especially hard. Poppy weird Spits style with the fist-pumping, pogo-slamming, heart-stomping drive." – Charlie
3) The Troggs – "Anyway That You Want Me" (from 20th Century Masters) – "I like the simplicity of the chord progression in the verse, then the vocal line and how the drums pound on the downbeat in the chorus. It's great and it's been looping in my head a lot these days." – Mikal
4) Long Legged Woman – "Yours is Mine" – "This song is super heavy while simultaneously being insanely catchy. Long Legged Woman was one of my favorite contemporary bands. Those dudes rule really hard AND make good music AND are really rad people. Simplicity is key and this song proves it." – Charlie
5) Thee Oh Sees – "We Are Free" (from Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion) – "Amazing song… simple and catchy and builds into something intense and beautiful. I hear so much more instrumentation than what's actually going on (guitar, electronics, floor tom and tambourine)… something huge and
all-consuming…. a big orchestra distorted through guitar amps. I listened to this while falling asleep recently and had a apocalyptic flying dream." – Mikal
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text: Our aim in this paper is to enlighten the possibility to treat quantum mechanics as emergent from a kind of classical physical model, in spite of recent remarkable experiments demonstrating a violation of the Bell inequality. To proceed in a rigorous way, we use the methodology of ontic–epistemic modeling of physical phenomena. This methodology is rooted in the old Bild conception about theoretical and observational models in physics. This conception was elaborated in the fundamental works of Hertz, Boltzmann, and Schrödinger. Our ontic model (generating the quantum model) is of the random field type, prequantum classical statistical field theory (PCSFT). We present a brief review of its basic features without overloading the presentation by mathematical details. Then we show that the Bell inequality can be violated not only at the epistemic level, i.e., for observed correlations, but even at the ontic level, for classical random fields. We devote the important part of the paper to an analysis of the internal energy structure of prequantum random fields and their coupling with the background field of subquantum fluctuations. Finally, we present a unified picture of the microworld based on the composition of prequantum random fields from elementary fluctuations. Since quantum systems are treated as the symbolic representation of prequantum fields, this picture leads to a unifying treatment of all quantum systems as special blocks of elementary fluctuations carrying negligibly small energies.


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History was made recently when Regina Scott became the first Black woman to become Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to ABC 7, her advancement is part of a concerted effort by new police chief Michel Moore to diversify the upper ranks of the force. And with her 31 years of experience on the force, it was an easily-earned promotion for Scott.
"I am both honored and humbled by this historic promotion," Scott said last week when the news was announced. "This promotion is more than just me, it is for those who paved the road before me, and those who dare to dream big. I want to thank Chief Moore for having the courage and insight for real change and reform. I am ready to help build trust and help bridge the gap between the police and communities we serve."
Scott, who also has the distinction of being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of commander, joined the LAPD in July 1987 and since then has held numerous positions and worked a variety of assignments across different bureaus.
She was on the force when women were never in the upper echelons.
"Not even of women of color — I didn't think it would be possible for just any woman," she said. "Then I started to see the women promoted to lieutenant, captain and then commander and deputy chief."
Scott is a New Jersey native, who started her career of service in the U.S. Army upon graduation from high school. She is also a graduate of West Point Leadership School and the 216th Session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, according to the Los Angeles Sentinel.
"It's something I could never dream. Something that I never thought I would see while on the department," she said.Share :


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From their inception in 1988, The Stryker Bros. have directed the majority of their professional attention to their live shows. They performed with a fervor that fans could only describe as "you have to see it to believe it." Even Rolling Stone touted "We saw it and we still can't believe it."
While they could have very easily been lost in the era's surge of Outlaw Country music, Coal and Flynt Stryker almost effortlessly set themselves apart with their on- and off-stage antics, declaring themselves "Lawdog Country Music." They deservingly earned a reputation as a ruffians with a flair for "funking it up, then burning it down" (their fan club's official slogan).
They were the first (and only) guests of the Grand Ole Opry to purposefully light their gear on fire, earning them a ban for life from The Opry (and other unnamed venues). While the industry began to shy away from the rowdy brothers and label offers were yanked from the table, the fan support spread like wildfire. For the better part of the next 20 years, Stryker Bros. sold out every venue they played. They were sponsored by George Dickel Whiskey, BiC Worldwide and Pyro Purveyors, an outdoor and tactical pyrotechnics company. They toured relentlessly all the while independently releasing 36 albums over their 30-year career, only taking a brief 8-year hiatus while Flynt served time for aggravated arson.
There's no shame in the Stryker Bros. game. "We have done some pretty stupid shit," says Coal. "But it was always for a good reason. What we didn't do was ever give up on making Lawdog County Music." Putting their money where their mouths are, The Stryker Bros. are going back to the studio one more one last time to record all new never before heard tunes. "The Incinerators (the Stryker Bros. official fan club) deserve our music," adds Flynt. "They've supported us all this time – buying our albums, coming to the shows, paying our bail. The least we can do is give them more of what they live for." Coal adds, "We can't really tell you what to expect, just expect us to funk it up then burn it down."


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Why we love working with her? She is Type A, which is exactly what you want in a "Month of Wedding" Coordination Company. She offers affordable event services, but most of all she will give you a peace of mind. Your Wedding may conjure up dreams of your vows, your first dance, your future spouse and the celebration of your life choice. Behind the scenes are venue guidelines, vendor load-in, trash pickups and many more less romantic logistics that you needn't deal with. That's where Lauren steps in to navigate the bumps, put out fires (if there are any) and you won't even know anything about it .You will get to truly enjoy every minute of your wedding day with Lauren serving you as a puzzle master, detective, switchboard operator and zen master.
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Reinstate top regulatory cooperation official, say business groups/
Canadian and American business groups are calling on Ottawa to reinstate a senior official, arguing regulatory cooperation might be in jeopardy without him.
Sixteen business groups, including the Canadian and U.S. Chambers of Commerce and Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, sent a letter to David MacNaughton, Canada's ambassador in Washington, D.C. last Friday. They asked for Robert Carberry, formerly assistant secretary for the Regulatory Cooperation Council secretariat at the Privy Council Office, to be put back in his role.
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Mark McGinnis's speaking fee falls within range: $25,000 to $30,000
Navy SEAL Commander Mark McGinnis applies the elite special operation force's training and execution techniques to your organization. The highly decorated officer and riveting speaker draws simple yet effective leadership and team building lessons from 17 years of Special Operations experience and over 400 missions with zero mishaps.
Commander McGinnis frequently operated in the world's most hostile and challenging circumstances. As a leader, he was responsible not only for his teams' successes, but their lives as well, taking men and women into battlefields, war zones, and other volatile situations. He and his team executed numerous counter drug initiatives throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and South America in the early 2000s. From 2004 to 2006, he oversaw multiple missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, he has served several deployments in northeast Asia as well as the Pacific Rim countries.
Upon completing his last tour of duty, Commander McGinnis joined Genzyme Biosurgery where he was promoted to regional sales director. His positions in both the business world and the Navy SEALS have equipped him with the unique ability to translate his experience from one to the other. Since 2012, he has served as the managing director of the SEAL Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to families of wounded and fallen Navy SEALS.
Navy SEALS are the elite of the Special Operations Forces — the most highly trained and dedicated forces in the global special operations community – undertaking the toughest physical and mental training in preparation for dangerous missions into enemy territory. Commander McGinnis will take you through the process of attaining this elite status — including the aptly-named "Hell Week" when soldiers are pushed to the physical, mental and emotional limits, often on less than four hours sleep.
Mark successfully completed this training, and went on to lead more than 400 SEAL operators through real world operations and training evolutions with zero mishaps. He has completed numerous deployments and operations throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, North East Asia, the Pacific Rim countries, Iraq and Afghanistan. He truly understands the term "leadership in challenging times" and how to translate his training and experiences to his civilian career.
Born in Monroe, North Carolina, in 1969 Commander Mark N McGinnis attended the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from USNA in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree, he served in the U.S. Marines as a Quality Assurance Officer. Three years later, Mark felt duty-bound to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL, and in 1996 became one of only four Marine Officers in history to be awarded an inter-service transfer to the U.S. Navy Seals.
As a Lieutenant Junior Grade, Mark served as Class Leader for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training Class 212 and after graduation was assigned to SEAL Team FIVE in San Diego, California (1996-2000). At ST-5, Mark served in a variety of positions, leading his team through numerous deployments throughout North East Asia and the Pacific. After his successful tour of duty at ST-5, he was selected to serve at SEAL Team FOUR in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2000-2002) where he completed numerous deployments and operations in support of counter narcotics and counter drug initiatives throughout the Caribbean, as well as Central and South America.
In May 2002, Lieutenant McGinnis separated from active duty and embarked on a career as a Biosurgical Sales Specialist for Genzyme Biosurgery. Meanwhile, while serving in the reserves, Mark received the rank of Lieutenant Commander at Supervisor Diving and Salvage. Two years later, Mark put his civilian career on hold when he was once again asked to serve his country.
LCDR McGinnis was assigned to the Special Operations Command Center in Tampa Florida (2004-2006) where he completed numerous deployments in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. During his career as a SEAL officer, Mark has earned the reputation of "Top Operator" and proudly led more than 400 SEAL operators through numerous real world and training evolutions with zero mishaps. In May of 2009, Mark received the rank of Commander.
After completing his tour of duty at SOCCENT, Commander McGinnis re-joined Genzyme Biosurgery where he was soon after promoted to the position of Regional Sales Director.
Mark continues to proudly serve in the U.S. Naval Reserves and lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Patty and his children, Reagan and Kellan.
Navy seal Mark McGinnis touches on the principles conveyed in the elite force's training that make the difference between life and death as well as success or failure. These principles have been proven time and time again as they've guided over 50 years of combat, not to mention the most dangerous missions in history.
"Our missions start when other special operation forces say, 'We can't do that. It's outside of our capabilities,'" Commander McGinnis hints at the level of performance SEALs must achieve. However, the principles that make this possible are not limited to special ops teams. The former Navy SEAL leader specializes in bringing "these simple, yet extremely effective principles" to businesses, athletic teams, and other groups so that they can transform their performance "from good to great."
Commander McGinnis has successfully led teams in the most high-stakes situations imaginable. Listed by meeting professionals as one of the single best speakers they've heard in the past few years, his message sticks with audiences long after your event. The former Navy SEAL trainer has wowed corporate audiences with his talent for relating his experiences and Special Ops principles to the business world.
Interweaving stories from the notorious "Hell Week" training as well as the field of duty, Commander McGinnis shows groups how they can foster a culture of focus, mental toughness, and belief that they can perform at world-class levels. Audiences have been so gripped by Commander McGinnis' content and delivery that the Q&A portion following his keynote has been known to go as long as 90 minutes.
The Black Ops corporate team building program will train your teams in the zero-tolerance-for-error Flawless Execution℠ methodology developed by James D. Murphy, CEO and founder of Afterburner Incorporated. Murphy, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, founded Afterburner in 1996, after he realized that the zero-tolerance-for-error tools used in the world of military aviation could benefit and revolutionize the way many companies do business. Murphy, in tandem with key Afterburner personnel, developed the "Flawless Execution" model by combining real-life business experiences with strategic and tactical military processes to create a powerful methodology designed to teach clients how to execute and win in any business scenario.
Special Operations Team Building Seminars
Over 1.5 million managers and executives have been trained in the Flawless Execution℠ continuous improvement process through a variety of experiential team building seminars, keynote speeches and workshops. Since its launch, Afterburner has been featured twice in Inc. Magazine′s "Inc. 500 List of America′s Fastest Growing Companies," with appearances in a variety of publications, including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Financial Times and Meetings and Conventions Magazine. The company has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg News. Murphy has also authored two books, Business Is Combat and Flawless Execution, the former of which is in its third printing, and has shared the podium with notable speakers such as Bill Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell.
Afterburner has since expanded its global presence by opening up offices in Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia, and the company has executed its services in over 34 countries. Today, Afterburner is considered the world′s leading authority on organization execution, with an impressive client list that includes 23% of the U.S. Fortune 500 as well as numerous global 1000 companies who benefit from the company′s unique experiential workshops and keynote seminars.
Rosie Montoto
September 13, 2018
I had the honor of hearing you speak today. You asked for questions afterward. I had a comment, but someone beat me to it.The comment is '"Thank you". When my colleague thanked you, you thanked her for her tax dollars paying your salary. I think it's money well spent.Thank you for all you've done for us. Even though I cannot imagine all of the sacrifices you have made in protecting us, I especially want to thank you for saying we need to care more about others than ourselves.
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"Commander Mark McGinnis has made a major contribution in the development of culture in our Golf Program at the University of Houston. Mark helped our guys paint a picture of who we are, who we want to become, and how to get there. Mark's track record, life experiences, and verbal delivery is second to none.
Seal Leadership is something that any team, business, or organization can benefit from. His ability to relate the fundamentals of leadership along with Navy Seals applications will have you wanting to earn your Trident every day!"
– Jonathan Dismuke
Head Golf Coach
University of Houston
"Many times, you hear a motivational speaker and the message goes in one ear and out the other by the next day. Mark McGinnis' message goes in one ear and stops directly at your heart… It becomes part of your lifeline. Quite simply, it's amazing and inspiring. If you are FOCUSED on improving the play of your team or of yourself then let Mark show you how simple it all is. He's a big time Leader with a big time message that is important for everyone! It will change lives. "
– Billy Lange
Assoc. Head Men's Basketball Coach
Villanova University
"I was very fortunate to be a part of Mark McGinnis's presentation on leadership to our men's golf team at St. Edward's University. With his background of being a student athlete at the Naval Academy, his time in the marines, and being a Navy Seal he brings instant credibility to any group. He has led men on the gridiron and into battlegrounds and his passion and knowledge for leadership comes through within five minutes of meeting him. I believe his message is desperately needed in today's society. His message will help you to truly build a TEAM by giving you tools to help you put the good of the team in front of the individual. Mark has lived it!! I am definitely going to have Mark come back to St. Edward's and deliver his message to our men's basketball team".
– Andre Cook
Head Men's Basketball Coach
St. Edward's University
"I recently had the opportunity to hear Commander McGinnis address a group of area CEO's and community leaders on leadership the SEAL way. I found his remarks to be captivating and most interesting, and his translation of the leadership principles he learned as a SEAL to business and civilian life was spot-on. I look forward to having Commander McGinnis speak to my leadership team at St. David's North Austin Medical Center".
– Donald H. Wilkerson, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
St. David's North Austin Medical Center
"Mark recently gave a talk at an event my company hosted for over 60 athletic directors from major college athletic departments around the country. Mark discussed leading in challenging times and right off the bat, he grabbed hold of the audience's attention and had them for the entire presentation. Mark's message on leadership was simple and focused. His delivery was amazing. He broke down his message into easy, simple terms that everyone could learn and apply. Everyone loved how he wove in personal experiences and stories – they were incredibly entertaining and very impactful.
One of the biggest testaments was the audience's engagement – Mark's presentation started at 6:30, finished at 7:30 and had Q&A that lasted nearly 90 minutes. I am still getting "thanks" from the attendees. In fact, a number of those AD's are asking for Mark's information to have him come in and speak to their staff and students.
Personally, I appreciated the professionalism Mark exhibited in his preparation as well as his delivery at the event. His attention to detail was outstanding – he took the time to understand our company's interests for hosting the event and what we were expecting to get out of the evening. Mark is a bright, intuitive guy that weaved our corporate message in beautifully. Nothing was over the top – it never felt like an infomercial on Game Theory. Mark made the event easy and incredibly successful."
– Vin McCaffrey
Game Theory Group International
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Why is it that when things get stressful, the things we love tend to fall by the wayside? Even though I accomplished some of my 2017 goals for Inherited, the shop went neglected more than I would have wished.
Today offers a fresh start. Without further ado, here are my 2018 goals for Inherited:
Consistency: For a while, I'll be on a roll. I'll regularly launder, mend, photograph, and list items. And then...a month (or more) of nothing, as life and other distractions take over. While I'll never be a "New items [every day/every Tuesday]" type of seller, I'm going to attempt to keep the shop fresh and regularly updated.
Communication: This is the first time I've blogged since February 2016. I get inspired for the shop all the time, but rarely share my inspirations in writing. Similarly, with social media, I get stuck in ruts of only sharing items as they're listed. Do vintage buyers like to see behind-the-scenes of finding vintage and laundering/mending it? Or do they like seeing more into the life of a vintage seller? I'm going to dabble with more variety on Instagram in 2018. Oh, and actually manage a newsletter...
Culling: One of the reasons I started a vintage shop was that I kept buying vintage pieces that didn't fit or weren't my style, simply because I couldn't bear to leave them behind. I still struggle with purchasing pieces that aren't my ideal, simply because I want to "save" them. While I'll never be one of those shopkeepers who only sells pieces within a certain era or color palette, I do want to only keep my shop stocked with pieces I truly love and am proud of. I'll be weeding through my racks this year and offering some "not my style" pieces at rock-bottom prices. Stay tuned!
Curation: On that note, I've always struggled to define my personal style. In both my home and wardrobe, I've always been drawn to two sides of the design spectrum: pieces that feel a bit "masculine" with sturdy materials and strong lines, often in neutral tones, and feminine, delicate pieces in a wider color palette. I want to find a way to define what I'm drawn to, if that's even possible, and make sense of it, visually.
Care: I'm ashamed to admit how few mending skills I have. I want to work to better my own mending skills and also find a tailor/seamstress that I trust in the area. (If anyone has recommendations in the Waynesville/Asheville, NC, area, please let me know!)
I think this list of goals will easily keep me occupied until 2019. If you're a vintage seller, I'd love to know your goals for your own shop, and even if you aren't, let me know if you identify with anything on this list, or if you have any thoughts about Inherited. All ideas welcome!


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Hilarity Ensues! Conan O'Brien Tries Virtual Reality
The world of technology is changing daily, and so is the world of VR. 2016 has seen quite an upgrade in the world of Virtual Reality, and today we get to watch as Conan O'Brien Tries Virtual Reality. Pairing up with YouTube's VR Lab, Conon put it to the test to get a feel with exactly how VR works.
The host enters a job simulator where things go left. He tried to xerox his brain and also aimed to pour cooking oil down his pants, but thankfully just in the VR world. Check out the entertaining and hilarious video in the clip below. Stay tuned for much more from Conan and much more from the world of technology coming very soon!


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The Blog is a description on the journey that I am traveling as the film commissioner of Belize.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Bada Bing Pizza Has Hit The Streets Of Belize !!!!!!
Big News Everybody Bada Bing Pizza has hit the streets of Belize City and it's the talk of the town. The newly opened takeout Pizza Restaurant is located at 24 Albert St. in Belize City right across the street from Jules Boutique. They serve an assorted choices of Italian cuisine the attention to customer service makes this establishment #1 on my list for good quality food.
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text: Ash and co are headed towards the next island for the next gym to win the next badge. Ash is suddenly greeted by a mother mistaking Ash for her son Travis (in a similar fashion to the events of the start of Hypno's Naptime) After having thoroughly squished Ash into her breasts, and after staring at him for a while, she finally realizes that it isn't her son after all. So, then A giant Rhydon robot attacks all the people on the beach, being run by Jessie, James and Meowth. It's powered by Arbok and Lickitung with an automatic crack of the whip, and with Weezing at the head blowing out gas (because James was too lazy to teach it hyper-beam). It all seems hopeless as Arbok is sent forward to attack Ash with poison sting, but The lady's Alkazam teleports in at her command to block the attack, and to seal the robot's mouth shut. Ash's Charizard flames the giant robot which then explodes sending them blasting off again. Ash learns the lady is the Gym Leader, her name is Luanna. Ash goes to compete at the gym, which is also a hotel, to which the group get to stay while Ash has his competition. Prior to the match, they're in a hot tub discussing the upcoming match. Ash becomes overheated and turns bright red, and so they desperately take him out of the tub to cool off. When the match begins, Ash's team is Charizard and Pikachu, and Luanna's team is Alakazam and Marowak. Charizard and Pikachu don't seem to be getting along as a team and fight amongst themselves and refuse to help each other. They nearly lose the match, but as Pikachu sees Charizard struggling, he shocks Alakazam to set Charizard free. Marowak sends Pikachu flying with his attack, but Charizard catches Pikachu on his wing. They're finally working together and with Ash's direction for Charizard to fly upwards with Pikachu, as Alakazam is preparing a hyper-beam, Marowak's bone is returning just under them to hit Alakazam who loses control of the now large hyper-beam, which explodes in his face along with Marowak, knocking them both out. Ash wins the match and receives the final Orange League badge, the Jade Star badge.


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Harness, the first Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform, hires Jason Eubanks as first Chief Revenue Officer to head their skyrocketing sales organization. Read more about the new partnership between Jason's strong sales background and Harness's explosive growth.
Snowflake Raises Another $450 Million
Snowflake Computing, a top contender among database softwares, brought its valuation up from $1.5 billion to a whopping $3.5 billion after this giant fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital. Snowflake is a rising star in the reported $20 billion cloud data warehousing sector. Learn more about Snowflake here.
Splunk Welcomes Chief Digital Officer
Jacob Loomis, former Apple and Yahoo exec, joins the Splunk team in the newly-created role of Chief Digital Officer. Read more about this key appointment here.
Snowflake Computing Hints at IPO Plans with New CFO
Thomas Tuchscherer, the CFO who took Talend through their highly successful 2016 IPO, is joining the Snowflake Computing executive team. Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia says their latest round of financing could end up ultimately launching the data warehouse platform to their own IPO. Read more about this heavy-hitting hire here.
AT&T Announces AlienVault Acquisition
We are thrilled to report this major acquisition of one of our clients, AlienVault! AT&T Business CEO, Thaddeus Arroyo, notes that "AlienVault's expertise in threat intelligence will improve our ability to help organizations detect and respond to cybersecurity attacks." Read more about this major exit here.


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Browsing for booksWednesday, Feb 8, 2006
Richard Dubuc looked over the rows and rows of books for sale last Thursday during the local Alzheimer Society's second-annual book sale at Revco Carpet. The book sale, which ran Thursday through Saturday, brought in $2,332.09, including a generous donation of $1,000 from one local individual. Proceeds from the book sale are going towards a special wheelchair for Rainycrest Home for the Aged.


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I'm excited to have two of my pieces selected for the Durham Art Guild's 62nd Annual Juried Exhibition.
The exhibition will be held at the Durham Arts Council building
Exhibition dates: August 19 - October 25, 2016
Public receptions during Third Friday Durham, Aug 19 and Sept 16, from 5-7pm
More details here. See you there!


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Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to ... . You can read more in Google, Youtube, Wiki
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Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain and then France, loaded with drugs.
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- Stars:Roschdy Zem, Olivier Gourmet, Jocelyn Lagarrigue, Julie Durand, Mourade Zeguendi, David Saracino, Raphaël Marciano, Nicolas Bougourd, Marie Payen, Jil Milan, Evariste Kayembe-Beya, Samir Maagouz, Mathias Gomis, Michèle Seeberger, Xavier Maly,
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- Country:France
- Director:Olivier Van Hoofstadt,
- Writer:Bibi Naceri (scenario and dialogue), Jean-Marc Souvira (scenario and dialogue), Emmanuel Prévost (scenario and dialogue)
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Hoddie C (us) wrote: A little Twin Peaks, a dash of Fargo, peppered with Americana; this quirky French comedy thriller borrows heavily, but still stands up on its own. Entertaining and a killer opening soundtrack by garage punk band The Sonics.
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Lauren B (it) wrote: This movie is very good. It's suspenseful and thrilling, and pretty true to the actual events from what I've read. Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst give spectacular performances in the movie and draw you in perfectly. They have good chemistry in the film and are good at building up tension in the parts that aren't so lovey dovey. Definitely a film worth watching!
WS W (es) wrote: It looks like to be really something but unfortunately not, plus cold & lost.
Sharmistha D (au) wrote: Magical experience of LOVE................."Chandni".........Sridevi the true Chandni.
Austin John M (nl) wrote: one of Bill Murray's greatest work of arts continous laughing and a great family movie
Amanda H (es) wrote: The nightmare scene in this alone is phenomial not to mention Astaires wonderful golf dance.
Richard S (jp) wrote: Say what you want, the movie features a very young, pert, and HOT Jayne Seymour. She and Harryhausen make it worth checking out.
BRUNO V (us) wrote: Liked the young Milk , not Tatum ...most of the time just looking sad or something...Liotta was good , story oke
Tommaso S (us) wrote: Granted the first time i watched this i was 13 but it slayed me, and still does to this day though that may be in part due to nostalgia. That being said, there is nothing egregiously bad about it - it's unashamed, light-hearted slapstick at its best. It doesn't take itself remotely seriously, although i fear a large number of those giving scathing reviews are and are doing so merely out of some sort of attempt to appear intellectual.


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We will conclude our celebrations with a Social Dance in Dunkerrin Community Centre on Sunday night at 9pm. Music will be by Midnight Dynamo. Tickets are now on sale for €10 each. Refreshments will be served and a raffle will be held for a freezer-ready lamb (sponsored by Dudley Maher), a Food Hamper (sponsored by Bernie's Supervalu Roscrea), and a €60 voucher for Parker's Restaurants. Many thanks to our prize sponsors for their generosity.
1.30pm Senior Hurling Challenge Match - Moneygall v Templederry
On Sunday Moneygall GAA Club will host the festivals events. Beginning with a senior hurling challenge match at 1.30pm in St Flannan's Park between Moneygall and Templederry and concluding with a Social Dance in Dunkerrin Community Centre later that night, the timetable for the day is as follows:
The festival will officially open on Thursday evening with Barna hosting the evenings entertainment. The action moves to Moneygall village on Friday, and then on Saturday Dunkerrin will be at the centre of proceedings.
Moneygall will play Templederry in a senior hurling challenge match, commemorating the first hurling match played on record in our club history, when The Honeymounts played Killeen in November 1887.
2.00pm Under 8 and Under 10 Hurling Exhibition Matches
At half-time in the senior game, our Under 8 and Under 10 hurlers will show their skills in these exhibition matches.
3.00pm Pig & Porter Reception
Following the conclusion of the senior match, a reception will be held in the clubhouse for players and supporters. A pig-on-a-spit will be served along with salads and beverages. Admission €5.
9.00pm Social Dance
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There's no wrong season to install vinyl replacement windows on your home or property, in spite of what some people might think. Replacement windows can be installed by a professional in any month of the year and on any type of home or property.
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When considering replacing the windows in your home, there are many decisions you will have to make regarding your new replacement windows. These decisions will include choosing a type of window, choosing a material for your windows, as well as choosing new window treatments. However, one of the first decisions you will need to make before looking into window options will be to decide whether you will purchase standard, stock windows, or custom-made windows, for your home. While pre-built stock windows are what many homeowners choose when replacing their windows, there are countless benefits to instead purchasing custom-made windows. Here are just a few of the many reasons you should consider custom replacement windows for your home.
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When it's time to remodel a home, it's important to include new windows in the project. They'll ensure that the job looks complete, improve efficiency, and can add a lot of flair to the end result. There are many options to choose from, so there's no need to worry about whether they'll look right or provide the needed functionality. Here are some of the most popular types of replacement windows available today:
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When considering replacing the windows in your home, you will quickly realize that there are many options to choose from. However, no one type of window will likely work throughout your entire home. Different rooms and window placements may necessitate you consider multiple window options. One option that you should take the time to consider would be casement windows. Casement windows provide homeowners with many benefits, as they are an energy-efficient, easy to use variety of window that provides great ventilation year round. While we have previously touched upon the benefits of casement windows, here are just a few more of the many reasons you should consider them for your home.
Perhaps you've moved into an old house recently and discovered it's never had window replacements done. As a result, you've probably noticed how much this affects your energy bill, especially last winter. Even now, in summer, you've also likely noticed how hot your home feels despite using an air-conditioner.
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A replacement window lets you change the look and feel of your home, but only if you choose the type that best fits your needs. Each type of replacement window offers a unique look and feel, advantages and disadvantages. Choosing the right window may challenge you, but you can narrow your choices with some basic knowledge of the type of windows available to you.
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Mike Conley speaks out after signing the biggest contract in NBA history
The NBA's new salary cap has led to some colossal deals over the first few days of free agency, none bigger than Mike Conley's 5-year, $153 million dollar deal to remain in Memphis. In terms of total value, it's the richest contract in the history of the NBA. With the deal, Conley will just the third player to earn more than $30 million dollars in a season, joining Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Grizzlies owner Robert Pera summed it up best after the Grizzlies also signed Chandler Parsons to a 4-year deal worth more than $90 million.
— Robert J Pera (@RobertPera) July 2, 2016
Mike Conley, who has career averages of 13.6 points and 5.6 assists per game, is probably not a player you'd compare to Bryant and Jordan – but he hit free agency at the perfect time, just as the cap was raised and entering his 10th NBA season. In an essay published on the Players' Tribune, Conley writes that the Grizzlies' core of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph are determined to prove that Pera's spending spree wasn't a mistake.
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Steinberg shuts down council session roiled by outbursts over Sacramento police shooting
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg abruptly adjourned an emotionally charged City Council meeting Thursday night a little more than an hour into the session after a series of speakers peppered their comments with obscenities directed at the dais.
The outbursts came as anger and frustration continue to mount over the death of another African-American man at the hands of Sacramento police.
Darell Richards, a mentally ill 19-year-old African-American man, was shot dead just after midnight Sept. 6, by officers in a Curtis Park backyard. Richards was carrying a pellet gun. Officers found Richards crouched under a stairwell a few blocks from where he was first spotted on Broadway near 16th Street. Officers opened fire when Richards pointed the pistol at them, Sacramento police officials said.
"The least you can do is fire those officers. This shouldn't be happening," Stephanie Periera, who would be the meeting's final speaker, said from the podium. "Have you heard his mother's wails? There's no excuse for your (expletive). F--- you," Periera said.
By then, Steinberg had had enough.
"You must leave the chamber. There's got to be decorum here. You can't use profanity directed at any of us," Steinberg said before calling for the next speaker as audience members shouted "Stop killing us!" from their seats.
After a few more minutes, Steinberg ended the session.
"The business of the council, being done, is adjourned," he said.
Richards' death last week was months after the death of Brandon Smith while in custody at Sacramento County Main Jail. The community was roiled in March by the high-profile officer-involved shooting of Stephon Clark in a Meadowview neighborhood that sent protesters marching through Sacramento streets, to the county District Attorney's Office and to Sacramento City Hall, where demonstrators packed meetings in the wake of Clark's death.
The tense atmosphere in the days and weeks after Clark's shooting was punctuated by demonstrations outside chambers and by Clark's brother Stevante Clark sprinting to the council dais for a face-to-face confrontation with Steinberg.
Months later in July, council members mulled a ban on "abusive or threatening" protesters at council meetings that would bar people ejected from two or more meetings in a six-month period from council sessions for 30 days and impose a 90-day ban on those ejected from three or more meetings during that same six-month span.
City officials on Friday said the council has no current plan to bring back those proposed changes to the rules and procedures for a vote.
A calmer Stevante Clark spoke Thursday, calling again for police accountability and for the resource center, library and recreation centers he wants erected in his brother's name.
"The city feels failed again," Stevante Clark said. "There's a lot of accountability that needs to be held on the police department for the things that are happening in the city of Sacramento. We all should come together and find solutions, because it's messed up what's going on."
One after another, speakers railed against Sacramento police and leveled criticism against council members and Steinberg, who they suggested was more concerned with council decorum than officer-involved deaths of black and brown people.
"Stop killing black people. It's really that simple. The community is coming in here telling you that black lives matter and asking you to stop killing them — and yet, you're killing them," speaker James J. Jackson Jr., said addressing Steinberg. "Get your (expletive) together. If you care more about decorum than you care about people saying, 'Don't kill black people,' then you're a terrible person."
The aborted meeting also marked two years to the day after Sacramento Black Lives Matter leader Tanya Faison and others stood before the council to demand action after the deaths of Dazion Flenaugh and Joseph Mann after being confronted by police.
"On this exact day, we filled up this council chambers. We were fighting for Dazion and for Joseph Mann. We were fighting for a (police) commission that had more power. We didn't get any of that," Faison told council members. "I don't know how you all expect to be respected in this space when you're not doing anything."
The mayor also ejected several people who launched profanities from the podium and invoked council decorum rules that state that those attending council meetings refrain from inappropriate behavior and derogatory comments.
Sacramento officers slowly converged on another speaker who was repeatedly warned that she had exceeded her two-minute speaking limit but refused to leave the podium. Audience members briefly surrounded the speaker and shielded her from officers before she left the chambers.


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Daredevil season 3 teaser embraces its darkness
It looks like Murdock may not be coming back, but Daredevil is here to stay.
The first teaser for season 3 of Marvel's Daredevil was released today by Netflix (via Collider) at the end of the Iron Fist's final episode for the newly released season. Matthew Murdock is most definitely alive, but it looks like he has come to realize some very hard and uncomfortable truths.
"I once believed that justice could be found in a court of law, and in the light of day. But I was fooling myself,. Darkness only responds to darkness. And the thing is, I'd rather die as the Devil than live as Matt Murdock."
Welp. Whatever trials Murdock has faced since the end of The Defenders, where we last saw him unconscious and being taken care of by nuns and his mother, have definitely shaped him. Or at least made him very much lose hope for the goodness of man and how best to combat the nonstop evil in the world. I imagine with Season 3 we will see the true depths of the darkness that has taken hold of his heart and see how he puts it to use.
The third season of Daredevil is expected to drop on Netflix sometime towards the end of 2018. Most likely, it'll drop in November given how Netflix schedules things out. What do you think of the teaser? Tweet your thoughts to us at @LegionofLeia and let us know what you think.


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The process of adapting popular video game titles to big screen movies has a lengthy, yet problematic history. Titles such as Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and Doom are practically royalty when it comes to their legacies as video games, but as movies they didn't quite deliver in the same way.
Even early efforts at making the leap from consoles to cinemas weren't especially promising. Actor Bob Hoskins once famously described his time spent as Mario in Nintendo's 1993 Super Mario Bros. adaptation as "…a f***in' nightmare." The movie itself was a huge failure, despite the immense popularity of the Mario Bros. games at the time.
Regardless, Hollywood continues to try for that ever-elusive video game jackpot with more upcoming titles, one of which is Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed. Now that shooting has completed, things are beginning to gain momentum, with Michael Fassbender – who plays Callum Lynch – revealing to Empire (h/t Gamespot) a few enticing particulars, such as the film's connection to 1999's blockbuster, The Matrix.
"I've always thought about The Matrix when we've approached this. This idea of DNA memory elevates it from a basic fantasy genre [piece], because you have something an audience can actually believe in. Then the journey becomes so much more elevated, because you're on board in a different way."
The story of Assassin's Creed deals with Callum Lynch's discovery that he is a descendant of Aguilar de Nerha – an Assassin from 15th century Spain who fought the organisation known as the Knights Templar. When Callum unlocks genetic memories that allow him to experience these 15th century adventures as Aguilar, he uses this knowledge upon his return to present day in order to battle the still thriving Knights Templar.
Though Fassbender has confirmed that Assassin's Creed is violent, he's up front about the film not being "too crazy violent" - and that rather than blood and carnage, the truly impressive experiences here are the film's real sets and locations at which the action sequences take place.
"We're not trying to make it too crazy violent. Although obviously there is an element of that, but what is really cool is that our action sequences are on real sets and real locations."
The promise of real locations is a nice touch, particularly because productions of this magnitude typically rely on a great deal of green screen work for their stunts and effects. Fassbender's descriptions of what has taken place in terms of practical effects and stunts sounds quite stirring and could very well help to create a much more immersive experience for viewers.
"There's very little green screen in this, which is highly unusual in these films. We have stunt guys jumping across buildings in [Maltese capital] Valletta. We've got [stunt man Damian Walters] doing a 120-foot leap of faith, without any rope, into a bag, so it's pretty incredible to see."
Despite the somewhat stormy history of video game adaptations, Assassin's Creed is starting to look quite promising. The film's noteable cast - which includes Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises) and Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) – as well as solid direction from Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), real locations, real stunts and a huge built in audience, could very well lead to a hit. Whether or not it can duplicate the box-office success of The Matrix, however, is another story altogether.
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Assassin's Creed opens in U.S. theaters on December 21st, 2016.


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Planning a Cutting Garden and Starting Seeds
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Join Natasha of Floral & Brick to learn how to plan a cutting garden in any sized space. We will discuss floral design principles such as elements of an arrangement, shape, texture, and colour, and how to make decisions about what to plant based on these. Tips and tricks will be shared for starting and caring for seedlings, as well as planting them out in your garden. You will receive a full tray for seed starting, and we will start them together*. You will also receive a copy of Floral & Brick's Guide to Cut Flowers, with information about a wide range of cut flowers, how they are used in arrangements, and how to grow them.
Part two of this workshop will be in July, where we discuss how to harvest flowers for arrangements, and after a floral design demonstration you will put together your own arrangement to take home.
*You will need grow lights at home for the seeds to grow properly. These can be purchased at your local hardware store. If you don't wish to purchase this you can still take seeds home in a packet to plant directly in your garden later in the spring.


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Visiting the Absecon Lighthouse with #JerseyLove
Disclosure: The #JerseyLove Retreat was sponsored in part by D6 Sports and Caesar's Entertainment. We had wonderful sponsors for this trip... but we also paid to attend and received no monetary compensation for our time. Photos are mine, or thanks to Rita at Pui Pui Photography as noted by watermark.
As part of my #JerseyLove weekend Nick and I signed up to climb the 228 stairs of the Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City. I have to admit, we've been to AC a number of times and had no idea the Absecon Lighthouse was even there.
Not only is there a lighthouse in Atlantic City... but it is the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey, and the 3rd tallest in the US.
After we made it to the top of the lighthouse (and took a moment to catch our breath) we were able to chat with Buddy, one of the lighthouse volunteers.
Buddy is a truly friendly and totally knowledgeable man. He is so enthusiastic about sharing his information. I love meeting someone who you can just tell loves what he's doing. He has volunteered a few days a week for years, and the weekend we were visiting he was also working added days to cover for a vacationing co-worker. It was amazing to me that in his 80s, Buddy is climbing the 228 steps on almost a daily basis.
Thank you Buddy, for sharing your love of the Absecon Lighthouse.
The next time Nick and I head over to Atlantic City we'll have to make a stop to visit Buddy again. Hopefully it will be a sunny day and we can get a true view of the Jersey Shore from the top of the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey.


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Social Media Management
What Exactly Is Social Media Management And Why Is It Important?
Most small businesses nowadays have a website and a presence on at least one social media site - Usually Facebook or Twitter. But unless it's your business to engage with your customers or come up with effective Facebook campaigns, you probably don't have much time to keep all of it up to date.
81% of all people in the US have social media accounts. That means YOUR customers are on social media - and you should be, too.
But it's not enough to just have a page/profile and throw a post up every once in awhile. And that's not even the WORST mistake I see on social media business pages. I see:
- Curated content from other business sources - driving customers to OTHER sites
- Too much promotional content and not enough VALUABLE content
- Little to no engagement with customers - including LIKING a customer comment
Effective social media management will bring you more customers by developing a specific content plan that helps them solve their problems (and positions YOU as the one who can do that!.


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Years ago I remember Hollywood producing attempts at riveting yet profitable on-screen dramas which involved plot-centric cyber security elements resulting only in disappointment as they bore no resemblance to actual reality. Today as InfoSec becomes more mainstream there are now big and small screen serials involving a hacker protagonist or a cyber victim heroine. What I like about modern-day renditions is the themes and dialogue are no longer technically fictional. We live in the age of information and war is fought on the cyber battleground. Nothing is more relevant than the context of a personally identifiable subject. Still the Hollywood dramas, as realistic as they are, still leave a lot to roll your eyes at (or to cover your eyes at). Read More
The Cybersecurity Act of 2017 introduced in March sponsored by three bipartisan senators applies pressure to organizations by requiring disclosure of cybersecurity expertise serving on the board of directors. The legislature, if enacted, would enforce this disclosure first to public companies but sends a clear message that information security and cyber risk management is a much needed, but lacking, skill for global commerce. Read More


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Revamped library to reopen 1 week early in Lacey
The Lacey Timberland Regional Library will reopen a week sooner than expected, though some services won't be available during the final week of the remodel.
In May, the library closed for a $223,500 face-lift including new carpeting, lighting and interior paint.
Library patrons can access pickups and place holds during construction, but those services won't be available after 5 p.m. Saturday. They'll resume when the library opens 10 a.m. July 18.
Book drops will remain open. Library officials said people can place materials on hold and pick them up at another location.
Nate Hulings, staff writer