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Are you attracting all the wrong people?
For the most part, relationship pain is derived from the idea that things have to work out according to plan — your plan. We often enter into relationships with a dream, a plan, or a specific strategy.
For instance, I know a young lady who has a three-year plan. "My boyfriend and I have been together three years, so now it's time to get engaged. Next, we will save for a house and purchase it in two years, and then we will get married."
I don't know if she checked this plan with her boyfriend. After all, not everyone has the same plan.
We were programmed early in life with the story of Cinderella finding her prince and Snow White being "saved" (awakened) by the love of her Prince Charming, who, by the way, were total strangers. Hmm, is that realistic?!
These stories become the dreams of the young and override rational thought of getting to know your "soulmate."
Or, as Dr. Phil McGraw suggests, "Don't marry anyone until you've seen him with the flu." Translation: make sure you find out what he/she is like at his/her worst before consenting to a long-term commitment. We're not living in "Never Never Land." This is a world of trials and challenges, successes and failures. Are you up for it?
Love is expansive, warm, kind, nurturing, giving, receiving, and helpful. Love prioritizes the interest and well being of the other person. That does not mean sacrifice, it means caring. Otherwise, there is only one person in the relationship — the one that gets all the attention. The real question is: Will he/she bring you soup when you have the flu?
Pain comes into relationships when you decide ahead what your partner is going to be like. Before you've even met him!
He is to be tall, dark, handsome, wealthy, personable and fun, etc. Some people even go so far as to decide the political party and religion of their future partner.
It is a bit like putting a straight jacket on the universe.
It's like thinking, "I am filling out an order form and my guy/gal has to meet all these criteria. So that means when I meet someone, he literally has to complete an application form to date me."
What? Prince Charming didn't have to do that! Snow White trusted the universe, and her guy showed up.
But this is, unfortunately, a recipe for victimhood. Victims are in pain all the time. They are always wronged. They do not take responsibility for jumping too soon, or assuming too much, or fabricating a person that doesn't exist.
A client of mine decided that she wanted a relationship with a particular movie star. When she mentioned him to me, I took note.
"Cecelia," I said. You know that 'handsome movie star guy' is married, lives in Hawaii, and has a child, don't you?"
She responded with, "I don't care, he's the one I want."
"Do you know that he gets a vote in this deal? He may not want to leave his wife, home, and child to be with you."
Her response, "I don't care, he's the one I want."
Well, okay then. She proceeded to visualize being with handsome movie star guy.
This brings me to the principle of attraction, which is a spiritual principle whereby universal energy works to manifest the conditions you seek.
In other words, whatever you hand to the universe in the form of an idea, intention, or visualization, is immediately acted upon. The universe proceeds (without judgment) to coordinate the right conditions to match the circumstances you require.
That is to say, you get a match. It is a form of magnetic attraction. What you love, you attract to you.
Also, what you despise, you also draw to you. Thus the indication is that whatever you focus on with emotional magnetism you bring into your life.
Back to Cecelia… a couple of months later, I see Cecelia out and about with a new beau. She introduces him to me and he is handsome movie star guy's look-a-like. He also has a wife and child, but nevertheless, has chosen to hang out with Cecelia. In fact, he looks so much like handsome movie star guy that he models him in look-a-like shows. They hung out together for a number of months. Of course, it was short-term because he wasn't going to leave his family to be with Cecelia. He did get a vote.
So there you go. A disillusioned woman set out to put herself in a position to experience an unavailable man because that's what she asked for. By the way, I didn't make up this story, and I'm sure she's not the only one to have fixated in this way. There are people who will put up with all kinds of weird behavior because their friend is cute.
Thus the question: Have you made up an unrealistic story of a person that doesn't exist with the idea that he/she will make all your troubles go away?
Do you want someone to fill in all the holes in your soul so that you don't have to do it yourself?
Another story: A different client we'll name "Inez" informed me that while she hated men, she wanted a boyfriend. I asked her if she was willing to give up her man-hate to which she replied in the negative.
"So, let me get this straight. You hate men, and you want a boyfriend. So what you're asking for is a man who hates himself, since that's the only kind of man who would be attracted to a man-hating woman, right?"
Inez replied in the affirmative and she set out to find this boyfriend. A couple of months later she showed up again and informed me that she had two boyfriends.
I asked her if they have self-esteem issues, to which she replied, "Yes."
In my profession, it isn't hard to see where things like this end up. She will be angry at them because they didn't do something right and because she has an issue with all men, and they will hang their heads and be happy that someone is paying attention to them.
So there you go!! Did you relate to any of these characters?
If you were to get out of the way and allow the universe to take charge and flow loving circumstances into your life, you will always be in a situation to learn valuable lessons and grow.
Love is our true nature and by being willing to express love and be loved, your chances of participating in a genuine partnership escalates.
It works far better than mentally designing a man (or woman) form with superficial attributes. Plus, when you love without attachment or conditions, your possibilities for harmonious interaction increase exponentially. The choice is always yours.
Here are some tips to experiencing joy in relationships:
- Do your work. Don't blame others for your upset. Figure out what illusions you have fed yourself and correct them. It is easy to project your pain to others, but it never makes it better.
- Let go of judgments and criticism. Notice how people are and accept them as they are. Observe behaviors and intentions and decide if there is value in relating to each person. If not, move on. The world is filled with people.
- Be willing to let go. If it is not working, step back, take a break, re-evaluate. Try something different or move on. You are not in the world to be abused.
- Enjoy everything. Hold on to nothing.
Jean Walters is a St. Louis based transformational coach and author of Set Yourself Free: Live the Life You Were Meant to Live! And also, Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible – Others Have and You Can Too. She can be reached at her website, SpiritualTransformation.com.


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Jags DE Babin voids contract, becomes free agent
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Jason Babin is now a free agent.
Babin voided the final two years of his contract Monday, hitting the market before the Jaguars cut him.
Babin, who had 7 1/2 sacks last season, was due to make $6 million in 2014 – more than the rebuilding team was willing to pay for a 33-year-old pass-rusher who's no longer in his prime.
Jacksonville could bring back Babin at a reduced rate if he doesn't find a suitor elsewhere.
The Jaguars already signed one defensive lineman, and Babin's departure could leave them in the market for another. Jacksonville signed former Seattle defensive end Red Bryant, a run-stopping end, to a four-year deal worth $17 million.
The Jags were tied for the fewest sacks (31) in the league last season.

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I am thinking about making a high-performance router (compared to most cheap ones out there) out of this old computer using either SmoothWall or pfSense. What I want to know is, is there any way to use two wireless cards in the computer as one Super-G Router, instead of two, separate G routers? I have two laptops with Super-G cards in them and would like to take advantage of them without actually buying a Super-G router. I don't HAVE to use Smoothwall or pfSense. I just want to know if this will work under any scenario and how I might be able to set this up.
My Site: http://willstech.org/
It's a work in progress! =P
I'm sure it's possible to build a router with a computer with 2 network cards....wireless or otherwise. However the question I guess is, are you capable of doing it?
The best OS would be Linux and you'd need to know routing tables and how to add/remove routes between subnets.


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Vintage Wheel Tech - Vintage VaultPosted in Features on November 26, 2014
Wheel Mods
Last time in Vintage Vault, we showed you some old-school aftermarket off-road tires. Of course, larger and wider tires also require stronger, wider wheels, and that is nothing new. So, when we came across some images of some wheels being widened in TEN's archives, we thought you might like to see what we found. These images were shot by Bud Lang for Hot Rod in 1967 for an article titled "Wide-Base Wheels." To shoot the article, Lang went down to Sylmar High School in Sylmar, California, where one cool shop teacher (Ed Harding) was helping students build wide wheels for their cars, dragsters, and dune runners, all for credit. Here we can see a wheel in a large drill press where a fella is drilling out rivets or spot welds holding the centers in place. According to the article, these are Chevy wagon wheels, which are about an inch wider than sedan wheels. The trick is to use the back half of the 15-inch-tall wagon wheel, and with a little work, attach it to the front of a sedan wheel for a 8-inch-wi
Back Half of the Wheel
Sure, the wheel shown being built here may not even have fit a Jeep available at the time. The premise, like with the custom tires last time in Vintage Vault, is that getting the custom parts for your Jeep or hot rod was not always as easy as it is now a days. Aren't we lucky? Or maybe part of the beauty of messing with Jeeps (or hot rods) is the ingenuity of the enthusiasts. Plus, it's fun to look back at how our hobby was formed, and allows us to wonder about what might come in the future. Here, the back of the Chevy sedan wheel is chucked up in the lathe to have the original, narrow front cut off.
Front Half of the Wheel
Once the rivets, or spot welds, were cut out of the wagon wheel, it was chucked in the lathe and trimmed down. The old center was cut and knocked out of the wagon wheel. Here, one of the students uses an acetylene torch to weld up the holes in what will become the front of the wheel. The original article points out that these welds have to be cleaned up after the welding and could be a source of a leak if you are not going to use an inner tube. Hah, an inner tube! Oh, how things have changed. This image shot by Bud Lang reminds us that not only about how things could be much harder back in the day, but how welding up a hole like that, with a torch and filler-rod, may also be a lost art one day. Let's hope not.
Finished Product
In the two images below, we see a mock up of our wider, or reversed, Chevy wheel almost ready to be checked for trueness and fully welded. The other image shows some of the widened wheels that the students built for their projects. We are tossing this last image in just to show what can, or rather what could, be done. Pretty cool, but we are still happy that we can buy pre-built wider-than-factory wheels for our Jeeps! That sure makes life easier.


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Goldrush Bars
This fall has been a glorious one here on Vancouver Island. Mild temperatures, and minimal rain. It's been nice getting out with the dog every morning, so here's hoping this keeps up because I am not ready for winter. Yes, I am slowly getting ready for Christmas baking/blogging, making note of recipes I still want to share with you, etc. But I am not ready for the weather that often comes with the holidays. No snow, thank you very much!
Despite the glorious morning we have today I'm at home curled up with a coffee and my tablet because I am definitely coming down with something. Yesterday felt like a normal day but at 3pm I got a chill and couldn't shake it, by the time we hit 8pm I was officially fighting a fever. Ugh, I haven't been sick in ages and I have little interest in it now. LOL, not that anyone ever has time to be sick. Today is better, but I've promised myself that I'll take it easy and hopefully be done with whatever this is quickly.
While I veg on the couch binge watching Salt Fat Acid Heat (which is an absolutely must if you love food) I'll also be scrolling through Instagram and drooling over all the amazing things people make. I love following the fancy candy makers, the elaborate chocolatiers, the insane cake bakers. Someday I will take a chocolate class, or maybe a mirror glaze course, but in the meantime I will happily make the simple treats. Sometimes those simple treats are exactly what we crave because they remind us of childhood, of simpler days, of stress-free times. For me it's Goldrush Bars. They aren't fancy but they are super tasty. If you like a sweeter treat then I recommend using semi-sweet chips (so they really get all through the bars), but I've also made with dark chocolate wafers and they were equally delicious. I have no idea where the recipe came from, I can only assume an old Canadian Living, or similar, but they are super easy to make, and chances are you'll have most everything you need on hand.
Goldrush Bars
1 tin Eagle Brand condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp kosher salt
2 C graham wafer crumbs
1 C chocolate chips or wafers (dark or semi-sweet)
1/2 C walnuts, toasted & chopped
Maldon salt
Grease an 8x8" baking dish and line with parchment paper, overhanging on 2 sides.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix until just combined. Spread flat in prepared pan.
Bake at 350F for 25mins. Top with a sprinkling of flaky sea salt. Cool in pan and lift out to cut. If you didn't line the pan with parchment cut the squares in the pan while still warm, then allow to cool fully.
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I want to see, so comment below, send me an email,
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CULTURE (2017 | Issue 3)
Germany is an increasingly multi-cultural country. For Indians, in particular, Germany is inviting because of the easy availability of vegetarian and vegan food, and an all-pervasive love for Bollywood. What's Up, Germany? brings you some delightfully Indian things in Germany, which will make you feel right at home!
Foodie Finds
When it comes to food, there are plenty of Indian restaurants—even more than German eateries! Vegetarians need not fret; Berlin alone has around 300 vegetarian and 30 vegan restaurants. Though Germany is known for its sheer variety of meats, there are some traditional vegetarian dishes you can try in case you don't want to miss out on German cuisine: asparagus soup, sauerkraut (fermented cabbage), bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes), spätzle (egg noodles) and knödel (dumplings). While ambling through the streets or shopping, you can sample the famous döner kebab, which also has a vegetarian option.
Strike a Pose
Yoga is the in thing in Germany! Some three million Germans practise yoga regularly, 90 per cent of whom are women. There are loads of options to choose from: hot yoga, prenatal and baby yoga, asanas for the elderly, yoga cycling and the latest fitness trend, beer yoga! There are even classes for Indian dance. From Bharatnatyam to Kathak, Bollywood moves to Punjabi bhangra, Germany has it all!
Holi Hai!
Want to play Holi with a German twist? Every year, between mid-May to late August, tens of thousands of young Germans gather in designated areas to celebrate the festival of colours. It all started when Jasper Hellmann came to India and experienced some Holi fun. He loved the idea of partying with coloured powder so much that he launched the company Holi Concept GmbH, turning Holi into one of the most fun events in Germany! Unlike in India, it is devoid of any religious significance. The focus is on techno music, Indian food and lots of colour!
Bollywood Boom
Many Germans are Bollywood fans. Hindi movies are regularly screened on German television. There's even a dedicated Bollywood movie channel for the German market called Zee.One. German film locations are also becoming popular for shooting song and dance routines or action-packed scenes. Dil to Pagal Hai, Don2 and Hero No.1 were all shot in Germany! During the shooting of Don2, thousands of German women camped outside Shahrukh Khan's hotel in Berlin, shivering in the cold just to get a glimpse of the "Kaiser of Hearts"! The city of Stuttgart hosts the largest Indian film festival in Europe that includes Bollywood, regional and indie cinema. More than 7,000 people attended the festival in 2012!
The Sound of Music
Indian culture is strongly represented through song as well. A 2015 highlight was renowned singer Asha Bhosle's first performance in Germany during the Wassermusik: Mother India festival. Tabla player Talvin Singh also performed with folk singer Mike Heron. India has a presence at the daf BAMA MUSIC AWARDS in Hamburg as well. This international multi-cultural music award show honours artists of all genres from all over the world. Singer Mohit Chauhan won the award for the Best Indian Male Act and the Best International Male Act in 2016. Singers Sonu Nigam, Neha Kakkar and Babbu Maan have been nominated this year.
Young Bavarian entrepreneurs Anton and Sebastian Jell and Ludwig Schmideder have created traditional Bavarian dirndls using sari fabric! The brainwave came to them while travelling in India. The fabric is transported from Mumbai to Vadodara, where the dirndls are produced before being shipped off to Bavaria. Now that's Indo-German coolness!


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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
EVENT: The 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change "Hunger for Action" (Hanoi, Vietnam)
The 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change will be held from 3 to 7 September2012 in Hanoi, Viet Nam and will include a high level session on 6 September. Co-organized by Viet Nam and the Netherlands, in close collaboration with other partners, including FAO and the World Bank, the conference will allow global leaders, practitioners, scientists, civil society and the private sector to share experiences and demonstrate how early action on Climate-Smart Agriculture can act as a driver of green growth.
Key Objectives of the Conference are:
- Determine effective strategies and practices to scale-up the implementation of Climate-smart Agriculture1(CSA) as a driver of sustainable development and green growth and share information, experiences and good practices to this end among public, private and civil society stakeholders;
- Mainstream CSA within broader development goals;
- Address drivers and constraints of CSA development, with a particular focus on priorities for improving the enabling environment and for increasing private investment in agriculture and rural development at all levels and scales through the value chain;
- Promote a landscape approach, including enhancing linkages between agriculture and forestry;
- Take stock of implementation of CSA since November 2010.
More background on the conference available here. Registration forms are here.
Deadline for registration: August 20, 2012


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Redi Controls Inc.: Refrigerant Purger
September 3, 2004
The portable Service Purgeâ"¢ Model PSP-HP-1 high-pressure refrigerant purger can be used to get air-logged chillers back on-line, says the company. It has a 1/4-inch hose hookup. According to the manufacturer, it will purge down a typical chiller in less than an hour. The purger can be used for R-12, R-22, R-134a, and other refrigerants. The unit weighs about 60 pounds.
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SHIN GODZILLA International Exclusive: Korean Info, Trailer and High-Res Pics from MediaCastle
Author: Kim Song-ho
Source: MediaCastle
Official Site: shin-godzilla.jp (Japan), shin-godzilla.kr (Korea)
SHIN GODZILLA (シン・ゴジラ, Shin Gojira, 2016) will be released in Korea this March. The exact release date has not yet been revealed, but it is estimated to be early in the month.
SHIN GODZILLA marks the third Godzilla film to receive a theatrical release in Korea, following GODZILLA 2000 (ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム, Gojira Ni-sen Mireniamu, 1999) in August 2000 and GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (ゴジラ FINAL WARS, Gojira Finaru Uozu, 2004) in December 2011. Several other titles in the series were shown in July 2014, as Godzilla's 60th anniversary program for The 18th Buchon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN). The Korean premiere of SHIN GODZILLA was held in October 2016 at the 21st Busan International Film Festival, with co-director / special effects director Shinji Higuchi and star Hiroki Hasegawa attending the first showing on October 7.
On February 1, Korean importer MediaCastle kicked off the promotional campaign of SHIN GODZILLA for the Korean market by releasing the teaser trailer and the teaser poster of the film. Both have been arranged to appeal to the local audience, especially the trailer, which is highly action-oriented and fairly different from the Japanese counterpart. Also, the teaser poster does not feature Godzilla at all, and is in the landscape format, a rarity in Korea, where most film posters are in portrait format. MediaCastle told this writer that various promotional campaigns and sweepstakes will follow for Korean fans.
MediaCastle received great attention earlier this year, as its first release of 2017, YOUR NAME. (君の名は。, Kimi no na wa., 2016), which opened on January 4, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever released in Korea. As of February 2, YOUR NAME. attracted 3.48 million admissions nationwide, surpassing the former record holder HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE's (ハウルの動く城, Hauru no ugoku shiro, 2004) 3.01 million admissions.
More news will follow as MediaCastle unveils further information and promotional materials for the Korean release of SHIN GODZILLA.
SHIN GODZILLA (신고질라, Shin Gojilla)
Korean Premiere: October 7, 2016 (Busan International Film Festival)
Korean Theatrical Release: March 2017
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Language: Japanese (Korean Subtitles)
Directors: Hideaki Ano, Shinji Higuchi
Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara
Production: Toho Co., Ltd.
Distributor: MediaCastle / Megabox Plus M
About MediaCastle
MediaCastle was found in 2005 and is based in Seoul, Korea. The company has been importing, distributing and producing theatrical and VOD contents, such as 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (秒速5センチメートル, Byosoku go senchimetoru, 2007), PIANO NO MORI (ピアノの森, Piano no mori, 2007), YOU ARE SO YUMMY (おまえうまそうだな, Omae Umaso da na, 2010), THE LIFE OF GUSKO BUDORI (グスコーブドリの伝記, 2012), 100 YEN LOVE (百円の恋, Hyakuen no koi, 2014), THE EMPIRE OF CORPSES(死者の帝国, Shisha no teikoku, 2015) and the recent Japanese mega-hit anime YOUR NAME.(君の名は。, Kimi no na wa, 2016). In 2015, MediaCastle produced YOU ARE SO YUMMY: HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU (あなたをずっとあいしてる, Anata wo zutto aishiteru), the sequel to 2010's YOU ARE SO YUMMY, the animated feature film based on the popular children's book series by Tatsuya Miyanishi.
About Toho Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of twenty-nine Godzilla motion pictures, based upon a character the company unleashed on the world back in 1954, and masterpiece films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toho has been the number one distributor of motion pictures in Japan annually since 2003. The company is also, throughout Japan, the leading producer of theatrical works and one of the largest owners of office buildings and theaters.
For more information on SHIN GODZILLA, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan:
- GODZILLA RESURGENCE: Exclusive High-Res Photos from Toho
- GODZILLA RESURGENCE: More Exclusive High-Res Photos from Toho
- Exclusive! Funimation Licenses GODZILLA RESURGENCE
- SHIN GODZILLA Press Release from Funimation Films
- Toho's SHIN GODZILLA International Sales Materials
- SHIN GODZILLA: Exclusive High-Res Photos from Golden Village Pictures
- Funimation Films Promo Materials
- SHIN GODZILLA International Exclusive: Information and High-Res Photos from CatchPlay (Taiwan)
- SHIN GODZILLA North American Theatrical Release News from Funimation Films
- SHIN GODZILLA International Exclusive: Info, Trailer and High-Res Photos from TGV Pictures (Malaysia)
- SHIN GODZILLA Advance Tickets for North America On Sale Now
- SHIN GODZILLA International Exclusive: Thai Info, Trailers and High-Res Pics from Sahamongkolfilm
- SHIN GODZILLA Roars Onto the Big Screen in 60 Carmike Cinemas in October
- SHIN GODZILLA Stomps on Australian and New Zealand Cinemas in October
- SHIN GODZILLA US Theater List from Funimation Films
- SHIN GODZILLA New York Premiere Coverage and Review
- SHIN GODZILLA Day Arrives!
- SHIN GODZILLA Roars Into Theaters Tonight for Limited Engagement
- SHIN GODZILLA Capsule Reviews
- SHIN GODZILLA World Tour Continues Today in Australia
- Win SHIN GODZILLA Poster from Funimation Films!
- SHIN GODZILLA Extends Run with Encore Saturday Matinee and Screenings in Select Cities thru October 27
- SHIN GODZILLA Update: Matinee and Extended Run Theater List from Funimation Films
- Shin Godzilla 25cm Figure from X-Plus in December
- Shin Godzilla "Luminous Purple" Figure Kit from X-Plus and Premium Bandai in March 2017
- Shin Godzilla Red Figure Kit from X-Plus and Kadokawa in March 2017
- SHIN GODZILLA International Exclusive: Spanish Info, Trailers and High-Res Pics from A Contracorriente Films
- Shin Godzilla 12" Head-to-Tail Figure Coming from NECA in May


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The attractive cashier behind the counter flashed a smile as cheery as her uniform was drab. Her key-shaped nametag had 'Barbara' scratched into it. The contrast of woman and wardrobe only heightened the disconcerting sense of unreality broadcast by the glowing ball-and-chain sign outside, the big plastic window bars, and the waitstaff's sunny yellow prison jumpsuits. "Welcome to the FW Diner," she said. "Table for one, ma'am?"
Claire Fuller didn't usually frequent chain restaurants, preferring instead to encourage independents, but tonight she was on a mission. On the drive over, she'd debated whether to volunteer her identity, but chose instead to let them treat her as any other patron. And that might have happened if the place weren't so crowded, or maybe if she hadn't been distracted by the sight of Fremont-Wayfarer CEO Edward Reese's perverse idea of a family restaurant. She nodded.
"Probably about ten minutes. Your name?"
The last syllable had scarcely passed her lips when she realized what she'd done.
Barbara studied her briefly, her expression tripping past embarrassment and annoyance before settling on a keen curiosity. "Our corporate parole officer?"
Caught. "Yes. I've been meaning to come down and speak with Al off the record." She meant Alizondo Klee. Besides being the night manager, he was also the newly created union's representative on the court-appointed Board of Directors. Claire was its chair. Following the Supreme Court's ruling that legal persons be granted full rights of citizenship, the company had been convicted of stealing from the employees' self-insurance fund, and sentenced to be imprisoned for three-years. Reese, ever the opportunist, had dreamed up a way to capitalize on the severe restrictions the court had imposed. The results spoke for themselves.
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Klee is visiting another store tonight. Is there something I can help you with?"
"Perhaps. Do you have a party room? Someplace where we can talk without disturbing the other customers?
"Sure," the cashier said dubiously, "but the whole point of how the union reframed Reese's makeover of the chain is to involve our customers in discussion, both with us and with one another. Is this something you'd rather not let the community we've stirred up know about?"
Claire glanced around the dining room. The yellow-clad servers were easy to pick out. One 'inmate' was setting out a round of salad, but the rest were engaged in lively chatter with customers, and judging from the fact that none of them was holding a menu, it wasn't about their next course. She turned back to Barbara. "Maybe you're right. I guess I'll wait for a table."
Stepping out of the way of an approaching customer, Claire managed to bump into someone. She reflexively apologized, even before she'd turned around to see a young man wearing a warm-up jacket over a hoody with his hand extended in greeting. "Um," she said unsteadily, "have we met?"
"Not yet. I couldn't help but overhear that you're this company's watchdog, though. I'm John Frachetti. I've been having a bit of a brush-up with some spooks lately, and was hoping you might be able to shed some light on it for me."
By this time, Barbara had finished with her customer. "Ms. Fuller?" she called. "It looks like a table just freed up for you."
"Thanks. It seems I'll be sharing it."
"Hi John!" she said happily. "Welcome back. Have you seen any more of those two goons that followed you here the other day?"
"Unfortunately, yes. I'll fill you in when you have a chance to join us."


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Dad Pushes Son in Front of the Ball to Make a Save
This guy might be nominated for dad of the year! A little kid playing goalie at a soccer game was about to get scored on . . . so his dad PUSHED him, and he fell to the ground in front of the ball. It deflected off of him for a save. But another kid ended up kicking it in anyway.


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South of North is a Nordic collaboration project between twelve young architecture practices working in the non-profit sector in developing regions.
The members of the South of North network aim to use their professional skills to support underprivileged communities. Some of the most significant impacts of the collaborative thus far include improving the livelihood of women in Senegal, promoting ecological sanitation in Fiji, and the proliferation of bamboo construction in Cambodia.
The South of North traveling exhibition was presented in Helsinki as part of the Helsinki Design Week, 5 –14 September 2014. The exhibition, which is now displayed in the South of North webpage, gives a Nordic perspective to the globally growing phenomenon: emerging architectural practices committing to global issues related to ecological and social sustainability. The exhibition pavilion was constructed of recycled materials, reflecting the design principles of the South of North network. The walls and the roof are constructed of old potato boxes which will be returned to their original use after the exhibition.
As a part of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, the Venice Biennale, South of North hosted Mouthful of Meetings on 19.9.2014, a seminar inviting contemporary African and Nordic architects to a cross-cultural dialogue on socially engaged architecture.
Project and exhibition core team: Pilvi Vanamo, Inari Virkkala, Frida Boström, Noora Aaltonen and Elina Tenho. Graphic design by Annika Järvelin and Lauri Kerola. Photographs by Anna Autio.
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Episode 4: March 1, 2018.
Technological failures: Elon Musk edition. Void updates: interfaces, neuroplasticity, the maliciousness of control, and the importance of data. Readings from Carr, Hayes, and Foer. Rewilding and the importance of grounding. GA Bradshaw on rattlesnakes as social animals and the consequences of translocation for grounded animals, why we aren't seeing it ourselves. Anti-missionary bash: the Wuaorani, homosexuality, and Christian suppression - why the domesticated hate joy.
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The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with COMITES Washington, cordially invites you to an evening of music with Stelle Nella Notte.
Stelle Nella Notte is a group of friends who share a love of music, and jazz. Our set list includes music from The Great American Songbook and classic Italian songs of our heritage.
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Jennifer Dohrn is the director of the Office of Global Initiatives and an assistant professor at Columbia Nursing where she teaches community health. She oversees collaboration with Columbia Global Centers and leads the Columbia Nursing WHO Collaborative Health Center for Advanced Practice Nursing. Dohrn has worked as a nurse educator and nurse midwife for more than two decades. She previously served as the program director of the Nurse Midwifery program at Columbia Nursing and as project director for the ICAP Nurse Capacity Building Program/Nursing Education Partnership Initiative Coordinating Center at Mailman School of Public Health. For more than a decade at ICAP, she worked to improve the infrastructure for nurses and nurse midwives in 12 Sub Saharan African countries. She continues to contribute to the ICAP program and works at a community health center in the Bronx. She received MS and DNP degrees from Columbia Nursing.


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O Antiphons!
View this post on Instagram "The seven Oh Antiphons are 'ohs of ecstasy,' cries of the heart, cries of rapture, awe, mystery, wonder, and adoration." -Tessa Bielecki, "The Oh Antiphons: An Advent Meditation." • The O Antiphons are ancient daily … Continue reading
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Midsummer Blessings
Today is the Summer Solstice, the stillpoint of summer, the longest day in the Wheel of the Year. A few years ago I wrote a stanza of this poem, and I have since "finished" it, by adding a stanza that was missing. Please enjoy this time to pause, but also celebrate abundance with abandon. Continue reading
Metamorphosis and Sadness
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This is a PvE warrior build created to provide large amounts of damage in both Normal and Hard Mode.
Attributes and Skills Edit
<pvxbig> [build prof=warri/para hammer=12+1+1 streng=12+1][Enraged Smash][Optional][Flail][Lion's Comfort][Enduring Harmony@0]["for great justice!"]["Dodge This!"][Resurrection Signet][/build] </pvxbig>
- The Optional slot can be almost any adrenal skill eg:
- Whirlwind Attack (Useful with skills such as Splinter Weapon for AoE damage)
- Brawling Headbutt (High damage spammable knockdown)
Equipment Edit
- Any Hammer of Defense or Fortitude
- Any armor of your choice
- Longbow or Flatbow for Luring
Usage Edit
- Before approaching the mobs use Enduring Harmony. As soon as you are about to hit (and while Enduring is still on) use "FGJ!".
- Begin Charging your adrenal skills. (this shouldn't take long).
- As soon as they are charged begin spamming Enraged Smash.
- If you are going to use Lion's Comfort you may as well use your other adrenal skills as Lion's will charge them again afterwards.
- Use Flail as an IAS.
Counters Edit
All the usual warrior counters apply, such as snares, blind, weakness, Empathy, Faintheartedness, Reckless Haste etc.
Variants Edit
- "Dodge This!" can be swapped for another lower charging adrenal skill such as:
- Or for more party support:
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Saving and Investing Money is Fun
Many people think that saving money and investing it is hard. They feel that saving is on the opposite spectrum of fun and that it involves scrimping, denying yourself, and harsh self-discipline. Saving does involve self-discipline and can be difficult at times (especially for those who are less-inclined to do it and for those who are new to building wealth), but like many difficult things, it can be very rewarding and even very fun.
I love saving money and seeing my accounts grow. When I earn money, I plan to put a portion of that money into a savings account or into my investment portfolio. It might be that I am a natural saver and that I have a general propensity to save (due to early experiences or due to genetics), but I love spending too. I enjoy nice experiences and nice things and my friends and family know me as a very generous and giving person (of course I am able to be very generous because I am a conscientious and diligent saver).
I love everything that has to do with saving money and building wealth. I enjoy picking investments or screening mutual funds or ETFs. I love seeing my balances grow and monitoring my investments. I love the security that comes with seeing my wealth increase and how it allows me to be a better friend, better family member, and better person overall. I love how saving is fun to do on its own and how it allows me to have a much more enjoyable life.
I don't view saving as self-denial because I understand that some expenses don't happen every month. I know that some expenses occur every year, every five years, or once in a lifetime. I know that when I save I am allowing my future self to bear those expenses calmly and easily. I know that when I save I am acting as a mature adult and demonstrating an important characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals: planning for the future.
If you don't view saving the way I view it, that's fine. You should still do it anyway because that is what a responsible adult does. However, I believe that if you stick to it long enough and see some success with it, you will feel similar to the way I feel about saving.
The Law of Demand
The Law of Demand states that, Ceteris Paribus, the higher the price of a good, the lower the quantity demanded of that good.
The Law of Demand is a fundamental concept in all of economics and allows for a rational and predictable analysis of markets and assists in the determination of market equilibria.
Simply stated, the law of demand states that, all else being equal, the higher the price of a good, the less of that good will be demanded. By "demanded" we mean the number of people who are able and willing to purchase that good. This law of demand seems to make intuitive sense because it is very logical that the more something costs the less of it people will be willing and able to buy.
The reason less people are willing and able to buy a good when the price of it goes up is because they either are prohibited from buying it due to financial constraints or because the opportunity cost of that good has now increased - they either can't afford it any longer or they no longer wish to purchase it for a higher price because there are more attractive alternative uses of the money.
P.S. Ceteris Paribus is Latin for "all else equal" - a term used very often in economic theory and economics textbooks in order to assume a simpler and static world that is easier to study
Have you heard the saying "More isn't always better" before? That's not true according to economists. An underlying assumption in economics is that, for goods (as opposed to bads), more is always better.
Why is this true? There are two things we can consider: (1) if something brings you utility, you want more of it and (2) once it stops bringing you utility (likely because of diminishing marginal utility) you can sell it.
Utility = Happiness/Satisfaction Derived from a Good or Service
If one item gives you utility, more will give you more utility. If one pen gives you a certain amount of utility, two pens will give you more (maybe double), and three pens will give you even more (maybe triple). You can use one pen and then use the others in order as each pen runs out.
Let's discuss another example: burgers. If one burger gives you utility, two will give you more (although probably not double like with the pens), and three will give you even more (but maybe not if you are already full). With burgers things are a little different aren't they? One burger may be amazing, two burgers may be great, but by the third or fourth burger, you might be full. That third burger may give you a lot less utility than the first because you are already full. The fourth burger might actually have negative utility as it causes a stomach ache. This is an example of a central principle in economics called diminishing marginal utility.
Diminishing marginal returns can occur with the pen example above also, but it would just occur much more slowly. If you have 10 pens, you are still doing fine. You can put them away for use later on. But what if someone gave you 10,000 pens? Then the 10,000th pen may actually have a negative utility because you no longer have any room to store it. At some point the pens become a burden.
So how can we say that more is always better if we have diminishing marginal utility, with some cases more extreme than others? We can say that because we can always sell the item should it no longer provide us with positive utility (or at least we assume we can sell it). For example, we can sell that fourth burger. We can also do something else with it (eg. give it to a friend or a homeless person) that gives us some kind of utility. The same is true with the pens. We can start to sell the pens at the point where utility is no longer possible.
So, the old saying that "More isn't always better" isn't really true in the world of economics. Assuming that more IS always better (non-satiation) is an underlying assumption of economics that allows for further theory creation and model development.
Diving in Soccer: An Illustration of Perverse Incentives and Unintended Consequences
Soccer (or Football in most of the world) has become a great demonstration of perverse incentives. If you haven't watched the video above before reading this, take a moment to watch it now. When economists say that incentives are perverse they mean that they are "off" in some way, not that they are perverted in the sexual sense of the word.
Incentives matter a lot. You may want people to behave a certain way, but what really will affect behavior is incentives. Incentives are incredibly powerful and economists understand this fact much more than most other individuals. Misunderstanding the importance of incentives causes individuals and organizations a lot of headaches and confusion.
One example of perverse incentives is the diving that now occurs in soccer throughout the world. I'm fairly young and I've grown up in an increasingly diving-prone soccer environment, but I still understand that diving is absolutely ridiculous. Few soccer players don't dive today and I deeply respect them, but are the rest of the players who consistently dive just crazy for engaging in such a ridiculous and degrading act?
Obviously most soccer players don't engage in the absolute ridiculousness demonstrated in the above video, but in my opinion, diving is degrading and pathetic if you dive to get a penalty kick. Diving to prevent injury or to minimize the chances of being injured is a completely different story. Still, soccer players often dive at what appears to be a slight touch. Soccer players dive and send their bodies on trajectories that in no way match the ballistic trajectory that would be expected from the initial contact. Most soccer fans can tell that these players are diving and playacting. Then why do these professional athletes engage in such a ridiculous act? The answer is incentives. Incentives align in such a way to make such action profitable despite the costs (which I believe are not insignificant).
The incentives for diving and playacting should be fairly obvious. Diving increases the chances that a foul will be called, benefiting the player's team. Over time, as more people do this sort of thing, the pull to do it also increases because if everyone is doing it, you are penalized in a way if you don't do it. It's the same thing with steroids. If everyone in a sport takes steroids and you are the only one that doesn't do it, you are deeply penalized because you will likely always under-perform. That explains in part why athletes often take steroids despite the fact that taking them is a foolish and dangerous act.
The costs of diving are not insignificant in my opinion, however. Diving is a bit ridiculous and degrading when overdone. A soccer player should epitomize sportsmanship and strength, not be always on the lookout for an opportunity to fool the referee. This is degrading to the soccer player personally and degrading to the sport generally. Another cost is just looking foolish, but that cost has greatly decreased because more and more people are engaging in this behavior.
So, we have a situation in which the benefits of the action seem to outweigh the costs. Over the last few decades this difference has increased greatly due to the fact that more and more players engage in diving. The larger number of players engaged in diving lowers the costs because it seems less ridiculous and degrading. The benefits seem to have remained the same for the most part.
But what did I mean when I said there were perverse incentives? Why are the incentives to dive perverse? Let's begin with a general definition of perverse incentives.
A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result which is contrary to the interests of the incentive makers. Perverse incentives are a type of unintended consequences. (Wikipedia)
Can you think of other perverse incentives? How about the perverse incentives to lend too easily during the last decade. Those perverse incentives brought on the financial crisis and the Great Recession? Easier lending regulations and practices were created to promote a noble cause, increased home ownership. These easier regulations, combined with mortgage securitization (where originators of loans didn't really hold on to their loans but instead sold them off, often packaged with other loans), created a situation with perverse incentives, ultimately leading to a very unpleasant global financial crisis.
We can learn, from both diving in soccer and from other situations where perverse incentives exist, that incentives matter a lot. Noble causes may be espoused and rules may be created, but the wise economist knows that if you really want to predict how people are going to act, looking at the incentive structure that exists is one of the best ways to begin analysis. Perverse incentives and unintended consequences are real things that can lead to sub-optimal outcomes and everyone from parents to teachers to various rule-makers to policy-makers and to law-creators should take care to make sure that incentives line up in the right ways lest unintended consequences and perverse incentives bring on disaster.
I went to the orthodontist today to get a fixed retainer removed. It was put in about a decade ago, when I was a teenager, right after I had my braces removed. It was supposed to keep my bottom teeth in place, but after a decade in my mouth it started wearing out. Last week I had to get it repaired and more recently another part of the retainer broke off, making repair impossible and requiring the removal of the entire fixed retainer.
Why am I telling you this? I'm telling you this because I had a really interesting insight during my orthodontist visit, specifically as he was removing the excess adhesive (which bonded the retainer to my teeth) and polishing the back of my teeth after removing the retainer.
I am not afraid of going to the dentist at all, but I do understand that dental work performed with no anesthesia can be excruciatingly painful. My parents, who grew up in the former Soviet Union, tell me how painful such work was as they did not have anesthesia then (or they did not have access to it). Obviously, with no anesthesia, people likely neglected dental work. Additionally, I experienced dental drilling when I was a young child with relatively little anesthesia (I am not quite sure why) and I remember that it was very painful, even though some anesthesia was used. It is a very unique and particular type of pain and it is extremely uncomfortable. So, I knew that drilling teeth with no anesthesia at all is extremely painful from stories and a past experience with relatively little anesthesia. With this knowledge and with this past experience I sat down to get my retainer removed.
The orthodontist told me that he wouldn't use any anesthesia because he wouldn't be drilling into the teeth or doing anything that would hurt. He told me he would just be removing glue from the surface of the teeth after he removed the retainer. He removed the retainer and then he began removing all of the excess adhesive with a dental tool that looked very similar to the tools that dentists used on me when I had fillings in the past. I am a layperson when it comes to dentistry, so I assumed it was the same tool and I assumed it was capable of drilling deep into a tooth.
As he began removing the adhesive from the back of my teeth I felt a tiny bit of pain. I wouldn't even call it pain. It was more of an annoyance, but I knew very well that the minor annoyance could turn into excruciating pain should the dentist go deeper into the tooth. I thought to myself, what about when he finishes removing the adhesive? Then the drill will be touching the actual tooth and there will no longer be a layer of adhesive between the drill and the tooth. Will that hurt? It will likely hurt!
I didn't say anything while he was drilling because I trusted the orthodontist, but the annoyance increased and I felt a very slight tinge of pain. Now I was a little nervous, but I still trusted the orthodontist because I knew he worked with children and that he likely had an abundance of anesthesia. He would likely use it if he felt that there was even a chance of pain as medical professionals are overly cautious when it comes to these things today.
When he took a break from the drilling and the adhesive removal, I took the opportunity to ask him about my concern because I was pretty curious. I told him what I thought would happen and he told me that it wasn't possible. He said that what he was using was a rubber drill tip, not a metal drill tip capable of lacerating and drilling into the tooth. He said that even when the tip touches the tooth with no adhesive, which it would do soon once all of the adhesive was removed, it still wouldn't hurt. My outlook on the entire procedure immediately changed in an instant and I was shocked at this.
When he began drilling again the minor pain went away completely. Obviously I still felt the same sensation I felt before, but now I knew that it would never be different than it was now. I knew that the drill was not even capable of causing the pain which I was afraid of and that made the entire thing not just a little bit more tolerable, but turned the whole thing into a completely different experience. I now wanted him to continue with the procedure despite the light discomfort because I wanted the back of my teeth to be as smooth as possible and for all of the adhesive to be removed.
I know this is a simple example, but I cannot ignore what it has taught me. My assumptions played an enormous role in my experience at the orthodontist. I felt the same sensation (maybe even a greater physical discomfort after I found out), but something changed. The sensation in the beginning was combined with a certain fear that it would increase and an assumption that the tool that was being used could also grind deep into my tooth. After I learned about what was going on, my old assumption died and was replaced with a different assumption, this time a more accurate one. That accurate assumption allowed me to understand that the tool had a rubber tip and was incapable of drilling into the tooth. It was not the same tool that dentists use to drill into teeth to fill cavities.
What can we learn from my experience? We learn that assumptions matter a lot. I've always felt this before, but my experience at my orthodontist really brought this home for me. It was an almost profound experience in terms of how quickly I learned and internalized something pretty important. We won't always be able to change our assumptions and when we get more educated and our assumptions do change, we might realize that our original assumptions gave us more peace of mind. However, whenever we're suffering in one of endless ways we can suffer, we should take a minute to think about whether or not our suffering is caused in part by an assumption that we have. We should then seek to understand why we have that assumption and really do our best to understand whether or not it is rational, correct, and true or whether it is only based on ignorance and our own limited past experiences. An assumption can act like a pair of glasses that color everything else we see in the world. Change the glasses and you can change your view of the world.
The Economics of Lottery Tickets: They might simply be a cheap form of entertainment
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We all know (or should know) that buying a lottery ticket is truly a waste of money in the formal sense of the concept. Your chances of winning are likely less than your chances of getting struck by lighting. Even with an enormous jackpot, the expected value of the bet is almost always, if not always, less than what you pay to play. Therefore, it's not an investment or even a good gamble. You're better off playing something with far better odds. Even still, you're better off keeping your money in your pocket. If that's the case, why do so many people still play?
There are various theories as to why the lottery is so popular even though it's such a bad bet (e.g. tax on those not good at math, tax on the poor, tax on the uneducated, irrational individuals, overly optimistic individuals, etc.). I have my own theory on the matter. I don't have proof that it's right, but it seems interesting and probable to me.
The lottery is a cheap form of entertainment and that is why lower-income individuals seem to represent the largest portion of lottery players
Numerous studies have shown that the vast majority of lottery players are low-income individuals. I believe that this is fairly important in trying to understand why so many people play a game with such horrible odds and low expected value relative to the cost to play. I don't think that these low-income individuals are deluded or all bad at math. I believe you will find a broad spectrum of people in this low-income group, some of which might be math geniuses. However, all low-income people have at least one thing in common: they don't have a lot of money. I believe low-income people are the largest represented group when it comes to lottery players by far because the lottery is a form of entertainment and one of the cheapest forms of entertainment around.
To believe my theory you have to believe that gambling is entertainment. I enjoy blackjack and I definitely believe there is a lot of entertainment value in blackjack and various forms of gambling. Among various other things, you get an adrenaline rush in anticipating the potential reward and fearing the potential loss. Low-income people might not be able to spring for a $5-a-hand (if you can find a table that cheap) blackjack table or make a trip to Las Vegas to play the penny slots. Even the poorest people, however, can likely afford to spend a dollar or two on a lottery ticket. Lottery tickets might just be a form of entertainment.
If lottery tickets are a form of entrainment, then people buying lottery tickets aren't as irrational as some would have you believe. They are paying a dollar or a few dollars for a similar type thrill to the one I get at a blackjack table. I am great at math and I understand statistics so I understand that blackjack is a losing proposition. I don't care, however, and I believe many lottery players don't care either. Because I know, and I believe many lottery players know, that we're not in it to win, just to have a good time. We don't come with more than we are comfortable losing and we're fine when we lose because we received entertainment value for the money we spent. If I lose $100 at a table and I got four hours of adrenaline-filled fun and a bunch of free drinks out of it, I am happy.
For a few dollars you get to buy the lottery ticket, fill it out and think about the numbers you want to choose, and then wait and anticipate, hoping that you win and getting a bit of an adrenaline rush in the process. I wouldn't play, but it just might be a good value proposition to some people. Maybe it's not a waste of money after all.
Note: When I discussed gambling and entertainment I was only talking about individuals who are healthy gamblers and see gambling for what it really is. If we are discussing individuals who are addicted to gambling for the various reasons one can get addicted to such an activity, that is a different matter entirely and that is beyond the scope of this article.
October 2019
And now, given the rise of cyrptocurrencies and crypto assets to quasi-mainstream financial assets, we're dedicated to providing quality, relevant, and interesting material on cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets. Articles on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, and many more cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets can be found on Pennies and Pounds - all that in addition to a plethora of information on what cryptoassets are, how the entire crypto industry came to be, blockchain/immutable ledger technology, mining, proof of work, proof of stake, and how to prudently invest in crypto if you are so inclined (based on your risk tolerance and ability to withstand the volatility that will come with a crypto portfolio).


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My Faith Story ... a video from the Silicon Valley Prayer Breakfast
The 25 things that God has taught us at Bandwidth ... Rough Notes
3 Quick Videos (2 min each) - What Makes a Successful Business Person, How to Think Like a Gospel Patron, Will Owning a Home Make You Happy?
CEF 2017 Whitepaper: The Christ-Following
Entrepreneur: An Identity Crisis
Faithful vs. Willful: Podcast Interview on Bottom Line Faith
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Henry Kaestner is a Managing Principal in Sovereign's Capital, a private equity and venture capital management company that invests in faith driven entrepreneurs in SouthEast Asia and the US from it's offices in Silicon Valley, Washington DC and Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to co-founding Sovereign's Capital, Henry was co-Founder and previous CEO, and then Chairman of Bandwidth.com (NASDAQ:BAND) and it's sister company, Republic Wireless (which spun out of Bandwidth in 2016). Together the companies have grown from $0 to $300 million in revenue. The founding values of Bandwidth are: Faith, Family, Work and Fitness (in that order). Prior to co-founding Bandwidth.com with David Morken, Henry founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top ranked electricity broker in the country.
In addition to starting the Faith Driven Entrepreneur website, Henry has been the catalyst behind the Faith Driven Investor movement. Henry has also been involved in a number of ministry and philanthropic activities. He co-founded DurhamCares, was a founding Board Member of Praxis, an accelerator committed to helping faith driven entrepreneurs and sits on a variety of business and ministry boards including Valley Christian Schools where his 3 boys attend. Go Warriors!
Henry is a member of the broader Church in the Bay Area, attends Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, CA and serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America. Henry lives in Los Gatos with his wife Kimberley and their three sons.


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Michael Carnes, from Exponential Audio, has done some incredible sleuthing to suss out a mysterious, seemingly random problem some users have been experiencing with his products in the latest Logic Pro X 10.3.3 update.
It seems that under certain very specific circumstances, users have been reporting that some Exponential Audio plug-ins have disappeared from Logic Pro. The Plug-in Manager doesn't show them at all, and the auval scanner never even opens them. Yet they still appear in other AU hosts. After careful deduction, the following conclusions (and remedy) were drawn by Michael.
So, if you are using any of the Exponential Audio reverbs or delays and have experienced them mysteriously disappearing; read on:
Michael's Conclusions
• I've only seen it with Logic Pro X 10.3.3
• I've only seen it on MacOS High Sierra.
• My High Sierra systems all use the APFS file system. I don't know if this shows up on systems with rotating drives.
• The problem seems to occur when a plugin is installed when another version of the plug was not on the system. In other words, a virgin system.
• After installation, the plugin does not appear on the list of available plugins.
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I am creating a series of cards and tags based on the techniques I learned in the Inspiration Showcase class through . These classes are taught by Jennifer MCcGuire and Kristina Werner. Although I finished this class a number of years ago, once registered you have access forever. Which allows me to go back and retake the course whenever I please.
The class demonstrates a number of techniques and instructs how to display them on a canvas to hang in your crafting space. I love my canvas and I want to go one step farther by creating a ring of tags showing each technique. I think this will help me when I am looking for ideas on what to do with a new stamp set or for a needed card.
The first technique is Traditional Resist.
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The wait is almost over
by Doctor K on Aug.26, 2008, under Uncategorized
:Against The Grain, bts, Crimson Face, Daddys Little Girl, Dusted Orange, Exile, festivals, Gretchen Lewis, inside, Kids In Cults, News, Nitidus, recap, update
After a long few months behind the scenes, Nitidus are coming back to rock your world very soon.
Some of the things that have been going on in the last few months:
- We're organising festival appearances in the summer. We'll let you know more about that soon.
- Speaking of festivals, you can still vote for Nitidus to play at the Grazzhopper Festival 08.
- We're locking in some rock shows and more ways for you to access our music.
- V-Raw featured us on their website for a while, thanks V-Raw.
- Patrick has been a busy dad.
- Buzz Magazine printed an interview with Nitidus, thanks Monique.
- A bunch of new studio tracks have been added to the Myspace page for your listening pleasure.
- The Musicland show earlier this year was broadcast on Channel 31's Asylum TV.
As well as that, we've been spending some time checking out the other talented bands doing the hard yards out on the Melbourne live music scene. Shout outs to Gretchen Lewis, Dusted Orange, Exile, Crimson Face, Kids In Cults, Against The Grain, Daddy's Little Girl, Siren's Gate and Lucy's Crown.
Watch this space, more of the good stuff coming at ya!


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Interesting Research on Errands – What No One Ever Told You
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You may have already thought of hiring a professional domestic cleaner. The Chances are that you are busy at work or maybe the kids are occupying you so much. Keep reading and you are going to get all the information that you have always been determining when you are choosing a professional expert to keep you enjoying great services.
You need to ensure that you get to trust your gut. Ensure that you can have some that you can trust in when carrying out the services at your home even when not there. Therefore you need to ensure that you take your time so that you can have all the details of the company that is suitable for your domestic cleaning. You realize that when you make fast decisions, you will have the chance to have all the procedures solved, and this is essential for your needs.
Having a recommendation from your friends or relatives would be a great thing as this is essential in helping you get the right service provider. If you have no contacts for anyone, you can carry out an online search. When you consider the online platform you will be able to find details that will direct you to a service provider who offers you great services.
Some people see cleaning as a different job that doesn't look like any other. For you to enjoy the cleaning that you will get, make sure you do not take it lightly. If you usually have a procedure to hire experts in other fields, then do the same here.
Without having enough experience which is earned through working for many years, a company cannot deliver the services effectively. When the providers do the task of cleaning many times the more they become perfect. Now because you are in this platform, it means you are looking for a cleaning firm. Experience needs to be a determinant for the reason you hire a cleaning firm or a provider.
If you have not sat down and thought about what you should seek from experts, then you must be too late because you need to ask for what you deserve. When a professional is well experienced, then you should not stop at that since you have not made any confirmation whether it is located in an ideal place not too far from your premises. No matter what cleaning services you require, then ensure you have settled with the right one. Confirm to the cleaners whether you are seeking for vacuuming for your house or mopping. Although some provider might have ideas, you also should say the kind of services you require.
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As strange as it may seem that a man of my stature would be so enamoured by a woman of beautiful fabrics, the simple fact remains that it happened. When I (meaning #BlogTourLDN) met with Bernie de La Cuona on that misty afternoon just off the stunning row houses of Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, I would say that our design eyes had just been excited by another shop but our hearts did not know that they were going to fall in love that day.
It did not take much for me to have sparks of fantasy, whimsy, lust, and desire because her fabric collection is stunning but it is all about the drape for her, as you can see from the cover photo. The absolute refinement of every single fabric is beyond what I would have ever have expected.
Artisan techniques underpin each new fabric introduced into the collection – Bernie has led the way with stone-washed linens, embossed linens and the use of tonal wool yarns to add a special dimension to unique embroideries on superb quality linen base cloths and, of course, her signature wool and cotton paisleys which are recognized worldwide. Her cushion collection enjoys the same reputation.
Bernie, if I may be so "North American" and call her by her first name, explained so many concepts, processes, and results to us all that I think we wished we had a video to go back to. Her South African gentle-ness was inspiring that she wanted us to create our own ideas by throw all the fabric around on her farm table on what inspired her. She didn't stay still for one second. We went through some regional differences, mixed some colours together, and I think everyone walked out of there in awe of what a true master can do.
I swear to the Spinning Jenny that the next client to knock on my door and wants de La Cuona will have a hard time tearing me away from their new space.
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4. Life and Death
This lojong is stated as:
16) Practice the five strenghts
a. Be egoless (through)
b. Being mindful and aware
c. With virture (by cultivating Bodhicitta)
d. Abandoning clinging
e. Through prayer for others.
Sayings like this one are not my favorite kind. This is because I don't like such obvious prescriptions. The Practical Dharma philosohphy does not have rules. It only requires action that is consistent with a coherent philosophy based on mindful and value driven action. So it may be OK to eat meat as long as I am properly respectful of the sacrifice of those sentient beings who made this possible for me (such as the animals, farmers, truck drivers, etc.) So if I am fortunate enough to eat meat, I would hope to be mindful and aware during this time by saying a "prayer" to myself recognizing the sacrifice of the many others who make my life possible. I would not say the prayer out loud or demand others engage in it. I don't demand that I have the meat, but I recognize it is a gift from others when I am so fortunate to consume it.
This seems consistent with b) being mindful and aware, d) abandoning clinging, and e. reminding myself with prayer. I prefer not to strive for egolessness or demand virture - what about "26) Give up hoping for results".
I like Lojong #26 a lot (and the others that wake me up without telling me what to do). I suppose that is why I don't like the prescriptive sayings as much. These seem to point in the direction of hoping for results by doing the precribed action.


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PacBio Blog: "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Data Release: ~54x Long-Read Coverage for PacBio-only De Novo Human Genome Assembly
We are pleased to make publicly available a new shotgun sequence dataset of long PacBio® reads from a human DNA sample. We previously released sequence data using Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing of ~10x coverage of this sample, sufficient for reference-based detection of structural variation. Today we expand on that release with additional data that increases the total sequencing coverage to ~54x. This long-read data has enabled the generation of the first de novo human genome assembly from PacBio-only sequence reads."
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Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 30 minutes
- 1 ten-ounce pack Chinese noodles (available in the Asian food section of the grocery)
- 4 packs of ramen noodles (discard seasoning that comes with it)
- 4 cups of napa cabbage, thinly sliced
- 1 cup snow peas cut into strips
- 1 carrot, julienned
- 1/ cup spring onions, thinly sliced
- 2 cups leftover chicken or grilled chicken, cut into thin strips
- 1 teaspoon canola oil for frying one pack of ramen noodles
For the dressing:
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 4 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Mix dressing ingredients together and set aside.
- In teaspoon of canola oil, fry a pack of ramen noodles until golden brown on both sides.
- Set aside to drain on a paper towel.
- Boil 8 cups of water in a large pot.
- Cook remainder of noodles for three minutes until soft but chewy.
- Remove from stove and rinse and drain.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cabbage, snow peas, carrot, onions and chicken, and add salad dressing.
- Add cooled noodles to the mixture, and crumble crisped noodles that had been fried into oil, and mix thoroughly.
- Refrigerate for several hours to allow salad to cool completely.
- The combination of the fried and the soft noodles gives the salad a nice crunchy texture.


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The Bucket List
(USA, 2007, 94 minutes)
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Zadan-Meron/Reiner-Greisman production; produced in association with Two Ton Films. Starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman; Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd; and Rob Morrow. Directed by Rob Reiner; produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner; written by Justin Zackham; music by Marc Shaiman; director of photography (Technicolor), John Schwartzman; production designer, Bill Brzeski; costume designer, Molly Maginnis; film editor, Robert Leighton.


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LYNN — Pedro Carrillo was sitting outside an apartment building on Curwin Circle when a man came up and shot him in the head as his mother looked on in horror.
The next night, a man was stabbed to death in a Union Street rooming house where police found the victim bleeding from the chest in an apartment.
The pair of killings on that first weekend of August were the city's 10th and 11th homicides this year. That's the most since 1994, when there were 14 homicides, according to the Lynn Police Department. Records from the FBI confirm this has been the second bloodiest year in the city since they began keeping records in 1960.
"It's very distressing, even the loss of one life is unacceptable," said Lynn Police Chief Michael Mageary. "I've lived in Lynn for 55 years. My wife, children and parents live here and I take this personally. It's certainly not the way I wanted to start my tenure as chief."
Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett declined to be interviewed. In a statement, the DA said he is troubled by the number of murders in Essex County.
"While there is no discernable pattern or connection among them, many are related to drugs in some fashion," he said.
In 2007 and 2008, there were six murders each in Lynn, the highest numbers in the 2000s. In 1991, there were a dozen homicides, according to police. Since 1960, there have been 199 homicides, according to FBI and Lynn Police data.
Essex County Sheriff and former Lynn Police Chief Kevin Coppinger said the spike in the murder rate in the 1990s stemmed from the crack cocaine epidemic.
"Many of the murders that year were drug-related with a war being played out in the streets," he said.
Mageary said the accessibility of guns, the blatant disregard for human life, and perpetrators who have no fear of consequences, has contributed to the high murder rate.
"These acts do not reflect the values we hold in this city," he said.
Murder rate climbs as police struggle with budget cuts
He said it hasn't helped that the department has seen an 11 percent decline in the force over the last few years as the number of officers has dropped to 169, from the peak of 190.
"We have been sounding the alarm for the last several years about budget cuts and the loss of manpower," Mageary said. "That said, more cops on the beat can't guarantee fewer murders."
A handful of initiatives, including the Community Liaison Team, which put officers on bicycles, a Warrant Task Force which targeted violent offenders, and the gang investigation unit have been disbanded due to budget cuts.
"When all those units were around, our numbers were down because we targeted those individuals," Mageary said. "But we simply don't have the resources."
He is anticipating several officers will be going on disability or retiring this year. New hires will be challenging in this budget environment, he said.
While killings are up, other crime is down
Still, despite the cuts, with the exception of homicides, every category of crime is down from a year ago.
From January 1 through July 31, rape is down 64 percent, burglary has decreased by 30 percent, larceny slipped by 26 percent, robbery fell by 22 percent, motor vehicle theft dropped by 16 percent, and assaults are down 12 percent, according to the Lynn Police Department.
When asked to explain how crime could be down so dramatically, Mageary said, "It's perplexing. How can it be explained? I don't think a social scientist could explain it."
James Alan Fox, professor of criminology at Northeastern University, has one explanation. He said if police can't find a common denominator, such as a serial killer, gang warfare or a drug war, the dramatic rise in murders is an anomaly.
"Unless there is a commonality, this series of unrelated and different murders in Lynn are an aberration," he said. "And what goes up must come down. I suspect the murder rate will be lower next year."
Gina Curcio, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Salem State University and a Lynn resident, said the Essex County DA may be onto something when he suggested drugs may be behind many of the killings.
"While gang-related violence has decreased significantly over the last decade, drugs on the streets have increased," she said. "Heroin and drugs in general are an issue here and they can play a big role in violent crime and disputes can often lead to murder."
Still, Curcio acknowledged it is too early to know whether the increase in homicides is a random uptick or the beginning a new drug war," she said. "Researchers need several years of data to determine that and it's too early to say."


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Hami Grace's Story
What do you write in your diary?
Soldiers weren't allowed to say much in their letters home. Information that could be intercepted by the enemy was against the rules, and so was anything too detailed or negative. The army wanted people at home to believe everything was going to be alright.
But there was one way the soldiers could record everything that happened to them without getting in trouble.
Their diary.
Thomas Marshall Percy Grace, also known by his Maori name, Hami, kept a diary of the Gallipoli campaign- one of the major events for New Zealanders in the First World War. When the war first broke out, Imperial policy initially opposed the idea of 'native peoples' fighting in a war among Europeans. Many Maori wishing to enlist used European versions of their name to disguise the fact, officially, that they were Maori. Hami was one such soldier. He kept a very detailed diary while at Gallipoli. In it he describes the constant smoke and thunder of gunfire in so much detail you could almost hear it. He would never have been allowed to write these details in a letter home.
At Wellington College, Hami was a bit of a legend. He had been an exceptional sportsman, particularly in cricket, shooting and rugby. When he enlisted he was chosen as a sniper because of his talents with a rifle. He would put his cricketing skills to great use by taking a sack full of grenades, sneaking over to the Turkish trenches and causing mayhem by throwing them up and down the trenches like they were cricket balls.
Hami Grace's Diary
Hami's Tobacco Box
Hami's Cricket Ball
Hami's Dead Man's Penny
Research Support
You have been given pages from the diary of Hami Grace. Look carefully at the dates - what are the entries that Hami describes leading up to? You are now tasked with discovering more of the story behind Thomas Marshall Percy (Hami) Grace. How much of his story can you piece together? The suggestions below will help you on your research journey. The How We Find It Fact Sheet will also be a helpful tool in helping you discover the pieces of Hami's puzzle.
FIND Hami'S RECORD OF SERVICE
You're in luck. Hami served in the New Zealand Army so his records can be found online at the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph. You'll need to make sure you include all his names - Thomas Marshall Percy Grace (Hami is his Maori name). This is your most important search. Collect as much information as you can. Once you've found Hami's Serial Number move to Archway and search for his service documents there. You should also be able to find a nice, clear photo of him as well.
uncover why these days of hami's diary are important.
Take a look at the dates of Hami's diary. What happened during the First World War on those dates? Where is Hami do you think? What do we now call the 25th April ? Watch Hami's Great War Story. Search online for video, photographic and audio accounts of these 3 days. You should be able to find both primary and secondary sources. Create a visual summary to accompany Hami's diary.
find out what happened to hami grace.
There are many other pages of Hami's diary. He is a popular soldier with his men and a popular Old Boy of Wellington College. Use Papers Past to search for the exact phrase 'Hami Grace'. Look for the article 'The Way of the Sniper'. Read about Hami's job in a letter written from Captain Cross to the boys of Wellington College which was re-printed in newspapers across New Zealand. How long after Hami's diary entry is he killed? Where is his body buried?
Discover more pieces of Hami's story.
understand the breadth and influence of hami's whanau.
Hami was a member of a large and significant whanau. Use Papers Past and search for the exact term 'Hami Grace' to begin to piece Hami's family together. Look for the article on Hami's brother's obituary as a starting point. Hami's Paternal Grandfather was Thomas Samuel Grace and his Maternal Grandfather was the Paramount Chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa - Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV. Find out what you can about these two men to understand the mana of this whanau.
haami's diary can be hard to read but it is worth the effort.
Take the time to read Hami's diary. He is describing events that defined New Zealand as they happen and he does so with fabulously descriptive language - he uses sounds, colours and vivid descriptions. Handwriting can be difficult to read but this first hand account is worth transcribing and typing up so you can reflect and re-read Hami's words.
help transcribe other FIRST WORLD WAR DIARIES
More than 20,000 pages of World War One letters and diaries are now available online. Diaries give us first hand accounts of what things looked like and what happened and lots of soldiers kept diaries. But diaries and papers can be hard to read. Transcribing is an important part of the research process. Do your part to help transcribe first-hand accounts of New Zealanders from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps circa World War I. Contribute to the transcription of New Zealand records by going to Measuring the Anzacs and help transcribe a record for Archives NZ.
Solving the unsolvable mystery
like hundreds of new zealand soldiers at gallipoli - haami's body was never found.
He lies in an unknown grave. How many New Zealanders served at Gallipoli has been a question that has been asked repeatedly in recent years. Read this article in 2013 to help understand why people were unsure. In 2016 a significant finding was made which indicated that the original number of New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli, often quotes as 8,556, had been mis-calculated. It is now clear from new research between 16,000 and 18,000 New Zealanders landed on Gallipoli during 1915. Twice as many New Zealand families as previously thought have a direct link to the Dardanelles. These findings give Gallipoli even greater significance in our national narrative.
Search Further
Hami's diary entry 23-25 April 1915 is connected with the story of Thomas Marshall Percy (Hami) Grace who attended Pukawa School, Thorndon School, Wellington College and Marlborough Boys' College.The original diary is held by Wellington College Archives. This story is told with the permission of Adrian Tiopira on behalf of the Grace Family.
Find documents connected with the life of Thomas Marshall Percy Grace here
Thomas Marshall Percy Grace's last known address.
Thorndon School, Wellington College and Marlborough Boy's College
The Walking with an Anzac Team found the first clue in Hami's story when they visited Thorndon School, where he attended primary school. Further research on the same platforms you have used today allowed us to discover Hami's Story.


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Local dentist honored as a rising dental star
Dr. Alex Kalmanovich, DDS of Laguna Family Dentistry has been selected and included in "The Incisal Edge '40 Under 40" edition."
This honor is presented to "rising dental stars in the US," says Chuck Cohen, founder of Incisal Edge dental lifestyle magazine.
"Incisal Edge celebrates dentists' achievements both inside the operatory and during their hard-earned downtime - and nothing better exemplifies this than the magazine's annual "40 Under 40" edition, a series of informative profiles of the finest young practitioners in our industry.
Whether they're renowned for their medical innovations, their volunteer work and philanthropy or simply their commitment to outstanding patient care, these 40 honorees, nominated by industry experts from around the country and vetted by an independent panel, represent the best of dentistry today, and the promise of even better dentistry tomorrow, magazine sources report.
Dr. Kalmanovich has been practicing in Laguna Beach since 2013. He practices general and cosmetic dentistry utilizing the newest technologies to provide customized dental care with a strong emphasis on preventative dentistry.
Dr. Kalmanovich always strives to stay on the front lines of the newest treatment options, as well as the newest and best innovations and technologies while providing the highest quality care for his patients.
His high-tech advanced care includes one of the latest dental technology tools to appear on the dentistry scene, called the CEREC® machine, a special computer that acts as a dental restoration tool, allowing Dr. Kalmanovich to restore decayed teeth, place dental crowns, remove defective amalgam dental fillings, or place porcelain dental veneers in just one appointment, while maintaining the highest quality for his patients.
According to representatives, Dr. Alex, as he's known to many patients, makes going to the dentist fun and exciting with his friendly and compassionate nature. New patients say that they feel extremely welcome upon joining and current patients say that they feel like they are part of the Laguna Dentistry Family.
Dr. Kalmanovich is honored to be selected for this achievement and moreover honored to continue to serve the incredible people of Laguna Beach. For more information, visit www.lagunafamilydentistry.com.


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Genres: Paranormal, Romance
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Nika Adams has had a challenging year. She gave her heart to Hunter Evans, only to have him break it. But Nika refuses to give up hope. Not when there's a chance she can save her true-love—even if she must save him from himself.
Julian Adams finally knows what he wants, and is truly happy. But when he gets mixed up in Nika's suicide mission to save her wayward boyfriend, he begins to wonder if his dream girl can handle the dangerous life that comes with being an Adams.
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Kicking off the new blog....
This will be the same info I post on the skinnydevil.com site as well as the pages at MySpace, facebook, tribe, etc., but now I only have to write it once (hahaha!!!).
More coming soon!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
DEAR DIARY: The new blog
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