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Oracle® Application Server Containers for J2EE Security Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
This chapter discusses configuring OC4J to use the Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP-based provider. It contains the following sections:
Some LDAP properties affect the entire OC4J instance; these properties are discussed in "Specifying OracleAS JAAS Provider Settings" .
You normally associate OC4J with infrastructure at the time of installation.However, you can also associate OC4J with infrastructure using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control Console. See the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g help topic "Application Server Infrastructure Page".
When you associate an OC4J instance with an Oracle Application Server Infrastructure (including the Oracle Internet Directory), your application can leverage the LDAP-based provider for central management of users.
Before using the LDAP-based provider, you must set up certain users, groups, and permissions in Oracle Delegated Administration Services, and then grant these users and groups the appropriate permissions.
If you specify the LDAP-based provider globally in the
/config/application.xml configuration file, then you must also create an anonymous user, as discussed in "Creating an anonymous User Using ldapmodify". Under normal conditions, you do not need to modify
application.xml. The principal reason to do so is to configure the default application in an OC4J instance to use the LDAP-based provider as the user manager. The default application is a system application created by OC4J for internal use. (See the deployment and configuration overview in the Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Servlet Developer's Guide for information about the OC4J default application.)
You can set up the appropriate groups and users by using the tool
oracle.security.jazn.util.LoadOidData, which is part of the
jazncore library supplied in the
ORACLE_HOME directory. You run the tool with the command line:
java -cp ./jazncore.jar oracle.security.jazn.util.LoadOidData
The syntax for this tool is:
LoadOidData [-h ldaphost] [-p ldapport] [-D binddn] [-w passwd] [-f filename [-oc4jAdminPwd passwd] [-ignoreError true|false]
The supported options are:
ldaphost for the LDAP host name
ldapport for the port of the LDAP server
binddn for the distinguished name for the Oracle Internet Directory administrator
password for the password of the Oracle Internet Directory administrator
filename for the file containing the entries to be loaded, which is the following:
password for the password that will be assigned to OC4J administrator
boolean to specify whether the tool continues after reporting an error (if
true) or stops as soon as it encounters an error (if
For example, assume the password for the Oracle database administrator is
welcome1 and the password for the OC4J administrative user is
welcome2. The command line (assuming
$J2EE_HOME is
/j2ee/home) would be:
java -cp $J2EE_HOME/jazncore.jar oracle.security.jazn.util.LoadOidData -h oidhost -p oidport -D cn=orcladmin -w welcome1 -f $J2EE_HOME/jazn/install/oidConfigForOc4j.sbs -oc4jAdminPwd welcome2
After you run this tool, your default Oracle Identity Management realm will contain the following:
administrators group
An administrative user that is a member of the
administrators group
administrators group will have the following permissions:
oracle.j2ee.server.AdministrationPermission ("administration")
Finally, you must set the
ldap.user property to
admin and the
ldap.password property to the appropriate password, as discussed in "Configuring LDAP SSL Properties".
You create an anonymous user by creating an LDIF (lightweight directory interchange format) file, then supplying the LDIF file as an input to the
ldapmodify tool. An appropriate LDIF file is shown in Example 7-1. Note that you must replace yourDistinguishedName by the distinguished name of the default identity management realm.
Example 7-1 An anony.ldif file to Create anonymous User
dn: cn=anonymous, cn=Users, yourDistinguishedName
changetype: add
uid: anonymous
givenName: anonymous
cn: anonymous
sn: anonymous
description: This entry is used as the identification for unauthenticated users.
orclisenabled: disabled
objectClass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: orcluser
objectClass: orcluserV2
After you have created your
anony.ldif file, use the
ldapmodify command to add the anonymous user. The syntax for this command is:
ORACLE_HOME/bin/ldapmodify -D cn=orcladmin -w password -h hostname -p port \ -f anony.ldif
When you issue this command, replace password, hostname, and port with the password, host name, and port for your installation.
anonymous account is a special user account created in the Oracle Internet Directory server for OC4J server usage purpose only. Because this account is created without a password, this account cannot be used by an end user to log in to the applications
Before beginning development, you must ensure that the operating-system-specific environment variable controlling loading of dynamic libraries (for example,
LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Solaris) is set appropriately. See Table 2-5, "Dynamic Library Path Settings" for details.
When you manage OC4J with Oracle Enterprise Manager, it sets this variable automatically.
To create users and groups when using the LDAP-based provider, you use the Oracle Delegated Administration Services tools. For details, see Oracle Identity Management Guide to Delegated Administration.


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There Must Be A Way
The Lyrics to this are beautiful and screams out Rom Com. (Romantic Comedy). Every time I listen to this I think of a scene from When Harry Met Sally or You've Got Mail, in the male and female leads are each making their way home, thinking about each other.

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Kuroshitsuji OC: Tesla Fritz Picture
Another OC of mine for my much loved Black Butler aka Kuroshitsuji!!! Luv it!!! XD <3Continue Reading: Ages of Man
She is the beloved sister of a wealthy Engilsh land owner, she loves books, but hates to read. She is intelligent in science and mathematics, but never ask her to write a letter or essay!!!
She is often remains inside and doesn't really like to be seen in public, mostly cause her eyes are a pinkish/purple hue (look like Demon eyes LOL). She usually covers at least one eye with her hair, to try to hide the color, but she needs to see, doesn't she, so she keeps the other eye visible.
Name: Tesla Fritz (last name of German decent--meaning she is part German)
Age: 19
Occupation: Phantomhive Manor Librarian...knows where all the books are, not that she has read any of them...
Eye Color: Pink/Purple
Hair Color: Brunette
Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Likes: Books (but not reading), science, math, all kinds of mythology and lore, ITALIAN FOOD!!!!
Dislikes: Reading, writing, BOATS/ SAILING (seasickness), her eyes...
Personality: Pretty agreeable under most circumstances, very intelligent and easily approachable (if you don't mind staring into her weird-colored eyes). She absolutely adores the smell and weight of a good book, but never expect to actually have read it unless it has something to do with science and/or myth. Very good at hiding her hatred for others, which leads everyone to think she is their pal, but in reality she might completely detest that very person. It does make it hard to distinguish from whom she likes and whom she hates. She is mysterious and usually keeps her feelings and thoughts to herself.
Thoughts about:
Ciel- Very Cute and smart kid, seeing how serious he is gets me really depressed though, he was quite kind to have offered me a position here as his Librarian, not sure why all of a sudden he needs one, he managed without one before my arrival.
Sebastian- Extremely attractive however mysterious and suspicious character, the most impossibly perfect butler. Kind of creepy...I try to hide from him when he comes looking for me, or pretend that I am busy with something, but he always sees right through me.
Baldroy- Explosive Personality. He is quite the useless chef, but well-intentioned. He offers to cook the servants meals and I always respectfully deny them in place of something I make myself. Everyone usually ends up picking off my plate, even Bard.
Mey-rin- Really friendly, very clumsy, I like how her glasses hide her eyes...mental note, ask her where she got her glasses. Anyway, I like to help her when I can, but I always like to make sure Sebastian is not around, so I don't get yelled at for not doing my own job...
Finnian/Finny- Just about the happiest and most adorable garden-killer I have ever seen! That boy can lighten almost any mood, I always seem to find myself smiling after every time we speak, his happiness is contagious.
Tanaka- More of a relaxed character, but when he is needed he immediately jumps to fulfill his duties.
Snake- Kind of strange, he can talk to his many snake buddies which is cool, he is a misfit, like myself, but I feel bad about complaining about my eyes when that poor boy is stuck with having the pallor and appearance of a snake. He's nice to me, or many of the snakes are nice to me, never really sure whom is speaking... Emily doesn't like me much, she doesn't like it when I talk to Snake...I'm not completely clueless, I think Snake may find me attractive, but sometimes Emily scares me, maybe in jealously...I don't have any idea...
Nina-As a fashion designer she is excellent. She is very touchy, maybe a little too touchy.
Elizabeth/ Lizzie- Met her only a handful of times, never really spoke to her. She compliments me on being "cute" quite often, I have never ever tried to be "cute", but if she says so, then I guess I am...
Prince Soma- A little annoying and overbearing, he's nice I guess. Can't stand him sometimes.
Agni- The most beautiful man I have ever met!!!! He's really sweet and really capable. Incredibly loyal to Soma, which is both good and bad. It's obvious he can commit, but why not to meeee!!! TnT


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Date: 18 Apr 2004 03:33:49 -0700
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"Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<qf0N8wEZrFgAFwPx_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>...
> In message <c58q94$jm1$1_at_news.netins.net>, Dawn M. Wolthuis
> <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> writes
> >One of the categories of interest are ERP solutions for mid-size businesses:
> >manufacturing, higher ed; health industry; service organizations. Many such
> >companies invest in RDBMS solutions. I have anecdotes, not evidence, that
> >backs up my intuition, not evidence, that the use of non-RDBMS solutions
> >(including PICK, Cache', Berkeley DB, ...) over a 10 year period is
> >significantly less expensive. I have found no surveys or experiments that
> >shed any light on this, so if anyone knows of any ...
> There is allegedly a survey floating around ... done by the University
> of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
> They studied the percentage of turnover spent by companies on
> maintaining their databases, and discovered that it had a double-peak,
> one at 2% and one at 4%. The 2% companies consisted primarily of those
> using Pick-like databases, the 4% lot were using relational databases.
There is "allegedly" another survey done by the University of somewhere else that says the exact opposite. Maybe. Received on Sun Apr 18 2004 - 12:33:49 CEST


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RICHMOND, Va., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The No Kill Advocacy Center, a national animal rights group, filed a petition with the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) asking them to rescind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) status as an "animal shelter" in order to prevent PETA from killing thousands of animals every year.
"Removing the designation will prevent PETA staff from putting to death thousands of animals every year without making any effort to find them adoptive homes," said Nathan Winograd, director of the No Kill Advocacy Center. "That's because employees of animal pounds and animal shelters are the only non-veterinarians authorized by the Virginia Code to kill animals."
According to VDACS records, for the three year period of 2009-2011, PETA killed 6,412 of the 6,703 animals it acquired, a killing rate of 96 percent. It adopted out only 76 animals, or 1 percent of the total it took in. By contrast, Virginia shelters as a whole adopt out roughly 60% of all animals they impound in any given year and several communities in Virginia have save rates in excess of 90%. PETA has no adoption hours, it does not keep animals alive long enough to find homes, and it does little adoption promotion.
"In the last 11 years, 29,426 animals have died at PETA's hands including those they themselves described as 'healthy,' 'adorable,' and 'perfect,'" said Winograd. "In some cases, this includes animals they promised to find homes for, only to put them to death within minutes in the back of a van—a donor-funded mobile death squad on wheels. It includes kittens and puppies."
In order to maintain its designation as a shelter, PETA must meet three statutory requirements: 1. It must have a facility used to house or contain animals, 2. The facility must be operated by an animal welfare organization, and 3. The facility must be operated "for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for animals." According to VDACS' own investigation, PETA does not meet the required conditions.
In an inspection of PETA by VDACS, the investigator noted that PETA "does not contain sufficient animal enclosures to routinely house the number of animals annually reported as taken into custody… The shelter is not accessible to the public, promoted, or engaged in efforts to facilitate the adoption of animals taken into custody."
"Virginia statutes do not contemplate a pet killing facility to meet the statutory definition of a 'shelter,'" said Winograd.
If granted, PETA would lose its ability to take in and kill animals without oversight by a veterinarian licensed to practice medicine in the state.
For a copy of the petition: http://bit.ly/ZK4kjj
For an expose on PETA's practices of killing animals: http://huff.to/XZQ0n6
SOURCE No Kill Advocacy Center
CONTACT:Nathan J. Winograd, (510) 689-1530


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Love holiday parties and getting all dressed up and glittery? Then it's time to take the guns out! And by "guns," of course I mean your arms!
Yoga is amazing for many things—yes, a calm, capable body and calm, capable mind, and it also happens to be the best shaper for your arms, I think. Here are a few moves that will get your arms and shoulders ready for their winter strapless debut. Do each pose once a day, three times a week, and you'll be packing heavy artillery!
Down Dog/Dolphin Lifts and Lowers: From down dog, energetically reach your elbows toward one another as you simultaneously lower your forearms to the ground as shown, allowing your elbows to release shoulder-width apart. Pressing into your hands, simultaneously lengthen your arms, lifting your forearms back into down dog. Repeat 10 times. (If this is too intense, breathe in down dog for 5 to 10 breaths and then in dolphin pose for 5 to 10 breaths.)
|One-armed Plank: From plank, reach your right hand straight out in front of you, keeping your arm in line with your shoulder. Maintain a strong, steady core, and try to keep your hips level. Breathe here for 5 deep breaths, then repeat with your left arm.
|Bent-armed Plank: From plank, reach back through your heels, engage your core, and soften through your elbows, reaching them straight back, until your forearms graze the sides of your rib cage. Stay here for 5 deep breaths. Lower all the way to the ground, inhale back to plank, and repeat 5 times.
|Side Plank with Toe Hold: From plank, transfer your weight onto your right hand and the outer edge of your right foot, reaching your left arm toward the ceiling. If it feels good, try to reach your right big toe to the ground so you have the support of your whole foot. Bend your left knee and take hold of your left big toe with your left thumb and peace fingers, then gently reach your heel toward the ceilings, lengthening the leg as much as it feels comfortable. Breathe here for 5 deep breaths. Release gently into plank, then repeat on the opposite side.
|One-legged Dolphin Push-ups: From all fours, place your forearms on the ground shoulder-width apart, tuck your toes, and lift your hips into dolphin. Take a breath here, then lengthen your right leg high to a dolphin split. Start to reach your chin toward your thumbs on an inhale, coming almost to a forearm plank but not quite since your feet are too close to your elbows for that. Use your exhale to lift back to dolphin, raising your hips back toward the ceiling. Do 10 reps. Rest in child's pose for 3 breaths, then repeat with your left leg high.
|Forearm Side Plank: From forearm plank, move your right forearm so it's parallel to the front edge of the mat. Transfer your weight into your right forearm the right outer edge of your foot, reaching your left arm toward the ceiling. Breathe here for 5 deep breaths. Come to a center forearm plank and repeat on the left side.
|Inverted Plank: From a seated position with your legs together and long in front of you, place your hands behind you, fingers pointing toward your body. Press into your palms as you lift your hips high. Allow your head to fall back if that feels natural for your neck. Stay here for 5 deep breaths.
|Shoulder Press Pose: From a forward fold with soft knees, place your hands on the ground (or blocks for a slightly more accessible option) behind your heels (fingertips facing your heels, wrist creases in one long line) as you bend your knees. Make a shelf for your legs with your arms and sit on your upper arms/shoulders (you can slightly bend your elbows to do so). Cross your ankles, squeeze your thighs into your shoulders, and lift your heels off the ground. Breathe here for 5 deep breaths. (Need more direction? Check out my shoulder press step-by-step breakdown.)
|Handstand Rocks: From a forward fold with your fingertips on the ground, soften through your knees and transfer your weight into your right leg, tipping your weight forward so your left leg extends back behind you. Press your palms firmly on the ground under your shoulders and straighten your arms. Keep the left leg lifted and rock forward and back, just starting to get your hips over your shoulders. Start to take small hops on your right leg. When you hop up, lift your left leg high so your hips are over your shoulders, and keep your right leg dangling down so your legs are in an "L" shape. Keep breathing though the entire movement, inhaling as you rock or lightly hop up and exhaling as you release.
See if your right foot wants to leave the ground as you rock forward. Rest your gaze between your hands or just ahead of your thumbs. Lift up in your belly as you rock forward to give yourself an extra boost to get some air. Try 10 little hops on your right leg and then lift the leg up so your legs will be in the shape of the letter "L." Then rest in a forward fold for 3 to 5 breaths and repeat on the other side.
|L-handstand at Wall: Measure a leg's distance away from the wall to determine where to put your hands. Face away from the wall on all fours. Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the ground where you measured your leg distance. Walk your feet up the wall until your body forms an "L" position, letting your head fall toward the ground. Stay here for 5 deep breaths.
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Blind Rescued Raccoon Romps Through the Grass
Several months ago The Great Animal Rescue Chase brought you the story of Harbor, a raccoon that had been kept in deeply neglectful conditions inside the belly of a boat in the harbor. He lived in a dark cage, on a dreadful diet, for years. Malnutrition led to his blindness but thanks to MaryEllen Schoeman of California, he has been given a second chance in life.
Although he's incapable of return to the wild, Harbor is living well. Please enjoy this special video of him romping in the grass. What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Find more joy here


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Al-Qaeda terrorists could be planning an attack in three states, including Texas, on the Monday before the presidential election, according to CBS News.
Sources revealed the information to a producer with the news organization and stated U.S. intelligence alerted joint terrorism task forces about the possible al-Qaeda plan, but CBS News, who broke the story, reported the credibility of the threat was unconfirmed. The anonymous sources said no specific locations were mentioned by intelligence, but CBS News reported, "It is believed New York, Texas, and Virginia are all possible targets."
The Associated Press later reported the same trio states as being mentioned.
Reuters has previously reported that New York law enforcement authorities were informed about possible al Qaeda attacks around Election Day, but the NYPD said the information, "lacks specificity," according to the Associated Press.
The AP reported the FBI said Friday it's working with law enforcement agencies and sharing intelligence reports ahead of the Election and that they regularly assess "all possible security threats ahead of major events."
Major events like the Super Bowl, Election Day, and other dates like July 4th have historically put authorities on higher alert for possible terrorist threats.
APD released the following statement regarding the potential threat:
"The Austin Police Department continues to monitor the reported threats directed towards next week's National elections. We are working closely with all our public safety partners, both locally and federally. APD had already enhanced our security posture for next week and will make any necessary additional adjustments if the need arises. It is important for our community to remain vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or activity."
Governor Greg Abbott released a statement about the possible threat that said,
"My office is working with law enforcement officials and we are continuing to monitor the situation in close coordination with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texans should go about their daily lives as usual, but remain vigilant over the next several days and report any suspicious activity to state or local law enforcement. The State of Texas will continue to do everything it can to ensure the safety and security of its citizens."
When it comes to a possible threat, Stratfor's Vice President of Intelligence and former U.S. counter terrorism agent Fred Burton put it thusly, "When isn't AQ planning attacks?" #AlQaeda.
When isn't AQ planning attacks? #AlQaeda https://t.co/L9B8G0cKWg— Fred Burton (@fred_burton) November 4, 2016
"Typically, those kinds of leaks originate once dissemination is made from the originator," Burton said in an interview with KVUE News.
He went on to explain the source of the information likely tipped off one of the "Big 6" federal agencies who then warned other agencies.
"When it's disseminated, it literally goes to everybody," Burton said. "TSA, you know all the entities within DHS, all the entities within DOD."
Burton said that makes leaks common. Still he is "puzzled" by the timing of the leak.
"The timing of this is something that's certainly very interesting because al Qaeda would very much like to shape the control of the election in some manner so at least they can claim credit so they can claim to have a high degree of relevancy," said Burton.
Burton said people should not be afraid of carrying out their normal activities.
"Just because a group like al Qaeda calls for this kind of attack doesn't necessarily mean they have an organized infrastructure to be able to carry that out. The more probable scenario would be that al Qaeda has released something along these lines, hoping that it would inspire an individual, a lone actor, to carry out some sort of violence."
That's why Burton says counter-terrorism agents are now working to authorize the credibility of the threat.
"Everyday, around the world, counter-terrorism forces from many different nations are looking at a range of different threats."


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Throughout the spiritual classic The Power of Now are specific practices and clear keys that show us how to discover for ourselves the 'grace, ease, and lightness' that comes when we simply quiet our thoughts and see the world before us in the present moment.
Practicing the Power of Now is a carefully arranged series of excerpts from the The Power of Now that directly gives us those exercises and keys. Return to those words, reflect on the words, reflect even on the space between the words and - maybe over time, maybe immediately - you'll discover something of life-changing significance.
©2001 Eckhart Tolle (P)2001 New World Library
"This is the very important basics!"
I love to recommend this book to my friends, because he explains such important basics of life, how to be, so simply and easy to understand. I've known the principal and practicing the power of now for many years, but this book just put it so simply and easily and explains well.
"Realising yourself"
This is a gift to yourself, to see and understand 'all that is'. It took effort at first to practice living in the now, but it is so inspirational and helps you to not give up. This book has helped me heal and to move in with my presence and present life.
"Easy, short and something for myself"
Great way to improve my inner life, finding time to meditate or practice ways of improving my self awareness is difficult. This audiobook is perfect to listen to while doing automatic actions (getting dress, undress, having a brew, also after my lunch, 5 min of quiete time is refreshing. The only unerving thing is the snorting, but if you listen to the author frequently, you get use and it becomes like rain outside. Very easy practical exercices!
"I'm flabbergasted how this man has opened my eyes."
I found the book a refreshing surprise. It's an easily digestible aid to the Power of Now, which I personally feel attuned to. The narrative provides a good housekeeping guide for the listener. Beautifully read, the idea is well conceived and executed.
For a month now I've been listening thrice weekly and I'm still unearthing gems to sustain my present state of grace, which makes me smile at the sheer value!
Life situations that previously challenged me by draining all my reserves just seem effortless now. Interestingly, people who seek conflict during the daily commute or work colleagues with their own personal battles to overcome, seem powerless now provided I observe the simple premise of the book.
The burden of cancer still lives in my close family and life situations continue to crash down on me, yet somehow this author has signposted a way of unfolding my conscious self from body and mind.
I recommend this book to those with an amber or green light for spiritualism.
Hope you enjoy as much as I do.
"The power of Now"
A great book to help on your journey to find inner peace. I found I needed to listen to certain chapters over & over to fully understand certain suggestions but I'm so glad I discovered Eckart Tolle he's a truly inspirational person who has definitely made a difference on my personal journey to a happy &peaceful life. A very grateful reader 😁💗
Brilliant worth listening to . Really makes you think about being in the now . But it's hard to live in the now all the time .
"Great for falling asleep to"
A compilation of the great exercises from his other books, which unfortunately, I found too long winded to listen to.
Brilliant book by a spiritual master. This book is a fantastic condensed milk based on the original power of now
"Excellent Refresher"
I listened to the Power of Now and found it wonderfully valuable. However, at 7 hours long, it's tough to use for reviewing the key lessons.
Practicing the Power of Now is more condensed and bite-sized. You can listen in 10-15 minute chunks and get real value. Or, listen to the entire book at once and get a complete reset.
I wouldn't buy this unless you've read or listened to the Power of Now, because you need to understand and believe the theories so well explained in that book. As a refesher, however, I found it very, very helpful, and more than worth the purchase price.
"Realizing the Power"
This is an excellent audiobook. It is repetitious, yes from the Power of Now but he the more you listen to it and don't try to figure it out, you will understand what he is trying to convey to you by just listening with and open mind. If you DO NOT have deep sorrow or need to find how to control your mind and seT your mind at peace then this book is not for you. It is to be listened to and listened to and then it all comes together. Little by little the words are consoling, and enlightening. I would recommend getting POWER OR NOW first and then listening to this book.
"Power of Now w/o the Q&A"
Eckhart Tolle is the absolutely best of his kind, followed by Alan Watts and Ram Dass.
The Power of Now is the culmination of all of Tolle's works. I've read them all, and this one seems to distill the essence of his teaching. It's priceless.
"Powerful and entertaining"
Something about the way Tolle expresses himself is so entertaining. He gets his point across by asking simple questions with obvious answers that bring to light the nonsensical ways in which we think. This book truly enriched my life, introducing me to my own life using explanations so entertaining, self evident and logical that even my very cynical and anti-spiritual German husband enjoyed listening with me.
"Stillness and inner peace!!!"
This book is transforming, was on my second round with Power of Now, but this book puts it in a condensed sections of where it breaks it down to meaningful sessions that are provoking. The exercises he has you do help you to be still and reach inside to your inner body and helps you to let go of the thinking pattern going on. each session I am able to reach more of more of awakening! I find myself going hours of the Non thinking mind if I am not working. It is very refreshing and brings peace and calm in your every day life. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to be free from negative and bad behaviors, such as depression, anxiety, moodiness, all sorts of illnesses. I was in a state of deep depression when I started my journey and now I no longer identify myself by my past or from what others think of me, that is none of my business! Its great to have that freedom! it has even made changes to our lovely cat Buddy. he is much calmer and more affectionate around me.
"how to let go of future and past"
Tolle is a spiritual master and his books are documents of this mastery. This book is one of his shorter ones and introduces you to the idea of the NOW which is, in Tolle's view, the only thing that really exists. Past and future have no intrinsic reality to them.
He explains also how to live in the now and what could prevent you from doing so and how to overcome these obstacles.
Tolle's somewhat monotonous, but warm and almost hypnotizing voice makes particularly the audio book a true spiritual experience that you don't want to miss.
This book might as well change the way you approach life. And be assured it will be a change you will like.
"Despite some apprehension, really liked this."
I'm not a new-age kind of guy, but I really liked this audiobook. The ideas are very interesting and even life-changing. It is really worth your time to listen to this book.
And forgive the author for his occasional use of new-age sounding terms; his message and the concepts seem very solid notwithstanding.
"The Power of Now"
the words in this book convey to me the essential Truths about Life in a way that is so easy to understand. I highly recommend this to anyone with the desire to "know thyself".
"Loved it!"
this is a book that i can listen over and over again.
"Eyes open"
This is a great book to use as a refresher for the power of now or as a introduction. If this is your first Eckhart Tolle book then I think it is a great book to see if your ready for his teachings. You will either feel the desire to know more or you will not. If you want to jump in head first then read, the power of now first and use this as a refresher.
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My first installation, with a WP 2.9, i should have try for a former release,
Every plugin that i want to upload, i got a internal server 500 error.
The plugin get uploaded but not unpacked.
So i did it myself directly into the plugin folder, right permission on everything.
Checked on WP admin plugin board and my plugin appears.
I tried to activate it, i got another and constant error 500 from the server.
What is wrong? Some plugin just fail later in the process, activated, but no more WP-Admin access, so i needed to rename the folder via ftp to de-activate it.
Some plugin can be activated, but when trying to access there features, settings, there is something further that goes simply wrong.
I just cannot figure out if it is a server requirements that is not met or it is the compatibility of these plugins with the WP 2.9?
People are saying that these plugins works for most of them with the 2.9.
Does somebody have some answer on this subject? you will be welcome.


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Day of Hope Run
Join us for a beautiful day in south Maui at the Annual Day of Hope 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk. This scenic course takes participants through the rolling hills of Wailea and Makena and provides sweeping views of the neighboring Hawaiian Islands. Finishers are invited to celebrate their success with a continental breakfast on the gorgeous Ocean Front Lawn at the Four Seasons Resort. All proceeds from the event will benefit multiple cancer foundations, local hospitals and patients. Please call the Pacific Cancer Foundation at (808) 242-7661 or visit us online www.pacificcancerfoundation.org for more information!
Date: Saturday, November 11th, 2017
Time: 6:00 am to 12:00 pm
Categories: Fitness / Yoga, Non-Profit Community Event, Outdoor or Beach Event, Sports
Location Specifics: Four Seasons Resort
Contact: Jacqueline Kapu
Phone: (808) 242-7661
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If you are concerned, you can ask your doctor about it at your next checkup, or schedule an appointment with a gynecologist. It's important to get regular sexual health care, so don't be afraid to make an appointment to ask if you're really worried.
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ally -Notes of my life- - FREE
by CA MOBILE,LTD., Version: 2.3.0 , 4947 KB Official Site
Package name: com.camobile.ally , Last Update: 2012-10-07 20:59:13
141 ratings (3.135 average)
50,000-250,000 downloads
What's new in this version (2.3.0):
[ Ver 2.3 ]
・A display change function is added and it became possible to display followings.
> Only the Followings' Notes is displayed on the Shared Note.
> Only the Notification of Follow and Comment is displayed on the News.
・You can do Follow and Comment on the Shared Note.
・Comment write-in time is displayed.
・The list of users who liked the Note is displayed on the Note.
・When you have got Featured, you can receive the
Why not share your good memories on "ally", the app that lets you connect with people through photos and music?
Add filters to your photos and stick them on a corkboard, write notes and blog entries, and have fun leaving reminders of the good times you too often forget.
"ally – Notes of My Life" lets you share photos, blog entries, memos and music with ease. We deliver fun communication through photos and music.
[There are many fun ways to use ally!]
-A place to store photos you've saved up!
Attach photos of your favorite artists or ones you've taken yourself, add a memo or a blog entry, and you'll have your own album before you know it!
-A way to keep up with friends at school
Write notes or entries in your blog about events at school or trips you've taken, upload photos and share with your friends! Give your images an extra touch with filters for more fun!
-A record of your child's growth
Take photos and add notes to create a visual record of how your child has grown that you can treasure forever!
-A place to keep memories of those important to you
Post photos of events at a wedding like broadcasting and create an album the bride and groom are sure to love!
-A personal cookbook
Brag to your friends about the tasty dishes you've whipped up by taking photos, adding notes and filters, and then uploading them! Responses to your masterpieces from others will make cooking even more enjoyable!
-A place to gather comments and opinions when you've taken an interesting photo!
Add filters to an interesting photo, then attach a piece of music and you're sure to gather attention!
[The appeal of ally!]
-Photo lovers from around the world make sure there is plenty to see!
Many users post pictures of everyday events and special photos they have been saving.
You'll find photos of your favorite places and popular destinations, and easy-to-use filters make them even more dramatic!
-Post with ease using five categories!
Choose from one of five genres whenever you post: Eat, Buy, Visit, Think or Listen.
Bookmark photos and memos of cute outfits or cool items. Add filters to photos from trips, and then put them together into an album. Share the favorite songs you just downloaded. Keep a record of what is going on in your life.
-Get feedback on your photos!
People will come along and like or comment on notes, blog entries, photos, songs and music you post, adding to the fun!
You can also automatically crosspost to Twitter and Facebook from ally, which makes sharing your posts easier than ever!
-Nine cool filters to choose from!
Metal Red Inc., makers of Instaplus, a commercial camera app for Instagram, has overseen the creation of nine different filters for ally!
Add a perfect filter to photos of favorite memories or other fun images with a single tap! You can add filters to original photos and post those as well!
-My page is an album of your own!
The images you post become an album of your memories! Share past events with friends!
-A new world blending photos and music!
You can post music along with filtered photos, giving them even more impact! You can post music along with notes and blog entries as well!
-Easy registration lets you begin right away!
Just enter your ID, password and nickname and you're in!
You don't need to register an e-mail address, and cancelling your account is just as simple!
You can even register from a Twitter or Facebook account! (Requires version 2.0.5 or later.)
[Celebrities with official ally accounts]
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By Bob Bemer
Our meeting came about because of some voting programs I ran on a
Lockheed CPC for ABC during the 1952 elections, the same time that Univac
made its tremendous splash for CBS by predicting a big victory for
Eisenhower over Stevenson. Mine was nowhere near as impressive, but in
those days a programmer seen on TV was much sought after for other
shows. It resulted in an invitation to appear on the original Art
Baker's "You Asked For It" show in a supporting role -- they were
featuring the Hindu mathematical wizardess Shakuntala Devi, and I was to
verify her answers. Not with a stored-program computer, mind you, but
with a Friden desk calculator! Probably because I had some previous
success running such a beast during World War II. Once when a famous
Japanese soroban expert was visiting Lockheed, it was suggested that we
have a speed challenge contest. We discussed it privately,
however, and agreed that he would win at low precision, and I
would win at 5 or 6 digits or more. No contest.
The time came, and I was told that one of the things Miss Devi would
demonstrate was taking the 10th root of some numbers. I was supposed
to do the same with the Friden, which boasted automatic square root!
Undaunted, I inspected the 5th and 10th powers of the low integers,
noting of course that the 5th power of those digits ended in the digit
itself. 2 power 5 = 32, 3 power 5 = 243, etc. So in the show I entered
the source number as she was given it. When she replied I hit the square
root button and pointed, when the camera came my way, to the last digit
in the answer field!
The studio was apparently satisfied with my work, for they gave me some
money after the show and asked me to take the lady to dinner at a posh
spot. I selected Ciro's, on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, a very
celebrated place in its day. She ordered a curry, and I ordered prime
rib, rare. When the food arrived she was very curious, asking what I was
eating. I remember the exact words of my reply, in the idiom of the
time, but not why I said it -- "You'll excuse the expression, but it's
part of a cow". However, I returned her to her hotel amicably, still in
awe of her mathematical prowess despite the square root trick.
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Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman had split from his long-term partner Mimi O'Donnell in the months before his death from an apparent drugs overdose, it has been reported this morning.
The 46-year-old was found dead on the bathroom floor of a New York apartment yesterday, just a few streets away from the home he shared with his girlfriend of 14 years and their three young children.
The highly-acclaimed actor and director had previously undergone treatment for heroin use and addiction to prescription pills, and police said last night they believed he had died of a suspected drugs overdose.
He was reportedly been found his a syringe in his arm, and detectives recovered two small plastic bags containing what is thought to have been heroin.
This morning, the Daily Mail reports Hoffman had recently separated from costume designer Ms O'Donnell, who was seen visibly upset yesterday as she went to the block of flats where his body was found.
A source within the New York Police Department said it was understood the couple had split up.
Earlier in the day, a resident of Jane Street, where Hoffman and Ms O'Donnell had their shared home, said: "He did not look well recently - like he was out of it.
"I think him and his woman friend were off and on.
"He lived down here for a long time and was well liked, but everyone knew he had substance-abuse problems."
Hoffman was last seen at alive at around 8pm on Saturday night, and had been expected to collect his children from Ms O'Donnell on Sunday.
But when he failed to show, his playwright friend David Katz went to check on him, and discovered his tragic death.
In a brief statement released last night, Hoffman's family said: "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone.
"This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers."


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I thought the New Year would be the perfect opportunity to announce a pretty exciting change in my personal life. When I first moved to DC in 2009 (less than 24 hours after graduating and with no job lined up, I might add), I had aspirations of a career in politics. I was a Political Science major in college and had interned during the 2008 election so I thought it was the obvious choice. I distinctly remember how sore and blistered my feet were after traipsing around the Capitol building dropping off my resume at the offices of just about every member of congress in my respective political party. To any hill staffers reading: yup, I was that annoying girl.
I ultimately got a job at a non-profit which ended up paying the bills, but not being the best fit professionally. I was unhappy and needed a creative outlet. The Pursuit of Style was born! At the time, I had just moved into my first real apartment and was obsessed with making it feel like home (with no budget of course). That's when I discovered design blogs. Many of them are still daily reads like I Suwannee, Shelter, Little Green Notebook, Absolutely Beautiful Things, and Elements of Style. I was completely enamored, and slowly but surely interiors started to play a bigger role in my content and life.
Fast forward two and a half years. I left the non-profit job for a event planning position at a think tank. It was more creative and I loved the fast pace, but always had interior design in the back of my mind. When I wasn't working, I was reading interior design blogs, shelter magazines, and absolutely hoarding design books. My spending money went to things like a leopard rug, Matouk linens, original art, and I coveted (still covet) just a few yards of Peter Dunham's Fig Leaf. You know, just the normal things 20-somethings are obsessed with… I visited the Corcoran's open house twice and seriously considered applying to their interior design program, but talked myself out of it each time.
If you've made it this far (thank you, you're a saint!), I'm happy to say that fate intervened and I stumbled upon a Design Assistant position with Kathryn Ivey at Haddon Interiors. You might remember seeing her home featured on The Everygirl! Kathryn is incredibly talented and equally as kind. I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from her and honestly couldn't be happier. Seriously, you should see me at the Design Center, it's like a kid in a candy store!
Haddon Interiors has some amazing projects in the works which I hope to share with you when they're completed. I don't say it enough, but sincere thanks for all of your comments, tweets, and emails. I definitely would not have had the confidence to take a leap of faith if not for your support and encouragement along the way! xx


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Uber Ousts Top Deputy as Fate of CEO Kalanick Hangs in Balance
June 13, 2017
Uber Technologies on Monday lost its second-most-important executive in a shakeup stemming from an internal investigation into sexual harassment charges. The changes at the top reportedly could include the temporary loss of Uber's founder and chief executive, Travis Kalanick. Emil Michael -- who served as the company's senior vice president of business and a key lieutenant to Kalanick -- is out.
New Stem Cell Treatment Offers Dramatic Burn-Healing Potential
June 13, 2017
A med-tech startup has developed a novel way to treat burn wounds. RenovaCare harvests a variety of cells, including stem cells, from a healthy area of skin on a patient. Those cells are then suspended in a water-based solution and sprayed onto the wound using the company's SkinGun. "The sprayer allows us to have a generous distribution of cells," explained RenovaCare's Roger Esteban-Vives.
SoftBank to Take Fearsome Robots Off Alphabet's Hands
June 10, 2017
SoftBank on Thursday announced that it will acquire robotics company Boston Dynamics from Alphabet, parent company of Google. SoftBank Robotics is the company's subsidiary that focuses on the development, sales and maintenance of humanoid and service robots. "Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the information revolution," said SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son."
Microsoft Buys Hexadite to Toughen Windows Security
June 9, 2017
Microsoft on Thursday said it has agreed to buy a Hexadite, which incorporates artificial intelligence in its automated responses to cyberthreats. The acquisition will help bolster the company's efforts to help commercial Windows 10 customers deal with advanced attacks on their networks, Microsoft said. The acquisition will include Hexadite's endpoint security automated remediation.
Pegasystems Nestles in AWS, Azure Clouds
June 8, 2017
Pegasystems has deepened its 7-year-old relationship with Amazon AWS, and also has teamed up with Microsoft Azure, company officials told Pegaworld attendees on Tuesday. The deals are part of a series of planned partnerships aimed at giving Pega's clients choice in their cloud environment and avoiding lock-in. Pega last month inked an agreement to deliver Pega software on Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
The Best Wireless Service and Smartphone
June 8, 2017
During a recent grocery checkout conversation, the cashier asked me which was the best wireless service and best smartphone. This is a question I get frequently, and though it seems straightforward, it's difficult to answer. As I told the cashier, it depends. "On what?" she asked. That's when I realized that the industry's marketing doesn't answer the big question: "Which carrier is best for me?"
Seeding the Next Generation of Consultancies
June 6, 2017
There's been a lot written recently about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation are going to displace millions of workers. However, these powerful new technologies already have spawned a surge in demand for a new wave of highly skilled consultants to help organizations capitalize on the added business opportunities resulting from the latest innovations.
Alphabet Jumps on the $1K-a-Share Train
June 5, 2017
Alphabet shares reached a new record high on Monday, surpassing the $1,000 benchmark just a week after Amazon accomplished the feat. Investors placed bets that Google's core search and emerging AI technology will help maintain the company's dominance over rivals. The stock price surged after securities analyst Andy Hargreaves advised investors to get out of Apple and invest in Alphabet.
Tech Titans Pledge Continued Paris Accord Support
June 3, 2017
Reacting to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, several high-tech industry leaders have pledged renewed environmental efforts. "Disappointed with today's decision. Google will keep working hard for a cleaner, more prosperous future for all," tweeted CEO Sundar Pichai. "We will double our efforts to fight climate change," tweeted Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
Facebook's Original Programming Plans Take Shape
May 31, 2017
Facebook last week signed agreements with several content firms -- among them Vox, Buzzfeed, ATTN and Group Nine Media, according to reports. The deals are widely viewed as part of the company's strategy to attract millennials to its live-streaming Web content. Facebook will offer multi-tiered programming, according to a report that cited sources familiar with the plans.
Amazon Shares Hit Milestone as E-Commerce Battle Heats Up
May 30, 2017
Amazon stock surged to more than $1,000 for the first time in early trading on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the dominant e-commerce retailer and leaving its closest competitors still trying to figure out a path to closing the gap. Amazon's shares hovered near $997 in late mid-afternoon trading after reaching $1001.20 earlier in the day, an all-time-high for the stock.
SC Ruling Signals New Era for Software Patent Enforcement
May 30, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court once again has changed the landscape for software infringement litigation. In a decision released last week, the court severely undercut the ability of plaintiffs to seek out courts that have a track record of being "friendly" to the plaintiff's position -- a practice called "forum shopping." Legal analysts disagree on the impact of the decision, however.
Comcast Rolls the Dice With Xfinity Instant TV
May 24, 2017
Comcast has led the way in cable television ever since it acquired AT&T Broadband a decade ago. However, in recent years, new technologies from new competitors have been eating away at Comcast's growth. That's why Comcast not only has introduced Xfinity Mobile, which is its new wireless service, but also is getting ready to launch its own IPTV service, Xfinity Instant TV.
Snap Stock Snaps Back - for the Moment
May 23, 2017
Snap shares appear to have rebounded from the plunge they took earlier this month, after the newly public company released a massive $2.2 billion loss in the first quarter, but investors still are scratching their heads over the company's prospects. Trading just over $20 at mid-day Tuesday, Snap looks to some like it has regained its early bloom. Others suspect that darker days are yet to come.
Softbank Vision Fund Attracts $93B From Gulf States, Apple, Others
May 22, 2017
The Softbank Vision Fund has closed its first major funding round raising more than $93 billion in capital from the Gulf states, as well as tech stalwarts Apple, Qualcomm and others. Softbank, which last fall launched the fund with backing from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, said it has received new commitments from the Mubadala Investment Fund from the United Arab Emirates.
Data Watchdog Cautions Google and UK Health Partner
May 19, 2017
A British data watchdog has raised questions about whether it was appropriate for a healthcare trust to share data on 1.6 million patients with DeepMind Health, an AI company owned by Google. The trust shared the data in connection with the test phase of Streams, an app designed to diagnose acute kidney injuries. However, the sharing reportedly was performed without an appropriate legal basis.
Intertwining Artificial Intelligence With Blockchain
May 18, 2017
Except for those folks living under rocks, everyone knows about or at least has heard of bitcoin. However, not everyone understands the technology of bitcoin, which extends well beyond Internet-based currency. For the rock people, bitcoin is an Internet-based currency that allows for transparency with respect to each transfer of the currency through the use of a distributed database.
Google's New Mobile OS Will Have a Distinctly Non-Linux Hue
May 16, 2017
Google has been developing a new open source OS called "Fuchsia" for smartphones, tablets and other devices, which could be unveiled as early as this summer. Little has been revealed about the new OS since it first came to light last year. However, new details that surfaced last week have been making the rounds. Fuchsia apparently will move Google away from its long association with Linux.
Federal First Responder Project Presents Juicy Telecom Opportunity
May 16, 2017
Competition in telecom price and service packages has been getting a lot of attention lately. However, network providers also have been pursuing other opportunities that consumers might miss if they're exposed only to traditional advertising. AT&T's cooperation with the U.S. government in developing a national emergency responder network is a case in point.
Charter's Wireless Play
May 15, 2017
Charter Spectrum has announced it will resell Comcast's Xfinity Mobile wireless service to customers inside its region. The good news is that this deal lets Charter get quick access to wireless without competing with Comcast. Comcast and Charter Communications last week said they had reached an "operational agreement" about working together.
Dell's 'Alice' Will Guide Women Through VC Wonderland
May 15, 2017
One of the interesting things at Dell EMC World came from Karen Quintos, the most powerful woman at Dell. Karen is responsible for its Entrepreneur in Residence program, which focuses on equipping and helping woman entrepreneurs. Dell Technologies apparently has created "Alice," a female-focused artificial intelligence focused on helping support and drive innovative firms backed by women.
Big Accounting Deal
May 10, 2017
CFOs have a new 800-pound gorilla sitting in the corner, as if they needed another one. Actually, the really lucky ones who oversee operations in Europe and the U.S. will have two. ASC 606 and IFRS 15 are new accounting rules that describe in great detail how subscription vendors should recognize revenue beginning in December 2018, and we should all care about them.
John Oliver's Viewers Flood FCC Site With Net Neutrality Concerns
May 9, 2017
Comedian John Oliver, incensed over proposed changes to unravel Net neutrality protections for consumers, unleashed a torrent of criticism against the FCC and urged viewers to register their protest online. The response led to a digital meltdown on the agency's site Sunday night. Oliver targeted a proposal that would loosen Net neutrality regulations.
Hulu Aims to Reinvent Live TV Experience
May 4, 2017
Hulu has announced a new live-streaming television service for $39.99 per month, which will place the company in direct competition with newly launched services from DirecTV Now, YouTube and other OTT content providers. The Hulu with Live TV beta will offer 50 channels of live-streaming television -- including sports, news, entertainment, children's programming and local network affiliates.
Congress Probes United Airlines' Customer Mishandling
May 3, 2017
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz on Tuesday apologized to the United States Congress for his company causing a passenger to be dragged off a UA flight last month. United failed its customers and failed as a company in that incident, and this has to be a turning point for the airline, Munoz told the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation Committee at a hearing into airline industry practices.
New Deals Turn Twitter's Content Stream Into a River
May 2, 2017
Twitter has announced a partnership with Bloomberg to launch a 24-hour streaming news service -- one of a dozen new content deals Twitter has entered to drive user engagement. CEO Jack Dorsey and a group of top executives announced the slate of programming agreements -- which include concerts from Live Nation, sports from Major League Baseball and the WNBA, and a morning news show from BuzzFeed.
Nintendo Drops New Portable on Market as Switch Sales Take Hold
May 2, 2017
Nintendo last week introduced a new contender in the increasingly hot portable gaming competition. The New Nintendo 2DS XL will make its debut on July 28 at a mid-range price of $149.99. It will slot in right between the entry-level 2DS and more robust 3DS XL. The 2DS XL has the same large screen as the 3DS XL and can play all the games made for the Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS.
Marketing Firm Zeta Global Turns Heads With $140M Funding Round
April 29, 2017
Cloud marketing automation firm Zeta Global on Thursday announced that it has raised $140 million in its largest ever round of financing. Former Apple CEO John Sculley and David Steinberg cofounded the company in 2007. GPI Capital led the Series F financing, which includes $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Zeta will use the funds to advance its growth plan through strategic acquisitions.
Instagram Snaps Up Rivals' Users
April 28, 2017
Instagram has reached a milestone of 700 million members while enjoying the fastest-ever growth rate in its history. The network has grown by more than 100 million members in the last four months. Its burgeoning growth can be credited to new features like Stories, live video and disappearing messages, the company said. User engagement with Stories has grown to more than 200 million people per day.
C Spire's Place Among Cable TV Challengers
April 27, 2017
Cable TV has been facing mounting attacks from new technologies and new competitors. C Spire recently joined the action, announcing plans to enter the pay-TV space. It's not yet clear what C Spire TV will be, or how it will impact the marketplace. What we know so far is that C Spire is a regional player in Mississippi, so the service won't be available throughout the U.S.


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The Hopkins City Council is responsible for enacting City legislation and defining policy for the operations of the City. The Council consists of one mayor (elected for a two-year term) and four Council members (four-year terms). The City of Hopkins does not have wards or districts. All members of the City Council are elected from the city at-large and therefore each member represents all of the residents of Hopkins.
The Council also serves as the Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA).
The Council appoints a City Manager who is responsible for the administrative operations of the City government.
Hopkins municipal elections are held in odd-numbered years. The next City election will be held in November 2019.
If you have any questions about elections or filing for office, please call Amy Domeier, City Clerk, at 952-548-6304.
Inspire. Educate. Involve. Communicate.
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25 years ago, in 1984, Viscom was founded as a private company for industrial image processing by Dr. Martin Heuser and Volker Pape. This places them among the pioneers in this new technology. The two-person business venture gave rise to a successful high-tech company. Viscom is now represented around the world, with branches in Singapore, the USA and France as well as international representatives.
Initially, concentration in the 42 m² Hanover facility was on development of image processing software. The first contracts for CD inspection soon followed. These first years also saw projects such as image processing for centering logs, or film analysis. Yet very early on, inspection of electronic assemblies drew the attention of the founders. Success has proven them right: the company has become European market leader in electronics assembly inspection and one of the top suppliers in this sector worldwide.
But this is not the only area where Viscom has proven its success. Currently, the Viscom AG is the only supplier to cover nearly all areas of optical inspection and non-destructive testing. One focus is the electronics and automotive industries with their high demands for quality, although customers from aviation and aerospace technology, as well as medical technology or the foodstuffs industry, also rely on Viscom.
Its constant innovation has won Viscom international recognition as the specialist in production quality assurance. In addition to electronics assemblies, Viscom inspection systems also examine heart pacemakers and light bulbs, MEMS components in the semiconductor industry or motor controls for the automotive supplier industry.
It has been some time since only camera systems were employed for inspection. In addition to high resolution line scanners, Viscom utilizes proprietary X-ray, computed tomography or infrared technologies – depending on which technology offers the best solutions.
Technological leadership, reliable system quality and authoritative consultation are the essential preconditions for this success. Close, cooperative partnership with the customer guarantees practice-oriented solutions: high performance, flexible and user-friendly.


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The 9900 is not a smart phone. You do not need the $24.95/mo plan to use it since the phone is not capable of the same things an actual smart phone is capable of.
Maybe the dealer overheard someone saying "Man, this is a smart phone, it knows what words I am trying to type without typing the three key twice to get an 'E'."


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By: Denica and Dylan By: Denica & Dylan Plot Main Idea The main idea of the book is about a ten year old boy name Bud. His mother died and he was left into an orphanage. Using his street smarts, Bud is on a quest to find his father, who he thinks is Herman E. Calloway using the clues left behind his mother. It is also about finding a parental figure slowly as the book progresses. Complications This book is about a child in search of his father based on misleading evidence--flyers and memories of a mother who died when he was six. Other problems are finding his own identity as a self-defining musician, resilient problem solver, family member, and budding author. He navigates adoption, foster parents, loss of mother, geographic distances and travel in search of the dad he never finds. Sequence A sequence is an series of events which makes the story move along. We believe that the one of the events is when Bud receives the news that he has a new family. Another one is meeting up with Bugs, when they were in Hooverville and of course meeting Lefty Lewis and etc. Climax Bud Not Buddy's climax is when Bud finds out that Herman E. Calloway is actually his grandfather not his actual father. I had no clue that was going to happen.This was a major surprise to us and led us to believe this whole event was created just to surprise the reader!Bah....writers! How does these elements affect the book
Overall? The climax, sequence, complications and main ideas affect the book by helping the the story develop and move. As well the complication assist the reader in being more drawn into the story.The main idea starts the story. Overall these little facts can affect even the slightest detail! Exposition Bud is a 10 year old boy who is an orphan. Living in a home, Bud wonders who his father is and goes on a search for him. Initiating Conflict Bud discovers that he wants a real supporting family then the Amos, who imprison him in "The Shed" for something Bud didn't do. Rising Action 1 Rising Action 2 Rising Action 3 Rising Action 4 Climax Falling Action 1 Falling Action 2 Resolution The events leading up to the climax are Lefty Lewis taking Bud to Flint than to Grand Rapids. This helps develop the story by making the text flow. As well as not wasting more chapters on finding out how to make Bud travel to Grand Rapids. Then there was Bud meeting Herman E. Calloway and the Dusty Devastators. We were so excited because the atmosphere of tense which made it interesting. This as well helps the story to develop. After that, was Bud meeting the band and becoming part of the it. By doing so... It makes Bud feel that he is excepted. As if he was in a real family. Bud Not Buddy's climax is Bud and finding out that Herman is his grandfather. This was a big surprise and a major plot twist. We know that this is the Climax because it is the most interesting part of the whole book. After Bud and Herman found out they were related, there was a lot of tears coming from Herman because he was estranged from his daughter before she fled.He never got the chance to see his daughter ever again. After finding out about Bud, Herman E. Calloway went into full depression. We think that the final falling action is when Herman finally lets go of the past and starts to accept Bud...if not willing to co-exist with him. Don't be afraid of who you are and In the end,Herman E. Calloway is at peace with Bud and the band and Miss Thomas accepts Bud as one of their own. So, finally,Bud has a family.During the whole journey of this fantastic book it symbolizes how
Don't let obstacles let you down You shouldn't judge people by skin When Bud stepped through the doors of Grand Calloway Station is rising action 2.
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Phoumi Vongvichit, Laotian political leader (born April 6, 1909, French Indochina?—died Jan. 7, 1994), was a longtime communist and a leader in the Pathet Lao (Land of Lao) revolutionary movement against French colonial rule; he eventually became acting president (1986-91) of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Phoumi reportedly was born into an affluent family and educated at Vientiane College. He joined Lao Issara (Free Laos) in 1950, and when the movement split in two in the mid-1950s, he was named deputy leader of the more radical Stalinist faction, Pathet Lao. In 1961 he represented the Pathet Lao in negotiations at the international peace conference in Geneva. For more than a decade thereafter, he served a series of coalition governments in such posts as deputy prime minister, foreign minister, and minister of culture and fine arts. When the Pathet Lao seized power in 1975, Phoumi became education minister, with jurisdiction over the "reeducation" of thousands of royalist supporters of the previous government. He was named interim president in 1986 after Prince Souphanouvong resigned that office, and he retired five years later.
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By Hindustan Times
One knows for sure that Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif are starring in Yash Chopra's comeback venture. But did you know how King Khan is going out of his way to take care of his leading lady?
When the two had to shoot in London's chilling weather, SRK ensured Katrina stays warm. And how!
He specially directed his staff to get jackets for her, reports a daily.
This is not it. After he learnt Kat was looking for a particular bag, he even gifted her a fancy gym bag with a note saying: "Have a great workout," says the newspaper. Katrina's wish has become SRK's command, indeed.
Wait there's more... Shah Rukh is known to be generous but he is spoiling the Sheila babe to the hilt. Katrina, who travels without security unlike other biggies, was escorted by his personal bodyguard when a safety issue surfaced.
The two apparently have developed a special bond. "She loves talking to him and often asks him for professional as well as personal advice," the daily quotes a source as saying.
Wonder what SRK's arch rival and Kat's ex-flame Salman Khan has to say about this growing camaraderie!


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English grammar – what you need to know
English grammar can be tricky for native and non-native English speakers alike. Those who learned grammar formally at school often have a hazy recollection of the rules. And the rest of us never learned it in the classroom at all – we kind of just picked it up as we went along.
When I give grammar coaching and training, clients will often state categorically that a particular rule is correct when it isn't, and vice versa. Some older students have horror stories about being drilled in grammar at school, and then being punished when they made mistakes. No wonder it's an emotive subject!
So, if you are grammarphobic, you're not alone. And the good news is that you actually don't need much grammar for letter writing, essays, resumes & CVs or business writing. So don't worry too much about conditionals or prepositional phrases (unless you're teaching English to foreign students).
This section covers the basics and the areas that cause confusion for the average writer.
You can be a good writer without knowing hundreds of grammatical terms
Multilingual people tend to be comparatively good at the terminology. It makes sense – I didn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb until I tried to learn French.
There are some terms that are handy to know, though, because they help you avoid the most common errors. Or at least understand what your computer grammar checker is telling you when it underlines your sentences with green squiggles. Good examples are contractions and subject verb agreement (not as scary as it sounds).
It also helps to refresh your memory on punctuation, capitalization, run-on sentences and how to write numbers. And you'll avoid a lot of mistakes if you check your writing against frequently misused words. My bonus report The Seven Deadly Writing Sins, free when you sign up for my newsletter on the right, covers all these in more detail.
Are you learning English? Do you need help with things like verb tenses, vocabulary and pronunciation? Click on this great learn English link for fully illustrated explanations, vocabulary & grammar exercises.


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You have worked relentlessly to build and uphold the reputation of your institution, which is demonstrated every single day across every facet of your school's operation. Like you, we at Northstar believe that every child is special and deserves the best attention, especially when it comes to safety and wellbeing.
Reflect your core values
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Northstar technology sensors have been designed to detect impacts, tilts, location, speed and a variety of parameters, to ensure that your school bus is driven with utmost care and vigilance.
Take informed decisions
To help you take informed decision in a timely manner, our integrated bus surveillance system not only allows you to archive and store video recordings for 30 days but also view them by route and time….What more, view live feeds on demand, thus saving you unwanted communication costs.
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Right from planning and optimizing the bus routes, to managing the trip changes everyday, our transport manager tablet with its specialized application is a must-have, for every school transport administrator.
As a parent, your child's wellbeing is of utmost importance to you.
At Northstar, we know that providing safety to children in school buses is both an art and a science. Since 2011, we have dedicated ourselves to keeping children safe using the best of breed technologies and proven processes. But we haven't stopped there. We continue to innovate to build products that enhance your child's safety during commute, help the child feel safe, help you feel secure and ultimately enhance the loving bond between you and your child.
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The business of school transport is complex and full of uncertainties. As a school bus operator, you have to manage all aspects of your transport services; maintain your costly assets, manage your staff and above all, uphold the trust of your customers, to transport innocent young lives safely, everyday.
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Trust is the most important factor in having sustainable long term business relations. This is amplified especially if the business involves transport of children safely. We partake in the most important aspect of your service, to provide safe and secure trips to your children, by supporting you with the best of technology innovations.
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Not only does Northstar alert you to react to issues concerning safety, in time, it also provides for measuring quality of safe driving and proactively improving safe driving behaviors through our unique driver merit system and certified driver-training programmes. From the smallest issue of managing your bus and driver information, to tracking and responding to critical bus breakdowns and accidents, Northstar has it all.
Optimize Cost
Northstar also helps you to identify misuse of buses during and after school hours. With optimized route information, undesignated long stop alerts and theft alerts; Bus Contractors can take necessary steps to reduce operation cost.
Our children represent the wealth of our great nation and are the foundation of our nation's future. As a policy maker we know it is your endeavour to protect our children and provide them a safe environment.
Create a Benchmark
Today, the Northstar platform is being used by some of the leading ministries and government agencies across the globe, to enable child safety spanning the entire country. Create a Benchmark by employing the best child safety policies and technology to back it.
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Our vision and credibility to keep children safe goes beyond technology, to span across a broad range of responsibilities, including assisting governments in making and implementing policies related to children and transportation safety.
Contact us to get more information on how Northstar does it.


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Accented by champagne silk for a contemporary and elegant finish, this combination is both modern and traditional. The white portion of the cover is made out of paper stock, calligraphy-ready. This beautiful handcrafted guest book contains twenty 100% acid free, ivory lined pages.
Guest book lies flat when opened making it easy for guests to sign. Perfect for weddings, showers, and other memorable events. By Rag & Bone Bindery.
Rag & Bone Bindery non-personalized books are handmade to order and will ship within 5-7 business days.
They're everything. Your wedding stationery sets the tone. You wouldn't send an invitation with ornate gold edging and intricate engraving for a backyard barbeque, and you wouldn't send out an invitation playful polka dots for a black tie affair.


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I thought i'd write this up, so the ladies reading can make for a better doggy style experience for their guys.
1. keep your thighs vertical, don't bend them forward or backward
2. Rest your shoulders on the bed. When doing this you can put your hands under your head, or grab the sheets with them spread out.
3. Spread or close your legs to accommodate the height of your partner.
4. The bigger your butt, the lower you have to get your face down, and higher you have to put your butt up in the air.
5. Finally, unless you have a very firm mattress, doggy style should be done with the male partner standing on the floor, and you kneeling on the side of the bed.
Hopefully these might be helpful to new adherents of the position. Please add any additional tips or corrections in the comments.
Inferno / 27 / Man / Likes Men / Single
Rule #4 sounds more like a perversion. LOL
Admin Thor / 53 / Man / Likes Women / Single
The bigger the butt, the harder you have to "reach" to get to the vagina. By putting the head down, and the butt up as much as possible, the vagina will be *rotated* backwards further.
Thats why doggy style is more satisfying with girls with smaller butts, since the vagina is rotated all the way to the back, as the cheeks don't get in the way.
Hope that has been helpful to you @Inferno!
AskMyGF / 28 / Woman / Likes Men / Single
Lmao, I vouch for this...just letting you know :) Big asses are only fun in certain situations and positions.
Alongospelrock / Man / Likes Men / Single
Realy nice rules... Women please follow these rules...
ASK A QUESTION IN THE FORUMS Ask about Sex. Relationships. Dating.
POST IN THE FORUMS Sex. Relationships. Dating.


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The internet is filled with websites that we may find to be quite useless, unnecessary or unethical. Users may find it very difficult to browse for something educational or informative considering the amount of useless content on the web. Open Culture is a website that offers a solution to these users. All the latest cultural, educational as well as latest events related to these topics can be found on this one website.
Open Culture is a website which allows users to view the latest the web has to offer on topics culture, education, politics, history etc. This website contains information, videos, audiobooks, e-books and various other forms of interactive interfaces that the user can view free of cost, although there is certain content that will cost some money, the information that is available for free is certainly not less.
The website also contains recommendations for courses that you can take to gain knowledge on certain topics. The website contains links to some free courses that top universities are offering online.
The website offers links to some great science videos that you can view for free. It wont hurt to try and gain some knowledge from Youtube videos for a change!
We would recommend this website to everyone who uses the internet to stay in touch with their culture and gain some knowledge on some interesting topics that we may have ignored but are keen on getting to know.
Visit the Open Culture website.


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We've Been There, Done That
As pioneers in the industry, we have been helping attorneys with trial strategy since 1984. Our institutional knowledge, from more than 30 years in the industry, is unparalleled. We have been at the forefront of many areas of litigation, including asbestos, false claims, IP, mold, and tobacco, working with bar groups to educate attorneys and prepare witnesses in these areas. Our team has helped turn-around some of the most challenging cases in the country, worked on serial litigation to develop best practices for supporting multiple teams in multiple venues, and supported joint defense teams by helping each defendant tell their story. We have experience in nearly all 50 states, and understand the differences in juries from Los Angeles to Pascagoula (MI) and Wilmington to St Louis. Here is a partial list of our clients' successes in trial.


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So, anyone else catch the teaser in front of Iron Man 2? Nice, old school vibe to it by not seemingly showing any footage from the movie. This is a curiosity to me because Abrams wrote it and Spielberg's producing and it's supposedly low budget. Can't wait to see actual footage.
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In the 1970s, two Israeli psychologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, performed an experiment by asking sets of two slightly differently worded hypothetical questions to large sample groups. Their most famous set of questions goes like this:
The United States is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill six hundred people. Two different programs to combat the disease have been proposed. Assume that the exact scientific estimates of the consequences of the programs are as follows: If program A is adopted, two hundred people will be saved. If program B is adopted, there is a one-third probability that six hundred people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved. Which of the two programs would you favor?
When this question was tested with a large number of physicians 72% chose program A, and only 28% chose program B. This is to say that the majority of physicians would rather save a certain number of people for sure rather than risking the possibility of saving no one. However, consider the following adjustments to the above question:
If program C is adopted, four hundred people will die. If program D is adopted, there is a one-third probability that nobody will die and a two-thirds probability that six hundred people will die. Which of the two programs would you favor?
When asked this version of the question, even though programs C and D are identical to A and B, 22% chose option C and 78% chose option D. Physicians completely reversed their previous decisions, rejecting a guaranteed gain in order to participate in a risky gamble.
The options are the same, yet the sampled group responded very differently depending on how the two options were presented. When the question was described in terms of survivors the physicians made the rational choice and went with the safe strategy, but when the two programs were presented by describing deaths, physicians were suddenly willing to take risks to avoid four hundred deaths, even though it is the same as saving two hundred lives.
What this demonstrates is a concept called loss aversion. In short, the pain of a loss is more powerful than the pleasure of a gain. We are willing to go to great lengths to avoid losses –much farther than we'll go to get an equivalent gain.
Loss aversion is an innate flaw rooted in the emotional brain. When facing a situation where loss seems imminent we experience strong negative emotions which compel us to make irrational decisions to try and avoid the loss at almost all costs. You might see loss aversion used in marketing and advertising to exploit the emotions of consumers. For example, an offer may describe avoiding a $10 surcharge rather than gaining a $10 credit.
So how can we avoid being tricked into making illogical decisions by loss aversion? Everyone who experiences emotions is vulnerable to its effects – the only way to avoid loss aversion is to know about the concept. ("Knowing is half the battle!")


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(I think you will love these videos)
After my father had his first stroke and brain bleed, all but one Dr. (Dr William Freeman of Neuroscience Intensive Care Director at Mayo Clinic) said that my father would never make any significant improvement. Many doctors said that my mother and I should live our own lives and let my father sit in a chair for the end of his life. Never! We tried everything including enrolling my father in the Brain Clinic located in Texas which cost about $1,600 Per Day. We were there for about 6 months. After 6 months the Brain Clinic told us that we had to leave as Dad was not making any progress. When we came back to Jacksonville we had to figure out another way.
As many of you may know, we grew up in the Panama Canal Zone where my father was a senior Panama Canal ships Pilot and worked with Army Special Forces and Navy. It just so happened that one of my childhood Zonian friends, Dan Lowinger had also moved from the Canal Zone to Jacksonville. Dan's son was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder at an early age and Dan had looked for a way to help his son. He found LearningRx in Colorado and after learning how it could help his son, he decided to bring LearningRX to Jacksonville. The LearningRx programs provided unbelievable results for his son, and since then the Jacksonville LearningRx center has helped many many other kids and adults from elementary to college aged students that are gifted or have learning struggles such as processing disorders, Dyslexia, or ADHD. They have also helped stroke, and TBI patients and people diagnosed with Autism or Asperger's syndrome.
Dan had heard that we had moved from the Brain Clinic in Texas back to Jacksonville and he called us telling us he felt LearningRX could help us. We were able to have Dad take part in a individualized LearningRx cognitive training program for the next 6 months. During the first 2 months we saw some measureable progress, however, after 6 months of training we could not believe the results. My father was able to memorize and recite the poem "IF" by Rudyard Kipling in front of 2,000 High School students and could now carry on full conversations with my mother and family. I could see his confidence and happiness rise and his frustration leave him. My mother said, "I now have my husband back and our children now have their father back".
Learning Rx and Dan Lowinger's desire to Never Quit for his son has helped hundreds of people. These two videos will give you an idea of what happened to a man who was at the top of his game, had a stroke an d massive brain bleed, in a coma and went from 180 lbs to 95 lbs, to a man who could crack jokes again. In the last days, he would walk the LearningRx trainer to her car and he would run down the beach with his family once again. The largest "Thanks and We Love You" to all the people at LearningRx. You helped us have our Dad back and without you, I do not think the NEVER QUIT events would have taken place, helping thousands and I believe saving the lives of so many. The good that has come from kindness and devotion is unmeasurable.
To anyone reading this, you ever need one of the most enthusiastic giving groups of people to help you, please do call them at: 904 992 0971 or www.Learingrx.com/jacksonville-east
Thank you Learning RX,.
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The Children's Responsibilities to Their Parents and why children should take care of their parents.
If at all possible, we must not send our parents to a nursing home, but instead find a way to restructure our life so we can take care of our parents they way they took care of us:
Children Should Listen to Their Parents' Instruction.
Society encourages children to disregard their parents' teachings and make their own choices. Young people often think their parents are unreasonable or do not understand.
Proverbs 6:20-23 — Listen to the instruction of parents, do not forsake it. Remember that parents are older and more experienced. They may not be perfect (neither are the kids!) yet they are still wiser.
(See also Prov. 1:8; 15:5; 23:22).
Children Should Respect Honor and Care for their Parents.
Young people today mock, ridicule, and openly flaunt their parents. Such conduct is encouraged by many aspects of society and is ignored by many parents.
Ephesians 6:2,3 — Parents have God-given authority and have generally done much good for the children. They deserve to receive respectful treatment, including respectful speech and attitudes. (Cf. Matt. 15:4; Prov. 6:20-23; 15:5; 23:22.)
Children Should Obey Their Parents.
Rebellion is admired and encouraged by many. Acts that parents have disapproved are yet practiced — openly or by deception — because "everybody's doing it" or for a hundred other excuses. Some accept such conduct as inevitable. But all such is disobedience and rebellion. Ephesians 6:1
Children are commanded by the Lord to obey their parents. (See also Col. 3:20; 2 Tim. 3:1,2).
Luke 2:51 — Jesus set the example of subjection to his parents.
Children should obey all parental instructions unless they are told to do something sinful (Acts 5:29).
The fact that the parents may have made some mistakes or even sinned does not justify disobedience by the children (Rom. 12:17-21; Luke 6:27-35; etc.)
Children Should Care for Elderly Parents.
Elderly people today are often neglected or placed in nursing homes, not because this is really needed for the proper care of the parent, but because the children do not want to be bothered.
1 Timothy 5:4,8,16 — When children are unwilling to care for their elderly parents, they lack appreciation for what their parents did for them, and they also deny the faith. (Cf. Matt. 15:4-6; Ruth 4:13-15; John 19:25-27.)
Making happy homes is not easy, especially in a corrupt society. But God's plan is always best, and the homes that accomplish the most good are those that learn and do His will.


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Noodles have become indispensable food item in every house. They have become part and parcel for all, irrespective of age and gender. They have become favorite food for all as they are easily available, less in price and apart from these two they are easy to make. All you need is just two minutes as shown in advertisements.
Now the question is not their easiness in making or cost factor, the question is how healthy are they. As said above, they are being liked by all right from kids to elders and from housewives to working women. When this is the craze for this food item it is best to know the health facts of noodles and also effects of instant noodles.
Despite being favorite food item for many it is also one food that is always in doubt whether to eat or not. Many of us regularly question on its health impact. Many of us have doubts regarding its nutrient content, its health hazards, and many other vital issues.
Irrespective of the doubts and associated facts with noodles many have expressed doubt that they have put on weight with the consumption of noodles. This might be true or false as the studies are still underway. Some women have also expressed grief that their children are not consuming anything other than noodles; this should now be a concern.
Let us leave all the worries and doubts to experts and wait for the facts to be revealed and concentrate on basic facts about noodles. Here we go with facts of eating instant noodles:
- Noodles are already cooked foods and are preserved and packed using some preservatives.
- They have high amounts of sodium and carbohydrates.
- Apart from sodium and carbohydrates they are also high in fats.
- Eating one plate of noodles is equal to eating one plate of rice.
- One plate of noodles has the same amount of calories present in one plate of rice.
- People suffering blood pressure should avoid noodles.
How to make the noodles healthy?
The best way to make noodles healthy is to add some kind of vegetables while cooking them. Doing so will balance the high amount of sodium present in them. Adding egg white or some kind of cereals and pulses is also a better idea.
The simplest way to make them healthy is to add sprouts or some kind of green leafy vegetables to gain health and lessen the side effects of noodles.
Are they coated with wax?
As many think they are not coated with wax. They are mostly made with palm oil to keep them fresh and dry for long time.
These, in general, are the facts associated with noodles. Now it is up to you whether to take or not to take and decide on are noodles healthy to eat.


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The sales representative has the option of booking a suite category as a room block line item and then booking a specific suite if he or she chooses to. In addition, after a specific suite has been booked, the customer can choose to schedule a function within the specific suite. The following example illustrates this situation.
In this case, a specific suite has been booked as a sleeping room and is priced as a sleeping room rather than a function space. The specific suite is booked as a sleeping room from 4 P.M. until 9 A.M. the next morning. If the customer decides to schedule a function from 5 to 6 P.M. within this specific suite, which the customer has paid for, the function is not charged an additional fee. In other words, the customer is not charged twice for using the same space for different purposes.
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