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A new obstacle has been placed in the Knicks' pursuit of free-agent center Erick Dampier. The Warriors were set to announce last night they had acquired power forward/center Dale Davis from the Blazers for Nick Van Exel, giving GM Chris Mullin the backup center he had craved.
Sunday, a source told The Post the Warriors were willing to do a sign-and-trade with the Knicks with Dampier for their offer of Nazr Mohammed and Othella Harrington. But the Post reported exclusively Dampier wasn't ready to commit, wanting to meet with Atlanta.
With Davis, who's in the last year of his contract, on board to share the center duties with Adonal Foyle, Mullin may have found better. Mohammed might be an extraneous expense.
Mullin could decide to let the Warriors' unrestricted free agent Dampier walk without compensation to keep the payroll as is. In talks with the Knicks, Mullin had pushed Van Exel, but Isiah Thomas didn't want to complicate the deal.
Despite not making an offer, Atlanta GM Billy Knight and coach Mike Woodson shot down rumors they no longer are interested in Dampier.
If the Dampier deal collapses, Thomas may go back to the drawing board and should find a way to work out a deal for combo guard Jamal Crawford, who fills a greater need because of Allan Houston's arthritic knees. At this point, the Bulls can't possibly take Crawford back for the one-year $3.5M qualifying offer, as he'd be a cancer.
Talks with the Bulls broke down 11 days ago when Thomas took Dikembe Mutombo out of the package and added Moochie Norris. Isiah has tried to sweeten the deal with $3 million in cash. If the Knicks got Dampier, it would've almost been impossible to get Crawford since Harrington was a key cog in the Bulls' package.
Meanwhile, the Hawks, who are $11.2 million under the cap, have not made Dampier an offer. Over dinner Monday night at a Salt Lake bistro and breakfast yesterday, the Hawks expressed their interest to Dampier, picked up the check but did not show him the money.
Perhaps Atlanta will call agent Dan Fegan's bluff and see if he can still work out a Warriors' sign-and-trade deal with the Knicks before extending an offer. The Hawks should feel no pressure to match the Knicks' pending offer of six years, $65 million, with a starting wage of $9M. Indiana and Memphis have also talked to Golden State.
While the Hawks may wait it out, Woodson told The Post it should not be construed as lacking interest. The Hawks have cap room but no starting center, and Dampier and Memphis free agent Stromile Swift are their targets.
"I thought it went extremely well," Woodson said of the Salt Lake City summit with Dampier. "The young man showed a lot of interest in wanting to be in Atlanta and we'd like to have him."
Thomas flew into New York last night still waiting to hear from Golden State and Dampier.
"We're just waiting for a yes," one team official commented.
With rumors swirling the Hawks weren't too hot for Dampier, Knight said from Utah's summer league, "We've talked to him. We have an interest. We'll see what happens."
Ironically, Dampier tried to persuade Atlanta to get Davis, his close friend. "We need big guys," Woodson said. "Damp's out there. He's a legitimate big guy who can score and rebound the ball. He told us he has an apartment in Atlanta.. I told him you don't have to go far. We have a uniform waiting for him."
Isiah still has his mid-level exception of $4.9 million that he can extend into a six-year offer worth $38 million. Eric Williams and Darius Miles are two swingmen Isiah has inquired about.


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And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groans that cannot be expressed in words.
All creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth. We believers also groan because God has given us a foretaste of the future kingdom. We have a hope for a future and must wait patiently.
The Holy Spirit helps us to pray even when we don't know what to pray. The Holy Spirit intercedes for us in groaning that cannot be expressed in words.
Sometimes it is hard to know how to pray. God wants all people to be saved so that one is easy. But praying for specific issues relating to family, church, relationships, etc can be so much harder. Is what I want the same as what God wants? What is God's purpose in this situation?
We must be careful of praying the answers we want.
Sometimes we can wait on the Lord and a direction for prayer will emerge. Then we can pray confidently knowing that this is God's will.
Sometimes we have to just trust the Lord in our praying. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, and the gift of tongues is often the way forward.
When I pray in my prayer language I know that it is the Holy Spirit praying through me. I have nothing to offer but "groans", but the Holy Spirit intercedes with me to bring about God's purposes.
Lately I have been praying"I don't know" a lot. I pray in tongues and trust that somehow God's purposes will prevail. One day I will see the groaning answered.
Thank you, Holy Spirit, for the "groanings" of prayer we don't understand but which you use. Amen.

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Hehe, I finally found the time to finish this article! >< And I have finally been able to keep myself up to date with this drama, fiof! It is currently competing head to head with Chinese Hero starring Yoona and Lin Gengxin. On the same floor lives five girls with completely different personalities, which one do you prefer?
- Liu Tao as Andy Tompson
- 31 Year Old, a mathematical genius and CFO in a big company
- Jiang Xin as Fang Shengmei
- 30 Year Old, a beautiful and capable woman still searching the love of her life
- Wang Ziwen as Qu Xiao Xiao
- 24 Year Old, second generation rich girl
- Yang Zi as Qiu Ying Ying
- 22 Year Old, countryside girl with a positive attitude, currently an office worker
- Qiao Xin as Guan Qu Er
- 22 Year Old, an intern translator for Fortune 500 company
- Zu Feng as Wei Wei,
- the mysterious cyber friend of Andy and her love interest
- Wang Kai as Zhao Qiping,
- a handsome and diligent doctor Qu Xiaoxiao fells in love with
- Jin Dong as Tanzong Ming,
- the friend and boss of Andy since her time in the United States
- Yang Shuo as Zhao Yifei,
- a second generation rich boy
- Zhang Lu as Wang Baichuan,
- university friend of Shengmei and founder of a start up. He has a big crush on her
Now, here is a quick run through of the story and some gifs for pretty 🙂
Andy is a beautiful and successful woman in the United States. She was adopted when she is young and as a consequence, does not care at all about norms in the Chinese society.
Under the suggestion of her good friend Tan Zhongming, she comes back to Shanghai and hope to find her long lost little brother.
She moves on the 22nd floor of Ode of Joy apartment. j Her cyber-friend, Qian Di, who currently live in Shanghai request to meet her. Both have a lot of common interest but after meeting him, Andy discover he is a successful CEO who is no longer young. Disappointed, she nonetheless continue to meet him. They develop feelings for each other by Andy can't have any physical contact with him and pushes him away. At the same time, she discover from a private detective the possibility that her little brother may have been abandoned upon adoption due to mental issues. She is devastated. Andy puts her mind in her work, but is secretly followed. Pictures of her start circulating online with the title "International Beauty Adulter Successful CEO". Turns out there is a girl in Qian Dian (aka Wei Wei) who is jealous of Wei Wei and Andy's relationship. Thanks to Qu Xiaoxiao, the situation is solved and the two reconcile. He buys her food, shower her with gifts, but she is still unsure about how she feels.
Fang Shengmei is a beautiful girl in her early thirties, fearing to be a leftover woman. She is beautiful and has a stable job in HR. Her monthly wage is not high and she has to co-rent with Qiu Yingying and Guan Qu Er to afford her place. Her gorgeous clothes are mostly made of fake brands. She hopes to find a fiance with money, capable to bring her a happy life and prosperity. With a high EQ, everyone on the 22th floor depend on her to resolve conflicts, especially the young Yingying. As she turns thirty, Shengmei doesn't want to date for fun anymore and swear her next boyfriend will be her last.
Enters in her life Wang Baichuan. He had a big crush on her in university and is now running a moderately successful business. Upon hearing she is still single, he is determined to move his business in Shanghai and win her over. Shengmei is also attracted to him but is careful, unsure of their future together. She helps him establish his company in Shanghai but is too afraid to tell him she is only renting an apartment. As she discover he is renting his car and not owning, she decides to keep a distance. By visiting her at the apartment, Baichuan discover the truth about her status. He too is torn about his feelings.
Qu Xiaoxiao is a rich second generation girl with a large gang of equally rich friends. she used to study oversea but was partying most of the time. She decided to move is the "rusty" Ode of Joy building, hoping that it will soften her dad's heart (since she isn't living in the mansion he prepared for her) and he will make her the CEO of the family company. She has a half brother older than her, also a party animal, who is currently working for the family company as a higher up. She has a direct and foxy personality. Using Andy's help and her own connections, she seals an important business deal and her dad accept to invest in a branching company for her. She discover joy in doing business.
During a visit to the doctor's office, Xiaoxiao meet Dr. Zhao Qiping and feels in love with his handsomeness (who wouldn't xD). She successfully gain his wechat account and continually message him about her ankle "problem". When visiting the hospital, she finds a sad Qiping who just performed an unsuccessful surgery. She decides to bring him on a date to cheer him up.
Qiu Yingying is an accounting graduate who has yet to pass her certificates. She currently works as an office assistant but ask home for money to pay the living fees of exorbitant Shanghai. She has a positive attitude in life and LOVES to eat!
Food everyday, anytime (yet, she is so pretty >< me jealous)! When she is stressed or unhappy, she talk it off! If you are in her way, she will get in your way. At the office, she feels in love with the HR supervisor Bai Zhuguan, a nasty man who only planned on playing with her. When she discover he visited Qu Xiaoxiao, she enters in a big fight with everyone at Ode of Joy. When she discover he cheated on her, the other girls convince her to break up with him. He shows his true self when he report Fang Shengmei to the police and prevent Qiu Yingying from working correctly at the company.
She is furious and screamed his wrongdoings in front of the whole office. Both get lay off. QYY start worrying about where her life is going and start been disagreeable with her roommates. Thanks to FSM, she manage to re-find her positive attitude. After another public confrontation with BZG, a CEO at a career fair is impressed by her strong attitude and hires her to be a coffee specialist. With a new career, she works hard and wonder: what would happen if she open an online coffee shop? Her CEO approve of the idea and for the first time in her life, she feels accomplished.
Guan Qu Er is an intern at a Fortune 500 company. Despite not graduating from a famous university, she managed to find this job thank to her parents. Always afraid of getting laid off, she works hard everyday and always do overtime.
Guan Guan is a great friend of Qiu Yingying and is extremely considerate of other's feeling. She idolizes Andy for been so strong and capable and hope to find her own place in this big city. A Xue Zhang (upper year male student) seems to be interested in her but she is not sure and too afraid to show him how she feels. With the approaching end of internship, she can only work hard. Because she helped a colleague with her paperwork, she gets reprimanded for a careless error. With overwork, lack of sleep and stress… one can only worry for her.
First, let's get one thing out of the way: the narration is annoying :"D. It sounds out of the place and it is almost as if I am pausing the drama, listening to the narrator talk about something completely unrelated, and then the drama continues. Luckily, it happens less and less often.
Another thing that is interesting to note: the continuous publicities for Sogou (Chinese version of Google) and Apple. Literally everyone in the drama use Air Book! I don't know how popular it is in China, but from Andy to her associates, Qiu Yingying to people in the coffee shop, everyone is proud to show the famous apple icon. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the friend of Qu Xiaoxiao to whom she continuously call… I wouldn't be surprised if he is an Ambassador for Sogou ^^
At the beginning, the different personalities of the girls made me wonder if it will be a big messy drama. Sometimes, when I want to concentrate on the story of one lady, the other's gets all the screen time. A little irritating when you invest yourself in one story in particular. Oh well. Even if it annoyed me, it helped me fell in love with every single characters and care for them. Since this is a modern drama, the plot can only go one way or the other and it is easy to figure out what will happen next. Sadly, the story is borderline boring and there isn't many plot twist. I hope something exciting happens soon! Everyone is interesting but nothing is moving at a fast pace.
Despite having a great list of male lead, the drama still focus on the girls and refuse to give too much important to the boys. For example, I know a lot of people were waiting for Wang Kai's first appearance in the drama… which occurred on episode 10. Well worth the wait, he is handsome in white coat :D… Hope for a happy ending for everyone!
Overall, I will give the drama a 8.5/10! I love the cast and the characters, but still waiting for it to surprise me 🙂 Everyday, two hours in the afternoon are happily invested into Ode of Joy!~~ Who else is keeping themselves up to date with this drama?


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'Tis the Season!
Some ideas for your holiday celebrations:
– Our natural beard Santa with a terrific personality
– Unique decorative backdrops for photos with Santa
– Family photos in a snow globe or Green Screen Photos with superimposed winter/holiday backdrops … nice memento!
– Our creative balloon sculpturist with tiny blinking lights in his creations … a big hit!
– Our face painters and juggler dressed as elves
– Seasonal arts and crafts
– Horse led sleigh rides, costumed characters, Mrs. Claus storytellers
– Large decorative balloon sculpture (like a 7 ft Candy Cane!)
– Our magicians and caricaturists are popular for staff parties!
– Our Victorian Carolers are a nice touch as greeters, fun for sing-a-longs, and can play background music during dinner with instruments!
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It was a real privilege to be present at this truly touching occasion. The happy couple married in summertime on a gorgeous June day. Happy and relaxed vibes pervaded all day for all involved and especially for the bride and groom, who are so genuinely over the moon to have found each other. It was a wonderful and memorable day.
'Ben has an energetic and imaginative style, whilst always keeping a cool exterior! We were really happy with the quality and style of his pictures. He was very enthusiastic, finding some unique shots without being noticed at all! Thanks Ben!'
-Chris and Christina
– Thank you very much. It was a wonderful event to be a part of : )


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Real-Time Insights & Complex Event Processing – SQL Server StreamInsight & the Real-Time Web
Thanks for everyone who attended the Malibu SQL Server User Group
The slides are here. I will be posting some of the source code and video if the quality is descent enough.
Real-Time Insights & Complex Event Processing - SQL Server StreamInsight & the Real-Time Web
Discover the power of SQL Server StreamInsight for processing continuously arriving data and providing analytics and insight at near-real-time. Real-time operational intelligence provides a real-time view of business operations. Imagine being able to recommend or adjust the content of your website based on what you know about your user, in real-time. In this session you'll learn the basics of StreamInsight's architecture and we'll walk through an example of how it can be applied. If time permits, we'll also look at an application of StreamInsight with other cutting-edge Microsoft technologies that empower the Real-Time Web, namely, SignalR.


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It is about three years ago that Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for urban areas which promised "housing for all" by 2022 was launched, but so far just about 8%, or 3 lakh of the 40.6 lakh houses targeted, have been constructed. The performance is better in the rural version of PMAY, but even here only 30%, or 28.8 lakh houses, have been completed against the 95.4 lakh targeted by the rural development ministry in 15 months since the plan was launched.
The data available on the websites of the urban affairs and rural development ministries reveal that as on March 5 this year, the ministry had considered 8,341 projects under PMAY involving 40.6 lakh houses. But only 3.4 lakh houses have been completed, while work is in progress on 18 lakh or about 44% of the target. However, the data doesn't disclose the stage of construction for these houses. Of those completed, about 3 lakh houses are occupied. PMAY (Urban) was launched by Modi on June 25, 2015, with the goal of building two crore houses for the poor in urban areas by 2022, coinciding with 75 years of independence.
The 3 lakh houses completed so far under this scheme constitute barely 2% of the seven-year target. The scheme provides central assistance to urban local bodies and other agencies through states and union territories for construction of houses under four different categories.
PMAY (Gramin) was launched on November 20, 2016, and aimed to complete 1 crore new houses by March 31, 2019. Of these, 51 lakh houses were to be completed by end-March 2018. Thus, the 27.7 lakh actually completed are only about 54% of the target at this stage. Prasant Kumar, joint secretary (rural housing) with the rural development ministry, said that a total of 47 lakh houses under the PMAY (Gramin) would be completed by the end of March.
He said that by March 20, the ministry has completed 28.8 lakh houses and expects to complete overall 51 lakh rural houses. "The normal question would be if 28 lakh houses were completed in 11.5 months, how would we fill the gap? Answer is very simple. Completions are very fast. Also there are uploading (figures on website) issues because of servers. But physically houses will be completed," he said.
Uttar Pradesh leads the nation in terms of rural housing targets with 61% completion followed by MP (44%) and Chhattisgarh (43%). At the other end of the spectrum, Telangana has not built any houses, according to the data. Nine states and six UTs have rates under 1%. Tamil Nadu, Assam and Gujarat are under 10% completion.


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Looking for restaurants open for Easter?
Morton's The Steakhouse
626 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
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- Friday: 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm
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Great food but watch out for the condescending server in the short hair. She is quick to point out if you are there for one of their deals.
by Andrea M.
Completely over rated . Also served us alcohol without checking our IDs then asked for them and said they had to take our drinks. Also the meat wasn't really good.
by Gonzague D.
Worst experience ever: you can order expensive wine, taste it and than you get asked for an ID. If you don't have it with you for a dinning experience they take the wine away :(
by Tobias M.
Don't ever come here without your ID - they won't serve alcohol to you. Oh wait, they will serve it and then take it away. And a press ID doesn't count...
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Try the Carrot Cake - awesome! a huge portion too! (via @Foodspotting)
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Mortons happy hour is great, starts at 5 pm, no end time at least for now. $5 drink and food specials. Recommend the sliders and wedge salad.
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Recently, I was working on a paper for sociology and doing research on the Internet and social constructions of reality, which led to some interesting thoughts regarding Western society and "being online." One facet that I explored was the usage of online dating sites, and I am still doing some more of that research on my own time. While not technically scientific or academic at this point, I do feel it would be enough to warrant more research--my own sociology professor even suggested that not only should I do research in this area, but check around with major universities and see what scholarly research (if any) is currently being done.
As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I do have an account on OkCupid. I also set up a basic account on the popular site "Plenty of Fish." While browsing through a couple of hundred profiles on each site (and hoping that maybe, just maybe I might find a decent girl who would actually prove to be worth the investments of time and money--thereby praying that somebody can prove me wrong on many of the previous assertions I have made with regards to dating), I did notice several things among the ladies' profiles:
a.) Most of them seemed to have a "cookie-cutter" appearance to them. Specifically, I kept seeing a recurring theme with the descriptions/essays/profile-texts. Indeed, I can probably say that phrases like "I'm laid back and easy-going", "I'm looking for a REAL man, not a boy", "I'm hoping to meet my best friend", "everyone notices my eyes and boobs", etc. ad infinitum are a staple. Seriously, I'm quite sure I could take about 15 of these phrases, add some fake information and a fake picture, and create a "generic" profile for a woman on most any of these sites.
b.) Many women complain of men who post pictures of themselves posing shirtless in front of the bathroom mirror, yet I also see many of these same women do it. In fairness, men are just as guilty of such shots--but I haven't seen many that complain about women's "mirror" pictures where they're wearing lingerie, a towel, etc.
c.) Directly related to point b, there are also quite a few women who don't want men to message them and comment on her breasts and/or derriere--but make those areas of her body the focus of most (if not all) of her profile pictures.
d.) The amount of single women with children on these sites is quite high. This I can understand to a point as I myself am a man who does NOT want to be a parent at all. After talking to quite a few men online, as well as friends and colleagues, the general consensus is that many men simply do not want to raise children that are known not to be their own. Consequently, many of these women have a lower value in the dating "market" and thus try their hand online when traditional/conventional means seem to fail.
e.) There are several people who set up "duplicate" and/or "fake" profiles. Why this phenomenon happens would be a good question to look into, but for now, I do believe it is sufficient to state that the majority of female "fake" and "duplicate" profiles seen are doing so with the intent of looking for sexual liaisons--they either have links/URLs that point to sexual-personals (to its credit, Plenty of Fish itself has a page that encourages such people to just join Adult Friend Finder), or have profile pictures that are much more risque in nature and may contain nudity.
So, looking at these and other observations that I have made, it is no wonder that I have taken to referring the entire cyber-sector known as "online dating" as veritable sewers filled with mostly garbage and low-quality people (both men AND women) who often couldn't pass muster either in traditional dating scenarios or even the bar scene. This isn't to say that all people who use online-dating services are low-grade people or are so inept/ugly/undesirable/undateable that the Internet is their last hope for mating--many college students and young professionals who have extensive presences online see it as an extension of their persona.
But, there is a dearth of quality people online. I know full well that I am not a quality person in the eyes of your typical American woman. It is true that the idea of a "quality" person that would be compatible and match is subjective--and the standards used by people vary considerably. Personally, I have four items upon which I would judge a woman's profile in determining this "quality person" status:
But, there is a dearth of quality people online. I know full well that I am not a quality person in the eyes of your typical American woman. It is true that the idea of a "quality" person that would be compatible and match is subjective--and the standards used by people vary considerably. Personally, I have four items upon which I would judge a woman's profile in determining this "quality person" status:
a.) she cannot have a spoiled, "wild," or "entitlement/princess" mentality to her. If I see that she enjoys partying, getting drunk, posting racy pictures online, I'm much more likely to write her off as someone who'll just party--and perhaps be unfaithful or leave the relationship in a short span. Why? I am quite conservative in the risks I take with other people--and I would like to see some evidence that if I do invest a fair quantum of my time, energy, and perhaps even money, then I would like to have a reasonable chance of a positive return on that investment.
b.) she must be able to consistently treat me with a modicum of respect. If I see a profile containing jokes or negative references to men, or an implication that she is demanding (such as saying she wants someone who's tall, rich, handsome, popular, intelligent, caring, Christian, etc. ad nauseam), I'm more inclined to believe that she may be someone who's looking to use me for her social and financial gain. The same is true with the phrase "knows how to treat a woman right," which in my eyes is a huge red flag.
c.) she must be competent and exhibit personal responsibility on a daily basis. Crucial factors are outward signs of intelligence and an ability to make sound fiscal decisions. Some things that would likely point to a positive presence of this would include using proper English grammar, syntax, etc. in her profile and communications, having at least a couple of years of college (or, an Associate's degree or technical diploma from an accredited vocational school--though having a college degree does NOT inherently make one intelligent). On the other hand, if a girl puts down that she enjoys shopping trips, appears to wear designer clothes all the time, and (at least on OkCupid) is willing to admit she spends hundreds of dollars on shoes and handbags I am then inclined to think that she's a major fiscal risk that may not be worth taking.
d.) she must not have children (e.g. being a single mother). This one is pretty easy to explain: I don't want to be a parent at all--I don't want to father any, and I have no interest in adopting any. Therefore, it would not make sense for me to want a relationship with a woman who already has children regardless of the reason why she has them.
Why do I put these four criteria into place? I figure that if I want to be in a relationship with a woman, I'd like to make sure there's a reasonable chance of staying together in the mid-to-long-term. I also tend to believe that the first three are almost universally-applicable and are likely to be found in decent, law-abiding, and intelligent people. Finally, the four boil down to: be a respectful and responsible person who will treat their partner with respect and affection that can be easily reciprocated.
After viewing numerous profiles on both OkCupid and Plenty of Fish, I have found that few profiles even come close to meeting these criteria. Hence, I have taken to referring both sites as "The Sewers." This moniker fits quite nicely in my opinion because when I think of what flows through sewers, I think of foul waste such as sewage/wastewater, chemicals, trash, sludge, etc. In short, not much that would be commonly thought of as valuable. As I see few profiles that adequately pique my interest, the rest of the women on there are undesirable, unsuitable, or carry too much of a risk for my tastes.
In that regard, here's a couple of trolling images I've made in Photoshop just for grins:
In that regard, here's a couple of trolling images I've made in Photoshop just for grins:
So, for all the people who are looking for good people in The Sewers--best of luck! =)


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Are Takis Vegan ?
Takis are a widely popular rolled corn tortilla chip brand. The texture of the chip is similar to Doritos, to which the Sweet Chili flavor are vegan. However, it begs the question: Are Takis vegan?
The answer is that it depends. Some flavors of Takis are vegan, while others are not. According to the ingredients list on the packaging, the Fuego, Nitro and Salsa Brava flavors contain no animals products. However, the rest of the flavors contain dairy products, which makes them nonvegan.
Why do Takis contain dairy products?
When people are asking: Are Takis vegan?, many are shocked to find out that there is dairy products in chips. This isn't just or Takis either, most chip flavors contain dairy in them. So why do they add milk in their chips?
With many chips, dairy adds to the flavor of the chip. These include flavors such as sour cream and onion, nacho cheese, and ranch, to name a few. However, some chips, like salt and vinegar, might contain dairy in them as well. Why put dairy in a chip that's flavor is not based around dairy?
Lactose is a milk sugar that might exist in potato chips. This Is used in the more acidic chips in order to tone down the acidity. While some chips allow for their chips to be highly acidic, lactose is mean to cut that in some brands. This can help with some people who may not like the sting otherwise.
What about trace ingredients, or potential cross contamination?
The Vegan Activist has a great video on this topic titled "What Does May Contain Milk Mean".
However, I will explain it in less detail. The reason companies put warnings, like "May contain milk" on an otherwise vegan product, has more to do with legal reasons than anything else. Some people have allergies to milk, listing that it was made in a factory that also processes milk is required.
But this does not mean there is any dairy in the final product. Factories are forced to clean their equipment thoroughly after each batch. This makes potential cross contamination highly unlikely. Also, since it would be in cross contamination, it would be in minimal amounts and not purposeful. So buying an otherwise vegan product will not support the dairy industry.
Are Takis Healthy?
Takis are a potato chip, again, similar to Doritos. Due to this, they are not in any way healthy. There are very few nutrients in these chips and a lot of calories. They are also very high in added fats and salt, which can be detrimental to your health if over consumed.
Nutritional Information
Serving Size:12 chips
% Daily Value*
Total Fat:8g 12%
Saturated Fat :4g 20%
Trans Fat:0g
Cholesterol:0mg 0%
Sodium:420mg 18%
Potassium:0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate:16g 5%
Dietary Fiber:2g 8%
Protein:2g 4%
Vitamin A:0% • Vitamin C 0%
Calcium:2% • Iron 4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
You might want to check this out:
Takis : Calories, Nutrition Analysis.
Despite them not being healthy, they make an excellent snack for those who like junk foods. They can be paired with a veggie burger, or just on their own. However, you should try to determine if Takis are vegan. The Fuego, Nitro and Salsa Brava flavors should pair nicely as a treat for any vegan diet.


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Why would the machines think like us? The reason for this has nothing to do with our ways of thinking being objectively right or unique. Rather, it has to do with what I'll dub the 'big data food chain'. These AIs, if they are to emerge as plausible forms of general intelligence, will have to learn by consuming the vast electronic trails of human experience and human interests. For this is the biggest repository of general facts about the world that we have available. To break free of restricted uni-dimensional domains, these AIs will have to trawl the mundane seas of words and images that we lay down on Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Twitter. Where before they may have been force-fed a diet of astronomical objects or protein-folding puzzles, the break-through general intelligences will need a richer and more varied diet. That diet will be the massed strata of human experience preserved in our daily electronic media.
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With my 50th birthday just weeks away, and everyone giddy with excitement or drunk on the expectations of their gift to me, I bring you the foundation of my coming into existence. My forefathers…as it were…were simple folks. As witness below, they seemed very adept at catching critters then relieving them of their fur, involuntarily I'm sure.
My great-great granddaddy, Festus Ripley, was the first, and only… it should be noted, mountain man in Illinois…a plains state. Undeterred by the lack of mountains he usually traversed the cliffs surrounding the mighty Mississippi River. A handsome fellow, he lived to the ripe old age of 28 survived by his wife Phyllis and their 14 children and 5 grandchildren.
Now fast forward to 1964. Here's a photo of my parents and their two sons, Dan and Brian. Everything looks all nice and cozy…not much going on to disrupt the household.
Add another year and VIOLA!! Boredom is sinking in….
My mother giving my dad that "come hither" look and nine months later…
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So that first year was…pretty uneventful for me. I didn't date anyone seriously nor did I write much of anything down. I just chilled with the fam. I'll have my associates dig into the Ripley Archives and find something from my formative years later on. Until then…peace to you.


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To date, we've performed on Don't Tell the Bride for BBC3, we were All About That Bass at the Cath Kidston Head Office party, sang live on BBC radio on The Jenny Barnett Show, appeared alongside Belinda Carlisle and The Real Thing at the West End venue Café De Paris and gigged with Sister Mary McArthur in her Big Sunday Night Show at the Cockpit Theatre. On top of all that we regularly perform in arts and music festivals, at record launches, pop up performances and flash mobs in London, and have made several charity performances in London's West End, notably alongside Martin Shaw, Les Dennis, Lisa Scott-Lee of Steps, Stefan Booth from Eastenders and many other musical artists.


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HBO GO App is Currently Being Tested on Xbox One
We knew that HBO is planning to bring its HBO GO App to next-gen consoles, so today's bit of leaked images comes as a confirmation. Someone managed to get three shots from the new app while running on an Xbox One, and while the pics were taken down almost immediately WP Central saved them just in time.
Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean that the app is done and ready to launch, but progress is being made over at HBO HQ. With the GO subscription, you'll be able to enjoy original HBO TV Shows, movies and more. However, the subscription will not be included in the price of Xbox Live Gold, and will be bought separately. Brace yourselves, HBO Go is coming!


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Essential Tips for Successful YouTube Videos
In just three years, Carter Vintage Guitars has grown into a $6 million Nashville retail powerhouse, and its YouTube videos have helped put it on the map. Here, owners Christie and Walter Carter will share how they did it. They'll discuss their best practices for harnessing YouTube, touching upon everything from gear and product-demo videos to making the most of artist visits to your store. Find out how their organic approach to video marketing can help you.
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Library Ed. Blackstone Audio 2001
CS ISBN $49.95 Seven cassettes
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Frederick Davidson has one of the oddest, but also one of the most effective, voices in audiobook narration. He has a British accent with bits of German mixed in, and he uses a somewhat affected tone while reading. The results are utterly absorbing. He does a perfect German accent for Professor Lidenbrock and a wonderful Icelandic for the taciturn guide, Hans. His natural voice propels the story forward and captures Verne's prose with wit and style. Davidson doesn't let himself get carried away with this seminal science fiction work but moves along at a brisk pace, heightening the suspense at the appropriate times. Go with him on this extraordinary journey. R.I.G. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 01]
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CS ISBN $49.95 Seven cassettes
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Thijs ten Raa
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Thijs ten Raa has been affiliated with NYU and Erasmus University and is now Associate Professor of Economics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He has published eight books, including the acclaimed The Economics of Benchmarking (2009), and numerous articles. In 2006 he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Centennial Medal.


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I'll split this post into a couple of segments, as there are a few different types of photography here.
As always, click the image for a bigger, and better view, but please wait for the entire page to load before you do so. Also feel free to leave a comment down the bottom.
First up, are the natural light shots. These shots are all taken using only the light which is available. Because of this, the Depth Of Field is very small, but it also means that the backgrounds are more colourful.
And then there are the ones I shot with artificial light. All of these were also shot at night, using a small LED torch to find my subjects, and to attain focus on them. The first set were all taken with my old setup - a foam bounce type diffuser.
And this last set were all shot using my new setup - a softbox type diffuser.


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"Sure, what thickness do you want?"
"What thickness do you want?"
Upon my return a friend said to me 'It's like a whole new sport you've never participated in' and he nailed it right there. The above is the response I got in a surf shop in Haleiwa when I asked for an 8 foot leg rope. What fucking thickness!!?
In the weeks leading up to my inaugural visit to the islands my fellow first timers and I were exchanging texts almost daily with updates of the next impending monster swell to hit the North Shore. It was incessant. Days to go and they give the green light to the Eddie. The Kam is closed 'cos waves are sweeping across it. Frantic texts highlight a window of opportunity. We arrive on a Tuesday the Thursday is forecast to drop dramatically, only 8′-10'. Fuck.
We watched people (I was gonna say guys but honestly, the women were representing) drag comically monster boards out of comically monster trucks and then spool their legropes up like a tradie winding up his lead at the end of the day. We watched them stand in the North corner of Waimea bay facing condo sized walls of white water and that was just the shore break. We saw a guy coming in that lost his board right at the last moment. The wash took his board up into the rocks where a couple of fellas jumped over the barrier off the road and rescued it. He got pulled back out by the backwash and spent the next 7 or 8 minutes getting hammered by the shore break and being pulled backward for a repeat over and over. He had his head down and a stroke like Michael Phelps but he was still going backwards. Eventually a lifeguard strolled down the beach with two pairs of fins. He pulled one pair on and hooked the other to his belt, dove into a maelstrom, popped up next to the surfer and handed him the spare pair. They both cruised into the beach. A high five and a return of the borrowed fins and he went off to collect his board. I swear I would have been on my hands and knees kissing the sand and the lifeguard alternately until dragged away.
We sat in front of Pipe. Surfers falling from the sky, occasionally into barrels, rarely making it out (too much North I heard one say). A young lad, it'd be touch and go to say a teen, walked down with his board under his arm. Luke, sat next to me, a father himself to a boy a similar age, started looking around for the irresponsible parents that would let their son near this ocean unsupervised let alone to go for a surf. Of course there was none. Of course he was out the back in no time and yeah of course he was local.
We'd surfed the East (everyone was telling us how lucky we were with the wind) and the West (everyone was telling us to be careful). Eventually it dropped enough to surf the North. We looked at Velzyland, a small take-off and a bit of crew out. Freddie's the inside fun wave looked just that. A small crew and nothing above head high, it'd be nice to have a relaxing surf. Three grown men none younger than 40, we arrived in the line-up and found ourselves surrounded exclusively by girls, mostly pre-teen. We kept paddling to Velzyland. So much for a relaxing surf.
We did get a window. Sunset was always on the 'to do' list. I was on my back from Ted's with coffee and doughnuts and as I drove past I saw a drop in size, a handful out and light winds. I got back to the house and grabbed Luke and Steve and our biggest boards. We sat wide and watched a few sets. We crept in a bit and watched some more. I shoulder hopped one. We crept in a bit more and a proper set came. As I scraped over the biggest one I glanced back and saw Steve, you know those little wind-up scuba divers you put in the bath? That was Steve. He would have been generating electricity if he was plugged in. He'd just turned 40, I'm sure he was thinking he wasn't going to see 41. We all made it and when the adrenalin started wearing off we all started laughing hysterically. We all got some in the end. Highlight for me was a duck dive. Facing impending doom and having to have a word with myself ('just fucking breathe Gazza!') I pushed deep as I could, I felt the impact of the lip above me and had one of those miraculous moments when you get slingshot straight under and emerge like a torpedo behind the wave.
You always hear about the power. You always hear about how heavy it is. Over and over, 25 yrs of the annual 'Hawaii issue' had told me all I needed to know about 'swell travelling all the way from the Aleutian's arriving uninterrupted from the depths and unloading on to the North Shores beaches and reefs'. So standing ankle deep, board under my arm the slack of my leg rope safely in my hand (well I wouldn't want to trip on it and look like a fool), I shouldn't have been surprised when the surge from the broken wave washed up the slope and skittled me like I was the number one pin at the bowling world champs. Probably the highlight of Luke's trip judging by the laughter.
This is me feeling the sand under my feet after 'that' session.


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Weekend Dance Workshop 2009
The Weekend Dance Workshop with Ian Folker was very well received. The attendees learned different ways to think about their dance technique, as well as variations and dance patterns they had not used previously.
We are looking forward to a return visit in 2010!
Workshop Details
What: Weekend Dance Workshops
Where: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St. Burlington, VT 05478.
When: Saturday July 18th and Sunday July 19th, 2009
Who: Ian Folker, and you!
Why: To build on your dance skills!!
The Weekend Dance Workshop with Ian Folker was a great success!!
Everyone had a great time dancing, and we all learned a lot of great new material. We are planning to have Ian come back again next year!
To see sample videos of some of the material we learned, please check out these videos:
Kathy and Ian Bolero
Melaina and Ian Cha Cha
Lianne, Kathy and Ian Foxtrot
Katie and Ian Samba
Lianne and Ian Tango
Lianne and Ian Viennese Waltz
Workshop Schedule
|Saturday July 18th, 2009
|Bronze Rumba
|Silver Rumba
|Bronze Cha Cha
|Silver Cha Cha
|Bronze Samba
|Silver Samba
|7-7:45pm, and 8-11pm
|Bolero Lesson and Dance
|Sunday July 19th, 2009
|Bronze Viennese Waltz
|Silver Viennese Waltz
|Bronze Tango
|Silver tango
|Bronze Foxtrot
|Silver Foxtrot
The Bronze workshops will cover technique and variations on the Level I and II classes that First Step Dance teaches. The Silver workshops will cover more advanced material. Ian does a great job, so dancers should be fine in the Silver workshops if they can dance the style socially.
Workshop Registration
Space is limited.
Registration preference will be given in order of: whole workshop, single day and then single workshops.
Registration Information
Please note that registration is limited to the first 20 leaders and the first 20 followers to sign up, and that those people registering for the entire workshop take precedence over those signing up for single blocks, or single classes.
Since we will want to have approximately the same number of leaders and followers for the workshop we will be taking registrations on a first come-first served basis. If we end up with extra leaders (or followers) we will put the latest registrations on a waiting list in the order in which we receive them. If you are registering as a single please sign up early so that we can ensure your attendance and balance the workshop.
A special note about trading partners: We feel strongly that people who trade partners learn more than 30% faster than people who don't trade partners, so everyone will be encouraged to trade partners during the classes. However, if you are uncomfortable with trading partners it is not required that you do so, you are welcome to stay with the partner with whom you sign up for the Weekend Dance Workshop.
Special Bonuses for Early Bird and Full-Weekend Registration
- We are offering a $60 discount for those people who register for the full-weekend workshop before Monday June 22nd.
- If you register for the entire workshop on or before Monday June 22nd you can attend the Saturday Evening Dance for free.
- If you register for at least six workshops on or before Thursday, July 16th you can register for private lessons at the discounted rate of $100/45 minute lesson.


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Aroldis Chapman returned to Cuba for the first time since defecting.
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman was allowed to travel to Cuba for the first time in more than eight years and he received a warm welcome in his hometown of Holguin during the off-season, according to ESPN's Marly Rivera.
In July 2009, Chapman defected from Cuba when he left the national team during a tournament in the Netherlands and headed to Amsterdam and Barcelona. He eventually landed in Andorra in the Pyrenees, where he established residency that allowed him to become a free agent under baseball's rules. He attempted to defect in 2008 and was unsuccessful so Cuba kept him off the 2008 Olympic team in Beijing.
Watch Chapman make his return below:
.@AChapman_105 was allowed to travel to Cuba for the first time in more than 8 years this past off-season. Chapman received quite a welcome in his hometown of Holguín. #Yankees pic.twitter.com/llnWvRi5G4— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) February 20, 2018
Chapman is coming off a season in which he recorded 22 saves with a 3.22 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 50 1/3 innings. He turns 30 years old later this month.


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After getting a 2-0 lead in the first inning, Northwest's Doger Gilliland and a pair of relievers made the lead hold up.
Gilliland struck out six and held Eaton to a run on five hits over six innings. Austin Whitelock and Hunter Brill worked a scoreless seventh in the 2-1 victory Tuesday.
The win clinched the 6-5A title for the Texans (22-9, 10-3).
Cayde Ward drove in Tanner Treadway with a sacrifice fly. Jacob Paytonjian made it 2-0 in the bottom of the first with a RBI-single.


text: Bombardier has signed a letter of intent (LoI) along with Nantong Tongzhou Bay Aviation and FlightSafety International to set up pilot training for Q400 turbprop aircraft. The centre will be located in Jiangsu, China. Under the LoI, Bombardier will provide planning support for aircraft training activities, while FlightSafety International will supply and operate a Q400 aircraft full-flight simulator. Sutong Airlines (ST) will create its own training programmes at the centre. "With its regional aviation model set to revolutionise air service in Jiangsu, one of China's most affluent and fast-growing provinces, Sutong Airlines has long ago realised the importance of the localisation of pilot training capabilities for its own aircraft fleet," said Zhou Binzhen, president of Nantong Tongzhou Bay Aviation Industry. "Through joined efforts with Bombardier and FlightSafety International, Sutong aims to build up its own pilot training programmes and capabilities and become self-sustained in terms of pilot pipeline. We believe the setup of such a training centre in Jiangsu province will introduce something new in pilot training in China and Asia, which may benefit not only ST Airlines but also the general pilot training market in this region." The deal follows Nantong's order, announced in December 2013, for 30 Q400 NextGens. The aircraft will be used by the company's new airline, which will be based in Nantong, Jiangsu Province and will start flying in 2015.


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So, the challenge has finished last night, when we had our practice Market Garden Total War game.
Fallschrimjager of Jason did nasty nasty things to the poor tankers.
As for Arnhem? Well.. the british paratroopers didn't have enough troops to hold of a massive Grenadier Horde (von Tettau), and so eventually capitulated.
As for the middle? Well, the 82nd achieved all of their objectives!
Well, the challenge is over, my Paratroopers are painted. Well, 1200 points of them are! I need to adda few things to both them, and to my Guards Rifles. But... I don't really want to do another challenge for a while, that was too many late nights painting.....


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Authorities made heavy deployments of forces on Friday to prevent separatist-called protests in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir.
Police said deployments of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been made in sensitive places to prevent any "untoward incidents".
"No restrictions have been imposed anywhere in the valley. But adequate security deployments have been made for the day," a senior police officer said.
The pro-freedom leaders have called for protests after the Friday congregational prayers.
The protests have been called against the killings of three civilians at the hands of the government forces in Chadoora area of Budgam district on Tuesday.
Partinenetly, resistance leaders, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq are continuously under house arrest in Srinagar while Muhammad Yasin Malik has been lodged in the central jail.


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Dhaka braces for violence after president takes power
Bangladesh braced for violence after the president named himself to head a caretaker Govt, provoking charges of abuse of power.india Updated: Oct 30, 2006 11:51 IST
Bangladesh braced for street violence on Monday after the president named himself to head a caretaker government, provoking charges of abuse of power from the Opposition, which called nationwide protests.
Three days of demonstrations led by the leftist Awami League demanding electoral reform left at least 20 dead, and President Iajuddin Ahmed immediately appealed for calm in a televised speech late on Sunday.
A senior military source told the agency the army had been put on stand-by in case of further bloodshed, following deadly clashes between rival parties.
"The armed forces are on high alert. They will be on the streets the moment they are asked to keep law and order," the source said.
The political crisis came to a head after the five-year mandate of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Islamist-allied government ran out on Friday.
Her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) failed to strike a deal on the interim administration with the main opposition Awami League, which has threatened to boycott the elections.
Ahmed told the nation he had to appoint himself interim leader as there was no constitutional alternative following the collapse of talks with the opposition, which accuses the BNP of stacking the election cards in its favour.
Under the constitution, Ahmed can retain his position as president and act as the head of the interim administration, which has to hold elections within three months.
"I sincerely hope we can hold the parliamentary elections smoothly within the time stipulated in the constitution and hand over power to the next government," he said.
"I urge all, irrespective of their party, to keep peace and law and order in the country," he said.
The president intervened after the deadly protests by Opposition supporters over the government's original proposal to install retired Supreme Court justice KM Hasan in the post.
The 75-year-old figurehead president, who underwent heart bypass surgery in May, had spent Sunday holding talks with the main political parties in a search for a compromise candidate.
After the talks collapsed he took the oath at the presidential palace in Dhaka in front of Zia, diplomats, dignitaries and officials.
The ceremony was boycotted by the Awami League, which called protests and a nationwide transport blockade for Monday in response.
"We have neither accepted him (the president) nor rejected him as the chief of the caretaker government. His acceptability will depend on his activities," Amir Hossain Amu, a senior Awami League leader, told AFP.
"The president should have exhausted all the constitutional options before taking over as the caretaker government chief. We think he has misused his power, but we will monitor his duties," Amu said.
In addition to opposing Hasan on the grounds that he held a senior BNP appointment in the late 1970s, the opposition also wants the Election Commissioner and his two deputies replaced.
Amu said the Awami League and allies would be pressing for the president to sack the three officials, whom they also accuse of being pro-government.
The president "should now replace all the top officials of the election commission, who we think are biased," he said.
"He also should prepare a new voters' list because we think the older one has more than 10 million fake voters," Amu said.
Six more people died in clashes between rival parties Sunday, taking the death toll over the past three days to 20, police said. Fourteen people died on Friday and Saturday.
After Zia's mandate expired on Friday, her government was required to hand power to the interim body within 15 days.
The caretaker government system was set up to try to prevent ruling parties from poll rigging, which has plagued Bangladesh in the past.
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You Make Me Function is due out in October.
The two-track 12-inch was originally released in 1995 by Temple Records N.Y.C. Inc., a label specialising in raw, trippy acid. The outlet was founded by Can Oral, a prolific producer working under names like Kahn, 4E and Bizz O.D. You Make Me Function is credited to Cube 40, the duo of Oral and his brother Cem, who's best known for his Jammin' Unit alias.
Like many records by the Oral brothers, You Make Me Function has become increasingly expensive on the second-hand market over the last few years. is / was are pressing the record onto clear vinyl, and it'll be available from October 1st. The Pittsburgh-based label recently handled the release of Archetype's Glyph 03.
Listen to clips from You Make Me Function.
A You Make Me Function
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is / was will release You Make Me Function on October 1st, 2017.


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There is a interesting confluence that occurs in the brain when it's been focused on a project so singularly and for such a long period of time, and then that project ends. After a space of quiet all the thoughts you didn't have for the intervening months suddenly crash in from all angles. It's a very fruitful and provides great perspective, but can be over very quickly.
I'll will post something about the job in question when it gets released, but for now I would just say We had the good fortune to work with animator Rosie Ashforth who turned around several of the miracles we performed to get the job done on time.
So I've had a couple of days off to recover, and to remember what the outside looks like.
It looks like this:
There's a lot of catching up to do here as I missed out so much time but that will come. As the country recovers from a pretty dark election result and a new compassion less Britain, and summer struggles to get itself into gear. But there's no need to mourn.
Currently reading this book:
I'll feedback on that in due course.
Some of the thought tsunami concerned comics, which is always troubling. I'm re-reading Ivan Brunetti's Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice:
Useful tools:
…all else is vanity.
So we'll see how that plays out.
The animation world lost the marvellous David Anderson, his film Deadsy was very intrinsic to the way I think about animation in general.
Check it out.


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Tom came into our care because the owner badly neglected Tom. They let him get into a very poor state. He was very matted and underweight on admittance to the animal hospital, he had very bad sore skin which has improved greatly with antibiotics and malaseb baths. He had to have all his coat shaved off. Farewell to another gorgeous little dog! So this is Tom with his new mum and dad, good luck little man and thank you for adopting him! Happy endings…that's what we like, here's to a great new life Tom!
Tom in kennels
Tom with his new owners!
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Low self-esteem, Antisocial personality, Low life satisfaction
How a person sees themselves is a very big risk factor to violence is general. If a person has in their life had multiple adverse experiences, they are going to see the world differently than someone who did not. These life experiences mold and create who a person is, and how they feel about society and the people in it. However, these people still have the basic needs of every human being: water, food, shelter, human contact, and love. Sadly, their view of love and intimacy and a relationship is quite a bit different from others.
A person who has low self-esteem (they don't see themselves as good at all), is antisocial, and thinks their like sucks will push that idea onto every person they come in contact with. When this person enters a relationships, it is possible they have created coping mechanisms to mask and hide these ideas and thoughts. However, soon they will appear in the most violent and nasty behavior we call abuse.
These people need to understand that they are valued as a human being and that life is truly a lot better than they realize. However, until they see this they will dehumanize people lower and lower till they themselves feel above them and have power over them. Only in this way can these people find happiness, because for once they are better than someone else. This idea of being better is something they strive to be on an ongoing basis. They will take every opportunity they can to figure out a way to show themselves as better, bigger, in more control, and having more than everyone around them…especially the person they are dating.
Does this sound like bullying? It should!
How do we correct this?
This starts as a small child. This is why parenting and the people you have around children are so important!!! We as adults create how children see themselves, the world, and the people around them. Correcting this problem begins at birth. Correcting the problem later, is all about re-engineering the brain to accept ideas that are against those that were taught as children.


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Want to work for Richard Branson on his private Caribbean island? There's an opening
Richard Branson is hiring a personal assistant, and you're going to want to brush up your resume, stat. Time
Ever dream of working for a billionaire on a private Caribbean island? If you have the organizational skills to manage two busy offices, Virgin Group might have a job for you.
Richard Branson's company posted an advertisement for a personal assistant and administrative assistant last week, and the perks are breathtaking.
The role is based on Necker Island, Branson's private "island paradise" in the British Virgin Islands. The island is home to beautiful beaches, giant tortoises and luxury amenities. Hungry? Just grab a fresh sushi roll on a floating kayak at the beach pool, because that's a thing.
OK — there is work involved.
"The main responsibilities will be diary and email management, general correspondence, filing and archiving, booking travel and providing cover for Richard's PA when they're on holiday, amongst a whole host of other admin-related tasks," according to the job description posted on LinkedIn. "It's a busy role in two even busier offices so think carefully as it's not for everyone (despite the sunshine)."
Organization skills are a must, but so is a great personality, the post stresses. To apply, Virgin asks applicants to email a 2-minute or less video of themselves along with a resume. The deadline to apply is March 10.
While you wait to hear back, here are a few photos Branson has shared of Necker Island:
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