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HAUNTED BENTONVILLE: Some Facts behind the Folklore
By Mark A. Moore
Author of The Old North State at War: The North Carolina Civil War Atlas
For historical background and Part 1 of this series, see Haunted Bentonville: The Devil's Racetrack.
PART 2 — Blue Jim Weaver and the Phantom Battle
Late one night in the fall of 1905, a Bentonville resident experienced a frightening incident while hunting in the woods on the battlefield.
The Story
"We had a neighbor by the name of Jim Weaver," explained Bentonville native and area historian Herschell V. Rose in 1952. "I heard [the] story . . . as far back as the turn of the century. Time and again I have listened to Weaver tell his story which was a whopper of its kind and withal a good one." Born on January 17, 1887, Rose was about 18 years old when the incident occurred, and thus grew to adulthood hearing one of the best known ghost stories associated with the battlefield.
Moreover, Weaver claimed a witness to the incident. "There was a fellow in the neighborhood by the name of Joe Lewis"—an Englishman, according to Rose. Lewis and a hunting dog accompanied Weaver on the expedition in question.
"[Jim] and Lewis went 'possum hunting one dark, foggy Saturday night in the late fall," explained Rose. "They rambled over a wide area and hunted late. Sometime about mid-night the dog treed, and they wangled through the trees and undergrowth until they found him. He was baying at the base of a hickory tree on one of the old breast works on the Bentonville Battlefield. They debated the wisdom of cutting the tree, believing that the night had run into Sunday [the pious Weaver thinking they ought not to hunt on the Lord's Day]. At length they decided to cut the tree and take the 'possum."
At that moment Weaver noticed that his surroundings had begun to change. "At the first stroke of the axe they heard a noise, apparently in the top of the trees," continued Rose. "The noise was like that of a person groaning in great pain. They gave the tree another stroke or two and voices were heard all about them expressing great pain and suffering. By this time the two hunters and the dog were horrified. They ceased to cut the tree and there in the fog and the mists of mid-night the woods appeared to flare into flame, and they began to see men running through the undergrowth, stopping momentarily to fire their pieces, and then running on, falling in behind breastworks, hiding behind trees or dropping out of sight into rifle pits. The whole panorama of battle was fought again right before their eyes. They saw horsemen bending over the saddle trying to penetrate the thick woods as they gave chase to the enemy. Every now and then a minie ball would tear through some soldier and he would either fall dead without a sound or go down in an agony of pain."
The first day of the Battle of Bentonville had been fought on Sunday, March 19, 1865—40 years earlier. The frightened hunters were at first mesmerized by what they saw and heard. In the melee, Weaver said he witnessed the struggle for a regimental flag. A Union soldier grappled with a Confederate opponent for control of the standard. According to Weaver, when a second rebel adversary stepped in to help defend the flag, the Union soldier pierced with him his bayonet. After a further struggle, the remaining color bearer fell with a knife wound in his shoulder.
At that point, Weaver and Lewis found their legs and took off running. They fled westward past the Harper House, which had been used by the Union 14th Corps as a field hospital during the battle. According to Weaver, flashes of light appeared in the woods behind the house as they passed, and a strange glow emanated from its windows.
At length, the hunters fell exhausted on the ground near the kitchen building behind Weaver's home, northwest of the Harper House.
Jim later told his amazing story to some of Smithfield's surviving Confederate veterans. Among them was an old soldier who believed Weaver had witnessed his own struggle. As the story goes, this veteran had been 17 years old at the time of the battle. His arm still hung limp from the shoulder wound he had received in trying to save the flag. His older brother had been killed in the struggle for the colors.
Weaver's account was a "whopper" indeed, but what are we to make of this tall tale? And who was the man who told it?
The Man
James M. Weaver was born in Johnston County on March 5, 1861. He grew up in Bentonville Township, and worked on his father's farm until he was an adult. James had been four years old when the Battle of Bentonville was fought in March 1865. By 1870 he was the third oldest of six children, and three more followed before 1880.
Weaver married Elizer (Eliza) Winford Lee on December 24, 1895, at "J. W. Lee's"—Elizer's father's place. By 1900 the couple lived on a farm in Bentonville and had three young children—Alexander, Leander, and Mary.
Weaver was a unique individual and well known in the area. "He was a blue man," explained Herschell Rose. From about the age of two, Weaver had suffered from epileptic seizures. Hundreds of dollars were spent in trying to obtain relief, but nothing worked until Dr. R. H. McLean, of R.F.D. No. 6 in Dunn, prescribed a treatment of ingesting silver nitrate—a common remedy of the era. McLean told Weaver that he had never known the treatment to fail in curing epilepsy—but it came with a jarring consequence. It turned the patient's skin blue—in Weaver's case "a perfect huckleberry blue," according to the Raleigh News & Observer.
The condition is known as argyria and results from the ingestion or inhalation of silver over a long period of time. Areas of the patient's skin exposed to light are especially susceptible to the condition. Weaver stated that he had no symptoms of epilepsy after his second treatment, but the argyria suggests his intake of silver nitrate was prolonged.
In May 1907—a couple of years after witnessing the phantom battle—Weaver was in Raleigh to attend federal court as a witness. His condition drew attention and the News & Observer published a story about him. He had always borne the curiosity with grace and good cheer. "I would not be in the condition I was in before for five thousand dollars," declared Weaver. "And the treatment cost me only sixteen dollars. Some have said they had rather have the [epileptic] fits than to have my [blue] color, but they don't know. The color of a man's skin is no disgrace. It is the color of a man's heart than counts." Given the era in which these words were uttered—at the height of the Jim Crow era of racial oppression—it is more than a little ironic that a white man would declare that the color of his skin did not matter.
According to the News & Observer, Weaver was "about forty-one" years old in May 1907. However, the known Jim Weaver of Bentonville was born in 1861, so the paper was off by about five years on his age. Either that, or old Blue Jim has been misidentified altogether. The paper also stated that Weaver had normal skin tone until he was 18 years old, but that he had been "blue for 18 years" as of May 1907. So again, their timeline was off by a few years (even if his birth year had been about 1866).
By 1910, five years after Weaver's frightening experience in the woods of Bentonville Battlefield, James and Elizer had four additional little ones—Martha, Adolphus, Joseph, and John. The family had moved to Seventy-First Township, Currie's Mill Precinct in Cumberland County, just west of Fayetteville. They rented a home on Center Plank Road. Part of Gen. William T. Sherman's Union army had entered Fayetteville on the Center (Centre) Plank Road in March 1865.
By 1920, the Weaver family had moved to a farm in Dismal Township in Sampson County, east of Fayetteville. By this time they had another two little ones—James and Thomas—with eight children still living at home.
The only child missing from the homestead was Leander. Known as "Lee," the young man had joined the military and served in Company G of the 2nd North Carolina Infantry, National Guard. The unit served along the Mexican border during the Punitive Expedition against Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa in 1916 and '17. In February 1917, Cpl. Lee A. Weaver contracted measles and a severe complication led to pneumonia. He died of acute lobar pneumonia (lower lobe of the right lung) at 11:00 p.m. on March 22, 1917, at Fort Bliss (Hospital No. 2) in El Paso, Texas. Epyema (a collection of pus in the pleural cavity) was listed as a contributing cause.
Lee was just 19 years old and had been sick for 44 days before his death. He was first treated by a doctor at Fort Bliss on February 10, and reached his 19th birthday on February 19. His body was shipped to North Carolina on March 26 and arrived on the 31st. He was buried at 2:00 p.m. on April 1 "at his old home," in the Weaver family cemetery along the western edge of Bentonville Township.1
Four years later, at the age of 60, James "Blue Jim" Weaver died in Dismal Township at 3:00 p.m. on April 11, 1921, of the same disease that had killed his son—lobar pneumonia. He was buried in the same family plot in Bentonville Township. (Johnston County cemetery surveys identified him as "Blue Jim.")
The Facts and the Phantom Battle
James Weaver was semi-literate. Documentary evidence reveals that he could somehow read without being able to write. "The description of the [phantom] battle given by this victim of epilepsy, now cured by silver nitrate, was very dramatic," said Rose in 1952. "Of course I do not remember all of it now, it having been told to me nearly half a century ago. Weaver was an unlettered man but . . . Singularly enough, it does not materially contradict the historians as to how the forces fought."
Is this true? Can the events Weaver described be documented or corroborated? To begin with, we do not know exactly where he was on the battlefield on the night in question. Rose says that Weaver's hunting dog treed a 'possum on one of the old breastworks. There are more than three miles of surviving Union and Confederate earthworks snaking through the forests at Bentonville—a lot of possible ground. But Weaver's tale of the struggle to capture a flag narrows it down quite a bit.
On the afternoon of March 19, 1865, in the woods and swamps south of the Goldsboro Road, Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan's Union division became surrounded on three sides. In defeating a Confederate attack in front, two members of the 14th Michigan Infantry captured the colors of the 40th North Carolina. A coastal artillery unit, the 40th fought as infantry attached to Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke's Division at Bentonville. The engagement won the unit the sobriquet "Red Infantry," for the red piping on their uniforms, which signified the artillery branch of service. The Confederate battle flag was captured by Cpl. George W. Clute and Cpl. Gershom H. Swayze—and Clute was awarded the Medal of Honor for this action in 1898. Did Weaver witness a ghostly version of this real-life encounter?
Two other rebel flags were captured in the same general area. Having defeated the attack in their front, two of Morgan's brigades were forced to jump to the opposite side of their breastworks to fend off an assault from behind them. The aggressive Union troops then counterattacked, and a Confederate soldier from the Army of Tennessee dubbed this hot spot the "Bull Pen." Here, the 14th Michigan captured the regimental flag of the 54th Virginia, a unit of Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
Late in the afternoon, Brig. Gen. William Cogswell's Union brigade advanced across this same ground to plug a wide gap in the lines of Morgan's Division. This maneuver surprised the Confederates behind Morgan's lines, and members of the 33rd Massachusetts Infantry captured the colors of the 26th Tennessee, another unit in Palmer's Brigade. Were the woods of Bentonville haunted by ghostly soldiers struggling for one of these other flags, 40 years after the battle?
The capture of all three flags is well documented, from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies to unit histories and others sources published in the late nineteenth century and beyond.
What about other details from Weaver's story? Herschell Rose told of Weaver describing how "the woods appeared to flare into flame." This could easily describe the musketry fire of the opposing armies on this area of the battlefield. There are numerous vivid accounts from veterans of the battle, describing the awful sights and sounds of the infantry fight below the Goldsboro Road. As dusk gave way to night, the orange-yellow flashes from the muzzles of thousands of firearms were something to behold. Moreover, the woods here literally caught fire during Cogswell's extended engagement with the Army of Tennessee. Burning pine trees flared along the lines, casting an eerie light through the woods at nightfall. Smoke from the flaming pines combined with acrid gunpowder smoke to form a thick pall among the trees, choking and stinging the eyes of soldiers on both sides.
Rose also said that Weaver described "horsemen bending over the saddle trying to penetrate the thick woods as they gave chase to the enemy." There was no cavalry engaged on this part of the battlefield. However, there would have been curriers on horseback, along with certain officers—and these would likely have become more active after nightfall, when the battle began to die down.
All of these real-life details are described by veterans of the battle, in both published and unpublished sources.
The fact that Weaver described how he and Joe Lewis fled past the Harper House provides another clue to their location on the battlefield that night. From the area south of the old Goldsboro Road (SR 1008), they would have traveled westward to pass the house. While it remains purely conjecture, it is feasible that they would have passed along SR 1008, possibly cutting cross country east of the house to pick up the road toward Mill Creek Church (SR 1188). The Weaver family home was in that area. Such a trek would have covered more than two and a half miles.
Weaver described seeing flashes of light in the woods behind the house as they passed. There was no combat in this area. The 14th Corps field hospital at the Harper House was behind Union lines. However, there would have been anything from lamplight to torchlight and campfires related to the field hospital, on the grounds and among surrounding trees. Could Weaver have seen a ghostly replay of such lights? As for the eerie light emanating from the house's windows, any light source from within or without could have caused such a perception.
What Did Blue Jim Experience?
There is no doubt that Jim Weaver had a profound personal experience on the battlefield. He told the story repeatedly for the rest of his life. The question is . . . what did he experience?
It is a known medical fact that people suffering from epilepsy can experience hallucinations. Jim Weaver grew up hearing stories about the Battle of Bentonville all his life. The battle had stained the land he was born and raised on. Was Blue Jim really cured of his condition after lengthy ingestion of silver nitrate? Did some aspect of the brain disorder still linger? That night in the woods at Bentonville, did he suffer a prolonged series of hallucinations populated with imagery he had envisioned for so many years?
Neuroscientists describe such episodes as "psychic seizures," and have studied them extensively. Moreover, people suffering from epilepsy can also become psychotic.
In the late 1890s, the captured battle flag of the 40th North Carolina was returned to the Old North State after being housed by the state of Michigan for more than 30 years. This occurred during the era when Union and Confederate veterans made well-documented efforts at personal reconciliation. However, this sectional healing among military veterans took place against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, when post-Civil War social and professional gains by African Americans were severely rolled back in the South. The era had a divisiveness, turbulence, and violence of its own.
The return of the flag was a major news story in both North Carolina and Michigan—and it also made national headlines. It was a big deal, locally. The people of Bentonville Township would not only have heard about the flag's return, but would have been keenly interested in the story. If Jim Weaver suffered epileptic hallucinations on the battlefield in 1905, did news of the flag's return a few years earlier help shape his delusion?
[NOTE: For an in-depth history of the flag's return, see "FRATERNAL BONDS: Union Cpl. Gershom H. Swayze and the Confederate Battle Flag of the 40th North Carolina Regiment."]
On the other hand, did Weaver's epilepsy give him true psychic abilities? Did his condition allow his brain to tap into something that most people cannot access?
Did he witness what paranormal investigators call a "residual haunting?" Under the right atmospheric conditions, researchers believe, one may see not ghosts or spirits but rather a "playback" of a past event. Herschell Rose said that Weaver described his experience as occurring "in the fog and the mists of mid-night." While it did not rain on the first day of the battle, there was significant precipitation on the third day—and it had been raining frequently in the weeks before the battle.
Did Weaver look back in time? In his final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions (published posthumously in 2018), famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking declared that "Travel back in time can't be ruled out according to our present understanding." If he did not travel back in time, did Weaver somehow gain access to a window on the past?
Was it something far more profound than a simple past event?
Weaver's story, as handed down by Rose, tells us that a surviving veteran of the battle thought Weaver had seen and described the actions of a younger version of himself—a battle participant who was still alive at the turn of the century. If that was truly the case, then Blue Jim had not seen "ghosts" as we understand the concept.
Could Weaver have witnessed an alternate version of reality? While Stephen Hawking did not believe in God, he did subscribe to beliefs and theories that would astonish religious zealots across the globe. String theory and quantum mechanics have opened all sorts of fascinating questions for scientists. Hawking believed in the theory of a "multiverse"—a theory that multiple parallel dimensions exist at the same time. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an atheist astrophysicist who seeks to explain complex scientific topics to the masses, also subscribes to the theory of a multiverse. What does it mean? In short, parallel dimensions could include multiple versions of ourselves—and thus multiple versions of people who came before us. Did Weaver experience a bleed-through of another dimension from an earlier time?
In the universe that humans currently understand, the Battle of Bentonville occurred as history tells us it did. But what about a parallel dimension? Did Weaver's epileptic condition somehow give him a window into an alternate version of the battle? If so, did the engagement unfold slightly differently from our current understanding? Did the Confederates win? The questions are mind boggling. In this scenario, Weaver would not have to be in an area of the battlefield where it can currently be documented that three flags were captured. In an alternate version of the battle, a flag could have been captured anywhere on the battlefield.
Would the roster of the 40th North Carolina reveal two brothers who defended the flag? Probably not. The color bearer at Bentonville was identified during the banner's high profile return to North Carolina, and he was killed during the engagement. However, it is important to understand that there was rarely a single standard bearer. Regimental flags were bullet magnets in battle, and multiple people would potentially carry the flag in a single engagement.
Is Bentonville Battlefield haunted by the ghosts of soldiers killed in the fight? Quite possibly. Enough violence and atrocities occurred during the three-day engagement to spawn hundreds of ghosts, if such a thing is possible. Setting aside the notion of a living veteran in Weaver's vision of a phantom battle, did his condition allow him to see numerous ghosts reenacting their tragedy?
It is worth noting that other people have had similar personal experiences on the battlefield over the years—perhaps not as dramatic as Weaver's account—from visitors to living historians, and such experiences were not the result of epilepsy.
Finally, we must take into consideration that stories of any kind, especially those told repeatedly over many years, are often told in different versions. How often did Jim Weaver alter or embellish his own story? How did the details change over time? More importantly, how did the story change in the retelling by Herschell Rose? Having heard the story for years from Weaver himself, Rose then retold the tale repeatedly for nearly four decades after Weaver's death. Thus is the nature of folklore.
Rose delighted in collecting the region's folktales, but found Weaver's account "one of the most unreasonable stories I ever heard, and of course I still think that the story was born in Weaver's abortive mind from the epilepsy hangover he had when he was a young man. I never heard Joe Lewis verify it."
The Phantom Battle in Popular Culture
In the spring of 1959, husband and wife journalists Nancy and Bruce Roberts visited Herschell Rose—clerk of superior court in Johnston County—in his Smithfield office. They had heard of Rose's ghostly tales related to Bentonville and wanted to meet with him to discuss their current book project.
Nancy was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer, and Bruce a photographer for the paper. Rose regaled the couple for hours. At closing time he invited them home for supper, where they met Rose's wife, Edith. Herschcell continued to tell ghost stories into the evening, and gave Nancy and Bruce plenty to consider for their book.
Rose died a month later on May 7, 1959, at the age of 72.
When An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurrences in the Old North State was published by Heritage House in Charlotte in July 1959, one of Rose's retellings of Blue Jim Weaver's "whopper" appeared in a brief story titled "The Battle of the Dead."
The book was hugely popular, and helped preserve some of Bentonville's folklore. Nancy Roberts has published a number of other ghost story compilations over the years.
And thanks to the Internet, Blue Jim's story has gained a global audience. The Roberts version of Weaver's tale has been summarized in the North Carolina sections of countless websites sites devoted to ghostly lore.
1 Leander A. Weaver's gravestone appears to list his death date as 1916, but that is incorrect. He died on March 22, 1917. In addition to "2nd Regt." the stone also says "117th Inf.," the latter apparently a mistaken reference to a later unit. The 2nd North Carolina Infantry, National Guard, was re-designated as the 119th Infantry on September 12, 1917, and assigned to the 30th Infantry Division ("Old Hickory").
Part 3 is forthcoming . . .
© 2018 by Mark A. Moore. All rights reserved.


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2. Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)
"Scorpio holds a very strong connection to the deeper realms," Thomas says. "Naturally, this is the zodiac sign that holds the strongest relation to the 'occult' and all things that are hidden, private, and divine." Scorpios understand that both darkness and light exist within all people. They're known for being intense and hypnotic. Sometimes talking to a Scorpio can leave you feeling like they looked deep into your mind. "Never lie to a Scorpio," Thomas says. "They'll instinctively know and that might just be the last time you ever try to get away with it!"
3. Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
Aquarius is the most forward-thinking sign with "visionary and genius abilities." But that's only if they can get out of their heads. According to Thomas, many Aquarians can be enlightened and attracted to unique or esoteric ideas. Because of this, they're more likely to practice Tarot or astrology. "They tend to be intrigued by culture, so this innately allows them to intuitively pick up things about other people that some other zodiac signs tend to miss," he says. When Aquarians aren't being too "stuck in their heads" to perceive the people around them, they can make the most out of their intuition.
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The professional future will acquire the skills to enter collective labor relations and resolve the legal problems that may arise in the present stage of transformation of economic and productive systems.This subject will find the tools to acquire, understand and implement successive regulatory changes that occur in an area's rapidly changing labor relations in unionCompetencies and learning outcomesGeneral competenciesCapacity for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling systems and processes within a framework that guarantees respect for values, rights and basic principles of the legal system, business competitiveness, protection and conservation of the environment, and sustainable development.Critical and analytical skills.Specific competenciesApply negotiation and mediation techniques within the workplace.Propose solutions to workplace problems with labor unions, employers' organizations, and their affiliates.Critically analyze decisions emanating from those who participate in labor relations.Objectives (Learning outcomes)01Correctly use categories and specialized legal language02Knowing the rules and their application to specific case problems or03Being able to assess divergent positions and razonarlas with appropriate legal arguments04Resolving legal disputes arising as a result of the relationship worker company05Critically assess the content of the standards studied and the solutions to specific problems in the Social Jurisdiction06To analyze and to interpret the legislation and jurisprudence in the study of proposed casesContentsLecture topicsTeaching unitsU1Freedom of associationU2Tutela of freedom of associationU3La worker representation in the companyU4La collective bargaining and collective agreementsU5Ordenación legal collective labor disputes (strikes and lockouts)U6The Labor Law and Industrial RelationsAssociation between objectives and unitsObjective/UnitU1U2U3U4U5U6010203040506ScheduleWeekTeaching unitsDirected hoursShared hoursAutonomous hoursTotal hours1U6523102U653.5412.53U153.5412.54U1543125U2543126U2544137U3554.514.58U353.5412.59U3544.513.510U353.5412.511U454.5413.512U45441313U55431214U55431215U554312Course contentsBasic bibliographySala Franco, Tomás. "Derecho sindical". Valencia Tirant lo Blanch 2017. Complementary bibliographyMorato García, Rosa María. Sastre Ibarreche, Rafael. "Una aproximación al derecho sindical notas y materiales para comprender el sistema español de relaciones colectivas de trabajo". Salamanca Ratio Legis 2017. LinksMinistry of Employment and Social SecurityEconomic and Social CouncilPortal of the European Union institutionsInternational Labour OrganizationService mediation and arbitration interconfederalSoftwareMethodology and gradingMethodologyCase studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.Problem-based learning: Develop active learning strategies through problem solving that promote thinking, experimentation, and decision making in the student.Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.GradingThe system of evaluation combines the continuous assessment with the accomplishment of a final examination. The continuous assessment is based on the commitment of the pupil to the continued follow-up of the classes, including the previous preparation needed for the practical and theoretical classes. The system of evaluation allows to obtain a maximum of 10 points, being the final qualification the one that corresponds in conformity with the traditional system from 1 to 10 points. Thus, the subject will excel itself if there are obtained 5 points of the 10 possible ones. The maximum punctuation that can be obtained in every part is: Final examination: - 10 points. Examination composed by 8 theoretical questions on the content of the subject and 2 practical suppositions on the content of the subject and the proposed seminars.Given the characteristics of the subject and in order to achieve a better understanding of it, it will be necessary to modify the percentages of evaluation listed in the section above (System and criterion of the evaluation of the subject)are as follows:Continuous evaluation: Self assessment of knowledge test: 1 point as maximum value. Continuous attendance at classes with a minimum of 80% of the total teaching time: 1 point. Practical multimedia activity, oral exhibitions by the students of the subjects to be determined in class: 1point as maximum value. The ratings obtained from the continuous evaluation will be published before the final examination. In order to pass the course, the student must obtain a minimum of 3.5 out of 7.0 in the final examination. In that case, the final note shall consist of the sum of the continuous assessment note and the amount obtained in the review. If the minimum mark is not reached in the examination, the continuous evaluation note shall be retained for the extraordinary call, appearing in the record only the note of the examination.Go to the test provided with ID and calculator. Do not carry mobile in the exams. app_Android | app_iOS | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | | LinkedIn | Instagram | Pinterest +34 96 665 8500 | Contact us:info(arroba)umh.es Miguel Hernández University 2020


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For the past few years, stereotype has dictated that a smartwatch is a luxury purchase. Fitbit started to change that perception with the release of the Versa, the best sub-$200 smartwatch ever to hit shelves.
This year, Fitbit has taken a step further in that direction. The company followed up its affordable flagship with the Versa Lite, a smartwatch with many of the same features — but a $40 lower price.
Still, $159 is a decent chunk of money, especially compared to what you pay for smartwatches like the $79 Amazfit Bip. But the Versa Lite provides the sleek style and intuitive, sophisticated software for which Fitbit is known. While the Versa Lite lacks some of the features you'll find on the Versa and higher-priced competitors like the Apple Watch and Galaxy Watch, budget users seeking a high-end product won't be disappointed with this watch.
Editor's note (August 2019): Fitbit announced the Versa 2 ($199), which has longer battery life, Alexa built in, and a brighter display. Read our hands-on review of the Versa 2.
Design: Bold and bright
In terms of shape and size, the Versa and the Versa Lite are virtually identical. Both come with a 39mm screen. The Versa Lite is 22.9 grams, while the Versa is 23 grams. (You won't be able to feel the difference.)
Two factors set the Versa Lite apart from its predecessor. The first is the color selection. Fitbit says it's tailoring the Lite toward "youthful, fun-seeking" customers who are buying their first smartwatches. The Versa Lite's options reflect the focus on that demographic: You can get this watch in White, a light purple Lilac, a dark purple Mulberry or a bright Marina Blue. Compared to the Versa, which comes in Black, Gray or Rose Gold, the Lite offers a vibrant selection for a range of styles and seasons.
MORE: Fitbit Versa vs. Fitbit Versa Lite - which is best for you?
The second difference is the button setup: Both watches have a large On/Off and Back button on the left side, while the Versa has two additional buttons on the right side that control your music volume and can be programmed as shortcuts to certain apps. The extra buttons on the Versa are a nice bonus, but not a necessity; I could control the Lite just fine without them.
Compared to Fitbit's other offerings, the Versa Lite is a good-looking watch. The company's $149 Charge 3, for example, sports a similar band with a slimmer, 38mm screen, but it looks and feels more like a gym accessory than something I'd wear out and about. With its glossy metal case and rounded watch face, the Lite is more of a looker. I comfortably wore it to work, a fancy dinner, a theater outing and multiple workouts, and it never felt out of place.
You can technically swap out the Versa Lite's bands when you get tired, but it's no easy feat. I struggled for around 5 minutes to swap the blue band for a yellow one, which requires sliding a very tiny pin inward while struggling to fit another tiny pin into a very tiny hole. I imagine that this gets easier with practice, but how many times do you actually plan on changing your watchband?
Performance: Gets the basics right
If there's one thing Fitbit devices do better than even their top-tier competitors, it's tracking exercise and sleep. And for those features, the Versa Lite is one of Fitbit's best yet. It caught all of the workouts I didn't actively log, including multiple Zumba aerobic workouts and elliptical sessions, and accurately tracked my heart rate throughout. Heavy sweat didn't seem to mess up the watch's sensors, a problem I've had with the Charge 2 and Charge 3.
As far as I could unscientifically tell, the Versa Lite was pretty spot-on in tracking my sleep cycles, as well as the times I woke up. One thing I appreciated: It didn't think I was sleeping while I was actually watching Netflix or reading in bed. This was another issue I experienced with the Charge 2, as well as Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active.
Beyond the tracking basics, however, the Versa Lite falls short of the competition in a couple ways. The most significant is that there's no onboard GPS, a key feature of devices like the Apple Watch Series 4 and Galaxy Watch Active. This means that if you're logging a walk or a run, you'll need to bring your phone along with you to track your distance.
Another reason you'll still need to bring your phone along: There's no onboard music storage. That gives a big advantage to the Versa, which does offer such storage. (But since the Versa also lacks onboard GPS, the music storage doesn't necessarily free you from your phone.)
However, you can still use the Versa Lite to control the music that your phone plays. Long-pressing the Back button pulls up a music control panel, including buttons to play/pause, skip and toggle the volume. In a slight glitch, the Lite occasionally failed to realize that a song was already playing, and so I'd need to press the Play button to get the Pause button to show up. Other than that, though, I had no issues with the controls.
MORE: How to Choose the Right Fitness Tracker for Your Needs
The benefit of these audio controls over onboard storage is that you're not limited to the few music services that Fitbit is partnered with. I got the Lite to work without a hitch with all kinds of audio sources, including Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Audible. The only one the watch didn't seem to connect to was the YouTube app, but it did work with YouTube in the Chrome browser.
The Versa Lite is also missing a few of the Versa's more-advanced tracking features. It can't track floors climbed or laps swum, nor does it offer guided workouts on its display, as the Versa does. You'll want to shell out for the Versa if you value these features, and particularly if you're a swimmer.
Compared to what you'll find on the Apple Watch and Wear OS, Fitbit's app store leaves something to be desired. There's a limited selection of third-party apps, and while you'll recognize some of the names, you won't see anything from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or anything else that plugs you in socially.
In fact, the only actionable notifications, besides fitness-related ones, that you'll get on the Versa Lite are Android messages. You can select a quick reply if you're an Android user, but you can't type a response out on the watch itself or dictate a response, as you can with the Galaxy lineup. You can't respond to iMessages, either, since Apple is (for the most part) a closed ecosystem.
In general, Fitbit doesn't allow its apps to access Wi-Fi, citing battery-life reasons. To pull data from the internet, the Versa Lite communicates (via Bluetooth) with a proxy app on your phone.
As a consequence, most of the apps you can use on the Versa Lite are fairly bare-bones. The New York Times app delivers a short list of the paper's most recent headlines, but tapping one of those entries brings up only the first few sentences of the article. The Yelp app brings up a list of restaurants around you with ratings, but you can't read reviews of those establishments or review them yourself. Apps like those for Starbucks and Flipboard require you to create an account and log in on your phone before you can use them on the watch.
MORE: Here Are the Most (and Least) Secure Fitness Trackers
I have trouble seeing the use case for apps like these, especially when I need to have my phone with me to exercise with the Versa Lite anyway. Why not just pull up the Times headlines there and get the full articles to boot?
You download apps through the app store in the Fitbit app, which you access by opening your user account, selecting your Versa Lite and tapping the Apps tab. For something that could be, for some users, an integral experience to using a smartwatch, this function's fairly hidden in the app. It would be more convenient to download apps if the store were more central or could be accessed on the watch itself.
Software: New phone, new tricks
Though the various swipes took a bit of getting used to, I ultimately found the Versa very easy to navigate.
The display was quite responsive, and I never had to tap anything twice. There was a bit more of a lag in the swipes than you'd see on a smartphone, but you probably won't notice it unless you're in a huge hurry.
Swiping left pulls up app options, as well as the functions for alarms and timers, logging exercise, the weather forecast, and settings. Swiping down reveals recent notifications, including calendar events and text messages.
Swipe up and you'll see the Today View, a list of health statistics and insights. You can select seven stats to display here, including such metrics as heart rate, exercise and step count.
MORE: 10 Most Surprising Uses for Fitness Trackers
You can also see the amount you slept the previous night on the Versa Lite, in addition to the amount of time you spent in each sleep stage and how those results compare to your weekly average. In addition, you can log your weight and water consumption directly on your watch and track your progress toward your goal weight. I always forget to log my weight when I don't have my phone around during a weigh-in, so I'm glad to see that you can now do so on your wrist.
Anyone who has a period can check their cycle in this view. You can also see the calories you've consumed broken down into proteins, fat and carbs (but menstrual cycles and food still need to be logged on your phone).
Battery Life: Better than advertised
Fitbit advertises the Versa Lite as having four days of battery life. I actually squeezed almost five and a half days out of one charge, tracking four nights of sleep, logging a few workouts, and occasionally checking notifications or messing around with apps. Your mileage may vary if you're using apps more consistently.
The Versa Lite's charging cradle is oversized and, frankly, not a looker. It's nice that it also fits the Versa, however, so you can easily share it if you've got multiple Fitbits in your house.
Bottom Line
Ultimately, the Fitbit Versa is still the best smartwatch under $200, because it has a few more onboard features, including swim tracking, guided workouts and music storage. It also has extra buttons, which you may prefer if you'd really like a shortcut to your favorite app.
But for a user like me — a younger, budget-oriented person who wants to log several workouts a week, control music, track my sleep and occasionally pull up the weather forecast — the Versa Lite gets the job done at a lower price. Sure, there are watches cheaper than the Versa Lite out there but none with the third-party app store, sleek design, accurate fitness readings or health-tracking features that Fitbit provides — not to mention the spunky colors and five-day battery of the Versa Lite.
It would be great to see onboard GPS, music storage, better apps and swim tracking in a device for $159. Until then, the Versa Lite will do just fine.
Credit: Tom's Guide


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Outstanding Entrepreneur and Consultant in Apparel Industry in the US. Vlady Cornateanu is a professional in the US apparel industry with over 25 years of experience. During his extensive travels throughout the country to source and produce private label apparel for the US clients, Vlady discovered the new face of China, the development of China and the incredible business opportunities in China. Vlady studied Chinese economy with great interest while making many business connections in China. A new venture that he started in 2005 was to bring US apparel companies into China and introduce them to the vast business opportunities. In the same token, Vlady has an unmatched passion to assist Chinese companies that are looking to expand into the US market and help them establish direct businesses in America.
Being part of the California Fashion business for over two decades, Vlady helped many designers develop their products in the US as well as in China, participating as a consultant and juried a great amount of fashion shows/competitions both in the US as well as in other countries. With an unmatched attendance of the Canton Fair in the past decades, Vlady Cornateanu watched with great interest the development of the Chinese high end fashion industry. With the newly established cooperation with PDC, Vlady Cornateanu intends to bring the top Chinese designers to trade shows and exhibits in the US.
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The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli,
&c.] Under his direction and instruction; the Targum is, in the life
of Eli, and in such parts of service, relating to the tabernacle of the
Lord, as he was capable of, such as opening and shutting the doors of it,
lighting the lamps, singing the praises of God� according to
Josephus F14, and others, he was now about twelve years of age:
and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; that is, a word
from the Lord in a dream or vision, directing, informing, instructing,
or reproving, this was very rarely had; of late there had been but very
few instances; and which accounts for it why not only the child Samuel
knew not that it was the voice of the Lord that called to him, but Eli
himself thought nothing of it until he had called a third time, so rare
and scarce was any instance of this kind; for which reason these words
are premised in the following narration: and as everything that is
scarce and rare is generally precious, so the word of God in this way
also was; and so it is as considered in every view of it; as the
written word of God; when there was but little of it penned, as at this
time, and few or none to teach and instruct in it, Eli being old, and
his sons so vile; or when it is forbidden to be read, and the copies of
it destroyed, and become scarce, as in the times of Dioclesian; or when
there are but very few faithful evangelical ministers of the word;
which, though it is always precious to them that have precious faith in
it, the promises of it being exceeding great and precious, and the
truths of it more precious than fine gold, and the grand subject of it
a precious Saviour, who is so in his person, offices, blood,
righteousness, and sacrifice; yet is generally more precious when there
is a scarcity of it, when God makes a man, a Gospel minister, more
precious than fine gold, even than the golden wedge of Ophir, see
(Isaiah 13:12) where the word is used in the same sense as here:
there was no open vision; or prophecy, as the Targum; no publicly
known prophet raised up, to whom the people could apply for counsel,
direction, and instruction in divine things; in all the times of the
judges we read only of Deborah the prophetess, and one prophet more,
(Judges 4:14) (6:8) , excepting the man of God lately sent to Eli,
(1 Samuel 2:27) , and this want of prophecy served to set off with greater
foil the glory of Samuel as a prophet of the Lord, when he was an
established one; there having been none of that character in the memory
of man, and therefore he is spoken of as at the head of the prophets,
(Acts 3:24) , for though there might be some private visions to
particular persons, or God might appear in vision to private persons
for their own special use and instruction; yet there was no public
vision, or what was for public good and general use: some render it,
"no broken up vision" F15; it lay hid, concealed out of sight, as if
it was immured and shut up within walls, or like water pent up, that
cannot break through its fences, and spread itself; or "not
multiplied", as R. Isaiah, not frequent and repeated, the instances
of it few and rare; the sense of this clause is much the same as the
Bibliography Information
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This fact about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will shock you ...
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- Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:27AM
OK, so this may or may not be BRAND. NEW. INFORMATION.
But we did not know this and now our minds are blown!
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are one of the most famous sets of twins in the world. Any girl born between 1980-2000 should definitely know who these two are.
But surprisingly, our favourite twins AREN'T IDENTICAL TWINS!
It turns out that they are actually non-identical twins - better known as fraternal twins!
Buzzing out right now because they look like EXACTLY the same?
Fraternal twins are actually conceived from two separate eggs in the womb, making it very unlikely the two kids will go on to share the same features, but Mary-Kate and Ashley did!
This is news to us, but we're sure there are some fans out there that knew this due to the fact that Mary-Kate is around an inch shorter than Ashley.


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10 crores of post card to the Supreme Court of India
10 crores of post card to the Prime Minister of India
We think that the matter of Lord Ram is not a Title suit nor it is a matter between 60 Petitioners and Respondents. This matter is concerned with 100 crores Hindus and every individual having faith in Ram and every individual believing in Ram is a Petitioner in this case.
On this issue we Hindus have started a campaign namely – "I too a Petitioner" under which we are is inspiring and giving Post Card to the people stating that if they could do nothing they can send a Post card in the name of Chief Justice of India and a post card addressed to Sh. Narendra Modi the Poster boy of Godhara incident writing their message in support of the Ram Mandir and on the day on which 10 crores of post card reached the Registry of Supreme Court and P.M.O. the issue of Ram Mandir would be decided within 24 hours.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
big day for paul
First, today is the launch day for Perfectly Percy! Buy it now! Buy it anywhere! Buy ten or more and you make Paul that much happier!
And then there is an interview of meself on the fabulous blog Seven Impossible Things. Tons of thanks to the perfectly awesome Jules!
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Chapter 26: The Ice Prince
Ririna didn't know how long has she been standing in the same place. Why did he show up so suddenly? She didn't believe in coincidence. She believes that everything that had or may happen has their own valid reasons.
Why would he show up just when someone was following her? Looking at the direction where the man took off earlier, she couldn't find him anywhere as if he has already vanished into thin air.
"Ririna," she heard Eli's voice again from her phone. It brought her back into reality. She even noticed that Jerry and Erica approaching her, giving her a confused and concerned look.
"Yes?" Ririna replied.
"You spaced out? What happened?"
Ririna sighed and pinch the skin between her brows. A habit she unconsciously got from the devil himself when he's unamused and irritated by what's happening.
"Remember the man I told you who left me in the orphanage? We've been trying to find him for years and he has just shown up right in front of me, here in Pavilion Hotel." She explained. She almost blurted out the information she got about 'Hattori Ikeda' but decided not to since her problem isn't something Eli should worry about. She would rather deal with it herself.
"Do you want me to send someone to check on him?"
"No. He hasn't done anything wrong yet. I'm sure this wouldn't be the last time we will see each other."
But Ririna has this bad feeling after the encounter. She got this weird feeling that something bad will happen soon. Maybe she needs some help but would she really ask the devil even if they have a common enemy. The enemy of your enemy could be your good ally, right?
It wasn't the same case with the devil though. His assistance came with a price. What else could it be aside from her being his bride? She scoffed. No thank, she isn't ready to sell her soul to the devil. Who would want to be a bride of the possessive devil anyway?
Rion Stahl wondered why is he suffering right now. Why is he sitting in the economy class of this flight? Why did his eyes bleed from what he has seen earlier? His head felt like it was splitting in half. It is worse than having a hangover he got from his excessive drinking before. It was all that woman's fault.
Because she claimed she was too busy to attend and supervise the upcoming exhibit they are to part take in, he had to schedule the earliest flight as soon as possible. He is her curator and business partner. Most of the deals and contracts regarding her artworks will have to pass through him before she signs up.
He is supposed to help her to make everything on the right track. But no, his stupid secretary messed up and he ended up taking a seat on the economy class than having a seat in the business class which he usually takes whenever he travels.
He mentally created a kill list. Of course in the top spot, he listed Ririna Han. That wicked witch is the primary reason why he is suffering and being tortured right now. Number two would be his stupid, very stupid assistant, if it wasn't for him he will never be in seated here and being mentally tortured by the woman beside him.
When Rion arrived in the economy class, he was instantly welcomed with a problem. It seems that there was a mistake and someone was also claiming he also got the same seat number as his. If looks could kill, he probably killed the rude man who keeps blabbering insults against him and the stewardess. The stewardess tried her best to fix the problem and because the other seat beside the one they are fighting for belongs to the pregnant wife of the rude man, he was forced to move to the next available seat.
Rion is known as a man with impeccable looks but not in attitude. He is anti-social and refuses to join any unnecessary events or conversation. He is also known as the Ice Prince. In truth, he could be vulgar and uncouth if he wants to. He is also inwardly seething at the mass of idiots that keep on flocking around him.
Walking down the aisle trying to find his new designated seat, he noticed a young woman near the window. She is wearing a very bright blue headphones that irritates his eyes and staring somewhere outside.
Looking down to his seat number written on a piece of paper, he realized that the available seat beside her is his. Rion seated himself silently beside her. The seats within the economy class made him feel out of place. A small mole above his left cheekbone adds charm to his handsome face. His tall figure and long sleek hair that reaches up to his waist, which is tied in a low ponytail made him pop up from the crowd.
"Sorry to disturb you. I'm taking this seat," he politely said.
The woman gave him a glance and smiled at him before turning her head outside with her chin resting on her left hand. He isn't someone who usually give a second glance to a woman, but Rion thought she is beautiful. Her face is like a doll, with big doe eyes and thick eyelashes, a cute nose, and slightly pouty lips. She looks a bit childish and immature though. Maybe she is the same age as Ririna, or maybe younger.
Their flight would take four to five hours to reach their destination and Rion estimated it would be around past midnight when they arrived. He turned on his laptop and started checking the proposals and reports that needs his immediate attention. It would be better to come prepared just in case something comes up.
His seatmate fell asleep beside him as soon as the plane took off. It wasn't until the second hour passed when he noticed her as she leaned her head in his left arm. She was fast asleep, murmuring something about "yummy barbecue and ice cold beer".
Rion got the urge to push her away from him. This is why he hates going into public places. Many women keep on throwing themselves in front of him, trying to get his attention. He never had a woman in his life.
It's funny that even Ririna thought he is gay which he isn't. It just that he never met a woman who could keep his interest for long. In the thirty years of his life, he never got close to other women except for his younger sister and Ririna. Ririna was the only one who has managed to understand him and beat him with her smartass remarks.
But this woman is really asleep and dreaming. It would be very rude if he harshly pushes her away just because she accidentally leaned on him. She looks so silly when she sleeps. Rion gently pushed her head back on her seat. She stirred from her position and yawned. Her short arms tried to stretch on the cramped area but failed. She groaned when she felt her neck and back stiffened from her long nap.
Her eyes fluttered open slightly trying to adjust her sight to her surroundings. She noticed that he was staring at her awkwardly. Well, she doesn't look much modest and proper the way she sat in her seat. Her face flushed with embarrassment and quickly straightened up her body and moved away from the handsome man beside her.
With two more hours to spend, she took a comic book from her handbag and silently read on her side. Rion thought he had enough work done so he shut down his laptop and tried to take a quick nap. His nap was disturbed when he heard a giggling sound from the woman beside him. Taking a side glance, he felt his eyes will pop out from their sockets when he saw what she was giggling about.
She was reading a rather obscene porn comic book! What's more, it is about two young men kissing and having s*x on the pages she was reading on. He regretted turning his attention to this woman. He shouldn't have let his curiosity win over him! Now not only his eyes were devirginized by what he had seen, he also felt he will die soon due to a massive brain hemorrhage.
'F*cking Hell!!!' Rion mentally screamed.
He slapped his forehead in frustration. Rion felt his brain is trying to shut down on its own. His neurons must be self-destructing right now. He shouldn't have look at her!
Ririna will probably make fun of him if she knows about this. That witch enjoys tormenting him to no end. If she asked him if he is gay, he could finally say with a straight face that he is not. He might be asexual but he is also sure he isn't gay!
Are those kind of pornographic materials allowed to be read on public transportations and places? This woman got some guts to read something like that in public. He stopped in his thought and covered his face with his hands.
Stop right there.
Wait, is she even a woman?
What if she's a trap?
A man instead?
Taking another brave look at the woman… man… whatever what she is, he could tell she got a pretty face. She got soft feminine facial features, her dark hair which passed down her shoulders looks silky smooth. His gaze drifted lower. She's rather flat chested. She's flat like a washboard. This sent alarming bells on his mind.
'Don't look down!' His logical side screaming at him.
He tried not to look lower. He didn't know what to think of if he saw a bulge in her lower part where it is covered with knee length skirt. He felt a constriction in his chest. Why is he even bothered if she is a trap or not? It's not his f*cking business. But his traitorous eyes moved lower. He didn't see any bulge in her crotch and he didn't know why he sighed in relief.
Wait, what if she already managed to cut them off?
Is there an idiot guidebook somewhere to know how to spot a trap?
Rion felt he's going mad and crazy soon because of this woman. He cursed Ririna for putting him in this predicament. If he died because of this, he swore he will haunt the wicked witch until the end of time to avenge his poor soul.
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The recently penned "anti-diversity" memo from Google "tech bro" James Damore has ignited furor over a lack of gender diversity, and for good reason. Damore, a former software engineer for Google, wrote a 10-page manifesto, made public by Motherboard on Saturday, titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," in which he posits "biological differences" are the reason women are underrepresented within the tech industry.
According to the manifesto, women just aren't made to be as successful in the tech world as men because they lack a drive to achieve a high status and are not willing to abandon a "balanced and fulfilling life." Damore suggests women are more focused on "feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas," which results in unequal representation. He further argues these deficiencies lie within a woman's instinctive behavior, suggesting an unstable mental state is the cause of gender inequity in the industry. And, according to Damore, "neuroticism" is the reason for "the lower number of women in high stress jobs," specifically in the tech field.
He later argues the company's initiatives such as their mentoring and training programs are catered "only for people with a certain gender or race," suggesting Google is marginalizing the white men they employ. Damore says the company's left bias "has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence," a standpoint most common among people who throw around the word "snowflake."
Although Damore's points seem shocking to those outside of Silicon Valley, hearing perspectives similar to those outlined in the manifesto are routine for anyone in the industry, especially women. A female technical project manager for a custom analytics solution team told Huffington Post she has "no reasonable expectation of respect at work."
"This a** who wrote the manifesto at Google demonstrates one thing and one thing clearly: He has no damn idea," she said. "He has no idea what it feels like to have to prove yourself every single day, and how strong you have to be just to show up to that environment."
Dammer's deluded world where women are cherished over white men in the tech industry is part of a rhetoric echoed by today's conservatives, but holds little ground in reality.
In a 2013 study released by the American Association of University Women, the statistics show women in tech are on the decline. In 1990, 35 percent of computing jobs were held by women, compared to just 26 percent in 2013. Even though 30 percent of Google's employees are women, only 17 percent of them hold tech jobs. Surprisingly, Google has one of the highest tech employment rates of women, with Facebook (15 percent) and Twitter (10 percent) falling far behind.
More often than not, the notions hindering women from entering the tech industry come to fruition at a very young age. Children are taught to associate "hard" subjects, such as math and science, with boys rather than girls. "There's evidence that by first grade, most kids already associate math with boys," Christianne Corbett, report co-author of the AAW study, told Huffington Post. "This is just a belief most of us have. It's a reflection more of our culture than anything individual."
Even though Damore's argument is deplorable at best, it does fairly reflect the culture young women are indoctrinated into, and the statistics prove it. Girls Who Code found that 74 percent of young girls express interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. However, as they grow older, their desire to enter these fields dims.
To keep their interests in STEM alive, young women must be proactively empowered to become powerful forces with those fields — even the Girl Scouts of America have taken necessary measures to facilitate their interests in tech. However, as TechCrunch points out, holding onto that interest is difficult when bro-dominated images flood popular culture and female role models are scarce. Focusing on diversity in hiring and retention are vital to achieving a more equal ecosystem within the tech industry, and that includes the workshops Damore condemns in his manifesto.
But, when things such as the Google manifesto go viral, young women interested in STEM professions are reminded that men like Damore will meet them when they arrive. It must be chilling for every good effort educators, organizations and the students themselves put into prepping young girls for a tech future.
Again, the greatest hurdle for women in tech isn't the fact that they're not suited for it. It's the men who believe they are.


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When I said everyone can owned 5 rental properties through out your working life is an easy task, no one believe me. They will said buying a single house already is a burden with current sky rocket price. None of them believing what they can do actually. Thinking that owning 5 rental properties requires million Ringgit.
I do strongly believe you have friends or family members has owned this number of rental properties. Maybe you just did not ask them or they did not shared with you on their holdings. Now let me shared with you how to do that.
When you graduate from university and started your career at the aged of 25, you have to start to plan ahead. The strategy is simple and is achievable. The strategy is to buy 1 property every 5 years. How to execute it?
Save money for your first property
Once you start your career, on the first month you need to start saving $500 every month for the next 5 years. How much would you save?
Total saving = $500 x 12 months x 5 years
= $30,000
At the age of 30 years old, you have save so much money in 5 years, now you can buy a property that worth below $300,000 properties. $30,000 can be your 10% down payment for your 1st property. After that, rent it out for positive cash flow and you will having additional income.
Do not stop your saving after fifth year, keep continue your saving for $500 per month every month. The consistency is the key for your success.
If your 1st property having excess cash flow, you may added in to your saving to grow your investment fund faster. At the age of 35 years old, you will be buying your 2nd rental properties. Repeat the same formulae until you have acquired 5 units of rental properties. What age will it be? You will be 50 years old when you buy your 5th properties.
How much is the cash layout for 5 rental properties?
Your total cash outlay for your 5 units rental properties are just $150,000! Is it easy or tough?
The strategy is too slow?
Some of you may said that 5 years plan is too slow. Then you can increased the amount of your saving to any number. If your initial salary is high and able to save $1000 per month, then you will be doing faster and better compare to others.
What if I am too old at the age of 40 years old?
Maybe when you read this article, you are already 40 years old. I believe you have an established career and good income by then. You may have substantial saving in your bank as well. If looking at the table, at 40 years old, you should have 3 properties. In that case, you should be able to go out and hunt for another two more properties. You just need to catch up the plan that you may lost. Remember that the time is the essence for saving in early age.
Bear in mind that the above illustrated strategy is just a simple concept that can be employed by anyone. You are free to change any number to fit to your own individual pace. You can slow down by saving less or speed up by saving more. The ultimate here is to EARN as much as you can and AS FAST AS you can!
Any other alternative?
People also always ask me how to buy properties without money, because a lot of "Gurus" out there applying this method. Yes, there are quite a few method, if you are interested to know, I have compiled a few tactics in an e-book, you may download it by entering your e-mail address on the top right corner.


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Bridge of Sleep
- Akbar Zanjanpour, Anahita Afshar, Houman Seyyedi, saed soheili
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Iran 2016. Dir: Oktay Baraheni. 93 min. DCP
Tehran-born writer-director Oktay Baraheni studied film at York University in Toronto before returning home to pursue his career. His first feature, the social drama Bridge of Sleep, freely adapts Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and transposes it to contemporary Iran. Shahab (Saed Soheili), a young man about to get married, enters a business deal with a friend, hoping it will secure his financial future. When the deal goes sour, Shahab finds himself out of money and on the hook for a high-interest debt. Pursued by creditors, under pressure from his fiancé (Anahita Afshar), and without a legal way out of his woes, he turns to unorthodox methods. Akbar Zanjanpour plays Shabab's schoolteacher father, while actor and filmmaker Houman Seyyedi also appears.
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Culture: The Castle Vale actor; Joe Dixon has finally completed the short journey from Birmingham to Stratford - via a Hollywood blockbuster, writes Terry Grimley.
There is a tiny Shakespearean reference buried in last year's blockbuster movie, The Mummy Returns, which few of the millions who flocked to see it on both sides of the Atlantic are likely to have picked up. In the film, British actor Joe Dixon plays a Middle eastern mercenary called Jacques. That wasn't the original name in the script, but director Stephen Sommers had seen Dixon play a very different character by that name in Cheek by Jowl's internationally-acclaimed production of As You Like It.This was the role which won Dixon the prestigious Ian Charleson Award for the best performance in a classical role by an actor under 30. His old friend Adrian Lester, who played Rosalind in the same all-male production, ended up being cast alongside John Travolta and Emma Thompson in Primary Colours after Mike Nichols saw the play in New York.
Dixon and Lester go back a long way - to the Birmingham Youth Theatre in the 1980s.
'I've known Adrian since he was about 18,' says Dixon. 'I think a play I did with Birmingham Youth Theatre was the first he had ever seen - or so he says, anyway. He joined the youth theatre and then he came to RADA just as I was leaving. And then we toured the world in As You Like It.' Since then Lester has played Hamlet for Peter Brook and Dixon is now at Stratford, where he has parts in three of the RSC's season of five Jacobean rarities, including the title role in Philip Massinger's The Roman Actor. Not bad for a couple of lads from Lee Bank and Castle Vale, respectively.
'I remember coming to see shows at Stratford as a schoolboy,' Dixon recalls. 'It's always been an ambition of mine to work here and for one reason or another I haven't in the past.
'I was asked to do things, but not things I really wanted to do. But this season I was really excited about. These are like new plays. It's very rare for an audience to come to the RSC and see a play where they don't know what's going to happen.'
Recently Dixon has been working in film and television and until the National Theatre's recent production of The Winter's Tale he had not been on stage for about five years. Filming The Mummy Returns was a particularly mindboggling experience.
'It was an extraordinary Universal, Hollywood event. The scale of it was amazing. In Morocco they built ten miles of road in the Sahara to get trucks and paraphernalia to the location.
'This was perfect timing for me. I had been away from theatre for a while and I was nervous about coming back because it's such a different discipline. Going to the National was perfect because it wasn't a scary part to play.
'Then I had this opportunity, which is a huge responsibility and very exciting and hard work. It's been a great way of getting back into theatre.'
In The Roman Actor Dixon's character, Paris, gets into trouble by incurring the jealousy of the tyrannical Emperor, Domitian. Given that being locked up for sedition was an occupational hazard for Jacobean playwrights, it seems reasonable to assume that Massinger was using Ancient Rome as a front to write about his own time.
'It's quite simple, the story, but the characters are so complex,' says Dixon. 'It's as though Massingham had worked through a lot of plays of the period and then decided to break their conventions. There are a lot of surprises. There's a woman trying to seduce a man, and he's saying no, I can't. All through the play there are twists and surprises.
'Paris is the nearest thing to a hero in the play, but he is flawed, and his flaw is that he lives in the world of theatre. There are lots of references in the play that would have been very clear attacks on authority. There were moves to close down the theatre because of its influence, and this must have been a very potent play at the time for that reason.'
Two years ago Joe Dixon married the actress Lesley Manville. She has just been in Cannes with All or Nothing, the latest film by Mike Leigh, with whom she works regularly - she played the social worker in Secrets and Lies and Lady Gilbert in Topsy Turvy.
'I live in Sussex now - we live right in the middle of a forest,' he says.
'Both my parents have died in the last ten years, so there hasn't been that pull to bring me back. But I feel very strongly about my roots and I'm proud of where I come from.
'We were a big family in a tiny council house - it's amazing that we all fitted in. I was very lucky to have good teachers at both Topcliffe Primary and Castle Vale Comprehensive who really pushed me and encouraged me to explore the arts.'
His careers advisor was discouraging about the acting profession, recommending the security of the nearby car plant instead. But drama teachers Ruth Burgess and, later, Ben Ball were more positive.
It was Ball who suggested Dixon join Birmingham Youth Theatre. There he came under the influence of Derek Nicholls, who formed the company when he was also working as a teacher. Later Nicholls directed Dixon at Birmingham Rep, when both had joined the professional theatre.
Dixon remembers Castle Vale as having a lot of green areas with signs saying 'Don't Play on the Grass', but he says: 'It had a bad reputation, but for me it was a wonderful place to grow up because of my friends, family and school.
'I went back to a school reunion last year, and it was strange to see how much it had changed. The housing is much better. I felt a bit like a tourist.
'Apart from that I hadn't been back for a long time. But there are some friends from school who are still very much part of my life now, people I have known from the age of six or seven who are still among my best friends.'
The Roman Actor previews at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, until Wednesday; press night Thursday. Then in repertory until September 13. (Information: 01789 403403, ticket hotline 0870 609 1110).
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A 500-year-old proclamation
Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) is one of the most significant figures of the Reformation. His influence cannot be overstated, especially for Zurich and many southern German cities, including Augsburg, Constance and Ulm.
Zwingli's rise to prominence began when he became pastor of the Great Minster in Zurich in 1519. Working with Leo Jud, he then completed a full translation of the Bible into Alemannic German, the official language of the Swiss Confederation. This means that a German-language Bible existed even before Luther's version. That's more than enough reason for a Swiss–German joint issue honouring "Huldrych Zwingli – 500 years Reformation in Zurich and southern Germany".
A competition to find the design for the special stamp was run in the two countries, with a German entry emerging triumphant. It impressed the jury with its contemporary design and use of a poignant quotation, which translates as "For God's sake, do something brave". These words were chosen because it is difficult to convey Zwingli's courage with the surviving portraits. The intention was to transport observers 500 years back in time by talking to them directly.
Jürg Freudiger
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation The Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich and the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches will hold a service on 12 May 2019 to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. This will take place at the Great Minster in Zurich, where Zwingli's Reformation began. Many guests from Switzerland and abroad are expected to attend this special celebration. zhref.ch/reformationsjubilaeum


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Grab your cameras and #GetOutontheGreenway! April 1st marks the beginning of our 9th Annual Photo Contest. Couple that with the awakening of Spring along the Susquehanna and there's no denying any excuse to get outside and take some photos. Not sure where to start? Here are some favorite spots in the Susquehanna Greenway perfect for any photo excursion.
Marie Antoinette Overlook (Bradford County)
Photo by Rick Hiduk
Set 500 feet above the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, the Marie Antoinette Overlook offers sweeping views of a valley with historical significance. The land below, today known as Asylum Township, became home to French aristocrat refugees who had fled from the French Revolution in 1793. The French Azilum Historic Site and the LaPorte House Museum can be seen from the Overlook. Before colonial settlement, the area was originally named "The Meadows" by the Iroquois who inhabited the land.
Hyner View State Park (Clinton County)
Photo by Scott Hafer
This scenic vista is sure to take your photography to new heights. Hyner View State Park showcases a vast expanse of the valley both along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and surrounding mountains. It is a favorite spot for hang gliders with a ramp just below the lookout point for launching out over the river valley. The park also has a picnic area, parking,and restrooms, and is surrounded by Sproul State Forest.
Shikellamy State Park (Union & Northumberland Counties)
Photo by Charisse Baldoria
Located at the confluence of the West Branch and North Branch of the Susquehanna River, Shikellamy State Park is divided into two main sections: (1) the Overlook on the western shore of the West Branch, and (2) a Marina on the southern portion of Packer's Island on the North Branch. Covering 132 acres, the park features a nature trail and overlook with stunning views of the river as well as boating, walking, and biking opportunities. Get your timing right and you can visually see the blue waters of the West Branch and darker waters of the North Branch merging at the confluence. Shikellamy is also home to Lake Augusta, a seasonal lake that is a popular rowing site during the warmer months.
Isle of Que
(Snyder County)
Photo by Rita Kurtz
The Isle of Que is a long narrow peninsula on the outskirts of Selinsgrove, PA, about a half-mile wide and five and a half miles long. Not only is it a beautiful spot to walk or bike and admire beautiful waterside houses along the Susquehanna River, but it is also home to a public landing with picnic facilities, seasonal restrooms, and a boat launch to explore the area by canoe or kayak. Native Americans considered the southernmost tip to be sacred land, and though it is now mostly farmland, the tip of the Isle was once an Indian burial ground.
Rockville Bridge (Dauphin County)
Photo by Christoph Esposito
The Susquehanna River has a rich railroad heritage, and the Rockville Bridge of Dauphin County is one of the most renowned railroad bridges that crosses the river. Completed in in the year 1902, the Rockville Bridge was, and remains, the longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct in the world. Today the bridge can be admired from either side of the river and remains active with multiple train crossings every day. Other nearby attractions include the Fort Hunter Mansion and Park on the Susquehanna's east bank, and the Dauphin Narrows Statue of Liberty just upriver. Photo ops abound!
Chickies Rock Overlook Trail (Lancaster County)
Photo by Adam Hoke
Chickies Rock Overlook Trail follows an old trolley line route to a 100-foot rock outcrop overlooking the Susquehanna River. The short hike ends with a stunning vista from which you can see the river, a railroad line, and rural landscapes in the distance. To extend your trail excursion, you can also hop on the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail, which is popular for walking and biking along the river and through river town communities like Columbia, Marietta, and Bainbridge.
The Pinnacle Overlook (Lancaster County)
Managed by Susquehannock State Park in Holtwood, PA, The Pinnacle Overlook offers beautiful views of the Susquehanna River's Lake Aldred. Though the view is breathtaking any time of day, sunsets are a prime time for photos since the vista faces west. From the overlook, visitors can also access the Kelly's Run Trail System of the Lancaster County Conservancy and the Conestoga Trail System maintained by the Lancaster Hiking Club. Other nearby attractions include Hawk Point and the Holtwood Bridge.
Susquehanna Island Rookeries (Lower Susquehanna)
Photo by John Renard; Blue crowned Heron perched on a stump; Brunner Island
The Susquehanna River is habitat to many bird species like the Great Egret or the Blue Crowned Heron pictured above. The islands of the Susquehanna serve as nesting grounds to some of these species, making them great locations for wildlife photography. Wade Island Rookery, for example, is Pennsylvania's largest multi-species nesting island. Since the island is protected, access is not permitted, but photography is still allowed from boats on the river and the nearby shore. Other popular birding islands include McCormick Island in Harrisburg, PA, and Brunner Island further south.
Looking for other ways to get out on the Greenway? Find trails, parks, and river towns on our Plan Your Visit page.
**You can use this guide to capture some photos for our 9th Annual Photo Contest, now accepting entries here!**
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What was once a rumor is now a fact.
Obamacare will punish married couples and reward those who choose to cohabitate, instead.
Under Obamacare married couples may pay $10,000 a year than cohabitating couples.
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Would you pay $10,000 a year to stay married to your spouse? Some American couples are being faced with exactly that decision as they consider their health insurance options under ObamaCare.
One of the most controversial provisions of ObamaCare is that it requires all Americans to purchase health insurance, whether they want it or not, or face hefty fines. To facilitate enrollment, the government has set up health care "exchanges" in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., where people can compare and purchase insurance plans. The government has promised subsidies to help those who cannot afford the higher premiums, but the way the subsidies are calculated mean they could pay up to $10,000 more per year.
The marriage penalty is a result of the way the government calculates poverty. While the poverty line for a single person's income is $11,490 per year or less, a married couple is considered above the poverty line if their combined income exceeds $15,510. People are eligible for subsidies under ObamaCare if they make up to four times more than the federal poverty limit – $45,960 for a single person, or $62,040 for a married couple. But unmarried couples living together will have their incomes assessed separately – meaning that as long as each of them makes less than the individual cutoff, they can remain eligible for subsidies while bringing in a joint income of up to $91,920.
In 2010, the Heritage Foundation warned of this hidden marriage penalty in a report criticizing the ObamaCare bill for its "profound anti-marriage bias." They also pointed out that focusing on the yearly penalty misses the bigger picture: the penalty is assessed over and over again throughout the couple's life, meaning the real cost of marriage is much, much higher.


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Student leaders from The Hill School, Pottstown School District, and Montgomery County Community College have collaborated on behalf of the Pottstown CARES group and organized their third annual Welcome Home concert. This family-friendly pop music concert will provide financial assistance to the Ministries at Main Street organization which runs a drop-in shelter serving the needs of the homeless in Pottstown by offering meals and a warm place to sleep.
The concert will occur on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. in The Hill School's Center For The Arts (CFTA) at 760 Beech Street in the lobby venue. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and raffle prizes and food will be available for sale from local vendors to benefit the cause. Free parking will be available on the lot at the CFTA.
The third annual occurrence of this inspirational student-driven event will feature two bands. Andy's Two Dollar Bills featuring "The Pistol" – Ellen Deitrich, director of college counseling at The Hill School – will open the show. Coming up next is Pottstown Funk. Finally, students from Hill a cappella groups, the Hilltones and Hilltrebles, will sing and conclude the night. All groups are generously donating their time and effort for a good cause.
Andy's 2 Dollar Bills is part of the Pottstown Music Collaborative, "a developing, dynamic band of musicians from the Pottstown community, all focused on bringing people together through the power of sound," according to Bill Robertson, a Collaborative founder and performer in the band.
Tickets are $10 at the door for adults and $8 for students with I.D.; tickets also may be purchased at Eventbrite. All ticket proceeds will benefit Ministries at Main Street. For those unable to attend the event, but interested in supporting this great cause, donations can be made at Eventbrite. In addition, food and snacks from local businesses – including pizza from Little Italy's – will be available for sale. Proceeds from all food sales will directly benefit Ministries at Main Street. Additional information is available on the event's Facebook page.
The Pottstown CARES student leaders developed the event as it enters its third year. With a local approach in mind, they choose Ministries at Main Street as the beneficiary of the concert. To complement the Welcome Home concert, CARES students also have prepared and served meals at the drop-in shelter.
Individuals or organizations interested in becoming involved with the Pottstown CARES collaborative can contact Katie Scanlan at email@example.com for more information.
To learn more about The Hill School and for directions to the concert venue click here.