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by Carjamin Scott on February, 15, 2019, at 8:05 p.m. CST
I learned about The Hate U Give novel from a dear co-worker who is someone that I have been very honest with about my feelings as one of the few women of color in my office.
Before I came to Nashville, which was nearly four years ago, I worked in Memphis at a career college. To provide context, I went from working at a trade school in a strip mall to one of the most prestigious colleges in the country.
Let me be clear, I'm not 'throwing shade' at that institution. I worked my rear off to make a difference in the lives of our students and to protect the team that I managed. However, you can only imagine how difficult it was to prove myself at my new job.
I had to figure out how to fit in with colleagues who did not look or sound like me, who did not live in the community I live in, and who did not have the same kind of education I did. I had to understand the needs of students who had a very different upbringing than the trade school students that I loved and mentored.
It was tough to be authentic in a space where I felt that being authentic was a handicap. It took some time to understand why I was here and how I could truly make a difference. I thought that I had to look, sound, and live like my coworkers to be valued. And, as the child of parents who met in a GED class, whose mom and grandmother attended college in strip malls, I couldn't figure out how I could be a resource to the privileged students at my new job or my very polished colleagues.
However, this was four years ago and now, I do not feel like that anymore. Times have changed and I have created opportunities to go beyond the surface to learn that I actually have a lot in common with my co-workers. It feels good to admit that I have created relationships with our students and added value to our team.
I also learned that my colleagues are intrigued by my willingness to share how I feel about issues. Most of them even encourage me to give my opinion on the things that matter to me. It's people like my co-worker, or I should say, friend, who remind me that I deserve to be here and I am valuable.
When I read The Hate U Give, I immediately fell in love with Starr. Starr is a teenage girl who must navigate between two worlds. She witnessed Khalil, her childhood friend, get killed by a police officer. The crime garners different responses from her Williamson Prep classmates and the Garden Heights community.
Starr is forced to merge her two worlds together and express how the murder impacts her life. And, although she didn't sign up for it, she becomes a spokesperson for her community. So when I learned that Angie Thomas, best-selling author of The Hate U Give was delivering a keynote lecture at my job, I had to attend.
Friends, it was so raw and unapologetic! There were times that I felt like she was talking directly to me. I snapped my fingers, clapped, and laughed. Her lecture resonated with me and I had a great time. She spoke about everything from seeing color, to black lives matter, and why we should recognize that we have power.
Thomas mentioned, "We should use our artistry to become activists. We should look at what's going on in the world and use our power to create change. Empathy is our cure to equity."
Thomas's artistry is her writing ability. The Hate U Give has remained on the New York Times young adult best seller list for over 50 weeks, has been translated into a number of languages for world-wide distribution, and was made into a motion feature film.
On seeing color, Thomas addressed the crowd saying, "I need you to see color. I need you to understand that some people do not value us simply because of the color of our skin." Thomas continued. "As a black woman in America, I feel that my existence is political, if I say my life matters, then I'm making a political statement. But politics are often personal and there is power in making it personal."
Whether we like it or not, it's true. The death of Khalil was personal and Starr was forced to explain that Khalil's life mattered. She didn't want it to be political but it became political. One of my favorite quotes from the book is, "Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right."
This is the theme that motivated her to write The Hate U Give. She wanted readers to fall in love with the characters so that we could have the courage to become like Starr.
However, the book is deemed controversial by some. The American Library Association, considered it 'pervasively vulgar' because of drug use, profanity, and offensive language. Some police districts have publicly condemned the book and some school districts have banned the book completely.
This has not stopped Thomas, who is currently on a book tour for her latest book, On the Come Up. She addressed the crowd, "Ask yourself, do I know what it's like to be someone who is not from this campus?" Thomas continued. "If you change the world around you then you will find yourself changing the world," and "I need you to care enough to make change."
She ended the keynote with a call to action, "Everyone has the power to do even greater, you must be active. Be Starrs in the world."
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- "I never thought I'd hear that damn voice again, after 9 years!"
- — Seven, after the emergency incineration command was activated
The Incinerator is located on E Deck in both the Gigantic and Building Q. When going through the small Door 9, it is located behind the Neptune door. When going through the big Door 9, it is located at the end of a hallway.
It is location of the final Door 9 (on the Gigantic) and Door q in Building Q.
The Incinerator is seemingly a plain metal-walled room. Upon closer inspection, it is shown to be shaped like a nonagon, adding to the game's theme of the number nine. There are two doors leading in and out of the room, with Door 9 in the very back of the room. There is also a vent high up on the wall. Tubes are lined up all around the room on the walls, from which flames burst out of. After the incineration process starts, the grate in the center opens up and a computer terminal rises from the ground.
Safe/Zero Lost Ending
Gentarou Hongou (Ace) holds Lotus hostage and drags her through the small Door 9 in the chapel. There, he rushes into the incinerator and is just about to authenticate when Junpei, Snake, and Seven enter the room. The speaker tells the players that the incineration process is about to start and Ace finally realizes that Snake is in the room. He asks him if they used Clover's bracelet to get through Door 9, and Snake is shocked. Ace taunts him about personally killing his sister, and Snake is enraged at this revelation, as well as devastated.
Snake growls in anger and charges at Ace, threatening to kill him. Ace knocks him back with a shot from the golden revolver. In the process of doing so, he lets go of Lotus, and she scrambles back to where Junpei and Seven are standing and hides behind them. The speaker announces that there is 5 minutes until the incineration process starts, and Ace points his gun at the 3 remaining players, demanding that they hand Lotus over or he will kill them, saying that he has won. When they refuse, Ace is about to squeeze the trigger when suddenly, Snake stands back up. He lunges forward towards Ace, and Ace shoots his remaining 5 bullets to keep him back.
Snake collapses, but still manages to crawl towards Ace, with a burning desire for revenge against him. He grabs onto Ace's legs and Ace begs for his life, saying that his company's hospitals can fix him up. Snake doesn't fall for the ruse and tells Junpei and the others to get out of the room, saying that this will pay for his sister's death. Junpei doesn't move and tries to save Snake. He is abruptly stopped by Seven, who drags him out of the room at the last second. The doors seal shut, and trap Ace and Snake inside. The incineration process starts, and burns them to death.
True Ending
Junpei, Snake, Clover, and Seven had just escaped from the Study, when they enter the incinerator. The group that Santa had took through the big Door 9 were inside, with Santa kneeling on the ground, June propped up against the wall, and Ace holding Lotus at gunpoint. Taunting the players about winning Zero's game, he promptly authenticates at the RED. He pulls the lever down, but the final door doesn't budge. Enraged, he continues trying to authenticate. Seven takes advantage of the situation and rams Ace into the ground.
Lotus runs back over to the other side of the room, where the rest of the players are, and thanks them. Junpei walks up to a kneeling Ace and explains his theory on how he had killed the 3 other executives of Cradle Pharmaceutical. Ace confirms that Junpei is right about everything and Junpei tells him that he was being manipulated by Zero, to kill the other creators of the First Nonary Game. Junpei turns back around to Santa and asks if this was all a part of his plan, with Seven revealing to the other players that Santa is Zero. Santa admits that his real name is Aoi and that he participated in the First Nonary Game, but casually tells the two that they got two things wrong: The fact that he's only Zero's assistant, and the fact that the Second Nonary Game was not only created for revenge but to save his sister, Akane.
Seven sputters that he saw Akane die in 2018 with his own eyes, and turns around the room to look for June. She had mysteriously disappeared and Seven starts mumbling to himself about how his head is going to explode, suffering from a massive headache. Santa starts talking again and explains to the others what exactly was the Nonary Project. It had been created to test the morphogenetic field theory. There had been two facilities where the test had been conducted: Building Q, out in the Nevada Desert, and the Gigantic. Both had the exact same interior, with Building Q housing the transmitters, and the Gigantic housing the receivers. There had been a mistake with the assignments, and Akane (a transmitter) had been placed with Aoi and the rest of the receivers on the Gigantic.
Santa ominously tells Junpei that he knows what he has to do, as he knew the truth behind everything: the executive's deaths, the coffin, etc. Akane starts communicating with Junpei through the morphogenetic field, and reveals to him that she had been transmitting information to his mind from the very beginning. Suddenly, Santa picks up the revolver that Ace had carelessly dropped, and points it at Ace's head. He drags the defeated man out through of the incinerator gates and tells the others that he "has to go make a wish come true". With any chance of escape eliminated, the remaining players realize the predicament that they're in. Clover does the calculations and find that there is no other way for any of them to escape, unless they leave Lotus behind.
Lotus tells the four to move along, but Seven awkwardly gives her excuses on why they can't leave her behind. The others agree on not leaving her behind, and she looks as if she's about to cry. Snake mentions that they probably wouldn't be able to leave anyways, remembering Ace's problem with the door. Just to be sure, they try anyways, and sure enough, the RED doesn't activate. Akane starts communicating through the field again and explains to him that she had somehow found herself in Junpei's mind, while still observing him from the outside as June. She starts showing him exactly what had happened on the Gigantic during the First Nonary Game. The group of children had made their way through the numbered doors and into the incinerator, when they realized that only five of them could escape. To make matters worse, the gates sealed, and the incineration process countdown begins.
Five of the children moved on, leaving Akane, Aoi, Light, and Nona behind. Moments later, Seven appeared above them in the vent, and pulled the 4 children up, one by one. They came out on the other side of Door 9, and went through some double doors to finally find the way out: a spiraling staircase. All of them run them towards the exit, but Akane realizes that she had left the doll that Junpei had given her behind. She waits for the others to pass her, and slowly proceeds back down to the bottom deck. She grabs the doll, and is about to go back, when Hongou appears from the exit. He pulls her into the incinerator, just as Seven, Aoi, and Light were about to save her.
Inside the incinerator, Hongou reaches into his pocket and sets 2 bracelets next to the RED. He scans them on the panel, and leaves through the gate, leaving Akane trapped inside. The incinerator countdown starts, in both the past and the present. Lotus starts going off about "experiments" and Junpei calms her down, saying he can explain later. Lotus looks around for a shut down button, with Snake solemnly telling her that there isn't one. The floor opens up, and a computer rises from the opening. Junpei is staring at the blank screen and Lotus shoves him out of the way to try to do something with it. She starts pressing random buttons, when the screen lights up, with a puzzle to be solved.
At the same time in 2018, Akane is also staring at the screen, welling up with tears. Hongou taunts her from the window, explaining that if she can solve the puzzle, the RED will activate and allow her to escape. She tearfully turns back to the screen, holds on the doll Junpei had given her, and desperately calls for his help. Junpei hears her voice in the present and searches the room for where it's coming from. She finally hears his voice and explains that she needs to solve the puzzle on the computer screen to survive. Junpei realizes that the Second Nonary Game was created all for the moment that he will give Akane the solution through the field. He figures that because of this, Akane is Zero. Junpei tells himself that he will save her life and gets to work on the puzzle.
Junpei solves the puzzle and transmits the solution over to her with mere seconds to spare. He presses the enter key on the computer, but the countdown continues. He thinks about the numbers under the puzzle: 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, and realizes that those are the bracelet numbers for Junpei and the four other players in the room. He remembers the announcement Zero had given him at the very beginning of the game and finds that the incinerator exit doesn't have a 9 painted on it, but a lower-case "q". He tells the others to quickly authenticate at the RED, and pulls the lever down with 1 second to go until incineration. The giant door opens, and the group quickly authenticates at the DEAD, catching their breath. Back in the past, the exit had also opened for Akane. She and her brother rejoiced and run up the stairs to the exit. Junpei and his group do the same, finally making it out.
If you are playing The Nonary Games version, the final Sudoku puzzle has been changed to a new one.
Sudoku (DS version)
This puzzle involves the player solving a Sudoku puzzle by filling in the blanks. Like a regular Sudoku puzzle, each row and column must have the numbers 1-9, and can not repeat. This puzzle is special, as the player must turn their DS upside down to solve it correctly. The top screen shows Akane's face and the combination to get through Door q (2 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8).
Switch Puzzle (The Nonary Games)
Click the P on the grid and 1 at the bottom.
Click the S on the grid and 3 at the bottom (not the 3 on the grid).
Click the W on the grid and 5 at the bottom.
Click the R on the grid and 7 at the bottom.
The password is 9.
- On the map of E Deck, the incinerator's location is burned off.
- In the iOS version, when the incineration command has been activated, a speaker sprite appears on the screen.
- In the 999 novelization, the final puzzle is a Rubik's Cube and is not located in the incinerator.
- During Dashiell Gordain's Nonary Games, which were played by young people who were deep in debt, there was a ceremony at the end where those who had lost the game were executed. This took place at the location where the incinerator is currently situated; long ago, it was known as the Hall of Ceremony. In the chapel, they prayed to the god they worshipped, and in the Hall of Ceremony, they offered up living sacrifices. The ceremonial Free the Soul robes Snake is wearing were used in those ceremonies.[1]
- Hongou helped transform the Hall of Ceremony into an incinerator. The losers would burn in the incinerator as a sacrifice during the ceremony. While burning, they would wear Free the Soul robes.

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My ITB is still giving me some issues (this is the opposite one that has traditionally hurt - I still blame those one shoes that I bought.....) :( So I ordered some compression shorts and some recovery tights to help stabilize myself. I need to get this under control, pronto. Lots of stretching for me today, and rolling when I get home from work.
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Global outlook summary 2020: The new age of uncertainty
18 November 2019 | Markets and Economy
Global economy: Trade tensions and broader uncertainty drag on demand and supply
The continued slowdown in global growth foreseen a year ago has been accentuated during 2019 by a deterioration in the global industrial cycle. A broad escalation of policy uncertainty, especially tensions between the US and China, has largely driven this downturn through postponed investments and declines in production.
In the year ahead, we don't foresee a significant reversal of the trade tensions that have occurred so far. And with continued geopolitical uncertainty and unpredictable policymaking becoming the new normal, we expect that these influences will weigh negatively on demand in 2020 and on supply in the long run. A continuing contraction of world trade relative to GDP and a persistent state of high uncertainty both tend to undermine potential output. This happens because investment tends to be restricted and the adoption of technologies and ideas that stimulate growth in productivity is hampered. As such, we expect growth to remain subdued for much of the next year.
We see US growth falling below trend to around 1% in 2020, with the US likely to avoid a technical recession, typically described as two successive quarters of economic contraction. China, too, has seen its growth fall short of its 6% target rate this year and will likely slow to a below-trend pace of 5.8% in 2020. The euro area economy has continued to slow because of the downturn in industrial trade, on which the economy is heavily dependent, and some drag from Brexit-related uncertainty. Growth in the euro area is likely to stay weak at around 1%. Growth in emerging markets has turned down more sharply in Asia than in Latin America and parts of Europe as world trade slows. This divergence is likely to persist in 2020, with growth in emerging markets in Asia continuing to decelerate, while growth in emerging markets in Latin America and Europe modestly strengthens relative to 2019.
Global inflation: Inflation credibility remains elusive for central banks
Recent years have been characterised by a continuing failure of major central banks to achieve their inflation targets. This can partly be explained by a combination of persistent structural factors—including technology advancement and globalisation—pushing down some prices, and by a seeming failure of product and labour markets to respond to falling unemployment and rising capacity constraints.
As these secular forces endure and output gaps widen in the current downturn, inflation will likely remain soft. We expect inflation to barely reach 2% in the US, with the Federal Reserve's core inflation gauge staying below its 2% policy target. Similarly, inflation will likely undershoot central banks' targets in the euro area and Japan.
Policy credibility is a critical determinant of inflation. For years the inflation expectations held by consumers and financial markets have consistently fallen short of most policy targets, implying increasing doubts about the effectiveness of monetary policy for a variety of reasons, some technical, others political. These low inflation expectations support our outlook for subdued inflation trends.
Monetary policy: The pivot to looser policy continues
In 2019, global central banks changed course quickly, reversing from actual and expected policy tightening to additional policy stimulus in the face of the deteriorating growth outlook and consistent inflation shortfalls.
With the US Federal Reserve (Fed) having cut rates by 75 basis points so far in 2019, we expect it to further reduce the federal funds rate by 25 to 50 basis points before the end of 2020. The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its policy rate further into negative territory, by 10 basis points, to –0.5%. In 2020 we expect the ECB to leave policy broadly unchanged. Risks are skewed toward further easing in the form of additional rate cuts and potentially an expansion of the ECB's quantitative-easing program.
Despite doubts relating to the effectiveness of further monetary policy stimulus, we do not expect that fiscal policy measures will be forthcoming at sufficient scale to materially boost activity. China is no longer actively encouraging deleveraging and will probably step up both monetary and fiscal stimulus amid growing headwinds. These efforts would be calibrated to engineer a soft landing rather than a sharp rebound in growth, given policymakers' financial stability concerns.
Increasing downside risks to growth and subdued inflation may prompt the Bank of Japan to fine tune its policy framework, but any action will likely be modest, with offsetting measures to cushion the negative impact on financial institutions. Emerging market countries are likely to loosen monetary policy along with the Fed.
Global investment outlook: Subdued returns are here to stay
As global growth slows further in 2020, investors should expect periodic bouts of volatility in the financial markets, given heightened policy uncertainties, the risks of an economic slowdown, and stretched valuations. Our near-term outlook for global equity markets remains guarded, and the chance of a large drawdown for equities and other high-beta assets remains elevated and significantly higher than it would be in a normal market environment. High-quality fixed income assets, whose expected returns are positive only in nominal terms, remain a key diversifier in a portfolio.
Returns over the next decade are anticipated to be modest at best. The fixed income return outlook has fallen further because of declining policy rates, lower yields across maturities, and compressed corporate spreads. The outlook for equities has improved slightly from our forecast last year, thanks to mildly more favorable valuations, as earnings growth has outpaced market price returns since early 2018. Annualised returns for euro area and global ex-euro area fixed income are both likely to be in the 0–1.0% range, which is slightly lower than the range expected this time last year. For the euro area equity market, the annualised projected return over the next ten years is in the 4.5%-6.5% range. Expected returns in global ex-euro area equity markets are lower, around 2.5% to 4.5% for euro-denominated investors.
Over the medium term, we expect that central banks will eventually resume the normalisation of monetary policy, thereby lifting policy rates from the depressed levels seen today. This will lead to more attractive valuations for financial assets. Nonetheless, the return outlook is likely to remain much lower than in previous decades and the post-crisis years, when global equities have risen over 10% a year, on average, since the trough of the market downturn. Given our outlook for lower global economic growth and subdued inflation expectations, policy rates and asset returns are likely to remain lower for longer compared with historical levels.
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Every once in a while, we have all experienced something that has felt extraordinary and surreal. Most often, these moments occur unexpectedly and yet, seem so fitting. Like omens or signs that inform us of the good and beauty in our lives and inspire us to do better. A spectacular sunset at the end of a long, hard day, a rainbow following a storm, the first time your baby's fingers curl around your own. This past Saturday, I was graced with just such a serendipitous event.
There we were, a small group, enjoying the good weather in a friend's beautiful garden. Over cocktails and small bites, summer trips and other doings were shared. Amidst much laughter and a general sense of well-being, we were in a blissful state of mind. This moment was as good as it gets. And then, the moment got exalted. A hummingbird chose to join us.
It flitted mostly between two pots of pink petunias situated quite close to where we were seated. Apparently unconcerned by our proximity, it permitted us to observe up close. I was in awe of how intimately I could watch it. Normally so quick to move and with fast beating wings blurring one's vision, hummingbirds, have in the past, proved rather elusive. This was magical.
Not quite able to believe my good fortune, I went crazy with my camera. And still had time to simply watch and admire. That dainty, jewel toned bird hung around for very long. It then surprised us even further as it alighted on one particular member of our group. Twice. Whether it was because her pink pants or white shirt looked like the nearby petunias, who is to know. It still seemed as though she had been specifically anointed.
A little research later on explained that hummingbirds are not afraid of humans and. But I cannot think that what I'd been witness to was so ordinary. For a while there, we forgot ourselves and marveled at one of nature's ethereal wonders. Our universal delight connected us together even further. Suddenly, we opened up more and got to discussing more personal philosophies. Each of us felt the value of the experience and were a bit transformed for the better. I was reminded once again that I'm divinely privileged to share this Earth with so many wondrous species. We are constantly surrounded by beauty but every now and then, Nature nudges us to truly pay attention. Life is fleeting, be present.
In my research, I came across this: Hummingbirds symbolize great courage, determination, flexibility and adaptability.
Those who have the hummingbird as a totem are invited to enjoy the sweetness of life, lift up negativity wherever it creeps in and express love more fully in their daily endeavors.
I have no idea what my totems are but, I'm perfectly willing to take up the above invitation. Only good can come of doing so.
It is my hope that in sharing the images below, the same good feelings and intentions are passed on to you:
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The oldest remnants of human life in the Pelagonia valley date back to the Neolithic period, with the oldest representative of the Velushina-Porod culture dating back to the late Neolithic.
The numerous material discoveries from the archaeological sites (Velushina, Porodin, Beranci) show cultural layers of the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Age periods, while findings from the ancient city Heraclea Lyncestis (erected by Philip II in 349 BC), create a continuity of life to the Macedonian-Hellenistic and Roman periods.
After a millennium of existence, in the 6th century A.D. the life in the ancient Macedonian city of Heraclea ceased. It was the time of mass settlement of the Slavic tribes on the Macedonian territory.
In the immediate vicinity of Heraclea settled the Macedonian-Slavic tribe "Berziti", or "Brsjacs", who began to create a new Slavic settlement, which the foreigners variously called, such as: Butela, Butelion while the local Slavic population named it Bitolj (Битољ), which later was transformed into today's modern name – Bitola.
During the reign of Tsar Samuil (Цар Самуил), his son Gavril Radomir and nephew Jovan Vladislav, there was a royal residence in Bitola. In a military campaign, the Byzantine emperor Basil II ordered that it would be set on fire, but the city was not taken.
Bitola, like other medieval towns, had its fortress to protect the population from military attacks. The fort was severely damaged. In 1015 the Emperor Gavril Radomir was assassinated by his cousin Emperor Jovan Vladislav, who was proclaimed emperor and in 1015/16 ordered the rebuilding of the city's fortress.
On this occasion, a prominent marble slab with a Slavic text was placed at the entrance of the fortress, where the city with its Slavic name was mentioned for the first time. It says that he erected a town here called Obitel, which means a monastery or family of monks. This plaque was found in Solak – Singur Caus Mosque, and today is exibited in the Bitola Museum.
After the brief reign of Emperor Jovan Vladislav, Bitola and the whole empire fell under Byzantine rule. In 1019 Bitola is mentioned as the seat of a bishop who was under the church administration of the Ohrid bishopric mentioned in the work of Jovan Skilica "The Brief History" and the famous "Gramota" of Emperor Basil II, where Bitola is represented as an important Slavic city.
In the 12th century, William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis) as part of the First Crusade, mentions Bitola as a large and beautiful city. In the middle of the 13th century, the Arab traveler Idrizi gives similar information in his work "Geography", writing that Bitola is an important and beautiful city with a beautiful location.
Theophylact of Ohrid (Теофилакт Охридски) during the first half of the 14th century, described Bitola as a developed settlement with a feudal system, and developed trade with the cities Dubrovnik, Venice, Thessaloniki and Constantinople.
In the Middle Ages, Bitola also served as a Christian center for the Pelagonija region and beyond.
With the Turkish Ottoman invasion of the Balkan Peninsula, Bitola fell under Ottoman rule in 1382/3.
A 17th century Turkish chronicler noted in his work "Amazing Events":
"… while the Prilep Fortress was conquered peacefully, the one in Bitola was conquered by force …"
During the conquest of the city of Bitola the Turks met with great resistance by the local population, but after several days the city was conquered by the army led by Timurtash Bey.
After the occupation of the city, the Bitola Fortress was destroyed to the ground. With a special decree from the Sultan Murat I the city was handed over to the management of Evronos Bey. In this period, Turkish documents mention Bitola under the names of Manastir (Monastery), Toli Manastir, Toli, Manastir and Monastir.
Due to its important geographical position, Bitola has become an important military-political and administrative-cultural center in this part of the Balkans.
In the period that followed the city was experiencing major ethnic changes, the Turkish population became the predominant population for which religious institutions were built – mosques, religious schools (medreses), bezistens, tekkes, inns, hammams, sarai (lavish houses). etc.


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Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Finance Ministry parliamentary-secretary Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said that
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The Bill also required employers to contribute 6% of salaries for workers aged
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Dr Hilmi said the EPF provided loans totalling RM75.6bil to several organisations
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National Higher Education Fund Corporation (RM12.5bil), Khazanah Nasional Bhd
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On EPF investments from 2001 to 2006, Dr Hilmi said the fund invested almost
RM286bil in government securities, loans and bonds, equities, financial market
instruments and properties, which provided returns of RM13.2bil in the same
period.

He said EPF also had RM1.26bil in foreign-based equities.

Dr Hilmi said the EPF had RM119mil of unclaimed monies belonging to 46,235
contributors in its inventory so far.

The next-of-kin of a deceased contributor would be given six months to collect
the RM2,500 death payment while a 12-month timeframe is given for those who
had lost their jobs due to disabilities to collect RM5,000 in disability payment.

When met at the Parliament lobby, Dr Hilmi clarified that the Government had
made it compulsory for employers to contribute 6% for those aged 55 and above
to encourage them to hire more retirees with experience.

"If the status quo remains at 12%, employers will only want to hire younger
people.

"That's why we want to be fair to employers and don't want them to
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Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, has confirmed that Resident Evil 7 will be part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program. That is, on the digital purchase of the game on Xbox One you will also receive a copy for Windows 10 PC on Windows Store, and vice versa. In addition, as it was confirmed in the past, both versions will be able to share save files.
A little while ago Phil Spencer has confirmed via his official Twitter account that Resident Evil 7: Biohazard will support the Xbox Play Anywhere program. This means that the title will support cross-buy and cross-save between Xbox One and PC, so you can play it on both platforms buying it only once.
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The Logan Tabernacle is a unique building in Cache Valley; it is a tourist magnet, a community gathering place and a place of Sunday Worship.
When people come down Main St. for the first time, the historic tabernacle stands out. The building was built by early pioneers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and completed in 1891. It took 27 years of hard unpaid labor using all local materials to complete the structure.
The tabernacle is generally open for visitors during the day and staffed by volunteer tour guides. This year the guides are from the Providence area. The guides greet people as they enter, and offer tours of the building, including information on its history.
"We are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day," said Vern Osmond, the tour guide coordinator. "We were open 26 days in June and had close to 800 visitors from all over the world."
Osmond's records show they had visitors from Russia, Holland, China, Finland, Austria, India, France and England during their first month.
"It was built and dedicated for a community gathering place," Osmond said. "That's why we can hold things like Summerfest, community concerts, and Christmas and Easter programs here."
Osmond's visitor numbers don't include the visitors that attend the Noon Concert series, held Monday through Friday, which generally attracts about 200 visitors per day.
"The Noon Concerts are really a highlight for many of the Arizona crowd that spend their summers in university housing," Osmond explained. "There are also generally over 200 genealogist who come daily and use the Family History Center, in the basement of the building."
Many visitors are interested in the organ, with its 2,850 pipes that fill the east wall of the building. It is the fifth largest organ in the state behind, the Tabernacle at Temple Square with 11,623 pipes, the conference center organ with 7,708 pipes, Cathedral of the Madeline organ (4,066 pipes) and the Ogden Tabernacle (approximately 3,000 pipes and 60 ranks).
"I like to talk to folks about the organ," said Daniel Starks the building caretaker. "We are so blessed to have the grand organ we have, it's a classic."
The Opus 620 pipe organ was originally installed in 1908 and last upgraded in 2009.
Starks will sometimes play the organ when given the opportunity.
"We are so blessed to have this building in our Valley," Starks said. "It is a multifaceted building."
He mentioned that there is a committee of community members, not all of the Latter-day Saint faith, who decide what programs they will have.
"The Tabernacle is a registered historic building, so they can't make any major changes to the building without authorization," he said. "The Christmas holiday season is especially nice, it brings a lot of children. The tabernacle is widely used that that time of year."
Paul Phillips, who does maintenance for the building, said before the Family History Center dominated the basement area, it was a community area for dances and other gatherings.
In 1885, the building was used for the semi-annual General Conference of the Church. The building was a gathering place for the Cache Stake, which at one time stretched from Calgary Canada to the north and Salt Lake to the south.
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I would have thought that the Singing Sheep would be in Wallace's Private Zoo.
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Loving the appreciation for Matt Berry! Here are my as usual very random gatherings.
Fred Emney – If I Should Cry Over You:
Donald and Daisy Duck - Bug-A-Boo:
Pinky & Perky With Sid Hadden & His Orchestra – Consider Yourself / I Wanna Be Like You:
Goofy - You Can Always Be Number 1:
Ian Wallace With Donald Swann – The Wallace Collection:
Ian Wallace With Donald Swann – Wallace's Private Zoo:
The Singing Sheep – Baa-Baa Black Sheep:
Various footbally things, The Scottish World Cup Squad – We Have A Dream:
Ben Gunn- Viva Scotland!:
Manchester United - Glory, Glory, Man United:
Liverpool FC – Liverpool (We're Never Gonna Stop):
And a brand new one from my own dear West Ham, Cockney Rejects – Goodbye Upton Park:
Signed and on claret vinyl!
From Geordieland thanks to the kind mr sayers, on his debut Rolling Stones collaboration, Jimmy Tarbuck - Someday:
Alan Randall – Great Comedy War Songs:
Alan Randall - Chinese Takeaway Blues:
Derek Jameson - Do They Mean Us?:
Joe & Vicki Brown – All Things Bright And Beautiful:
Hot Gossip – Space Invaders:
Freddie Starr – Spirit Of Elvis:
Robbie Coltrane – New Orleans:
Star Turn On 45 Pints – Pump Up The Bitter:
Paul Daniels - Magic Show:
The Smurfs – The Joking Smurf:
And a few soapy bits, Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do:
Kylie Minogue – Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi:
Bill Tarmey – One Voice:
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Having a bit of a break from obsessing over chazza crates but will hoover up the odd new release or long time wants over the internet. Here's a few from discogs, ebay etc over the last few weeks. :
Hoovering up Matt Berry cos well he's pretty good. I really like his Tubular Bellsesque 'Music for Insomniacs' (Rinsed it a bit probably influeneced this I did tonight: ( https://soundcloud.com/tmbf/bellwych...cial-tarantula) . Got 'Kill the Wolf' from Acid Jazz on ebay made an offer of a tenner accepted and it promptly went back up, so if you want a copy cheap and brand new...
Discogs seller with good taste selling of his collection buy 2 get 1 free, why not, Doug Carn is the 90's reissue in fact they all are, reissues that is. :
Had the easy rider ost when I was 14 and used to laugh my guts up at the 'Electric Prunes' track, dunno why I'm sure I'll kind of like it now.Last edited by amidar; 02-07-2016, 12:29 AM. Reason: reissue no plural and update.
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Alongside finding the James Last 'Silver Machine' album in the YMCA and the classical finds I posted I waded through what seemed like thousands of records on two sets of shelving units only to find the following. A Couple of S2S by good old Wout, not uncommon and probably destined for the bad STS box in the garage but happy to find them Mint for 99p a pop:
A cash in albeit official Hendrix comp from 1983 in Excellent condition:
I'm never going to buy a Dave Pope album again,3 this year I think even this one from 1974 is horrid:
I should have bought the signed Joe Loss album I saw but I'd lost all heart by then and it didn't look a good vintage.Last edited by amidar; 01-07-2016, 12:05 AM. Reason: James Last
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Various 7" singles I have picked up in charity shops and the odd indoor car boot
when it has been raining, which unfortunately has been quite often round here
Released to promote the 1982 World Cup and it is as rubbish you know the team were/are,
as anyone knows, you don't win football hits sung by kids.
In the same box were these 3 x Oxford United FC singles, each one released to celebrate a move up a division.
Other odds and ends which I think I must have paid 50p each for, otherwise no-one else would.
Concorde vs. Spitfires
This has a good previously unreleased track called Jimi Hendrix's Strat on the flip
One of Gene Vincent's last singles, released a few years after he died.
Classic theme to the original TV show
I thought this might be good but I didn't like it as much as her tune Pillow Talk it just isn't all that sexy really.
Odd BBC records I don't already have are always of interest (to me)
I do have a copy of this record by 80's TV fitness queen Diana Moran aka The Green Goddess but now I have a signed one,
albiet dedicated to someone called Debbie
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A brace of random lunchtime pulls.
Firstly, one of those, what's this doing in here moments. I already have the EP that is taken from this LP which happily includes the Seeds cover but the rest of the EP is pretty good too so I have my fingers crossed that Wanderlea manages to keep the standard up across the whole LP.
Also came across this Sandy which I've never seen before (and I thought I'd seen them all). He has a stab at the 'Blues Theme' amongst other potentially groovy titles. Fingers crossed again!
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Originally posted by amidar View PostLooks in lovely condition as well with the booklet and all. I take it there is no sleeve?
Love finding things like that, I think a lot of us do.
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Originally posted by candiman View PostDecided to take a trip to a local charity shop on Friday in an attempt to cheer myself up after that result. Lo and behold it had some new stock. I ended up with quite a stack. Nothing to write home about on the musical front, and there are a fair few comedy records in this bundle – spookily from an era before we entered the Common Market and presumably when, a Brexiter will tell you, we were still Great. (enough of that but I had to laugh at finding Fool Britannia).
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Main Ingredient - Euphrates river, cant go wrong for £2, probably upgrade to a better copy at some point down the road though.
The April orchestra isn't really my cuppa, gonna be going into the trades probably.
Outrageous OST is pretty good, some nice disco funk and sampley bits, made a couple of beats using this one already.
Been after studies in drama for god knows how long, killer strings on this and some awesome car chase jazz on it too.
Three dog night is meh, some ok tracks. Just sounds like a Blood Sweat & Tears rip off to me.
Another Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson LP, not as good as bridges, also going into the trades section.
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning LP has some lovely music, folk/prog/psychey niceness and there's also an Alchemist sample on it, NZ press too.
And one of the VV staples, a Quadraphonic pressing of The Mystic Moods - Awakening which is also going into the trades probably.
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Looks in lovely condition as well with the booklet and all. I take it there is no sleeve?
Love finding things like that, I think a lot of us do.
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Mixed bag from the charities and boot over t'weekend. Here records here.
Late 70's afro disco from Them Mushrooms, Ray Charles in fine form on UK 45 and Frankie Howerd in not so fine form, ooof.
Sticky 12" is decent garage dancehall bizness, Arik Einstein was a punt, fairly MOR soft rock. And can't go wrong with a couple of Ronson tunes on a 10".
Not listened to the Saka Acquaye yet, but looks interesting, 1959 Elektra LP with a great cover. The Tsisperi Trio lp was previously owned by someone in Anchorage, Alaska but has somehow managed to make it's way to a charity shop on the UK's south coast, and is a pleasant listen. Not seen this James Last Hair sleeve before, NICE. The Lightbearers bring a few mildly funky moves to their gospel sounds, and Jebadiah promised much but is pretty fucking awful disco rock workouts. Should have known from the involvement of Michael Zager. Finally, v pleased to find the excellent first 45 from Mayor Hawthorne & The County in all it's heart shaped picture disc loveliness at the boot, great record.
Oh yeah, and a John Hassell Recordings lp of an end of term school production. Atmospheric, gets a bit Tyneham House at points.
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Proper OOffff from me Brainbomb, well done sir!
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More time on my hands these days. Less money. It's back to the hard work, often coming home empty handed, occassionally strucking gold. Such was the day today.
Stanley Cowell on Strata-East. Extremely good condition on vinyl and nothing wrong with sleeve. Would describe it as about 1/3 spiritual soul-jazz, 1/3 afro-groove and 1/3 avantgarde/experimental jazz. Excellent. And
Best find of 2016 so far, and I doubt I'll be lucky enough for it not to still be it when the year's over. I'm well happy.
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a topical tune I picked up yesterday at the boots : Wimbledon Fortnight Again download
it's better than the A side - released in 1985 when Oxford Utd were promoted to the old 1st division
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India's biometric ID plan must protect privacy - court
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- Biometric IDs mandatory only for drawing welfare benefits
- Breach of personal data breach must have judicial oversight
- Data used for authentication to be deleted and isolated from Internet
Called Aadhaar (or foundation), the scheme envisages capturing iris images and fingerprints of India's 1.3 billion people and assigning each citizen a unique 12-digit number. As the world's biggest biometric identification exercise it has received wide attention, especially from countries wishing to emulate the plan but concerned at the possible pitfalls.
Launched in 2009, Aadhaar ran into stiff resistance from civil society groups when the ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that won elections in 2014, sought to make it business-friendly and made enrolment mandatory for a range of activities. Civil society groups reacted by moving court to have the scheme scrapped altogether.
"What we are emphasising is that the remedy is to plug the loopholes rather than axe a project, aimed for the welfare of a large section of the society"
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"What we are emphasising is that the remedy is to plug the loopholes rather than axe a project, aimed for the welfare of a large section of the society," said Justice A.K. Sikri, member of the five-man bench of the court, noting that scrapping the scheme would hurt the interests of the originally intended beneficiaries.
The court did, however, take note of security and privacy concerns expressed by civil society litigants and refused to allow the government to extend the 'Aadhaar' scheme for such activities as opening a bank account, subscribing to mobile phone services and enrolment in schools and educational institutions.
Significantly, the court struck down as unconstitutional provisions that allowed private corporations to use Aadhaar as a means of authentication for contracts with individuals on the grounds that this could open the way for commercial exploitation of private data.
As for fears expressed by petitioners that the Aadhaar identification system would turn the country into a police state, the court ruled that only high-ranking government officials could authorise a breach of personal data and only in the presence of a sitting judge.
The court has ordered redressal to anyone who suffers data or identity theft due to lapses on the part of the Unique Identification Authority of India, the entity tasked with managing the programme.
Collecting biometric data is now restricted to iris image and fingerprints and all data is to be maintained in separate silos with any merger of data to produce a profile of an individual prohibited. Data used for authentication cannot be stored beyond six months on any archive and isolation from Internet access has to be enforced.
The bench did have a dissenting voice in Justice D.Y. Chandrachud who said the potential for surveillance and mass-profiling continues to exist as also the possibility of leakages from the database. "Data must all the time vest with the individual," he said in a separate ruling.
"This ruling takes care of citizens' rights and it ensures we don't have a surveillance state in place — it ensures that our privacy is not intruded into, and at the same time, it protects the rights of the marginalised," says Kapil Sibal, prominent lawyer and senior member of the Congress party which introduced the scheme but lost power in elections held in 2014.
"We challenged Aadhaar because it went beyond the public distribution system, beyond protecting the marginalised, and tried to create a surveillance state," Sibal said.
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A key objective of the Aadhaar scheme is to prevent leakage from India's mammoth US$24 billion annual 'food-for-work' scheme, introduced in 2004 as the world's largest welfare programme.
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WinAutomation records mouse clicks and keystrokes for replaying and executing the exact steps in exact sequence later. WinAutomation also supports advanced high-level actions or steps, which users can define each step in the tasks using graphical interface. Once an automated task is created, WinAutomation will automate and execute your tasks whenever is needed. The app can greatly increase productivity, save time, eliminate errors, and automate repetitive jobs.
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My little girl believes in Santa Claus.
All year through, she tries to be a good girl:
Just so she does not miss on the gifts
Santa showers on her at Christmas.
Why, He even decorates her Christmas tree!
She does not mind at all
that he uses her tinkling Diwali lights.
Rather, she lauds his resourcefulness.
¨Cool, is he not? Hanging those lights on the tree!¨
And those Happy Diwali fireworks.
Well… they are always Diwali fireworks for her
even if they´re celebrating Halloween.
(Yeah, she loves Halloween), and the night sky
and wonders why the moon follows her everywhere.
¨Because he is my friend¨, she concludes.
She does not know that the crescent moon
belongs to Eid, the full moon to Poornima;
and in between, to many faiths and Gods.
She believes in prayer – Krishna her favorite God.
So when I take her to Church one day,
she takes one look at Baby Jesus
and starts to sing her little Krishna lullaby.
A tad worried, lest someone hears,
I shushh her, ¨this is Jesus, not Krishna¨.
¨But Ma!, YOU said God is one!¨ she protests.
Faltering, fumbling for words, I explain
the many religions, the many Gods.
¨So who is the real God?¨ She asks,
processing all the information
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Words fail me before I even try,
for I am but a woman of limited Intellect.
Therefore I entreat: will the Real God
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In a recent opinion piece, Katharina von Knobloch, an Expat Partner Coach supporting women in transition around the world, shared her insights on the career dilemma that many relocating spouses face and how the digital nomad approach can help.
She states: "Several surveys indicate that approximately 20% of expat partners are able to either take their job with them or find a new appropriate position abroad. The rest are focusing on family matters or struggling with aspects such as work permits, social norms, acknowledgment of certification, or simply the bigger barrier of a foreign job market and the absence of a support network."
What is the digital nomad approach exactly and how can it help relocating spouses? Katharina describes it as a "portable career", which groups global mobility, family planning, and career ambitions all under one umbrella. According to increased media coverage, digital nomads have coined this phrase by taking flexible working to the next level, she explains.
Based on her specific career planning research among digital nomads, she found that digital nomads not only created a unique form of remote work but also brought along a very interesting mindset. According to her, digital nomads can be seen to be paving the way for expat partners by pushing the limits of work and promoting a lifestyle of independence. "While the background of the person and work permit restrictions might mean it is not possible to simply copy this approach, it can provide a source of inspiration to relocating spouses. It does not only offer an alternative approach to a well-known problem, but also advocates for a solution-oriented mindset that can help international companies to create better relocation packages."
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In Rajkot (India), lives a man whose sickening demand from his wife led to a night of domestic violence. The accused husband pressurised his wife to make sexual relations with his brother and then viciously beat her up when she refused to oblige.
The 40-year-old woman sustained horrible injuries after the vile man attacked her in an animalistic rage leaving her with a fractured arm after ganging up with his brother.
It was learnt that the accused man is impotent which was the reason for a discontent physical relation between the couple.
However, his disgusting thoughts gave birth to the demand that his wife must be bedded by his brother — something which the woman sternly objected.
The victim told the police that her parents have passed away and it was her second marriage after she divorced her first husband over an abusive relation.
Soon after the second marriage the woman learnt of her husband Brijesh's impotency and peeved for being kept in dark about it, she left to reside with her sister only to return few days later.
That's when her torturous time began. Brijesh gave her the ultimatum that she must comply with his demands else will be thrown out of the house.
The woman told the police when she refused to agree with her husband's demand, he tortured her with whatever he could get a hold of.
The police have registered a case against her brother-in-law and her husband is absconding ever since.
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One of Joe Biden's last official acts as vice president was to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Speaking at the forum on January 18th, Biden warned the democratic world order is at risk of collapse.
His comment was not aimed at the incoming administration of Donald Trump but, rather, at Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he specifically named. Biden accused the Russian strongman of being a destructive force.
Biden said it was time to reinforce the values of Western democracy Putin was undermining. He added, "It's imperative that we act urgently to defend the liberal international order."
Ironically, Biden sought to place the risk of the world's democracies collapsing all on Putin's shoulders, without sharing credit with the administration he has been serving for eight years. It is not unlike an arsonist helping to set a house on fire and then shouting a warning to others it may burn down.
Eighteenth century Scottish historian Alexander Fraser Tytler made an observation about democracies that is proving true today.
It was Tytler's belief democracies, by their very nature, could last little more than two centuries. While America has passed that mark, it is suffering the fate Tytler claimed would befall all democracies. He cited their fatal sequence as follows:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.
When presidential candidate Barack Obama was campaigning in 2008, he called the debt run up by President George W. Bush of approximately $500 billion "unpatriotic."
One month into his presidency, Obama made a promise about the debt that he then failed to keep. On February 23, 2009, he stated, "…today I'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay – and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control."
White House media director Macon Phillips added, "This is big… And we'll do it in a new way: honestly and candidly."
Obama not only failed to cut the debt, he failed to get his own spending under control. It is estimated by the time he left office, the debt had tripled. Our children are now strapped with a debt they will most likely be unable to repay.
While some may seek to dismiss his spending as the cost of having to fight two wars, another startling reality about his presidency fully supports Tytler's observation: Obama has become the first president in our history to spend more money on welfare than on defense.
While Biden emphasized it was time to reinforce the values of Western democracy which he accused Putin of undermining, he totally ignored the undermining of the American work ethic that unlimited welfare has brought—evidenced by the debt the Obama administration has helped balloon.
As Tytler predicted, voters discovered they could "vote themselves largesse from the public treasury," in this instance by voting for Obama and Biden. Similarly, voters in European democracies have learned to milk state treasuries.
Biden also commented at Davos that, since he is now leaving office, he will start to say what he thinks.
It is ironic politicians like Obama and Biden, who have been doling out benefits for years — in many cases to make the voters their party depends on dependent upon them — should now wish to sound the alarm about the damage to our democracy their own actions have wrought.
Lt. Colonel James G. Zumwalt, USMC (Ret.), is a retired Marine infantry officer who served in the Vietnam war, the U.S. invasion of Panama and the first Gulf war. He is the author of "Bare Feet, Iron Will–Stories from the Other Side of Vietnam's Battlefields," "Living the Juche Lie: North Korea's Kim Dynasty" and "Doomsday: Iran–The Clock is Ticking." He frequently writes on foreign policy and defense issues.


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½ tsp of poultry season/sage
1/2 tsp Himalayan pink salt
1/3 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ cup of unsweetened almond milk (coconut milk)
Pinch of garlic
Pinch of paprika
2 cups of chicken broth
1 apple
1 carrot
1 white onion
1 Butternut Squash
First Peel and dice up your Butternut Squash, Onion, Carrot, and Apple. Put in large slow cooker. Then add your 2 cups of chicken broth and all seasonings on top.
Set your slow cooker to high and leave for 3 hours.
Once your squash and carrots are soft enough to mash up transfer all ingredients to a blender (usually must split it up and do a few cups at a time)
Blend till smooth. Once your soup is blended and smoothed pour into a pot on the stove and add salt, pepper, or any other seasonings to taste.
Top with a pinch of parsley and serve hot!!
That's all!! Super easy DELICIOUS Butternut Squash Soup recipe that'll impress the entire family!


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It's no secret that Americans consume too much sugar. In fact, by 2010 Americans consumed 66 pounds of refined sugar per person. Add to that the consumption of 64.5 pounds of corn-derived sweeteners and 1. 5 pounds of honey and edible syrups; the total annual sweetener consumption per person is 132 pounds (excluding artificial sweeteners…Read More
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Fasting for Health and Healing Fasting refers to complete abstinence from food for a short or long period for a specific purpose. The word is derived from the old English, 'feastan', meaning to fast, observe, be strict. Fasting is nature's oldest, most effective and yet least expensive method of restoring health and is recognized as…Read More
Eight Health Benefits of Raw Honey What is raw honey? Most Americans love their sugar. In fact, many consume double the recommended intake. Plus, the amount of fructose corn syrup in prepared foods is astounding. Not only does sugar foster bad bacteria, it is the number one cause of heart disease. Switching your intake from…Read More
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The Role of E-mail in Micro-segmentation
E-mail Marketing Not Only Makes Delivery More Efficient and Less Expensive, But it Also Make Micro-Segmentation Options Almost Limitless
By Steve Trollinger
Catalogers have long practiced the art of segmentation within the customer housefile as a method of targeting groups of customers for specific offers or varied contact strategies.
The segmentation process is commonplace. Recency, frequency and monetary (RFM) values are used to build a hierarchy of customers for marketing purposes, or a customer file model is used to score buyers on a continuum from best to worst.
Whatever the segmentation practice, buyer groups are analyzed for prospective opportunities. Can the "best" customer segments be mailed more frequently? Do you have a segment of buyers who you should be encouraging to spend more? Could your "older" buyers be reactivated with a special offer?
Answering these questions to exploit the opportunities with a print catalog generally means special creative, and special creative generally means increased costs. For many catalogers, though, the size of the housefile can be a hindrance to taking advantage of opportunities like those listed above. If a cataloger's housefile has only 200,000 records, for instance, it may be difficult to build reliable segments using RFM information.
For example, if the cataloger in this case wanted to segment its 200,000-record housefile into one-time, two-time and three-time-plus frequency, looking at five levels of monetary and four levels of recency within each category, it would have 60 unique cells in its house list inventory. On average, each cell then would have 3,333 customers. Of course, this is a simple example, but the point still can be made—it would be difficult to justify additional spending on creative to address an opportunity in a group of 3,000 customers.
Even if five groups could be combined for a common message, the incremental cost of addressing the opportunity might never be recovered through the targeted message or offer.


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Before traveling to Bratislava we researched sites to see while we were there. One of the sites we most wanted to see was the Devin Castle remains. Jon and I love architecture, but to see remains of something that was once a beautifully orchestrated castle, is just remarkable. We couldn't have picked a better landmark to visit.
We planned on visiting Hungary yesterday as well, but were completely taken aback by how pretty Bratislava actually was. We were told there wasn't much to see, but both Jon and I enjoyed this town immensely. I am so glad we took the time to actually venture into the city and see the downtown area. It was such a treat and I think we captured some really great photographs of our adventure to Slovakia.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!


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The holiday season is around the corner. Before you become too busy with decorating, cooking and attending holiday parties, consider your heightened fire risk. Your heating system will most likely be on full blast for the next few months. That alone can cause a disaster. When you throw in flammable decorations, strings of electric lights and large amounts of cooking, the fire hazards are endless. However, there are ways to reduce your risk of experiencing fire and smoke damage. Consider implementing the following safety precautions into your daily routine this holiday season.
Light Strands
- Don't connect too many strands together. Always read the label and don't exceed the recommended amount. According to the NFPA, electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in 43% of home Christmas tree fires.
- Only use lights that have been tested for safety by a reputable lab. Some lights or other electrical decorations do not meet safety standards and should be avoided.
- Inspect lights before use and replace if cord is frayed or bulbs are broken.
- Unplug light strands before going to sleep or leaving your home.
- Make sure outlets aren't overloaded. Don't plug extension cords into each other.
- Don't force cords into small spaces or allow them to be pinched by furniture or staples.
- If you hang lights on a real tree, make sure the tree stays hydrated. If the tree dries out, dispose of it immediately.
Heat Source
- Make sure holiday decorations and Christmas trees are 3 feet from any type of heat source including heaters, fireplaces and space heaters.
- Turn off space heaters when you leave the room. They can easily fall or come into contact with flammable items and catch fire quickly.
- Keep candles away from decorations and other flammable items. According to the NFPA, more than 1/3 of home decoration fires are started by candles.
- Use battery operated candles to lower your risk of a home fire this winter.
- Before you start using your fireplace, schedule a professional chimney sweep. Creosote buildup has the potential to create a deadly home fire.
- Use caution while cooking family favorites this holiday season. According to the NFPA, Peak days for home cooking fires are Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Christmas Eve.
- According to the NFPA, Cooking equipment is involved in 20% of home decoration fires. Avoid hanging decorations around cooking appliances.
- Never leave stovetop unattended.
- Clean oven and stove top before use. Leftover food and grease can catch on fire.
- Double check that appliances are turned off after use.
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