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Prophecy Coal Appoints Chief Financial Officer
Vancouver, B.C., November 5, 2012: Prophecy Coal Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX: PCY, OTC-QX: PRPCF, Frankfurt: 1P2) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Mason as Chief Financial Officer.
Jeffrey Mason is a Chartered Accountant with over twenty years' experience in financial reporting and has worked with various medium and large publicly-traded mining companies in the area of accounting, corporate finance and regulatory reporting.
Mr. Mason spent fifteen years with Hunter Dickinson Inc. (HDI), as Corporate Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Director for numerous public mining companies. As CFO of Taseko Mines Limited during this time, he was instrumental in the acquisition, reactivation and financing of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine in British Columbia, as well as its expansion from dormant into the second largest open pit copper mine in Canada. He brings a broad scope of both domestic and international mining experience, including negotiating the purchase of the Xietongmen open pit Copper-Gold Project on behalf of Continental Minerals Corporation and setting up a Joint Venture arrangement with Jinchuan Mining Group, before the eventual outright purchase of Continental by Jinchuan for C$432 million. Mr. Mason also was the CFO for Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. which in July 2007, established a 50:50 partnership with Anglo American plc to engineer, permit, construct and operate a modern, long-life mine at Pebble. Under the terms of the agreement, Anglo is required to invest US$1.425 — $1.5 billion in project costs to retain its 50% interest. To the end of 2011, the Pebble Partnership and its owners had invested over US$500 million on the Pebble Project.
Mr. Mason's duties at HDI further included public and private company financial reporting, arrangement of mergers & acquisitions, contracting joint ventures, earn-in and other mineral project agreements and corporate reorganizations. He also led human resources through the major expansion of the HDI workforce including hiring, contracting, wage setting, option granting, and administration.
Prior to HDI, Mr. Mason was with Homestake Mining Group for six years, as Controller responsible for financial reporting and operational accounting for the Golden Bear gold mine construction and operations, and the Eskay Creek Gold/Silver mine construction.
Formerly an Independent Business Advisor, Mr. Mason remains an active Director of a number of publicly-traded mining and exploration companies, including as a member of Audit and Compensation Committees.
Mr. Mason holds a B.Com. from the University of British Columbia (1980) and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation from the British Colombian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1982), while at the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. He received a Director (ICD.D) designation in 2008, from the Institute of Corporate Directors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
The Company appoints Samir Devendra Patel as Corporate Secretary. Samir Devendra Patel has extensive legal experience in the area of securities and corporate law, particularly in relation to M&A transactions, continuous disclosure requirements, and equity and debt financings.
Prior to joining Prophecy, Mr. Patel was with the Securities & Capital Markets Group in the Vancouver office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, a leading, full-service, national law firm. His practice involved advising clients in a variety of sectors with respect to securities, corporate and commercial law matters, including public company financing transactions, mergers & acquisitions and restructuring transactions.
Mr. Patel graduated from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 2005, and completed his National Accreditation requirements at the University of Victoria in 2008. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2009.
Prophecy also announces the departure of Mr. Joseph Li from the Board of Directors and as the Company's corporate secretary. Joseph played a significant role in helping Prophecy get to where it is today. The Company appreciates Joseph's contributions and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.
About Prophecy Coal
Prophecy Coal Corp. is a Canadian listed company engaged in developing energy projects in Mongolia. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Prophecy Power Generation LLC, is advancing plans for a proposed 600 MW mine-mouth power plant. The project, which has been permitted by the Mongolian government, is adjacent to the Company's Chandgana coal deposit. Chandgana Coal LLC, another Prophecy wholly-owned Mongolian subsidiary, is expected to supply 3.5 million tonnes of coal per year to Prophecy Power for 30 years. Substantially all of the Company's resources are not mineral reserves, hence they do not have demonstrated economic viability. The Company cautions the Chandgana project is in Mongolia and requires substantial capital to develop.
Further information on Prophecy Coal can be found at www.prophecycoal.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Prophecy Coal Corp.
John Lee
For more information about Prophecy, please contact:
Chris Ackerman
Manager, Investor Relations
[email protected]
*Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward Looking Statements: This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, statements potential mineralization, the estimation of mineral resources, the realization of mineral resource estimates, interpretation of prior exploration and potential exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, the timing and results of future resource estimates, permitting time lines, metal prices and currency exchange rates, availability of capital, government regulation of exploration operations, environmental risks, reclamation, title, and future plans and objectives of the company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. . Although Prophecy believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include failure to obtain necessary approvals in respect of the Transaction, unsuccessful exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, results of future resource estimates, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, risks associated with operating in foreign jurisdictions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns, delays in receiving government approvals, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy same, and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the companies with securities regulators. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral exploration and development of mines is an inherently risky business. Accordingly the actual events may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Prophecy and the risks and challenges of their businesses, investors should review their annual filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
"Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("the U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.


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This 90-minute tour offers guests an opportunity to experience more of the story of Keeneland, which is world famous for its Thoroughbred racing and auctions, but also celebrates and preserves rich chapters of Kentucky history.
The tour begins at the Keeneland Welcome Center, where a shuttle will take you to a few locations on the property that are important in Keeneland history:
- Keene Place, a family home built in 1805 that welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825, served as a private home until 2003 and today is a unique meeting and event space.
- Keene family cemetery, where generations of the family including Keeneland namesake John O. "Jack" Keene, are buried.
- The tour continues with a visit to the award-winning Keeneland Library, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2019 as a public research institution and is proud to be one of the world's largest repositories of information related to the Thoroughbred.
- This tour also includes a visit by the stable area, Sales Pavilion, and Administrative Offices.
This in-depth historical tour is offered monthly on select days (except during live racing and sales).
Tickets may be purchased in advance online or at the Keeneland Welcome Center for $35 per person.
Tours will be limited to 14 people, so visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. This tour begins at 1:30 p.m. and lasts for 90 minutes, it takes place rain or shine. For your comfort we ask that you dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes for walking, standing and climbing stairs.
Please check in to the Keeneland Welcome Center located at the top of parking row 7, 20 minutes prior to tour time.

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|"Ponder" no. 3/12. Reduction Woodblock. 30x37 Rose Hirano, 2009.
When our friend Patrick opened up his art gallery a couple of years ago in Kingston, he featured a wonderful artist named Rose Hirano, who concentrates mostly on producing exquisite reduction woodblock prints.
We loved all of the pieces in the exhibit but one spoke to both of us so powerfully that we coveted it immediately. It was called "Ponder" and it resonated with us so profoundly.
Unfortunately, we were unable to purchase the print due to life circumstances, and we just assumed that it was lost to us. But then Patrick moved his gallery to Toronto and featured Hirano in a show in March 2012. By then we had also moved to Toronto and I went into the gallery a few days before the opening and put our names on the print.
It was a surprise purchase, meant to be given to Mark on our anniversary, August 15. Patrick kindly kept the work for us and I somehow managed to keep the secret under wraps for the past 6 months. There were a few others in on the plan, but my big worry was how to get the print into our apartment without Mark knowing.
The saving grace came in the form of a 2 1/2 day recruitment conference that Mark attended August 15-17; the very same conference that we met at 11 years ago! So, with Mark conveniently away for two nights Patrick kindly delivered our new work and I installed in in our living room that night.
Reduction woodcut is a multi-inking process, printing from light to dark values using a single piece of wood. Each image averages 10 to 12 colour layers. Hirano explained at the opening that it is a methodical and very meditative process, and that while there are more than one print in each series (in this case she did a run of 12) each is actually unique as they are done by hand and have their own distinctness. As the woodblock is literally reduced in the process there is no way for it to be re-used and she destroys it afterwards.
So, when Mark came home on Friday afternoon he was treated to a wonderful new surprise addition to our home--a stunning work of art of which we are proud to be its stewards.


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Let's be honest, shall we? — I didn't have a good weekend. There, I said it. The reason why I didn't have a good weekend was because I foolishly promised my manager that I'd get back to her on a few tasks that had been left on the back-burner for a week. I foolishly assumed that I'd get some much-needed peace and quiet over the weekend to clear my backlogged tasks. What made me think I could actually work on weekends, I'm not entirely sure.
By the time I woke up this morning, I realised that I didn't get my desired reading R&R on Saturday and Sunday, and that my brain did not get a chance to shut down and regenerate itself. By the time my alarm rang this morning, it felt as though I was working all through out the week from Monday to Sunday. I'm not sure how other people can do it, but I sure as hell can't and I'm never going to volunteer working on weekends again!
Groggy and grumpy, with slight tummy discomfort, I dragged my feet to the car anyway. I didn't have a solid reason to skip work today, so I decided I'd go in anyway. Thankfully my husband was free to send me to work today so I needn't have to worry about parking woes and timing. We arrived at McDonald's near my workplace and decided to sit down and have some coffee. Usually the smell of freshly roasted Arabica coffee beans would jolt my senses awake. This time, it didn't work. My mind was flat out of order… until I saw a trio of chocolate brownies sitting pretty in their place behind the glass counter. I bet they were plotting on making a journey down my throat and into my stomach! If they could talk, they'd persuade me to buy ALL of them!
No, I only bought one. Oh, but that one slice was just heavenly! Drizzled with chocolate sauce and fresh out of the oven, it was steaming hot and melted in mouth! Perfect start to my morning. Hence, the cure to my Monday blues is a small, hot latte and a slice of chocolate brownie. Ah, paradise!


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CENTENNIAL — The man who sat down in front of Corbin Dates was alone and in the worst seat in the movie theater — front row, on the far right edge of the screen.
He had dyed hair — "a deeper carrot orange," Dates described it Tuesday. The man appeared to be waiting.
The last glimpse Dates had of the man was of him standing at the emergency exit door, propping it open with his right foot and holding a cellphone.
"I was speculating what the individual could have been doing by himself," Dates said.
About 20 minutes later, the exit door popped open again, and a person hidden in head-to-toe armor began shooting.
On the 11th day of the Aurora movie theater murder trial, Dates became the first — and perhaps only — witness able to place a person matching James Holmes' description inside the theater where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 70 more on July 20, 2012. At most trials, that would make Dates a star witness, a key link between the act and the accused.
On Tuesday, Dates' testimony lasted about 25 minutes.
Because Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 166 charges, including murder, the star witnesses are yet to come — the psychiatrists who interviewed Holmes and analyzed his mental state.
Prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty, still must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Holmes committed the shootings, but defense attorneys already have told jurors they won't contest anything prosecutors say happened inside the theater. In keeping with that, the defense asked no questions of Dates on Tuesday.
Instead, much of the day was taken up by detailed itemization of evidence recovered inside the theater and at Holmes' apartment, a continuation of the prosecution's strategy to quantify the magnitude of the shooting for jurors as a way of showing the planning that went into it.
There were so many pieces of evidence in the theater that investigators didn't have enough numbered placards to place next to the items. They took to folding business cards in half and writing numbers on them. In photos taken inside the theater, the white cards are so numerous that they look like pieces of popcorn strewn across the floor.
Authorities recovered 76 spent shell casings or shotgun shells inside the theater, and, one by one, Aurora police crime scene investigator Nicholas Carroll described dozens of them for jurors Tuesday. For each, he identified the location of the shell casing in a photo then held up the actual spent round in a plastic evidence bag.
Over and over, the evidence came forward, puzzle pieces that told the story of the shooting.
Item No. 1: A fired shotgun shell.
Item No. 2: "A suspected bone fragment."
Item No. 3: A Remington 870 tactical shotgun.
Some of the items presented Tuesday spoke to near misses inside the theater. Investigators found far more unfired bullets — 234 — in the theater than fired ones.
Carroll also wheeled two bullet-pocked seats in front of jurors then showed them the fabric from a seatback where he found 59 shotgun pellets inside.
There was no sign of blood on the seats.
But some of the items spoke to the tragedy of the night, as well.
Early in the presentation, Carroll showed jurors a Denver Nuggets ballcap. It had a shotgun pellet lodged in the bill. It had a red stain on the fabric.
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If you are lucky enough to own a Cockapoo here are 10 things that you will know to be true.
1 Teddy Bears
They are the cutest puppies and are often mistaken for teddy bears. I'll bet you know a Cockapoo called Teddy
Photo of Wilma from The Cotswold Spaniels
2 Poo Pose
Cockapoos are often found fast asleep laying on their backs; this is known as the Poo Pose. You will recognise this position as it seems impossible to achieve and you will be wondering what has happened to your dog's spine. Don't worry its normal…for a poo!
3 Doodle Dash
The Doodle Dash also known as Zoomies is when your cockapoo will run faster than top speed in a loop for no apparent reason. This usually takes place just when you have just sat down for a quiet five minutes.
4 Clever
Don't be fooled by that cute fluffy face, Cockapoos are clever dogs. The combination of spaniel and poodle, both working dogs makes for a smart dog. Cockapoos are fast learners who benefit from training and brain exercises.
5. Cockapoo First Aid
Your Cockapoo will know when you are poorly or upset and will take this opportunity to lay on you until they have made you better. Cockapoo First Aid is the best!
6 Cuddles
Cuddling is one of the cockapoos favourite activities. Especially if you sit down with a drink in your hand, you will soon find your drink is on the floor and your cuddle monster is on your lap.
7 Velcro Dogs
Known as Velcro Dogs due to their keenness to be with you ALL the time. Even to the bathroom!
8 Moustache
The moustache is one of the finest features of a Cockapoo.
9 Wet Socks
You own a Cockapoo you will have wet socks. When drinking the Cockapoo also makes sure to store water in his or her moustache ready to drop all over the kitchen floor ready for your socks to soak up.
10 Black Cockapoos are hard to photograph
If your Cockapoo is black your phone will be full of photographs of black blobs. If you manage to get a good one you will be sure to show everyone and share it everywhere, and you should. Well done.
How many of these can you relate to? Is there anything I've missed off? You can let me know in the comments and if you know a Cockapoo owner who'd like this please feel free to share on social media.
You might also like to view my collection of Cockapoo products made with fabric exclusive to The Cosy Canine Company. That's right, Lottie loves Cockapoos so much she designed her own Cockapoo fabric!
You can view the Cockapoo Fabric Collection Here: The Cockapoo Collection
I own two Cockapoos, Baxter and Pickle. They are the most loving caring dogs I could wish for. They make me smile every day. I wouldn't be without them and I am pretty sure you wouldn't be without yours either. You can see more photos of Baxter and Pickle on their own Instagram page.
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NASA's Firestation on way to the International Space Station
05 August 2013
An experiment to study the effects of lightning flashes on Earth's atmosphere hitched a ride to the International Space Station on 3 August 2013. The Firestation experiment launched aboard a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's transfer vehicle called Kounotori-4. Firestation will be installed robotically to the outside of the space station, a process that will take about three weeks.
At the end of August, Firestation should be ready to begin observations, watching for lightning on Earth, which regularly appears some 50 times a second around the globe. Firestation will study the link between lightning and mysterious events known as terrestrial gamma ray flashes, or TGFs. TGFs are very brief but intense bursts of gamma rays produced in Earth's atmosphere by the powerful electrical charges over thunderstorms.
Gamma radiation is typically produced only in extreme environments, like nuclear fusion inside the sun or from within distant exploding stars, so this suggests the environment near a lightning flash is much more energetic and complex than previously thought. In addition to being a fascinating and unexpected aspect of our planet, TGFs also may shed light on the processes that trigger lightning in thunderstorms.
Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Learning New Fundamentals Explained
If you would like to change your life or your lifestyle don't attempt to modify the entire thing simultaneously. It's far better to wait until your whole mind and body are totally ready to have the challenge. Little things may get huge. If you consider it, you will be able to anticipate problems at particular times of the day, with specific people or in special scenarios. To guarantee success you have to find out more about the change you're making and plan ahead so that you have the resources available if you need them. You will see the difference. It's important to see the difference between learning and training.
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Initially, look to friends, loved ones, and coworkers for a specialist in the skill you're attempting to learn. Given you will should continually update your technology skills for the remainder of your life, you will need to turn into thoughtful and aware of how you approach learning new software. So set aside time to construct on the skills you've got. You require foreign language skills you don't have and time isn't on your side. To guarantee relevance, you want to concentrate on learning the famous photographer Max Polyakov latest emerging skills. Folks who learn a new skill are less inclined to develop dementia, that has been linked to demyelination of your brain. They learn new skills for a variety of reasons.
Classes are 90 minutes, once weekly, which provides you with a fair period of time to study all of your material. The course demands access to the web and the capacity to complete complex reports in Excel together with Word, and also have the ability to upload assessments and assignments to the Learning Management System. Training on the opposite hand focuses more on the progression of new abilities or skill sets which are used. Extensive practice can even permit a man to do a task whilst thinking about other things or about nothing in any way.


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Samsung invited media to the presentation of a new product to be held in India on May 21, 2018. It was expected that during this presentation smartphones Galaxy A6, A6 +, J4 and J6 will debut. Since Galaxy A6 and A6 + have already seen the light, now, probably, there is an announcement of models Galaxy J4 and J6. However, there were no official reports about which devices will be shown. As reported by Akshay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) of 91mobiles.com, images appeared on the web that is considered official press-releases of the Galaxy J6.
The image shows the full-screen design of an unrepresented smartphone. On the sides of the display, frames are almost invisible. The frames below and above the screen are rather thin. It seems that the self-camera of the device in question will be equipped with a flash, and the fingerprint scanner will be located on the rear panel, below the main camera of the smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy J6 Specs and Price
Earlier on the Web, there were already reports about the likely technical characteristics of the Galaxy J6. Samsung Galaxy J6 will be equipped with a 5.6-inch Super AMOLED HD-display. Most interestingly, the novelty will work out of the box under the operating system Android Oreo.
The Galaxy J6 will be based on the Exynos 7870 chipset. There are versions of the device in various configurations that differ in the amount of RAM (2, 3 or 4 gigabytes) and the capacity of the built-in drive (32 or 64 gigabytes).
On the front panel of the Galaxy, J6 will be located 13-megapixel camera, and the camera-camera device will be 8-megapixel. Each of the cameras of the smartphone in question will be equipped with an LED (flash) flash.
This 4G LTE-enabled smartphone from Samsung is rumored to be equipped with a 3000 mAh battery. It is also expected that the device will support two SIM-cards. It is noted that the most impressive feature of the novelty will be its design, which, as shown in the renderings, corresponds to modern trends.
The estimated price of the Galaxy J6 version with 3 GB RAM will be $210. The expected price of the version of the device with a memory capacity of 4 gigabytes – $240.
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DJ Gareth Emery has no problem selling out shows. Will he have the same success launching an ICO for his new crypto asset?
Demand from cryptocurrency miners for GPU maker Nvidia's products was bigger than anticipated in the fourth quarter of last year.
Hong Kong's securities watchdog has moved up regulatory actions against cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offering organizers.
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the resumption of trading following a systems upgrade.
Bithumb is now accepting new investor registrations after a successful integration of "know-your-customer" procedures.


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MSI PI Jakub Tolar, a professor in the pediatrics department of the UM Medical School, is known for his work aiming to find a cure for the debilitating disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB). In this genetic disease, a person's skin sloughs off at the slightest touch. It is painful, disfiguring, and can be fatal.
The University of Minnesota Foundation's Legacy magazine features a story in the Winter 2017 issue about Zuzia Macheta, a young girl from Poland who traveled with her family to Minneapolis to take part in a clinical trial for an EB treatment at the Masonic Children's Hospital. Professor Tolar is the director of the trial. The article can be found on the Foundation website: Suzia's new skin.
Professor Tolar uses MSI resources to perform RNA-seq analyses as part of studies that will provide information for improved treatments of EB.


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When was the last time that you looked at a snowflake? I mean, really looked at one?
They're easy to overlook. They can be frustrating - this white stuff that piles up and blows around and keeps us from doing what we want to do, from going where we want to go. It's amazing how we're so easily able to find something bad about a good thing, but it's just as easy to find something good about a bad thing. Like life in general, whether we look for the bad or the good, it's all just a matter of perspective.
When you look really close at a snowflake, it's amazing their design. Such intricate crystals, so different from each other. Millions upon millions sit along the edge of my driveway at this moment, each unique in their design. And yet, with just a casual glance, we relegate them to nothing more than a nuisance. But as I spent some time this morning before church with snowshovel in hand, I couldn't help but marvel at the exquisite design of the small, white lumps that wafted lasily down onto my coat. Here one moment, and with the warmth of the palm of my hand, gone the next. Such intricacy for such a short lifespan.
Maybe it's because several of my friends have had kids recently and my perspective is changing from one of annoyance and skepticism to one of almost childlike awe at the wonderful creation that I'm so blessed to live amongst - seeing the world, the people, around me with new eyes that were long ago dulled by the cares and concerns of life. Maybe it's because I'm tired of following the crowd and looking for the bad in the good, for the mundane in the extraordinary. Maybe it's because God has something to teach me. Whatever the reasons, I can't look at something as simple as a tiny snowflake the same way again.
It got me to thinking about God's care for our lives, about his extreme attention to the details. We're told in Luke 12 that God notices even when a sparrow dies. Psalm 147 tells us that God has a name for every one of the stars in the sky. We're told also in Luke 12 that He knows how many hairs there are on our heads, and Isaiah 49 says that He has written our names on the palms of His hands. Psalm 139 exclaims that God "know[s] everything about me," that He knows "when I sit down or stand up," and that He knows our thoughts "even when [we're] far away." The Psalmist goes on to tell about how God knit us together in our mother's womb and knows the innermost parts of our bodies.
Yes, the very same God who put so much detail into something as miniscule and relatively insignificant as a snowflake, puts the same attention to detail in our lives.
How can we ever look at things the same way again?
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An attacker logged into the honeypot and ran a batch file that created a vbs script that attempted to download a possible coin miner. The download was blocked by the content filtering system but the attacker seemed to think Defender blocked it. The attacker then downloaded an application named Defender Control to turn off Defender. See the timeline, details, and IOCs below.
4:28 – Attacker logs in from 200.219.222[.]205
4:29 – A batch file was copied to the system and then run.
VirusTotal score for the batch file. I'm testing an EDR solution right now in this environment and it didn't alert on this download activity. I would recommend building a detection for this if you don't already have one.
A possible detection would be cscript + .vbs if its not common in your environment. If it is, you can extend the rule to include http/https. You should really be monitoring anytime Windows Script Host is used (if you can't disable it), especially if it or a child process downloads something from the internet. Multiple threat actors (FIN7 ,MuddyWater , etc) have used this technique which is referenced by MITRE as Scripting – T1064.
Sysmon logs showing the attempted download and execution of setup.exe
Unfortunately for the attacker this download url is known to deliver malware and because of that it was blocked by the content filtering system. The attacker dropped another copy of the same bat file and attempted the execution again. Download failed again.
4:30 – The attacker then dropped a tool named Defender Control. This makes me 🙂 The attacker was logged in as Administrator and could have easily turned it off without this.
VirusTotal score for Defender Control
4:33 – Defender Control was quarantined by Defender and is referenced as HackTool:Win32/DefenderControl.
4:34 – Attacker logs off
Sandbox Analysis – setup.exe
Here's the sandbox run of the setup.exe executable that would have been downloaded and run if the content filtering system didn't block it. This exe removes a service (if its there) then creates a new service to maintain persistence.
After the service is running it then calls back to 126.96.36.199 on a high port.
setup.exe then calls tor.exe and makes numerous encrypted connections over Tor nodes.
This is a process graph of the setup.exe execution.
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IOCs can be found in MISP at UUID 5e33608b-9604-494a-b9b7-4fa6950d210f
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Off grid solar system in containers and trailersBlogRenewable Energy
"Volts Energies designs turnkey, custom-made residential, commercial and industrial systems for your off-grid energy needs."
Our systems are preassembled, tested in the workshop, installed and delivered in different forms:
- Fixed, in sea container or custom shelters
- Mobiles, trailer or vehicle
- Existing buildings or poles
This article focuses more on systems in containers and trailers that are typically found in commercial applications such as outfitters, forest camps, industrial sites in remote areas, etc.
In this type of context, long trips to sites and on-site conditions can all the more justify a solution pre-assembled in advance and ready for commissioning. Indeed, an existing shelter, resistant to the exterior environment (sometimes harsh climatic conditions) and the integrity of the equipment, is not always available on site.
Container systems
It is thus possible to mount the solar system in a container. During the preparation in workshop, several improvements can be made: separation wall between the main solar components and a generator, battery compartment (when emanating gas), thermal insulation, controlled thermostatic insulation, heating of the enclosure, LED lighting, fire extinguisher, CO2 detector, electrical input etc.
Depending on the project, the solar panels can be installed separately on poles or on roofs of existing buildings, or on the container itself using custom-made brackets.
- All-in-one enclosure that houses the entire system, weatherproof, outdoor environment and flight
- Suitable for projects with high energy consumption where equipment weight (batteries, generators in particular) is less restrictive
- Space needed can be adapted with a container 20 or 40 feet
- Cost of transport to the site according to distance
- Non movable once installed on site (unless with an adapted logistic justified by a move)
- Often requires the installation of solar panels separated from the container due to the scale of this kind of project that often involves tens of solar panels, so not integrable on the roof of the container
See example of container system presently used by an outfitter:
Trailer Systems
A system can also be mounted on a trailer when the application requires a mobile power source. For example, construction companies and mobile services in remote areas of the electrical network (logging camps, mining, etc.), or multimedia event companies, moving from one site to another.
In this case, the solar panels are integrated on the roof of the trailer using customized supports. When the trailer is stopped, the solar panels can be deployed and locked at their operating tilt.
When the trailer is moving, the panels can be folded and locked on the roof (horizontal) and one of the side walls (vertical) of the trailer. They can continue to produce for recharging batteries.
In addition to the advantage of mobility, a trailer system enables to select an optimal location for the energy production by solar panels (South orientation) on all the sites where it goes.
Also, the inclination offered by the supports of the panels, once deployed, make it possible to avoid the problems of snow accumulation.
Depending on the daily energy needs, the amount of solar panels and batteries can vary, which also influences the choice of trailer in terms of length, space available inside, resistance to the equipment weight etc.
The custom fittings are similar to those made for container systems.
Advantages :
- Mobile, easily moved at a lower cost
- All-in-one enclosure that houses the entire system including solar panels, weatherproof, outdoor environment and theft
- Cost of transport to the site according to distance
- Limited project scale due to weight of equipment to be transported
- May need more care as often moving, and sometimes more attention as more exposed to theft
See example of solar trailer presently used by a forest camp:
For each of the two types of installations, Volts Energies integrate systems of diagnosis and remote monitoring allowing:
- Improved performance and proactive management of your system
- Management, analyzes, remote updates
- Production monitoring, status and alarms in real time
- 24/7 emergency service
By Clement Benoit, Volts Energies.


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Microservices: Hype vs. Substance
Maybe the hype of microservices has you doubting their benefits. Read on to get the truth about the challenges and advantages of microservices.
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The purpose of microservices is to facilitate the process of building and maintaining applications. As opposed to the conventional style of building applications, utilization of microservices means that each element of the application can be developed separately. As a result, teams can work faster than they would if they had to manage one large project, and developers have more options when it comes to choosing programming languages and frameworks that would be the most appropriate for the individual components of the application.
One of the earliest implementers of microservices is a popular American entertainment company Netflix. With many enterprises following suit, it is worth discussing and examining the hype surrounding this technology and measuring it to its real substance, ie the real benefits it provides.
Agility vs Complexity
Since the process of building microservices based applications and their components is shorter than with monolith applications, there is more agility and probability of introducing new versions of a service in a shorter period of time. However, the process of deployment is more complex than with conventional monolith applications as different components may be implemented with the use of different tools.
Reliability vs Failure Response Strategy
Failure of a given microservice affects solely this individual service while the rest of the components might be able to operate normally. A failure in a conventional monolith application may affect the performance of all its functionalities. The problem is, however, that without close monitoring it might be difficult or even impossible to establish the source of failure with multiple microservices being implemented. That is why each microservice needs to have a separate monitoring configuration.
Testing: Easier or More Challenging?
As each microservice is built in isolation, theoretically testing should be made easier. However, due to the asynchronicity of microservices, creating and implementing manual and automated tests may turn out to be more challenging than in the case of monolith applications.
No Central Log Monitoring
Since each microservice generates a log and the log messages are distributed across multiple hosts, there needs to be a good logging strategy to manage issues that might appear anywhere in the application.
Management: Easier or More Complex?
As each team is responsible for the development of separate components, the work becomes divided between smaller teams and, simply put, gets done faster. However, it can be more challenging to manage a variety of different components of the infrastructure and new tools must be implemented to handle this complexity.
Improved Scalability
While monolith applications can only be scaled vertically, microservices based applications can be also scaled horizontally. If there is an increase in demand for one of the application components, scaling only this particular part of infrastructure is possible rather than impacting the whole application.
More Flexibility vs Higher Costs
While developers working with microservices can utilize a variety of languages, frameworks and modern technologies, this diversity results in overall higher costs of application maintenance.
More Independence vs Slower Performance
Each component of the microservice architecture can be changed or replaced without affecting the functioning of the other elements. On the other hand, each component consumes resources, and the burden on servers is greater than with monolithic applications. This increase of resource usage may cause the application to run slower and could require the use of additional servers. If the application takes too much time to respond, users will most likely exit it before it starts running.
Since the use of microservices allows for dividing a large project into smaller, easily manageable tasks, services can be changed and updated according to the specific needs of a given business.
Polyglot in Nature
As mentioned already, each module can have its own language, framework, database and other tools which suit a given component best. Each team is responsible for their part of the project which gives them more extensive knowledge in their particular component and better familiarity with the code of their choice.
The implementation of microservices has its range of advantages and challenges as well. How you approach the solutions provided by microservices may depend on your project's specifications. If you value flexibility and independence, then utilizing microservices infrastructure can be the right choice for you. The solutions provided by microservices offer also more opportunities of adjusting the needs of a specific business client which might be a crucial benefit to you and your team. With the right strategy and a plan for testing, monitoring and management you can learn how to take advantage of the freedom microservices solutions have to offer.
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Kept one for a further 12 months
They get better with age.
They get better with age.
This traditional pudding great for true xmas pudding lovers. Delicious. Only complaint is that it was so rich we could only eat a small slice at a time!
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Courtesy of Publishers Weekly…
After three CEOs and a number of delays, Bookish launched at 9 p.m. Monday with approximately 2 million ISBNs from 19 publishers and a search recommendation function that its founders hope will make it easier for consumers to discover books. To help draw traffic to the Web site, Bookish will feature exclusive content about books and authors and will work with USA Today to integrate Bookish into the newspaper's book page site.
Ardy Khazaei, who took over as CEO in October, said the site has been designed "to provide as many pathways to [book] discovery as possible." There are about 400,000 author profile pages as well as title pages for all books on the site and Bookish allows consumers to search for books in 18 major categories. Reviews from PW are also featured and customers can add reviews and rate titles as well. Khazaei noted that to interact on the site, customers first must register something that he believes will limit the number of reviews from readers with agendas. In addition, Bookish features a book recommendation tool that will look to recommend the "next read" for consumers. The tool has been developed by a team led by Karen Sun who serves as Bookish's Recommendations Data Scientist. A graduate of MIT and self-described bibliophile, Sun said the recommendation tool will use a host of factors to find books that may interest readers. Customers can type in as many as four books that they like and Bookish will find recommendations by "deconstructing" the book, Sun said, taking into account such things as editorial themes, reviews, editor insights and awards. "It an exercise in big data," Khazaei said. As Bookish builds up more of a profile of a reader's preferences (including book purchases) those will be added as well. "We want to surface books consumers may not be aware of," Sun said. At launch, Bookish will not include push features such as e-mail alerts.
Consumers can buy print books, e-books and physical audiobooks right from the site or through links established to a number of affiliates that include Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, and Kobo. Any title bought directly from Bookish will be fulfilled by Baker & Taylor, which is also setting the price for the titles. While Bookish will not include downloadable audio at launch, Khazaei said it expects to add that soon. Apps and enhanced e-books are also not being sold through Bookish.
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Supreme Court Could End Redistricting Debacle
Big news today as the U.S. Supreme Court is going to take up the case of partisan redistricting:
The Supreme Court will take up the most important gerrymandering case in more than a decade, it announced Monday.
The case involves district lines in Wisconsin that challengers say were drawn unconstitutionally to benefit Republicans. The case could have a major impact on how district lines are drawn up nationwide.
The court has said that too much partisanship in map drawing is illegal, but it has never said how much is too much.
Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law, told CNN that this case could have "enormous ramifications."


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Larry Westfall is getting down with his bad self. A musical mallet in each hand, he pounds ferociously on two tambourines, switches to crash on two cymbals, then switches back to the tambourines. As he does, he starts singing "I Saw the Light."
"That's his favorite song," says McKenzie Brandt, day services manager at the Ooltewah location of Open Arms Care, which works with those who have intellectual disabilities.
Larry, who has Down syndrome, is one of the group's clients and he, like many other clients at the facility, has fallen in love with the Music Wall, a multi-instrumental device conceived, designed and built by four UTC engineering students.
Brandt says that, in the few weeks since the students installed the wall, she hasn't gone a single day without hearing a client playing its instruments. "They're having a blast," she says.
"We want this thing to be used and abused. It will be beaten up, hopefully, for lots of years," says Kevin Finch, a sophomore in mechanical engineering and member of the Music Wall team.
The Music Wall was built by the students—Finch, Matthew Branning, Gary Paradis and John Crabtree—as part of the Introduction to Engineering Design class helmed by Cecelia Wigal, UC Foundation professor in mechanical engineering. Students had to choose a project that involved a problem faced by someone with disabilities and design a device to reduce or even alleviate that problem. "We had to stimulate the senses, entertain the users and accommodate the users and to make sound," says Finch.
Wigal has taught the Engineering Design course for more than a decade. It starts off with project proposals from organizations such as Open Arms, Signal Centers and Special Olympics, those who deal with disabled adults. Students then choose from a list of projects that Wigal has compiled. Students must work with the "customer" to understand their needs and come up with a solution. In the case of the Music Wall, whatever the team came up with also had to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
"We really work hard on trying to think of what the need is and then the best way to meet that need and don't just think about typical solutions," Wigal says. The ultimate goal of the projects is multi-faceted, she explains. "It's an experiential-based course. They learn the design process; they're learning to work in a team; they're learning how to manage a project; they're learning how to relate to a customer," Wigal says.
The team built the wall from plywood, then covered it in the multi-colored, interlocking foam squares often seen on playroom floors in daycares and other areas used by young children. "We used foam because it's soft and it has a little bit of texture to it. They can play with it and not hurt themselves," says Branning, a junior in environmental engineering. "I've bumped my head on this a couple of times and, look, I'm fine."
The Music Wall is five feet long and three feet tall and hangs in a hallway in the Open Arms facility. There are 12 cowbells, two triangles, two sets of wind chimes, a wooden xylophone, two tambourines, two cymbals and a steel drum. "We thought about instruments that would be useful on the shape and structure," says Paradis, a sophomore in mechanical engineering. "We agreed on percussion instruments for a couple of reasons. They're pretty low-maintenance. You don't have to tune them. They're pretty durable; they should last a lifetime."
To keep the musical mallets from getting lost, they are attached with cords to PVC pipes cut in half to act as trays. The cords are long enough that every mallet can hit every instrument on the wall, giving players the freedom to indulge their inner musicians.
During one of Wigal's occasional visits to update the status of the project, it was evident that team members had spent time carefully reflecting and considering how to meet the needs of Open Arms clients when coming up with the Music Wall's design, she says. "The thinking processes they went through, and how they came up with what they did, I thought was very innovative. That's the fun of it, to be surprised to see what they do."
Each of the Music Wall's students play instruments, so they took the Music Wall on several test runs while it was being made and when it was finished. "We jammed a lot on this," Branning says. "It's as loud as we can make it," Finch says.
On the day the Music Wall was installed, Open Arms employees came out of their offices to look at it. The reaction was euphoric.
"That's so cool!"
"That's pure genius!"
"I hope you guys get a good grade on that."
Robin Liner, director of day services at Open Arms, had a more emotional reaction. "I just want to cry. I know they're just going to love it," she said, wiping her eyes.
While Larry was finding his musical muse on the tambourine, Liner's daughter, Lori, who also has Down syndrome, was standing next to him, playing the xylophone and wind chimes. And yes, she too was getting down with her bad self.


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- "No Troll left behind!"
- ―King Peppy[src]
King Peppy is a king troll who is Poppy's father from Trolls. He is voiced by Jeffrey Tambor in his talking voice, while Walt Dohrn provides his singing voice role.
King Peppy, as the brave leader of the Trolls, led his people on a torch-lit escape to freedom from Bergen Town. His heroism and valor were the stuff of Troll legend. Quick with inspirational words of wisdom, King Peppy ushered in a new era of happiness and security in Troll Village. Now it's 20 years later, and King Peppy has become a grandfatherly elder statesman to the Trolls. A tad dottier and forgetful than he was as a young man, King Peppy brings some unintentional humor to the Trolls but is still beloved by everyone in Troll Village, and his legacy lives on in his daughter Poppy. He is also brave as he was willing to risk his own life to save several Trolls, even standing up to a Bergen named Chef by furiously pounding on her foot with his cane when she kidnapped several of Poppy's friends.
King Peppy is an orange troll with red troll hair that has grey streaks in it, he also has a red mustache and eyebrows that have grey streaks too. He wears green trousers and a green and blue waistcoat.
When he was young King Peppy wore a green leaf-like crown a blue-green button-up vest with a white shirt underneath it, a blue cape, and green trousers.
- At the beginning of the film when the Chef Bergen tries to catch them he loses most of his clothes including his underpants which results in him escaping nude.


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Georgia & Florida Railroad No. 100 passenger car
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January 27, 2018 at 9:28 am
Thank you for posting the history of Ga & Fla railroad. Ed Benton shown in the picture is my father. I would very much like to get a copy of the picture and any other pictures/articles if possible.


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NFL Scout: Stanford's Coby Fleener "might be most overrated guy in the draft"
At least one NFL scout is suggesting that Stanford tight end Coby Fleener is overrated, this according to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
"He wasn't even the best tight end on their team," another scout said. "No. 11 (sophomore Levine Toilolo), that's the real deal. He might be the most overrated guy in the draft. He's awful as a blocker. Despite his workout numbers he's really not a quick-twitch, dynamic-moving guy. He's a straight-line, build-up player. All these reports about him being an athlete and this and that, they're assuming that because he ran fast. He's really just a red-zone, jump-ball player."
Ah, we must be getting really close to the draft when these types of reports start come out. All of a sudden every prospect is a bust-in-waiting and nobody can play.
In no way am I trashing McGinn's report. If I had spoken to a NFL scout and that's what he told me about Fleener, I would print it, too. But a standard NFL scouting staff is made up of three senior-level guys and then a slew of younger scouts trying to move up the ranks by gaining experience on the road. Thus, did McGinn talk to someone with over 20 years of experience or was it some younger scout trying to make a name for himself?
It's no secret that Fleener isn't a very physical player and doesn't block well in the running game. So nobody should be taken aback by what the scout said about the tight end's inability to block. But in terms of Fleener being "just a red-zone, jump-ball player," I couldn't disagree more.
Fleener does a very good job of using his 6-foot-6, 247-pound body when matched one-on-one with defenders. He's also a natural pass catcher and a very good route runner, which would dispel the notion that he's just a "jump-ball player."
Is he the best prospect in this draft? Not by a long shot. But he's clearly the best tight end and given the pass-happy offenses that teams are running in the NFL, he's a bona fide late first-round pick. There's no question a team that employs a creative thinker as an offensive coordinator would absolutely love to draw up plays for a versatile pass-catcher like Fleener.
It wouldn't surprise me if this particular scout is using the media to sully Fleener's on-field reputation because his team is thinking about drafting the tight end in the late first or early second. You just can't trust anything that comes out between now and the draft because teams will say anything in efforts to throw their opponents off.
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Oil and Gas - Upstream subseaFeb 28, 2020
Nexans awarded a significant Purchase Order to supply the HV submarine power cables for Marjan field in Arabian Gulf
Nexans will provide 180 km 230 kV cables for the mega-project in the Marjan oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia. Submarine power cables will feature an internal fiber optical element
Oil and Gas - Upstream subseaAug 28, 2019
Nexans wins umbilical contract from McDermott for BP's greater Tortue Ahmeyim project
Nexans will provide management, procurement, engineering, manufacturing and testing activities for the umbilicals and ancillary hardware.The Tortue field is located approximately 120 km offshore the coast of Mauritania and Senegal and its subsea system includes a total of 4 wells.
Oil and Gas - Upstream subseaMay 7, 2019
Nexans power umbilical to provide a production boost for the Vigdis North Sea oil field
• New all-electric actuated subsea boosting station is set to improve recovery from Vigdis by around 11 million barrels of oil.
• Boosting station will be powered by an innovative Nexans power umbilical that combines high voltage power supply and umbilical functions in a single cable cross-section.
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Oil and Gas - Upstream subseaJun 28, 2018
Equinor chooses Nexans umbilical technology for its Askeladd development in the Barents Sea
Nexans has been awarded a major contract to provide complex umbilicals with power, fiber-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development.
Oil and Gas - Upstream subseaJul 10, 2017
Nexans secures leading position in subsea market with BP framework agreement
Nexans announced today that Nexans Norway signed a five-year Global Framework Agreement with BP covering the engineering, procurement and construction of umbilical and Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) systems and ancillary equipment.


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For many years, realty agents have made use of the same, pricey approaches to create listings. Generally, agents have actually spent hundreds of bucks sending by mail pricey postcards, notepads as well as schedules. While these approaches could function, they take months to create vendor leads for real estate Lead Geeks professionals and also their expense effectiveness is minimal at finest.
An extra efficient means for Realtors to generate listings is through making use of the internet. The problem is, a lot of agents do not know where to begin. Real estate agents have actually been taught that the internet is a great way to produce buyer leads, yet that the web will not work to produce seller leads for Realtors. Let me persuade you exactly how incorrect that reasoning is!
Ways To Get Started: What Sellers Want
To successfully locate house sellers, you have to comprehend exactly how the typical vendor starts their procedure. Sellers desire details. A lot of vendors intend to see what various other residences in their community are selling for. They need to see if it's a good time for them to place their home on the market. When sellers want this information, they go on the internet.
When online, the ordinary house vendor will search for houses offered in their area. You have to make sure your site (or the site you are acquiring your online real estate leads from) is giving the details they're seeking. Right here's exactly what your website MUST need to locate house sellers:
Accessibility to Sold Prices: Buyers desire current listing details. Vendors desire the current market data on every house sold in their area. There are much fewer sites offered that supply this details, so if your website does, you'll remain in an excellent place to capture net listing leads.
Comprehensive Market Statistics: Besides details residence sales prices, sellers likewise want data on the more comprehensive neighborhood realty market. Giving describing information the number of energetic listing, recently marketed houses, and also ordinary days on market will make a seller much more most likely to provide their details on the site so you could catch net listing leads.
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Expense: Direct Mail versus Online Real Estate Leads
One of the major benefits of the web to generate Seller leads for Realtors is the price. While simply one month of sending by mail to a little community could set you back over $1,000, you could join any of the national internet site that record internet listing leads for less compared to $50/month.
The best part concerning these services is that when one of these web site capture internet listing leads, the vendor is ready to market currently. With area mailings, you're mailing to every home owner in the location no matter their residence marketing intents. You don't need to squander your money to contact hundreds and also numerous home owners to discover house motivated sellers in the area.


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Numerology information Sawney:
- Name Number: 6. Meaning: Home, Family, Love, Balance, Harmony, Help, Warmth, Social justice
Additional information Sawney:
- Scottish form of SANDY
Definition funny of Sawney:
- booty cute smart sweet sawney amira mayi
Songs about Sawney:
- Cavalilly Man & Sawney & Jockey by Charles Spicer & Mark T. from the Album The Old Roads
- Cavy Lillyman / Sawney And Jockey by The Oxford Waits from the Album Switter Swatter
- Sawney Bean by Big Blow and the Bushwackers from the Album Off Kilter (A Celtic Outerlude)
- Sawney Bean by Ball of Mayhem from the Album Sonic Aftermath [Explicit]
- Sawney Bean by Dame Darcy from the Album Sea Shanty Shore
- Sawney Bean by Sol Invictus from the Album Trees in Winter
- Sawney Bean #2 by Dame Darcy from the Album Sea Shanty Shore
- Sawney Bean (Black Europe Version) by Sol Invictus from the Album Black Europe
- Sawney Bean [Explicit] by Toy Devils from the Album It's Ugly...But Is It Art? [Explicit]
- Sawney Beane by Sol 3 from the Album Ultrafade
Books about Sawney:
- Sawney Bean: Dissecting the Legend of Scotland's Infamous Cannibal Killer Family - Mar 19, 2015 by Blaine Pardoe
- Uglyville: The Diary of Verona Cassidy - May 22, 2015 by Sawney Hatton
- Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cumming - Nov 1, 2008 by Frieda Gates
- Dark Spaces: Short Stories - Apr 2, 2015 by Sawney Hatton
- What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?: An Anthology of Science Fiction Horror - Jul 11, 2014 by Sawney Hatton and James Austin McCormick
- The Legend of Sawney Bean - Nov 27, 1975 by Ronald Holmes
- The Schoolmaker: "Sawney" Webb and the Bell Buckle Story - Jul 20, 1972 by Laurence McMillin
- The Ruin - Mar 24, 2013 by John Sawney
- Dead Size - Jul 30, 2013 by Sawney Hatton
- The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scotland's Legends, from the Loch Ness Monster to Sawney Bean the Cannibal - Nov 23, 2009 by Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill
Movies about Sawney:
- Sawney: Flesh of Man Unrated
- Sawney - Menschenfleisch2012 Unrated
Wiki information Sawney:
- Sawney Bean
- Man, Film subject, Person
Alexander "Sawney" Bean was the head of a 48-member clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalisation of over 1,000 people. The story appears in The Newgate Calendar, a crime catalogue of Newgate...
- Sawney
Sandie/y or Sawney was an English nickname for a Scotsman, now obsolete, and playing much the same linguistic role that "Jock" does now. Variations included Sanders and Sannock. The name is a Lowland Scots diminutive of the favourite Scottish first...
- Sunil Sawney
- Athlete, Cricket Player, Measured person, Person
Sunil Sawney was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Dorset. He was born in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Sawney represented Dorset for the first time in the 1983...
- William R. Webb
- Person, U.S. Congressperson, Deceased Person, Politician, Organization founder
William Robert Webb also known as Sawney Webb, was an educator who founded The Webb School and served briefly as a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee.
- Sawney
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- Sawney Bean
- Cataloged instance, Book Edition
- Stuart Sawney
- Audio engineer, Person, Person or entity appearing in film, Topic
Stuart Sawney appeared in the Yesspeak documentary film.
- Sawney Bean
- Canonical Version, Musical Recording
- Sawney Bean
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How a Practice Analysis Can Open Up New Tax Planning Opportunities
Filed under:Healthcare
A comprehensive medical practice analysis involves digging into detail. The overall goal, of course, is to find opportunities for improvement.
Whether those opportunities are financial, qualitative, efficiency-based, or even personal, the question is the same: how can we create the same profitability, but spend less time doing it, so we can spend more time with our loved ones?
Is the most important profitability measure how much net income and net free cash flow is available to the owners? Or is it how much net income and net free cash flow is available to the owners after taxes?
A hidden gem of performing a comprehensive medical practice analysis can often be how it can open up new tax planning opportunities.
Here are a couple of examples:
20% Pass-Through Business Income Deduction
Have you heard of the new 20% qualified pass-through business income deduction effective in 2018? In short, up to 20% of certain eligible net income from pass-through businesses may qualify to be deductible to business owners.
However, for professional service businesses, if an individual taxpayer's taxable income is too high, this deduction could be reduced, or phased out entirely. This potential phase-out, however, does not apply for non-professional service net income. Is everything you do in your medical practice really considered professional service?
A properly designed analysis should include a profitability analysis by department and/or various revenue streams providing a break-out of net income by department.
If your practice shows profit in areas that would not be considered professional service, that highlights an opportunity to maximize the potential benefits of this new deduction!
But, you have to identify and determine these separate profit centers. Next steps? How can we reasonably apply expenses in a fashion that maximizes our profits within our non-professional revenue departments? Consider prioritizing efforts to reduce costs and/or increase revenue within those areas of our practice over our professional service offerings.
What's the best tax deduction?
It's the one where you get a deduction, but keep the money! What is this magical deduction, you ask? We're talking about contributions to your tax-deductible retirement plan(s).
A properly designed analysis should include a comprehensive review of your current retirement plan. Do you have the right plan? Are you maximizing what you can contribute to the plan? Have you ever explored a defined benefit plan or a cash balance plan?
In certain cases, a defined benefit plan may also help maximize the new 20% qualified pass-through business income deduction!
If you don't know what a defined benefit plan or a cash balance plan is, you should talk with your financial advisor to find out if one could be the right fit for your practice.


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All original content. If you have corrections or contributions, send them to Mike. Refer to his email at the bottom of the page.
About OOP Basics:
Some languages support object-based concepts such as Paradox, Access, and VB Classic. Other languages have OO extensions and fully support object orientation in a hybrid fashion (such as C++ and Dephi for Win32). Finally, some lanages such as C#, VB.Net, Prism, and Java are entirely written in OO. Meaning, every line of code written must occur within a class).


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Once more unto the fray, dear friends! We are down to seven contenders for the heart of the Honey Badger, and after writing giant cheques that I could not cash for the past few weeks, I am now confident that I know all of their names.
I feel like I can normally say that much earlier than Episode 12, which tells us a lot about how interesting this season has been.
So remember how we've been on a run of group dates which have been basically the opposite of romance? Like, there's been the swimming carnival, the interrogation date, and then last night's nightmarish corporate team-building date (among many, many others)? There's only the most marginal improvement tonight. I will allow that there is a tiny improvement, but that's only because no one whose job title is 'transformational coach' is involved.
The seven ladies are whisked off to the middle of the bush, divided into two teams, and bullied into doing a relay on segways. They each have to do a lap of the track, and then answer a question about Nick at the end. If they get it right, the next lady tags in. If they don't, then they have to wait for a minute before they can answer again.
I feel like I don't need to say this, but I want to confirm that there is nothing about the segway that is innately romantic as a mode of transportation. I mean, if nothing else, they're only designed for one person…?
Just… call me, Bachie. I can help you fix this. Promise.
So they do the relay, and the questions are pretty basic but the ladies still get a lot of them wrong, which isn't exactly saying great things about how well you can get to know a potential partner through the Bachie process. The ads made it seem like OMG ONE OF THE LADIES WOULD GET SO INJURED SHE MIGHT DIE!!!!1!, but what actually happens is that Brittney takes a spill, says 'ouch,' and jumps back up to her feet just about immediately.
You know what the most interesting thing about this is? The question Sophie has to answer in the relay is 'Who would Nick most like to sit next to on a park bench? A) Nelson Mandela, B) the Dalai Lama, or C) Nikola Tesla?', and the answer is Nikola Tesla. How are you dropping in random details like that and not giving me the backstory, Bachie? How are you failing at even this, which is such, SUCH basic storytelling?
Nick has to pick one of the ladies to have some Couch of Wine and Intimate Conversation time with, and he picks Brooke, because even he's given up the pretence that anyone else is winning this thing. They chat, he calls her feet 'hooves', he pronounces the word 'cool' exactly like Kath Day-Knight, and then they snog and he gives her a rose, the end.
Next up: it's a single date. And — guys.
It's good.
A date in this cursed season of Bachie is good. Bring me my smelling salts.
The recipient is Emily, aka the only lady who has not yet had a single date. She is a dance teacher by trade, and Nick takes her to the Opera House to watch a ballet rehearsal from the Sydney Dance Company. She's obviously super excited at the prospect, and then super moved by the dancing, and then when Nick asks her whether she wants to take the opportunity to learn some stuff from the ballet dancers, she just about loses her shit with glee.
There is so much stuff which is awesome here.
First: taking someone to do something which they might actually be interested in and excited by is SUPER hot! There's the secret to a good date right there! Romance: not actually that complicated!
Second, dancing is romantic! We all know dancing is romantic! That is the premise behind basically every dance film ever made! Not least because the dancing that the ballet dancers teach them to do is pas de deux, ie a dance for two!
Third, for once, the dude isn't the one in power! Emily is the one who knows what she's doing, and Nick is well out of his comfort zone! It's a version of the thing that Bachie always makes people do when it pushes them off high buildings and whatnot, except with dancing and in tights! And because the lady is the one with the knowledge, some of the show's problematic power dynamics are undone!
You know what would actually be a really interesting revision to the Bachie structure? If the contestants (rather than the Bachie, who I'm fairly sure actually does functionally nothing despite getting all of the credit) had to work with the producers to plan the dates, with the mandate that said date would have to share something of themselves and their interests with the Bachie. If the show actually wants people to fall in love, this kind of spectacularised performative version of communication would do a much better job than shoving people out of planes and whatnot, as well as mitigating some of the show's nasty power dynamics.
(And it would give the contestants something to do in the house. You know they're hella bored.)
This whole thing is really sweet, if you tune out while Nick spends a solid five minutes trying to work out the mechanics of the ballet jockstrap and talking about how it's giving him a wedgie. He and Emily learn the dance — she's good, he's … enthusiastic — and then when they perform it for the lead dancers they do a great job, and it's just so nice, which is about eleventy times more praise than I can give to any other date this season.
And what's so sad is that I'm low-key positive that it's an accident. Either they were like 'hur hur hur, manly rugby player in tights, hur hur hur', or they wanted to hear what Nick would sound like mangling French ballet terms. I'm just not convinced that they had this one good date in them when everything else has been corporate team-building and beekeeping and segways.
Despite the fact this is clearly the best date so far this season, things don't go so well once Emily and Nick get to their Couch of Wine and Intimate Conversation. 'So, uh, do you curl your hair?' Nick asks her.
'A little bit,' Emily replies.
'…' he says.
'…' she says.
'…cool story, babe,' he says.
Suffice to say that Emily does not receive a rose, which means she is WORRIED about her fate.
She is not the only person worried about her fate: when numbers dwindle this low, so does confidence. To make matters worse, at the cocktail party, Osher enters with a date card envelope. 'There's only one single date left before hometowns,' quoth he. 'You all have to fight it out tonight: Nick's going to choose who gets it.'
This is an interesting diegetic manoeuvre. I don't hate it — it generates a bit of a narrative — but it also smacks of desperation late at night on set. 'Oh no, this season is sooooooo boooooooooooooring,' one producer might moan.
'Not even the segways livened it up!' a second might add.
'We could get the transformational coach back?' a third might suggest (before Jodi, through sheer rage, develops the power to travel through space and time and materialises in the room to punch them in the face).
'I know!' a fourth might say. 'What if we did the first impression rose thing again? But instead of that, it's a date card?'
Basically, it's the equivalent of that trick you can use to beat writers block where, if you're at your wits' end, you imagine a bunch of ninjas have burst into the room where your characters are, because something's definitely going to happen with a bunch of ninjas. It's not subtle, but it works.
The winner of the date card is Sophie. She is apparently emotionally reserved (maybe she is? I honestly don't remember), and so has been searching for a way to express her feelings. Instead of the obvious answer — words, why does no one ever think of using words? — she's decided the best avenue is to draw some kind of a diagram.
I have no idea what is happening. She draws a stick figure but gives it huge lumpy arms (Nick's muscles, maybe?). Then she draws a butterfly and tells us she's scared of them, and then suddenly the stick figure is on fire, and then she draws on a heart right at the end and it looks like the stick figure has been ritualistically sacrificed via stake-burning and had its heart ripped out, possibly by a butterfly.
…but Nick loves it, so maybe I don't know as much about romance as I thought I did, and ritualistic stake murders where butterflies tear out people's hearts are actually very on-trend in romantic culture.
I'm also not quite as good at reading the show as I thought was, because tonight's rose ceremony victim was not Dasha or Emily (who I thought were dead certs to be in the bottom two), but Shannon, who had the very first date and who I thought was a lock to get to hometowns.
We were promised a DRAMATIC WALKOUT, but we don't get that at all. Shannon cries, and when Nick leads her out to the car waiting to take her away, she mumbles a bunch of stuff that had kind of a self-help-y, wellness flavour but which made no sense. Like, the words didn't seem to go together. It was a weird jumbled word salad.
And then all the other ladies are sad, and one of them apparently (and probably accidentally?) drops her rose on the floor, but … high drama, this is not.
Next week, maybe, the drama will arrive?
(Probably not. Let's be real.)
The show airs on Channel 10 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm. You can catch up on previous episodes via TenPlay.


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Diwali Preparations In Full Swing In UAE
Dubai: Diwali preparations were in full swing across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as Indian expats were readying to celebrate the 'festival of lights' on Sunday.
City-wide celebrations including fireworks, diya-lighting ceremony, Bollywood dance performances, festive markets, and an exclusive show called Haathi's Garden debuted in Dubai on Thursday, the Khaleej Times reported on Friday.
A special LED tea-lights presentation in a pre-prepared diya (earthen lamp) pattern during the special diya-lighting ceremony will be organised at Al Seef on Sunday.
Dubai Festival City Mall launched its fourth record-breaking IMAGINE show, 'Haathi's Garden' on Thursday. The show included a huge firework display and Bollywood dance shows free for the public. The first 5,000 guests on Festival Bay received free LED wristbands.
For the first time in the Middle East, visitors were also witness to the world-famous Elephant Parade exhibition with 50 life-size baby elephant sculptures created to raise awareness for elephant conservation globally.
Meanwhile, supermarkets selling traditional Indian paraphernalia were witnessing unprecedented crowds in Bur Dubai and Sharjah's Abu Shagara.
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Geeta Bhatia, the marketing manager of the Madhur Supermarket in Dubai, told the Khaleej Times: "We are offering at least 400 varieties of 'toran' (a decorative wall hanging) being sold. The most popular products are diyas, earthen pots, electrical lights, candles, flowers, platforms, 'thalis' (plates), 'lotas' (metal pots), 'haldi Kumkum' (turmeric), sweets, and dried fruits.
"The Diwali shopping rush began two weeks ago, with 'Karva Chauth'. We are expecting a big rush on Friday as well."
Large crowds of shoppers were also seen thronging into gold shops at the Deira and Sharjah Gold Souq and Bur Dubai's little India, Meena Bazaar.
Sanjay Jethwani of Meena Jewellers said the crowds were expected to be highest on Friday.
"There have been several pre-orders which we expect people to collect on Friday. Polki jewellery is selling very well this time," he added.


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Former senior police officer Adrian James Barnett appeared in Summary Court on Monday, when he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while impaired and leaving the scene of an accident.
Mr. Barnett, who reached the rank of inspector, was formerly in charge of the Traffic Management Unit. A police spokesperson confirmed this week that Mr. Barnett, 53, had retired from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service on Dec. 21, 2017. He had been suspended from active duty on June 13 last year, as a result of the incident, which occurred on June 10, 2017.
Mr. Barnett was charged on Dec. 12. His first court date was Jan. 8, 2018.
This week, after his guilty pleas to the offenses that occurred on June 10, Crown counsel Darlene Oko confirmed that a charge relating to June 12 was being withdrawn.
The June 10 charges Mr. Barnett admitted were driving dangerously along Linford Pierson Highway and Shamrock Road in a manner that was dangerous having regard to the circumstances at the time, driving while impaired because of the amount of alcohol consumed, and leaving the scene of an accident.
The charge withdrawn by the Crown was giving false information to police to defeat or defy the ends of justice. Magistrate Valdis Foldats dismissed this charge.
Defense attorney John Furniss said Mr. Barnett would hand in his driver's license Monday. The magistrate stated that interim disqualification would start that day.
He asked for the matter to be dealt with on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and the magistrate agreed that it was now a regular traffic case and could be dealt with then.
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A few thousand devotees of Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Loyadham in Raritan, New Jersey, gathered for the 2nd anniversary celebrations of the temple July 26-31 that coincided with the 58th birthday of its founder GhanshyamMaharaj , popularly known as guruji.
The five-day celebrations were held at the facility of Temple Beth-El. It was attended, among others by Mayor of Raritan Borough Charles McMullin along with his family. One of the highlights of the celebrations was the surprise announcement by the mayor to hand the symbolic key of the town of Raritan to GhanshyamMaharaj. The mayor noted that the religious guru has been a resident of Raritan for 40 years and said that he was privileged to give the township's key to the spiritual master. The attendees were overjoyed at the announcement and gave him a big round of applause.
On the opening day after the ceremonial worship of the holy scriptures brought to Beth-El were performed, GhanshyamMaharaj began the holy discourse on the SatsangiJivan.
After the discourse, devotees and saints made offerings to mark his birthday celebrations. Pure gold ornaments weighing 2.25 kg for GhanshyamMaharaj was also offered by the devotees.
On July 29, female devotees of Loyadham of all ages performed cultural dances and various religious plays for all the attendees. A newly prepared idol of NeelkanthVarni was installed the next day for the well-being of all the devotees. Abhishek will be performed on the idol once every month.
GhanshyamMaharaj offered Mayor McMullin and distinguished guests, including philanthropist Piyush Patel, with a royal turban as an honor. Dr. Sudhir Parikh, publisher of Desi Talk and a Padmashri award winner, was honored as well for his contribution to the community and his philanthropy. The honors recognized individuals and companies that have made extra achievements in their fields.
On July 31, the ritual of Abhishek of PiyudaGhanshyamMaharaj started in the early morning with recitation of Vedic mantras followed by worship of GhanshyamMaharaj adorned in gold ornaments and with an offering of an enormous annakut.


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Grower industry groups are keeping a close eye on the latest developments with needle contaminations in food.
Police and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) are investigating after needles were found in a strawberry from a supermarket in Geraldine and in a capsicum from a supermarket in Tauranga.
More than 100 needles were found in fruit across Australia in September, in a large-scale contamination crisis.
In an email to growers, Horticulture New Zealand CEO Mike Chapman said the group is keeping a watching brief on the situation and working with Strawberry Growers New Zealand and Vegetables New Zealand on any information that needs to go to growers.
Meanwhile consumers are being urged not to panic about the needle finds.
Systems expert and Massey University professor Nigel Grigg believes they are isolated incidents.
"The original contamination in Australia was at the growing end, and these seem to be at the interface between the retailer and consumer," he said.
Prof Grigg believes they are random incidents which will have limited impact.


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