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The biggest political contests of 2017 were defined by their asymmetries: in funding, in ideology and, most viscerally, in strategy. On one side were those who saw everything as a battle and sought whatever advantage they could find. On the other were those devoted to what they thought were shared systems, norms and language, who spent most of the year increasingly beleaguered and struggling to find words.
The month before he lost his state's special Senate election, the Alabama theocrat Roy Moore was accused by multiple women of extensive sexual misconduct. The day after The Washington Post published its initial article on the allegations, another woman reached out to the paper asking for a meeting. She had been a young teenager, she would claim, when Moore approached her; he got her pregnant, and she had an abortion at age 15. The allegations were stunning. But Post reporters quickly deduced that they were also false — fabricated by an operative for Project Veritas, an organization led by the right-wing activist James O'Keefe, in an effort to trick the paper into publishing false claims, thereby discrediting its earlier reporting. When the paper later detailed its interactions with the operative, its executive editor, Martin Baron, explained that any agreements she had made to remain off the record were invalid, entered into by a fraud acting in "maliciously bad faith."
To many, "bad faith" is the phrase that seems to capture our entire moment, in all its mendacity and duplicitousness and engineered confusion. In December, when MSNBC dropped the contract of a contributor, Sam Seder, over a crude joke he made on Twitter in 2009, bad faith provided the most concise explanation. The joke was, by any credible reading, intended to mock people in Hollywood who continued to work with Roman Polanski after he pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. But another right-wing personality, Mike Cernovich, had excavated it and claimed, with disingenuous concern and abundantly clear ill will, that it meant the opposite, summoning a waiting, in-on-the-game audience to perform outrage and concern to MSNBC's parent company and sponsors. The phrase captured this familiar process: the willful misreading being wielded as a threat; the vexing figure pretending to care about something important in order to accomplish something vengeful or petty; the galling attempts to play dumb; the sneering claim that, well, I didn't make the rules. When a social-media countercampaign was mounted in Seder's defense, it consisted largely of accusations and descriptions of "bad faith." Seder's contract was eventually reinstated.
This version of bad faith falls somewhere among a lawyer's claim of intentional dishonesty (This contract was entered into in bad faith), Sartre's critique of inauthenticity (Do you even believe what you're saying?) and a broad, satisfying, barbed insult (You! Bad!). For liberals and centrists and dispossessed conservatives, it can feel like a way to reclaim power. To simply note the facts in a tone of disbelief — say, that multiple government agencies were now being run by people who had recently considered those agencies illegitimate — has gotten exhausting. "Bad faith" goes beyond these symptoms to diagnose an underlying pathology.
It can be used to describe legislators who railed against the hasty passage of Obamacare (which was subjected to public and legislative debate and passed with concessions to its opponents) only to try to repeal it in utter secrecy, or who spent years warning about the budget deficit in apocalyptic terms only to vote for a tax bill that would increase it significantly. In polling in December, CNN and SSRS found only 27 percent of respondents agreeing that President Trump and the Republicans in Congress made "a good-faith effort to cooperate with the minority party" on their tax bill.
Strategic antagonism and manipulation find a natural medium on social platforms. A service like Twitter all but demands bad faith: It's a place where fresh identities can be created and performed, often anonymously, and the stakes are only as high as the value you ascribe to not being banned. It's a service where the official regulations are vague, self-serving and haphazardly enforced, and therefore maximally prone to exploitation. (To the extent that users have a social contract on Twitter, it's with Twitter, not with one another.) On social media, charges of "bad faith" can address everything from automated spam to interpersonal conflict to the breakdown of political discourse.
The question is whether identifying bad faith can do anything to combat it. And the answer is: of course not. In theory, an accusation of bad faith derives its power from the presence of some persuadable audience — some judge or observer or swing voter who recognizes strategic dishonesty and is repelled by it. But in our utterly polarized political reality, the idea of finding some unaligned, reasonable-minded mass to appeal to feels like an absurd fantasy. Instead, accusations of bad faith are laid directly at the feet of the bad-faith actors themselves, with one inevitable result: Now even the words "bad faith" are used in bad faith. When the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, discussing Sam Seder's brief firing, tweeted that "the entire culture and our politics are now dominated by people who have weaponized bad faith and shamelessness," one response came from Donald Trump Jr., who provided what felt like an algebraic proof of Hayes's point. "I agree with this fully," he tweeted. "Main Stream Media has done exactly that for decades, but the people have finally caught on and aren't buying the BS anymore."
The sheer satisfaction offered by "bad faith" is a sure sign of its impotence. It's an invitation to dismiss powerful political actors as lost causes. But its speakers stubbornly refuse to admit that it also describes their own inability to force their enemies to play by the rules. The Atlantic's Megan Garber recently identified one major problem with the new use of "bad faith": As a description, it is "both conveniently expansive and conveniently specific." It is, despite its legal and philosophical trappings, most often deployed ad hominem, for the satisfaction of allies. "Bad faith," Garber writes, "is not concerned with individual claims of truth, or with individual lies, so much as it alleges someone's dishonesty as an overarching condition."
It does not help that the people whom liberals are most eager to accuse of bad faith already have their own version of this claim. Among internet-native right wingers, the phrase "virtue signaling" has long done similar work, suggesting that the social-justice rhetoric of progressives is only a form of self-righteous, hypocritical point-scoring. This, too, was "conveniently expansive and conveniently specific," but it also zeros in on a real human insecurity: the fear among many well-meaning and comparatively well-off liberals that their lifestyles and attitudes didn't measure up to their egalitarian ideals. The accusation is intentionally dismissive and nasty, but it at least has the potential to wound — so long as the people being accused really do aspire, in good faith, to live up to their own values.
But if you really believe that your enemy is acting in bad faith, calling him or her out won't get you far. Being accused of duplicitousness doesn't hurt if the duplicitousness is a conscious strategy. The charge will also have been anticipated. There is an entire genre of Trump apologetics, practiced by cable-news pundits and manifested on sites like Gateway Pundit and Infowars, based on justifying strategic disingenuousness: Any criticism of the administration is met with some combination of "the left did it first" and "we have no choice" and "what about...."
The bad-faith actor will claim, in other words, that his bad faith is both justified and necessary, that all possibility of good-faith engagement was exhausted long ago and it was not his fault. You may insist that your opponents respect your positions, your arguments, your facts. But it is a powerful manifestation of privilege to expect that they will see you as worthy of that respect. Shouting "bad faith" can sound like shouting "no fair" — and revealing your previously undisturbed expectation that you will always be treated fairly.
So when bad faith does run into consequences, those consequences tend to be self-inflicted. After the Alabama election, Alex Marlow, editor in chief of Breitbart, admitted in a CNN interview that he thought at least one of the sexual-assault accusations against Roy Moore had "a lot of credibility" and made him uncomfortable. Moore, he said, was a "weak candidate." But Marlow defended his site's militantly pro-Moore coverage and its numerous attempts to discredit Moore's accusers. "I think they want to create a standard where President Trump, either from past or future accusations, will not be able to match whatever standard is now in place for who can be a United States senator," he said, referring to other media outlets. "I think that's the playbook here. And I think it's part of the reason why it was so important for Breitbart to continue our coverage of the way we covered it."
In his account, this wasn't dissonance; it was strategy. He could justify this nihilistic tactic by reflexively claiming that other media did it first, leaving him no choice but to push back. This is a remarkable thing to announce openly, and it looks a lot like projection: If you justify your actions as the dictates of tactical "playbooks," you may assume that everyone else is doing the same. It illustrates the principal risk of acting in bad faith toward others, which is that somewhere along the line, you start to believe yourself.


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Unique and unspoiled, Anna Maria Island, with its seven mile stretch of white sands and traditional clapper board houses and friendly people is truly once visited, never forgotten.
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Imagine you start to set up a new Facebook ad campaign. You go to the Facebook Ads Manager and insert some messages, choose images, and fill in the rest. In 20 minutes, you've got an up-and-running ad campaign.
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EastEnders: decision time for Denise and Kush next week
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On Monday, Kush offers Denise support after a disappointing turnout for the latest community meeting. It looks like the almost-but-not-quite couple could be getting cosy again until Carmel shows up and kills the mood (if anything's going to cramp a guy's style it's having your mum hang about as you make your move).
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The film that started it all! The Age of Stupid inspired the founding of the first Green Film Fest. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?Read more
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OnDeck is a marketplace lending platform that specializes in business loans. OnDeck has business financing that is tailored for today's small businesses, with fast access to capital, a streamlined and efficient application process, and service customers rave about. Their goal is to be the first choice lender for small businesses. Since 2007, they have issued billions in loans and served more than 700 industries throughout the US, Canada, and Australia.
This is one of the biggest players in the alternative lending industry. It's also one of the few alternative business loan providers that is publicly traded (New York Stock Exchange as ONDK).
So it's big and successful, but is OnDeck a good deal for small businesses?
This comprehensive review of OnDeck looks into their rates, terms, loan amounts and application process, and compares them with the other big players in small business financing. By the end of this article, you will have all the information you need to determine whether OnDeck has the right loan for your business.
Who Are OnDeck´s Business Loans Designed For?
OnDeck is a good choice for businesses with poor to good (but not great) credit who want a fast and easy business loan. Borrowers can apply for a loan online or over the phone. Like Prosper and LendingClub, OnDeck is a marketplace platform, not a direct lender. However, this is no peer-to-peer platform where borrowers have to wait for days if not weeks to see if enough private investors are willing to fund their loan. OnDeck provides approvals (or denials) within minutes and the money can be in a business's bank account by the next business day.
OnDeck is also an attractive option for businesses that don´t have much in the way of collateral and want to build up their credit. Traditional lenders often require businesses to provide valuable assets, such as property or equipment, as a security in case borrowers default on their loans. Particularly in the case of newer businesses and companies with poor or "okay" credit. OnDeck, however, does not require any type of collateral. It also reports payment activity to Equifax, Experian, and Paynet. This can help businesses who are regular and on-time with their payments to improve their credit.
How Do OnDeck's Business Loans Work?
OnDeck offers two credit products: term loans and lines of credit. Don´t worry about deciding which one you want. They both have the same application form and OnDeck will decide which products you qualify for based on your business´s characteristics. OnDeck performs a soft credit check when assessing your eligibility. So there is no downside to checking what loan amounts and interest rates you qualify for.
- OnDeck's term loans are what most people think of when they think of a business loan. They are business loans of a specific amount to meet a specific financing need. Unlike lines of credit, term loans are paid on a fixed schedule of payments. Term loans can be secured or unsecured, but in OnDeck's case, they are always unsecured.
- OnDeck's line of credit is not set for a specific amount. Instead, borrowers are offered a maximum loan balance, similar to how a credit card works. The borrower can then draw on the line of credit at any time as long as they don't exceed the maximum amount agreed upon.
Payments for OnDeck's term loans and lines of credit are structured as a fixed, daily payment from the business's account on a daily or weekly basis. This is different than the monthly or bi-monthly payments many borrowers are used to. According to OnDeck, daily or weekly payments help make payments more affordable and prevent the snowball effect that larger payments can cause.
What Are OnDeck's Interest Rates and Terms?
Rates vary widely. They start at 9.99% for term loans and 13.99% APR for lines of credit. Your rate will depend on your credit, business characteristics, loan amount, and term. OnDeck doesn't have a maximum rate but the average APR for a term loan is 49.7% and the average APR for a line of credit is 34.1%.
OnDeck charges a 2.5% to 4% origination fee. This fee is deducted from your loan amount before it is deposited in your account. For example, if you borrow $100,000, OnDeck will deduct $2,500 and deposit $97,500 in your account.
On average, OnDeck's rates are 15% of the total loan amount. If you borrow $10,000, expect to pay around $1,500 in interest and fees.
OnDeck's interest rates are not cheap. Companies with excellent credit or that have assets to place as collateral can probably find better deals with prime lenders like SoFi, Funding Circle or Dealstruck. However, its rates are lower than the rates of many online lenders that also target businesses with subprime credit profiles. Another point to consider is that OnDeck has a maximum loan term of 2 years. Loans with lower interest rates often have longer terms as well.
How Much Can You Borrow From OnDeck?
OnDeck offers loan amounts ranging from $5,000 to $500,000 with terms ranging from 3 to 24 months.
What are OnDeck's Loan Requirements?
OnDeck's eligibility requirements are simple:
• At least 12 months in business. This is not a lender for startups.
• A minimum annual revenue of $100k.
• The business owner must have a FICO score of 500+. This is low. Most lenders (Funding Circle, Dealstruck, SoFi) require credit scores of 600 and above.
Of course, borrowers with a high-risk credit profile will only qualify for high interest loans. As well as those basic requirements, OnDeck also requires applicants to provide the following documents:
• Business Tax ID
• Bank and Credit Card statements for the last three months.
• Social Security number for the business owners.
• Driver's license number and state of issue.
What is OnDeck's Application Process Like?
1. Basic Requirements
Provide your business name, address, years in business and business structure.
2. Your Business Information
The form requests business information, such as your Tax ID, your average account balance, and full address.
3. Personal Information
This step requests personal information, such as full name of the owner, address and Social Security number.
4. Financial Needs
Tell OnDeck how much you need and the purpose of the loan. For instance, will you use the funds to buy equipment, hire employees or purchase inventory? You also must estimate the additional revenue your investment will generate.
5. Verify Information
OnDeck requires access to your bank and credit card statements for the last three months to verify the information provided. You can either authorize your bank to send OnDeck your statements or send them yourself by fax or email. Sending statements is slower because an OnDeck employee has to review them by hand.
6. Application Decision
In a matter of minutes, OnDeck provides a decision on the application. If you are approved, funds will be disbursed directly to the business's bank account.
How Is OnDeck Better Than Other Lenders?
OnDeck may not have the lowest interest rates, but it makes up for it in customer service and its streamlined application process. It's the difference between sending a parcel by Fedex or regular post. If cost is your main concern, forget Fedex. Just don't expect it to arrive by the next business day.
These are OndDeck's best features:
- Fast loans. Simple and short application form.
- An immediate decision on applications. Forget about waiting for weeks to see whether a lender approves your loan.
- High loan amounts. Borrowers can apply for up to $500,000.
- Competitive rates starting at 9.99% APR. Although there are lenders with much lower rates, they are also pickier with who they lend money to.
- OnDeck reports to three credit reporting bureaus.
- Checking what rates you qualify for will not hurt your credit score. OnDeck performs a soft credit check.
- No collateral required.
Andrew is the managing editor for SuperMoney and a certified personal finance counselor. He loves to geek out on financial data and translate it into actionable insights everyone can understand. His work is often cited by major publications and institutions, such as Forbes, U.S. News, Fox Business, SFGate, Realtor, Deloitte, and Business Insider.


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A new report is suggesting the air at many Quebec construction sites contains levels of asbestos at or above provincial norms, raising fresh questions about whether the substance can be handled safely in Canada.
The study, released by Quebec's Public Health Department, examined 3,000 air samples taken from worksites that were considered at elevated risk for asbestos exposure.
It found that 43 per cent of the sites had concentrations of the mineral's cancer-causing fibres that met or exceeded the limit. "What (the study) shows is that even though in Quebec we have norms, active laws, inspectors and also the availability of protective gear . . . it's (still) very difficult to adhere to the norms," said Louise Souliere, public-health director for a central Quebec region that is home to one of Canada's last asbestos mines.
"So, this means that even the workers who know they're working with asbestos are sometimes at risk." The study highlights that Quebec's occupational asbestos exposure limit allows for 10 times more airborne fibres than other Canadian provinces — and 100 times more than some European countries. The report includes data on asbestos exposure taken between 2003 and 2009, some of which had previously been published.
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Yann Legendre's Modern-Day Woodcuts
Yann Legendre's illustrations for Forbes, GQ, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal appear to be woodcuts fashioned from pixels. Thick, repeated lines create the illusion of motion with every strand of hair, every fold of cloth, and every shadow or reflection.
In Legendre's work, even contemporary subjects have a timeless quality, whether it's a portrait of a modern celebrity, a New York taxi, or a bearded hipster. And his illustrations surprise viewers with unexpected elements—for instance, a Star Wars stormtrooper wears a British Beefeater's hat, or Little Red Riding Hood appears even more devilish than her nemesis.
Legendre now splits his time between Bordeaux, in the south of France, and Chicago, where he's closer to most of his editorial clients, and where he finds inspiration in American illustration. "If you're looking to learn about art between the 14th and 18th century, you go to France, but if you're looking to learn about contemporary illustration, you go to the States," he says. "In the 1950s and 1960s, everything exploded in the U.S., and I still find inspiration in book covers by Chip Kidd, in graphic novels, and American artwork—all of it."
Legendre considers his biggest influences to be Pablo Picasso, M.C. Escher, and Jack Kirby, who teamed up with Stan Lee in the 1960s to create the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk, before leaving for rival DC Comics. "Kirby's work is so bold, almost like a nuclear attack exploding in your face," says Legendre. "My style is a combination of that old-fashioned line work with a more contemporary tool."
The signature style is clear in his work with Rockport Publishers, which released a new edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales in 2014.
"The Grimm stories were designed to be told, not read," says Legendre. "The way they're written is the way we talk, and because there's so little detail, I can create the detail and interpret the story through the illustration."
Case in point: Little Red Riding Hood.
"In the story, there is nothing saying that the girl is fragile or afraid of the wolf, so I didn't want to illustrate her as a delicate little flower," he says. Legendre drew her as a determined young woman in a hoodie—a character who appears to have just walked off the streets of New York, ready to face the evil hiding beneath her grandmother's bedsheets.
Many modern illustrators start their creations with traditional tools—pencil or ink on paper—and then scan what they have drawn, using digital tools to refine and polish the work. Legendre prefers an all-digital process.
Much of Legendre's work is editorial, and he appreciates art directors who give him license to explore the subject rather than essentially asking for a photographic representation of something in the article. "When an art director says, 'We need some bright colors and something fun,' that's a brief I can handle."
And because of that, Legendre rarely shows clients more than a simple collection of circles and squares indicating the composition; sometimes he prefers to completely surprise the art director.
"When Metropolitan magazine asked for a cover illustration about Star Wars in London, it was easy—I immediately thought of the stormtrooper with the guard's hat and it was done," Legendre says. "I showed the art director the final piece, and it was such a surprise!" he says, getting excited at the very memory of it. "But if I had created a sketch, it's nothing—it's just an idea that every illustrator could execute in a completely different way."
Legendre knows that completing a piece without a firm commitment from the client is a risky proposition, but to him, taking the risk is just part of the job—and his client list reads like an airport newsstand, so it seems to be working out.
Given the heavy focus on editorial commissions, you might wonder if Legendre ever worries about the future of print.
"When I started working on illustrations for the New York Times in 2008, people were already saying the computer was going to be the end of print," he says. "But really, the computer has just made my job easier—now I can work from anywhere I like."
He adds, "They also say nobody buys DVDs anymore, right? I work with Criterion Collection in New York, which is making a fortune selling DVDs because they create amazing objects—it's an experience to open the box and look at the artwork before you watch the movie. Why? Because people are ready to spend money on a beautiful piece of craft."
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Author Scott Kirkwood is a frequent contributor to HOW, AIGA, and Adobe Create. A freelance copywriter and creative director focused on nonprofits and "do-gooder" brands, he lives in Denver, Colorado.
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THE crisis generated by the assassination on the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Senator Dino Melaye, continued on Tuesday as the lawmaker attacked the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over his continued silence over the incident.
Melaye, who expressed shock over the alleged assassination attempt on his life last in his constituency residence in Aiyetoro-Gbede, Ijumu local government area, said such development was strange to the senatorial district.
He said it was strange that the four days after the incident, the governor never deemed it fit to call or visit him.
The senator in a statement signed by his media assistant, Gideon Ayodele, described the situation as unfortunate, regrettable, highly disturbing and very strange to the socio-political culture of Kogi West senatorial district.
Expressing outrage and disbelief he said, "four days after the assassination attempt, the Kogi State governor, the Chief Security Officer of the State, has neither called nor visited to know the state of affairs with him as a serving Senator from Kogi State."
"The Governor's deafening silence speaks volumes".
Melaye however declared his un-relented resolution to continue to champion democratic courses targeted at good governance, masses empowerment and the Rule of Law.
He promised never to relent in his fight against corruption, maladministration, impunity and nepotism.
He said, "No amount of threat, blackmail, name-callng and/or harassment will stop me from being the voice of the voiceless and the mouthpiece of the common man.
"In the history of Kogi West, various political gladiators have, at various times, had their differences but none had ever been escalated to the level of attempt on life."
"Chief Awoniyi and Chief Daniyan (both of blessed memory) had their strong differences. Senator Dino Melaye and Prince Olusola Akanmode also had their differences. Arc. Stephen Olorunfemi and Prince Olusola Akanmode and Tunde Ogbeha, also had their differences. Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Smart Adeyemi had their serious political differences. None of these differences was ever escalated to the horrendous level of assassination attempt.
The recent incident is alien to Okun people and to Kogi West. The advent of Yahaya Bello as Governor and Taofiq Isa as Local Government administrator in the political firmament of Kogi state has brought this unfortunate socio-political paradigm shift.
The agitation for good governance, payment of worker's salaries and welfare of pensioners should not be punished with assassination.
But Bello in his reaction said he was not ready to join issues with Melaye, saying he is an adult that could explain the path he has chosen to tread.
The governor, who spoke through his director of media and publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, said followers of events from the day his group promised to make Kogi ungovernable will not be surprised.
He said, "The case is under investigation by the Police and making serious statements about it may be seen to be subjudice. We have been witnessing imaginary attacks in the state and when the Governor travelled to Kogi East, his antagonists also alleged he was attacked even when the opposite was the case.
"As a government, we believe the Nigeria Police is capable of getting to the root of the allegations and do justice to it once and for all."
"Governor Yahaya Bello is redefining leadership in Kogi State, therefore, the plan of 'One Day One Trouble' will not work. We are in the news for the roads we are constructing, the agriculture we are reforming, the healthcare we are making affordable and the walls of insecurity we are pulling down. We have departed from their own ways."
"People need to ask Senator Dino Melaye if he reported the incident to the Governor who is the Chief Security Officer of the state. If you didn't tell him anything, he too will have nothing to say. The reports of the security agencies will surely untie the riddles surrounding the allegations."


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In a matchup that featured the likes of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum shined the brightest.
The third-year Boston Celtics star finished with 39 points and nine rebounds in his team's double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday - a performance that saw Tatum draw high praise from his fellow Celtics All-Star.
"(Tatum) was the best player on the court tonight," Walker told ESPN's Tim Bontemps postgame.
"He was incredible," Walker added. "He made every right play. He made every big shot."
The 21-year-old Tatum acknowledged that competing against some of the league's elite players served as a personal motivator.
"Any time you get a chance to play against guys you look up to, or arguably are the best guys in the league, it definitely kind of raises your level of play," he said.
The former Duke product's leap in Year 3 is a big reason why the Celtics sit third in the Eastern Conference entering the All-Star break. Tatum has significantly increased his scoring production this season, pouring in a career-best 22.4 points per game. That number has jumped to 27.3 points over his last eight contests, with Boston winning seven of them.
The Celtics are now 38-16 this season, just 1 1/2 games back of the Toronto Raptors for the East's second seed.


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Happy New Year to everyone in the congregation. This month we begin the preparations for the High Holidays. I always look forward to the holidays, as I get to see almost every one of you at some point during Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur. This is also a time of great introspection. The question I always ask myself at this time of year comes from Rabbi Zusya in the 17th century. He says, "When I get to the heavenly court, God will not ask me, 'Why weren't you Moses?' Rather he will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?'"
I love this line. To me it means simply "to thine own self be true". But the next question is the harder one: "Have you been the best person that you can be this year?" What have you done to make the world better? Have you spoken out against injustice? Have you fed the poor and clothed the naked? When you fast at Yom Kippur, will it be a meaningful fast? One that will inspire you to action for social causes? Or will you simply be hungry and get a headache and not appreciate the fast.
I wish you all a healthy year in 5778 and hope that you take the opportunity that the holidays present to all of us to take a good hard look at our lives and vow to do at least one thing better this year than last and not slip backwards.
I will end with a simple quote from my father. When discussing almost anything, but specifically about grades, the quote was "No Reversions". However well I did in the past, that becomes your baseline, and the idea is to improve upon the baseline without slipping. Thanks Dad, I love you for always pushing me to be my best.
L'Shanah Tovah,
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Road Trip Day 4 & 5: Grand Canyon, Page, Santa Fe
Before leaving Zion, I visited the Mean Bean coffee house for coffee and a waffle, both of which were excellent. So far I'm keeping my don't eat at the same place twice guideline. From Zion, I drove to Page, Arizona. The notable stop along the way was the Grand Canyon's north rim. It's an amazing view, of course, and all the more so when you find out that reaching the other side, which is clearly visible, by car, is a 200 mile drive.
I opted not to do the 200 miles, and instead headed to Page, which sits on Lake Powell. I tried to go out and see Horseshoe Bend on my way out this morning, but the road was temporarily closed for something, the workman said 15 minutes, but when I came back 15 minutes later after getting gas it was still closed and traffic was backing up. So I gave up on that idea. That was disappointing. There was a picture of it on the wall of my hotel room which I thought was a picture of the canyon taken with a fisheye lens. It wasn't until I was looking at stuff to see online later that I realized it actually looks that way. Oh well, some other trip!
The picture I would have taken if I'd had more patience.
Today's main attraction was Four Corners, where Utah, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona meet. It's the only place in the U.S. where four states meet. The site itself is operated by the Navajo Nation, and surrounded by jewelry sellers and other touristy souvenir stuff. I walked to Colorado and bought a magnet for our door at home. You should all bug @lnorigb to post some pictures of our magnet door before all the magnets pull the space station down on top of us. It's going to happen someday, especially after all the magnets I'm adding from this trip. Walking around the monument to Colorado "the long way", I walked through as many states as I did on my AT hike. Today was slightly easier.
Also today was the Best Buy in Farmington where I got a replacement hard drive for my ailing laptop. It's being restored from my external drive right now. Bombich Software, makers of the excellent and free Carbon Copy Cloner are getting a donation out of this, it definitely "saved my bacon" as they put it.
Farmington has this interesting builiding in its old downtown section.
It might be hard to see it in the picture even if you click for the full sized version, but there are swastikas all around the top of it. It's not subtle at all when you're standing across the street from it. It's clearly an old building, and I know swastikas were sometimes used that way prior to WW2, but it's really surprising it's been left that way all these years! If you can read the sign, you'll see that Tony Bennett took up photography and set up shop in the building.
I had planned on going over the mountains and staying in Los Alamos tonight, but when I got to the road I would've taken, there were signs indicating it was closed due to fires 30 miles ahead. I had seen the smoke before that, but hadn't put it together that that was where Los Alamos was, I wasn't really headed towards it at that point. Checking the Internet, it was immediately obvious I wasn't going to Los Alamos. The whole town of 12,000 has been evacuated. So I wound up taking the interstate (drat!) to Santa Fe instead, where I found a hotel room on my second call only because I was willing to take the room with a broken TV. But I feel guilty about being here when there are probably evacuees who could've used it. There are a lot of hotels here, but I doubt they're enough to absorb the entire town of Los Alamos! If I'd thought about it a little more before heading out here, I would've either gone to Albuquerque or headed out past Santa Fe to Taos or somewhere. I just hope everyone from Los Alamos stays ok.
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3 Comments to Road Trip Day 4 & 5: Grand Canyon, Page, Santa Fe
If you're near Page on the way back, there's a neato slot canyon about 20 or 30 miles outside of Page that I've visited a couple times. It's called Paria Canyon. A mile or so walk to the slot, then a big payoff (bring enough water).
What about your tent? Did you throw it away? Was that part of the rules for the road trip that I missed?
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(SNO) – Thirty-two territories have ever won a medal at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
With the 23rd edition well underway in Barranquilla, Colombia, 22 territories have claimed medals for 2018, and 13 participating teams are yet to register.
Saint Lucia, which has five total medals all time, all of them in the sport of athletics, would have been hoping to add to that tally through Stephanie Devaux Lovell. Unfortunately, it was not to be.
Four years ago in Veracuz, the then 19-year-old sailor was fourth in the women's lader radial event, falling just two points shy of a medal. This time around, she was three points off the pace.
After the first three races, Devaux-Lovell was in bronze medal position, knowing full well that Saint Lucia has never won an international sailing medal. She had finished second in the opening race, and then fourth in the next two.
Devaux-Lovell's string of fourth place finishes was marred by a sixth place in Race 7, giving her 35 points in total, and 29 net points, as Guatemala's Isabella Maegli overcame a Race 4 DQ to nip the bronze medal.
Mexico's Elena Oetling was magnificent in taking gold, winning all but one of the first eight races, and consigning Venezuela's Daniela Rivera to second place.
With athletics still to come, Saint Lucia is expected to medal through two-time defending champion Levern Spencer in women's high jump, whilst French champion Albert Reynolds (men's javelin throw) and Sandisha Antoine (women's long jump and triple jump) will hope to join Levern and Dominic Johnson as the only Saint Lucian medallists ever at this meet.
As for Devaux-Lovell, she must now turn her attention to the 2019 Pan Am Games and the 2020 Olympics. Her next shot at CAC silverware will be Panama City 2022, when she will surely be hungry for retribution.


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Trials begin at new Oman desalination plant
A new 210 Ml/d desalination plant in Ghubra, Oman has begun trial operations."The new Ghubra desalination plant will gradually reduce the problems of shortage of water supply, contribute in raising the water level at the main distribution reservoirs as well as improve water pressure and provide water to Muscat governorate," said the Public Authority for Electricity and Water chairman, Mohammad Al Mahruqi. The plant will produce around 50,000 m³ of water during its trial run.
Al Mahruqi made assurances that commercial operation of the Ghubra plant, and the new Barka desalination plant expansion, will begin by the start of 2016. The Ghubra plant will produce 62 Ml/d greatly contributing towards increasing water production for Muscat, South Al Batinah and Dakhiliya Wilayats.
Al Mahruqi said the Quraiyat desalination plant, currently under development, will produce 220 Ml/d. Construction is scheduled for completion by the third quarter of 2017.
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Is this a severe infection
GandCrab-4 ransomware file-encoding malicious program, usually known as ransomware, will encrypt your files. It's a highly serious threat that could permanently stop you from opening your data. Furthermore, infection happens very easily, therefore making file encrypting malware one of the most dangerous malicious program threats. Ransomware creators count on users being reckless, as contamination often occurs when people open malicious email attachments, press on strange ads and fall for fake 'downloads'. As soon as the encryption process has been carried out, you'll get a ransom note, decryptor. The ransom varies from ransomware to ransomware, some might ask for $50, while others might demand $1000. Giving into the demands is not something you should do, so think through all scenarios. File recovery isn't necessarily guaranteed, even after paying, considering there is nothing preventing crooks from just taking your money. There are plenty of accounts of people receiving nothing after complying with the demands. Investing the required money into dependable backup would be a better idea. We're sure you will find a suitable option as there are many to pick from. Just uninstall GandCrab-4 ransomware, and if you had made backup before the infection entered your device, file recovery shouldn't be an issue. These threats are hiding everywhere, so you need to be ready. If you want to remain safe, you need to become familiar with potential threats and how to shield your device from them.
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How does data encoding malware spread
Many ransomware use quite primitive distribution ways, which include attaching corrupted files to emails and displaying malicious advertisements. More elaborate methods are not as common.
You must have recently opened an infected email attachment from a seemingly real email. Once the infected file is opened, the ransomware will be able to begin the encoding process. It's not actually surprising that users open the attachments, seeing as crooks occasionally put in a decent amount of work to make the emails convincing, often talking about money and similar sensitive topics, which users are likely to respond urgently to. Usage of basic greetings (Dear Customer/Member), strong encouraging to open the file attached, and many grammatical mistakes are what you need to be caution of when dealing with emails with attached files. To explain, if someone important sends you an attachment, they would would know your name and would not use general greetings, and you would not have to search for the email in the spam folder. You may come across company names such as Amazon or PayPal used in those emails, as familiar names would make the email seem more real. It could have also been the case that you engaged with an infected advert when on a suspicious site, or downloaded something from an unreliable source. Compromised websites may be hosting infected ads, which if engaged with could cause malware to download. And stick to valid download sources as often as possible, because otherwise you may be putting your computer in danger. You ought to never download anything from advertisements, as they are not good sources. Programs generally update themselves, but if manual update was necessary, a notification would be sent to you through the software itself.
What happened to your files?
Specialists are constantly warning about how dangerous data encrypting malware can be, most importantly, its ability to permanently encode data. File encryption does not take a long time, ransomware has a list of targets and can locate all of them quite quickly. You will notice that your files have an extension added to them, which will help you figure out which data encoding malicious software you are dealing with. Strong encryption algorithms will be used to make your files inaccessible, which can make decrypting files for free probably impossible. You'll get a ransom note once the encryption process is finished, and the situation ought to be clearer. The creators/spreaders of the file encrypting malware will offer you a decryption tool, which you obviously have to pay for, and that isn't advised. Complying with the demands doesn't necessarily mean data decryption because there is nothing stopping crooks from just taking your money, leaving your files encrypted. Furthermore, you'd be giving hackers money to further develop malware. And, people will increasingly become interested in the already very profitable business, which allegedly made $1 billion in 2016 alone. Consider investing the demanded money into reliable backup instead. If this kind of situation reoccurred, you could just ignore it without being anxious about potential file loss. Erase GandCrab-4 ransomware if it's still present on your device, instead of complying with the requests. These types threats can be avoided, if you know how they spread, so try to become familiar with its spread ways, in detail.
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If you want to fully get rid of the infection, you'll have to acquire anti-malware utility, if you don't already have one. If you are reading this, chances are, you are not the most knowledgeable when it comes to computers, which means you might end up harming your device if you attempt to erase GandCrab-4 ransomware yourself. Instead of endangering your system, employ anti-malware software. Those tools are designed to locate and remove GandCrab-4 ransomware, as well as all other possible infections. However, in case you aren't sure about where to begin, you can use the instructions we have provided below to help you. Bear in mind that the program can't help you decrypt your files, all it'll do is make sure the threat is gotten rid of. But, you should also bear in mind that some data encoding malicious software may be decrypted, and malware specialists may create free decryptors.
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Windows 7/Vista/XP1. Start → Shutdown → Restart → OK. 2. When the restart occurs, press F8. Keep pressing until you see the Advanced Boot Options window appear. 3. Pick Safe Mode with Networking.
Windows 8/101. On the Windows login screen, press the Power button. Press and hold the Shift key. Click Restart. 2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. 3. Select Enable Safe Mode with Networking.
1.2) Remove GandCrab-4 ransomware.Once the computer is launched in Safe Mode, open your browser and download anti-malware software of your preference. Scan your computer so that the anti-malware can locate the malicious files. Allow it to delete them. If you are unable to access Safe Mode with Networking, proceed to the instructions below.
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Windows 8/101. On the Windows login screen, press the Power button. Press and hold the Shift key. Click Restart. 2. Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Settings → Restart. 3. Select Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
2.2) Restore system files and settings.1. Enter cd restore when the Command Prompt window appears. Press Enter. 2. Type rstrui.exe and press Enter. 3. When the System Restore Window pop-ups, click Next. 4. Select the restore point and click Next. 5. Click Yes on the warning window that appears. When the system restore is complete, it is recommended that you obtain anti-malware software and scan your computer for the ransomware just to be sure that it is gone.
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- Right-click on an encrypted file that you want to restore.
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- Select the version of the file you want to recover and click Restore.
3.3) Shadow Explorer to decrypt filesYour operating system automatically creates shadow copies of your files in case of a crash but some ransomware manages to delete them. Nevertheless, it is still worth a try.
- Download Shadow Explorer. Preferably from the official website (http://shadowexplorer.com/), install and open the program.
- On the top left corner there will be a drop menu. Search for the disk that contains the encrypted files.
- If you do find some folders, right-click on them and select Export.


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I originally had another name for my blog, but someone from the organisation I work for was very upset as I had made comments about work and things I was going through at the time. I was hugely flattered that people were reading my blog, but also felt violated in a way as they didn't see my blog in perspective and had only read the posts they were sent, so they didn't know that it was really about my family.
The purpose of this blog is to remember as much as possible about my children and my husband and to keep a record of all the special memories.
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People who watch horror movies tend to have the same reaction after being scared out of their socks: How would I react in the same situation? But how about runners? How would runners fare if they were faced with the same heart-pounding terror encountered in horror movies?
Grab some popcorn and check behind the shower curtain before you start reading.
If Runners Were In Horror Movies ...1. They would always get away from the guy in the slasher mask. As big and bad as he is, he clearly hasn't incorporated enough cardio into his weightlifting regimen. Not to mention, running in a mask is really hard (but maybe good for improving your VO2 max. Don't test it, though).
2. Vampires would be no match for the insanely well-lit morning or evening runner. From reflective vests to running headlamps to neon singlets, Count Dracula would have to shield his eyes to even attempt biting a runner's neck.
3. Speaking of Vampires, they'd do well to avoid those well-lit runners because they are usually full of garlic breath from carb-loading spaghetti dinners.
4. Runners looking for porta potty tissue would make mince meat of mummies. That guy would meet his demise stuck to the bottom of a running shoe.
5. Werewolves supposedly are cured through exhaustion, which would surely manifest itself in relatively short order during their pursuit of a seasoned marathoner.
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July 1, 2011 to August 5, 2011 – Schoolhouse Children's Museum & Learning Center Themed workshops for children that are hands-on, interactive, and include at least one make-and-take craft. AGES: 5 to 9 TIME: 9:00AM to 12:00PM COST: $25 Members; $30 Non-Members. Workshops: ART… Organized by Schoolhouse Children's Museum & Learning Center | Type: arts, &, crafts, summer, camp, workshops, for, children
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Evelyn Underhill
woman, Christian philosopher, and teacher
Died aged c. 66
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Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the 20th century. No other book of its type—until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy—met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911.DbPedia
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Evelyn Underhill 1875-1941 Christian philosopher and teacher lived here 1907-1939
50 Campden Hill Square, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1907-1939)
Evelyn Underhill 1875-1941 Christian writer and Guide to the Spiritual Life born near this place
Victoria House, Royal Wolverhampton School, 131 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom where they was


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Mike Tindall breaks silence on Pippa Middleton and James Matthews' 'fantastic' wedding day
MIKE TINDALL has broken his silence ahead of Pippa Middleton's wedding to James Matthews on Saturday, with him saying that he thinks the couple will have a "fantastic time".
The 38-year-old former rugby player - who married Zara Phillips in June 2011 - spoke out about the special day on Good Morning Britain, with him admitting that "he doesn't know exactly what will happen, but that he's sure they'll have a good day".
After being asked to compare attempting to keep his own wedding day private like Pippa and James, Mike gushed: "We're not far away from six years I think.
"They will have a fantastic time. I don't know the full ins and outs of their wedding but I'm sure they'll have a good time and a fun day.
"I'm sure they'll love you guys are trying to peer in. You're just basically peering over a wall aren't you but I'm sure they'll still have a great day."
Mike Tindall discussed Pippa Middleton and James Matthews' wedding on today's GMB
Mike chatted to Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard
At least 100 of the couple's nearest and dearest, including the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, will descend on the village church for the ceremony.
A further 200 people are expected to join them later for the evening reception in the grounds of the Middleton family home in Bucklebury.
With no expense spared, Ms Middleton and Mr Matthews have hired a huge glass marquee to host their wedding breakfast and evening festivities.
Mike married Zara Phillips in 2011
The marquee has been shipped from Belgium and is estimated to have set the couple back around £100,000.
Although the Middletons have vehemently maintained that the wedding is a private family event, the eyes of the world will be upon it.
Prince Harry is expected to attend with his girlfriend, American actress Meghan Markle, who landed in London on Tuesday.
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Campaign for CALIFriday, December 27, 2013
One of our organization's main purposes is to serve as a legislative force for our industry. A primary means by which we accomplish this is though our annual Legislation Day. We are pleased to announce that the date for our next Campaign for CALI has been set for March 17, 2014.
If you have never attended a Legislation Day, I strongly urge you to speak to a fellow member who has. I guarantee they will have nothing but positive things to say.
As always, participation in Legislation Day is important as there are always issues that both benefit and harm our industry. This year, matters concerning a BSIS Disciplinary Review Committee and LLCs for Private Investigators are hot topics. And, just like last year, our efforts regarding SCIF are still ongoing. The Legislation Committee will be identifying numerous bills that can and will have a direct impact on our industry as well as many of us personally. A showing of strength at the Capitol will do wonders for our cause.
Please remember that registration is required and easily done on the CALI website. You will be asked for your home address, but this is only to determine who your representatives are, information that is crucial to setting up appointments.
For further information, please contact Leg Day Chair Frank Huntington at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you to Campaign for CALI on CALI's Annual Legislation Day. Remember, your support is crucial to CALI's continued efforts to protect our profession!


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Our grandchildren will live on Mars! You might have heard that in news. Is that possible? If yes, then how? Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, will take us to the Mars – Will it be our new home? Though there are several questions but probably yes, we will be living in Mars!
As synthetic biology is going to help us in making this dream true in
Colonization Specifically on Mars, Why? The point arises, why researchers are struggling to have life specifically on Mars, why not on any other planet in the whole universe! Researchers are working on space exploration to
discover the signs of life in the universe other than the planet Earth. Astrobiology is the discipline that is involved in search of extra-terrestrial life. Eventually, they have found a hope of life on Mars. The Mars gives certain signs that
It won't be wrong if we say Mars as the Earth's fraternal twin. Earth is white and bluish because of the existence of water in its various states. However Mars, also named as the Red planet as it shows various shades of orange and red. This is because of the presence of lots of rocks on the surface with iron oxide. On exploration, it was found that there is a white pole too that essentially denotes dry ice in Mars. Several studies made this thing cleared that there is water on Mars. It's a fact that water supports life. Like Earth, Mars has a thin layer of atmosphere consisting of carbon dioxide (95.32%), nitrogen (2.7%), argon (14%) and traces of oxygen as well.
The average temperatures vary greatly from -55 degrees Celsius, with lows of around -133oC and highs of some +27oC. This suggests that martial conditions are much colder than the Earth. Challenges and emergence of Synthetic Biology Mars One, a Dutch organization, is identifying various challenges, which will come in the way of achieving the goals of Mars colonization. To pull it off, there is a need to solve a lot of problems. Issues like how to get
Researchers are striving to find ways to resolve all these anticipating issues. At the same incident, synthetic biologists are devising different biological solutions. They are applying different engineering principles at different levels to solve problems. Synbio is playing a critical role in the
generation of oxygen, fixing carbon, recycling waste and water, production of food, chemicals, and medicines.
Getting into the Mars Ferrying humans to Mars would be a much bigger challenge than getting them to the moon.
The first challenge to colonize Mars is, how we will get there!
Donald J. Trump, in December 2017, gave directions to NASA to move beyond the moon and leave their footprints and plant their flag over Mars too. NASA is now working to enable human expansion across the solar system. Their exploration campaign has settled certain objectives to
enable human exploration of the Moon. This will be the preparation for human missions to Mars and then deeper in the solar system. NASA is making scientific discoveries and advancement to mankind, capable of doing.
SpaceX is expecting to reach Mars by 2022, as said by Elon Musk. The organization like SpaceX and Mars One, both of them claim that they will send people to Mars. Leave people there and let them begin a colony or civilization. A super heavy launch vehicle will be used for this
purpose. It would carry 50,000 kilograms or even more to the lower orbit, which is sufficient mass to take to space.
NASA is developing Space Launch System SLS. New Glenn that has been developed by Blue Origin. And the big Falcon Rocket by SpaceX
Life on Mars as Martian! After a safe launch let's assume that humans are permanently living there then certain things will be taken in accountability. For survival three basics things are required i.e. water, food,
and oxygen. Mars lacks nutrients, microorganisms and atmospheric conditions that support plant
M.F.K Fisher says,
"First we eat, then we do anything else"
For a stable supply of food, it would be quiet impractical and expensive to bring food items from Earth on regular basis. In order to have a self-sustained and independent lifestyle, there is a need for growing food on the Red Planet. Presence of water on Mars supports this idea. Certain
other factors must also be considered. Like, the texture of
It has been found that the surface of Mars is heavily equipped with regolith, heavy metals and high levels of perchlorate. This leads to an increase in toxicity level. Synthetic biologists are making crops by manipulation of biological systems and testing their performance under controlled and optimized conditions. This engineering will help to improve photosynthetic
activities, photo-protective (UV protection) properties, and drought and cold tolerance capabilities. Cyanobacteria and algae have marked their values because of having astonishing features. Like, there need of requirement of very little resource input makes them available for serving food supply. Not only this, but they also serve to replenish oxygen in the Mars atmosphere.
Synthetic biologists are playing with genes of cyanobacteria to not only enhance its nutritive values but also to produce medicines.
3D printing of food is not as much mature as 3D printing of things like tools.
Microbes involved in terraforming Mars Professor Ferl states, "When we will live on Mars, we have to take our ecosystem and agriculture with us".
As up mass and up volume is a big problem, as well as it is quite costly. Establishment of hydroponic greenhouses was initially thought as the only way to produce food resources. Playing with microbes has brought a new idea. Terraforming Mars could be possible by just taking a small
number of cells with us that has the ability to get synthetically altered. Synbio is designing and constructing new biological functions and systems that could not be naturally found. This will prove beneficial for desired material production that may include habitat construction, food, fuel, clothes or embedding biosensors.
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Has anyone seen this ? Same hotspots have no problems with Apple iOS v3.x
I do not have an iPhone with this version of the software so it is difficult to test.
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Beverle Houston said unequivocally in 1984 "that the concepts of the tv establishment, enunciation, and gear that i've been discussing placed all its spectators— either female and male— right into a state of affairs that's, in lots of methods, very similar to the person who has been theorized for the female spectator and topic, yet that's, in reality, to be had to all topics" (189). Lynn Spigel's learn of well known discourse approximately tv within the Fifties issues out that "unlike the male spectator of classical cinema, who has been represented by way of mastery and keep an eye on over the scene, tv in those renowned money owed used to be proven to remove authority over the picture. It threatened to make males into woman spectators" (Spigel 1990: 88). motion pictures performed on tv through video apparatuses already problem this binary through combining the of the televisual gear with software program initially produced for the cinematic spectator. Lynne Joyrich, cautioning opposed to too effortless recognition of the organization of television spectatorship with emasculation, has actually famous that tv courses, to the level that they're shot in a extra cinematic variety, "attempt to avoid TV's feminization" (Joyrich 1990: 166). but theories derived from television's arrival 74 Ina Rae Hark amid the Nineteen Fifties ideological venture of domesticating leisure as a part of the broader aim of idealizing the suburban extended family, which assert the feminizing influence of viewing any textual content on tv, desire one other glance within the age of automated, electronic electronics. The male tv spectator who springs to brain at the present time doesn't lack "mastery and keep watch over" over the scene or "authority over the image"; he's sitting there with the distant, channel surfing. As strength over digital leisure comes progressively more to live in a hand held equipment one goals and shoots, the femininity ascribed to tv since it is a household equipment fades because the spectator reconfigures himself into that final male icon, a man with a gun. The shift in computing device know-how that permits a growing number of features to be performed with a mouse one issues and clicks and not more and no more via typing at the keyboard goodbye linked to girl clerical employees finds an identical consolidation of male hegemony over what will be considered as possibly feminizing expertise. Even television's organization with the household atmosphere isn't so computerized a marker of housewifery because it as soon as was once. With such a lot of dual-career families and unmarried mom and dad, the individual more likely to spend the main time at domestic with the television and video participant is neither husband nor spouse, however the baby. certainly we know the tales of the kid summoned to software the VCR for the bumbling father or mother who simply can't get it to prevent flashing "12:00. " additionally, the never-ending repeatability of viewing attainable with video appeals so much strongly to youngsters; titles for kids unavoidably dominate the pinnacle video revenues lists. So if we mix a few of the markers of the fitting spectator implied by way of film-on-video know-how, a figure emerges whom i'll dub "the empowered boy-child.


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Today the team travelled from Gyantse to Xigatse (3,900m).
Another day on the bus with the journey including a visit to the fabulous 14th century Thashilumpo temple founded in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama. Today the monastery is seat to the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual leader of Tibet.
Team spirit continues to be great, helped along by comfortable beds and great food at the guest houses and the charm of the Tibetan people. Everyone is getting used to the altitude and acclimatising well.
You'll see in the photos that they have been handing out Wooden Spoon hats and wristbands to children.
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