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The Kickstarter Challenge
Editor emeritus Joel and I have been writing a movie for awhile, as regular YMM readers (bless your patient, patient hearts) should know. Recently, we decided to jump on the Kickstarter bandwagon with our own project.
Of course, you're welcome to donate, but this isn't about us.
This post is about ubiquity though, and whether or not Kickstarter's ubiquity is hurting the projects it supports. The Kickstarter premise (for those few not in the know) is that it offers a crowd-sourced funding platform where random folks can donate to your project in exchange for rewards (that you set). And there's a layer of safety: you only get their donations (pledges) if the project reaches its threshold: a set goal that you specify.
As anyone in creative fields can tell you, Kickstarter has exploded, and the number of projects with it. It seems like every day you see a new Kickstarter project appear in your Facebook or Twitter stream. How do you stand out against the crowd with your project? How do you set yourself apart? How do you make sure that you're the one getting pledges when you're up against a sea of (often equally spirited) competitors?
It's a problem that has been nagging me since even before I posted our project. I chose to tackle it initially with rewards for all donors, and not just "thank yous" on our blog or Twitter stream. The other reward levels stack (a common theme in Kickstarter projects, though not a prerequisite) and I think are equitable to the money put in. The temptation to keep rewards simple can be dangerous, and requires you to put more stock in your donor's belief in your effort.
But that alone isn't enough: I'm looking for more ideas so I (and others after me) can successfully set their projects apart and get funded. This recent post on 2amtheatre made some suggestions:
Identifying your audience requires thinking beyond your immediate circle and understanding what will motivate the target group of donors. The answer to what makes a YouTube or other Internet video go viral is identical: finding a point of resonance with something the audience already values, and providing something that taps into those values. This doesn't mean "spinning†your pitch or changing anything you do artistically, but it does require some awareness and thoughtfulness at the outset.
It ultimately concedes:
Audience awareness is the single biggest answer to any successful effort that an artist undertakes and converting those efforts into the bottom line that makes it possible to dedicate oneself to the project. The more we know ourselves, the art at hand, and the target audience, the more effectively we can communicate and produce results.
So how do we build awareness and build conversions? How do we set our project apart from the dozens of others we may be competing with, just within our own social circles? I'd love to hear from those of you out there who have tried Kickstarter, or pledged to someone else's Kickstarter campaign before. What worked for you? Why did you donate to one campaign over another? Leave your thoughts in the comments!


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Michael Robinett
- Phone: (202) 527-7902
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mr. Robinett is a partner with Simeone & Miller, LLP where he works on a variety of personal injury matters, including car accidents, civil rights, and premises liability. Mr. Robinett joined Simeone & Miller, LLP in 2007.
Notable Case Results
Mr. Robinett has litigated several complex cases in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. His jury verdicts have ranked amongst the highest verdicts obtained in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, where such verdicts are tracked and published. Specifically, Mr. Robinett obtained the highest jury verdict in a premises liability case in 2011, the 5th highest jury verdict in an automobile negligence case in 2012 and the highest jury verdict in a premises liability case in 2014. Mr. Robinett has obtained several jury verdicts in excess of the final settlement offer from the insurance company and, in some cases, in excess of a Defendant's insurance policy limits.
In addition to his outstanding trial results, Mr. Robinett has successfully represented clients in appellate cases in the Court of Special Appeals in Maryland.
Educational Achievements
Mr. Robinett is a 2005 graduate of The George Washington University Law School, where he was a quarter-finalist in the Mock Trial competition and participated in the Street Law program, through which he taught legal issues to school children in Washington, D.C. He earned a B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002, where he studied American History and wrote his thesis on the American Civil Rights movement. Prior to joining Simeone & Miller, LLP in 2007, Mr. Robinett worked with the ACLU's National Prison Project on a high profile federal civil rights case.
Mr. Robinett is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland. Mr. Robinett lives in the District of Columbia with his wife and two daughters.
If you've been injured in DC, get in touch with Attorney Robinett today by contacting us online or calling the firm at (202) 888-0872.

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It would be nice to be able to collect coins from community buildings such as the cafe, toy store, or restaurants. For someone in a low level position it takes a long time to purchase needed buildings and factories to keep up with orders. Being able to collect coins from businesses would greatly help.
Another idea could be to add a spin wheel for daily prizes like coins or cash.
I understand the need to make money off this game but at the same time, if it's taking me forever to up levels, I'll lose interest in it. It's a very fun addicting game but at the same time it's very slow and I think the price of coins for how much you get is a bit high too. I would definitely purchase coins but the price is too high for what you get and for what you do get, it's about the cost of 2 or 3 buildings. That doesn't seem worth it to me. Maybe different variations, more options, and slightly lower prices would help that as well.
So my point...New ways to get coins through buildings and spin wheels of some sort AND different options and prices for purchasing more coins.


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Rural Dictionary: Grain Fed vs. Grass Fed Beef
Posted: 5/3/2018
Grain fed beef (noun) – Beef from cattle that have been fed a diet that includes grains, such as corn or soybeans. This term specifically refers to how cattle are fed in the last stages of life, as all cattle are born in pastures and stay there with their mother until weaning. These cattle are typically fed in a feedlot or barn, with room to move and access to fresh water at all times. Grains add additional energy to the diet. The ration also includes roughages like silage, grass hay, straw, and alfalfa.
Grass fed beef (noun) – Beef from cattle that have been fed only grass. Grass fed cattle typically take a few months longer to get to market weight. In states like South Dakota where we have snow in the winter, cattle are fed hay (grass that was dried and baled). Calves are born on pastures and live with their mother until weaning, then are moved to a different pasture.


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All electrical appliances draw on available current as measured by an electricity meter. The unit of measurement is Kilowatt Hour, each of which costs a set amount of money as decided by both the generator and provider. Each appliance uses more or less electricity than others, and some simply require more electricity to operate depending on size and purpose. For example, a toaster over uses a small amount of electricity in a short period of time, heating up its toasting elements and then shutting off. Because it does not use electricity over a long period of time, and because the amount of electricity used to heat toaster elements is relatively minor, it does not cost much to operate.
In comparison, an air conditioner uses a great deal more electricity to operate, since it must remove heat from air and run a fan; it is also normally kept running for longer periods of time, and so uses more electricity, and costs more money. A hot tub heats a great deal of water, and that heat must come from constant electricity; a radio only uses enough electricity to tune its antenna and convert the radio signal to audible sound, which in comparison isn't much.
It really boils down to the length of time the appliance is on, and how much electricity it draws while operating. A regular freezer gains heat when it is opened, and so must operate to keep the interior cool; a chest freezer gains much less heat, and so operates more efficiently, using less electricity. Smaller appliances, drawing smaller electrical loads, almost always cost less to operate than larger ones.


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1.5-day Workshop: Thursday, 10 December (9:15 – 5:30 pm) – Friday, 11 December (9:15 – 1:00 pm)
Venue: HKMA, 14/F Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, HK
Enquiry: Ms. Mona Chung Tel: +(852) 2573 0501 E-mail email@example.com.
Workshop Objectives
At the completion of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Place information into simple, logical structures quickly
- Present ideas clearly, concisely and memorably
- Inform, influence and get buy-in to their proposals
- Lead people to see different perspectives on an issue
- Use stories and examples to enhance your presentations
- Handle tough questions under pressure.
Day One (9:15 – 5:30)
- Speaking with Clarity & Brevity
– The value of structured thinking
– Why pegs? Why 3s?
- Informative Plans
– Clock Plan
– Globe Plan
– Standard Format
– Triangle Plan
- Bridging Techniques
- Persuasive Plans
– Zoom Plan
– Pendulum Plan
– Benefits Plan
- Handling Difficult Questions
Day Two (9:15 – 1:00)
- Review
- Support Plans
– Picture Plan
– Opposites Plan
– Domino Plan
– W5 Plan
- Putting it all Together
– Handling difficult questions – choosing a plan
– Pegs, pegs, pegs – a speed thinking and fluency building activity.
- Review
About the Facilitator
Anthony Brophy, Managing Director, HR Solutions
Anthony has over 20 years' experience in training and consulting regionally in areas of leadership, performance management, project management, sales and communication skills. His previous roles included positions in education, sales and management. He was Sales Manager of International Thomson Publishing Japan and Deputy Director of Oxford University Press Tokyo. Anthony has Masters degrees in Linguistics and Human Resources Management, Postgraduate Diplomas in Management and Management Consulting & Change and the Diploma in Negotiation from Harvard University. He is an accredited MBTI® and DISC assessor and facilitator of Think on your Feet®.
HK$5,200 (Early-bird before Monday, 30 November @ HK$4,800)
To register, please call Ms. Mona Chung, HR Solutions on +(852) 2573 0501 or e-mail to email@example.com.


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Sudden school closures due to COVID-19 have families entering the homeschooling world by surprise. It's one thing to homeschool by choice or necessity, but this is quite the different spin on teaching children at home!
But, don't fear! You can totally do this!
Begin with grabbing Teaching From Rest on Audible. It is a quick, AMAZING listen that will fill your heart with encouragement as you take on this new element of parenting. I listen to it each year when I need a boost and always finish feeling empowered.
After you've armored up for your role as teacher mom/dad, it's time to come up with a plan! Problem is, there are SO MANY resources. Almost too many. I totally get how it can be overwhelming. I'm often overwhelmed! And then I overpack our days, stress out the kids, and have to prompt my own reset/simplification of what our homeschool days look like!
But over our four years of homeschooling I've definitely discovered some favorites and I'm excited to share! I've had a quite a few friends reach out for recommendations and since I'm still homeschooling my kids amidst all this, I figured it made sense to give ya'll one clickable space highlighting some of our favorites rather than typing the same thing ten times over. Of course, if you have questions, DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK, I will support you however I can!
Before I get to all our favorites, please remember these important things:
- Do not try to recreate school at home.
- Your relationship with your child takes priority.
- You can do nothing for 2+ weeks and your child will not suffer.
- Read. Read. Read.
- Screens aren't evil. Aim for appropriate boundaries versus zero tolerance.
- The weather doesn't have to be nice to go outside.
- Siblings will fight. But, they will also bond.
Now, for those who want to explore some learning opportunities for your kids, here you go!
Find a Pen Pal
Handwriting practice? Spelling practice? Letter formatting? It's a no brainer that finding a pen pal is a worthy activity for kids of all ages.
Enroll in an Outschool Class
I've shared about Outschool before, but truly, it is something the kids and I greatly look forward to. The class options are endless. Kristen Cwynar is our favorite art class teacher and Max loves the Pokemon classes taught by Lauren Ard. Here is a coupon to get a $20 credit for your first class!
Cook! Bake! Grill!
Pull out your cookbooks or teach your kids to use Pinterest (although, beware, this can get you in over your head … I learned that with Jem!). Cooking is the best opportunity for math practice. It's also a skill worth developing seeing that they'll have to eat for the rest of their life!
Watch You vs. Wild
This Netflix show follows Bear Grylls in the wild! It's choose your own adventure style. You use the remote to help me make his next step. Lots of interesting (and gross) survival learning.
Get Outside
Regardless of the weather, my kids are outside everyday. Just unstructured, breathe fresh air, imagine and explore time. Which yes, often leads to baths midday, but hey, that's no big deal.
Listen to Audiobooks
We're borderline obsessed with audiobooks. Between Audible (most reliable), Chirp (cheap rotating sale books), Scrbd (free 60 days), and Libby (free library app). We almost always have a family audiobook going and Jemma and Max usually have 2-3 that they're working through. Here are some of our favorite audiobooks.
Try Out Learning Games on ABCya.com
When my kids finish their daily book work they beg for time on ABCya! It's learning, but they view it as a privilege. And it's free!
Improve Typing Skills at TypingClub.com
Jem practices her typing through this free resource. Typing Club one of her favorite things!
Chill Out With Cosmic Kids Yoga
The perfect indoor PE! Cosmic Kids Yoga is a YouTube channel with kid-themed yoga lessons. Think Disney, animals, superheroes … it's pretty fun!
When it comes to curriculum, I have many of our favorites saved in my Amazon shop for easy ordering. Teaching Textbooks is my top recommendation for math (grades 3 and up, although a 2nd grader can totally do level 3). We have used Handwriting Without Tears for handwriting practice since the beginning. And, probably my most favorite curriculum is Writing With Ease because it is structured for multiple age reading comprehension that introduces classic literature. Books we read clips of in WWE often become our family read aloud or next audiobook pick.
Most days I aim to structure things so the kids toggle between a parent facilitated activity and an independent one. It's truly amazing what kids can manage on their own. Even Eli, who is 2 1/2 can sit with a pile of picture books for 10 minutes. And Jemma will gladly spend HOURS in her room writing stories and pen pal letters. Max draws every spare moment he has and Reid is my current tagalong who happily folds laundry, vacuums, and cooks with me.
Not homeschooling related, but life at home related, we decided to kick off Eli's potty training earlier than planned since we'll have so many days at home coming up! What did you think you wouldn't tackle until summer that this time now provides space for?
No matter if you map out a schedule for each day or just hang out together reading, playing games, and doling out chores (yes, kids can contribute to housework during this time!) our kids will remember this unprecedented break. Communicate that things are different and that everyone has responsibilities to make the most of this time. Give lots of grace. To yourself and them.
Finally, here are a few resources that I haven't personally used yet, but plan to explore:
- Growing list of educational subscriptions that are offering free/discounted rates in light of current events
- Virtual museum tours


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You don't need to spend money on a professional, you can DIY! Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install carpet in your home.
The average cost of carpet installation is $1,600, and that is just for labor! Learning how to install your own carpet will save you money, stress and also teach you new skills.
There is something empowering about doing your own home repair and installations. There is no better DIY project than learning how to install your own carpet.
A new carpet can completely change the entire look and feel of a room. It provides insulation, it is comfortable to walk on and controls the level of sound in a room.
But how exactly do you install a wall-to-wall carpet without making a total mess and ruining the job?
There are a lot of steps involved in home flooring and especially a carpet installation, and if you skip a step you may end up having to start all over again.
Keep on reading and learn how to install a carpet in your house, you will make yourself proud!
1. Tools and Equipment You Will Need
Without the tools, you cannot install a carpet correctly or safely. Pay attention to this list and learn exactly what you need to have on hand.
- Safety Glasses
- Work Gloves
- Knee Pads
- Measuring Tape
- Stapler
- Tackless Strips
- Underlay
- Duct Tape
- Utility Knife
- Seam Cutter
- Seaming Iron
- Seam Tape
- Door edge strip
- Chalk line
- Knee Kicker
- Wall Trimmer
- Rent a seam roller
- Vacuum
- Power stretcher
- Stair tool
This does seem like a long list, but trust us, without these tools, you just cannot install carpet correctly.
Make sure you are taking breaks throughout this process, or else you may find yourself laying on the carpet at the end with knee and back pain. Not the best way to admire your hard work!
2. Remove Your Old Carpet (If Applicable)
Start by vacuuming your old carpet, so that you are not inhaling dust in the process.
Then take the door off the entrance, and remove the moldings from all around the floor.
Next step is to take a utility knife and cut the carpet into 20-inch strips. Pull the carpet off in strips, then roll it up in sections to get it out of the way. Follow with removing the underlay as well.
Once you remove the old tackless strips, check everything underneath and make sure that your floorboards are secure and in good shape.
This will prevent any creaking and is definitely your chance to fix floor squeaks now that you've exposed any aged plywood sub-floor.
If you're working on a concrete subfloor and find odors or stains like pet urine on concrete pads, now's a good time to address those and remedy permanently.
Install new tackless strips all around the room, leaving half an inch of space between the strips and the wall, excluding the doorways.
Make sure that the pins on the strips face towards the wall.
3. The Underlay
Overlap the tackless strips with strips of the new underpadding, without overlapping the strips themselves.
Butt the strips together then staple the underlay along the inside portion of the tackless strips.
Trim the excess underlay with your knife and then duct tape to seal the seams and prepare for the next step.
4. Prepare Your Carpet for the Installation
When this step is skipped, a lot of problems can occur when you install the carpet.
The material of the carpet will shrink and expand with the change in temperature, so if you are bringing it in the house from another environment, you need to let it rest open for up to 24 hours before installing it.
If you miss this, the carpet may expand and fold up on the walls, or shrink away and remove itself from the tackless strips.
5. Measure and Set The Carpet
Start by measuring the carpet at it's longest point, then add six inches to the end. This ensures that you have enough overlay on the edges of the floor which can be trimmed later.
Use the chalk to mark the back of the carpet with your measurement, then join the two marks with a chalk line so that they are even.
Put a piece of cardboard under the area of carpet you are currently working for the next step so that you do not ruin the underlay.
Following that, fold the carpet over on itself and cut the backside with your utility knife.
If you have a large room, keep following this process with another piece of carpet. Make sure the pile on the carpet is running the same way, or else it will look awkward, and overlap the other carpet by six inches to avoid any mistakes.
You want to make sure you have chosen a carpet with piles that you will enjoy looking at for year's to come, discover more about choosing the best carpet.
Where the carpet's join, overlap them enough so that you can easily take your knife or seam cutter and cut through them at the same time, creating a perfect seam.
Prepare the seaming iron, and run it over the top of the seam, to seal the adhesive.
Make sure you do not touch the carpet with the iron, or else you could burn and ruin it, use the tape instead.
Use the carpet roller to butt and seal the edges together.
6. Attach the Carpet
Use the knee kicker and attach the tooth-end of it about three inches away from the wall.
Use your knee to press against the padded part of the tool, attaching the carpet along the side of the wall.
Then get out the carpet stretcher to set it in place. Put one end of the stretcher where the carpet is attached along the wall and the other end of it about six inches away from the farther wall.
Move your way around the room stretching the carpet, and trimming away the edges as needed.
7. Finish up and Admire Your Hard Work
Trim the carpet under the doorway so that it ends where the door closes, then add a door strip to seal it in.
Then re-install the molding on the baseboards and cut the carpet away from any vents or heaters.
If you take adequate breaks, you can now stand up and admire the hard work you just did to install your own carpet, well done!
Be sure and learn about your new carpet such as it's stain proof qualities and its resistance to certain carpet cleaners when you need to clean up accidents like those from pets, wine, grease and even gum in your carpet!


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Arenado achieves feat no Rockies player has accomplished since 2011
With his home run in Wednesday's game, Nolan Arenado reached a milestone that no Colorado Rockies player has attained in four years.
A two-run home run to dead-center in the Rockies' 9-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday brought Arenado's RBI total on the season to 100, making him the first Rockies player to achieve that feat since recently traded shortstop Troy Tulowitzki did so in 2011.
"It's great," Arenado said of reaching the milestone. "I'm very thankful, very happy, very blessed. But there are a lot of games left, so it's hard to really soak it in. I don't want to get too complacent. I want more RBIs."
Amid his mass production at the plate, teammate Carlos Gonzalez joked that Arenado should be properly addressed with a title now.
"Right now, he's Mr. Arenado," Gonzalez said. "He's got 100 RBIs. When you reach that milestone, you're not 'Arenado' anymore. You get the 'Mister' part."
With or without the title, Arenado is having a spectacular season for the Rockies.
In addition to hitting .281/.318/.561 with 33 home runs and 100 RBI, Arenado is making another Gold Glove campaign at third base.
"He's one of the building blocks," manager Walt Weiss praised of the 24-year-old infielder. "He's a complete player. He's established himself this year as an elite guy and an elite player.
"People raved about his defense for a couple of years, but we saw the offense coming little by little. He's put himself in that conversation as one of the elite players in the league."
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Chapel of
Our Lady - Queen of the Hungarians
Vatican Grottoes
Square & Area
Related Links
Pau II's address to
Hungarian Pilgrims
On the north
side of the Vatican Grottoes and to the left side of the Gallery
of Clement VIII, is the entrance to the Chapel of Our Lady the
Great Queen of Hungary.
It's story
started in 1977, when Hungarian priests living in Austria and
in Germany, led by Mons. Stephen Laszlo, the Bishop of Eisenstadt
in Austria, presented to Pope Paul VI the request, on behalf of
their Catholic nationals, to build in the grottoes a chapel dedicated
to the Madonna "Magna Mater Hungarorum."
After the
relative research done by the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the pope
assigned a vast room to Cardinal Laszlo Lekai, the Archbishop
of Esztergom, to realize the project.
The gilded bronze statue
of St Stephen, the first
king of Hungary,
on the steps of the
Hungarian Chapel
Statue of the
"Magna Domina
The barrel-vaulted
chapel is located exactly behind the shrine with the
tomb of Paul VI and was created from Rooms VIII and IX of the
grottoes and the gallery of Clement VIII as the atrium.
On October
8, 1980, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the chapel with the celebration
of Mass. Present at the event was Cardinal Laszlo Lekai; some 20
Hungarian bishops; Mr. Janos Szita, the Hungarian Ambassador to
the Quirinal; Mr Imre Miklos, the Hungarian Secretary of State for
Ecclesiastical Affairs; some 100 priests and 500 Hungarian pilgrims,
who came to Rome for the occasion.
To lateral
entrances leas into the chapel. They are decorated with artistic
iron gates made by the sculptor Josef Kovacs and placed in the chapel
in 1982. The floor is paved with slabs of red Hungarian marble separated
with thin brass listels. The back wall of the chapel is entirely
covered by 3 stainless steel gilded panels with the embossed figures
of legendary deer from the Hungarian tradition. The central panel
represents the tree of life with the statue of the Madonna "Magna
Domina Hungarorum" with Child. By the first gate is a life-size
statue of St Stephen, the first king of Hungary represented in the
act of descending the stairs and walking toward the Madonna to the
Celestial Lady to present his crown and his entire people.
The bronze
patined statues dressed in silver plated drapes are by the Hungarian
sculptor Imre Varga. The cloak of St Stephen is an exact copy of
the original cloak woven by the king's wife, Blessed Gisela, preserved
in the treasury of the Cathedral in Esztergom.
the presbytery are some surviving pieces from the old basilica.
The small altar is decorated in the center with an early Christian
cross in bas-relief, on the front are Cosmatesque motifs. The cathedral,
the candelabra, the base of the procession cross and spiral column
supporting the lectern, are all decorated with original Cosmatesque
The walls are
faced with travertine slabs and decorated with 20 white limestone
panels representing the scenes from the lives of the Hungarian saints,
who form a procession proceeding toward the Madonna. The panels
were made by Hungarian artists. The figures of St. Adalbert, St
Gerard, and Blessed Eusebius are by the sculptor Pal Ko. St Elizabeth,
St Margaret of Hungary and Blessed Gisela are by Sandor Kiss. Blessed
Kunegunde, Blessed Prisca and St Ladislaus the King, are by Anrdas
Kiss Nagy. Blessed Iolanda, Blessed Salomea, Moses of Hungary and
St Luis of Touluse are by Laszlo Marton. St Isabel, St Emeric and
St Margaret of Scotland are by Gyula Kiss Kovacs. Blessed Elizabeth,
Blessed Hedvig, and Blessed Giovanni Dominici are by Robert Csikszentmihalyi.
The same artist made the panel with Blessed Apor Vilmos, the Bishop
and Martyr, in 2001.
On the opposite
wall, visible on its lower part, are fragments of the wall of the
Vatican basilica built by Bramante. Above, is the oval bronze bas-relief
by Amerigo tot with a central cross dividing the space into four
equal parts. In the upper left part, is St Stephen Receiving the
Royal Crown from Sylvester II. To the right is Pope Callixtus II,
who after the victory of Belgrade introduced the daily Angelus prayer
at midday. In the lower part to the left is Paul VI consigning the
model of the chapel under construction to Cardinal Lekai; to the
right is John Paul II receiving from the Primate of Hungary the
model of the completed chapel.
on Rear Wall of Chapel
The special relationship binding your people to the See
of Peter finds a significant expression in the
Hungarian Chapel of the Vatican Grottoes, which I myself
had the joy of blessing 20 years ago on the feast of
the Magna Domina Hungarorum, to whom you also wished to
entrust your Jubilee pilgrimage."
Pope John Paul II's address to the National Hungarian Pilgrimage
October 9, 2000
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the Fabbrica of St. Peter's, or any business organization


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Cemtech MEA 2018
Industry professionals from over 30 countries gathered for the 13th Cemtech Middle East & Africa 2018 conference and exhibition, held between 17-20 February at the JW Marriott Marquis hotel in Dubai, UAE.
Opening this year's Cemtech MEA conference, Thomas Armstrong, managing editor of International Cement Review, welcomed over 200 delegates to Dubai. In his presentation, he observed how global overcapacity is driving competition between producers by encouraging smart investment in cost-reducing technology and optimisation initiatives. Alongside this, he noted how the programme for the event would address important developmental issues in the industry such as the significance of alternative fuels (AFs) and raw materials.


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Our Second Summer School "Sustainability and Ecotourism" in Bali
With our Winter semester 2019 just starting, we would like to take the time to reflect another great Summer School "Sustainability & Ecotourism" in Bali. We are glad that we could again share various approaches to Ecotourism in Bali and introduce our students to a different side of tourism on the island.
Ecotourism programs in the focus
Just as last year our main focus was set on providing the students with a new approach to Ecotourism. When many of our students have related tourism mostly to the hotel industry before coming to Bali, they have now learnt that the hospitality sector is actually only a small fraction of it. They had the chance to visit 11 different Ecotourism sites or programs in various parts of Bali and only two of these visits have been to a hotel or a homestay.
We were eager to provide a balanced itinerary between well-known Ecotourism sites such as the butterfly park or the world heritage site Jatiluwih and those, that are less commercial but still provide a touristic attraction such as the Turtle Conservation Center or the coral garden in Nusa Dua. We could learn that, with the right amount of passion, even small initiatives can have a great impact on our environment.
Also this year, we are happy that we had the chance to again be invited by a small eco hotel in Ubud area to learn more about their approaches of sustainable hotel management in regards to social, environmental and spiritual aspects.
Excursion week - Coral Reef Restoration or Adventure?
With a program held in Bali, we always need to consider the Balinese calendar and life with all its ceremonies. As university has been closed during the week of Galungan, we took the chance to organize a full week of excursions and adventure trips for our summer school, satisfying two groups of interests! As some of our students had a special interest in Coral Reef Restoration, we organized a 4-day course in collaboration with a foundation in Nusa Dua. During these days, 2 of our students had the chance to transplant corals and maintain the coral garden, get to know more about the various types of corals and went diving at the amazing shipwreck in Tulamben.
For the adventure seekers of our summer school we had a slightly different plan. Whereas on Monday they could all join our coral transplantation workshop, but then splitted form the other group and went tree top climbing! We then closed the week all together again with a visit to our friend Buda in ancient Lemukih where we spent the night in his family homestay and the day hiking through lush rice paddies to refreshing waterfalls.
Tri Hita Karana and Coral Reef Restoration
This year we took our students to 3 different coral reef restoration sites. Here's why: with a summer school focusing on Sustainability and Ecotourism on an island, marine conservation should play a big part! Whereas the rapidly growing tourism industry rather challenged Bali's environment – and unfortunately still does – we can now see a change in the way of how the local community is managing tourism sites. They move towards** a more sustainable tourism** by going back to their roots: their ancient vision of Tri Hita Karana, where humans should live in harmony with each other, their god and their environment. Even though all 3 projects are focusing on the restoration of corals, they all use different restoration technologies and methods and are therefore differently affected by tourism.
Cooking class as farewell
You could say we are mean, but of course we again wanted to make a statement by letting our students cook their farewell dinner themselves. We could have hang at a fancy beach venue somewhere in Seminyak, but this would have nothing to do with sustainability. So we went to central Bali to learn more about local species and veggies (and even picked some ourselves!) and spent a great evening cooking and eating traditional Balinese dishes
Thank you to all our participants and our collaborating partners, who have made this summer school possible!


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Brian Brown must feel pretty good right now.
Oh, wait – we were talking about the 2018 Little Brown Jug, and the Well Said-Dagnabit Hanover colt Done Well, who's now four-for-four lifetime after a tough 1:53.4 victory in one of three divisions of the third preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts Monday night over a sloppy surface at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. (Brown seems likely to be in the thick of the 2017 Jug talk too, it seems, what with Fear The Dragon and Downbytheseaside.)
Done Well indeed "done well" again Monday, getting away third in a five-horse field and then moving uncovered at the 5/8. Despite the raw overland journey, Done Well showed individual back fractions of :55 – :27.3 to win handily for James Stambaugh, Wingfield Brothers LLC, Milton Leeman, and Alan Keith while raising his earnings to $93,782.
The winning margin was 5-1/4 lengths, but that needs to come with a footnote – Pennsylvania fair sensation Venier Hanover was closing strongly and had just gotten to second past This Is The Plan when he made a break 50 yards out from the wire, falling back to third (an inquiry indicated no violation of the breaking rules). Without the break, the winning margin may have been about 3 – 3-1/2 lengths, which still says "much the best" in any race.
Taking speed honours by a tick in the sloppy-track Monday stakes was the Bettors Delight-Maid West colt Wes Delight, posting his second straight win for trainer Mark Harder, who co-owns with Rick Phillips and Deena Frost. Yannick Gingras got away second then was "quarter-mover #1" with Wes Delight, making the top then yielding to "QM #2" Wild Bill. Gingras was content to sit in the two-hole until the famed Pocono Pike came, and then got his horse to quickly respond to the tenacious first-up bid of Nutcracker Sweet, posting a neck decision in the 1:53.3 mile.
Sheppard Final winner Kwik Talkin boosted the earnings in his brief career to $110,480 while running his scorecard to 6-5-1-0 and equaling his mark of 1:53.4 in the third and final division. First-over had done well in the two early divisions with a win and a photoed second, and that was the route driver Scott Zeron used with the son of Well Said-Kwik Dial, overhauling pacesetter Karpathian Kid by a length using a :27.3 personal back quarter for trainer Rob Harmon and owners Scott and Lisa Henry, Robbie Robinson, and Jacqueline Dinelle.
The quality and evenness of the competition behind Done Well in this Sires division is reflected in the fact that no other horse has more than one victory after the three prelims, and in fact the two colts tied for second in the point standings are This Is The Plan and Karpathian Kid, who each have three seconds. With 8 horses within 11 points in 5th through 12th position in the standings, and eight qualifying for the divisional Championship (to be held at Pocono on Labor Day), the last prelim, to be held on Monday the 14th at The Meadows, should produce some spectacular racing.


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It wasn't until both of parents were gone that I understood the value of handmade gifts and the memories they hold. Mom passed in 2000 so I think it was 2002 when I found the plastic canvas pattern for this memory box. I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to make it for my Dad.
Every stitch was filled with love. I don't say that to sound "special", it's true. Every stitch found my mind wandering back in time, reliving memories both good and not so good, and hoping my Dad would enjoy this gift.
It really wasn't very hard to make, it was fun in fact. Figuring out how to attach the hardware and adding the felt covered foam board for stability was a challenge. I think the hardest part was parting with two of my precious few photos of them together, enjoying their trip down East. I don't remember how old I was when they took that trip but I was little.
Below is a close-up of the hinge hardware. Remember those paper clips we used in school to bind pages together? The brass ones that looked like they had two legs which would be bent outward. I used those to attach the hinges and I think it worked very well.
After Dad died I found the memory box on his dresser and do you know what I found in it? Memories! A full set of Canadian Centennial coins from the year I was born, (for non-Canadians that would be 1967) and a cassette tape with his voice. HIS VOICE! It's irritating that I don't have anything to play it on. I'll have to borrow some equipment and digitize it so I can share with my siblings.
This memory box sits on its own shelf in my living room where I can see it everyday and it's strangely comforting. I know Dad loved this gift. His face lit up when he unwrapped it, examined it and in an emotional voice just said, "Thank you.". That's all he needed to say.
When we give from our hearts it's felt by others and it's cherished.
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A new study confirms the vast majority of patients with lumbar disc herniation can find relief with chiropractic care. The findings show that 90% of patients report substantial improvements within three months of receiving their first chiropractic adjustment.
The results are encouraging, since more research is raising questions about the safety and effectiveness of epidural steroid injections for the long-term management of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and sciatica. The study, published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, shows that both chronic and acute herniated discs can be effectively treated by chiropractors.


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The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (Chain of Central Schools) is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education (MHRD), Government of India.
This book bundle is a set of textbooks for class 1 students studying at Kendriya Vidyalaya School. For the Support Book set for this bundle, click here Additional Support Books for Class 1 (KVS) 2021
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Under the heading of "live and learn."
Some time back the drain in one of the bathroom sinks broke. It functioned in a way that was different from what I'd seen before. Instead of a rod and lever to control the pop-up valve there was this cable assembly in which the core rotated to actuate the plug. The fitting where the cable attached to the drain broke off. This meant that the fix was to replace the entire thing–faucet and drain both.
So, I begin by removing the trap so I can get the drain. That comes out nicely. Then I begin working on the faucet.
The first problem was that the entire assembly was old, probably installed when the house was built. That meant that between lime buildup and corrosion everything was essentially fused solid. It took a great deal of hammering, grabbing with channel-lok pliers and a whole lot of swearing I finally got the faucet off.
Second problem, a minor one but still an annoyance. The hot water shutoff valve, even when I cranked it down as tightly closed as I could still dripped. I put a cup under it to catch the drip but it was fast enough I had to dump it frequently. And when I had to dump it the water continued to drip.
Replaced the drain first, then reinstalled the trap. Finally (yeah, right) I put the new faucet in place. Get the hoses installed and…
Problem number three. Cold water leaks, badly, from the connection between supply hose and faucet. So I shut things down again, and remove the faucet and hose.
Oh. The seal is missing. So mistake one was in reusing the old hoses. And not noticing (because I didn't know to look for it–this was my first time doing this) that the seal was missing.
Problem 4, however, was that when I was trying to tighten down the connection to stop the leak (not knowing the problem was a missing seal) instead of tightening it, I had twisted the short copper line that was part of the faucet assembly. No, there was no untwisting that without breaking it.
Unfortunately, it's too late to go out and get a replacement. I leave the hot water supply hose connected to the shutoff valve and fed up to drip into the sink. At least I wouldn't get a puddle overnight.
Next morning, shopping for parts. I get a duplicate of the same faucet (so I can use the drain I'd already installed) and I get a pair of replacement supply lines.
I fasten the supply lines to the faucet assembly outside the sink. This way I can use one wrench on the fitting on the copper tube side, and another on the supply hose so I can tighten then without twisting and damaging the copper tube. I'm able to feed the hoses through the holes in the sink.
Fastening the hoses to the shutoff valves was more difficult this time–getting them lined up against the stiffness of the hoses until the threads engaged was a bit of a challenge but, with a little patience–and more swearing–I got them started and a wrench completed the job.
The next step was to wipe up the spilled water and leave it for a while to see if there was any more leakage. I also closed the plug and filled the After about an hour, everything was still dry under the sink and although the water level had dropped, there was still some remaining. So, the plug doesn't provide a perfect seal, but well enough for most usage.
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Opinion: No mountain is high enough for us to escape environmental damage, huge deficit
Think of when you were 7 and the things your parents, older kids, teachers or the preacher said that made no sense to you. Comedian David Brenner used some of his Jewish mother's advice in his comedy act. For instance, "It is hot out there, come in before you burn up." David saw himself bursting into flames.
Sometimes when I came out of church on Sunday mornings, I felt there was no way I could make it to heaven, which left hell. At a family get-together, my cousin and I were sitting on the front porch wondering how we could escape the End of the World. We decided we would climb a high mountain. As children, we did not think about the fact that she lived in Odessa and I lived in South Texas where there were no mountains, much less high ones. But we had found an answer, and that was good enough for me at that time.
If I were 7 today, watching men and women marching down a street carrying guns exercising their 2nd Amendment rights, I don't think I would feel safer at school.
During the last oil boom I noticed bumper stickers that said "I'm not oil field trash." Having lived in a Humble Oil camp, I was asked more than once if the people in town looked down on us. If they did, they never let us know it.
In fact, during this recent boom, our neighbor commented on what would be happening to San Angelo with oil field people moving here. That's a good example of all the preconceived opinions and prejudices one generation can pass on to the next, about race, religion, sexual orientation, creation, evolution, pollution and man's contribution to global warming and climate change — and yes, even a person's livelihood.
Our camp was very pretty. We had manicured lawns with rose beds between the houses. There were at least 35 houses with a garage and a laundry room. We had street lights, a playground, sidewalks we could roller skate on and paved streets for riding bikes. Some of the mothers used a whistle to call us home. Mine was two tweets and I headed home.
There was a bunk house for the single employees. We had a community center with a kitchen and dining room. My friend's mother, a wonderful cook, was hired to manage the kitchen and two employees. They prepared three meals a day, seven days a week for the single men, and occasionally other residents ate there. The only problem I remember was Fritz, my friend's family dog, liked to kill skunks. It left a heavy perfume in the air.
At that time, the oil industry was a good place to be. But as I got older and see the pumps going up and down day in and day out, I couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen when all the oil was sucked out from inside the Earth. Would the ground just collapse? Maybe I had seen too many movies about earthquakes – the earth just opening up was scary to me.
Sydney Greene in the 3-24-18 Texas Tribune wrote, "Ground instability only expected to increase in W. Texas." A report by geophysicists at Southern Methodist University say an area 4,000 square miles near the "Winks Sinks" is showing signs of alarming instability.
According to SMU geophysicist Zhong Lu, "The ground movement we're seeing is not normal. The ground doesn't typically do this without some cause." Between the small towns of Wink and Kermit are two sinkholes; as they expand, they are at risk of collapsing into each other and sinking more land.
Greene goes on to say recent geological research of four Permian Basin counties shows decades of drilling has affected the rocks below the surface. The sinking and uplifting has resulted in the ground sinking in one area, almost 40 inches.
The residents who drive FM 1053 near Imperial have been warned to be aware of sinking caused by subsidence, even to the point of having to relocate the road.
The report's coauthor, Jin-Woo Kim, said, "This region of Texas has been punctured like a pincushion with oil wells and injection wells since the 1940s, and our findings associate that activity with ground movement."
As I have written before, I also lived within a mile of a continuously burning gas flare. Did that cause some genetic damage to me that resulted in my daughter's learning disabilities?
The Republican Party mantra has been "balanced budget," and if man is causing global warming and climate change, it would be economically devastating for us to correct it. So they passed a tax cut bill that increased the deficit — not a balanced budget
Their legacy to future generations will be a polluted earth, man-made environmental health problems and a humongous deficit yoke to carry.
If you like the Clean Up Super Fund of today, future generations will love the one coming. It is going to take more than merely climbing a mountain to escape what they will face.
Cathy Norris lives in San Angelo.


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How many of you sit all day at your desk at work? And how many of you sit all day on your couch when spending weekends? If you do, you should think twice, because sitting for a long time is associated with an increased risk of death.
A multi-national team of researchers recently published a study on the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The researchers found that being sedentary, for example sitting, for 9.5 hours or more a day (excluding sleeping time) can bring an increased risk of death.
If you have an office job where you sit all day at desks or around conference tables, looking at the computer more than you stand, or if you spend all day on your sofa watching TV, you should literally take steps to reduce your sedentary time.
Our bodies are built to move, and doing exercises can help you keep healthy.
The researchers found that higher levels of physical exercise, regardless of intensity, can bring a lower risk of early death in middle-aged and older people.
The World Health Organization guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity each week. But these guidelines are based mainly on self-reported activity, which is often imprecise. Therefore, what kind of exercise intensity is needed is still unclear.
The latest study followed 36,383 participants aged 40 and above for an average of 5.8 years, aiming to assess the relationship of physical activity, sedentary time and risk of death.
Activity levels were categorized into quarters, from least to most active:
—Little or no physical activity
—Light activity, such as walking slowly or light tasks like cooking dinner or washing dishes
—Moderate activity, such as brisk walking, vacuuming or mowing the lawn
—Vigorous activity, such as jogging, carrying heavy loads or digging
It turned out that among people who took 5 hours of light-intensity exercise or about 24 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per day, the risk of death was 50% lower compared to those engaging in little or no physical activity.
This suggests that you can keep healthy with just 24 minutes of brisk walking per day!
Since any level of exercise, regardless of intensity, can lead to a substantially lower risk of death, why not leave your chair now, and take a brisk walking?


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"State's Fiscal Fate in High Court's Hands"
December 31, 2018
Will the court "go big"? Stay turned . . .
Take heart, Californians, things could be worse: "Meanwhile, Back in Illinois".
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Will the court "go big"? Stay turned . . .
Take heart, Californians, things could be worse: "Meanwhile, Back in Illinois".
About the most encouraging news on the political/social front that I've seen lately.
De Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza want to replace the now-race-blind system for entry to Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and other elite schools with a scheme that would admit many more black and Hispanic kids. The parents saw two big problems there.
First, the "beneficiaries" might be getting set up to fail. The mayor wants these schools to admit the highest performers from terrible middle schools. Will they truly be prepared for the high schools' demands? As one parent put it, "An A in Brooklyn may not be the same as an A in Manhattan."
Josh Wallack, the Department of Education enrollment chief, lamely insisted the kids would be ready for the challenge.
A second issue: All black and Hispanic teens admitted under the new rules — even those who would've gotten in under the race-blind ones — could face doubts (perhaps including their own) about whether they really belong. Parents rightly fear this will expose their kids to all manner of bias.
If the post immediately above is the "most encouraging news on the political/social front that I've seen lately," this is the worst news.
John Podhoretz states what he's learned after 40 years of reviewing movies. This is just perfect:
The question I've been asked the most across the decades—besides "What's your favorite movie?" to which the only correct answer is The Godfather, and that goes for you too and everyone else alive, because if you answer it differently you're wrong . . .
Not many surprises for me, but your mileage may vary.
I thought for the about the 50th straight year it would be The Graduate's "Plastics," but noooooo.
Interesting, and since it's their favorites it's not, strictly speaking, incorrect. But c'mon. Tua to Smith is #1--not #3--by a huge margin. Ovi and the Cup is #2, not #7. And Jalen against the Dawgs is, rather than inexplicably omitted altogether, #3.
UPDATE: Link fixed now.
ESPN ranks the "most dominant athletes of 2018 ".
Nine minutes of Barca magic.
Made me laugh.


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|Cometabolic degradation of dichloroethenes by comamonas testosteroni RF2
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|An environmental isolate Comamonas testosteroni strain RF2, which has been found to cometabolize trichloroethene (TCE) in the presence of phenol and sodium lactate as growth substrates, was tested to investigate its capacity for degrading 1,2-cis-dichloroethene (cDCE), 1,2-trans-dichlorothene (tDCE), and 1,1-dichloroethene (1,1DCE). Degradation assays were performed for single DCEs, as well as for a mixture of DCEs with TCE, which resembled contaminated plume in groundwater. RF2 was capable of efficiently removing all three dichloroethenes (DCEs) at the initial aqueous concentrations of 6.01 mg L−1 for cDCE, 3.80 mg L−1 for tDCE and 0.65 mg L−1 for 1,1DCE, with a removal efficiency of 100% for cDCE, 65.8% for tDCE, and 46.8% for 1,1DCE. Furthermore, complete removal of TCE, cDCE and 1,1DCE (122.5 μg L−1, 84.3 μg L−1 and 51.4 μg L−1, respectively) was observed in a mixture sample that also contained 72.33 μg L−1 of tDCE, which was removed to the amount of 72.3%. Moreover, degradation of cDCE (6.01 mg L−1) led to a 93.8% release of inorganic chloride, and 2,2-dichloroacetaldehyde was determined as the first intermediate of cDCE transformation. The findings of this study suggest that the strain RF2 exhibits the potential to remediate groundwater contaminated with less chlorinated ethenes. © 2017
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Bye bye Summer! Hello Fall! I am a little sad to see summer fade away, but moving to Orlando has made me crave the cold even more! I had a pretty awesome summer from moving away from home, meeting so many new people, and joining a sorority!
This summer, I got this adorable pineapple romper in Aeropostale in the mall in Athens, GA. I was in Athens for a weekend and didn't have anything better to do, so I went to the mall. This mall was the most depressing mall I have ever been to because there were so many stores that closed down and so many ratchet stores, it actually reminded me of a dead flea market. I finally came upon Aeropostale which was the only store that I actually somewhat liked. It turned out they were having an insane sale and this romper costed me less than 10 bucks! (HOLLA FOR CHEAP CLOTHES)
I didn't get to wear this romper all summer, so my roommate and I decided to have a random photoshoot because why not? My camera actually recently broke, but my awesome roommate, Lara, let me borrow hers for this photoshoot! We recently did a roommate tag on my youtube channel, so check it out here!
If you all want to see the pictures I took of Lara, check out her Instagram, because she has a sick feed, and the pictures are awesome!
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Mercury (MER) is a diamond in the rough
When looking to invest in a coin, what motivates you? It is the money, and the hype that it attracts? Well, at least for most people that's the case. Unfortunately, that's the wrong way around it. If you invest in the hype especially for small altcoins that are yet to get market acceptance, you will end up losing money to pump and dump schemes. For you to make money in this market, you need to look for coins that have some fundamentally transformative value. Approach this market the way Buffett approaches the stock markets. It is by using this approach that you will realize that Mercury (MER) is a gem in the dirt.
So, what is Mercury (MER)?
Mercury is a protocol that runs on the Ethereum platform and aims to decentralize messaging on communication platforms. It aims to do this through a trustless exchange of GMT tokens. This is in a bid to make such messaging private, and improve the overall quality of service delivered by a messaging platform.
Reasons why Mercury (MER) will get adopted
- Privacy
As currently constituted, messaging platforms offer little in terms of privacy to their users. They simply don't have the incentive to give you privacy. That's because you don't pay anything for you to use them, which means they have to sell your information to advertisers. The mercury protocol intends to put an end to this, and give you control over your personal information. When a platform integrates Mercury, users have the capability to buy tokens that they can use to access services such as encrypted messaging. This is an incentive enough for messaging platforms to keep your information private so as to earn tokens. Besides, the process is trustless so there is no one manipulating your information, provided you buy the tokens. This profit motive is reason enough for messaging companies to incorporate MER into their platforms. If a good number of them incorporate it, you can be sure that the value of Mercury (MER) will grow in the long run. This makes it a good investment even though its price is quite depressed right now.
- Mercury allows for messaging cross-platform
Right now, messaging platforms such as social media apps lock-in their users. While this may look like a strategy for preserving business, it actually limits growth. Imagine if people could send messages across platforms? It would give each of the messaging applications involved access to a higher number of users, which in turn means higher profits. That's exactly what the Mercury platform does. It allows different platforms to share users through cross-messaging, significantly increasing their user base. That's a motive enough for messaging platforms to adopt MER, which will in turn push its value up.
Where to buy Mercury (MER)
If you like Mercury and would like to invest in it, you will be excited to learn that it is now offered on one of the largest exchanges in the world, and that's Bittrex. Yes, you can now buy MER coin on Bittrex. That enough reason to be confident in the future of this coin.


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Helmets are a safety norm that you should not ignore at any cost. But if you want to look cool through an out-of-city ride and rush directly for a business meeting, you need a helmet that doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. Check out the Tru Trussardi a sub-brand of the Milan-based Trussardi. First of their elegant collection is the Urban Mobility collection from which you can pick out the contemporary jet helmet.
The dark-hued helmet comes with a central Nappa leather stripe set in crocodile optic that features hand-finished leather on the rims. The inside is lined with a nonallergenic fabric on the inside for your wearing comfort.


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"Your dead shall live; their corpses shall rise," declares the prophet Isaiah unto the Lord.
We echo the words of the prophet whenever we profess our holy faith. We say, "I look forward to the resurrection of the dead."
Speaking of which: Summertime can offer us a little extra leisure.
What a perfect opportunity to work on memorizing the new English translation of the Creed!
We can "get off the card," so to speak.
Break the card habit. Get the Sunday-morning card monkey off our backs. Start living a card-free life. At least at Mass.
A clean, card-free Mass: that's a healthier Mass.
So let's spend some summer leisure time working on it. A few reps every day, right before the morning sit-ups and push-ups. Before we know it, we will be impressing all our friends at church with our fluid recitation of the Creed, utterly cardless!


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We join Michael Baldini, our colleague and member of the college Board of Trustees in sorrow for the loss of his father, Tony Baldini. NVC is a college with strong ties to the winemaking and growing community, and Tony was a pioneer of the Napa wine industry, possessing an unusual long-view and vision of this Valley before Napa was "Napa." His work planting and managing the original 500 or so acres for Trefethen Vineyards eventually led to the formation of the Oak Knoll District AVA. The Baldini Family has established the Antonio J. Baldini Family Scholarship to provide an annual award to a deserving student majoring in either Business or Viticulture and Winery Technology. (NV Register Obituary)
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"He was a professor that helped me tremendously. He wrote a scholarship letter for me during my rough financial times as a college student, he taught me to "love" Accounting, and he inspired me to achieve a degree in Business."
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Professor of Business Administration, Dave has been an integral part of our college family since he began teaching accounting in 1998. Dave served as an important member of the faculty for seventeen years, including many years of service providing his professional expertise in finance and accounting to the Budget Committee.
"He was always compassionate, non-reactionary, and sincere. He supported people... He was such a force, always remembering to have fun and to enjoy life. I will miss his laughter, his example, his caring, and his support." - D. Chiabotti
A scholarship has been created in Dave's name.
Contributions may be mailed to:Napa Valley College Foundation2277 Napa-Vallejo HighwayNapa CA 94558
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Community loses a sports legend in Frank Humper
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Honoring Frank Humpert - Person of the Year (Mike Thompson to Legistlature in 2008)
The Napa Valley College family mourns the loss of longtime supporter Frank Humpert, who died July 8 at the age of 90. Frank is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame at the college, where he played football and basketball as a student, in 1946 and 1947. He transferred to UC Berkeley, where he completed his college career. He returned to Napa and worked at the college as an assistant football coach. At the NVC Foundation, he started a scholarship endowment program and served on the Foundation board for more than 20 years. We extend our sympathies to Frank's wife, Analee, three children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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In the second of our site reviews, we are looking at a much smaller, family run camp site, situated in Oxwich Bay, on The Gower Peninsula, not too far from Swansea.
In spite of its diminutive size, the site has some nice facilities, including an outdoor pool and paddling pool, washing and laundry facilities and nicely maintained and presented shower / toilet blocks.
The site is situated along a narrow, mostly single track road, with limited passing places, so it is probably for the best that they don't accept caravans. The web site emphasises that they do not take motor homes either, but they always seem to be allowed on without question, and, once again, folding campers seem to fall into the trailer tent category, so no problems of acceptability there.
The site boasts all of the features mentioned above, as well as an elsan disposal point, grey water disposal point and fresh water supply. There are one or two idiosyncrasies in respect of the facilities, but these are covered in more detail, in the main body of the review, below.
Site Review
The site is divided into two main fields; an upper field and a lower one. These fields are dissected by the entry road, as well as by fencing, buildings and the outdoor pool. It is located at the top of a single track road, running up from the main beach area, and this road takes some 10 – 15 minutes to navigate on foot, depending on your overall fitness, how much you are carrying with you, and how many times you have to move out of the way to allow traffic to pass.
As you enter the site, the reception office is directly in front of you. As you are required to make payment in full before pitching, it is quite inconvenient not to have anywhere dedicated to park the car while you run in to do this. Having made payment, you can either turn right into the lower field, or left into the top field. Bearing in mind that the former is completely open and accessible, it does rather beg the question as to why there is a chain link gate across the entrance to the upper field. It's sole purpose appears to be to force drivers to get out of the car twice, in order to open it, and then close it again, on passing through.
Having made payment and negotiated the chain link barrier (if applicable) you are then free to pitch your unit. Pitches are not marked, but the owners / managers will guide you to where they would prefer you to pitch. The web site specifies that there is a mixture of; "grassy, flat and sloping pitches available". Whilst this is true, the vast majority of the pitches are sloping (some quite steeply) however, to be fair, if the site wasn't situated where and how it is, the upper field would not be afforded the exceptional views it currently is, so a little bit of a slope is a small price to pay. The lower field, on the other hand, has a similar slope to it, but is not blessed with the same coastal outlook.
All of the facilities are based in one central area, behind the reception building. There are a number of washing up stations, toilet / shower blocks, laundry room, and a number of power points, where you can charge phones etc free of charge. This is a bonus, as, just like Shell Island, the first site we reviewed, there are no electric hookups on site at all.
All facilities are clean and well maintained. They're not exactly state of the art, but they are well presented, and more than adequate for a site of this size. That said, there are some annoying little issues that do tend to grate on you after a while. All pretty minor in their own right, they do tend to become a little annoying when taken as a whole.
The site appears to have two identical sets of toilet blocks, all contained within the same building.
We were lead to believe that this was to provide additional facilities in times of greatest demand, however, we have been on site more than once, during peak periods, and the only times we have ever seen the extra facilities being opened is when the main ones were being cleaned. At a time when the site is full to over flowing (more on that later) this does seem to be a rather strange policy.
Other minor issues with the facilities include:
- Showers cost 20p for 7 minutes (at the time of writing). OK. not bad value, and it keeps the queues down, I appreciate that, and change is always available in reception, but why do it? It's annoying and inconvenient, especially when you arrive at the toilet block, having made your way across the site, carrying everything with you, EXCEPT your 20p. It's happened to us more than once, and you can't help thinking; "Why not just stick an extra quid on the pitch price and be done with it"? I know other places do this, and I know it's not a big issue, but, when it's one of many, it does have a tendency to degrade the overall experience somewhat.
- Toilet rolls are not provided in the toilet blocks. You have to take your own. This is more than a little inconvenient when you arrive there late on a Friday evening, and you don't know. It's also not great, when you've picked your way across a darkened field, half asleep, and you realise you've left it in your unit. We get through more toilet rolls in a week at this site than we do at home in a month, as the kids have a tendency to forget to bring the rolls back, and that's the last you see of them. (The rolls, not the kids!)
- Hot water for washing up also costs 20p, however, this comes with the added inconvenience that each washing up sink is fed, independently, by it's own mini water heater, so you have to pay your money and wait for the water to heat up, before you can use it. I, for one, am very grateful that I have a folding camper with a decent sink, so I don't have to spend half of my holiday using the facilities.
On the plus side, the swimming pool is a real bonus on this site. It's open for most, but not all, of the day, and is not supervised, so children under 17 are not allowed in without an adult. The pool is always heaving in warmer weather, but is a lot more convenient that a walk down to the beach and the kids love it.
There is no clubhouse, eatery or shop on site, but, for a site of this size, that is to be expected, and there are plenty of places to visit in the local area.
There is a lovely hotel at the bottom of the road, (The imaginatively titled; Oxwich Bay Hotel) which is right on the beach, and a very popular venue for weddings, and you will often see wedding parties on the beach, which is a favoured location for the photos. The food there is great, and pretty good value, and there are other decent places around too.
Talking of the beach, this is a lovely asset to the site, with miles of sandy beaches, rock pools etc. On the edge of the beach are water sports facilities, eateries and plenty of toilet facilities (although the ability to hold your breath, for long periods, in some of the older ones is a distinct advantage). There is also more than adequate (if slightly expensive) parking, although, for most days, we preferred the scenic walk down to the beach from the camp site.
Unfortunately, the mini market in the bay is a real disappointment and in no way adequate for a self catering holiday (plus it's really expensive). Fine for a bit of breakfast, the odd ice cream and a morning paper, but, otherwise, largely useless. We always go with family, and it always ends up with two of us and the kids pitching up, while the other two head off on the 25 mile round trip into Swansea for a decent supermarket.
The site, itself, has much to recommend it, but there is one issue that many (myself included) will find particularly annoying (as is clear from other reviews I have read of this site) and that is the issue of being able to park (or not) next to your tent, or, in our case, camper. This is down, in the main, to two reasons. Firstly, the site is, apparently, prone to water logging, and many reviewers have had problems where they have not been allowed to park up near their tent, due to issues with the ground. As many campers use their cars for overflow storage, phone charging etc, this can be an annoying inconvenience, but it is hardly the fault of the site owners, and not something you would expect from such a sloping site.
What is, in my opinion, totally inexcusable, though, is the ridiculous way the owners try to ram as many units as possible into the site during peak periods. We have been out to the beach for the day, on more than one occasion, leaving an open and spacious camp site, and returned to find our unit totally lost amongst a sea of other tents etc. The situation is so extreme that you even see guy ropes from some tents interweaved with those of their neighbours.
Not only does this prevent parking next to your unit, but it makes the night time trip to the toilet block a real challenge.
This site has many positive qualities. It is in a lovely location, with more than adequate facilities, both on site and in the local community. The owners are, in the main, extremely helpful, and the pool is a real bonus.
The location is lovely, with a beautiful beach, plenty of spectacular walks, a 12th Century church and 14th Century castle and plenty of places to eat but be prepared to travel for any decent groceries. There are a number of minor irritations on the site, such as the constant supply of 20 pences needed, and the lack of toilet rolls, but these are not a major issue, and the benefits of the location more than outweigh this. To be fair, though, this site only really comes into its own, from a family perspective, in the good weather, as there are no entertainment facilities on site, no electric hookup to power TVs etc, and little in the immediate vicinity to keep the family entertained. Rainy days are more than likely to involve a trip into Swansea, where there is much more to keep the family amused. That said, for the shorter break, with no kids in tow, that won't really be an issue, and, it is a lovely relaxing site to kick back and enjoy the scenery.
The only major downside of this site is their insistence on cramming as many units onto the site as they possibly can during peak periods. For this reason, I would say avoid bank holidays, and other peak times, but, otherwise, this site is well worth a look, if you're thinking of a short break in the Swansea area.
The Oxwich Bay web site can be viewed by clicking on the picture below.


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How to govern Nigeria | Ali Muhammad Garba
Start with a 'populist' programme and make plenty of noise to affirm your campaign promises and resonate with the electorate. A bit of noisy razzmatazz on Boko Haram, funding for agriculture, some high profile arrests on corruption charges and, more importantly, painting the opposition and critics black. Hammer on the point that you are not a thief.
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My Lord; Please tell me where to keep your bribe. Do I drop it in your venerable chambers; Or carry the heavy booty to your immaculate mansion. Shall I bury it in the capacious water tank; In your well laundered backyard. Or will it breathe better in the septic tank? Since money can deodorize the smelliest crime.
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How to be a Nigerian Scholar in the West│James Yékú
You are "in the abroad" and your views must be seen by these irrational colleagues you have left in the dark as the absolute and irrefutable truths. After all, their research is a mere survivalist response to a parlous postcolonial state you are so generous to theorize in your peer-reviewed essays. Yours is the finest example of scholarship and your prestigious location is the desired Mecca those at home dream only about.
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Nigerian Tailor Victims Support Bill 2019│Elnathan John
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Opinion: Laugh if you like. But we need satire more than ever│Owen Jones
It is all too often those at the bottom of society who are demonised and derided. There's too little punching up. Where is the scrutinising – and yes, ridiculing – of the poverty-paying bosses, the tax dodgers, or the bankers responsible for economic disaster? Satire can be brilliantly effective at encouraging us to challenge the way our society is run. It is a more crucial element of our democracy than we perhaps think, and we should fight to bring it back to the prime-time slots it deserves.


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Sundance Film Fest 2007 (U.S. Documentary Competition)–Veteran filmmaker Rory Kennedy's Ghosts of Abu Ghraib is a shocking essay that examines and contextualizes the abuses that occurred in the fall of 2003 at that notorious Iraqi prison.
Documenting various abuses in photographs that remain etched in our collective consciousness, the feature raises the question of what do those events still say about America, our government, our military, and our human nature
The film is built on the direct, personal narratives of the perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of the abuse, probing the psychology of how typical American men and women can reach the point of committing such atrocious acts.
On a parallel track, the docu explores the chronology of recent policy decisions that have eroded our alliance with the Geneva conventions that contributed to making these abuses reality. If news claim to be the first draft of history, then nonfiction cinema is that compelling, carefully constructed argument that, as each new revelation falls into place, could claim to most truthfully get at the story of the how and why behind our most extraordinary events.
The docu will air on HBO on Thursday, February 22, one month after its world premiere at Park City.


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Perhaps you could say that Spurs, though routed by Chelsea at Wembley, had some kind of a moral victory over Chelsea; or at least over Chelsea's fans.
The planned silence before the kick off, commemorating the horrific disaster at Hillsborough more than two decades ago, was sullied by the mindless chants of Chelsea supporters. A section of the crowd you might perhaps say, disinterring an old cliché. By contrast the Tottenham fans at the other end of the stadium were respectfully and impeccably silent, though they booed the Chelsea louts when the silence, such as it so briefly was, terminated with the referee's whistle.
All of which, of course, begs the question of whether the silence should as some columnists have suggested have been imposed at all on that particular game. Certainly the Everton v Liverpool semi final on the previous day was a whole apposite occasion to mourn the Hillsborough disaster, concerning as it did so poignantly and appallingly Liverpool as city itself. But what had London to do with it? Why should it have been decreed to take place before a London derby match when, not least all those years after the cruel event, it could scarcely have impinged on the fans of Chelsea and Spurs?
It was the FA who decreed it, just as they decreed, in thrall to television, that each of the semi finals should begin at such a stupidly inappropriate time. It was outrageous to expect Liverpudlians to make the long trek from their native city to London for a 12.30 kick off. It was equally crass to oblige a justifiably incensed Chelsea with their huge European Cup challenge against Barcelona only three days away, to kick off as late as 6pm. But, for the umpteenth time, one has sadly to reflect that the FA has not had a decent leader since Sir Stanley Rous rose to the Presidency of FIFA to vacate the secreteryship of the FA in 1962. When he should have been succeeded by the then England manager Walter Winterbottom but so controversially was not. I wish I could recall the name of the present chief executive of the FA but at the moment, alas, it eludes me.
A shocking blunder by a referee, Martin Atkinson, who has made a habit of them this season gave Chelsea a traumatising goal and momentarily at least must have knocked the stuffing out of Tottenham. But they had plenty of time surely to retrieve both their morale and what was then only a one-goal deficit. That they didn't and couldn't hardly reflected well on the prowess of then manager Harry Redknapp, nor on what, for some time, has seemed his cast iron claims to the England managership.
No one bar Harry himself of course was happier than myself to see him acquitted at that bizarre trial over his alleged tax evasion, which cost so ludicrously much and achieved so ludicrously little. All these weeks later one still finds it hard to understand just what happened, what with Harry admitting that he had lied in his conversation with the News of the World but told the truth in court, while a ferocious prosecution insisted that it was the other way around. The jury blessedly believed Harry.
Hallelujah. But I still wonder, and perhaps he does himself, whether Harry is cut out to be an international team manager with all its pressures and loneliness, when he is so plainly suitable for the busier life of a club manager, with his talents in the transfer market and his popularity with his players. He did not to be frank, make any kind of a tactical success of the semi final. True, injury deprived him of the two obvious candidates for the centre back positions, but to pick two veterans in William Gallas, who had a humiliating time of it, and Ledley King was surely dicing with death. Keeping Gallas, especially on the field throughout was simply inexplicable. By the end he was an almost pathetic figure.
Should the England role then go to Roy Hodgson? It should have done, in my view, away back in 1994, after a World Cup in America to which he had, so skilfully managed an unfancied Swiss team. But it didn't and now here he is efficiently running West Bromwich Albion. Harry has no international team experience. Roy managed Finland as well as the Swiss and has had a host of foreign clubs in his command, among them Malmo and Inter; even if things went wrong at Dalglish obsessed Liverpool. In a sparse field he does look the strongest candidate but I wish he had been chosen in 1994.


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Improvement of the existing methodologies to estimate and to represent the effects (impact and benefits) of transmission projects in Europe using a a multi-criteria and multi-stakeholder framework.
Improvement of the entire decision-making process making it transparent and repeatable and establishing the conditions for a proactive participation in the process of the stakeholders.
A review of methodologies will be carried out for evaluating impacts and for comparing options of grid infrastructures, identifying the main strengths and weakness of the existing methodologies. This work will be carried out by means of an analysis of published and grey literature, and an assessment of best practices in the field of energy planning, taking into account also the experiences analyzed in WP3. Both long-term and temporary impacts will be considered. Long-term impacts (such as land use restrictions and aesthetic impacts) can exist as long as the line is in place. Temporary impacts (such as noise and crop damage) occur during construction or at infrequent intervals such as during line repair or maintenance. The potential uncertainty of the modeling for some impacts will have to be explicit, and we'll consider the reliability of the estimation methods. The landscape impact or the effect of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) on human health are an example of such highly subjective or uncertainty indicators. Life Cycle Assessment will be used for the assessment of environmental impacts of grid infrastructures; impact indicators will be calculated regarding environmental issues like global warming, primary energy consumption, abiotic resources depletion, ionizing radiation, impact on the ecosystem and human health. The set of indicators shall be as exhaustive as possible and not redundant.


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Mark 1 - 16
Luke 1 - 24
John 1 - 21
Acts 1 - 28
Romans 1 - 16
1 Corinthians 1 - 16
2 Corinthians 1 - 13
Galatians 1 - 6
Ephesians 1 - 6
Philippians 1 - 4
Colossians 1 - 4
1 Thessalonians 1 - 5
2 Corinthians 3
2 Corinthians 3 – Public Letter
"You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."2 Corinthians 3:2
Every single one of us has a story. As we pass people in the streets, they can observe and judge us based on the way we behave. In essence, we are a letter read by all who pass us.
Paul explained to the Corinthians, now that they had been saved, the whole world was looking at them. After all, the Corinthians were redeemed from a barbaric lifestyle. Now that they embraced faith in Jesus, their neighbors and family members were watching closely. Because of the radical conversion, the Corinthian testimony was speaking volumes to the world that was reading them as if they were a letter. And what did that letter say to those who read it? The letter spoke of redemption, grace, mercy, and love; something foreign to the unsaved world!
Perhaps you may not know it, but your life is very much like a letter. Your loved ones read it, your friends know it, and your neighbors observe it. What does that letter say? Does it speak of Christ's salvation in your life? Does it disclose love and compassion? Does it reveal long-suffering, kindness, and grace? If not, it's about time to let God change your letter. Are you ready to do so?


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How to Get Rename Card Name In PUBG Mobile – Hey Guys if you are looking for how you can change your name on Pubg mobile then here I am sharing 5 different ways of getting an unlimited Rename card on Pubg mobile. if you want to upgrade your royale pass for freethen you can also find a detailed article about it on our website.
For Changing your name You need an ID Card or you can say, Rename Card, Below, we are providing the complete guide about how you can get another rename card in pubg mobile.
How To Change Name In Pubg
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First of All, I Want To Talk about How You Can Change Your Pubg Names and clan names, So This Is very Easy You Just Have To Follow This Below Mention method. Alternatively, you can watch below mention videos to watch the tutorial.
- If you want to change your name, then you need a Name Change card on inventory.
- you can go to inventory by clicking on the inventory option.
- Now, open the 'Box' Item at the bottom.
- you can use the Name Change card to make your name changes as you desired.
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How To Get Another Rename Card In Pubg
so what if you want to change your PUBG names for the second time, as you know after the 10th level you get your first pubg name card but after using this card how you can change your names for the second time? so here is the answer…↓
- First of all, Go to the chat option on your home dashboard
- now goto home option (Scroll down you will find this option at last)
- now simply click on create and name it anything
- and send any messages here.
- now goto achievement and grab names card or simply click on collect all.
- now goto inventory and use this card for changing names.
Below we also posted a video about how you can change your Name in Pubg mobile.
How to Get Unlimited Rename card In PUBG Mobile
1) By Playing Crew Challange
Hey, Guys, you can also get unlimited rename cards by playing crew challenges daily. you just have to try to kill as many enemies you can kill and try to survive till last, revive your teammates and take health as many times you can take. for Getting, Crew Point chicken dinner is not compulsory. So by playing, you can earn up to 400 crew points daily.
How to get Rename card Using Crew Points
- First of all, simply go to the crew Option
- After that Goto the Shop option.
- now as you can see in the image you can get rename card by investing 200 crew points.
- if you have that many crew points hen simply click rename card and get your rename card for free in pubg mobile.
How to play Crew Challange
so as you can see in Mortal stream they are daily playing crew challenge around 6-8 pm. for playing Crew challenge you first have to register your crew by going to the crew challenge option. you need at least 6 people with whom you can play crew challenge at the given time. you just have to be ready with your squad at the given time.
you can also earn some quick money by playing Pubg tournament, for playing tournament you can join any pubg tournament WhatsApp group or there are apps who is running a daily basis tournament so you can earn some money by playing these tournaments and you can use this money for purchasing UC and after that, you can buy rename card.
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2) By Playing India bonus Challange
so basically here you can earn some quick battle coins and also you can change these coins to unlimited Rewards. so for getting battle coins, you have to register yourselves for the India bonus challenge and after that just be on time and play the battle. try to kill your enemy and survive till the last for more battle coins. you can earn up to 300 battle coins for playing 1 match only. and you can use these battle coins for purchasing skins and converting them to Real UC.
How To Participate
For Participating in India Bonus Challange You have To register For the gameplay at the announced time. here all the players will be divided into groups based in their highest tier reached. you have to come early because if you miss the start of the match you will not be able to join.
Scoring rules
your score and the amount of battle points you earn in a match depends on rank, the total number of participants and you rank and kill in the match.
Fair Competition
those who cheat will be disqualified and their benefits revoked.
So here is the best method to get pubg rename card for free, I hope these trick works for you to get an unlimited pubg rename card. if this method works for you please share it with your friends and family. and if you want to know the best pubg emulators then also check this article – 5 Best PUBG Mobile Emulators in 2019 For PC & Mac.
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