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What I like more in the social media and all these internet and web stuff is the easiness of sharing, connecting and commenting on each others' ideas. Social Media is doing its job and helping people getting more into sharing, communicating, and building up on others' ideas. People is becoming more open to exercise their own creativity and innovatory abilities. People like to share and comment on other's work, obviously that this is much easier today than it was a couple of years ago, nevertheless, this social change brought by the advancement in technology is boosting the whole phenomenon. Commenting, sharing and building up on other's ideas is for me the basis of Brainstorming! Online or Offline, Brainstorming is a powerful tool and in my point of view, a competitive advantage for those doing it. Brainstorming has become a tool to generate a higher level of innovation and boost creativity. Honestly speaking I am a huge fun of brainstorms! I know that sometimes one ends up with a bunch of people trying to brainstorm and nothing happens. Though, the right question here is the Why! Why is it not working?
For several different reasons like, wrong people or place, or more important, wrong leader. So, another key question is, How can you take fully advantage of its amazing potential? For starters, Brainstorming only works if people is doing it in fully awareness of what it is at stake and able to speak freely. Meaning, only if you have a strong team spirit, a motivated team and you rewards their participation and willingness to share you will be able to profit from it. However, not having the "right" leader in charge of stirring, coordinating and conducting the whole meeting it is also a common and the most important mistakes! Even for brainstorms you need some order and rules, and nothing better to do that than having someone capable of leading the whole discussion. If you want to have a good, efficient, and fruitful brainstorming you must appoint a Leader to be in charge.
Another key question again, What kind of traits must be present in a Brainstorm Leader? In my point of view, first of all you will need someone with a good sense of what a Shaper and an Evaluator are. A Shaper will challenge people, be dynamic, provide the drive and courage to overcome obstacles and take some action. On the other side as an Evaluator, she will be sober, strategic, logical and more important she will see all the options and keep track on the good ones. And on top of everything, you will need someone who has a good sense of humor, a sharp common sense, an ability to stir ideas in order to think outside the box, a good moderator and communicator. Someone who knows how to ignite innovation and creativity, motivates people to build up on others ideas and suggestions, and more important someone who does not judge or inhibit people to take risks or share their opinions!
If Brainstorming can be seen as a competitive advantage, and I believe it can, companies must pay more attention to it and have better leaders to manage it. I have seen amazing brainstorm sessions where solutions are found, new ideas brought in to the table and a boost in creativity and innovation accomplished! If companies must innovate and be creative nothing better than start using social media to do it but also never forget to do it offline, in-house with your company's employees. You will be surprised with what you end up with, an amazing set of creative and innovatory ideas.
Tip: Include brainstorming in your weekly tasks, do it at least once a week and you will see the changes after a couple of months! Your company will be much more open to new ideas, creating and innovating more, and your team will be more motivated and productive than ever.
Do not hesitate in contacting us if you want some more tips on Brainstorming or Share tips with us!
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Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it's for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.
Riot Games' Hong Kong Studio is our first international development studio outside Los Angeles. With dim sum tea houses boasting hundred-year histories sitting across the street from modern skyscrapers lighting up the horizon, we're inspired by the city's ability to look forward without forgetting the past.
Titles don't really matter at any of Riot's offices, but we chose to take an extra step in the Hong Kong Studio to break the constraints of traditional hierarchical title structures that are more common in this region. We believe that removing titles will promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and a focus on results. We promise you won't need a title at Riot's Hong Kong Studio to make an impact!
We're looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. We embrace those who see things differently, aren't afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraint.
That's where you come in.
As a member of the Recruiting team, you'll discover and court the best and brightest talent who value personal growth, collaboration, and the player experience above all. You'll be responsible for full cycle recruiting in the Hong Kong Studio, managing new candidates and giving potential Rioters a comprehensive look into how they'll utilize their skills to tackle meaty projects that foster engaging player experiences around the world.
You are:
- Full cycle: you've been in the thick of corporate recruiting action for over five years, managing everything from finding candidates to dishing out congratulatory fist-bumps on their first day; if you've led truly global recruiting efforts that will earn you bonus points
- An adept researcher: scoping out candidates from every angle, you build and utilize various sourcing plans and tools, including phone screens, internet research and professional networks, to find top talent
- Persuasive: you could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves; when engaging with potential hires, you know how pushy is too pushy and can tailor your pitches to specific candidates
- Inquisitive: with your discerning eye, you leave no stone unturned or pertinent question unasked; candidates are your favorite book to read, and you dive in between the lines to get to the heart of the text
- Organized and agile: others can juggle a plate or two, but you can juggle the whole buffet; you can quickly change course when priorities shift or candidates fall through
- Player-focused: as a player yourself, you can suss out those with genuine gamer mindsets to find candidates who will thrive in a culture that takes play seriously
You will:
- Foster long-term relationships with high-caliber talent; build and maintain a network of candidates and help add new Rioters to the mix
- Partner closely with Hiring Managers, working side by side to look under every nook and cranny in the search of potential future Rioters.
- Collaborate with internal hiring teams, and external agencies around the world to drive recruiting efforts, increase hiring efficacy and find awesome talent
- Dream up creative ways to cultivate candidate referrals across all teams
- Improve and enrich the candidate database with relevant and timely information about high-priority hires and vetted agencies
- You'll handle recruitment from "apply" to offer letter, onboarding, and beyond
Don't forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive a lot of applications, but we'll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously.

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Patched BadTunnel Windows Bug Has 'Extensive' Impact
Microsoft patched a NetBios Name Spoofing vulnerability on Patch Tuesday that impacts every version of Windows.
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"June 28, 1963 - Time Magazine - Pope Paul VI."
(1667) June 28, 1963 - Time Magazine - Pope Paul VI.
Condition: Good Plus
Cover has photo of Pope Paul VI. Articles include Supreme Court decision on the banning of prayer in school and other major decisions, Civil Rights Movement, World News including Cuba, Scandal in London, Communists, and much more. Ads include Jeep Wagoneer, Hertz Rent A Car, Ballintine's Scotch, MG Sports Sedan, Salems, and more. Magazine measures 8" by 11" and has 88 pages.
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How do i organise a booking / hiring of equipment
Call or e-mail us with the item required you would like to hire and for the length of time . We will confirm a price and Bookiing confirmation number.
Step 2 .
To confirm the booking you will be required to pay the hire in full at least 48 hours ( 2 days prior) to the hire by direct deposit or credit card. A Credit card imprint is required upon delivery for any possible damage or theft of the equipment.
Step 3.
We will call you at least 24 hours prior to the time of your hire/delivery to confirm your booking and payment details. your equipment will be delivered and some over the age of 18 must sign a delivery receipt tjhat your equipment has been delivered and we will also need to pick up the rental agreement.
Step 4.
Enjoy the hire.
Step 5.
We will advise you when we will return to collect the equipment and do it all over again with your next event ( and special rates on most items for repeat hires)
Q. How much room does a pool table need?
A. To Calculate the minimum size needed add an extra 5ft ( 1.5 metres ) to the dimensions of your pool table. Our Hire pool tables are 7ft in length x 3and a half ft in width.
Q. Can your Pool Tables/Amusement Machines be taken upstairs.?
A. Only a pool table can provided 2 things, 1 it is a straight stairwell with 1.3 metres in width 2. or if a turn is involved 1.5 metres in width. an extra fee will be involved however.
Q. How old do I have to be to hire.?
A. At least 18 years of age to sign a rental hire agreement. which will be e-mailed or posted to you, in advance of your hire.
Q. What if the equipment hired gets damaged?
A. if any of Austral Amusement Co's equipment is damaged, you will be charged for the damage so make sure that it is looked after and we will all be happy at the end. As you, The Hiree is responible for the equipment whilist under hire.
Q. If i need to cancel a booking/ hire what do i need to do?
A. If cancelled 3 weeks or more away from your booking date a 50% refund is offered, inside 3 weeks no refund is offered
Q. Can i get a refund if we do not use all the helium gas ?
A. No Sorry
Q. Do yu sell lights and effect machines as well as hiring them?
A. yes we do in store and on our on line shop
Q.How far do you deliver and what are the costs?
A.Delivery is free, (except for lighting orders under $200.00) in the area's South to Tweed River, West to Coomera river crossing and North to Coomera river. Area's outside this area will attract a small delivery fee based on the extra distance involved, and yes we do deliver to Brisbane area and south to Ballina
Pinball Information
We Are Queensland's leading supplier of Pinball machine sales and hires from new ones like Spiderman and the Simpson's Pinball Party to Classic's like Addam's Family and Twilight Zone you are dealing with people who have the knowledge and the parts and resources to get the job done. We also buy used pinballs as well.
Be wary of buying pinballs that have been imported from overseas ( you can tell them by the fact that they generally have three coin slots) they have been brought in at a cheap price because they have been poorly maintained and in most cases have been butchered in the electronics, and can cost big $$$ later to sort these out.
There are many places to buy a Pinball machine from but, have they been in the Business for over 18 years in the same area. Can they offer you back up service and parts in stock? at Austral Amusement Co our pinball machines, are throughlly striped down to a bare playfield and cleaned any broken bits replaced or in the case of the top plastics if not available we can repair them. then new globes and rubbers installed and then rebuilt that is why people keep ringing us for their games requirements from referals of friends. Be careful of buying pinballs on line second hand as there are people out that say that they have been done up but 9 times out of 10 they are not and they can be poor quality imports.
We may not be the cheapest but you can be assured of the quality, since 1990, that's why we are still in the business.
We have a large range of parts for sale in our on line store under Pinball spare parts
Q. What price do pinballs machines start at to buy?
A. At about $1700.00 and up tp $8000.00 for a new one.
Q. i can remember when pinnies sold for $500.00.
A. yes we all can but like everything involving supply and demand the market dictates the price
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She doesn't know whether they are flashbacks of memories buried deep!
Or whether they are karmic memories manifesting in future visions rubbing up against present feelings!
She knows that if these visions/karmic memories were a colour they would be Red! Cayenne Pepper Red! As deep in texture as the heat!
Hot hands rub coconut oil into his skin!
Flinches as fingers rub against the nape of his neck!
The feeling looks like breath being sucked in between clenched teeth!
She sucks the same air back out of him and blows it against the very same spot that the fingers had just been!
Inhaling the smell of the coconut oil!
Enjoying the smell of coconut oil infused with dark chocolate!
If the smell had a name it would be:
"She shouldn't have asked to come in/she shouldn't have offered to cream him/her fingers work magic/draws slipping"
If his thoughts spoke an action it would be:
"Take those draws off"
Firm it!
Firm is how the feeling is responding!
His focus is is rapidly escaping!
She intentionally mixed Argan in with the coconut. The one with Frankincense blended in.
The taste is now sweeter!
The air now feels meditative!
The act is now a meditation!
Inside thighs
Firm it!
Hardworking hands busy inside strong thighs!
Firm it!
Firm, it still is!
Her setting is no longer on safety!
Fingers are not!
Is she supposed to rub it
With the oil?
Is she supposed to rub the oil into it?
His expression sounds like controlled silence!
She feels the full force of his noise!
Firm it!
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Rare 1991 cd release
Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus (Now A Thousand Christmas Candles Are Lit) is a Christmas album in Swedish, recorded in 1980 by Swedish pop singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and her daughter Linda Ulvaeus, who was at the time 7 years old. The album was co-produced by Fältskog and Michael B. Tretow and recorded in the Polar Studios with the same musicians as on contemporary ABBA recordings. The album was recorded in November 1980 but since it wasn't completed in time for Christmas 1980 it was postponed and not released until nearly a year later, in October 1981. Nu tändas tusen julejus, which was Fältskog's first Swedish language recording for the Polar Music label after having left CBS-Cupol, peaked at No. 6 on the Swedish album chart in January 1982, has been re-released on cd by Polar Music/PolyGram/Universal Music and is one of the best-selling Swedish Christmas albums of all time. The album name is derived from one of Scandinavia's best-known Christmas carols.
Track list:
1. Nej Se Det Snöar
2. Bjällerklang
3. Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus
4. Två Små Röda Luvor
5. Nu Står Julen Vid Snöig Port
6. Jag Såg Mamma Kyssa Tomten (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
7. När Juldagsmorgon Glimmar
8. Potpurri
a) Nu Har Vi Ljus Här I Vårt Hus
b) Tre Små Pepparkaksgubbar
c) Räven Raskar Över Isen
d) Vi Äro Musikanter
e) Hej Tomtegubbar
f) Jungfru Jungfru Kär
g) Nu Är Det Jul Igen
9. Hej Mitt Vinterland
10. Så Milt Lyser Stjärnan
11. Mössens Julafton
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The relationship between Tobymac and interl'inc goes back a long way – almost twenty years. In fact, you could call it a friendship, a partnership in using music to minister to high school kids. Tobymac has always been on the leading edge of Christian music. His life backs up the message of his music. He has a heart for youth leaders and a passion for young people. Here is an excerpt from a conversation that interl'inc President Allen Weed and Tobymac had.
AW: What do you wish a youth worker would do in the two weeks before taking his or her group to one of your concerts?
TM: I encourage them to look for something more than just the party. Of course we are going to have a party and we are going to drop the joy bomb, but there is something more there - if you look for it you will find it. There is something deeper, whether it's a deeper pursuit of happiness, or bringing a friend that has never heard about that hope they can have in Christ. I love when people bring their friends because they may fall in love with the music and that may create an opportunity for God to do something really cool.
AW: What do you hope kids will walk out the back door with at end of your concert?
TM: I hope that people walk out of the concert not with Tobymac's name on their lips but with Jesus' name on their lips. I hope that they decide to pursue Christ more passionately, to love people more intently, and to look for a vision in their life that they can pursue.
AW: What do you have in mind when you sing, "If you gotta start somewhere, why not here? If you gotta start sometime, why not now?"
TM: The reason I say, "If you gotta to start somewhere why not here?" and "Tonight's the night" is because (for me) it starts tonight. I have always believed there's no better time to change than right now. I know music can't change the world, but I do believe that God chooses to use music. A concert experience - that's where everything goes down for me. That's where...
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Please note that the North Canton Public Library will begin a computer system update Monday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Until the upgrade is complete (sometime Tuesday, April 7), online services that require a library card will be unavailable. This includes the library catalog, library mobile app, many online databases and most digital materials.
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Fittydent super is the only denture adhesive worldwide which is waterproof, thus it will not wash out while eating and drinking. It provides an extremely strong hold and assures that the denture will stay fixed to the gum all day long. Fittydent super Denture Adhesive gives you the freedom and confidence to speak and laugh freely all day long, and helps you to eat and drink without worry or embarrassment
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Making your own dream home is simply unbelievable way to express the true love for one's home. It has never been so easy to build own home unless you read this article. Today, you will get to know some unique steps to build your dream home consuming less timing. All of us eager to have a perfect dream home, for that purpose we struggle and do better efforts. You will learn important steps to make a perfect home.
Make a new home
Do you know that 80% of people saves money by constructing their own homes with own hands? Yes, it is true. Now we will define the steps on how to build your own home perfectly.
·How to build your own home in some detailed steps?
Constructions skills are important to learn in the very first step. Prepare and design the map for the home in AutoCAD. When the process is done, go to the land record management office and get approve map of the house. Before approving, you must have allocated plot where you will build the dream home.
There are few skills below required to make your own home:
1-Learning construction skills
There are some online schools where you can learn how to construct a new home. We will also let you know how to construct your own home in few steps. Some suggestions are below:
vMake a digital copy of your home on computer screen as you want to see your dream home after full house construction
vDefine all the paths of linear networks of sewerage pipelines, drainage system, electricity underground structure etc.
vSelect high quality bricks, cement and tiles for your home
vYou must learn how to mix stones and cement together and make a mixture of all the content
vNow it's time to contracting your own home with yourself
vYou must be known to all the machines of home construction
2-Select location
Select the appropriate location of the home. It must be plot area and get it approve by your assigned authority. Plot location must be approved on the society map under the government or local authorized bodies. Take NOC from the Government or committee to start building the home.
3-Map design
Make digital map of the home and get it approved from land development authority. Occupy the floors, room and location of the home easily.
4-Prepare base of the house
Make base of the house with bricks and cement. You have to put strong base of the home and construct all the down structure of the home. The base must be very strong because home will be stand upon this base.
5-Choose bricks, cements and other material
It is necessary to choose best quality cement and bricks to avoid dump later in the house. You must also select iron and binders to make skeleton of the home easily. Choose all the machines on contract basis from any rental company and then try to learn how to operate all machines well.
6-Paint home
When you are done with the floors, rooms, kitchen and other spaces. Now it's time to wait over one year to paint your home. So if you are keen to tiling the home then wait for six months to dry the bricks of the home.
§It's necessary to check the best quality company of bricks and cements in the market
§Check the current status of the plot before making home
§Learn construction skills from professional trainers
§Don't start constructing when you have less skills
§Operate all the instruments and practice well before start
§Don't paint home less than one year after home is done


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Chiffon frill trim top
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Our lightweight frill trim top has a soft jersey body and chiffon frill trim. Sleeveless, with a high neckline, the sheer chiffon overlay creates lightweight movement for day to dark events, simply tuck into high-waist jeans and layer up with a biker jacket this season.
- Top length from shoulder 25 inches/63.5cm
- Sleeveless
- Chiffon layer
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- The model in the video is 5ft 9 and is wearing a UK 8
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Trim: 100% Polyester
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Kamokini swimsuits are inspired by everything; art, music, African culture, Western fashion trends and an understanding of a woman's sensuality. The brand is cognizant of the average woman's true body consciousness and the desire to look stylish when physically exposed.
Kambili Ofili-Okonkowo designed a line that catered to her own perspective on what real women expect of a fashionable, affordable and figure complimenting swimsuit.


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Kate shows off brand new hairstyle
She might be known for her beautiful locks, but the Duchess of Cambridge's latest look is definitely turning heads.
Showing off her voluminous curls with a very bouncy blow dry, Kate arrived at the ICA with Prince William and Prince Harry today to outline the next phase of the Heads Together campaign. It was a rare appearance for the trio, who gave a joint speech on the issue of mental health for the event.
Speaking at the event, Kate said: "William, Harry and I have been very privileged to witness in the course of our work countless examples of simple conversations that have changed lives, which were the first step on a path to recovery."
"Just last week at the Anna Freud Centre, I heard from one mother how talking to a support worker was – in words – like medicine," she continued.
"Simply by having someone there to have a conversation with helped her immensely."
Her new look comes after the Duchess's first official meeting last week with Prince Harry's girlfriend, Suits actress Meghan Markle.
Following her 35th birthday celebrations, Kate travelled down to London especially to meet the new woman in Harry's life.
An insider said of the important introduction: "It went really well and Megan was very excited about meeting her."
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In this month's blog article "What's happening at Fazendin," we have to talk about the spring market, because this is what is happening around here. Everyone is fully focused on the spring market, and the spring market is in full swing; maybe even beyond full swing!
This time of year is usually busy, but we are definitely seeing an uptick in business this year compared to others. The problem we are seeing is the listing inventory just isn't keeping up with demand. So if you've been thinking about listing your home, this is an amazing time to do so. We are seeing many areas of the Twin Cities selling above list price, and many listings selling within the first few days of being listed. With inventory at all-time lows, we have fully converted to a sellers' market. The good news is that with mortgage rates remaining at all-time low levels, buyers can still reap their own market benefits. Good news all around!
So as all facets of our company are busy listing, marketing and selling homes, you too can be part of this hot action. It's a great time to list and/or buy a home! If you are interested in jumping in on the action, let us set you up with a perfect agent that can assist you with your housing needs!


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KARACHI: The Directorate General, Customs Valuation, Director General Surriya Ahmed Butt has decided to revise the Valuation Ruling No: 727/2015 on March 27, 2018, it is learnt.
Surriya Butt said the department was reviewing suggestions from various importers to set new prices of transparent (BOPP)/OPP tape and self adhesive tape scotch brand. She said some valuations which were issued in 2015 were being reviewed from the beginning.
Moreover, the valuations will be set in view of the rising prices in the international market. Sources told Customs Today that a petition was filed with the Customs Valuation in which change in prices of transparent (BOPP)/OPP tape and self adhesive tape scotch brand was requested.
Sources further told that Valuation Ruling No: 727/2015 was issued on April 20, 2015. A meeting was held with the stakeholders on 9th February 2018.
Importers were advised to furnish the import invoices of the last three months showing factual values as well as websites, names and e-mail addresses of known foreign manufacturers of the items in question through which the actual current value could be ascertained.


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abhi, 18 Oct 2013are there any OTA updates available for Ascend Mate in INDIA,if yes kindly guide me how to ins... moreYes OTA updates are available for the phone in India. Just go to mgmt folder and check for update online. You must be connected to wifi to download sine updates are rather large.
a989, 18 Oct 2013Some Unknown Facts about HUAWEI ASCEND MATE :- 1) It supports microsd card till 64 GB (as a... moreAre the on screen keys customisable? Thanks.
Aussie, 15 Oct 2013what issues after the update...performance is much better after the OTA updates.Get rid of you... moreDear do you know which apps have bugs in it.pkease tell me those apps name.so i could aviod thm
are there any OTA updates available for Ascend Mate in INDIA,if yes kindly guide me how to install them ?
Some Unknown Facts about HUAWEI ASCEND MATE :-
1) It supports microsd card till 64 GB (as also on official website Specs INDIA) and not 32 GB as said by most website & currently i am using 64 GB class 10 Strontium card.
2) u can install apps in microsd card also
3) U dont need to buy screen guard along with this handset as it is preinstalled just dont peel or remove it it,cut slight right at top which u see when u recieve a new handest.
4) u can charge other peoples cell phone using OTG cable from ASCEND MATE just like LENOVE P780.
5) it supports USB 3.0 Pendrives which other handsets doesnt support and says power consumption error except few handsets Above Rs.35,000 supports.
6) It has Glove mode which helps u use it even with wearing gloves on hand- the technology is called magic touch technology.
7) In Ascend Mate, there is also a feature which can be used to change wallpaper by shaking the phone.
8) On the home screen of the Ascend there is also Suspend Button, which will give you a shortcut dial to access calculator, gallery, messages and notes.
9) Supports USB STORAGE MODE .
10) i dont know if many people knows it that there is promised update for 4.2.
Hi,friends.I morally believe that the aim of jus criticism must be the imporovements and cares of the manufacturers not creating enmity,bias,and hatred!Ascend mate,P6,G600,615,700,and finally the outstanding media pad FHT10 are the best that the Huawei could have made!In short ascend mate design,features,performance,and its other high qualities has noting less than the high-end-range super smartphones or phablets called of these days!I have to mention that I don,t know and care who and where the Huawei are!!!?But I care what it makes!My best expectations and hope is after sales support and care and their respect about the people,s opinions if they still want to ascend hopefully plus the awaken powerful public relations who listens!?Good hope,love,friendship and progress for all and care for the Huawei++++!
This is one of the best value for money phablets in the market.
Buying price: 23750
Source: Flipkart
Offer: Yes (5% credit card discount)
Listed price: Rs.24990
Other products considered: Note 2, Galaxy Mega 6.3 and 5.8, Sony Xperia Z Ultra
(1) Great battery backup ~30-35 hours of running time with WiFi, 2G and 25 hours on 3G
(2) Super large IPS touch screen (very crisp image and color reproduction. Color temperature selection is quite handy and you can adjust the display from warm, yellowish, to cool, bluish). Corning Gorilla protection is great - I have not installed any screen guard and it's just awesome
(3) Good performance (ANTUTU benchmark score of 16500+) - which is more than adequate for productivity and most of the games
(4) Picture in picture for video playing
(1) Stock UI is boring but this is not a big negative as there are many launcher apps to pep up the UI experience. For example: I use Next 3D launcher which takes the UI experience to a new level and its well complimented by the large screen
(2) One handed operation (typing and general phone use) is literally impossible
(3) Only black option for India (though I liked the matte finish better as it is not a finger print magnet)
(4) No cover/pouch - would have been better to include
At around half the price of Sony Xperia Z Ultra, this offered better value for money (but for the feature like water proofing - it's more a fancy feature to flaunt than daily use that impacts user experience).
Overall 9/10. Would definitely recommend this phone.
AnonD-188465, 14 Oct 2013dont buy this fone.lots of issues after updates.and some softwares like whtsapps and games.are... morewhat issues after the update...performance is much better after the OTA updates.Get rid of your buggy apps mate.
Absolutely a great phone. Battery life is amazing, screen size is truly breath taking. Good phone at a reasonable price...
dont buy this fone.lots of issues after updates.and some softwares like whtsapps and games.are making this fon trouble creater.touch is really bad.h@rd press then work.
eli, 09 Oct 2013How about its internal memory? Please answer this. :) Thank you! :)4gp
I've been using this for several months now...its still doing good and has a very good battery life.. don't blame the phone when you have your signals drop...blame it on your network provider.. I love the dolby surround sound.. one thing I would comment on this, is the lack of accessories to be bought unlike s3 s4s and I phones.. but it really does great performance.. one tip is for users... choose applications wisely..it may damage the softwares of your phone
The phone is working properly with long lasting discharging battery. I am rooted. Nice Huawei.
Anonymous, 17 Sep 2013Hope Huawei ascend mate will have another system update because the phone hangs up everytime, ... moreYour phone hangs because to have installed buggy apps on it...better learn how to use an Android device.


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[Alpha's modern version of bawdy word play and erotica like the vaudeville and burlesque period.]
You dirty cad
You're being so bad
So vile and so forward
Another broken promise
Never again will I trust your word
You scoundrel
You boar
You're the type I deplore
Your straying hands…
Away, I say
How they grope and tear
Leaving my bosom bare
You paw me like a horny dog
I swoon with fear and lustful fog
As you seek more between my thighs
You hear my moans but not my cries
How rude and vile to ravish me more
But, pray tell, are you sure you've locked the door?
Hidey Hole
Blue skies above
Green grass below
Just right for picnic games
Playing Hidey Hole
You show me your pet snake
It loves the stroke and roll
But not as much as a super blow
In my first Hidey Hole
Then it takes a Southern trip
Just how far does it go?
It goes deep—repeatedly
Making my next Hidey Hole…purr
"Thank you, sir," I say
"But where does your snake now stray?"
"Behind you, dear," he says
"Like a spear it'll pierce your rear"
This Hidey Hole he won't soon leave
He'll fuck it the rest of the day
Elusive Bliss
There isn't much to see when you're raised in a barrio
But every boy in the 'hood would pay to see my sister, Rosa Ario
If you want her to shed her panties
You each have to up your antes
Cuz' we work as a team; I'm the flesh peddling impresario
I stimulate their lust addiction with girls that show too much
But always leaving them wanting more; they can look but not touch
Yes, I tease to please with my sis
I sell the ever-elusive bliss
But for those that cross the line, even their cocks will need a crutch
The Nerd
The little dweeb came up to me acting like a player
Wearing silk with a wad of condoms; he fancies himself a love slayer
But platform shoes and an Elvis toupee'
The Woody Allen look his only woody today
Guarantees this nerd hasn't got a prayer
What's that? A million dollars! Right this way, honey-bunch
You don't have to be a player…
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Celebrate Victoria's Pride Week with South Island New Democrats, led by Victoria's Member of Parliament Murray Rankin and Esquimalt Juan de Fuca's Member of Parliament Randall Garrison!
With five out-and-proud MPs leading the way, New Democrats are fighting for full LGBTQ equality.
We are honoured, as we are every year, to be part of such a wonderful show of our community's support for LGBTQ pride. We welcome any and all who wish to join us.
So throw on your most colourful attire (Orange optional!) and meet us at 11:30am on Sunday, July 5th at the corner of Government and Pandora where you'll be directed to our nearby staging area . See you there!
To find other great events during Pride Week, go to http://victoriapridesociety.org/events/
Marching with us is great, but dancing's even better. Learn the choreography from our Official Dance Coordinator, Elsa Kimberley at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Earlier Event: July 2Town Hall: What does the end of home mail delivery mean for Oak Bay?
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Anaheim Broadcasting Announces Staff Cuts At KCAL-FM San Bernardino
Anaheim Broadcasting Rock 96.7 KCAL-FM Redlands/San Bernardino CA announced four staffers were let go on Tuesday due to budget cuts.
Exiting the station were 3/4 of the station's morning show as co-hosts James 'Jimbo' Smith, Tiffany Angelo, and producer Steven Kono exit. Patrick Tish remains with what will become a music-intensive program.
Also exiting is night host Michael 'Stu Man' Stewart after 42 years at the station. Stewart had been part of the morning show from 1997-2017 until segueing to nights last February. Production Director Frank Garcia will add the night shift to his duties.
Personnel changes due to budget cuts were announced Tuesday at Inland Empire Rock 96.7 KCAL-FM Riverside. Several on-air positions were eliminated including longtime morning show members James "Jimbo" Smith and Tiffany Angelo. Also exiting is 42-year station vet Michael "Stu Man" Stewart, who had been hosting the evening show for the past year after transitioning from mornings, as well as morning show producer Steven Kono.
"The cuts took us by surprise," said KCAL PD/afternoon host Daryl Norsell. "Especially when the station is seeing some of the best ratings success we've had in years. Each of them are incredibly talented and dedicated, and more importantly, really great people."
"The ownership decided they just couldn't keep operating KCAL with such high expenses," added station General Manager Jeff Parke, "All of the people we had to let go are like family to me. This has been really tough, to say the least."
The station will run a heavily music intensive show in the morning, hosted by remaining show member Patrick Tish. Evenings will be handled by current KCAL Production Director Frank Garcia.


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Save Our Future and Our Planet 2
Learn to be an eco-tourist everyday, where your good choices favorably affects the lands on which your food is grown, and helps the other life-forms with whom we share our amazing planet.
Eco-tourism is not just about animal photo-ops, seeing the situation elsewhere, providing dollars for locals to protect native animals instead of hunting them and returning monies to locals to help them in their plight caused by climate change — much of it caused by industrial countries of the first and second world. Although these are important objectives, and accomplishments, the issues are deeper and need more action.
Rachel Cernansky's the author of this deforestation diet. She says that everyone hears a lot about the importance of eating organic and eating local, but what's left out of the conversation are the growing methods of some of our staple foods, and their ecological "cost", even if they are locally produced.
It is truly shocking how much forest land, and especially rainforest land, has been lost to grow (or raise) products like beef, rice and palm oil — the latter of which is in more foods than you might realize (start reading product labels).
When wealthy, educated or uneducated (or just greedy) landowners want the most bang in the world market, they have been choosing crops and livestock unsuited for their land, but wanted by wealthy countries' manufacturers and fast-food chains.
Then, when their agricultural land becomes unproductive (usually after about three years), it is often cheaper to clear new land than to fertilize the already-decimated land to replenish nutrients that were drained from the soil. Often, in the slash-and-burn process, they seek to grab more land, too, often from lands responsibly managed by aboriginal populations; this is especially true in Brazil's Amazonia. Brazil has not been protecting the tribes.
Monocrop agriculture is also a major factor in how modern food production has become unsustainable. Yet, coffee and banana production both serve as examples of smooth, successful transitions to better methods. They had been drivers of deforestation in the past, but more recently farmers have been using more inter-cropping and forest mid-level canopy "cover" (ever heard of shade-grown coffee?). All this helps to prevent deforestation and helps preserve biodiversity of both plants and animals. Preventing plantations of a singular species is important, whether it be monocrops of trees for lumber or food crops.
Definitely, this change in the banana and coffee industry is due in no small part to activist campaigns waged in recent years to educate consumers and manufacturers and local indigenous activists to generate change in the international manufacturing and supply chains.
Here's the first of the seven worst common foods which contribute the most to deforestation — and hence, to climate change — around the world. Try not to put any of them on your table at home, and encourage restaurants and hotels wherever you go to do the same. Speak up; let them know better alternatives, and explain why you will not order these items.
Beef is by far the worst offender of any food item. (Bison is not an offender.) Ecological comments go on top and are apart from the issue of unhealthy cows being forced to eat non-natural foods in wholesale production, which makes them more susceptible to Mad Cow disease. Grass is the only healthy food for cows, and few cows are allowed to eat it anymore.
Beef as a deforestation cause, especially of Brazilian rainforest in the Amazon, is criminal because we know the consequences and the Brazilian government has bowed to wealthy, greedy land-owners instead of to the health of the planet and their land's future arability.
All this cow farming does is wreck the rainforest, which is in such delicate harmony, that nothing grows there for long after the trees' wood is harvested, or just burned (causing even more pollution).
Beef is the first food to eliminate, both because of its direct role in forest clearing as well as the huge amount of land converted for food for cattle, (vegetable crops which feed cows and other animals less efficiently could feed more humans, effectively, directly).
And then there's the massive waste problem from these herds, which often is improperly attended to, if at all, which creates more imbalance and carnage (the same is true for poultry production). And, we need to mention that the methane problem created by animal flatulence is also a huge problem for our atmosphere to deal with!
According to Rhett Butler (of Mongabay, a great site for environmental reporting around the world), despite efforts to combat deforestation through illegal logging, the Amazon is actually losing forest cover faster than ever, (largely due to the cattle industry), which has been growing in Brazil by an average of 3 million head per year since 1974. Mc Donald's and other fast-food chains get their beef from here. Vote with your dollars!
Read more at: Go Vegetarian at least one Day a Week for the Planet. Here's why!
In many countries, you will not easily find a beef meal, or it will be exorbitant due to polluting transport and import etc., Instead, choose to eat locally produced foods and be willing to eat vegetarian meals — just like when you are in any home as a guest.
It's a subgroup of the cattle problem. First, support human breast-feeding of infants and toddlers! Secondly, if you are going to use animal milk for children, then use goat milk as it is the ONLY animal which has a nutritional profile close to human milk.
Cow milk is made by Nature for baby cows, not people, and it creates a very wrong nutritional source for people, and is implicated in the destruction of the Islets in our pancreas which we need to produce insulin. "Juvenile" diabetes (misnamed as it can appear at any age) (also called insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes) results from this! There's nothing good about cow dairy!
Goat milk has a different flavor, and if you are not used to it, have you and your children order fabulous goat cheeses, especially in Europe, and get them at home, too.
Goats are also more eco-friendly, in every way. The Middle-East and Europe see their value, now we need the Americas to get rid of the large cattle herds and opt for goats, too.
Also read the first part of the series at: Save Your Future and Our Planet and the rest of the series will be in the article archives for Seattle, Vancouver and London. More in the series tomorrow.
Vancouver, B.C. – detailed Vancouver travel articles archive portal, here!
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"F our shots in my Americano, please. I've got a presentation due tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and I haven't started it yet. I'll probably be up all night." The poor Starbucks barista is probably covering her ears. Caffeine and nicotine, which work by tweaking our neurons — in the case of coffee, by inhibiting our inhibitory neurotransmitters — are the most commonly used cognitive enhancers today. 40 Fall 2009 "I currently use a very powerful drug called caffeine to aid in my non-creative work, and for creative work I do not need additional help," says Bruce Katz, an adjunct professor of Computer Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia and author of Neuroengineering the Future: Virtual Minds and the Creation of Immortality. (See the accompanying h+ interview with Dr. Katz.) Today, a new breed of cognitive enhancers — neuroenhancers, or "smart drugs" — is starting to appear with increasing frequency on university campuses around the world. Nature reports that students are striking deals to buy and sell prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin — not to get high, but to get higher grades, to provide an edge over their fellow students or to increase in some measurable way their capacity for learning. These transactions are crimes in the United States, punishable by prison. "Society must respond to the growing demand for cognitive enhancement. That response must start by rejecting the idea that 'enhancement' is a dirty word," argues Henry Greely, a Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law at Stanford University. Modafinil — a banned stimulant in competitive sports — enhances academic productivity and significantly reduces the need for sleep to a couple of hours per night while improving working memory. A University of York web site describes three students — Charles, Nick and David — who each took a 200 mg tablet of Modafinil. According to Charles, "After an hour, none of us felt any different. But then I started to feel markedly more alert. I couldn't be sure it wasn't a placebo, but then Nick became uncannily good at computer games, beating his friends three times in a row at Pro Evo. It was no coincidence." Modafinil has proven so popular in the academic pressure cookers of Oxford and Cambridge that close to one in ten students have admitted taking prescription medication such as Modafinil without a prescription. The academic uses range from increased alertness during exams to stimulating thought processes when writing essays or take-home exams. "It's not the mind-expanding sixties anymore," comments Margaret Talbot in a recent New Yorker article. "Neuroenhancers are perfectly suited for the Surfdaddy Orca Courtesy of Mason Bryant


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<studentradiocentric> - please listen to my show this afternoon!
If you've got nothing better to do 4 and 6 we would love your listenership. It's our very first show and it's me and two co-presenters. It's sponsored by Filter magazine but effectively we get to play almost anything we want. Also it might get a bit surreal since I was up till half 8 and have only had four hours of sleep.
I will possibly be playing some Mountain Goats, The National, Hidden Cameras and Wilco among others. So yeah, please listen to us xx
The four hours of sleep are showing
You've not told us where we can listen to it.
i know :(
see below
oh, i'm an idiot
it's here: www.oxideradio.co.uk
It should automatically play in the browser but let me know if you're having problems with it.
I'll listen
I'll probably still be hungover then as well. Can you do a 'musical advice' slot? where you play songs to advise listeners on tricky problems? Cause I have one right now, and it worries me.....
i'll try!
tell me the problem and I'll see if I can think of anything.
you know when you get intimate with someone you know a bit too well
because you've both had a little too much to drink? what's the correct way to approach the topic the next day? Do you contact them? Do you declare your undying for them as a person? HELP.
sorry mate, I have no idea. I can't even figure out my own love-related issues. I'm sure there must be a song about what you're describing though. Try this one - http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858524569
actually no
I think I've misinterpreted that song.
4am-6am would be worse.
i dunno
i'd love to have a lifestyle where i could fit in radio listening at that time...
Yeah, me too
Preferably one in which I never actually had to go to work.
ohhhh i forgot about this.
i thought you said thursday? no matter. i will listen.
did anyone listen?
it was disastrous for the first 15 minutes, none of us had a clue and there was loads of dead air. After that it was awesome :D
i'm going to bump this
we're on again in half an hour, please listen if you can! www.oxideradio.co.uk
We will be recording it as well, with any luck.
i might
actually be home to listen to the last half hour.
i want to listen to this!
but i'm going to work in half an hour and am at college now. you'd better be recording it!


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Wax Museum-Grade 3
Perhaps you've seen the movie Night at the Museum. St. Kateri School had Afternoon at the Museum which was a culminating activity for the Third Grade's Biography Book Report. Students read a biography of a famous person taking notes as they read. In class, students completed a written report of their person, and gave an oral presentation to their classmates. This included information about their person's childhood, family, hardships or obstacles, important events, interesting facts or stories, and contributions the person made to society. Students posed as their famous person as a wax figure dressed in costume with props. We were in the company of Abraham Lincoln, Maximillian Kolbe, Marie Currie, Jacob Grimm (of the Brothers Grimm), Amelia Earhart, Annie Oakley, Jane Goodell, Thomas Jefferson, Stan Lee, Betsy Ross, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Di Vinci, Pocahontas, Martin Luther King Jr., Johnny Appleseed, Susan B. Anthony, and George Lucas. Parents, grandparents, friends, and classes from our school visited and learned about each of these famous persons. We did note that it was extremely quiet as our waxed figures posed silently. That's quite a feat at the end of the school year!
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The Shark Beam FX One is a moving head with beam effect. It gives your event a retro disco feeling. A special mechanical construction gives the possibility to zoom and continuously rotate the front lens creating eye catching beam effects. To draw the attention 3 pieces of extreme bright 40W LED's are used. The LED's are RGBW, so creating spectacular visual effects and beautiful color patterns is easy. All effects and features can be controlled by DMX or with the included IR remote. The 8 channel personality makes it possible to control the Shark Beam FX with the most basic light desk, and for full control there are 2 advanced personality up to 19 channels.
The Showtec Shark series is a series of compact size moving heads with excellent features and impressive outputs. Designed for mobile Dj's, musicians small pubs and bars. The Shark series will bring a professional level of intelligent lights with the ease of use available for both professional and non-professional users. All fixtures in the Shark range include a IR remote for plug and play control. Versatile feature macros and sound active built-in programs are available to create amazing shows without the need of complex programming. The complete Shark range is equipped with IFS-Technology which helps the user to control different Shark fixtures within one setup. It makes it possible to have synchronized movements, strobe rates and control speeds within the Shark range.
- Eye-catching aerial effect
- Oled display
- Ir remote included
- 3x 40W Q4 LED
- Lux @ 2m: 48.300 (4°)
- Beam Angle: 4-60°
- Light Source: 3x 40W RGBW 4-in-1 LED
- Input Voltage: 100~240VAC, 50/60Hz
- Power consumption: 135W
- On-Board: Oled Display
- Control Protocol: DMX512, Manual, Auto, Master/Slave, Sound, IR-Remote
- Control Personality: Advanced 15ch /Basic 8ch
Optical system
- Dimmer: 0-100%
- Strobe: 0-20Hz
- Zoom: Motorized
- Pan: 540°
- Tilt: 270°
- Lens Rotation: Continuous
- Pan/Tilt resolution: 16 bit
- Color: Black
- Housing: Metal & Flame-retardant plastic
- Fixture Connection: 3-p XLR Data in/out, IEC Power in/out
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 250 x 170 x 350 mm
- Weight: 6 Kg
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Embrace: A Weekend Retreat for Mothers of Children & Adults with CF
Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5, 2019
Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park, CA
CFRI hosts this annual retreat for mothers of children & adults diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, in recognition of the vital role that mothers have in the care of their loved ones. Art workshops, yoga, journaling, CF resources, support group, music, and respite time with women who share the CF path; are part of this weekend that offers an opportunity for all to connect and rejuvenate over a weekend.
Registration fee
- $150: Includes two nights in a single occupancy room at Vallombrosa, meals, workshops, & retreat events (limited to 23 rooms)
- $75: includes meals, workshops & retreat events (no overnight stay)
"This retreat was life changing! It is so wonderful to be with other women who understand the challenges we face raising our children with CF." Mother of an adult daughter with CF
Embrace Retreat is made possible through grants from AbbVie and Gilead Sciences
2019 CF Summer Retreat
Saturday, July 20 – Friday, July 26, 2019
Vallombrosa Retreat Center, Menlo Park CA
The 2019 CF Summer Retreat provides a safe and welcoming environment, created to enhance positive coping skills, social support and education for people who share common experiences with CF.
The retreat is filled with various activities such as :
- Daily exercise, arts and crafts, rap sessions (support groups), and educational workshops with guest speakers, all of which promote physical and positive mental health
- A talent show, games, and dedicated time to connect, network and socialize with others, to make the getaway fulfilling and enjoyable for all
- Adults 18 years and older with cystic fibrosis, their family members, and friends are welcome
- All participants must adhere to CFRI's Cross Infection Control Policy
I don't quite know how to express how being in a room with others who have cystic fibrosis feels. Online connection is great, but being physically present with a group of your peers – it's simply unparalleled. I ended up connecting with the most welcoming and understanding group of people that I've ever met. I plan on returning for many years to come. – Colleen L.
CF Summer Retreat is generously sponsored by AbbVie and Gilead Sciences


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Baartmans and Siegel
Each year, fashion week gets better with jaw dropping visuals and new innovative clothes. In July 2016, I was excited to be continuing my fashion ritual and witness the first ever menswear week.A capsule menswear collection showcased seven designers around the world. Each brand presented models wearing there S/S 2016 collections. The first designer on my list was "Baartmans and Siegel", a UK-based brand that believes in luxury and structured pieces. The designers went to the London College of Fashion and decided to collaborate on a menswear line. The collection showcases blue and gray tones but highlights functional luxury pieces.
The designers believe in "creating interactive, innovative garments which is currently shaping the landscape of contemporary menswear." This was one of my favorite designers because they showed a collection for the everyday guy that included a chic London vibe.


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The Argument About Patio Chairs
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Resin adirondack chairs are most likely the easiest means to acquire budget patio furniture. Lots of people will buy cheap and affordable chairs that might or might not last for a whole summer. There are many chairs created for large and tall individuals. After you have resolved to purchase chairs or any sort of furniture, you should check at several factors.
Plastic chairs are extremely light weight, obviously. This chair is a real design for large and tall individuals. A number of these chairs aren't truly made for large and tall men and women, but they might or might not operate. This chair is tremendously rated. Additionally, make certain you purchase the outdoor folding chair from a trusted seller. You're able to simply keep the outdoor folding chair. It's a foldable chair, yet maybe it does not fit in the trunk of your vehicle.
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The option of the fabric also is based on the furniture. The selection of furniture has to be good enough to serve the purpose and at the exact same time has to be able to create the place seem stylish. If you may locate a place locally to get a chair then you may give it a try and see whether it comfortable for you. There's no limit to the collection of patio chair cushions. Besides that, in the event you actually wish to store it into a corner, you can simply fold it and put it aside. Should you own a modest outdoor area or can only provide sidewalk seating, you will need to set a limit on the quantity of seats. Conversely for those who have a huge space you'll have room for a dining set, lounge furniture and perhaps even a massive outdoor grill and an enclosure.


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Andrew Clement Gripper GRAY MA PhD
ArmsPer fess gules and argent two demi-lions issuant from the fess line counterchanged
CrestA roundel emblazoned as of the shield.
MottoMY SOUL IS AMONG LIONS
In 1968, whilst working as a postdoctoral research fellow in Scotland (the home of his great-grandfather), Dr Gray petitioned Lord Lyon for a grant of arms. As an organic Chemist, he had an interest in crystallography. Dr Gray was also intrigued by the use of symmetry as used in heraldic design. So, the accepted design applied reflection and counter changing to the accepted arms of Gray.
Granted26th July 1968 (Court of the Lord Lyon)
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Master of Faster Kickstarter Project 6.25.2017
After the wildly successful Customer Appreciation Day, we'd like to thank everyone for coming out! We hope you had as great of a time as we did. As you saw and heard yesterday, our Kickstarter Project needs your help! So now we're turning to you to get "The Master of Faster" series launched. Since there was so much going on yesterday, we thought it would be best to create a step by step guide on how to Pledge our project. Our success depends on you! The more pledges generated in the first 48 hours of a project ultimately determines its success. Kickstarter works on the NUMBER of pledges in these hours so EVERY donation is important regardless of the amount! This will keep our project popular on Kickstarter so we can then reach our goal. Please check out the instructions below and help make this project a reality!
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At Lay Trech Clothing, we specialize in ladies and men's fashion.
We offer a great range of t-shirts, shorts, hoodies, sunglasses, beanies, dresses, party dresses and much much more.
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It doesn't matter what your intentions are or who you say you are, what you are is determined by how you live your life!
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When you are authentic and not what others expect you to be or what you say you are, you can make such amazing impressions on everyone! Trust is gained, happiness is achieved and you begin to live the life you were meant to live. When your words do not align with your life, others can tell if you are saying what you want to be, rather than saying who you are (;


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On Ijtihaad in Beliefs
43. Should he say, "you were ordered only to make use of ijtihad and to refer to that which is established by proof; you were forbidden to make use of the censured taqlid;" we would say in return: there are various answers to this objection. First, the freedom of the method of the Salaf from evils of any kind, and the soundness of its argument, has already been firmly established by decisive proof on the basis of the Quran, the Sunna, and the consensus (ijma'). There is therefore no need for discovering its soundness by some other proof. Secondly, this doctrine imposes an obligation upon the common people to make use of ijtihad in the minutiae of daily affairs and religious beliefs; and this is wrong for several reasons.
44. First, it entails accusing the Apostle of God of a fault of omission; for the Prophet did not order any one of his community to learn speculative theology, and to examine the rational proofs, that one might thereby know the soundness of his creed. On the contrary, he was contented with their pure and simple submission to God. He said: "I have been ordered to fight against men until they say: 'there is no god save God alone.' Once they have said this, they preserve their lives and property from my exaction, except for that which has been decreed with regard to them; and the reckoning as to their sincerity is God's affair."[43] Do you suppose that the Prophet be wrong in accepting that from them and in being contented with their pure and simple submission to God, rather than that they should learn the science of speculative theology and examine the "accident," ('aradh) the "substance," (jawhar) and the "body;" (jism) and, on the other hand, that the speculative theologians be right with respect to the transgression of him who neither learned nor examined those things? If this be so, then let them claim for themselves a law and a system of worship other than that of Islam, and leave alone Muhammad's religion.
45. Second: To impose ijtihad upon the common people is tantamount to imposing upon them that which is beyond their capacity. For were they to preoccupy themselves in some science, in the pursuit of which they were to exert themselves to the utmost, they would surely be detaching themselves from the means of livelihood, from the occupations of tilling and sowing the land. The world would lie in waste, people would perish, progeny would become extinct, holy war would become neglected, and countries would become ruined. But this cannot be. God has said, in effect: "God lays not upon any soul except its capacity."[2:286]
46. Third: The consensus (ijma') has been concluded to the effect that the common people are not to be required to make use of ijtihad in legal prescriptions incumbent upon them, but that they have a right, in dealing with their affairs, to follow the authority of the learned men. God has likewise ordered them to ask the learned men among them, for He said: "Ask the people of the Reminder, if you do not know."[21:7]
47. Fourth: To profess the obligation of ijtihad upon all would entail a condemnation of the broad masses to error, by reason of their neglect of that which is incumbent upon them. The only thing in respect of which the use of taqild has been said to be unlawful for them is the manifest ordinance, which they know by virtue of its being manifest, without requiring special pains, thought, or examination; namely, the profession of the oneness of God (tawhid), the mission of Muhammad, the knowledge of the obligation of the five daily prayers, the fasting of Ramadan, and the rest of the pillars whose religious obligation is of common knowledge. These obligations, having become known by way of ijma' require no study or examination. Therefore, with regard to these obligations, it is unlawful for them to make use of taqild. But as for the minutiae of religious beliefs and the detailed prescriptions of the practices of worship and of contracts of sale, no one but an ignoramus would profess the obligation of the broad masses to make use of taqlid with regard to these matters; its use is unfounded by virtue of what we have aid.
48. Now, if someone should become deceived by these doctrines of Ibn 'Aqil, and not be contented with following his Salaf, nor be satisfied with following his Imams, nor hold lawful the following of their authority in such matters as abstaining from the interpretation of the divine attributes which have been contested—what then is he to do? Does he have a way to the knowledge of what is sound in these matters through his own personal effort and his rational speculation? When will he at last come to a point at which he will be able to distinguish between a sound argument and a faulty one? Now, here you have Ibn 'Aqil who has asserted that throughout his lifetime, he exhausted his total capacity on speculative theology, along with all his intelligence and sagacity; he did not prosper, nor did he succeed in the right direction. On the contrary, his case finally ended in his committing heretical innovations leading astray, in abominable wrong-doing, and in his abandoning what is right, until he was made to retract his doctrines and to confess against himself admitting his heretical innovation and error. Now, you who are deceived by these doctrines of his, when will you attain to his level of knowledge? And suppose that you have attained it, what is it about his condition that has so excited your admiration that you take him as an example to follow?—We have already mentioned the teachings of the Imams with regard to the censure of speculative theology and its partisans; and we beg of God security from all evil.
49. Fifth: When we examine the evidence, we find that it positively prescribes the opposite of what is urged by Ibn 'Aqil; that is, to believe in the Quranic verses and the traditions treating of the divine attributes, with acknowledgment and unreserved approval, and to abstain from allegorical interpretation, from divesting God of His attributes, and from tashbih and tamthil-anthropomorphism, in accordance with the doctrine of the pious Salaf and the approved Imams. This will be clearly shown in nine ways.
50. First: The saying of God: "He it is who has sent down the Book to you. In it are clearly formulated verses ("'muhkamat"') which are the essence of the Book; while others are obscure ("'mutashabihat"'). Those in whose hearts is an inclination to go astray, follow what is obscure, seeking trouble, and seeking the interpretation of these verses." Thus He censured the follower of interpretation and coupled him in the censure with the seeker of trouble, making his seeking thereof an indication of inclination to go astray. This shows that his seeking is not lawful. Then He cut them off from what they had hoped for, and prevented them from attaining what they had sought, by His saying: "But no one knows the interpretation of these verses except God." Then He continued: "And those well-grounded in knowledge say: 'We believe in it. All is from our Lord. No one takes warning but those of insight.' " Then they asked their Lord not to make them like the deviating followers of allegorical interpretation, by saying: "O, our Lord! do not incline our hearts to go astray, after having guided us." [3:7-8][44]
51. Second: If the allegorical interpretation of the divine attributes were obligatory, the Prophet would have made it clear to his community; for it is unlawful to delay giving the clear declaration beyond its appointed time.[45] Furthermore, if the use of allegorical interpretation were incumbent upon us, it would also have been incumbent upon him; for, so far as the legal prescriptions are concerned, he is on the same level as we. Now, if it had been incumbent upon him, he would not have neglected it; and because of his great solicitude for his Community, he did not conceal from them anything which God had ordered him to do. Indeed, God has said: "O Apostle! Deliver what was sent to you from your Lord I If you do it not, then you have not delivered His message."[5:67]
52. Third; It has been established with certainty that the doctrine of the Salaf and the Imams who succeeded them, as regards these Quranic verses consists in acknowledgment, unimpaired transmission, agreement and unreserved approval, without allegorical interpretation and without divesting God of His attributes. We have already clearly proved that their doctrine is the true one and that they pursue the right direction; therefore, it is not lawful to oppose their course, nor to deviate from their path.
53. Fourth; Allegorical interpretation is tantamount to the passing of judgment upon God regarding matters which the interpreter does not know, and the interpretation of His intent by that which the interpreter does not know that He intended. Now, the most that the interpreter can claim is that a given expression admits a given meaning in the classical language. But it does not necessarily follow from the mere fact of the expression's admissibility of this meaning, that this meaning is intended by it. For just as it may admit this meaning, it may also admit others. It may even admit still other meanings with which the interpreter is not acquainted. Besides, he does not possess an encompassing knowledge of the content of dialects. This is especially true of the speculative theologians; for they are strangers to the knowledge of the dialects and the useful sciences. And God has forbidden that He be spoken of in ignorance; for He has said; "Say: My Lord has only forbidden indecencies, both open and secret, as well as sin, trespassing against truth, the association with God of that for which He has not sent down any authority, and the saying against God of what you do not know."[7:33]
54. Fifth: Allegorical interpretation is a novelty in religion. Now a novelty is any doctrine in religion with regard to which the Companions had died without ceasing to keep their silence. Novelty in religion is the heretical innovation against which our Prophet had cautioned us, and of which he informed us that it is the most evil of things. He has said: "The most evil of things are the innovated ones."[46] He has also said: "Keep to my course of conduct, and the course of conduct of the rightly guided Caliphs after me: hold fast thereto. Beware of innovated things; for every innovation is a heretical innovation, and every heretical innovation is an error."[47] Now, the allegorical interpreter has deserted the Sunna of the Apostle of God and that of the rightly guided Caliphs; he is an inventor of heretical novelties, gone astray by virtue of the tradition mentioned.
55. Sixth: Allegorical interpretation is meddlesomeness, foolishness, immoderation, words held forth in ignorance, and exposure of oneself to danger regarding that which is not called for by necessity. For we have no need to know the meaning which God intended by His attributes; no course of action is intended by them, nor is there any obligation attached to them except to believe in them, and it is possible to believe in them without the knowledge of their intended sense. For indeed faith, with ignorance, is sound. God has enjoined belief in His angels, His scriptures, His prophets and that which He has revealed to them, though we might not know of this except the designation. God has said: "Say: We believe in God, in what has been sent down to us, and in what has been sent down to Abraham"[2:136]—to the end of the verse. We have been prohibited from innovating, from immoderation and from meddlesomeness. God said to His Prophet: "Say: I ask you not for any reward for it, nor am I of those who take things upon themselves."[38:86]
56. Seventh: If allegorical interpretation were obligatory, it would either be incumbent upon all individuals, or upon him to whom its proof has become established. If it be incumbent upon everyone and adhere to all people notwithstanding their lack of knowledge of its proof it would entail the constraint to speak in ignorance, and to permit oneself the audacity to speak falsely and conjecturally about the attributes of God, His Book and His verses. But this, it is generally agreed, is forbidden. Now since it is not incumbent upon him who does not know it, how then can they enjoin the generality of men, including those who do not know it, to make use of it, and reprove them for neglecting it? If they were possessed of the fear of God, they would dispense them from the use of allegorical interpretation, and order them to abstain from meddling with what they do not know.
57. Eighth: Allegorical interpretation is the use of private opinion in treating of the Book of God and the Sunna of His Apostle. He who treats of the Book of God according to his private opinion commits an offence, even though he may be right. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, when asked about "al-abb,"[48] said: "What heaven would protect me and what earth would carry me if I were to say about the Book of God that which I do not know?"[49]
58. Ninth: The allegorical interpreter combines the ascription to God of an attribute which He did not ascribe or adjoin to Himself, with the negation of an attribute which God did adjoin to Himself. When the allegorical interpreter says, "the intended sense of 'rising over' (istawa) is 'to gain mastery over,' " he is ascribing to God the attribute of 'gaining mastery over' (istawla). But God did not ascribe this attribute to Himself. He is also negating the attribute of 'rising over' (istawa), notwithstanding its reiteration by God in the Quran in seven places.[50] Now, was not God capable of saying istawla until the meddlesome allegorical interpreter came along affecting cleverness and defying God and His Apostle?— Supremely exalted is He above that which the wrongdoers say of Him!
59. Since the door of allegorical interpretation has become closed by virtue of all of these ways, though any one of them is sufficiently capable of closing it, there remains but the clear path, the true saying, and the pursuance of God's path, the regularity of which is indicated by the traditions; the path which was pursued by the pure Companions and the excellent Imams, trodden by the pious and pursued by the God-fearing; the adherence to which was enjoined by the counselling, truthful Imams. That is, to believe in the Quranic expressions and verses, and in the traditions; according to the sense which God intended for them; to be silent with regard to what we do not know of their meaning; to abstain from examining that part of their interpretation which God did not obligate us to examine, nor made its science known to us; to follow the path of those entrenched in knowledge whom God commended in His perspicuous Book, when they said: "We believe in it. All is from our Lord."[3:7] This is the safe path which holds no danger for its pursuer, nor solicitude, nor fear, nor evil. He who pursues it will be secure; but he who abandons it will become corrupt and have cause to regret. It is the path of the believers indicated by the Sunna, and which was pursued by the Umma's pious ones. "But he who separates himself from the Apostle after the Guidance has become manifested to him, and follows any other way than that of the believers, We shall charge him with what he will have charged himself and cause him to face Jahannam, and what a detestable outcome"[4:115]
60. The censurer of this discourse must either censure belief in the Quranic expressions or he must censure that act of abstaining from their interpreting them, or both. Now if he censures belief in the Quranic expressions, these expressions were spoken by the Lord of the Worlds and by His truthful and faithful Apostle, and therefore the censurer would be denying God, the Incomparably Great. He who censures belief in them both must either believe in them both or deny them. If he believes in them, how can he censure that to which he conforms? And if he denies them, he secedes from the Islamic religion (islam) and declares himself quit of the faith (iman). God has said: "None reject Our signs but the unbelievers."[29:47]
61. Now, if he censures the abstention from interpretation, he is wrong; for we know of no interpretation for these expressions; and he who has no knowledge of a thing is obliged to keep silent about it; to speak about it is forbidden to him. God has said: "Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge."[17:36] And He said, in mentioning the forbidden things: ". . . and the saying against God of what you do not know."[7:33] Now, since we do what God has made incumbent upon us, and avoid what He has forbidden, there is no reason to blame us for it. The blame is only on him who opposes this conduct and censures it.
62. And again, the censurer of this discourse condemns the Apostle of God; for the latter believed in God and in His words, but he did not interpret anything thereof, nor did he clarify their intended sense. He who condemns the Apostle of God does not believe in Him. And he who condemns the Apostle of God is indeed the transgressor, the grievous sinner, the disgraceful and blameworthy one.
63. Furthermore, the censurer of this discourse condemns those entrenched in knowledge whom God has commended, and the matter in respect of which God praised them, namely, unreserved approval and faith. Moreover, he is ridiculing all of the Salaf. Now there is no doubt as to the transgression of him who blames all of these people; nor is there any doubt as to his heretical innovation and error.
64. Since we, ourselves, are included in the ranks of those whom God has commended, and whose deeds and words He has pronounced to be right, no harm can follow us from the censure of one afflicted with diabolical possession, a heretical innovator abandoned of God. And since we pursue our Lord's path, the path which He has seen fit for us, we shall not heed the unwillingness of him who pursues the path of Satan the accursed, the path which brings him to the midst of Hell.
If my censure comes to you from one of low character,
It is testimony in evidence of my excellent qualities!
65. At any rate, we have no doctrine for which we might be blamed. If we be blamed for the Quranic expressions in which we believe, no one is being blamed but Him who said them, nor are the censurers disacknowledging anyone except Him who gave utterance to them. It is He who will punish them for their unbelief and heresy. If we be blamed for our silence, silence, at least, is not a doctrine, nor can any doctrine be ascribed to one who keeps silent. If they say, "you believe in what they contain of tamthil-anthropomorphism," they but lie against us and accuse us of that of which God already knows us to be guiltless. Besides, they have no way of looking into our minds. Only the tongue can express what is in the mind; and our tongues are ever declaring the rejection of tashbih, tamthi and tajsim-anthropomorphism. They therefore have no right to set themselves up as our judges by accusing us of that which has not arisen or proceeded from us. The grievous sin falls upon the author of the lie exclusive of its victim, in the same manner as the legal punishment for calumny falls upon the calumniator, not upon the calumniated. It suffices us as praise and justification that out opponents do not find any fault in us for which they could blame us and be confirmed, while we admit it. They only censure us with their lying. If they were capable of finding fault, there would have been no need for them to resort to lying.
[43] Al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi (the tradition being his wording), al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawud, Ahmad, al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi.
[44] The scholars have differed over the interpretation of the verse with respect to muhkam and mutashabih in the Quran. One of the main reasons for that is the two different ways of reciting the verse:
"But no one knows the interpretation of these verses except God<full-stop> And those well-grounded in knowledge say: 'We believe in it. All is from our Lord.' " – implying that the knowledge of the mutashabihat is known to God alone. This is the position of many of the scholars such as 'A'isha, Ubay b. Ka'b, Abu 'Ubayda, Qatada, 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz, Tha'lab, and others.
"But no one knows the interpretation of these verses except God and those well-grounded in knowledge<full-stop> They say: 'We believe in it. All is from our Lord.' " – implying that the knowledge of the mutashabihat is known to God as well as those well-grounded in knowledge. This is the position of Mujahid, the student of Ibn 'Abbas, al-Dhahhak, the Mu'tazila and Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, al-Nawawi, Ibn al-Hajib, al-Aamidi and others.
Thereafter, the scholars also differ as to what exactly the terms muhkam and mutashabih refer to, into five or more opinions. Ibn Qudama's opinion, as found in his Rawdat al-Nadhir, is that the term 'mutashabihat' refers to the divine names and attributes mentioned in the Quran in particular, since we are ordered to accept them as they are without attempting to interpret them. The point to note, however, is that none of opinions with respect to the term 'mutashabihat' dictate the negation of the primary meanings of the texts pertaining to the divine names and attributes. In fact, Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal deemed the term 'mutashabihat' in reference to those verses that have a correct and an in correct interpretation and thus titled his famous work: 'A Rebuttal of the Jahmite Heretics with respect to their doubts over the mutashabih of the Quran, and their interpretation thereof contrary to the correct interpretation.' Nor should it be understood that Ibn Qudama refused to acknowledge any primary meaning of the texts, for he states in this very treatise in paragraph number 75: 'nay rather their very recitation is their interpretation', affirming that the texts have an interpretation which is what is obvious and apparent. The fact that Ibn Qudama affirmed the literal meanings of the texts is self-evident from his various theological writings. For instance, Ibn Qudama writes in his theological primer Lum'at al-I'tiqad: ''These texts and the like, the chain of which has been authenticated, and the narrators of which are upright, we believe in them, and do not reject them nor deny them, nor do we give them a interpretation which opposes their literal meanings."
[45] The author here refers to the legal maxim: ta'khir al-bayan 'an waqt al-haja la yajuz – it is unlawful to delay giving the clear declaration beyond its appointed time. The maxim means that it is impossible for the Prophet to delay giving clear injunctions over an issue beyond its appointed time. Hence, if allegorical interpretation was necessary, the Prophet would have declared as such, to us, without any delay. (See Mawsu'a al-Qaw'id al-Fiqhiyya by al-Burno Abu al-Harith al-Ghazzi 3/148, Maktabat al-Tawba 1997)
[46] Sahih. Collected by Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi 'Aasim in his Sunna and al-Lalika'i in Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah.
[47] Sahih. Refer to fn. 25
[48] Referring to the Quranic verses: "Then We broke open the earth, splitting it with sprouts, and caused to grow within it grain… And fruit and grass [abb]" ['Abasa 26-31]
[49] Dha'if due to disconnection in chain. See Tafsir Ibn Kathir for 80th Sura.
[50] The seven places are: i) al-A'raf 54: "Indeed, your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rose over the Throne"; ii) Yunus 3: "Indeed, your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rose over the Throne"; iii) al-Ra'd 2: "It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He rose over the Throne"; iv) Taha 5: "The Most Merciful rose over the Throne"; v) al-Furqan 59: "He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, and then rose over the Throne"; iv) al-Sajda 4: : "It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, and then rose over the Throne"; iiv) al-Hadid 4: "It is He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, and then rose over the Throne".


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'member a few months ago, I mentioned a few of my reciclaGEM pieces were in VI Fashion Week? Well, look what I discovered today! I thought these two pieces were the only ones in John Asford's shoe show, but it looks like my Exu tuxedo shirt was too!!! Shout out to Keepin' It Kinky and John Ashford shoes.
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Sources of interpersonal power and barriers to female candidacy for political office
Studies of women and development indicate that women's economic status improves as more women hold elected office, thus improving overall economic development through the influence of policies that ensure equal rights and access to services. A U.S. comparison shows that women are vastly underrepresented in some states. Despite the existence of a legal environment that touts equity, women remain reluctant participants in candidacy for public office. Mississippi ranks among the top ten states in women's voter registration, but in the lower 15 in voter turnout, and near the bottom for women in elected office. Complacency, while an argument, does not appear to be a primary force influencing the lack of female participation in candidacy. The application of gender schema theory and the theory of interpersonal power supports the hypothesis that females face different barriers than males in the quest for elected office. In addition, females exhibit greater reliance than males on family member support for candidacy. Findings reveal significant differences between the sexes in their use of interpersonal power. The researcher studied females and a matched group of males in local, county, and state elected offices in Mississippi during 2001. Discriminant analysis provided a highly predictive model of candidacy, stemming from four significant items, including the perception of gender discrimination in elected office.


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