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Okay. So this is a WIP that I've been working on for a while. It's just the first draft of the beginning, but I thought I'd put it up on here.
I don't really care about all of this, but hey, it's an easy grade. This assignment is about somebody who's made an impact on my family before I was born. I just want to get this done, so here's the jist of it. This little girl was picked up by my now dead uncle. He loved her, or so I was told. He had my mother take care of her while he was away doing whatever. Then he died, and left the little kid with mom. Then the girl died because she wasn't a human. She wasn't important, but people thought she was. I don't care. Just fail me already. I hate this class anyway.
Okay….So. That didn't go well. I failed the class, and then mom got mad, so now I had to go see an oracle to see the entire story from when my uncle met the little girl to when she died. I had to write down everything I see and hear. Let the suck begin.
So I finally made it to the oracle point that mother had arranged for me. It's close to home, so mother would know if I ever came there. I was stuck there, so I might as well have done what I was supposed to. It wasn't going to be a very pleasant experience, but it's much better than just doing nothing for three hours.
I kinda thought it would all just be done in one huge explosion of information. I thought I wouldn't have to come back again. I was wrong. I was watching it in real time, or it felt like real time. I later learned that it was actually accelerated real time, but that's not important. What's important is what I saw.
I guess the best way to describe how things started was silently. I saw the man that I assumed was my dead uncle. He had soft, blue eyes and light brown hair that almost went down to his shoulders. He wasn't exactly as I had imagined. I thought he'd be this tough looking man with a dark personality, but I knew almost nothing about him. It wasn't a big deal to me what he was like, though, because at that moment, all I could see was a crimson stream of blood flowing to the ground from the man's sword. It was wonderfully morbid, yet I still had to look around. Where was I? Why didn't anybody see what had just happened? My uncle had just killed a man in cold blood. Why wasn't anybody saying anything?
I tried to scream out, but I was looking into the past. Nobody could hear me, but they should have heard the little girl who saw what had just happened. They didn't though, because the girl didn't scream at all. She kept quite, but my uncle…oh what was his name…I don't remember. Anyway, my uncle saw her, and all he did was walk into the little orphanage that the little girl was staying in.
He walked inside and said that he wanted to talk to the children. The woman didn't have any reason to doubt his intentions. I was sure that he was going to simply walk in, kill the girl and leave, but that's where I was wrong. The man sat down right beside the girl and just waited for her response. What kind of mind trick are they playing on one another? I don't get it. Just kill the girl, and run. It's that simple. Why don't you get rid of the only person who saw you kill that man and be done with it?
After what felt like an hour of waiting, the man stood up and asked the caretaker if he could adopt the little girl. The woman just smiled and started filling out the paperwork. Wait a second…Hold up. What the heck is going on here? People don't just sit with a someone who saw them murder another man and randomly decide to adopt them.
The woman didn't even know the girl's real name, but the girl had only been there for a few months. I walked over to look at the paperwork then smacked my forehead. My uncle's name was Kaym. I remember that now. Yay me. Anyway, Kaym successfully adopted the little girl and everything was okay for the moment. He wasn't killing her at the moment, so I didn't think it was going to be a huge deal. I simply followed them, watching how they reacted.
The girl simply walked beside Kaym as he instructed her to. She's really well behaved for someone so young. She doesn't look any older than six. My assumption is that she's Dawn, but once again, I may be wrong. I'm not the most astute person in the world. I'm just thirteen years old myself, but this isn't my story. If it was, it'd make a lot more sense.
Okay, so they're just walking. This is soooo boring. Why can't they talk? Isn't every good story all about the deep dialogue and the action? I bet this is just going to be another girly story about how two people fall in love…and one's way to young so she dies because she can't be the one he loves. That's messed up. Nah. That's too exciting for something my parents care about. She probably dies by a freak accident or something lame that couldn't have been avoided.
Oh well. I think he just said something…No nevermind he's humming. The girl's kinda cute though. She has pitch black hair and jade green eyes. I bet if she smiled, she'd be even cuter. Bleh. She's dead now, right? Why am I asking you? You probably know even less than I do, unless you're my mother. Mom knows everything about the story. I bet she's told me the entire thing a hundred times, but I never really paid attention. I'm in for a shock, and I know it. The twist is, that it's going to suck even more live.
I'm sorry about all this complaining, I just really don't want to be here. It's like going to a funeral. You know their life is over, but people think it's so important to do. Can I just go home now? I didn't think so.
I looked up to Kaym and Dawn then shrugged. Kaym finally decided to start talking to Dawn about why he was in town. "I'm from a warrior's guild in the city of Tariv, and my recent mission was to…well to make sure that someone wasn't being mean to anyone anymore to put it lightly."
Dawn didn't respond, and I didn't blame her. She saw what happened. She knew what Kaym did to the man. She had no idea what Kaym was going to do to her now though. I thought it was going to be something worth watching though. It was a very interesting encounter between those two.
Kaym looked down to the little girl and sighed gently. He was trying to think of what else to say, what he could tell her that might get her to talk, but nothing came to mind. He just kept walking, until he decided to talk about his family. "My grandparents helped save the world once. They used to be known as heros, but now…" He let out a deep sigh before he continued talking to the indifferent child. "Things have changed a lot since then."
I looked over to Kaym and sighed softly. He wasn't a very interesting man at all. He was a warrior when the world was filled with warriors. His sword was a normal looking broadsword. The hilt wasn't special at all either. He was normal at first glance and all the other glances as well. I don't really understand why he was so special.
Dawn looked back, and for a moment I thought she could see me, but I was wrong. I knew I was wrong. I wasn't really there. She looked forward again right as a carriage sped past them.
Kaym chuckled and pulled Dawn over on his other side. "Too close to the road to be safe, little one," Kaym said as though Dawn cared at all. Doesn't he realize that she doesn't care at all. She cares even less than I do. She just does as she's told, silently, as though she thinks that speaking would make her less of a person or something like that. I don't know or care about why she's so fsking quiet.
That's the beginning. It's not the greatest thing out there, but…it's a start. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it.


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La liaison?
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14 January 2017
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La liaison?
The audio clips don't have a clear pattern when it comes to making a liaison between "suis" and the nationalities beginning with a vowel. It this an optional liaison? What would you recommend?
This question relates to:
French lesson "Nationalities differ depending on whether you're a man or a woman (adjectives)"
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Bonjour JM ! In this case, it's generally considered more elegant to do the liaison, but a lot of French people don't and it's not shocking not to do so. I would recommend to do it, if only because it makes it easier to pronounce certain cases for non-French people, such as "Je suis italien" (the double i-i might be tricky!). À bientôt !
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Hiring Dynamics resources from another country
We all talk a lot about the capacity issue in the Dynamics market and one solution is hiring Dynamics resources from another country. There is such a big demand: both Dynamics partners and end-users are looking frantically for skilled CRM, AX, NAV and GP resources. The good consultants are always busy, the graduates take a long time to train so sadly the partners are left with very little options but to keep poaching each other's personnel. As a result, the salaries go up and so on.
Microsoft are taking some good steps towards cross-training SAP and Oracle consultants, which should add some new blood to the channel. This is great as these people are experienced, they know the business processes and the relevant industry so could easily pick up the Dynamics solutions.
The other way we could address the lack of resources is to reach for talent from abroad. Many companies consider this but very few actually do this. There are hundreds of skilled people in developing countries who would love to move to Western Europe or North America for the right opportunity. You can find highly skilled consultants or developers, even MVPs who would take the risk of relocating if they had the chance.
Talking to a number of our clients and consultants, it actually isn't that difficult to get a work permit/visa. Many of the consultants might even know about the process better than you as they have had friends or family move already. There are lawyers who specialise in this and can help you very quickly (sometimes faster than finding someone locally).
In Europe, as a European Union (EU) citizen, you have the right to live and work in any other EU country. This means you can easily hire someone who is based in Portugal or Romania, for example.
In summary, I see the below benefits of hiring talent from another country. These consultants often are:
- Highly experienced and very well trained
- Paid less than what you'd pay someone local for the same job
- Very keen and want to prove their worth
- Immensely grateful for the opportunity and unlikely to look for another job
- Ambitious to develop their skills and add value to your company
Are there downsides? Yes, potentially but not always:
- There could be some paperwork but leave it to the lawyers to sort out. Even if you add this cost, it is likely to still be much cheaper than hiring a local person
- This could take a couple of months but finding the right resource in your country could take even longer
- They might not have experience in global corporates or understand the local industry or speak your local language fluently. True, but these people are very keen and would spend a lot of time self-educating/training themselves to get up to speed quickly.
OK, but what if you don't even know where to start from as many of the recruitment agencies work with local resources? It is not that difficult – there are sites like ours and LinkedIn that can connect you with the right people quickly.
So here is my advice, don't limit your search locally and don't worry about hiring resources from abroad. It actually isn't that complex and the benefits outnumber the inconvenience of getting the work permit or visa, if there is any requirement for this at all.
This article was originally published on the 365 Freelance blog.
www.365freelance.com is an online platform which connects Dynamics partners and end-users to Dynamics professionals.


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Ahh ... the sweet aroma of spring! Freshly cut grass. Blossoming flowers. Charcoal grills wafting sweet smoke in neighbors' yards. And what about those welcome sights – redbuds and pink dogwoods, kids flying kites, manicured red and green baseball fields, new foals and calves dotting shorn fields. Surely there can be no place in heaven as pure and pleasant as a Kentucky spring. Especially after tax day.
Every day thereafter is a little brighter; every meal a little more satisfying, every bird's song a little more melodious.
But for some Kentuckians, tax day is every day. That's because a little known provision of our revenue laws require the purchase of tax stamps for illegal drugs. The extra boost that comes from settling our annual accounts with the Internal Revenue Service doesn't count if you neglect to pay your dope tax.
Kentucky's drug tax provides for an anonymous tax payment due immediately "upon the occurrence of taxable activity" and precludes the use of that information for criminal prosecutions. Taxable activity includes producing, cultivating, manufacturing, transporting, distributing, storing, selling, possessing or using certain quantities of illegal drugs – marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, or even prescription pills when possessed, transported or distributed contrary to law.
The tax rates are set forth in our statutes: $1,000 for each marijuana plant or $3.50 per gram of processed marijuana, $200 for each gram of controlled substances such as cocaine, and $2,000 for each 50 dosage units of controlled substances which are not sold by weight.
The procedure for procuring the tax stamp is theoretically simple. The taxpayer remits the appropriate sum to the Revenue Cabinet who issues a tax stamp. This procedure is confidential. The tax stamp, which is good for one year, must then be affixed to the illegal drugs.
If law enforcement seizes drugs, and no tax stamp is affixed, the offender can be charged with a class C felony for the tax violation in addition to the substance drug crime. Moreover, the offender must also pay a tax penalty with interest on the seized drugs.
Believe it or not, some Kentuckians actually pay their dope taxes. In 2005, the Revenue Cabinet issued 37 tax stamps. In 2006, the cabinet issued an astonishing 68 tax stamps, and thus far in 2007, 35 tax stamps.
Thus far, the only significant legal challenge to Kentucky's dope tax scheme failed, thereby making future prosecutions more likely. In 1998, the Kentucky Supreme Court reviewed a decision of the Fayette Circuit Court dismissing trafficking charges against Robert Bird and Joseph Nicholson on double jeopardy grounds. Three years earlier, in 1995, Lexington police arrested Bird and Nicholson for trafficking after seizing a quantity of powder cocaine.
Since the cocaine had no tax stamp, police notified the Revenue Cabinet as required by statute. The Revenue Cabinet then assessed Bird and Nicholson taxes of approximately $6,000 and $4,000 respectively, which they paid.
Police then obtained an indictment charging both with trafficking. Bird and Nicholson moved to dismissed based on Fifth Amendment double jeopardy grounds and a U.S. Supreme Court decision which had declared a Montana dope tax scheme unconstitutional. Bird and Nicholson were not as lucky.
Our Supreme Court found that Kentucky's dope tax was sufficiently distinguishable from the flawed Montana plan because it doesn't constitute a "punishment" but rather a genuine and legitimate tax. Therefore, payment of the required tax on illegal drugs did not bar Bird and Nicholson's prosecution for drug trafficking, much like a late payment of federal income taxes might not preclude a charge of failing to file a tax return.
For the vast majority of all Kentuckians, the passing of the springtime income tax filing deadline brings a welcome respite from nagging fears and uncertainties. But for a few, every day is tax day.
Did you remember to pay your dope tax?
Every Day is Tax Day: Kentucky's Dope Tax
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What is Lean Hog?
Lean Hog is a type of pork that can be easily traded in mercantile and option exchanges. This type of hog is the source of the majority of the pork meat in the United States. Lean Hog futures and options are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has a two-day weighted average of cash markets.
Uses of Lean Hog
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Save Starved Rock
Sierra Club Illinois Save Starved Rock
LaSalle County's natural areas and Starved Rock are unique assets that not only offer a chance to experience Illinois' natural heritage, but are also a strong economic engine for the County as well. The Mississippi Sand proposal jeopardizes both these unique natural resources and the attractiveness of this outdoor recreation attraction.
Starved Rock State Park and the rare salt marshes in and around the proposed mine site provide valuable habitat for a wide array of plant and animal life that will be directly and indirectly impacted by mining activity.
Furthermore, over two million people visit Starved Rock State Park each year providing LaSalle County businesses with customers and local governments with revenues. This positive economic activity is based entirely on the experience of the visitor as they step out of their car into the beautiful canyons and listen to the sound of the waterfalls cascade. An active mine brings loud machinery, dust pollution and ceaseless truck traffic.
A mine adjacent to the park won't just scare off wildlife, but will lower park visitation rates and diminish the economic benefits LaSalle County receives thanks to its beautiful natural areas.
Jobs and economic development are needed in LaSalle County but the location of this proposed mine threatens Starved Rock State Park, one of the County's primary economic engines, and contradicts the county's priorities for preserving natural areas and productive farmland.
Controversy grows over proposed sand mine near Starved Rock-Springfield-The State Journal-Register
"Many of use feel it will have a negative effect on Starved Rock," said John McKee of the Starved Rock Audubon Society. "The mine will be right next to Illinois, Ottawa and Kaskaskia canyons.
"And there will be blasting and dust, and light pollution to disrupt night migrating birds," he said. "This particular mine is the wrong place
Mike Nowak Starved Rock Sand Mine conversation
Jack Darin, Illinois Sierra Club Director, talks to Mike about a proposed open pit sand mine adjacent to Starved Rock State Park that would seriously affect the environmentla aesthetics of the the park. They are joined by LaSalle county residents Mike Phillips and Debbie Burns, who testified in a recent LaSalle County Zoning meeting against the project. Should you wish to voice your objection to the mine, you can log onto this Illinois Sierra Club web page.
Sunday January 8th listen to this weeks show as Mike Nowak again takes up the issue of a sand mine permit at the east entrance to Starved Rock State Park. If you miss the show check back for the archived audio version.
With the full board's vote scheduled for Thursday, January 12, LaSalle county residents have started to organize opposition to the proposed Mississippi Sand LLC operation. A number of those people are joining me on the show today: John McKee, President of the the Starved Rock Audubon Society; Daphne Mitchell of the Illinois River Coordinating Council; Joseph Standing Bear from Midwest Soarring Foundation; Merlin Calhoun, whose LaSalle county property is in the firing line of the proposed sand mine; Tracy Fox, activist and technical writer, who reportedly spoke eloquently but futilely at the zoning board meeting; Katie Dumke Troccoli, who is helping to organize a rally against the decision tomorrow in Ottawa; and perhaps more.
Listen to Mike Nowak and guests discussing the issue.
1-8-12 Mike Nowak Show podcast Save Starved Rock
Rally held in Ottawa Sunday 1-8-12...news video.
1-8-12 Rally Ottawa Illinois Save Starved Rock
Rally youtube video
Mr. Jerry Hicks, ChairmanLaSalle County Board
707 East Etna RoadOttawa, IL 61350
Starved Rock State Park area legislators:
Representative Frank J. Mautino
221 East Saint Paul StreetSpring Valley, Illinois 61362
Telephone: 815-664-2717Fax: 815-663-1629
Representative Pam Roth
3605 North State Route 47, Suite FP.O. Box 808Morris, Illinois 60450
Telephone: 815-416-1475Fax: 815-416-1476
Senator Sue Rezin
103 Fifth StreetP.O. Box 260Peru, Illinois 61354
Telephone: 815-220-8720Fax: 815-220-8721
Statewide:Governor Pat Quinn,
207 State Capitol Springfield,Illinois 62707
Telephone: 217-782-0244 Fax: 217-524-4049
Chicago Tribune finally notices what is going on at Starved Rock State Park.
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Local citizens, farmers and environmentalists fight for the land.
Read the letter from Lt Gov Sheila Simon to Lasalle county board chairman and members, requesting a postponement of Jan 12th 2012 meeting of the board. Scroll down at link for the entire letter.Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon on Starved Rock The Mike Nowak Show
BREAKING NEWS: Lt. Governor Sheila Simon is requesting that the LaSalle County Board postpone its decision on whether to allow an open pit sand mine next to Starved Rock State Park. She states, "...the public, including the staff members in my office, should be afforded an opportunity to thoroughly review the public record." This, in the wake of news that only THREE people will be allowed to testify at tomorrow's board meeting. The full letter is posted on my website.
Chicago Tribune Sand mine near Starved Rock State Park gets OK by Lasalle county board today 1-12-12


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On August 31, 2012, at approximately 10:27 a.m., deputies with the Pima County Sheriff's Department Green Valley District responded to a robbery at the Commerce Bank located at Esperanza Boulevard and La Canada Drive in Green Valley. The Sheriff's Robbery/Assault Unit sent detectives to investigate the incident. They learned that a male suspect had entered the bank earlier and handed the teller a note demanding money. No weapons were implied, and he left the building with an undisclosed amount of cash. He reportedly fled eastbound from the bank on foot. After reviewing surveillance footage, detectives determined that the suspect was the same individual they are looking for in three other bank robberies that occurred in the Tucson metro area. Pictures of the suspect are attached to this release. The suspect was described as a Caucasian male, approximately 5'10" to 5'11" tall, in his early 50's. He had a mustache, salt and pepper hair which was clean cut, but with scruffy facial hair. The suspect wore the same hat and blue, long sleeve shirt as during the last three incidents. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME. Detective W. Farmer with the Robbery/Assault Unit can be reached at (520) 351-3111.
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CMG crosses N. Pacific and Bering Sea
Historic Crossing for a Mega Yacht: Dorothea III (formerly, Marco Polo)
Late June 2014, Carlisle Maritime joined a mega yacht crew on a historic crossing. The trip is unusual in that the mega yachts rarely cross from Japan to Dutch Harbor, no matter the time of year. And what is more, a 40 ft. tender was towed. The voyage was over 3,000 miles and took 12 days. The weather window was perfect. This is a tribute to the captain, John Crupi and his First Mate, Jen Mosley; the savings in time and fuel were substantial, and the gambit got the yacht into pristine Aleutian and Alaskan regions the owner will enjoy. Under John's leadership, Dorothea III has been circumnavigating the globe since 2012.
Mentoring: the professional full-time crew are young and always learning, as we do. We were able to interact and mentor these young mariners. They watched us make collision avoidance decisions, conduct voyage planning, and learned why we make certain decisions. In turn, we learned from the crew how mariners sail and operate private yachts.
Captain Crupi spares no expense in training his crew; the engineer and deckhand are taking STCW courses and pursuing license advancement. CMG will sail with Captain Crupi and Jen anywhere anytime!
Dorothea III in Panama, 2014
Captain Crupi is seen in the yellow foul weather jacket.


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So you know how I have been going on and on about those boots from the Marie Claire spread?? Well look what I found yesterday!!! Already available for purchase and at $88 much cheaper than the other boots!You can snag these cuties at ModCloth! I know I will!!!!!
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Training camp outfits
So I figured most of you are probably preparing for your trips to your team's training camps…I know, I know, you're probably worried about what you're going to wear! Have no fear…..
Training Camp Outfit by aireb204 featuring Reebok
Synthpop Romper-Mod Retro Indie Clothing & Vintage Clothes, $42
Fossil Pittsburgh Steelers Women's Wristlet – NFLShop.com, $45
Reebok Women's NFL Summer Time Flip Flop, $20
Reebok New Orleans Saints 2010 Coaches Pre-Season Structured Sideline…, $18
With All Your Heart Belt, $18
This outfit will keep you cool and fashionable through the day!
Happy Friday!!
Happy Friday! Feel like crying?? Watch, The World's Reaction…..
Fashion + Football = Love
Even though I am not a Patriots fan, it is hard to ignore the fact that Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady make one fashionable power couple!
Talk about the perfect combination between fashion and football! Only 6 months after the birth of their son, Gisele has returned to the runway!
For his part though, Brady will not have an easy season. The Patriots are in the AFC East which has strengthened more than ever, in a conference in which the NFL Odds currently favor the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins to reach the playoffs.
Brady has everything it takes to be considered a lucky man. He is a top player in the NFL and to top it all off, he is married to the biggest supermodel in the world! Two things that add to the equation making them pretty much the perfect football/fashion couple.
After the birth of Benjamin Bundchen Brady, Gisele said that she would retire from modeling, but on June 13th 2010, Gisele walked the runway of Sao Paulo Fashion week for her first post baby appearance.
Was this her way of going out with a bang in her home country??
With her possible retirement and a tough upcoming season for Brady, I can't help but think that this will be a year full of work and changes for this power couple.
For his part, Brady will keep playing for the Patriots, hoping to repeat history. The starting, star QB has played in 4 Super Bowls and has won 3 rings!
However, last season Brady was not even close to achieving his past success.
Once considered the best QB in the league, before suffering his knee injury, Brady seemed to suffer through a lot of last season.
This season experts are speculating that he will regain his high level of play. With a complicated season for New England, with the Jets and Dolphins taking full advantage of the draft, he will certainly have his work cut out for him!
I must admit I am very intrigued to see what is to come for this fashionable, power couple!
I missed InternationalT-shirt day :(
I wanted to blog about International T-shirt day yesterday but I didn't get the chance. Luckily I Heart Pgh did!! They put together an awesome collection of Pittsburgh inspired shirts! I seriously want every single one!
Pittsburgh Fashion Week
Hopefully by now you've all heard about Pittsburgh Fashion Week! From Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, area fashion designers, retailers, industry insiders, and more will come together at the Sen. John Heinz History Center, the William Penn Hotel, and other venues to take part in a wide range of fashion related events.
I am excited about this event and I think it is an awesome step Pittsburgh is taking. We are lucky to have so many retailers with their home bases here. We might as well capitalize on it!
I know they are looking for volunteers to help out! If you're interested go here. Or e-mail them volunteer@
My world cup fashion….
I received a few e-mails from readers asking what I would wear to show my World Cup Fashion…here it is! #USA #worldcup
$25 – modcloth.com
More tops »
$88 – modcloth.com
More shorts »
$24 – havaianas.com
More Havaianas clothing »
$125 – bloomingdales.com
More ABS Allen Schwartz bracelets »
$125 – bloomingdales.com
World Cup Fashion II
My sister is a huge fan of anything British. While we lived together she read British OK all the time. I was always amazed by the way the footballers wives/girlfriends dressed. So after thinking about those ladies, it totally clicked why Bebe would do this!
Leave it to the Telegraph UK to come up with a World Cup fashion spread! The best I could come up with from the USA was Nike's page. Not so bad though, I'd rather have us represented this way.
What did I tell you about the denim trend??
World Cup Fashion!
So if you're anything like me, you could really care less about the upcoming World Cup. Except of course I'd like to see the USA win!
Something I can get behind is World Cup fashion….these are seriously the most comfortable flip flops in the world!


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MY DRUM COVERS (Videos)
This is a page that presents my religion background. As you can see, I am a member of
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints"
ever since I was born. I will give you information about my religion below. To know more about my religion, I recommend you visit.--->
Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
I go to the 15th ward church in Springville, Utah in hunters valley. I am a priest in my ward and I bless the sacrament every sunday. I am apart of the presidency in my chorum as a secretary. I've always loved being apart of this church, everytime it's sunday, I get excited about it because it's a day of rest to get away from the world a little bit and put your mind towards God. Sunday's for me are relaxing and it is what I need every week. Going to church every week and taking the sacrament helps me believe in myself for the next week. In other words, staying rightous and not be so tempted by Satan. Sunday's help me to remember Jesus Christ and what he has done for me. I try to go to church every sunday because I want to let the lord know that I am on his side. Now, I am graduating this year of 2012, I am going to be moving out to Ephraim, Utah to attend Snow College in the fall. I will be living alone having no parents to push me in my activites. So, I need to remind myself to read my scriputres and wake myself up to go to church every sunday. I will be praying often, even read my scriputres a lot more so I can have my spirit be active and always remind me that the lord is counting me to do his work. I love this church, it brings me true joy and happiness. It softens my heart and makes me want to serve people and love everybody. It's a church that doesn't do it for the money, but to do it for the sake of saving God's children and help guide them to true happiness and never ending joy. Thank you for visiting my page. Read my testimony if you like. I recommend it.
May 15th, 2011
My testimony in the gospol of the Lord Jesus Christ as the redeemer of the world. In addition to the father in heaven who liveth in his kingom in heaven. A Recording. (Written From My Personal Journal)
This is my burning testimony that I will be writing on may 15th, 2011 on a beautiful sabbath night. What I am about to say is the truth. This is not a trick in the mind. This is not a hunch that I suddenly get. This is the spirit working through me, telling me that what I am about to say is true and no one on this Earth can minipulate that in anyway. Read and ponder my words.
Within my soul, within my spiritual side, I Sean Gordon, being a priestood holder of "The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, I bare witness before you that the prince of peace lives. He lives on the right side of the almighty God who lives in heaven with is children. Children that he created out of nothing. I know with pure surity with the strength of my might, mind and soul that the father who lives in heaven created me in his own image and in his own way. I believe that God created the universe and all the animals and children. They flourish through out the universe, galaxy and on planet Earth. I know without a doubt that Christ remembers me ever since the beginning. He will always remember me because he lvoes me so much and I feel his love everday of my life. He knows my weakness's and he knows my strengths. He charishes us in everyway possible and pleads to us to keep his commandments so we may live with him again in his kingdom with our families. He wants us to return to him in white clothing, with cleanliness with having any guilt inside of us. I charish the day when I am resurrected on the first morning of the second coming and finally see Jesus Christ's true face with everlasting glory, wearing a robe of red representing the atonement that he has done for us.
Through out my life, I notice God's greatest blessings in my life. He has given me endless blessings to the point where I can go on for eternity naming out the blessings that he has given me. I say this with a pure heart that whoever reads this with pure intent with sincerity will feel the spirit. The spirit can speak to you in multiple ways. It can actually be hearing a soft voice, or a voice in your head, or just a simple feeling of understanding of happiness. I believe the spirit is what brings peace to your life but only if you let it in. I let the spirit in and out of my life all the time but that's life, we lose track of the spirit from time to time but for me, I need the spirit in my life because currently I am at a stage where I am moving on with my life and coming up on a mission soon. The spirit is what makes the most wicked person in the world to become a rightous person. Through patience and understanding and through prayer, it will happen.
I weep at the fathers feet on my knees in great gratitude. Especially unto his son, Jesus Christ. I bare testimony that Jesus is the Christ the redeemer of this world, the holy one of Israel, the son of man who died on the cross in agony and brutal pain... He did it for his children because he loved them too much. He died so we can be free from sin, but only if we repent unto him with a broken heart and a contride spirit. Jesus Christ is my friend and a beloved father. I bow down to him for his atoning sacrafice for man. I love him and only because he loved me first.
I want to share a scripture with you that I take into my day when life gets in the way in having me to forget who I really am.
2 Nephi: 28:32
"Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For not withstanding, I sahll lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me, nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them saith the Lord thy God. If they will repend and come unto me, for mind arm is lengthend out all the day long saith the Lord thy God of Hosts. Amen
I take this scripture into my heart. This scripture softens my heart and gives me a knowledge and a knowing that Christ our Saviour and Heavenly Father are always looking after us and seeking for us to do what is right. I believe in this with pure faith that this scripture is true. he loves us and wants us to come back home with him truely. I bare witness that prohpets of the church through all of time are true revelators of the Lord and hold keys to keeping the gospol on the earth. They are real people, it's no fairy tale.
When life gets more tempiting to do sin everyday, do not give in to the temptations of Satan! Satan will say that it's only once and that it will be worth it. That is definatly not the case whatsoever. He doesn't like you, he doesn't care about you. He wants you miserable just as he his. This comes down to sexual sin. This is a sensitive subject but the world thinks that sexual sinning is normal and that there is no right or wrong from that. In the scriptures in mentions that sexual sinning with a carnal mind is the same degree of sin when commiting murder and on top of that is denying the Holy Ghost. Sexual sinning is the temptation that works through everybody. It's a temptation that is hard to get out of because with our physical bodies its normal but with the spirit it's not. It is hard to stay away from. After your married, you can have the opportunity to have children and grow as a family but before marriage, doing this sin can lead to worse habits. I beg you to read the strength of youth pamphlat. It tells you how to deal with trials and how to get rid of a hard temptations that your dealing with. I pray to all of you who are my age to start reading your scriptures and pray to your Father in heaven because whatever temptation or sin that you can't get off your chest especially sexual sin. The book of mormon can help you and so can repentance. I hear about sexual sin all the time in high school and it bothers me so much because the people who commit it don't have a knowledge of the commandments of God. The commandments of God is NOT to bind you down from having fun. It is really to keep you safe from the horrible sins of the world and actually be free and happy. God didn't just create the commandments so we can be binded down and have rules. No, this is to get to the celestial kingdom. You think that sexual sinning now is fine but once you don't repent and procrasinate your repentace at the second coming, your whole world will crumble down with guiltiness which is referred to Hell. Do not be apart of the world just because everybody else is doing it. Be yourself and have Jesus Christ be your goal.
I end my testimony in conclusion that my father in heaven has a body of flesh and blood more tangibles as mans same with his son. I bare record of the holy ghost that it brings miracles to the earth. We see it everyday, sometimes we see obvious miracles. It's funny how when people of this earth see a miracle they immediatly give thanks to God, even if they don't have the faith that there is a God. Miracles happen on this earth and seeing miracles is evidence that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ lives. I believe that prayer is an essential part of the gospol, it brings comfort, truth and knowledge in our life. It brings repentance. Jesus died for us so we can repent and start over again until we become perfect as he is. It may take a long time but that's what it's all about! Going through lifes challenges/trials, messing up, repenting than starting over again. As we keep doing this, we will eventually get to a point of Godly hood. In other words, we have what God has. This is called having eternal life. Eternal life is Heavenly Father's greatest gift that he will ever give to us. It says in the scripures everywhere. It is promise to us only if we keep his commandments and be baptized in his name. I plead to you and repent of your sins that you carry. Take that chain of your arms and be set free by the power of the holy ghost and have the Father in Heaven forgive you for what you've done. He will forgive you! He doesn't despise your sinning and that your no good to him. NO! Every soul is great in the eyes of God. Endure to the end and keep your hands on the iron rod with steadfastness. This is my living testimony that I will have for the rest of my days.
I say these things humbly in the name
Jesus Christ
. Amen.
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Picture this: The arrogant breeze
on the combine rolling through a wide field of canola.
Before dawn.
Before the light breaks over the mountaintops
and the farmer grinds his teeth,
lights a dart
and wraps his dry withered mouth around
the billowing fumes of toxic aggression
the snake oil prescription of a new morning.
Fighting tide against time;
Hope swinging in on the carcass of a new beginning,
and this is us.
Foul and fair,
idle against the breeze
and now turned against the wheels
of quiet contemplation.
Like the devil's stare
screeching, into the midday air,
we look on beyond the hills on high
above and beyond the breathy wilderness.
We flayed the bark off of trees
carefully selected from the sizeable woods behind the yellow hills
and broke them down to build what we though
looked like our best impression of a home.
Age upon age,
tore and tilled the fields
and the woods
bent under the weight of the dying air.
Can he rebuild
the world he once made whole?
Tide and time
always bringing with them
hope of a new sun rising
and the fields now grown tall
fit to be reaped.
But the light still fades
and pulls back the curtain of the stubborn hope.
An optimism once sturdy
as the wild prairie winds send the house
sideways; flying through the boundless badlands
and still sitting by my side.
Like a shadow
resting softly on the dirt.
And here we are,
still here
sinking into the barren soil.
I can't believe we couldn't make this work.


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The real man – the toy by the real man's. No, it's not a mistress, although the idea is very good, and the device under the name Aqua R2-D2. It is a full-size copy of the same name of the robot from "Star Wars," which in this case is the self-propelled by the projector. Aqua R2-D2 is made in 1: 1 scale and can really move independently and display the image on the wall. Here it is, and the TV does not need, and friends will definitely be jealous of. Robot received 6-liter cooling chamber. The temperature is maintained at about 7 ° C at a room temperature of 25 °. R2-D2 can ride chilled beverages directly to the sofa and computer table, so that the user will not break away from the important processes. Management droid by using the remote control, or proprietary software installed on your mobile device. R2-D2 is also equipped with a built-in projector with a resolution of HD, 16: 9, 32 lumens brightness and a contrast ratio of 80,000: 1. Unfortunately, till the new product is available only to residents of Japan.
Concept Fridge of the Future
Concept the creative Refrigeration
Concept Eco Refrigerator of future
Concept is very smart fridge


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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) new headquarters building, located in Abu Dhabi (UAE), recently completed, occupies a special place in the heart of the natural stone industry people for holding a unique record - it can probably claim to be the highest building in the world with an exterior façade of granite. The building has height of 342 metres and has 65 floors of offices. The building was designed by the US based largest architectural and engineering firm HOK, USA. The architects chose a wide range of natural stones in this project, in which engineering focus was on energy efficiency and the latest sustainable technologies, such as double skin facades and photovoltaic glazing.
The two vertical sides of the portal arch serve as structural core that contains the fire exit stairs, goods lifts, and plant rooms and associated shafts. Their orientation to the East and the West provides shade from lower angle sunlight during the morning and late afternoon. The tower is now like a monolithic colossal sculpture that faces and contrasts with the crystalline blue water of the Arabian Sea.
Bethel White, from Rock of Ages quarry in Vermont, USA, was the granite chosen for the façade to give a 'white tower' look. 44000 sqm of the granite, in 40 cm thickness for façade wall cladding in flamed and water-jet brushed finish, and the large size of the stone panels 215 x 110 cm, was a special challenge, and was supplied by AMG (Ascon Marble & Granite).
An additional 17000 sqm of Bethel White was procured from the Rock of Ages quarry. The interior stone panels were designed in large sizes, 215 x 110 cm, of 2 cm thickness.
Several different stones from different countries were also used, including Black Absolute granite from Gem Granites, (India), Grey Badajoz from Ingemar (Spain) for toilet floorings, Nero Impala from Savema (Italy) - these in slip resistant surface finishing, flamed and mechanically brushed.
About 3500 sqm of coloured marbles and onyxes were used at niches and greeting walls- Iranian Blue Onyx from Fujian BMG (China), Lapis Lazuli from Akrit Jewelcraft (India). Other materials used were Nero Impala, Blue Eyes and Marina Pearl from Savema (Italy), Forest Green and Forest Brown from Global Stones (India), Giallo Siena from Tognetti Gianfranco (Italy), Rosso Damascato from Treemme (Italy). Composite quartz from Cosentino (Spain) and Crystal Glass from Zenith & Co. (Singapore) were also used.
The company Vanello S.P.A., based in Carrara (Italy) processed the blocks into slabs and did the surface treatment in its factory. The final processing was done in the AMG factory in Dubai. During a period of 2 years a significant part of the AMG factory was fully dedicated to this project. AMG built up in its Dubai factory a dedicated dry lay area of about 500 square meters, equipped with removable cover roof for inspection and approval of the stone panels, in shady conditions and under direct sunlight as well, before the delivery to site. Hundreds of workers were employed for the execution of this project.
Under the supervision of the internal quality control management, many rows of stone panels were laid at once in order to avoid any possible deviance from the approved range. The quality control protocol contemplated the preliminary approval of AMG's and BESIX Group's QA/QC representatives and the definitive approval of Client's and SMS's Inspectors.
Further to their acceptance, the stone panels were delivered to site and taken over by the installer, the firm HAZ Marble LLC (Turkey). And here the second great challenge had to be won.
Contract documents specified a system that should perform accordingly with the severe parameters imposed by the design criteria and Abu Dhabi government's construction codes. Architect, consultant and subcontractors actively participated in the development and building of the project's envelope with the principal entity of the design and construction team.
The high quality facade anchoring design and the further erection integrated through all phases the experience of the parts involved in the job. The anchorage method provides the innovative system of the tasks slotted on the back sides of the stone panels. This method worked well with the engineering requirements, facilitated the erection, increased the installation rate and finally guaranteed the safest result.
AMG developed its own anchoring system for the wall claddings. The anchorage method was based on special T-slots machines into the back sides of the stone panels, and the adoption of the T-31 bolts by the Coldspring Systems, USA. The laying of floors on a thin-bed system made of screed works on which stone was laid used adhesives supplied by Mapei, Italy.


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View Linden House West Apartments in Rocky River, OH Floor Plans
One look at our spacious floor plans and it's easy to see how Linden House West is different from other apartments for rent in Rocky River, OH. With a variety of floor plans to choose from, we're certain there's one that's just right for you. Browse our one and two bedroom floor plans.


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For the second year in a row, J.D. Powers is reporting borrower satisfaction with their mortgage servicer has improved. The results of its 2014 U.S. Primary Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Study show overall satisfaction was up 2.9 percent over 2013. Improvements in satisfaction were even higher for distressed borrowers — those behind with mortgage payments or concerned about keeping current — at an increase of 6.4 percent. Among the factors cited for the improvement, easy-to-use self-service features on the web and mobile phone were definitely a stand out:
"Satisfaction is improving, specifically among those customers having a hard time paying their bills, primarily because lenders are improving the experience by making it easier for them to use the website or their smartphone to make payments, resolve problems or get answers to their questions," said Craig Martin, director of the mortgage practice at J.D. Power. "As more consumers use smartphones and tablets and younger tech-savvy borrowers begin to buy homes, the desire to use online and mobile channels will inevitably increase."
What specifically can make these channels easier for the borrower? The report goes on to say:
"Transparency and clarity are vital, as the website must be easy to use, reliable and optimized to help customers answer questions in a self-service manner. Among customers visiting the website with a question or problem, satisfaction is 105 points higher among those who can resolve their issue entirely via the website than among those who need to use an additional channel after using the website."
Starting the relationship off on the right foot was also important for driving higher satisfaction. Servicers that proactively reached out to new borrowers with welcome calls got the highest scores (832 on a 1000 point scale), followed closely by those who used personalized emails (819). Satisfaction was lower when borrowers only received welcome packets (808) or introductory letters (762) by postal mail. Those who were not welcomed at all were the least satisfied (640).
If your scores are not as high as you would like…
Based on these insights from the report, there are two key technology initiatives that can help servicers who want to improve their borrower satisfaction before next year's survey:
A bonus with both of these technologies – they reduce operational costs! Virtual assistants raise the rate of self-service containment, reducing the number of inquiries requiring contact center resources. And, automated welcome calls have been shown to be 30 percent less costly than using agents to make the same calls.
So, if you are looking to improve the customer experience and your J.D. Powers score, think about what's possible with technologies like these in raising the bar for customer satisfaction.
In this whitepaper, learn how financial institutions can address evolving consumer expectations for mobile and web banking with virtual assistants.Download


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Ekho Speaker Rebuild
The physical ageing of an older sound system often does not comes hand in hand with technological deterioration, as was the case with my Philips 5.1 surround sound, giving me the opportunity to instigate a rebuild. Starting with the typical look of black and plastic silver, this project has allowed me to put my personal style into practice with focus on acoustic and aesthetic qualities alone. The resulting early renders were picked up on by popular design blogs and received a number of interested parties in purchasing the completed set.
"The ECHO SS5.1SL1 reconciles the use of 'traditional' luxury materials with modern styling for a premium system that's at the top of the line in both aesthetic and audio quality. The British design student was diligent from a materials standpoint, combining premium leathers, brass hardware, and a sleek polypropylene weave that reminds us aesthetically of carbon fibre to fit seamlessly into the user's intended space."
- The Cosby Press
Based on the specifications of the original product, this 3 day "after work" exercise explored the concept of adding value through form and material choices. A classical style was adopted and the visual interest was derived mostly through the use of high quality materials rather than cosmetic flourishes. Upholstered in a similar minimalist fashion to executive vehicles, the Ekho (named for the oread in love with her own voice in Greek mythology) could be upholstered in a large variety of fabrics once the two required patterns are created.
Satellite Speakers
Loosely inspired by the physical form of a jet engine and its cradle in construction. The Ekho satellite speakers strip away a deal of dead space and loose connections to house the speaker itself far more fittingly.
Sub Woofer
Again the plastic extra parts have been removed and stripped back to the wooden construction beneath. Edges were hand rounded to evoke a softer feel and once upholstered a simple polished brass ring with matched thread replaces the large silver plastic retainers for visual interest.
This home project is still ongoing, but has already been featured on popular design blogs such as:


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NBJ Business Solutions Ltd
Let us help you grow your business through the web
NBJ Business Solutions Ltd,is a business profitability consultancy, desired online exposure for their business. They has a goal of driving high quality traffic to their site with a projected target increase in website lead generation by 60%.
To avoid over-targeting existing visitors.
A dynamically innovative digital media suite that allows users to be retargeted based on the tour they saw last and spent the most time viewing. This was done by introducing a contextual campaign to increase reach by showing prospective audiences the current, and most popular tour. In addition to that, we applied daily and lifetime frequency caps specific to each user in order to prevent overexposure.
We've achieved a Click Through Rate (CTR) of 0.09%, which generated a number of new sales. In the campaign's inaugural month of activity the Cost Per Action (CPA) was reduced by 20%, surpassing the client's target. February 2013 saw post-click revenue – (generated by both dynamic retargeting and the prospecting campaign) – produce a Return on Investment (ROI) of 272%.
15% less CPA
From The Client
"These guys have built such a strong relationship with our organization that we consider them an extension of our IT department. We always know that excellent service is just a phone call or e-mail away and that we will receive the same level of attention they always provide that makes us feel like we're their top priority."


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — You ain't seen nothing yet, when it comes to market wreckage from a financial crisis, according to J.P. Morgan boss Jamie Dimon.
In his annual letter to shareholders, the bank's chief executive warned "there will be another crisis" — and the market reaction could be even more volatile, because regulations are now tougher.
He argued the crackdown on the financial sector, added to more-stringent requirements for capital and liquidity, will hamper banks' capacity to act as a buffer against shocks in financial markets. Banks could become reluctant to extend credit, for example, and less likely to take on stock issuance through rights offering, which would essentially create a shortage of securities.
Such factors "make it more likely that a crisis will cause more volatile market movements, with a rapid decline in valuations even in what are very liquid markets," Dimon said in the letter. "Recent activity in the Treasury markets and the currency markets is a warning shot across the bow."
The J.P. Morgan JPM, -0.72% CEO pointed to the 40 basis-point move in Treasury securities on Oct. 15 as one of those warning shots. The move — though "unprecedented" and "an event that is supposed to happen only once in every 3 billion years or so" — was still relatively easily absorbed in the market and no one was significantly hurt by it, he noted.
"But this happened in what we still would consider a fairly benign environment. If it were to happen in a stressed environment, it could have far worse consequences," Dimon said.
There's also the issue of clearinghouses. Clearinghouses sit between the two sides of financial trades and have, since the financial crisis, worked as risk managers for global markets. But that could also exacerbate the next crisis, according to the J.P. Morgan chief.
"Clearinghouses are a good thing, but not if they are a point of failure in the next crisis," he said. "It is important to remember that clearinghouses consolidate — but don't necessarily eliminate — risk."
But here's for the good news. Banks won't be at the center of the next crisis, Dimon believes. His view is that while they may not be able to act as a shock absorber because of tight regulations, they are overall safer and stronger than before.
"Fundamentally, as long as the economy is not collapsing, financial markets generally recover," he said.


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Royal Palm Resort
973 Gold Coast Highway , Palm Beach QLD 4221
Swimming Pool
Royal Palm is an ABSOLUTE BEACHFRONT 25 Storey Hi-Rise resort. We offer a unique family holiday, located on the golden sands of Palm Beach. Panoramic Ocean views from all balconies. Northern facing balconies have uninterrupted views of Surfers Paradise skyline while southern facing balconies take in the tranquillity of Currumbin Estuary. Hinterland views can also be enjoyed from the most northern and southern facing units.
Royal Palm Resort has a 4 Star AAA rating. This resort is equipped with video surveillance and underground security parking is provided. The Resort has a variety of recreational facilities such as a Full size Tennis Court, Court, heated open air Spa, Sauna, Gymnasium, Mini Putt, Games Room and Barbecue. Our 33 Metre HEATED pool, is one of the largest on the Gold Coast is the perfect place to cool off .The pool has a waterfall and water slide and is set in lush tropical gardens.
Two bedroom fully self-contained apartments, with full en-suite. We also have a 3-bedroom apartment that has its own sauna and rooftop spa. All units are equipped with Foxtel TV, direct dial telephone, dishwasher, microwave, washing machine and dryers. Linen is supplied.
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It was a close vote – whether to raise funds for llama or a goat. In the end, the llama won out because, as the kids explained, "you can use a llama for transportation, too!" Advent's Sunday School kids decided earlier this fall that they wanted to "purchase" an animal through the Heifer International program for their Christmas project. A goat provides milk and cheese to poor families around the world, meaning better nutrition, especially for the children, and the opportunity to build a family business and develop self reliance. Thanks to their highly prized and very warm wool, llamas are also a key to a sustainable livelihood. And the price for each was almost the same: $120 for the goat vs. $150 for the llama.
As part of their fundraising efforts, the kids are hosting a pancake breakfast on Sunday 8 December from 7:00-9:45. The $5.00 cost gets you Chef Poston's delicious pancakes, sausage, fruit, a choice of juices, and that good Lutheran coffee.


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"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."
— PolitiFact National
on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Coulter earns an incomplete in Muslim history
Says President Obama was wrong "about Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient Babylonians), the compass (that was the Chinese), pens (the Chinese again) and medical discoveries."
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Uta no Oniisan CM Preview is out: Dozo!!
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*DoS mode switch ON!* This dorama is going to be great! Ohno bullied by a lot of children… Can you sense the fun already?
Oh, on a side note… wanna know how many 5 year old kids you can beat up until you pass out? Try this survey on oneplusyou.com: How many five year olds could you take in a fight?
The scenario is this:
- You are in an enclosed area roughly the size of a basketball court
- There are no weapons or foreign objects
- Everyone is wearing a cup (so no kicks to the groin)
- The children are merciless and will show no fear
- If a child is knocked unconscious, he is "out." The same goes for you.
-quoted directly from site, btw…
I got… 16 for me…
I'm a jelly doughnut, I know…
Oh… if you take the test and when you click "Ok, I'm finished, what's my score?" and it takes you to a dating page, just click the "Take me to my score" link at the bottom.
So… if all those kids in Ohno's CM were running towards him with the hopes of murdering him? Do you think he'll be able to beat them up? How many would be Ohno's score?
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Matt Driver, a former banker and hedge funder, has some lofty ambitions for his newfound career— he's opening the biggest vineyard in the UK to produce sparkling wines that will challenge those produced in France, according to Bloomberg.
His reason? Watching grapes grown is much less stressful than watching numbers go up and down on a computer screen.
Driver is a founding partner at Horseman Capital Management—a hedge fund that once had nearly $6 billion AUM, according to Driver. The fund now has $774 million AUM... that difference could be the cause of stress for Driver too.
Driver now owns Rathfinny, a vineyard on the southern coast of England. The vineyard stretches about 600 acres, not all suitable for growing grapes. But Driver plans to add 400 more acres to that by 2020, which would make it the UK's biggest vineyard.
Rathfinny will grow grapes that produce Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Riesling, Bloomberg reported. The soil at Rathfinny is similar to that of the Champagne region in France, where the famed sparkling drink comes from.
For what it's worth, the UK wine industry has been on the uptick recently, according to Bloomberg. So here's wishing Driver the best of luck.


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Medicaid is a program that provides health insurance to Coloradans who can not afford it. Medicaid covers families with children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. People who are not U.S. citizens can only get Medicaid to pay a life threatening medical emergency.
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- Step 2: Submit your application to your local County Department of Human/Social Services office or a Medical Assistance (MA) location near you.
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Just to clear things up, I didn't quit my blog. Over the summer, I moved and switched schools, and a lot had been going on in my life. I still haven't gotten all my dolls, furniture, accessories, etc unpacked and set up, so it may be a while before I post again. I also have been very busy with school work.
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OBAMA: Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That's not logical.I found this quote via Paul Krugman's blog where he cites Matthew Yglesias as catching "President Obama making sense on the public option." That quote made me wonder: How exactly is Obama "making sense"?
As Obama concedes in the next paragraph in the transcript, there are "some legitimate concerns on the part of private insurers that if any public plan is simply being subsidized by taxpayers endlessly that over time they can't compete with the government." In other words, a public option is capable of driving the private alternatives under. Moreover, this possibility seems logical and Obama calls it "legitimate."
But, didn't he just call private insurers' position illogical? I have to disagree with Krugman. Obama's statement, "that's not logical" makes no sense at all.
Private insurance companies reasonably distrust a government competitor for two related reasons.
First, a public option will attract business away from private companies. How? Offer high benefit insurance plans at a low price. Lower prices and better insurance benefits are politically attractive; they might even get more funding and a clever name for the program. Such attractive policies lure more customers to the public option. Now, that's fewer people who buy private insurance. Logically, private insurance companies can't like that.
Second, a public insurance option will create new bureaucracy. Bureaucracies tend to expand, sapping taxpayer resources. Supposedly, we need a public option to discipline private insurance companies. I wonder who is going to discipline the government insurance company. If you say the regulator, I ask who disciplines the regulator? If you say Congress, I ask who disciplines Congress? If you say voters, there's a collective action problem: voters might all be dissatisfied, but it's hard to coordinate collective dissatisfaction.
A competitor who cannot be disciplined is surely a threat, right? My point is that there are plenty of reasons to fear a government competitor, and they don't have to be "Oh no. The government is going to make me better." That's the last thought I'd expect insurance companies to have.
More generally, government companies have incentive problems. Votes are the motive of politicians who fund a program; jobs are the motive for bureaucrats. From the perspective of anyone with control over a public insurance company (politicians or bureaucrats), more money to spend is a good thing. These incentives won't be fixed by a "healthy debate" because they are tangled up in the nature of bureaucracies. Expanding your domain is a perfectly natural temptation for a bureaucrat. No wonder private insurance companies see a public competitor as a threat.
To be fair, our current system for health care provision is a train wreck. Even Milton Friedman recognized this eight years ago. The Friedman article is a fascinating read on health care costs (Greg Mankiw linked from his blog). If you care to know more, read the Friedman article. Then, ask yourself: If our current "private" health care provision is a train wreck, what would adding a public option do to the mess we have on our hands? If your answer is "clean it up," I'm interested in hearing how you plan to keep the bureaucrats in check.


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Most humans have similar preferences, but not exactly. In a study of peoples preferences for colored cards, 70 percent cionsistently preferred blue/green hues to yellow/red hues. But a signicant subgroup of 20 percent preferred yellow/red to blue/green.
Seeing Red
But onwards to the seeing red thing. Whenever there is a subjective experience, obviously there has to be a subject. It seems absurd to us that a pain, a mood, a wish should rove around in the world without a bearer. The inner world presupposes the person whose inner world it is?
But the situation can also be understood the other way around. That is to say, it is our experience of the inner world that confirms the existence of a person! Certainly sensations are important to us humans, as is being conscious. We even like consciousness in other people. Certainly, the last thing we want is to be conscious in a world where everybody else are zombies.
What sensation does is to track the subjects personal interaction with the external world - creating the sense each person has of being present and engaged, lending a hereness, a nowness, a me-nessto the experience of the present moment [p 70].
By putting sensation on the production side of the mind rather than the reception side, we get a degree of central control of what it is like. Sensation are therefore affected by changes in mood, by mind-altering drugs etc. Indeed, mood changes,such as depression, might actually change sensation, just as mescaline or LSD can alter the qualityof sensory experience. Furthermore, it should be noted that it is possible to have sensations that are entirely selfgenerated (visions, dreams).
To Humphrey and others the special quality of consciousness lies with ''re-entrant circuits'' in the brain, neural activity that loops back on itself, so as to create self-resonance. That is to say, the command signals for sensory responses could begin to interact with the very input to which they are response. So as to become almost self-creating and self sustaining. Sure they take cues from the body, but they are also becoming signals about themselves. According to Humphrey: The moment of conscious sensation is not blending past, present and future -put taking a moment and holding on to it! Experiencing it longer than it actually happened!?
Why then, would sensory response circuits have evolved to the point of supporting sustained feedback? What is the payoff - the functional biological payoff - of feedback that brings about this thickening time of consciousness? According to Humphrey, the payoff that it gives the subject is a new sense of self: It lifts the subjectout of zombiedom. It changes ''I have such and such experiences therefore I am'' to ''I am because I have such and such experiencess''.
So, what is then required of an experience, if it is to be something a subject can proudly be the subject of? According to Humphrey: The substantiality that goes with existing in thick time is key.A self that has this as it center will be a self to be reckoned with. Natural selection will then need only a little more work, to shape it up a bit more, so that it becomes the organizing principle for each individuals mental life.
With a self - a human being has a life worth pursuing. Something to build a rich subjective life around. A huge advantages compared to the zombie state of not being there. The more important the self, the greater the boost to human self-confidence and self-importance. The greater the value of own and others life.


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On this day, October 23, 1963, comic artist Eric Shanower was born in Key West, Florida. After college he attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Shanower's first comic series was The Enchanted Apples of Oz, fulfilling his desire to ". . . write and draw Oz books when I grew up." His ongoing comic series Age of Bonze is published by Image Comics.
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B3 – Blockchain Summit London
On November 11, London hosted The Blockchain Summit presented by B3 – Blockchain Business Board. The event brought together several Blockchain technology stakeholders such as financiers, bankers, University Lecturers and startups.
The conference saw two speeches in the morning oneby Garrick Hileman, Economic Historian at the University of Cambridge and London School of Economics and the other by Ferdinando M. Ametrano who teaches Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology at Politecnico di Milano. In the afternoon five selected startups presented their projects to the audience. A final Q&A was hosted before closing the event.
Guests of the conference got some invaluable insights about the current state of Blockchain developments as well as an understanding of how this technology is re-shaping the existing economic framework.
Vincenzo Morabito, Founding Partner of Blockchain Business Board said: "Our first Blockchain Summit marks an important achievement for our Program which is currently establishing itself as an important player within the rapidly growing Blockchain environment".
The Blockchain Summit has been the first of a series of events organized by B3 – Blockchain Business Board.


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Small Samarkand Suzani embroidery - a Central Asian textile from Uzbekistan. This textile has a shiny orange background with a central Zoroastrian Sun Design at its centre - this needlepoint has been embroidered over a satin background and measures approximately 73cm wide by 75cm in length. Can be used as a small table cover, wall hanging or as a special decoration for your room. This size were originally used as mirror covers.
Suzani means needlepoint in Farsi and the background fabric of these textiles is usually either cotton, velvet, silk or satin with silk embroidery. Minor tears can sometimes be present which is normal for these vintage older pieces and some of them have old Russian fabric backing. All of our Uzbekistan Suzanis are original older pieces ranging from approximately 20 to 70 years. Often pen is used as a marker for layout before embroidery starts and occasionally one can see some of the original pen outline which is normal for original pieces. Found out more about Suzanis here.
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I can't wait to see you there.
( I told you I'd have the Linky Dohinky up ealier and longer this week. 8)
Okay, If you have noticed earlier I didn't put a full post in, just an announcement about REDnesday...my computer went down and I couldn't get back online 8/ After a few
hours.....I'm Back!!..........so here it is.
This REDnesday I thought I show what I meant in my past post when I said a blacn wall is my canvas.......
I don't like wallpaper, so, a nice clean colored wall just screams for a collage of collections. Everything was selected from a special place or given to me by family or friends.. Each piece has a story. In the coming REDnesday's I'll tell you about them. For now hope you have a wonderful Wednesday
Don't forget my Giveaway this month......................................
Those who join parties or leave comments on posts will be entered to wn the above French Country tablerunner I hand-embroidered, appliqued, and embellished.
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In the Premier Men's Knock-out Finals on Saturday, Tupapa Maraerenga defeated Nikao Sokattak by two goals to nil to claim the Premier Men's Knock Out Championship title.
Tupapa Maraerenga and Nikao Sokattak displayed strong contention during the clash. Tupapa Maraerenga dominated in ball possession and created several goal scoring opportunities during the first half.
In the 44th minute of play Twin Tiro of Tupapa Maraerenga blasted the ball past the goal keeper to score one goal to nil.
In the second half Tupapa Maraerenga secured its win in the 68th minute of play with a beautiful goal from Campbell Best.
In the Senior Women's knockout final Nikao Sokattak defeated Tupapa Maraerenga in an exciting penalty shootout three goals to one reclaiming their Knockout Finals Championship title.
In the under 17 men's division Puaikura defeated Tupapa Maraerenga in a penalty shootout three goals to one.
In the Under 14 boy's division Puaikura beat Tupapa Maraerenga one goal to nil.
In the Under 14 girl's division Tupapa Maraerenga proved their dominance in their match against Puaikura, defeating them by two goals to one.
In the popular Under 11 Mixed category Tupapa Maraerenga taking out the title honours for 2015 beating Puaikura one goal to nil.
In the exciting Under 8 Mixed division Takuvaine beat Puaikura two goals to nil.
The matches lived up to its excitement and thrills right from the start to the final whistle at the CIFA complex in Matavera.
On behalf of the Cook Islands Football Association we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Final result for the 2015 CIFA Knockout Finals:
Premier Men Tupapa Maraerenga 2-0 Nikao Sokattak
Senior Women Nikao Sokattak 3 -1 Tupapa Maraerenga (Penalty Shootout)
Under 17 Men Puaikura 3 – 1 Tupapa Maraerenga (Penalty Shootout)
Under 14 Boys Puaikura 1 – 0 Tupapa Maraerenga
Under 14 Girls Tupapa Maraerenga 2 – 1 Puaikura
Under 11 Mixed Tupapa Maraerenga 1 – 0 Puaikura
Under 8 Mixed Takuvaine 2 – 0 Puaikura
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In the Premier Men's Knock-out Finals on Saturday, Tupapa Maraerenga defeated Nikao Sokattak by two goals to nil to claim the Premier Men's Knock Out Championship title.