text:
Achieving financial success is the dream that many hold dearly. However, it remains a mirage as many people continue sinking in debts especially when faced with emergencies. Though there is no single answer to the question how to achieve financial success, this post will demystify four most important strategies that have proven highly effective.
What exactly is financial success? Financial success is not a specific point in life. Rather, it is a set of milestones or personal levels of net worth that one might anticipate in life. Often, the term is used to denote the following;
- Security: This is a personal desire for personal protection against unknown occurrences. For example, the sense of security from thoughts that you can meet financial expenses in case of medical or other emergencies.
- Peace of mind: This is the sense of satisfaction knowing that you can handle anything that life throws your way, and personal aspirations.
- Free time: Wealth can bring a unique sense of value for your time. Depending on a personal agenda, one feels more successful when no time is needed queuing.
The main strategies for financial success include
Spend less than you earn
This strategy is perhaps the hardest for people to implement and follow. However, it is the bottom line to start mapping your steps towards financial success. By spending less than you earn means that there is more cash to invest and save. This is one of the pointers that you are prudent enough and will not keep rushing for expensive loans when an emergency suddenly arises. To make this a reality, you need to be extra careful with credit cards and short term credits that have high-interest rates.
Ensure you have an emergency fund
Bad things can happen. In fact, they occur when one is least prepared for them. Think of an accident to any of your family members or a disaster that might require urgent intervention. By having an emergency fund, you can relax knowing you are prepared. The emergency fund should have an amount equal to your 6-12 months' income or more. It can be in an easily accessible saving account or cash. You can also augment the emergency fund with insurance of the most probable risks.
Diversify personal investment
Your salary is not enough to take you to financial success. You need to diversify. This means creating several streams of revenue as a guarantee of personal success. Think of acquiring several rental properties for regular rental income, putting cash in security bonds, and even acquiring shares in the best-performing companies. Note that diversifying investment does not mean you need a lot of cash! You can diversify by simply converting a section of your house into a rental unit, opening a baking unit at home, or even starting a part time job.
Get people who you can march together
The road towards financial freedom is long and tiresome. This can cause a lot of fatigue and compromise your focus. To be successful, it is important to identify other people who share the same objectives and march together. It is also important to identify role models and learn progressively about finances to become successful in your focus on attaining financial freedom.


text: Electric-car maker Tesla hits record share price on Nasdaq news | Toronto Star "Tesla Motors Inc., the world's best- performing automotive stock this year, rose to a record intraday price after Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said it's elevating the company's shares to its Nasdaq-100 Index to replace Oracle Corp. The electric-car maker named for inventor Nikola Tesla climbed as much as 2.8 per cent to $125 (U.S.), the highest intraday level since Tesla's market debut three years ago. Shares increased 2 per cent to $124.01 at 11:37 a.m. New York time. Tesla will be added to the Nasdaq-100, which tracks the biggest companies on the Nasdaq, before the start of trading on July 15, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. said in a statement yesterday. Oracle, which last month said it will join the New York Stock Exchange, is the biggest company to jump between the competing exchanges. Tesla is the only U.S.-based automaker on the Nasdaq. Shares of Tesla, the carmaker headed by billionaire Elon Musk, have more than tripled this year as the popularity of its new Model S sedan helped the company turn its first quarterly profit. Gaining entry to benchmarks tracked by investors is attractive to public companies because it provides a guaranteed shareholder base. "It's a coming of age, recognition that a company has market cap and liquidity," said Sandy Mehta, chief executive officer of Value Investment Principals Ltd. in Hong Kong. "Once the stock joins the index, you will have some buying." Yesterday before the Nasdaq announcement, Tesla increased to a record close of $121.61. Tesla surged 259 per cent this year through July 8. The current leader in the Nasdaq-100 is Netflix Inc., which gained 152 per cent during the same period.""

subset: commoncrawl


text:
B&I Public Marketplace closed for safety concerns, city of Lakewood announces
The city of Lakewood has closed the B&I Public Marketplace for a litany of safety concerns, officials announced Thursday.
The building was closed Wednesday and "will remain closed until its owners can show they have addressed the public safety hazards identified by the city and West Pierce Fire & Rescue officials," a news release stated.
Lakewood and West Pierce officials conducted inspections in April and June, identifying significant hazards, including:
▪ commercial kitchens without testing of fire suppression equipment
▪ fire protection equipment not working correctly
▪ sprinklers not covering the whole building or being painted over
▪ improper electrical wiring
▪ walls added and removed without permits.
Repeated attempts to contact the B&I's owners were unanswered, the release states, including phone calls and certified letters.
After contacting the building owner's agent, the B&I was given until Aug. 1 to show its owners were working to rectify the issues. The deadline was then extended until Tuesday.
The electrical report was provided to the city Wednesday, but the other reports have not been submitted.
"Public safety is always the city's top priority; without these reports, we are unsure of the safety of this building," Building Official Nancy Craig told B&I tenants in a letter Wednesday. "We understand this is a difficult situation and that this action has a financial impact on you. We appreciate your understanding of the severity of the situation and your cooperation."
Owner agent Alex Noh said he is working as quickly as he can to remedy the hazards and reopen the B&I.
"Our top priority is to work with the city to get this reopened," Noh said Thursday afternoon. "I don't want to put blame on each other."
He said much of the communication issues the city had in reaching him stemmed from letters being sent to an incorrect address.
When he was given notice by the city July 12, Noh said he immediately started working to rectify the issues.
"Most of the issues that they addressed, the time-consuming ones are at least minor," Noh said. "We're trying to open the building as soon as possible. We're hoping to get it open next week with negotiations with the fire department and city."
The building, which began as a hardware store in 1940, now plays host to a series of small businesses. It was likely best known as the home of Ivan, the beloved gorilla, who lived there from 1964 to 1994.
Noh has been the building agent since it was sold to Value Investment Group Inc. in January 2012 for $5.2 million.
State records show the owners are Daegeon Shin and Hyeyean Lee. Noh said the owners of the building live in Canada.
Kenny Ocker: 253-597-8627, @KennyOcker


text:
Your shopping cart is empty
Visit the shop
Visitors online: 5News online: 57
Releases online: 1845
Reviews online: 63
Recent Posts
Harry Lintott – Sunlight (Bloodsugar Records)
Bloodsugar Records keeps on releasing laid-back urban sounds with a deep and melodic vibe. This time it's British producer Harry Lintott with an EP that can hardy be labelled with a particular genre: Chilled-out but inspiring, clubby but alternative.
V.A. – Rise Of The Butterflies compiled by DJane Miss Butterfly (Plusquam Records)
Miss Butterfly has the fascinating ability to trigger what is commonly known as the Butterfly Effect: A small change at one place can result in large differences to a later state. In this case, her music triggers a complex series of events that eventually end up in pure bliss and a state of extreme well-being – be it on the dance floor or on the Chillout!
Q.U.A.K.E – The Dark Side (Plusquam Records)
Let's take a ride… to the Dark Side! We are invited by Q.U.A.K.E, an act that seems to be a newcomer only as long as you see the name. Having a listen at this EP, it becomes clear quite immediately: These guys have skills that go far beyond the experience level of newbies…
Sienis – Shift Happens EP (Planet BEN Records)
Peak time Full On sound, but neither from Israel nor from South Africa: Swedish producer Sienes delivers two melodic pieces of high energy party music for all those who love the fast, strong, yet warm and uplifting side of modern Psytrance.
Octahedron – Quarter Circle Face (Plusquam Chillout)
Rigged with a variety of psychoacoustics and synesthetic inspirations, classic Psy Chill elements colliding with audio tracks that could be taken from a dark Science Fiction film, Octahedron presents a futuristic take on Lounge music.
NASA – Delusion (Synergetic Records)
It's been a little quiet around Mikkel Leonhardt Rasmussen recently, although as a matter of fact his project NASA has never disappeared from the scene. Especially those being around a little longer will remember his uplifting Progressive Trance productions and also beautiful Chillout tunes from countless gigs at festivals like Boom, VuuV, Aurora or Full Moon. So it's quite spectacular news that he delivers a brand new track on Synergetic records!


text:
After leading the Jaguars to a dramatic cover-the-spread at Denver, Chad Henne's going to get another chance.
Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said with Blaine Gabbert not ready to get back under center, Henne will start this week against the Chargers.
"We're going with Chad this week," Bradley said, via the team's official website. "We're just talking about San Diego. We'll see when Blaine comes back, but right now Chad's our quarterback."
The Jaguars surprised a lot of people by only losing 35-19 to the Broncos, with Henne throwing for 303 yards and two interceptions.
Henne's been the better quarterback of the two by a significant margin. He has two touchdowns and four picks to Gabbert's one touchdown and seven interceptions, and Henne's passer rating (70.9) is nearly double Gabbert's (36.0).
But Henne's not a former first-round pick, so there seems to be a need for an explanation for putting him on the field.
Gabbert, who has also missed time with a lacerated hand, watched Sunday because of a hamstring strain which Bradley said "may take a couple of weeks."


text:
Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 78,506. Its county seat is Coupeville, while its largest city is Oak Harbor.
Its name reflects the fact that it consists of two large islands, Whidbey and Camano, and seven smaller islands (Baby, Ben Ure, Deception, Kalamut, Minor, Smith, and Strawberry). Island County was created out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, and is the eighth-oldest county in Washington. It originally encompassed what are now Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties.


text:
After six seasons playing the stocking-footed office sage Bertram Cooper on Mad Men, Robert Morse bowed out Sunday night, as Bert died off screen while watching the Apollo 11 moon walk. Not a bad way to go, all things considered. And not a bad way for Morse to go, either, as series creator Matt Weiner gave him a final song-and-dance number, "The Best Things in Life Are Free"—a touching and characteristically ironic song choice, given that Bert and the rest of the S.C.P. partners had just made their personal fortunes earlier in the episode.
Morse, as I hope you know, is a longtime musical-comedy star, having made his name in the original Broadway cast, and subsequent film, of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. We spoke on the phone on Tuesday. Highlights from our conversation:
Bruce Handy: I was sad to see Bert die, but what a wonderful send-off. I think it was my favorite moment of yours on the show, aside from the scene early on where Bert told Pete, "Who gives a shit" that Don has a fake identity.
Robert Morse: It's just obvious that Matt Weiner really paid homage to me with this episode. I get misty-eyed thinking about it.
How did he tell you that you'd be leaving the show?
He came up to me six or seven weeks [before the episode was shot] and said, "Bobby, I'm sorry, you're going to pass away in episode such and such." Fine. I accepted it. But I wondered how I was going to pass away—I mean, what's his face [Lane Pryce, played by Jared Harris] hung himself! Matt said, "It's going to be very, very sweet. You're just going to pass away. But I have an idea . . . that you're going to come back as an hallucination and sing to Don." I didn't know what I was in for.
So tell me about when you finally found out what you would be in for.
[Starts singing] "The moon belongs to everyone / The best things in life are free / The stars belong to everyone / They cling there for you and me. . . ." Matt said, "Bobby the whole show is about the moon. It's a moon show. That's the year the astronauts landed on the moon. So this is going to emphasize the show's message." And I went, "That sounds great." I trust Matt implicitly, but I have to admit I was a little worried about singing as Bertram Cooper. I was worried it would be hokey, and people would think, Why is Robert Morse, musical comedian, singing? And he said, "Bobby, there will always be people who think that way. But there will be other people who think, You're Bertram Cooper and you're trying to tell Don that life has got some other things to offer besides all the broads you're fucking humping, the waitresses that don't care about you." You know, that there are more important things in life.
So having all this explained to me by Matt, I was very excited about the whole thing. What happened was they hired a wonderful choreographer who I knew very well, Mary Ann Kellogg. She hired four dancers, as secretaries. They worked the number out. In the meantime, I went to a recording studio with a 30-piece orchestra and sang the song. Fifty times! Then we worked out the number together, we were excited—we were like kids! Then we had to show the number to Matt. He said it was great, made a few camera adjustments, slight suggestions for the dancers and myself, and we shot it on a Sunday, for six or seven hours. And I must say watching Jon Hamm watching Bobby—me—was incredibly touching.
Hamm was there while you were shooting it, for the reaction shots?
Absolutely. He was on the other side of the camera. He was who I was singing to. You're singing the song to somebody, not just a warm body.
For me, it came across in the performance. I felt you connecting to Don—and to me, and presumably lots of other people in the audience.
Well that makes me feel good. [Laughs] Because that's what it's about—connecting. I really felt like the whole thing was a love letter, from Matt.
Maybe this is a silly question, but was it hard dancing in socks?
I wasn't concerned about it, but other people were. They said, "Are you going to be able to dance in socks? That's a pretty slippery floor up there, blah blah blah." I said, "No problem." I went up there one day and just walked around, slid, and it was not a problem.
Did they put some kind of no-skid material on the bottom of your socks, just in case?
They brought some, but I didn't need it.
I particularly liked the last wave you gave, kind of a salute, as your office door shut. That was a sweet bit of business.
I must say, that was my touch. [Laughs]


text:
Tonight, Okayplayer premiered Hodgie's new "Caution" video featuring his labelmate Lil Bizzy. On the same day, the Lima, OH-native artist released his latest project, Street Lights. Watch the Khil Datta-directed video on the premiere site.
HUGE thanks to @okayplayer for premiering the new @HodgieXVII video featuring @elev8torbizzy 💕💕💕 https://t.co/gtoXuHCWws #Elev8TheGame #Ohio
— Richardine Bartee (@THEYAMS) April 28, 2017


text:
Monday, November 8, 2010
Benchley on Bookstores
Then again, consider what Dorothy Parker wrote about Benchley and his distaste for bookstores:
"The late Robert Benchley, rest his soul, could scarcely bear to go into a bookshop. His was not a case of so widely shared an affliction as claustrophobia; his trouble came from a great and grueling compassion. It was no joy to him to see the lines and tiers of shining volumes, for as he looked there would crash over him, like a mighty wave, a vision of every one of the authors of every one of those books saying to himself as he finished his opus, 'There - I've done it! I have written the book. Now it and I are famous forever.' Long after Mr. Benchley had rushed out of the shop, he would be racked with pity for poor human dreams. Eventually, he never went anywhere near a bookshop. If he wanted something to read, he either borrowed it or sent for it by mail."
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Cast the movie! Cast your vote!
For Dorothy Parker, how about Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Rachel McAdams, Ellen Page, or Christina Ricci?
For Robert Benchley, how about Ryan Gosling, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James McAvoy, Edward Norton, or Jason Segel?
Cast your vote here!
Don't agree? Have another star in mind? Post a comment below!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Happy birthday, Mr. Benchley!
Robert Benchley's birthday was yesterday, September 15.
In memoriam, here's one of our favorite Benchley lines: "Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people."
Happy birthday, S.O.B. (Sweet Old Bob.)!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
William Faulkner: "If I could just stop doing this, I would be a writer."
This is my first blog post for the Algonquin Round Table Mysteries. It's fitting that I talk about writing and about one of the main characters.
In my first book MURDER YOUR DARLINGS, one of the leading characters is a young William Faulkner. I just stumbled across a great site: an audio archive of Faulkner lectures and interviews while he was a writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia. Listen to Faulkner, in his own words, about being "demon-driven" to write:
Or read it here:
"I've heard people say, "Well, if I were not married and—and had children, I would be a writer." I've heard people say, "If I could just stop doing this, I would be a writer." I don't believe that. I think if you're going to write, you're going to write, and nothing will stop you. That you can be involved, and probably the more you're involved, it may be better for you. That maybe it's—it's bad to—to crawl off into the ivory tower and stay there, that maybe you do need to be involved, to get the edges beaten off of you a little every day may be good for the writer."
I'm not sure if I totally agree with Faulkner—being married and having children certainly slow down your writing. With two little children, the edges are beaten off of me daily. Figuratively speaking, I'm so edgeless, I'm round as a bowling ball. But hopefully these daily beatings are paying off in the writing department!


text:
But Loeb and Sale have done similarly good work at Marvel, and that's what I'm going to cover for the next few Fridays. We'll start with 1995's WOLVERINE & GAMBIT: VICTIMS, followed by HULK: GRAY, DAREDEVIL: YELLOW, and SPIDER-MAN: BLUE from 2001 - 2004. Please note that I'm covering those last three not in release order, but in order my preference, finishing with my favorite of the trio.
Review copies to be used for this series will be the Marvel Premiere Classic Hardcover of WOLVERINE & GAMBIT, and the 2002 - 2004 oversized hardcover editions of the other three series. All these volumes are out of print, but all series are still widely available in one format or another, and in some cases the hardcovers can be found for less than the trade paperbacks:
- DAREDEVIL: YELLOW (paperback/hardcover)
- HULK: GRAY (paperback)
- SPIDER-MAN: BLUE (paperback/hardcover)
- X-MEN: WOLVERINE/GAMBIT (paperback/hardcover)
- YELLOW, BLUE AND GRAY (reprints all three "color" series in oversized hardcover format)
Now, with that business aside, look forward to WOLVERINE & GAMBIT this Friday -- and now that the Stern Spider-Man series has come to its conclusion, there will be an announcement about my next long-term review series tomorrow, as well.


text:
Donsol: Getting there and away
Monday, 17 March 2008
Donsol, Sorsogon about 540 kilometers from Manila. Like most provinces in the Bicol region, it can be reached by plane (via Legaspi) or by bus. By Plane: Philippine Airlines flies daily to Legaspi. PR277 from Manila departs at 7:00 am, arriving in Legaspi at 8:05 am. The flight back to Manila, PR278 leaves Legaspi at 8:45 am, arriving at 9:50…read more


text: Hi -- I'm expecting my Model X pretty soon and contacted Telsa through the website about an electrician referral in the Binghamton, NY area. Surprisingly, the company's been completely unresponsive to the requests. Are there any Model S or Model X owners in the upstate New York area (Binghamton, Ithaca, Syracuse, Albany) or Scranton, PA area that can make a recommendation? Thanks! - Peter


text:
Stay Well Cards™
Why wait until friends and loved ones are ill to wish them wellness? Stay Well Cards offer reminders and suggestions for staying well. After all, "It's better to stay well than to get well".
Stay Well Clothing™
Share the Stay Well motto with the world by wearing Stay Well Clothing. Shirts, hats, bags, pins, and more!
All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, please consult your doctor.


text:
The development of the arts of the great Roman civilization owed much influence from the early Etruscan arts and later on to the Greek Hellenistic culture. It should be no wonder – considering the documented records of exchanges between these early civilizations and the almost similar forms of mythology and philosophy that evolved from the events at that era.
The Etruscans were the dominant culture in the Italian peninsula, prior to Roman domination. As the Etruscans became part of the Roman culture, the latter adopted the Etruscans love for Greek arts and architecture. This was manifested through the reviving motifs and elements of Athenian arts and architecture at the time when Rome flourished into a grand republic and empire. The influence of Etruscan art could be further manifested in the Roman temple architecture, portraiture and wall painting (Terras, 1997).
While several may contend that the similarities of the arts among the ancient societies are only heightened through their perceived differences and the aggression of Rome, and that as Plutarch may agree, that "Rome neither had nor even knew of these refined things, nor was there in the city any love of what was charming and elegant; rather, it was full of barbaric weapons and bloody spoils" (Plutarch, 2A.D.), one could not deny that with all of Rome's "barbaric" and egocentric qualities, it became capable to embrace the refineries of its invaded culture, and perceive the same aesthetic qualities of artwork in the same manner, which their makers may have perceived them.
Art reflects the character of the culture and the people in a given era. In the Roman context, art became not just an avenue for bringing together the richness of the influences brought by different cultures. Rather, it succeeded in becoming a vessel of Western civilization, brought forth by the forerunner or modern government and society: the Republic of Rome.
—- (1996). The Bulfinch Guide to Art History: A Comprehensive Survey and Dictionary of Western Art and Architecture.Boston: Little Brown & Co.
Terras, Melissa M. (18 April 1997). Greek Art and Republican Rome. Accessed 27 January 2010 from www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk


text:
112 Questions and Answers The 1z0-474 vce dumps, also known as "Oracle Taleo Recruiting Cloud Service 2013 Essentials", is a Oracle certification exam.
Last Updated May 16,2019 Pass your tests with the always up-to-date 1z0-474 vce dumps.
- Updated 1z0-474 Dumps
- Based on Real 1z0-474 Exams Scenarios
- Free 1z0-474 pdf Demo Available
- Check out our 1z0-474 Dumps in a new PDF format
- Instant 1z0-474 download
- Guarantee 1z0-474 success in first attempt


text:
Add Your Review1 Review(s) |
Voyeur that`s real! Couples caught by hidden cameras while f*cking in the privacy of their homes, hotel rooms, etc. Filmed by friends, family and other perverts!
Delivery restrictions may apply.
Product Cannot Be Ordered.
- Discreet Billing & Shipping
- Fast Delivery
- Free Shipping on Orders of $99 or more! US Only.
- World Wide Shipping
We love to hear your feedback! Please fill out all the fields below.
bestAnonymous - June 17 2014


text:
Christine's first yoga class was in 2000 - in a school gym on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As a runner, she needed to cross-train and stretch more so naturally, she signed up for yoga. Over the years, her yoga practice has cracked open more than just her hamstrings, and it has penetrated every part of her body and spirit.
Yoga is like moving meditation. It's a chance to connect mind, body, and breath, and click into that sweet spot. In class, you will get a good dose of sweaty and creative vinyasa sequence that unites body and breath. Christine offers a strong attention to alignment to allow you to safely flow, dive into the deeper layers of your practice, and create a space for healing to occur.
Christine completed her 200-hour RYT yoga certification with Kula Yoga Project in vinyasa and hatha yoga under the guidance of Schuyler Grant and Nikki Vilella.


text:
Proclear EP
After you have reached the age of 40 years, you could probably note that the clearness of the eyesight while reading a book or checking a phone message has become worse. It is a natural process of the body, that is called as old-age farsightedness.
However, it does not mean that now you have to wear uncomfortable bifocal eyeglasses. Contact lenses Proclear EP will help you to cope with these symptoms. Special configuration implies the presence of two optical zones. You will no longer have any difficulties associated with eye focusing, while switching your eyes from close to distant objects and conversely. Thanks to the use of PC-technology the water molecules can safely remain in the lens material and allow to maintain the natural moisture level. In addition, two-week lenses Proclear EP are very comfortable and hygienic in wearing.
Before you order these contact lenses, consult with professional ophthalmologist and read customer responses.
Advantages of contacts Proclear EP:
- correct presbyopia;
- high moisture content;
- profitable price.


text:
Oct 04, 2018Charles Soule rounds out his Wolverine trilogy (which started with Death of Wolverine and continued with Hunt for Wolverine) with the Return of Wolverine #1, joined by the artist that helped plot the demise of Logan, Steve McNiven. There was something fairly inevitable about this book. After all, superheroes don't stay dead for long and, in the case of a title like Return of Wolverine, the name of the book sets a certain expectation about how the story will play out — it's not so much the destination that draws you in as it is the journey. Going hand in hand with that notion is the fact that Wolverine has been "returned" for quite some time. We first saw him in Marvel Legacy #1 last September. He then appeared in multiple backup features and cameos, so much so that you can't help but feel that this series is a little late. It's the hows and whys that matter here, though. While the timeline of his return hasn't exactly been made clear (just when di
Oct 04, 2018Resurrecting Neil Gaiman's landmark series Sandman has been nothing short of a fascinating experiment in expanding a world many long-time fans thought had ran its course. The titles launched under the Sandman Universe banner have proven otherwise. There is plenty of mileage left in the strange and magical world Gaiman conceived decades ago and House of Whispers #1 might be the best entry to dive back into that world thus far. Please keep in mind, that is not to say the other books haven't been good. In fact, The Sandman Universe #1 was a wonderful reintroduction to the world and The Dreaming #1 kept the momentum going by introducing some new concepts to an already cluttered landscape. The thing is, House of Whispers #1 has a very naturalistic element to it that previous books from this relaunch were missing. The magic and mythology present in the original series have not gone anywhere, but with House, the human component and how the fantastica
Sep 06, 2018In case there was one iota of doubt, Venom is très chic in a big way right now. With the buzz surrounding the forthcoming Tom Hardy film (which has been the subject of copious Internet memes) Marvel Comics have been doubling-down on everyone's favorite symbiotic anti-hero, and the results have been surprisingly great. Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's ongoing Venom series is proving there is plenty mileage to squeeze out of ol' Eddie Brock. The book sells like gang-busters month after month, and is nothing short of a critical darling. The series embraces the inherent weirdness of Venom, and fans are on board. The good times keep on rolling for Venom in the new five-issue miniseries Venom: First Host. The first issue takes the reader immediately off world and introduces a Kree warrior named Tel-Kar, the man who first encountered the black symbiote on its home planet. As the title suggests, this is the story of the first person to take the black, so to speak
Aug 01, 2018What happens when we die is an eternal question that has plagued mankind since we first gained cognitive abilities, and for good reason. Dying is terrifying, objectively. The idea that one moment you're here and the next moment you're not, and you never will be again, it's enough to send anyone into an existential crisis. Some people cope with it through religion and tales of an afterlife where — if you're a good enough person — you'll be rewarded; some people believe in reincarnation, so that when you die you manifest in a new form and continue the cycle of life and death; then there are people who believe that when you die, you die and that's it. Euthanauts offers possibly the first new idea in post-mortality reasoning in a good long while, and wraps it up in a beautifully presented and darkly foreboding package, delivered by three of the biggest breakout stars of the past few years. The ideas presented in Euthanauts are so captivating, you can�
Jul 11, 2018When it comes to comic books, miniseries are strange beasts. Historically speaking, unless they weren't part of a massive crossover event (something akin to Infinity Gauntlet or Final Crisis, both of which were world-shattering watershed milestones for their respective publisher's entire line) they often don't focus on a solo character and remain in continuity. This rings even more true when it comes to characters like Superman. Superman has always had at least two ongoing flagship titles under is yellow belt in which he is the main character. He is also a mainstay member of the Justice League and makes plenty of appendences in other titles, so the notion of him getting his own solo miniseries that is in continuity seems almost superfluous. Now, it's not that we don't love Supes, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. RELATED: Man of Steel Reveals How and Why Superman Got His Red Trunks Back Superman is DC Comics' golden boy. In fact,
Jul 03, 2018Assembling a Hawkman story in 2018 isn't an enviable feat. The character has a reputation for having a broken history that's beyond impenetrable and all attempts to fix it have just ended up making it worse and more confusing. That's why it's so impressive that Robert Venditti, Bryan Hitch, Alex Sinclair and Richard Starkings construct one of the most accessible and exciting Hawkman stories in recent memory. Venditti approaches Carter Hall as an Indiana Jones for the DC Universe and as such gives Hawkman an opening set-piece that puts the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark to shame. He turns a simple snatch-and-grab into an epic superhero showdown and makes the world of the DC Universe that tiny bit more interesting by uncovering a previously unseen world which could host its own stories should future creators decide to revisit it. RELATED: Venditti Aims for 'Easily Understood' Hawkman Mythology in New Series The creative team of Hawkman had their wor
Apr 20, 2018How far would you go to truly understand the mistakes you've made, and how much danger would you put yourself in to do so? That's one of the central themes of Steve Orlando, Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge and Thomas Mauer's Crude, a new debut from Image Comics partner studio Skybound. Described by Orlando as somewhat of a spiritual sequel to his Jamaican queer revenge story Virgil, Crude is about a young Russian man searching for a greater purpose in life no matter the cost — until it isn't, and the book takes a sharp turn into an entirely different kind of revenge story. Orlando himself spent a decade living in Russia and his experience with the culture shines through, especially with the initial lead character of Kiril, a young bisexual man living in a small town with even smaller ideas of what kind of future men like him have in the world. RELATED: Steve Orlando Joins Skybound With Oil Drama Crude Choosing to risk everything by moving to the notoriously dangerous mining
Dec 24, 2017Assassinistas doesn't tell the story you think it would. Three badass assassin women, running around the world killing selfish CEOs and politician pricks… Sounds like a great story, right? And we've seen stories like that, from Kill Bill in film to Codename Baboushka in comics. But writer Tini Howard and artist Gilbert Hernandez aren't content to tell us a story we've heard before. Instead, they explore what happens after these kick butt assassinistas stop kicking butt — professionally, at least. The real story in Assassinistas is who these women are and how they live now. While we meet them in the past, picking up guns at a roller disco and dying their hair in dirty motel rooms, what's more interesting is what happens next. They grow up, they grow older. They start families. And those families have to deal with not only the normal struggles of everyday life, but also the legacy of a mom or wife who killed people for a living. RELATED: Tini Howard & Gilbert Hernande
Dec 07, 2017World-building is a tricky thing. In many ways, it's the real magic on offer in fantasy stories, especially in their opening chapters. But it's very easy to overdo it, and turn your first issue into a hefty Player's Handbook without any reason to care about the story being told. Sleepless is a book I came to cold, knowing only that it was drawn by Leila Del Duca, artist on Shutter, another fantasy series from Image Comics that finished earlier this year. That meant I didn't know the premise of the story or its setting. Honestly, after reading the first issue, I'm still not sure that I do — but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Let's attempt to lay out it all out: Sleepless is set in a fairly traditional fantasy kingdom, the kind with castles, princesses and courtly drama. The twist comes in the form of the titular sleepless — and this is where the book plays its cards closest to its chest. We meet just one of these sleepless, a knight named Sir Cyrenic who may b
Nov 29, 2017It could've been very easy for Kurt Busiek to write a standard story about protest, and write in some analogous argument to real-world events. It's not as though we're at a lack for protests and marches right now, after all. Instead, however, Busiek welcomes back Astro City co-creator Brent Anderson for this month's issue, which looks literally at the spirit of protest, and what inspires it. This time, the creative team follow a reporter who travels from protest to protest around America, in part for her work but in part because they offer her a connection to her absentee father, who was an avid supporter of taking to the streets to protest for issues he believed in. This brings her into the path of an apparent being called "Resistor," who appears whenever protesters are in danger and shields them from harm. The conceit allows the creative team to touch on current events, connecting with causes such as the Black Lives Matter movement, in order to create a little superhero
Nov 24, 2017Wolverine quickly hurtles into Hawkeye's path in the whip-smart 12th issue of Hawkeye, bringing chaos, joyously cluttered fight sequences, and fast-paced banter with her. A lot of things seem to happen all at once, with the creative team seemingly enjoying the random melee that ensues — and making sure the reader is right there with them. PREVIEW: Hawkeye #12 It's a lightweight issue, and deliberately so, establishing immediately that it's going for a fun time more than anything else. Indeed, there are times the issue hits on an emotional nerve but then pulls back immediately for more joking around from its lead. Time flies and so must fists, and that lightweight approach works with a certain awkward charm which proves itself as infectious as Hawkeye's amiable, enjoyable attitude to the strangeness going on all around her. It's interesting to see how Kate Bishop is handled here, as the once unstoppably cool co-star of the Fraction/Aja/Hollingsworth era has nowadays beco
Nov 08, 2017In the 1960s, Hanna-Barbera broadcasted a comforting notion onto the family room TVs of America: the nuclear family was an everlasting institution, both pre-historic and futuristic. The Flintstones were, after all, a "modern" Stone Age family, and their Space Age, future-flung counterparts the Jetsons just as solidly illustrated the concept of the nuclear family unit. The cast of the sitcom — George Jetson, his wife Jane, their kids Judy and Elroy, their dog Astro and robotic maid Rosie — reflected midcentury American ideals, and suggested the future would feel pretty much like the present, only the gadgets would be cooler. PREVIEW: The Jetsons #1 The future is considerably more dire in writer Jimmy Palmiotti and Pier Brito's new mini-series The Jetsons. It's the latest DC Comics series to reimagine the Hanna-Barbera properties, and like the brilliantly dour The Flintstones, it feels familiar but explores concepts barely hinted at by the source material. It's easy to h
Nov 03, 2017CRAZY RUNS IN THE FAMILY Part 1! A new day is dawning and with it comes an enemy unlike any that Marc Spector, Moon Knight, has ever faced. Moon Knight has always been a protector from the shadows, but this new enemy is looking to extinguish that shadow with blinding light and fire. Get ready for the introduction of Moon Knight's greatest nemesis!
Nov 03, 2017Shang-Chi's Day Off Part 1 (OF 1)! The Marvel Universe is full of fighters: brawlers, scrappers, weapons experts, mystical kung fu virtuosi. But there's only one martial artist skilled enough to be called the greatest. SHANG-CHI has been a pinch hitter for a long time, stepping in for Avengers missions when no one else would do, but when no one can match your speed or skill, sometimes it's best to work alone. To see what you've been missing if you don't know Shang-Chi, don't miss MASTER OF KUNG FU!
Nov 02, 2017END OF ARC 1! Ten years ago, a mysterious ship crashed on Macross Island in the South Pacific. In the intervening years, the people of Earth have used the 'Robotechnology' from the ship to significantly advance their own technology. On the launch day of the Super-Dimension Fortress (the SDF-1), Earth is attacked by mysterious aliens. The SDF-1 is eventually forced to 'space-fold' into space – but takes a chunk of Macross City with them (the city and its citizens have been moved inside the massive SDF-1). The SDF-1 is now lost in space, while the aliens prepare to attack again…
Oct 27, 2017In Dark Nights: Metal #3, The Flash was last seen assisting Steel in getting Superman through the portal to the Dark Multiverse in hopes of rescuing Batman and stopping a full-blown incursion into Earth-0. In The Flash #33, Joshua Williamson not only skillfully walks the line between padding out those events and expanding upon them, but also manages to advance Scott Snyder's overall Metal story. Howard Porter in turn gets the opportunity to render a couple of the evil Dark Knights, faithfully bringing Greg Capullo's designs to life and giving the characters some exposure outside of the very crowded main series, making this Metal tie-in an important chapter in the overall storyline. Williamson and Porter start off the issue with a very familiar but energizing scene – that of Superman racing The Flash. But this isn't a typical example of the races DC Comics' speediest heroes have run for the last 50 years – the two aren't pitting themselves against each other, but are in
Oct 26, 2017Dynamite's James Bond: Moneypenny one-shot marks the first time that the character has had a comic of her own — but given the weak, incoherent story seen here, it may well be a while before the character gets a second chance. Although there's seemingly endless opportunity within the concept of telling a story from this character's perspective, what we get instead is a rote, generic spy story with no sense of complexity and a wafer-thin narrative. The story meanders all over the place, breaking every two or three pages between "now" and "then" segments which don't seem to have any real link between each other. The "then" segment in particular struggles constantly to give any weight to what we're shown, dodging all over the place for incoherently and unlinked moments in Moneypenny's past which have no relevance to her present situation. It would be understandable if the flashback sequences were designed to show how she developed the awareness which made her th
Oct 26, 2017It starts in a tavern, like all fantasy adventures must. A group of adventurers are sitting around the table playing a nice game of Dragon's Horde, until a white-haired newcomer reveals her final card and wins the game by 80 points. Unfortunately, her opponents are none too happy about this and the biggest one draws his sword to give her what-for. But this rogue — Luvander, as we'll learn later — leaps up and runs along the length of his sword to kick him in the face. Scoundrels? Yup, there are scoundrels. RELATED: Scales & Scoundrels: A Fantasy World You'd Actually Want to Visit Luvander's not all bad. She may or may not have been cheating at Dragon's Horde, it's unclear, but it doesn't really matter. She ends up leaving the tavern with a busted lip and one single copper, which she ends up giving away to a young girl she encounters in the poor quarter of town. But that act of charity doesn't mean she's above causing a ruckus to steal an apple from a street
Oct 26, 2017Motor Crush #6 is that brief pause at the beginning of a race, when each racer is revving their engines and glaring at the competition. So much has happened for them to get to this point, and it's almost time to gun that engine and ride as hard as they can — but not quite. Motor Crush #6 (written by the core team of Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr, with guest line art by Stewart) is that interregnum. That deep breath. That final moment before all hell breaks loose. This issue takes a step back from the story arc of the first five issues and delves into Domino and Sully's past. It's been established that Dom was adopted as a baby, but where did she come from? How did she start taking Crush? How can she take Crush? Not all of these questions get answered, and we actually get to learn far more about Sully than we do about Dom: who he was before he became Dom's father, what he gained when she entered his life, and what he lost. Back then, Nova Honda wasn't a W
Latest Reviews
REVIEW: Return of Wolverine #1 Smartly Deconstructs Logan's Resurrection1
House of Whispers #1 is Weird and Wonderful2
Venom: First Host #1 Doesn't Quite Live Up To Its Interesting Setup3
Euthanauts #1 Is A Beautiful And Haunting Look At The Dead And The Dying4
Man of Steel #6 is a Solid Superman Comic, But Not a Great Conclusion5
Hawkman #1 Fixes Everything Wrong With DC's Most Confusing Character6
In Image's Revenge Story Crude, the Real Villain is Toxic Masculinity7
IDW's Assassinistas #1 Doesn't Tell the Story You Think It Would8
REVIEW: Sleepless #1 Tantalizes with a Brand-New Fantasy World9
REVIEW: Astro City #49 Explores the Spirit of Political Protest10
Hot Reviews
REVIEW: DC's The Jetsons #1 Confronts Climate Change, Existential Dread1
Moon Knight #188 (Preview)2
REVIEW: Hawkeye #12's Team-Up with Wolverine Feels Like a Homecoming3
REVIEW: Astro City #49 Explores the Spirit of Political Protest4
REVIEW: Sleepless #1 Tantalizes with a Brand-New Fantasy World5
IDW's Assassinistas #1 Doesn't Tell the Story You Think It Would6
Master of Kung Fu #126 (Preview)7
Robotech #4 (Preview)8
The Flash #33 Is A Critical, Must-Read Metal Tie-In9
Iceman #7 (Preview)10


text:
....and because I always seem to need a little bit of "pretty" messy in my work, I added a scallop edge around the circles :)
Monday, March 4, 2013
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: By the Numbers
....and because I always seem to need a little bit of "pretty" messy in my work, I added a scallop edge around the circles :)
15 comments:
- Candy C said...
Trace...WOW! I love your journal pages. All of that random stamping and stenciling makes for a gorgeous background. I also really like your swaths of color...it really grabs your attention! Beautiful! <3 Candy
- March 4, 2013 at 12:08 AM
- Anita Houston said...
Fabulous pages! Love the pops of red on the butterflies, and the numbered journal spots are perfect! Very cool!
- March 4, 2013 at 1:03 AM
- She said...
Hi there....Love, love, love your Journal pages.They are gorgeous. S x
- March 4, 2013 at 3:03 AM
- Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...
Love how ou have highlighted your 7 life rules in the white circles. Great layers of interest to draw the eye into your pages and great use of colour too. Tracy x
- March 4, 2013 at 6:03 AM
- Suzanne C said...
Beautiful way to share your life rules. Clever idea for the numbers challenge too.
- March 4, 2013 at 8:41 AM
- Anna-Karin said...
What a great idea for this challenge and your project is fabulous. Love all those gorgeous layers of patterns and paint. How clever to stamp with a mini mister cap!
- March 4, 2013 at 8:52 AM
- Julie Gillespie said...
What a gorgeous art journal page. Love the colours, the details...everything!
- March 4, 2013 at 9:05 AM
- Sandra said...
Such pretty pages, Trace! Love that tissue wrap paper in the background. Stunning layering on top! Hugs, Sandra
- March 4, 2013 at 2:08 PM
- email: firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Neat art journaling, Trace! I love the circles of space you left opening for journaling and sentiments--pretty color palette too!
Simon Says Stamp!
- March 4, 2013 at 4:16 PM
- Marjie Kemper said...
Gorgeous pages, Trace! Love how you got those numbers in.
- March 4, 2013 at 7:44 PM
- This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
- March 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM
- Kelly Booth said...
GORGEOUS!!!! LOVE this Tracey.....
- March 7, 2013 at 2:05 PM
- butterfly said...
Wow, wonderful pages... love all the text and tissue tape hovering in the background, and the butterflies look so cool! Fab 7 rules too...
Alison x
- March 8, 2013 at 2:43 AM
- This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
- March 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM
- Maura said...
Love all the layers, and the circles of wisdom.
- March 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM


text:
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Free Ableton Instrument: Sharkjumper
Wubwubwubwubwubwubwub. Urp.
I swore I'd never make a straight-up dubstep bass patch, but since that train shows no sign of stopping this year, it's time for me to jump the shark.
Of course, I couldn't resist calling attention to that fact, so the preset is named... Well, you KNOW what it's named.
The process for creating the patch:
First, I created a hard sounding buzzy wave using my modular Doepferheim (see here for more info), then I blasted the levels as I recorded it into Ableton.
From there, I created a very short loop in Simpler and mapped the start point to a Macro knob so you can scan it as a wavetable. Just. Like. Massive.
I then added two effects to the chain - a phaser and an overdrive. The phaser is for doing pseudo formant-shifting effects. Just. Like. Massive.
The overdrive is for adding distortion to the sound. Just. Like. Massive.
And naturally, I added a tempo-synced LFO to the filter cutoff.
Finally, I fiddled with the ranges for each Macro for maximum tweakability. After all, wub-wubs are nice & stuff, but for a synth to be useful it's got to have some flexibility, y'know?
Here's a guide to the macros:
Spectra: Scans the source sample for a wavetable effect
Formant: Shifts the frequency of the formant peak created by the phaser
Lowpass: Cutoff frequency for the lowpass filter. Works in conjunction with the Wub parameters
Drive Color: Controls the drive amount and EQ of the overdrive effect
Envelope: Morphs the amplifier envelope from a percussive shape to a full sustain, gated shape
Glide: Gliiiiiiide
Wub Rate: Controls the speed of the filter LFO (tempo-synced)
Wub Depth: Controls the depth of the filter LFO
For examples, I created two clips in Live's session window. One does the classic dubstep wub-wub thing. The other is a more percussive, staccato riff to demonstrate the range of the instrument.
Here's the Ableton Live file containing the preset. If you dig, just click the save button and add it to your library.
Francis Preve - Sharkjumper (compatible with Ableton Live 8.1.5 and higher)
The next free download comes when my Facebook page hits 3,000 - which at this rate, could be rather soon :)
4 comments:
- AnonymousApril 22, 2012 at 10:30 AM
this is great.. thanks!ReplyDelete
thank you a lot for sharing this, and for free, rebloged at: http://tooonerd.tumblr.comReplyDelete
Wow, this is one of the coolest implementations of Simpler that I have seen.ReplyDelete
This patch has many implications beyond dubstep.
Nice name too haha.
Thanks Francis.ReplyDelete
Dub Wub time cometh!
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Employees can be demanding. They want to be able to access all their favorite applications from any device, anywhere, and it's hard to deny this request when it's actually making someone more productive. But what is the norm? All too often, only email is approved for use on nontraditional corporate devices, which puts significant limits on true mobility.
Take sales reps as an example. Imagine what they could do if they could access their CRM and ordering systems while at a customer visit – faster quotes, faster order placement and faster service or product delivery. Seems like the way to become a well-oiled, customer-centric machine.
But put this scenario in front of IT managers and notice the fear in their eyes. Far from utopia, it represents pure chaos and risk. Visions of issues start running through their heads:
- Security and privacy concerns
- Interoperability
- Managing the inventory of devices
- Pushing software updates and patches
- Compliance mandates
In short: The risks seem to outweigh the benefits. But this movement and the demands of the mobile worker will keep increasing. Enterprises must find a way to support mobility in the truest sense.
While technology exists to help businesses manage devices across their network, it must become more sophisticated to assuage the fears of IT managers. Mobility management technology should not only alert IT managers to new devices entering the network, but also ensure the device is compliant and secure.
What's on your mobility wish list? Do you think we will ever reach the utopia of the truly mobile enterprise?


text:
E in engleza pentru ca asa am scris-o aici.
Too much wisdom
First of all there is too much wisdom. Too much. And not so well understood. It's normal, after all to not get the essence of old ancient wisdom. And practically impossible. Basically, I'm ignorant but …. let's see some ideas based on very old philosophy.
Throughout history, there have been many different popular ideas about what constitutes happiness. As a result, people searched for happiness in areas as diverse as wealth, religion, exercise and even food.
Today, however, there seems to be a consensus:
> happiness means having the right relationship between one's personality and surroundings.
In order to better analyze this, let's have a axiom:
We have
- a rational self ("rational rider") – directs our everyday decision making and is driven by
- out intuitive, emotional self (our "inner elephant").
That's it.
.(A). Our mind is divided: a rational rider on a wild elephant.
We can see this division at work in several ways:
First, we cannot fully control the body with conscious thought.
For example, the human heart acts independently from the mind, as we
cannot consciously control our heart rate. That's because there is a
second brain, called the "gut brain," whose actions are autonomous and
can't be directed by rational decisions. So, in terms of the above
metaphor, our heart rate is determined by how quickly our inner
elephant is running, not by the rational rider's conscious decision
Second, and moreover, ***this division is reflected in the structure of
the brain***. While older structures like the limbic system are in charge
of basic instincts, such as sex and hunger, the newer neocortex
controls reasoning and inhibition, which enables us to keep the
desires and drives which stem from the older areas of the brain in
To control our basic drives, the rider uses language to plan ahead and advise the elephant, who is responsible for instincts and emotions. In reality, however, instead of using reason in our decision making, we usually allow our emotions to direct us – which means that the elephant of our metaphor, who acts more or less involuntary, tends to be more powerful than the rider.
.(B). Genes influence our happiness. But changing our thinking style can make us happier.
Anyone who's ever read one of the many self-help books (many of them are not bullshit) knows: "Nothing is inherently good or bad" and that we can alter our way of thinking. But changing our mind is not easy.
Why is not easy ?
Simple: our inner elephant tends to evaluate everything we see – and usually in a quite negative way.
Why ?
Our ancestors' survival depended on their ability to recognize danger, we've evolved to respond more strongly to bad things than to good things. We experienced anxiety and fear that would prompt us to flee. But to feel joy over something we'd already acquired was redundant, as it didn't give us the incentive to get more of it.
Our genetics also are partly responsible for our disposition to have either a pessimistic or an optimistic outlook.
One study found that infants who displayed predominantly right-brain
activity were less happy than those who were mainly left-brain active,
even continuing into adulthood. And other studies show that 50 to 80
percent of a person's average level of happiness is determined by
their genetic makeup.
So. Our elephant cannot be controlled at will by our rational rider. But he can train the elephant to be happier.
Solutions ?
- meditating on a daily basis can dramatically reduce pessimistic, negative thinking
- cognitive therapy. It has been proven to heal depression successfully. It involves the attempt to replace negative, self-blaming thought patterns with more positive ones.
.(C). Reciprocity is the basic foundation of our social life.
Humans have a deeply ingrained instinct to reciprocate. Why ? We've evolved into reciprocal creatures because reciprocity greatly improved the odds of survival for an entire group.
Take, for example, groups whose survival depends on hunting. If one
member of the group kills more prey than he requires for himself, he
can share it with a less fortunate member.
Choosing not to share offers no benefit to him since the excess food
will go to waste. And if, in the future, the other member reciprocates
the gesture, he can expect to receive the same amount in return.
There is an interesting experiment:
Two subjects are given $25 between them. The first subject gets to
decide how it will be shared, and the second subject can only accept
or decline the offer. However, if the second chooses to decline the
offer, both subjects receive nothing. Rationally, the first subject
should offer the second just one dollar.
However, most people who participate in this experiment actually offer
half of the total amount. But if the first subject offers less than
$7, most of the second people would decline, preferring to receive no
This is intriguing, since rationally the receiver should prefer to make $1 than nothing at all.
.(D). We're unable to see our faults. Almost.
That's a big obstacle in many relationships.
Have you ever been in a conflict with someone and wondered how on
earth the other person could not see their own errors and
shortcomings? Well, this feeling was probably mutual.
Why we're unable to see this ?
Simple: because realizing that we're fallible is extremely unpleasant to us. If we're accused of doing something wrong, our immediate reaction (i.e., our elephant's reaction) is inner denial.
And in response to this automatic, immediate reaction of the elephant, the conscious rider rushes to defend it. Rather than calmly considering the accusation, the rider looks for only those factors which support the elephant's initial reaction.
That's because we often perceive the world in terms of good vs. evil and we like to believe we're on the good side. The result is that we often don't see our mistakes.
Solution ?
If we put conscious effort into finding mistakes that we ourselves made, we can weaken our cognitive biases to at least a small degree.
.(E). To be a happy = have the right people in your life + do what you're good at
A study examined the happiness levels of lottery winners and
people who were paralyzed from the neck down. The study found that the lottery winners were apparently much happier – but only for a
short period of time. Indeed, after several months had passed, most of
the subjects of both groups had returned to their former level of
We are social animals, healthy social relations are extremely important to our well-being. Indeed, if we lack social connections, we can become severely unhappy.
The most relevant external factors to our happiness are the number and intensity of our relationships. In fact, people who have a large number of friends or who are in a happy marriage report higher levels of happiness on average.
It's also important to do the things we're good at because we feel significantly happier when our activities match our strengths. If we match our jobs with our strong skills, our jobs won't "get old" and stressful. We will continue to make us happy every single day.
.(F). Love is extremely simple. And extremely necessary.
Love is one of the basics of our lives, and as such it's completely necessary and irreplaceable.
And that's science, baby. It's not bullshit.
Just as a mother's milk is essential to infants, a strong attachment to the mother is a biological necessity for a child's healthy development. This attachment provides children with a sense of security and belonging that they carry with them throughout their entire adult lives.
In one study where monkeys were fed by a number of different human
strangers instead of their mothers, the monkeys didn't develop
necessary socializing and problem-solving skills.
Furthermore, the love we experience towards our parents during our childhood is very similar to the romantic love we experience later in life. Indeed, the similarities are striking: for example, the mutual embracing, the prolonged gazing into each other's eyes, and the separation anxiety that's felt when the other person isn't present.
We should not try to satisfy our need for romantic love with passionate love. Instead, we should seek to develop companionate love.
Passionate love – the feeling of being "in love," experienced at the beginning of a romantic relationship – almost always fades,
usually after about six months. At that point, passionate love can be
replaced by companionate love, which resembles our feelings towards
our parents in many ways and, crucially, grows over time.
Evidence of the fleeting nature of passionate love can be found in the
brain, which exhibits a reaction to passion that is very similar to
the brain's activity when we're high on a drug.
Of course, such a high is temporary. Similarly, the notion that
passionate love will last forever is an illusion.
When the passionate love in a relationship is gone, many people consider the relationship to have failed. This is a mistake. Instead, people should take the time to let companionate love develop.
.(G). Sounds cheesy: "What doesn't kill you can make you stronger". But it's true.
Even more: it makes you happier.
We often hear that personal growth comes only as a result of dealing with adverse conditions or traumatic experiences. Yet this can't be true all the time, since many people suffer from profound depression after experiencing traumatic events.
So how, and in which cases, does adversity yield benefits?
Research indicates that most people who experience hardships are likely to benefit from having suffered.
For instance, people often feel a boost in confidence after losing a job or a loved one because their experience of having survived a hardship that was previously unimaginable transforms their self-image for the better.
Also, going through a distressing event often deepens existing relationships and friendships because we have to ask for and give help in such times, which tends to bring people closer to each other.
Another benefit of experiencing traumatic situations is that they can provide the opportunity to change our self-concept and become more realistic about ourselves.
Our self-concept is what our rider believes characterizes us – like, for example, thinking of oneself as an ambitious career woman. Our actual personality, however, is what our elephant instinctively wants – like, to spend more time with people outside the world of one's career. The larger the discrepancy between the two, the less happy we are.
In times of adversity, we get the chance to reflect on our self-concept. For example, a traumatic event such as losing a family member can allow us to revise our self-concept to bring it into coherence with our personality.
However, in terms of adverse conditions leading to personal growth, certain periods of our lives are more fruitful than others.
While children are likely to be severely affected by trauma and adults over thirty are not particularly resilient to it, those in their teens and twenties are able to benefit greatly. That's because young adults are often searching for meaning, so emotionally taxing experiences – like a break-up – can provide them with the perfect opportunity to find coherence between their personality and their self-concept, their elephant and their rider.
.(H). Be good, not talk about it. ACT.
Altruism and virtue need to be practiced, not taught.
About old character traits: morality, altruism, nobleness:
Today, the Western notion of morality is generally flawed and
ineffective. For instance, in contrast to many other cultures, Western
children are taught nowadays to think about morality, rather than to
practice moral behavior, by, for example, through obligatory social
The problem with this approach is that merely thinking about morality will not influence our elephant. To become a truly moral and virtuous person, we have to train our elephant.
- One way to do this is to practice altruism. We commonly think of altruism as serving the community at large. However, being altruistic is also good for the individual.
That's because **altruistic behavior gives meaning to our lives and
connects us to other people** – *both of which are beneficial to our
happiness*. For instance, one study found that old people who offered
their help to others lived a longer and happier life than old people
who merely received such help.
- Another way to train our elephant to practice morality is to establish a fixed set of values in a community, i.e., an environment in which each individual is taught to follow the same set of rules. Such a rule-governed environment serves to provide the individual with greater coherence between rider and elephant.
So, since practicing morality and being surrounded by moral neighbors increases our happiness, it may be a good idea for you, and the development of your children, to live in a community that embodies a system of shared beliefs and rules.
.(I). We don't need GOD, but we need THE DIVINE.
Compared to other societies or past times, religion plays a rather small role in the modern Western world. But even if you're not a religious person, religions still might have something essential to offer: awe-inspiring experiences.
Whether we're religious or not, our minds have a divinity scale according to which we perceive things to be more or less holy.
Every human culture throughout history has had some form of religion, often one which categorized people, actions or objects in terms of their holiness. Usually, actions that resembled those of animals were considered impure, whereas more spiritual actions – for example, prayer or ritual bathings – were considered divine.
In fact, even the minds of atheists function according to a very similar scale – for example, atheists often think of the place where they had their first kiss as being special.
Such awe-inspiring experiences – whether religious or not – can help us to become better, happier people.
We often experience awe when we witness something our existing mental structures cannot accommodate – like the countless stars in the sky or witnessing someone perform a great moral deed.
This sense of awe makes us happier people because we're connected to something much greater than ourselves. Indeed, it can also connect us to others, especially when we experience awe in group activities, like prayer or chanting.
This would explain why people in the largely secular West often feel that their lives are missing something essential: the Western world does not really make room for divine experiences.
Western society has evolved to become fully practical, a place where everything is evaluated and rated in terms of its functional value and where religions are frowned upon. In consequence, very few people experience awe and most of us feel a lack of something important in our lives.
.(J). Happiness = right relationship between you and others. As much as possible.
Happiness and meaning come from the right relationship between you and your surroundings.
Humankind has for eons tried to establish the essential elements of a meaningful life. Recently, modern psychology has discovered several principles for finding purpose in our lives.
- First, we can become happier by establishing the right kind of relationship between ourselves and others.
Because we're partly social creatures and partly individuals, our desires are often in conflict with each other: "Should I help others, or should I help myself?"
Since this is a default state of humans, it follows that we should surround ourselves with people we genuinely care about, since helping them will be equal to helping ourselves.
- Second, to be fulfilled by your work, that work must align with your beliefs regarding what's good and worth doing. Every individual has his own personal values and beliefs, so finding your work meaningful requires that these values cohere with those of your job.
One study revealed that hospital janitors who believed they were an
essential part of a team that helped patients because they prepared
and maintained the doctors' working areas were far happier than the
janitors who considered their work merely tedious and menial.
- Finally, establishing a relationship between you and something greater than yourself is vital for a meaningful life. Indeed, religion in some form or another has always been part of every society since it enables us to connect the individual to god, or to all group members. Nowadays this comes in the form of meditation, which provides a way for us to connect to something larger and mystical, such as nature or the whole of humankind.
Finally !
a) UNDERSTAND YOURSELF.
To increase our happiness, we need to understand the human being in general, and our own personality in particular. Afterwards, we can use that knowledge to improve our lives.
b) Do what you love.
Never choose a job just for the salary, but because it's something you actually enjoy doing: you'll end up happier in the long run. To find out what kind of work you truly enjoy, look at your own individual beliefs and values and find a job that aligns with these. We tend to enjoy work we find meaningful.
c) Look for your own faults.
Next time you find yourself in a conflict with a friend or your partner, try to look for your own faults rather than focusing solely on those of the other person. This doesn't mean you have to admit to being completely responsible: just name a few of the things you know you did wrong. This will be a big step towards resolving the conflict.


text:
Dated: 25 Oct 2012
Dear Veterans ,
Letter to RM, three Chiefs and MD ECHS regarding Health Care Ex Servicemen : ECHS problems needing immediate redressal is circulated herewith for further circulation please.
With Regards,
Yours Sincerely,
Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, SM
Vice Chairman Indian ESM Movement
Mobile: 9312404269, 0124-4110570
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Shri A.K. Antony
Defence Minister
Defence Minister
Dear Shri A K Antony,
1. The ex servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) has been in existence for a decade. While it has to an extent ameliorated the healthcare problems of defence veterans, some glaring shortcomings exist. Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM) has been actively interacting with defence veterans across India to gain first hand inputs of their experience with ECHS. By now we have enough inputs about these shortcomings, which have been brought to the notice of the Govt, the three Chiefs, AG and MD ECHS on numerous occasions. Assurances have been given a number of times for redressal of the problems but most of the cases under process which will address some of the inadequacies are still lying in various offices. If expeditious actions are taken to accord the required sanctions, the ECHS health care of its members will see a quantum improvement. Some of the issues needing immediate redressal are discussed in succeeding paragraphs.
Inadequacy of Funds
2. There are approx 35 lacs dependent member of ECHS. Even if Rs 27000 per member is scaled (as is presently known) the annual budget should be approx 9400 crores. As against this amount, it is understood that merely Rs 1600 crores have been planned for this year. This amount is too inadequate to service the ECHS satisfactorily. Since large numbers of polyclinics are not yet operational and a large number of ECHS members are unable to avail of the facility, and to meet the existing requirements of ECHS, there is an immediate need to bring up allocations to satisfactory levels.
Withdrawal of Empanelled Hospitals Due to Non Clearance of Bills
3. Non availability of funds with the MD ECHS has had a cascading adverse effect on planning and execution of healthcare of ECHS members. Super Specialty Hospitals and other good hospitals are not offering themselves to be empanelled because of the non clearance of their bills in time. Suggestion was given by IESM to MD ECHS to clear 50 percent of the hospital bills within one week of receipt of the bills and remaining 50 percent be cleared within 30 days, after due evaluation, analysis and verification. We are told that such a proposal is lying with Secy DESW for a considerable time for approval. You would appreciate that delays in clearance of such important proposals adversely affect functionality. The same needs to be sanctioned immediately to assist MD ECHS to clear outstanding hospital bills.
4. A large number of good Super Specialty Hospitals initially empanelled with ECHS, have withdrawn for want of clearance of their bills and the remaining empanelled hospitals are also under financial stress and on the verge of discontinuing empanelment. Two hospitals in Ludhiana stopped accepting ECHS members. With personal intervention of MD ECHS they have restarted their service. Medanta Hospital Gurgaon, an empanelled hospital has also stopped accepting ECHS members because, out of their bills of Rs 5 crores already lying with MD ECHS, only 2 lacs and 15 thousand have been paid. All hospitals in Mysore and Nagpur had withdrawn their empanelment for nonpayment of their bills. Life of Lt Gen Raj Kadyan was saved, again with concerted efforts by IESM, MD ECHS and personal indulgence of Dr. Trehan that he was moved to Medanta hospital Gurgaon where his serious condition with 17000 platelet counts and Dengue Fever was managed effectively. Likewise two ECHS members who were to be operated for cancer at Medanta were initially refused admission but finally accepted by the hospital with personal intervention and assurance of MD ECHS for early clearance of their bills. Why should such a situation be allowed to occur?
5. The required funds need to be released well in time to ensure smooth execution ECHS.
Listed and Unlisted Procedures
6. Medical Science has improved considerably and new procedures are introduced to improve the quality of medical care. These procedures are adopted by various super specialty hospitals. In order to provide the best available medical care to ex servicemen, there is need to review the listed/unlisted procedures at regular intervals. It is strongly recommended that any unlisted procedure which has been introduced in the country in the last six months should automatically be included in the listed procedures. This will enable the ECHS members to avail of the improved medical care. Following examples illustrate this:-
(a) Robotic surgery has been introduced in our country in many hospitals for many years. However, the same has not yet been included in the listed procedures of ECHS. Two cases of cancer patients, one with breast cancer and other with prostate cancer, who were to be operated at Medanta Super Specialty Hospital at Gurgaon (Hr), an empanelled hospital,illustrate the harassment of patients, by not implementing this. In case of both, undue delay in treatment was caused since the robotics methodology of treatment is not included in Medanta's contract. Once Medanta has been empanelled with ECHS, all procedures and specializations being carried out there should automatically be included in the listed procedures. ECHS members should not be harassed and made to run around to get the necessary sanctions. The ECHS structure and systems should be so improved to automatically include improvements in medical science and technology. Necessary changes in the rates should be regularly incorporated by ECHS every six months.
(b) Injection Avastin for eye ailment ARMD has been introduced in our country for over a decade. However, the same is not included in the listed procedures.Suggested Improvement in Provision of medical Care to ESM
7. Single window super specialty medical care must be made available to ECHS members. The referral to the empanelled hospital should be for consultation, investigation, treatment and follow up and there should be no need for the patient to run around to get administrative sanctions. Checks and audits may be introduced at the time of empanelling the hospital and subsequently by audit teams to ensure no malpractices are allowed to happen.
8. Some suggestions are made as under:-
(a) Emergency Treatment in Civil Hospital: The Govt. while sanctioning License/ Registration to hospitals should have a clause that defence personnel and ECHS members would be attended to in an emergency at ECHS rates. The concerned hospital should inform the closest ECHS Clinic/ECHS helpline about the patient. The designated team of doctors should visit the hospital within 24hrs to assess the condition of the patient. If the patient is in a state to be moved to an empanelled Hospital, the same may be carried out under ECHS arrangements. If he is not in a position to be moved out of the hospital, then he /she should continue to get treatment at the same hospital and the ECHS should make direct payment to the hospital at ECHS rates. If any extra charges are to be paid to the hospital, the same should be done by the ECHS and not the patient. The patient should not have to arrange and pay dues to the hospital. The case of Brig Mahajan who was, in an emergency, taken to Madanta Gurgaon by his son & was kept in ICU for more than 15 days, is illustrative. His son had to raise private loans to pay bill of Rs 5, 60,841.09 and only Rs 3, 62,882/- have been reimbursed to him. He or his son is not in a position to bear the loan amount. As per terms and conditions of service, a soldier, his/her spouse and dependents are to be given free medical care for life.
(b) MD ECHS should be the authority to operationalise the scheme. He can seek assistance of any military hospital nearby and other controlling authorities should be done away with.
(d) ECHS member should not have to spend money from his/her pocket to get any special consultation, investigation, treatment and follow up. ECHS should take care of the same.
Command and Control of ECHS
9. ECHS should function under the overall Control of AG of Integrated HQ (ARMY) and not under Secy DESW. All financial and administrative powers be vested with the AG who should be held accountable and answerable to RM & RRM through joint Chief of Staff Committee.
10. All Operational Control (Adm& Financial) of ECHS should be with MD ECHS and he should be accountable to the joint Chiefs of Staff Committee integrated HQ.
11. Technical support on as required basis be provided by Armed Forces Medical set up at appropriate level.
Obligation of Private Hospitals towards Ex Servicemen
12. Through Govt orders/institutions, it should be obligatory for any private hospital to offer themselves for ECHS empanelment. This should be incorporated in licence policy.
Review of Authorization of Medical Specialist Medical Officer and ECHS Polyclinic Staff and their Emoluments
13. There is need to review the authorizations of Medical Specialists, medical officers and other polyclinic staff and their emoluments. The existing authorization and their emoluments are inadequate. We are told that the proposal is awaiting sanction for a long time. The same must be sanctioned expeditiously.
Availability of Medicines
14. Proposal to procure medicines through civil pharmacy is reportedly at final stges of implementation. same must be sanctioned at the earliest.
Enhancement of Financial Powers
15. The existing financial powers at various levels are too inadequate. A proposal to enhance these powers is also awaiting sanction for a long time. The same needs to be sanctioned at the earliest.
Local Purchase of Medicines
16. All ECHS members need to be authorized to local procure NA medicine from the market and claim funds for the same. This will greatly improve availability of all prescribed medicines.
17. May we request you to on priority consider our above suggestions to improve the Healthcare of Ex Servicemen through ECHS.
With Regards,
Yours Sincerely,
Jai Hind
Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, SM
Vice Chairman Indian Ex Servicemen Movement
Mobile: 9312404269, 0124-411057
Mobile: 9312404269, 0124-411057
Copy to :-
Gen Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC - With request to
Chief of the Army Staff take up the issue with the Integrated HQs of Armed Forces (Army) Govt
South Block, New Delhi-110011
Integrated HQs of Armed Forces (Navy)
South Block, New Delhi-110011
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, PVSM, AVSM, VM -do-
Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and
Chief of the Air Staff
Integrated HQs of Armed Forces (Air Force)
Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi-110011
Maj Gen J George
Central Org ECHS
Mod Lines Delhi Cantt-10


text:
Test your knowledge
Add your comments
Talent shows are held all over the country. But it seems they particularly resonate in the South. There are kids who are run through the talent show mill from the time they are able to walk, talk, sing, dance or act. Some talent show teens have spent more time on stage than veteran Rock stars. The lucky ones might end up in broadcasting, fronting a covers band or making a run at American Idol. Usually though, the ribbons, trophies and newspaper clippings are stuffed in a closet when the "real world" of jobs, rent, food and credit card bills takes over. It's rare that a talent show queen ends up fronting a Rock group.
Hayley Williams was raised in Meridian, Mississippi, where her talent show experience led to commercials. And that might have been the end of it. But the Williams family relocated to Franklin, Tennessee. Moving is always a traumatic, life altering experience, especially for a thirteen year old girl. But it was even more so for Williams, since it was in Franklin she came across Josh and Zac Farro. The brothers played guitar and drums respectively, and invited Williams to join their effort.
Seeing Paramore perform only once, Fueled By Ramen's head honcho, John Janick, decided to sign the group. He shipped them down to Orlando, closer to Fueled By Ramen's headquarters. The group also picked up bassist John Hembree. He'd stepped in for Jeremy Davis who had left for "personal reasons." But after five months, Paramore asked Davis to return - which he did. Also, Hunter Lamb took over from the band's original second guitarist.
Debut album "All We Know Is Falling" arrived in '06. Having appeared on The Fueled By Ramen & Friends Tour and Taste of Choas, Paramore graced the '06 Vans Warped Tour.
Paramore recorded their sophomore effort "Riot!" between January and March, '07. But they did it with out Lamb. He left the band shortly after getting married leaving (Josh) Farro to record both the lead and rhythm parts. However, Taylor York, who had worked with the Farro brothers prior to Paramore, was brought onboard.
"Riot!" was chosen as the title because it meant "a sudden outburst of uncontrolled emotion" and that, according to the band, summed it up. The album entered the Billboard 200 cracking (just barely) the Top 20. Then Paramore took another spin, their third, on the Warped Tour.
Paramore wrapped up a pretty successful year with a performance on MTV's New Year's Eve. A couple months later, Alternative Press named them the "Best Band of 2007" and the group received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist - they lost to Amy Winehouse (who has needed rehab ever since). In November, '08, following an extensive tour of the same name, "The Final Riot!," a live set arrived.
Around the same time, Paramore issued the Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne) produced single "Decode." That song and "I Caught Myself" appeared on the hugely popular "Twilight" soundtrack.
Cavallo returned to produce Paramore's third studio album, "Brand New Eyes." The lead single from the '09 release, "Ignorance," made its debut in July - the accompanying video was broadcast on all MTV platforms a month later.
Paramore did very well at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. Beating out the likes of Green Day, the group picked up the Choice Music: Rock Group and Choice Music: Rock Track ("Decode") trophies. Gotta love that "Twilight" connection!
And the awards kept coming. At the 17th annual Kerrang! Awards in London, the 2010 Best Album nod went to Paramore for "Brand New Eyes."
Despite the accolades, Paramore suffered a round of departures in '11 when the Farro brothers took a hike claiming, in a bitter blog, that they felt like mere backing musicians. They also wrote of disagreements with Williams regarding song lyrics. "I was very surprised," said Williams. Guitarist Justin York and drummer Josh Freese were touring replacements.
Josh Farro launched the band Novel American while Zac led Half Noise.
Paramore's first post-Farro brothers album was a '13 self-titled effort. "The whole making of this album was a rediscovering of ourselves as a band and as friends," Williams, Davis and York wrote on the band's website. "It was a process that allowed us the freedom to explore new territory artistically and to liberate ourselves as musicians, singers, as people." They also thanked fans for their support and producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen "for seeing a brand new band in us."
Ilan Rubin (Angels & Airwaves/Nine Inch Nails) played drums on "Paramore" which featured the single, "Now." The album made its debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.
Success didn't halt the turmoil. Paramore announced in late '15 that Davis had left in what his former colleagues call a "painful" split. Despite that, Williams and York vowed to keep Paramore going. Which they did, but not without a dispute.
Davis filed a lawsuit over his entitlement to a share of the band's income. The court was asked to decide whether Davis was a partner or an employee. In his suit against Varoom Whoa, the entity that owned Paramore, Davis stated he was a partner.
The next day, Paramore embarked on their second Parahoy! Festival at Sea, a round-trip cruise from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico. They performed twice during the five day trip.
Like a prodigal son, Zac Farro lent a hand in the studio for the production of Paramore's "After Laughter" album before the group announced his return. A simple "I'm back," graced the band's social media outlets.
"After Laughter" dropped in '17.
Studio Albums:
2005 All We Know Is Falling
2007 Riot!
2009 Brand New Eyes
2013 Paramore
2017 After Laughter
Paramore plays engaging, accessible Pop-Rock. The guitars spurt and churn as they roll through catchy riffs. For her part, Williams finds the lyrical passion and glazes it with a slight pop sheen.
The songs are lean and to the point. "Here We Go Again" is about as majestic as Paramore gets, and even then they don't get pretentious or overblown. Lyrically, Paramore is topical and straight-ahead. The usual girl/boy stuff. But Williams, by virtue of her age and gender, gives her vocals a top-of-mind urgency.


text:
Click Here To Read The May 2017 RCARC Beacon Newsletter!!
Hey Y'all!!
This month we have Garrett Scott coming to talk about The Secret City Festival coming up in June in Oak Ridge. RCARC members will be helping with a station at the festival. Be sure to come and learn about The Secret City Festival!
This month our meeting will be on Thursday May 11th at 7:00 pm in the Rockwood Community Center, 701 North Chamberlain Ave, Rockwood TN. Come Early and bring a friend. Try to make this meeting if you can. It should be good!
Also, The Roane County VE Team will have a Ham Radio licensing exam on Saturday June 10th at 9:00 AM. At The Trenton Street Baptist Church in Harriman, TN. If you would like to take a HAM exam, contact Keith Dalton WV4G firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule your exam. Exams are given by appointment, so they need to know your coming.
We have Field Day coming up on June 24 / 25th so its never too early to get prepared for that. I hope to see you all on Thursday May 11h at the meeting.
Jim K4APY


text:
"My family has gone from one storm to another, but I prefer this storm," he wrote in the Daily Mail.
"My dad has been ill worrying about his case. He has been anxious and angry. Worrying about my mum, who is a gentle and soft person.
"Worrying about what would happen to her if he ended up with a guilty verdict.
"I am grateful to the Tottenham fans for their warmth and support to my dad too. That means a lot to him; he was trembling with emotion at the way they welcomed him before the Wigan game.
"He can go back to enjoying his football now.
"I don't want to sound selfish, but whatever my dad ends up doing, he has to do what is best for him.
"I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, it's not meant to, but, after what he has been through for the last five years, it has to be his choice."
"He hasn't been offered the England job, the FA haven't approached Tottenham and Tottenham aren't keen to lose him. That's where we are.
"Daniel Levy gave him a job [at Spurs], a job he loves. The Tottenham chairman gave him the position, knowing about the police accusations. He has supported him and — even if they might have their moments — dad likes working for him.
"Together, they have made Spurs stronger. From the bottom of the league when dad took over to where they are now. It has been some journey.


text:
Small update...
Used a license plate to make that. Sprayed the same color as the interior. Might make some additional panels for the other sections when the time comes.
Ordered an ebay aluminum radiator and some hoses as well. Going with T Bolt Clamps on them. I don't expect a whole lot, but the next step up was a mishimoto, and I'm scorned from the mustang days. Somewhere there was a review that rated and tested numerous radiators, and for the mustang, it actually cooled worse than stock.
I'll give it a shot and put some mesh in front of it to avoid too much damage.
More pics and stuff to come as I get this old girl prepped.


text:
Join Today Get Your NAfME ID
The 2018 All State Conference will be held March 1-3, 2018, at the Seaport Hotel / World Trade Center in Boston.
Applications for MMEA Council positions are being accepted. Please visit
/resources/councils for information.
As you may know, the draft MA Accountability and Assistance plan includes an arts education indicator, which is a major step forward in supporting the arts in MA public schools.
There are two easy steps you can take to make a difference for arts education in Massachusetts schools. Your help now can bring it over the goal line!
The 2017 Conference Event App from EventMobi is available to access.
For more information, please see 2017-conference-event-app.
All Eastern Chaperone Reply Form
All Eastern Chaperone Onsite Duties
The proposed bylaw amendments for 2017 are documented at Proposed Bylaw Amendments.
The 2017 All-National Honor Ensembles will take place at Walt Disney World November 26-29, 2017.
For Directors:
For Students:
Flex tickets (meaning you can choose the day you go) for the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival at Ft. Adams are now on sale. In 2016, flex ticket sales were stopped early, and Saturday was sold out.
Here is the link for ticket sales: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/newport-jazz-festival-2017-tickets-28583755783?aff=flexwebsite
Michael LaCava
Interim Executive Director
PO Box 3886
South Attleboro, MA 02703-3886


text:
I just celebrated 20 years since my very first gig! What an amazing two decades. Have a listen to my anniversary gig and check out the photo montage below.
JOKERS COMEDY CLUB is Hobart's first weekly comedy room, Jokers brings the very best comedians to The Polish Corner, New Town EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. To see the amazing line up of acts we have, go to www.jokerscomedy.com.au
Don't forget to check out my YouTube Channel which now has full versions of a number of my previous festival shows for you to watch for FREE! Check out Hanging In There (2012), Happy (2007), As Seen On TV (2005) and Successful Losing: How To Be A Spectacular Failure (2003)
Ever wanted one of my jokes on a T-shirt or a mug? Probably not, but you can get them anyway! New products will be added each week. Great gift ideas. I'll even customise them for you if you like. Visit http://rantinggav.spreadshirt.com/ and have a browse.
Meet George Youngman!
The 94 year old comedy legend direct from New York and Las Vegas is still cracking one-liners and showing the young comics how it's done. He's been winning a new legion of fans in Melbourne, Perth, Launceston and Hobart.
Visit George's website and follow George on Twitter and, if you can, see him live before he's dead.
***OK, I'll let you in on a little secret. George is actually me underneath a sophisticated silicone mask, but don't tell anyone. ;-)


text:
skip to content
The power to settle financial complaints.
If you've already complained to us about your PPI, we'll get in touch with you as soon as we have an answer - or if we need more information from you to help resolve your complaint.
If your circumstances have changed, or you need to tell us something, phone us on 0800 121 6222 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
You can sign up here for email updates about how the ombudsman service is resolving complaints about mis-sold PPI. You can also read the latest and previous updates below.
If you haven't complained about PPI - but think you might have a reason to complain - you can find out what to do here.
spring update 2017
A few days ago we published our annual review – a report that looks back at what we've seen and the work we've done at the ombudsman service over the last 12 months. It's a time to reflect on how far we've come, what we've learned from the challenges we've faced and the trends we've seen in the types of help people need from us.
As you might expect, a report like this has lots of facts and figures – but of course that's only ever part of the story. The most important thing, and what sits behind all of these statistics, are real people needing our help with all sorts of financial problems – after all, that's what we're here for.
When I think back over the challenges of the last year, it's perhaps inevitable that PPI immediately comes to mind. It continues to play a big part in what we're seeing here at the ombudsman service – and it's likely to stay that way for some time yet. We still have a few thousand people turning to us for help with a PPI problem each week – and it's possible that we'll see that increase over the next couple of years too.
That's largely due to something I've mentioned before – the FCA's announcement of a two-year time limit for people to make new complaints about PPI. They've said the deadline will be 29 August 2019 – and later this year they'll launch a major awareness campaign to ensure that people are aware of the deadline.
We'll be keeping an eye on how that develops – but it doesn't change what we do here at the ombudsman service. We'll be making sure we're ready for whatever comes our way. At the moment, that means planning to receive around 180,000 new PPI complaints this year and sort out around 280,000 PPI disputes by March 2018.
And we'll also continue to focus on reducing the time people wait for an answer on their PPI complaint. I know, from first-hand experience, how frustrating it can be waiting for a problem to be sorted – and, although we've made big improvements over the last year or so, I know there's more for us to do. But we are making good progress – and by this time next year we expect to be resolving 50% of PPI complaints within 45 days.
If you saw my last update, you'll also know that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced they are bringing in some new rules around the handling of PPI complaints – in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Plevin. We've now got over 145,000 cases that are potentially affected by the judgment – so the publication of the FCA's guidance is undoubtedly good news for those consumers and businesses who are waiting for an answer on their complaint.
These new rules also come into force on 29 August 2017 – but before then, there's a lot of detail for us and businesses to work through so we can make sure people are getting fair answers as quickly as possible. But with so many people waiting, it will take us some time to get back to each individual – and if you're one of those waiting for our answer please do bear with us.
Undoubtedly, there is some uncertainty as we look forward – it's hard to know, for example, how many people will turn to us for help in light of the time limit for new complaints. But we do know that our commitment to helping each individual customer – and resolving their PPI problems as quickly as we can – will remain at the heart of everything we do.
Over the last few years, we've received and resolved well over a million complaints about PPI. You can see how many we've received each year in our annual review - and keep up to date with quarterly figures in ombudsman news.
The Financial Conduct Authority's website explains the action it's taken on PPI, including relevant publications and information for consumers.
We've sorted out millions of complaints about mis-sold PPI. If you're involved in resolving PPI complaints, find out here how we investigate and resolve cases about PPI.


text:
Most households with high speed internet have reasonably strong connections as indicated by Download/Upload speed. However, the quality of that connection is highly impacted by a little number called Ping. Ping determines the delay (latency) in connection between two computers over a network. The lower the Ping (delay) the better.
Trainerly recommends a PING under 30ms for clients, and under 20ms for trainers. If your Ping is above these levels, you may experience delays, stutters, or a complete drop in your stream.
Ways to improve your PING (and Download/Upload Speeds):
- Close all other programs and windows. Make sure no downloads are running in the background.
- Make sure no one else in your home is using the internet on a computer or other device (Streaming Netflix, Playing Connected Videogames, etc.)
- Sit next to your wifi modem or connect your computer directly to your Internet modem using a cable.
- Check the wire connections between your Internet Modem (provided by your Cable company) and the wall jack and between the Modem and your Wireless Router and/or Computer. Make sure that they are all plugged in fully.
- Unplug your wireless router and modem to power them off; wait a minute and then plug them back in.
- Ping can also be impacted by your computer speed. If your computer's CPU is below 1.8GHz or you are running a netbook, you may want to use a different computer device.
After going through the steps above, try running a speed test again to see if the Ping is lower. If not, please call your ISP to let them know to them that your Ping is high. Give them the stats from speedtest.net and ask them to test your connection remotely. They will usually be able to fix the issue immediately and if not, a service visit from one of their technicians should greatly improve the connection.