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So its a clean white Chevelle. So what? So its a dream that has materialized, proof that a vision can simmer in a chicken coop for years and still come out looking and smelling pretty good. It took all of Clarence Hardings will (and a good chunk of jing) to make something as nice as it can be. But it wasnt always like that.
It says here on the tech sheet notes he wrote that I ran across my 69 Chevelle in a local paper. I really wasnt looking for a car at the time, since I had this crazy notion that I should buy my high school sweetheart an engagement ring, and had some money saved for that. Common sense kicked in and I purchased the car instead.
High school squeeze long gone now, Clarence doesnt remember her fondly; his wife Sherry probably wouldnt like her much, either. I have always enjoyed building cars (probably as much as driving them) and now that my son (15-year-old Vince) is able to help, that just makes it all the more enjoyable. But it wasnt always like that.
In 1980, Clarence had fixed the Chevelle up with a 427 Rat backed by a Ford Top Loader four-speed because hed heard that it could take more guff than the original Muncie. The combo yielded unimpressive 12.90s. Abuse heaped upon abuse eventually trashed the output shaft, but Clarence found a used Nash five-speed and stuck it behind the 468 hed just built. Then it dawned on him: To be competitive in the bracket wars, hed need a very stout automatic to provide consistency and repeatability. He installed a TH400 and a good converter but never made a pass. The local track (US30) had shut its gates for good, so Clarence parked the carfor nine years!
Clarence used the hiatus for good cause: He and Sherry got married and had kids. Once that lifelong procession was underway, Clarence dropped right back into that nasty habit of his. He did a body-off dance, painted all the parts in epoxy (including the underside, the suspension pieces, and the rollcage), slung in the 9-inch Ford, and put the 4L80E whopper automatic behind a 509. It was his desire to take the thing on Power Tour, but he never made it. It was the habit again. In the pursuit of the 10-second barrier, he swapped in a Coan TH400 and 4,900-rpm stall speed converter (prepped by Mike at Yank Convertors).
I did the car show thing for a year and decided that was enough. I had to go racing! Ive run it basically the same for four seasons and have gone from 11.70s to 10.40s. The DFI makes it easy to try different timing and fuel settings at the track, plus it allows me to detune the motor to slow down the car for the EFI-11 class. Im about done for the season, so I guess Ill do some maintenance on the car and put it away for the winter. I should leave it alone (Clarences famous last words), but a 9- second pass isnt that far away, see? Right, CH, youre not foolin anybody here.
Alright, we had an ulterior motive. Our project Biscayne weighs about the same as Clarences Chevelle and should produce as much if not more horsepower and torque. We were fascinated by the performance of his car, thinking that ours would be capable of a similar feat. Of course, it is mental manipulation at best. We, too, have that chronic habit. This is how Clarence sums it up: I became interested in cars and drag racing in the mid-60s. We lived next to the local high school, and I remember all of the kids (and teachers) driving to school in their hot cars. My parents just couldnt understand my infatuation with them and drag racing, but were sure I would grow out of it. Some people just dont get it.
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Earlier today, Kate Middleton and her husband William attended a private viewing of the first official royal portrait of the Duchess commisioned by the National Portrait Gallery, prior the public unveiling. Painted by artist Paul Emsley, the picture's already made rounds on the Internet this morning, and no one likes it — except reportedly, the Duchess of Cambridge herself, who publically called it "amazing." Tell us what you really think, Kate.
On Twitter, Susie Bubble quipped that it was "like a dodgy car boot sale 70s job lot painting," which sounds like it could be a really biting and sharp observation, except the reference is a bit over my head.
Also on Twitter, Liberty London Girl asks, "Is it just me or does the Duchess of Cambridge look like she has the devil peering out of her eyes in the new NPG official portrait?" Yeah, it's a pretty bad painting but no, I think the Satan thing is a stretch.
Art critic David Lee wrote up a scathing little review of the picture for the Daily Mail: "This is an intelligent, thoughtful and educated sitter with no less than a degree in art history. She deserves better." Yeah, poor Kate Middleton put in all this work to get a degree in art history, and then her first official portrait for the National Portrait Gallery was a big dumb flop. Oh what a cruel, cruel world we live in.
In the end, the painting does look like a joke — or at the very least, well below the standards set by Emsley's previous work, which includes a painting of Nelson Mandela. Still, I'm not sure what people were expecting. Official portraits are rarely the stuff of real beauty, and it's not like Kate Middleton can't afford to have one bad picture floating around, misrepresenting her glowy face and shiny hair. People just want something to be mad about, I think. Why? It's Friday.
The Duke and Duchess have posted the picture online here. You can also watch a behind-the-scenes video below.
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On 6 Jul 2006, at 08:51, tony stockman wrote:
Hello Ken,
Sorry i'm not aware of any work on this, but anecdotally I believe for myself at any rate, as a blind person and having used braille since primary school, braille reading is more effective for learning than listening to tape. I felt this so strongly in the final year of my degree course in Computing, that I brailled Lister's book on operating systems from a tape edition in order that I could read it.
It would indeed be interesting to hear of any studies on this, for print or braille reading, and also any influence on comprehension and attention if the recording is structured, as in for example the DAISY standard which allows books to be easily navigated by chapter, section etc.
Best wishes,
Tony Stockman (University of London)
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From: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Grant
Sent: 06 July 2006 03:22
To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Reading versus books on tape
Does anyone know whether there are measurable differences in comprehension and/or retention between reading books and listening to books (assuming the book on tape is a verbatim aural reproduction of the book)?
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If consumed properly, this wonder drink can actually aid in weight loss among other health benefits. If you would like to reap all the benefits from your cup of Joe, why not take into consideration the following tips.
- Avoid artificial creamers
These industrial creamers are unhealthy and should be avoided as much as possible. They contain harmful substances like trans fats which your body won't tolerate. Instead, use real organic cream which can supply your body with vitamin K2 and conjugated linoleic acid.
- Avoid refined sugar and artificial sweeteners
According to WHO, you should consume at most 25 grams of sugar per day. Some coffee versions are packed with artificial sweeteners and refined sugar which can increase your daily sugar intake up to 56 grams! This is quite serious for your health.
- Use organic beans and filtered water.
Health coffee means quality ingredients. Make sure that the water you use is of high quality so as the beans. Organic beans, though expensive, are healthier for your body.
- Consider adding cinnamon to your coffee
Why cinnamon? Well, one of the benefits of coffee is the antioxidants it supplies our bodies. Cinnamon is rich in antioxidants too and if you add it your coffee, it will boost the antioxidants in it.
- Add a scoop of collagen to coffee
Collagen has several benefits in our bodies including relieving bone pain and most importantly, tissue repair.
- Add Coconut oil to your coffee
The reason to do is to boost your coffee with healthy fats contained in this oil. These healthy fats aid in weight loss and some studies show they can also reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease.
- Consider adding some cocoa to your coffee
Just like cinnamon, cocoa contains antioxidants which help reduce the risk of getting heart diseases.
- Keep it one cup per day for beginners
A starter's liver can handle well one cup of coffee daily. Anything above this can harm your body.
- Eat first before taking coffee
Start your day with just coffee may make feel tired and depleted. This is because when your take coffee, your body responds by producing more insulin to counter the caffeine thus lowering your blood pressure. Low BP brings about a feeling of fatigue.
- Avoid this drink after 2 PM
Coffee is a stimulant which jumpstarts our mind and keeps us awake. Now, when you take late in afternoon, the effects are still the same and may last up to the night which can really interfere with your sleep.
- Banish those negative thoughts about coffee
When you take coffee, don't start feeling guilty about it. Avoid stress and let your body reap its benefits in peace!
In Summary
Be careful when buying some popular brands of instant coffee. They might contain additional sugars which are not healthy to your body. Brewing your own coffee is the best option if you want a healthy cup of coffee. You can even spice it up with safe substances like coconut oil, cinnamon, or organic cream to make it healthier and sweeter.
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text: Genesis is a Grammy Award winning English progressive rock band formed in 1967. The band's notable members included Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, both of whom achieved additional success as solo artists and in other ventures. With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis is one of the top 30 highest selling recording artists of all time. One of the most successful rock acts of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Genesis enjoyed a longevity exceeded only by the likes of the Rolling Stones and the Kinks, in the process providing a launching pad for the superstardom of members Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. Genesis is a band that has changed with time, beginning as an archetypal progressive rock band of the 1970s, and morphing into a decidedly unprogressive, but extremely successful soft rock giant in the 1980s and 1990s.


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Are Small Butts Back In Style?
--Something that varies as much as someone's backside should never really be "in," or out of style, for that matter, but as we know from the recent surge in reports of backroom butt injection procedures and even legit plastic surgeries to pump up one's rear-end, the Beyonce-Kim Kardashian-J Lo Booty has been very much "in" for a long time among women of all colors.
But somewhere way far on the other side of the globe there's a fascination with a much more petite derriere—that of British in-law royalty Pippa Middleton. I've spent about as much time trying to find the backside of Kate Middleton's sister as I have info on what has made this the "year of Pippa's bum," but regardless of any naysayers, admiration for her tiny tush is going strong.
There's an entire website dedicated to it, an appreciation fan page on Facebook with 22,000+ likes, and most disturbing of all, a medical procedure to help women achieve it: the Pippa Middleton butt lift. Interestingly, like the exaggerated hourglass figures of video vixens like Melissa Ford or Buffy the Body, the obsession with Pippa's behind appears to be tied to her waist-to-hip ratio as well—although much more proportionate. Last fall, a Miami woman came forward to say she had fat transferred from her waist to her butt which whittled her down to a size 2 and gave her the "body she dreamt of her whole life"—the body Pippa has as a result of genetics.
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Accra Brewery Limited was incorporated on April 1, 1975 though it was originally referred to as Overseas Breweries Limited dating back in 1931. The company was provisionally listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange on November 12,1990 and formally on December 20,1991,
ABL has one billion authorized shares of which 249,446,664 are issued making its stated capital GHS 7,332,000.00. It has Overseas Breweries Limited as it major shareholders with about 62.9% of the shares outstanding.
Its main business is brewing of beer, malt and aerated soft drink. ABL is the producer of Club Beer, Castle Milk Stout, Stone Lager, Club Shandy, Vitamalt, Muscatella etc


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Showtime at the White House
The Washington press corps -- working in an industry that's been transformed by talk radio, 24-hour cable news and the Internet -- still views the White House briefing room as it was back in the 1950s -- or the '60s, '70s, '80s or even early '90s. Despite dramatic changes forged by live coverage and instant analysis, the press fondly adheres to the notion that the briefing can be conducted the way it used to be.
But as Tony Snow, the new White House press secretary, will soon discover, the briefing is no longer a briefing, it's a TV show.
Gone are the days when this daily session was a serious affair, with mostly serious questions asked and mostly serious answers given. Instead, the public is now treated to a spectacle in which the media do their best to pressure the White House, regardless of which party is in power, into admitting that much of what the president is doing is wrong, and the White House pushes back. The two sides talk past each other, and the viewing public gets to watch a good fight.
Before 24-hour cable news and the Internet, reporters at the briefings asked tough questions and generally received straight answers. Because the quantity of coverage was limited and the quality was driven by the next day's newspapers and the 6:30 evening news, with major figures such as Walter Cronkite delivering it, press secretaries didn't have to worry that their every word or thought would instantly be reported live on the North Lawn of the White House.
There was only one news cycle, and it lasted about 24 hours. Today there's no telling when a news cycle begins and ends. It's 24 hours a day, and reporters are under constant pressure from editors to update their stories a dozen times a day. Reporters are in endless pursuit of "the latest development" or "this just in," even if there are no developments of late or even if what's "just in" is barely news at all.
Press secretaries realize that their audience isn't only the couple of dozen reporters in the room. It's also the hundreds of thousands of people who tune in to watch, giving the press secretary a forum to "get out the message."
Not so long ago, when Marlin Fitzwater was press secretary to the first President Bush, TV cameras weren't permitted to cover the briefing live. One of President Bill Clinton's press secretaries, Mike McCurry, in an effort to accommodate the new 24-hour-a-day cable news programs, allowed his briefings to be open to TV coverage. Poor Mike. The first briefing the press covered live was on the day the Monica Lewinsky story broke. Since then the briefing room has never been the same.
In addition to the televised session, I used to brief the press every morning in something called "the gaggle." It was on the record, but no TV cameras were allowed. The gaggle was more informative and serious than the briefing. Reporters didn't posture as much for their colleagues and editors, since their reporting wasn't on the air. If I ducked a question at the gaggle -- such as the ones I was asked immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, about whether a military strike was "coming within hours, days, weeks or months" (I was asked that actual question) -- the reporters didn't attempt to ask me the same thing 17 different ways, as they did at the televised briefing. They got the point: The White House wasn't answering.
Of course, the reporters aren't the only ones who behave differently before the cameras. I acted differently, too. At the televised briefing I would sometimes lean into the podium, raise my hand and do my best to deliver a sound bite for the evening news. I liked mixing it up with reporters. I enjoyed a good intellectual televised argument. But the briefing always had an air of theater to it -- on both sides of the podium. It was easier to give thoughtful explanations of controversial issues at the gaggle or during the numerous times a day reporters strolled into my office to talk with me.
It may not be the briefing it once was, but it is still an important show.
The writer was President Bush's press secretary from January 2001 to July 2003.


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Sunday was the opening of our Flashpoint exhibition. We took two days to plan and create a display along the side of the dragon kiln using bricks from the firing. The fired bricks had a dark burnt look. We used clay slip to paint some surfaces of the bricks to achieve a lighter background for our pieces. The variation in height, brick colour and textures gave a simple yet naturalistic backdrop for our clay pieces.
That day, the clay artists were on hand to share our wood-firing stories and explain the wood-fired effects to our invited guests and visitors who happened to drop by at Thow Kwang.
And there was also a delicious spread of finger food for everyone.
A couple of our guests went home happy with their newly acquired wood-fired pieces.
The exhibition is still on until 21 December. So visit the exhibition and you may find a little clay treasure to bring home for the holidays.
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Modified Theory of Relativity
11. Relativity & The Universe
The Theory of Relativity will fall apart in 2016
Let's also take a look at what was the foundation for the theory of reality.
- Lorentz Transformation
- Maxwell's Equations
- Michelson Morley experiment.
In the mid-1800´s there was a widespread belief that light was moving in an elastic ether. The idea was that space may possess an elastic property. Its the same property characterized by the elastic structure of space
We have turned our understanding of cosmological redshift 'on its head'. The EM- absorption-spectre is not expanding with time (while a photons travel to the Earth from a distance star), – It is something completely different that happens.
The EM-spectre here on Earth is instead getting gradually more blueshifted with time (compared to before). Due to release of space-tension (after Big Bang). This is what so-called Dark Energy really is. Thus space is redrawn to a relative tension free stage, and therefore the ruler and time (each second) shrinks so long as so-called Dark Energy dominate..
Even though a good part of GRT has been pulled apart, – a good part of the theory is remains intact. Time dilation inside a gravitational fields as well as consequences by fast space travel will remain almost intact, except the fact that we will be forced to realized that the ruler always is stretching proportional with the 'stretch' of time, and that this relativistic effects on space-travel (relative motion) only can be correct understood in an absolute motion frame of reference..
Theory of Relativity & Conflict with Science.
- The Theory of Relativity has always been inconsistent with quantum theory.
- The universe is not uniform (based on WMAP)
- Dark Energy and Dark Matter is completely misunderstood
- Quasars are not on the redshift-distances .
- The cause of Cosmological Redshift is never verified by any scientific method.
- Black holes – light information can not disappear. Many believe they do not exist.
- We know that the distance to the Moon (or Sun) not is effected by the claimed expanding Universe.
- No force could have force all the energy of the universe into a tiny little "dot".
- A hole found in the Universe with a diameter of 1 billion light years here, this contradict the prevailing Big Bang thesis and expanding Universe.
- So called; "Dark Flow" here contradict the expanding Universe thesis.
- Dark Flow here
- WMAP here
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* Euro seen weighed by possible Moody's review on Spain debt * Uncertainty over Spain aid request remains * Spain stress test shows banks need extra 59.3 bln euros * Euro faces chart resistance at $1.2960 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Friday, closing out a second straight week of declines, as uncertainty persisted about Spain's bailout prospects despite a generally positive audit report on the country's struggling banks. An independent audit from consultancy Oliver Wyman released on Friday showed that Spain's banking industry would need 59.3 billion euros in additional capital to cope with a serious economic downturn. Spain, however, said it would only ask for 40 billion euros in European aid for its banks. European governments have allotted a 100-billion-euro credit line for Spain's banking sector. The audit report was viewed as positive because the final figure on the country's banking capital needs was largely in line with market expectations, removing another layer of uncertainty. The euro did trim losses versus the dollar following the news on the bank audit report, but the general stance on the common currency remained cautious. "There's still a lot of questions about Spain, mainly related to whether or not it would seek a bailout," said Brian Kim, currency strategist at RBS Securities in Stamford, Connecticut. "Overall, there are a lot of implementation risks in terms of all the measures committed by European policymakers to deal with the euro zone crisis." In late afternoon trading, the euro was down 0.5 percent at $1.2846, not far from Thursday's two-week low of $1.2828. The euro faces resistance at $1.2960, the 38.2 percent retracement of its Sept. 17-27 slide, while the 200-day moving average around $1.2825 is expected to serve as support. For the week, the single currency was down 1.0 percent against the dollar, after losses of 1.1 percent the previous week. It was the largest two-week loss for the euro since mid-July. But the euro fared better against the greenback in September and appreciated 1.5 percent for the quarter. The gains largely reflected diminished debt crisis fears following assurances made during the summer by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi that the ECB would do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Also helping the euro this quarter was the ECB's announcement this month that it would buy bonds from heavily indebted countries. Analysts, however, said the euro's gains may be limited. Longer term, concerns that Spain would be unable to implement its budget plans and bring down its deficit could weigh on the common currency. Madrid on Thursday announced a detailed plan for economic reforms and a budget based mainly on spending cuts rather than tax measures, in what many analysts saw as an effort to pre-empt the conditions for a bailout. Barclays Capital analysts said a bailout request from Spain seemed inevitable, adding that the troubled country may seek aid at around the European Union summit on Oct. 18. A request from Spain is a precondition for the ECB to start buying its debt to bring down its borrowing costs. Analysts and traders said this would lift the euro, but Spain has appeared reluctant to take that step. Barclays sees the euro rising to $1.35 in three months, but said it would be difficult to position for a bounce in the single currency ahead of a formal bailout request. MORE HURDLES Moody's rating agency is due to review Spain's sovereign rating by the end of this month and may downgrade it to junk status. On Thursday, ratings agency Egan-Jones cut Spain's sovereign rating further into junk status. In addition, much of the euro zone is mired in a recession, which should keep ECB monetary policy accommodative for quite some time. A rate cut may be in the pipeline as well, perhaps as soon as its monthly policy meeting next Thursday, analysts said. In other currencies, the yen was broadly weaker. It fell against the dollar on Friday, after rising for seven straight sessions. The dollar last traded at 77.98 yen, up 0.5 percent on the day, its largest one-day gain in two weeks. The euro was little changed versus the yen at 100.17 yen . Next week, investors will focus on the U.S. non-farm payrolls report. A Reuters poll showed economists expect a gain of 115,000 jobs for the month of September Given the open-ended nature of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program and its focus on the U.S. labor market, the outcome of this data will be crucial for the dollar's fate.


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'50 Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards' review
I used to regard the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's biennial SECA Art Award as the worst good thing that could happen to a local artist.
The award, usually bestowed on several artists at once by the institution's oldest auxiliary group, the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, consists of a modest cash prize and an SFMOMA exhibition. Despite the propellant potential of the exhibition, many awardees' careers have seemed inexplicably to stall right afterward. Toi Hoang, the single winner in 1994, offers an extreme example: For reasons both personal and professional, his next solo show did not take place for nearly 17 years.
But the long view provided by the current iteration - the 2010 SECA Awards exhibition, plus a look back titled "Fifty Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards" - shows how myopic my impression was.
From William Allan, Cornelia Schulz and Mary Snowden to Anne Appleby, John Beech, Kota Ezawa, Sarah Cain, Tauba Auerbach and others, plenty of SECA award winners have done just fine.
"Fifty Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards" does not provide an exhaustive survey of the program. It draws mainly upon works by SECA winners that the museum has acquired by gift or purchase. The sporadic past SECA awards in film and video will be reprised in evening programs during February and March.
A tiny but inexcusable error tarnishes "Fifty Years": the failure of certain labels to mark that the artists they name are deceased. John Meyer (1943-2002) gets proper dates, but many visitors will leave believing that Terry Fox (1943-2008) and Jim Pomeroy (1945-92) live on. The comprehensive publication that documents "Fifty Years" corrects these omissions.
Thematic groupings rather than chronology structure the historical show, but the work on view spills over these conceptual fences, offering the excitement of making one's own connections. Compare the very different, yet philosophically sympathetic, uses of records and turntable by Paul DeMarinis (SECA 1996) and Mauricio Ancalmo (2010).
Ancalmo steals the "2010 SECA Art Award" show with a single knockout installation: "A Lover's Discourse" (2010).
Few other contemporary artists cite literary sources for what they make, as Ancalmo does. In "Bay Area Now 6" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, he presented "Dualing Pianos: (Agapç Agape in D Minor)" (2011). That piece, with a piano roll threading through it, took inspiration and part of its title from William Gaddis' last novel, "Agapç Agape," which uses the player piano as symbol of a baleful democratization of artistry and reception.
"A Lover's Discourse" takes its title whole from Roland Barthes' 1977 book that collects his splintered thoughts about the existential plight of being in love. Ancalmo has hung from the ceiling of a darkened room a film projector that runs a loop of found 16mm black-and-white footage. The projector works in tandem with a turntable and record below that woozily put forth a romantic song.
The projector endlessly twists and untwists on its long tether, whipping its images - of an unknown man and woman in a dance of flirtation - around the walls, one way, then the other.
"Neither knows the other yet," Barthes writes in a section headed "Encounter." "Hence each must tell the other 'This is what I am.' This is narrative bliss, the kind which both fulfills and delays knowledge, in a word restarts it. In the amorous encounter, I keep rebounding - I am light."
Probably no passage in the book corresponds better to the experience Ancalmo has contrived.
The other 2010 SECA artists' works function at a similar level of artifice by very different means. Colter Jacobsen's drawings from photographs and from memories of his drawings of photographs depend on manual skill to probe relations between representation and recall.
Kamau Amu Patton presents a multisensory ensemble of works, including vibration-sensitive sculptures, that rekindle in contemporary terms the early modernist dream of synesthesia.
Ruth Laskey produces linen canvases that she dyes and weaves herself, thread by thread: painting-like objects that take to the limit the early minimalist ambition to equate pattern and structure.
Fifty Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards; 2010 SECA Art Award: Works in many media. Through April 3. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third St., San Francisco. (415) 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.
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Surprisingly, some parents don't worry about finding calcium rich foods or iron rich foods, which kids often don't get enough of. Instead, they worry that their kids don't get enough protein in their diet because they don't like to eat meat.
Most can be reassured that their kids are getting plenty of protein in their diet though, especially when you consider that according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 'protein is so abundant in the foods Americans eat, that most of us, children and adults alike, consume more than we need.'
Keep in mind that only about 10 to 20 percent of your calories are supposed to come from protein, with the rest coming from carbohydrates and fats.
Protein Requirements
Protein requirements depend on a child's age and weight. For example, the average 4-6 year old preschooler requires about 22 grams of protein a day, while an older 7-10 year old requires about 28 grams of protein a day.
Making things a little more complicated, protein requirements also depend on the 'quality' of protein your child eats and how easily digestible it is. In general, animal proteins, such as from milk, eggs, and meats, are considered highly digestible and higher quality than plant sources of protein. You don't have to worry about this though, as long as you vary which protein foods your child eats. Even if your child only eats plant sources of protein, as long as you pair them, such as by eating grains and legumes, you can get the right amounts of proteins in your child's diet.
Protein Rich Foods
I think that one of the reasons that parents don't think that their kids get enough protein in their diets is that they simply aren't aware that protein is in so many different foods! Many foods besides red meat are high in protein, which means that your kids are likely getting much more protein in their diet than you think.
Common protein rich foods can include:
Soy Milk
Peanut Butter
Lean Meats, Fish, and Poultry
Beans, Tofu, Lentils, and other Legumes
Grains, including bread and pasta
Nuts and Seeds
It can also be easy to find high protein foods by reading food labels and looking for foods with a higher protein number than other foods, such as from 6 to 10g or more.
Protein Fortified Foods
In addition to foods that naturally have a lot of protein in them, parents can also buy protein supplements, such as:
Protein fortified drink mixes, including Pediasure or Carnation Instant Breakfast
Protein Foods Kids Like
Some ideas for high protein foods that can combine more than one protein rich food, such as a cheeseburger, which includes meat, cheese, and a bun, include:
Tuna Fish Sandwich
Cheese Pizza
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Macaroni and Cheese
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
American Academy of Pediatrics. Guide to Your Child's Nutrition.


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On Thursday morning at 10:16 a.m., over ten million Californians dropped, sought cover, and held on to something to prepare for the next major earthquake that will hit some Golden State community probably sooner than later.
The simulated earthquake drill, known as the "Great Shake Out," initiated in 2008, aims to improve earthquake preparedness for schools, homes, businesses and workplaces throughout the California.
According to the event's website, of the 10.3 million Californians participating, 4.5 million were in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties, while about 1.3 million were in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
KTLA5 reported that the massive simulated disaster drill comes on the heels of a report that suggests four separate fault lines beneath the heavily populated Bay Area are overdue for an earthquake and capable of producing a magnitude-6.8 or greater trembler in the near future.
KTLA points out that the recent Napa earthquake, the 20th anniversary of the Northridge quake, and the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta trembler are "critical reminders" that California is "Earthquake country."
The AP report released on Thursday pointed out that California has not suffered a devastating quake since the 1994 Northridge quake, where 60 people were killed and more than 7,000 were injured. Before that, the San Francisco Bay region's 6.9 magnitude quake, otherwise known as the World Series earthquake, exploded on the city in 1989, killing 63 people and injuring nearly 3,800.


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John Heminges (sometimes spelled Heming, Heminge, Hemminge or Hemings) (bapt. 25 November 1556 – 10 October 1630) was an English Renaissance actor.[1][2] Most noted now as one of the editors of William Shakespeare's 1623 First Folio, Heminges served in his time as an actor and financial manager for the King's Men.
Heminges was baptised at Droitwich, Worcestershire, on 25 November 1566.[3] Sent to London at the age of twelve, he was apprenticed for nine years to the City Grocer John Collins, becoming a freeman of the Grocers' Company on 24 April 1587.[4] On 10 March 1588 he received a licence to marry Rebecca Knell (née Edwards), the widow of William Knell, an actor with the Queen's Men who had been killed at Thame, Oxfordshire, in 1587 by John Towne, a fellow actor.[4] Heminges and his sixteen-year-old wife settled in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury, and had at least thirteen children there between the years 1590 and 1613.[4]
Heminges's association with the theatre had begun by 1593, when he and Augustine Phillips were with Lord Strange's Men.[4] By the next year he and Phillips had joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later the King's Men.[4] Heminges remained with the Company until his death. Privy Council records from 1630 state that he received £100 to relieve the Company during a period of plague.
Heminges remained active in the Grocers' Company alongside his theatrical activities; indeed, the two sometimes intertwined. On 13 December 1608 he was admitted as one of the ten seacoal-meters for the city of London,[5] citizens appointed to measure the coal imported into the city by sea.[4] Shortly afterwards he took on John Jackson as his deputy.[4] Both Heminges and Jackson later acted as trustees for William Shakespeare when he purchased the Blackfriars Gatehouse in 1613.[4] Between 1595 and 1628 Heminges took on ten apprentices with the Grocers' Company.[4] Of these ten, eight appear to have performed for Heminges's company, in both boys' and adult roles. Alexander Cooke was one of his apprentices. Heminges also built and operated a taphouse at the Globe.[6]
Heminges was mentioned in Shakespeare's will, along with Richard Burbage and Henry Condell, each being bequeathed 26 shillings and eightpence[7] to buy mourning rings in his memory. Burbage died before the publication of the First Folio, but Heminges and Condell acted ostensibly as co-editors and mentioned in their epistle to "the great Variety of Readers" the "care, and paine" they took to collect the works, since the author had not "liv'd to have set forth, and overseen his owne writings". Their editorial efforts were vital to preserving a number of Shakespeare's plays, some of which might have been lost otherwise.
Due to his intimate involvement in the creation of the First Folio, readers have found it both tempting and easy to idealise Heminges; one early critic, exercising more admiration than objectivity, wrote that "He was a fine actor, a trustworthy man, and had a good head for business. Until his death, he managed the company's financial affairs with extraordinary success."[who said this?] A darker picture of Heminges emerged when American researcher Charles William Wallace discovered the records of the lawsuit Ostler v. Heminges (1615). When King's Man William Ostler died intestate in 1614, his property should have passed to his widow, Thomasine Ostler (formerly Heminges). But the widow's father, John Heminges, seized control of his late son-in-law's shares in the Globe and Blackfriars theatres, and Thomasine sued her father to regain her property. The surviving records do not specify the final outcome of the suit, though it appears that Heminges managed to retain control of the shares. At his death, his shares in the Globe and Blackfriars theatres passed to his son, William Heminges.[8]
Heminges died in October 1630 in Southwark, and was buried 12 October 1630 at the parish church of St Mary Aldermanbury.[9] In his will he had asked to be buried as close to his wife as possible.[9]
The extent and nature of Heminges' acting is not entirely clear. He is known to have performed in Ben Jonson's Sejanus and Every Man in His Humour (in both cases, alongside Shakespeare). A Jacobean inscription in the 1616 Jonson folio lists him playing the role of Corbaccio in Volpone; since the same list includes Nathan Field, who did not join the King's Men until 1616, it seems that Heminges continued to act, at least intermittently, into his fifties. Edmond Malone reported seeing Heminges' name associated with the role of Falstaff; there is, however, no other evidence exists of this connection. There is little more evidence to substantiate the claim later made by an actor to Alexander Pope that Heminges was a tragedian. Of his activities as manager more is known. Court documents relating to the King's Men generally list Heminges as the recipient of money due the company; the records of Henry Herbert indicate that Heminges at least sometimes served as the point of contact between the company and the Master of the Revels. He appears to have owned a structure abutting the Globe Theatre, which may have been used as an alehouse. He served as trustee for Shakespeare when the latter purchased a house in Blackfriars in 1613.
- ^ Halliday, p. 213.
- ^ Chambers, Vol. 2, pp. 320–3.
- ^ Kathman 2004, pp. 1–2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kathman 2004, p. 2.
- ^ Gurr 2004, p. 230.
- ^ Berry 1987, p. 173.
- ^ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/additional_image_types.asp?item_id=21&image_id=29&extra_image_type_id=2
- ^ Chambers, Vol. 2 , pp. 322–3.
- ^ a b Edmond 2004.
- Edmond, Mary (2004). "Heminges, John (bap. 1566, d. 1630)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12890. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Gurr, Andrew (2004). The Shakespeare Company, 1594–1642. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 230. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- Kathman, David (2004). "Grocers, Goldsmiths, and Drapers: Freemen and Apprentices in the Elizabethan Theater". Shakespeare Quarterly 55. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–49. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- Chambers, E. K. The Elizabethan Stage. 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923.
- Collier, J. P.. Lives of the Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays. London: Shakespeare Society, 1853.
- Egan, Gabriel. "John Heminges' Tap-house at the Globe." Theatre Notebook 55 (2001), 72–7.
- Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964.
- Nunzeger, Edwin. A Dictionary of Actors and of Other Persons Associated With the Public Presentation of Plays in England Before 1642. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929.
External links
- John Heminges at the Globe Theatre
- Theatre Notebook
- Works by John Heminges at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Heminges at Internet Archive
- Works by John Heminges at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) 20px
- John Heminges at Find a Grave
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C. Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)(http://www.ohada.com)
OHADA is currently made up of 16 African nations. Most of the content on the Web site is in French, but there is some in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Uniform Act of Arbitration (http://www.ohada.com/textes.php?categorie=658)
OHADA Case Law (http://www.ohada.com/jurisprudence.phph) has a search page that is in French. There are citations to over 2800 cases.
D. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) (http://www.hkiac.org) In English and Chinese
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre was established in 1985 for purposes of dispute resolution in Asia. It is independent of the Hong Kong government. Its Web site has has links to Arbitration Rules and related links on the home page.(http://www.hkiac.org/show_content.php?sec=1 ).
E. NAFTA Secretartiat - Private Dispute Resolution in the NAFTA Region (http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/en/view.aspx?x=316 )
This web page has links to model clauses, arbitral institutions, and other information on ADR. There is also a discussion forum. In English, French, and Spanish.
F. OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (http://www.osce.org/cca/43295)
The Court is part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (http://www.osce.org). It was established in 1995 under the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration (http://www.osce.org/cca/43295; click on links on the right sidebar to find documents relating to the Convention in 6 languages). The Court's Rules of Procedure are also under "Documents", as is a link to a list of the states that are parties to the Convention. The Court is based in Geneva. The Court's mandate is to settle disputes submitted to it by member states. Because the conciliation commissions and arbitral tribunals are created by the Court on an ad hoc basis, the Court is not a permanent body.
G. Arab Association for International Arbitration (http://www.ahdablawfirm.com/aaiarb/default.asp?MenueID=35) Seated in Paris, France, this group was founded in 1991.
It is comprised of Arab jurists from different Arab countires.
H. Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (http://www.siac.org.sg/) was established in 1991.
Tabs on the home page lead to rules and modell clauses in Englilsh, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese.
Consult our English speaking Shanghai lawyers for free preliminary consultation. Shanghai lawyer reminds you that the law discussed above may change over time and may not apply to current situation when you read this blog.


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While it's thrilling to roll down a hill on your inline skates, hills are not for the beginner skater. Once you let gravity take over, you're subject to every bump, rock or other obstruction in your path -- increasing your risk for taking a high-speed tumble.Unlike a bicycle, your skates do not have brakes that will stop you on a hill. Approach hills with caution once you've developed some strong basic skating skills, then position your body to ensure you stay stable and safe.
Wear all the safety gear you can. This should include a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and open-finger gloves. It's not just common sense, -- it's also one of the "Rules of the Road" set forth by the International Inline Skating Association. Additionally, you can wear crash shorts -- essentially padded shorts -- to help pad your falls and prevent a bruised backside.
Slow down at the top of the hill -- before you are on the downward slope -- by placing your brake foot in front of your other foot, and press down with the heel brake to adjust your speed.
Start rolling down the hill with your feet parallel but about shoulder-width apart. According to pro skater Kim Perkins, this stance gives you the most stability as you head downward.
Bend your knees slightly and place your weight on your heels. According to Perkins, keeping your weight on your heels is the most important step in skating downhill safely. When you're doing it right, your toes may even rise off the ground a bit, since you are placing almost no weight at all on them.
Place your hands on your knees. This lowers your center of gravity and makes you more stable. If you feel that you want a little more speed as you descend the hill, place your elbows on your knees and try to flatten your back to make you more aerodynamic.
Roll through the hill without making any sudden moves. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart, and forget braking as you head downward -- you likely won't be able to stop with your heel brake once you get going. By maintaining your safety stance, you should be able to weather almost anything as you head down the hill, but don't be surprised if you fall at least once during your training.
Items you will need
- Inline skates
- Helmet
- Knee and elbow pads
- Open-finger gloves
- Padded shorts, optional
- Select a spot that has a patch of grass next to the sidewalk or road. That way, if you start to go out of control, you can head toward the grass and a much softer landing. In the best-case scenario, you'll be able to get onto the grass and run in your skates as you slow down, thereby avoiding a crash all together.
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Revival: Grocery, credit union open after 5 years
After nearly five years of recruiting, a grocery store and credit union are moving into the Celia Saxon neighborhood, bringing economic development to an area often snubbed by other businesses.
The grocery and credit union are the finishing touch to a long effort toward revitalizing the community, said Columbia City Councilman E.W. Cromartie.
Three public housing projects are within walking distance of the new shopping center, and it is close to Benedict College and Allen University.
"It serves the needs of the community," Cromartie said. "A lot of people in the area do not have transportation. We're providing a nice place to shop."
The 20,000-square-foot Columbia Food Fresh Market will be a full-service grocery, selling everything from fresh meat and produce to the usual non-perishable fare. And it will have a deli. The store is scheduled to open on Harden Street in September, said Gilbert Walker, executive director of the Columbia Housing Authority.
"It will be a top-of-the-line store, and we're planning on it being successful," Walker said. "We know it will upgrade this neighborhood."
AllSouth Federal Credit Union also will open a branch in the shopping plaza. And Walker said the housing authority is recruiting other businesses, including a restaurant and dry cleaners.
The $5 million Celia Saxon Center shopping plaza will be owned and managed by the Columbia Housing Authority Development, a nonprofit arm of the housing authority.
The Food Fresh Market will be owned and operated by Florence businessman Neil Patel, who owns a grocery store and five convenience stores in the Pee Dee.
"Columbia is a bigger place than Florence and a good opportunity," Patel said last week.
Audrey Brown, AllSouth's marketing vice president, said the credit union was sold on the site after a tour and 10-minute conversation with housing authority representatives.
"We saw it as a perfect fit for us to serve not only the residents but our members who work downtown and in that area," Brown said.
Mable Craft, 79, who lives on nearby Oak Street, said the neighborhood has come a long way since the old barracks-style Celia Saxon public housing was torn down.
"It's much quieter," she said. "The grocery will be a big asset to the neighborhood."
The housing authority tried to recruit a grocery store to the area for nearly five years. It courted large grocery store chains that already had a presence in the Midlands but couldn't find anyone interested, Walker said.
Grocery stores operate on slim profit margins, and most shy away from low-income areas, especially when other stores in the neighborhood have failed. When the Food Lion on Taylor Street closed in 2006, industry experts said it was unlikely anyone else would risk opening in the neighborhood.
Plus, the housing authority's shopping plaza offers a smaller space than what most chains seek for new stores, Walker said.
"All of the big chains that we have gone to want 30,000 to 40,000 square feet," he said. "Our whole shopping center isn't that big."
Patel believes his store will be a success. The store should lure drivers off Harden and other downtown streets, he said.
"It's not going to be a low-end grocery store," he said. "We expect all kinds of people to come in."
Walker said housing authority officials have been adamant about the quality of store they want.
"We're going to make sure when people come in this store, it's going to be clean and people will be well-respected," Walker said. "There won't be any panhandling. We're not going to have any of that."
The new store already is creating a buzz in the neighborhood. Not only do residents look forward to a grocery store within walking distance, but many hope to land jobs at the store, too.
Marqail Bookert, 21, who lives in the nearby Allen Benedict Court public housing development, said he applied for a part-time job. He has a full-time job but said it would be nice to walk to a second job near his home.
Walker said the housing authority received 500 applications for 59 jobs at the store.
The grocery store is participating in a job training program in a partnership with the housing authority, said Donna Gilbert, the housing authority's director of resident programs.
About 20 residents will spend two weeks in classrooms, learning job skills, and will then work in the store to train as assistant managers and managers.
The goal is for the residents to take those skills and find jobs at other retail outlets in the city. A new crop of trainees will replace them once the class has graduated.
The housing authority has operated a similar training program for 12 years at the Dollar General store in the Celia Saxon neighborhood, Gilbert said.
Whether or not Bookert gets the job, he plans on being a regular at the store.
"I'll probably be the first one through the door when it opens," he said.
Reach Phillips at (803) 771-8307.


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Is it Better to Compromise or offend?
By Paramadayala Nityananda Das - 26.10 2017
The title is meant to call attention to the fact that this question assumes the either/or fallacy.
Pusta Krishna: He said that morning "What can we do, Prabhupada?" He said, "What can we do? If we do not compromise, we will make enemies."
Prabhupada: No, you'll not compromise; at the same time, you'll not make enemies. That is tactics. If you make enemies, then what is your tactics? You must speak the truth; at the same time he'll not be displeased (Morning walk, 6/11/1974).
We need to develop this tactic of neither compromising or offending. In the name of not compromising, we have offended the public; beyond that, leaders and parents within the movement have pushed devotees to assume artificial positions; now devotees are promoting compromise to remedy past problems.
Why is this happening? We know artificiality is produced by false ego; however, we see few discussions about the fact that compromise is also due to false ego. The false ego is offended by the truth (it is destroyed by it). If we identify too strongly with the false ego there are only two possibilities; be offended or compromise. We naturally feel others are like us, so we think we must compromise to avoid offensive preaching. But the real remedy is to fully embrace the philosophy.
It is easy to introduce people to the fact that we are not these bodies without offending them. Our philosophy has a rational basis so it does not seem dogmatic. It entails seeing all equally; this is attractive to the idealists. But the ramifications can be a bit hard to swallow. For example:
When one thinks that he is the best friend to his countrymen, to society or to humanity and he engages in various nationalistic, philanthropic and altruistic activities, all that is just so much concentration on sense gratification. The so-called national leader or humanist does not serve everyone; he serves his senses only. That is a fact (Srila Prabhupada's purport SB 3.27.5).
Srila Prabhupada has explained numerous times that any activity other than service to Krishna is sense gratification on the level of dogs, hogs, etc. We become artificial because this is not palatable to the false ego so we try to immediately establish ourselves as free from sense gratification.
We eventually understand that we cannot immediately come to the pure spiritual platform; nor can we force others to. But the mind and false ego want to "save face". One strategy is to compromise the philosophy and let ourselves believe we have good material qualities. To do this we need to ignore statements by Srila Prabhupada such as:
Without genuine devotional service, even opening hospitals and feeding the poor in the name of Lord Kåñëa is futile. Spiritual groups that do not strictly follow in Lord Caitanya's line cannot comprehend this because they do not wish to abide by the instructions of the mahätmäs. They do not follow Lord Caitanya's injunction to be "more humble than a blade of grass." If they were that humble, they would give up their pride in being the doer of good deeds, the wisest person, the most devoted, and so on (Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.9.
Many members of ISKCON do not understand why Srila Prabhupada said that opening hospitals, feeding the poor, etc., are selfish sense gratification. They ask, "Aren't devotees supposed to be compassionate and feel sorry for helpless people who are hungry and suffering from disease, etc.?"
The answer is, Krishna gives directions for a civilized society with occupational duties such that all the material needs of everyone are taken care of. The Acaryas are not against civilized society. They simply want to teach people that they should do their duties with the understanding that the results are up to Krishna. This is real welfare work because, as long as people identify with the false ego and think they can be independent benefactors of others, they will continue to suffer repeated birth and death.
Srila Prabhupada said:
Frankly speaking, we are not against opening hospitals or feeding the poor, or any other such humanitarian service. But what we have learned from our beloved spiritual master is that when devotional service to the Lord is neglected, every other activity is illusory and futile (Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.9).
Another crucial point is, while teaching the philosophy, Srila Prabhupada, anticipates an audience intelligent enough to understand that dogs and cats have no concern other than their personal sense gratification. I have heard a devotee attempt to repudiate this premise. He claims a female dog shows compassion because she will feed her puppies although she hasn't sufficient food for herself. If a dog attending to its young shows a concern beyond sense gratification, then humans certainly do the same, through numerous types of altruistic activities; yet, Srila Prabhupada says these are all selfishly motivated. The fact is these activates are based on the conditioned soul's illusion that it can act independently as the creator, maintainer, and protector of other beings. It is simply a manifestation of the fallen soul's desire to take Krishna's place. We must realize this.
We will give a few more citations elaborating on this point. Srila Prabhupada knew drilling for oil was harmful to the planet yet he said:
Just like there are big, big scientists. They are making research, "If petrol can be substituted?" So in the eyes of the common man he may become a very great scientist, but those who are advanced in spiritual consciousness, they will take him no better than cat and dog—because his subject matter is how to eat, sleep or mate or defend (Srila Prabhupada SB 1.3.15).
There is no need for me to attend a speech by the famous environmentalist, Al Gore, and then jump up and shout "You are no better than a dog". On the other hand, denying this fact is a deviation from Krishna Consciousness philosophy. The proper mental adjustment is for me to see how much I am also engaged eating, sleeping, etc., more than required. As a conditioned soul, I and all those engaged in sense gratification, are in the same boat. In other words, my acknowledging that climate change activism is based on nothing but selfish sense gratification does not justify a holier than thou attitude. On the other hand, it doesn't follow that I should be under the illusion that so called "selfless" global workers are praise worthy. Yet there are members of ISKCON who attempt to pressure devotees to praise such activities (in the name of good public relations).
Some will argue that Srila Prabhupada said so many things and we must preach according to time place and circumstances. We accept this. There is a time for priyam- flattery and a time for satyam- truth. The point is, we can see that Srila Prabhupada devoted most of his time to satyam. We need to bombard ourselves with the truth so we might absorb a micro-drop daily. Then we will know we must do our duty but Krishna is the only benefactor. If we can accept this, deep down in our hearts, we can be peaceful. This is essential because we must be satisfied, within, to preach with no personal motivation.
In contrast, our ulterior motives will be conspicuous to honest seekers if we preach with the motivation to please our illusory identity as the best doer of good deeds. But we will attract others. If those who are motivated to see themselves as saviors of the helpless, visit an ISKCON Temple they will be glad to engage in mutual flattery with devotees who have the same mentality. It is possible for ISKCON devotees to take this to an extreme and fall to the level of pseudo religious teachers who "want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles" (Srila Prabhupada Purport ISO Mantra 12). We can avoid this by learning to speak the uncompromised truth without offending others. For this we must become humble enough to not be offended by the truth ourselves.


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Who We Are
ZBrains is a division of AgileBTS devoted to helping business people work with Zoho CRM in a variety of ways: implementation, customization, and consulting. We started in 2012 and, since then, we've become one of Zoho's top Alliance Partners, a distinction which dictates that the party in question be either a Zoho Creator Certified Developer or a provider of custom integrations for Zoho. (We are both of those.)
James Converse got his start in the B2B world as an inventory manager. He then moved onto ERP consulting and, when faced with a choice to either continue consulting or begin his own venture, he chose the latter.
One of ZBrains' first achievements as a company was building a Zoho QuickBooks integration. At the time, Zoho themselves had their own QuickBooks integration, but the ZBrains version sported more customized data mapping and a specialized support team. In spite of that, most Zoho users opted to use Zoho's own integration, as it was included with the price of Zoho CRM. ZBrains did catch a break, however, when Zoho chose to discontinue their own QuickBooks integration, and the momentum gained from that initial break hasn't waned ever since.
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We provide solutions to the most common Zoho CRM challenges. Zoho CRM is heavily customizable and, as such, it's easy to create processes that don't suit the business models for which they were created, or to under-utilize Zoho CRM. We teach our clients exactly how they can use Zoho CRM to fit their unique respective business models. Our services in this regard include training for Zoho CRM and any of its add-ons (apps), as well as consulting for any problems that arise during your past Zoho experiences.
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Got a Windows Phone device? If you own one, you might have Bing as the default search engine. But how come only half of all Windows Phone users actually use it? Only 52 percent use Bing while the rest use Google. This is not surprising though as Google is still the top search giant whether on desktop or mobile. mehr »
Finally, Microsoft has launched the Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps for Windows Phone 8. The app lets users to sync radio stations and edit playlists but the complete version will be out in 2014, next year. mehr »
We know Steve Ballmer would be replaced as CEO anytime soon but looks like the search for a new CEO will take a while. We're expected an early 2014 announcement but Board member John Thompson said otherwise.
Ballmer announced his stepping down from the position within 12 months. After that, we've heard of a few names come up being considered for the job. We heard about the COO of Qualcomm Steve Mollenkopf and then there's Stephen Elop of Nokia and Alan Mullaly of Ford too.
We have no idea who will be the rightful successor but we hope that person will help bring Microsoft into a better and brighter future. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. mehr »
We have yet to hear Microsoft's official announcement of the incoming CEO. The company is still on the loose, looking for Steve Ballmer's replacement. Rumor has it that Steve Mollenkopf, COO of Qualcomm, is being considered for the job. mehr »
Nokia's acquisition by Microsoft will soon be finalized as the Indian court allowed the phone manufacturer to sell its Chennai manufacturing unit to the Redmond company. Nokia's assets were previously frozen because the court says Nokia still owes taxes. mehr »
Rumor has it that we'll see a new Android phone from Nokia. This is according to trusty ol' @evleaks. It's similar to the Asha but it lacks a shutter button, LED flash, and capacitive buttons and is expected to release next year. mehr »
Redbox Instant by Verizon is now on Windows Phone. Android and iOS already have this app but it's only now that Microsoft is getting a version. If you're on Windows Phone, don't rejoice yet as the app will be exclusive for Lumia phones for about two months. mehr »
The waiting game is over, the latest gaming console from Redmond is here. The Xbox One, the new generation entertainment console from Microsoft is now out in the market. mehr »
Nothing much to say here but for fans of Grand Theft Auto, you might be glad that the iFruit companion app for Windows Phone is now available. The app has been out for other mobile device for two months already but it's only now that Windows Phone users are getting it. mehr »
We saw the Sony Playstation 4 to be released first but in a few days, we'll get to see the underrated Xbox One. Microsoft is hoping that the next-gen gaming console will sell more. The faltering empire of PCs want to capture at least 40 percent of the game console market in Germany according to Xbox Germany CEO Oliver Kaltner. At present, share is only 30 percent but the company wants the number to improve to 40% before the year 2013 ends. mehr »
Microsoft announced Steve Ballmer will be retiring within a year. We also heard of a rumor that he was actually asked to step down just like Bill Gates but we'll never know. I guess that won't matter now since Microsoft is close to having a new CEO as Ballmer's successor. From five to three candidates, the choices have been trimmed down already. mehr »
No doubt Google is the top search giant. I don't count on the other search engines. There is a reason why people say "google it". I will never understand Google's many algorithms but I know the company knows what it is doing. As you know, Google can manipulate and filter results to their liking. mehr »


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February 17, 2013
"Dear Family and Friends,
"Dear Family and Friends,
This week has been truly amazing! I only have time to share one thing from this week but it is something that hit me really hard! The Spirit was so strong...
Think about this... personal conversion is mind blowing. In D&C 4:4 it says, "The field is white all ready to harvest." The field honestly is white and very ready. I am so privileged to be a servant of the Lord at this time. Because of modern revelation the mission age just changed, and the work certainly is hastening. Continuing from verse 4, "He that thrusteth in his sickle.." We must thrust and work hard. Salvation does not come easy, it takes hard work but it's more than worth it.
So how big is your field? Think about it humbly, but realize the magnitude of your own personal conversion. Who will your personal conversion effect? If we bring just one soul unto Christ, how many generations would follow? Think of the thousands that can be effected just by the one soul that you bring. Take a look at the big picture. An amazing metaphor for all of this is, "You can count the seeds in the apple, but you cannot count the apples from the seed." Be like the three 18 year old boys that stepped into that icy river to save so many pioneers. Take the steps of courage, not only for your investigators, but for you, your friends, your family, and all that you can bring unto Christ. Do it for the millions. Because the field is white.. Cross that Icy River. These are the thoughts I was able to take from my lesson last night in class. It is so much to ponder and think about! How big is our field? Think about it!
I am so thankful for my experience here at the MTC and feel I have really grown spiritually in just 2 weeks, I am so blessed! I am so thankful for this opportunity and am so stoked to get on that plane for Montana on Tuesday! I am out of time but until next week..
I am thankful for all of you! Thank you for the love and support!
Love you all!
Elder Organ"


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Check out some of Hubble's greatest hits in this gallery-style presentation of eye-catching, oversized prints, mounted on a durable material. Don't be afraid to get close and take a selfie with some of the most gorgeous sights in the universe!
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