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Of course you may experience spiritual transformation while meditating. Sometimes you may drift into a delicious, quasi-mystical state. You certainly may find emotions welling up unexpectedly.
But if that's not your cup of tea, be aware that Just Doing It always works.
Be kind to yourself: your meditation is fine fine fine, just the way it is. Simply sitting still in one place for 10–15 minutes brings about a certain calmness and other physiological changes. If your mind keeps straying, so what? Noticing your thoughts and letting them go is a big part of meditation. There's no such thing as bad meditation!
6 misconceptions about meditation and mindfulness
- Meditation is hard to learn: no way. I learned in a half-hour session with a visiting guru, after which I just did it. Later refresher courses were interesting and pleasant but not necessary.
- It takes a lifetime to learn. Rubbish. You can learn how to meditate by doing a short course, which might take a weekend or six 1-hour sessions.
- You have to meditate for 45 minutes twice a day. Says who?
- It's a deep and meaningful experience. Well, it may be, sometimes, yes. But usually it's just a practical habit with short- and long-term benefits, like brushing your teeth.
- You can't go it alone. You need to commit to a guru, whether Buddhist, Hindu or California New Age. Ah yes, they would say that, wouldn't they?
- Some types of meditation are better or stronger or richer or deeper or morally higher than others. Sure, there are many ways to meditate — breathing, focus, body scanning, mantras... so experiment. Find a method or methods that you like: they're the best ones for you.
The Five Minute Meditator: the best beginner's book I know. I give it away in handfuls and recommend it left right and centre. Even the title is calming and encouraging. Eric Harrison's other books give depth and perspective to the history and practice of mindfulness and meditation — but no dogma. His latest book, Mindfulness 101, welcomes the arrival of mindfulness as a new world-wide mainstream craze, because it strips the conventional monk's robe off this practical, useful tool.
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Making the most of your movie magic
It's fun making movies. Developing ideas; being on set; editing it all together – it's an exciting process and one that I recommend everyone experiences at some point.
Having worked on a number of award-winning independent shorts, I can honestly say taking a movie from concept to completion offers a huge sense of accomplishment to everyone involved in making it happen. For independent shorts, this sense of having made something valuable is enough to make it feel worthwhile and keeps you interested when the next one comes around.
In business, however, where budgets are assigned with commercial intent, it's essential that the creative brief is as prescriptive as possible, so that you get the collateral or content your business really needs.
Writing a good creative brief, however, is not as straightforward as simply putting the 'why, what and who' of the individual project – it needs to tie in to the brand messaging, reflecting the overall strategy in the tactical projects therein.
When you brief your agency right though, you'll most likely get the best response with a strong creative idea behind it, right on brief!
So, what does a good creative brief look like?
Brevity, Clarity and Fertility
I was at a Financial Services Forum event at the end of 2015 on the subject of 'Better Creative Briefing' – as you can imagine, financial services in themselves are seen as naturally less creatively-charged than, say, the next mobile device you might use.
However, this doesn't mean there is no scope for creativity in the communications of said services – see my post on South African FS marketing and storytelling in the finance sector for more on that.
So, when approaching your agency with a new project, it's important to formulate your brief around 'brevity, clarity and fertility' to get the best creative response that fits in with the brief's objectives.
Brevity – It's tempting to write, at length, on the product/service you're promoting and get carried away with the detail. A good quote I heard this morning was 'leave out what people skip', and I think this applies to writing briefs emphatically. Keeping a clear focus on what this product/service means to your customers and how it ties in with your company brand/beliefs will enable a better creative response, without getting caught up in every technical detail.
Clarity – Having the right information on the product may not be enough to provide a stellar creative response, if there is no direction on how you see it being communicated. There is often hesitation with giving creative direction, as some clients will think they are influencing the creative response. This couldn't be further from the truth, as giving a good steer on how you see the film looking/feeling will only help guide the creative to a more exciting and original concept, whilst still keeping in line with your brief.
Fertility – Getting a creative enthused about a project will, 9 out of 10 times, get the best out of them. If you can inject a sense of purpose to the brief, the creative response will have the energy and feeling that makes great campaigns. Are you looking to change the world? Are you helping a specific type of person? If so, how? And how does this translate through your offering and how does that set you apart from your competitors? These big ideas are what will inspire a creative to respond, in kind, with concepts that strike at the heart of what you're trying to communicate to your audience, above and beyond the fact that 'X fund is looking to grow by Y%, giving you Z return over…'
So where do I start, when writing my creative brief?
There are a number of creative brief templates out there, some of which are very lengthy, others which are essentially blank pieces of paper.
What's important is getting the right people (decision makers, strategy, brand, etc) involved early on, so that the project and the purpose is truly signed off – there's nothing more deflating, for both client and agency, when a creative proposal is binned because X board member wasn't aware it was even being done.
You should also try to write the brief in a way that reflects your brand – if your brand believes in concise, clear, personal language, write your brief in this way so that the person reading it (agency) instantly gets a feel for style and tone of voice. Detail on what the brand means should be in the brief too, so that there is a reflection of it woven into the creative response.
Marketing maths should be included too – giving context to where you are now, what opportunities there are to capitalise on, how your brand looks to embed these into its DNA – this is all helpful for building a creative idea around and needs consideration.
Finally, try to profile your target audience – 45, successful and entrepreneurial isn't much to go on. Creating personas for your typical user is really helpful when developing ideas and concepts. Consider this, as an expansion on the above description:
"Bob is a 45 years old, successful entrepreneur who, over the last 15 years, has built his business into the success it is today – a tech company with 50 staff, operating globally from 10 countries and 25 offices.
He likes the finer things in life – he drives a nice car, has a decent-sized home where his wife and two children live, and takes pleasure in providing a secure future for them all.
Bob is at the stage now where he wants to work less and enjoy his spare time more, needs succession planning at work and retirement planning at home. He is looking to retire by 50 with enough capital to maintain a travelling lifestyle with his wife, as his kids go off to University.
We'd like to help Bob manage his finances to provide the most stable and secure future, with X and Y products/services that will help him achieve those life ambitions"
It's a bit longer to write than '45, successful and entrepreneurial', but it paints a picture for the creative and helps them think from the customer's perspective.
This, in turn, will give you a better response and a creative that really reflects the brief's intention.
Ultimately, that little extra time spent up front will give you a better result in the end.
Make it simple for yourself
As a closing statement, one way to think when you're putting a creative brief together is to consider three questions:
Where are we now?
Where would we like to be?
How would we like to get there?
Start with these thoughts in mind, taking on board the ideas of 'brevity, clarity and fertility', and you should start to see the results in your next creative project!
About the author
Christiaan Harden
Client Services Director
Christiaan is our client services director, who has been in the industry for over 10 years, starting out as a filmmaker. He's been at Spectrecom since day one so his company and business knowledge is unmatched.


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The head of U.S.-based appliance company KitchenAid surely missed much of the presidential debate Wednesday night, forced to do damage control after a tweet published on the brand's official account contained a disparaging remark about President Obama's late grandmother. After Obama mentioned his grandmother, who helped raise him and died just days before the 2008 election, @KitchenAidUSA sent the following message to its 25,000 followers — now deleted, but widely preserved in hundreds of retweets.
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1/2 cup raw sugar ( I used just 1/4 cup as I wanted to use more honey)
1/2 cup coconut ( I used sesame seeds as I didn't have enough coconut)
155 gm butter
1 tablespoon honey but I added an extra 1/4 cup instead of 1/2 the sugar.
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As I watch Matt McCarthy work some pad drills with coach Terry Coulter he looks a slick operator. He switch hits with ease – southpaw, orthodox, southpaw orthodox – and at the dictation of the old hand cockney Coulter. The pair are in tune – the dictation Coulter utilises isn't always verbal and when it is, it is only short instruction to which McCarthy reacts. It's the same when the welterweight from Essex moves on to some ab work – Coulter holds the feet as McCarthy sits up, grazing the coaches shoulder before controlling the lie back down. This is repeated with ease until the man in charge decides that enough work has been done for now.
During the routine not many words are exchanged – they don't need to be. The synchronisation between fighter and trainer is obvious. The major source of noise in the room is generated from McCarthy's demolition job of the pads – "PAH PAH PAH" – he exhales, relentlessly laying lefts and rights to both body and head of the make believe opponent. I have yet to see McCarthy in a boxing match, but am assuming his vociferous style carries itself through to fight night.
I will get the chance on October 17th at York Hall when McCarthy will make his 14th outing as a professional. To date he holds a record of 12 wins, a single loss and no draws. The loss, which occurred in July 2014, prompted a number of changes within camp McCarthy as Matt tells us: "I was fighting under Miranda Carter in Essex, it was going alright. Was training under Mark Bates when I got my first defeat against Chris Truman (13-4-2) so I decided to switch my team around for the better. Now I'm managed and trained by Terry Coulter – we've been together for a year and had three fights together and won all three – two unanimous and one knockout against hard opponents. Next one is an unbeaten fella from Ireland and we're not promoted by Steve Goodwin so it's all going brilliant."
Often you hear of fighters making changes to their teams as a result of a loss and fear that the decision may be rash. However seeing the relationship between McCarthy and Coulter it is clear that there this switch was more rationale than rash – the two exchange insults and barbed compliments like father and son more than fighter and trainer. Another change that has come about with the new training camp is a settled weight division – previously McCarthy has worked hard to make welterweight to the detriment of his fighting. "We boxed at welter, but I box so well at light middleweight – I'm strong, I'm fit, I'm sharp, I've got a six pack now with three weeks out – I'm comfortable and happy to fight anyone" he says with confidence and vigour.
His next challenge is the undefeated Casey Blair (3-0-0). Untested in his three fights, which have all taken place at middleweight, McCarthy will be confident going in to October 17th at York Hall on the 'We Never Stop' card. "Hopefully Blair will come and give me a test, then we can move on to the English light middleweight title soon."
The title the Essex fighter currently aspires for is held by Navid Mansouri (15-1-2), who was last in the ring back in July this year when he won the title in a split decision against Sam Sheedy. However McCarthy isn't confident he can tempt him in to the ring. "We want the English title, to fight Navid Mansouri – I don't think he would want to take it but we love that fight. There's plenty of fights out there, I'm game and happy to fight anyone – you've got to be in it to win it. October 17th is only a six rounder, but he's unbeaten so it should be good. Then we're fighting again on December 5th in an eight or ten rounder against good opposition which will hopefully be for an eliminator."
His eagerness is kept in check by coach Coulter who explains to me that his charge has age on his side and potential to burn. "He's 22, he's young and eager. I don't want to rush him because of his age but I honestly believe if he carries on as he is he can go to the British title providing he's brought there right and not rushed. We can't take silly risks but we need to be taking on better opponents all the time. We could all be 20 and 0 and fight nobody."
It is a realistic view from the experienced trainer and manager who has guided careers before and seen bright stars burn out. Coulter was the beneficiary of the TKO loss that McCarthy suffered last year – something that he sees as being an important step on the career path. "He's had his first loss and that was the best thing that ever happened to Matt losing that fight. He should thank Chris Truman for that because it's made him the way he is, he's good in the gym and really dedicated. I have to put the brakes on him sometimes, tell him to slow up. He's coming on lovely, we work well together and have a good rapport and put everything into it. I spend a lot of time with him and I think between us we could go British title no problem at all and beyond. You're only as good as your last fight so we just keep focussed all the time and keep on the ball. He's a great prospect, sometimes want to run before he can walk but that's the eagerness in him. I think the right fights at the right time will get us where we need to be and his confidence is growing all the time."
Away from the interview Coulter tells me about his first interactions with McCarthy and the visible differences he sees in the man today and the man of 12 months ago. At the time McCarthy was reluctant to travel to other gyms and take on sparring, with his confidence at a low ebb. That fighter is unrecognisable from the one that stands before me and who I saw throwing shows on the pads that reverberated around the room. Part of the confidence was displayed in his last outing in the ring against Zoltan Turai (6-4-0) – as McCarthy recalls the experience in the ring against a man who did his best to dent the Essex man's ego:
"I had Turai in an eight rounder, he came with a 66% KO record.. We came out in the first round and I hit him with five punches – he laughed at me! He was a strong, strong fighter but I won every round so convincingly, he just walked on to everything. In the seventh round I put him down and he got back up – he wasn't laughing then and in the eighth round I knocked him out, he wasn't laughing at the end of it. As I was working inside I was taking the piss out of him – if I'm winding him up he will keep coming at me, he did it all night and it was him getting beat up not me!"
Alas, McCarthy is not a man to be laughed at. He tells me about his favoured styles, that he can work off of the front or back foot, orthodox or southpaw, move or stay in the pocket. Comfortable in each it allows him to adapt – "Me and Terry work on so many things in the gym we have a plan A, B and C so it doesn't matter who we fight". With so many options available though, is it hard to implement a set style in the ring? "It depends really – at the end of a round I come back to the corner and Terry tells me what I need to be doing. I listen properly to him, we get the win and it's as simple as that. But it depends who I'm fighting – if it's a person who comes out and is orthodox and we think southpaw will work better then we'll do that. It depends what's landing better, I take Terry's advice and then put it into practice the next round."
The pair work alongside the strength and conditioning coach that Matt brought with him to the camp ("I know about strength and conditioning, but he teaches me stuff every day" says Terry) and the triumvirate decided to team up with Promoter Steve Goodwin. Matt and Terry had nothing but praise for the Goodwin Promotions setup:
"Terry is my coach and my manager and he has a lot of experience. He knows what he's doing and he's changed my career about in the last year. We had a sit down and spoke and had a lot of options to go with different people. We had a meeting with Steve and discussed plans – everything he said he has stuck to and the bloke's a gentleman and does what he says. It was a no brainer" says McCarthy. It is a view shared by trainer and Manager. "We have got the right team around him, Steve is brilliant and I can't fault the man. He's got loads of shows, he means what he says and he cares for the fighters. I've been in the game a long, long time and he is a genuine guy."
Logistics are difficult for the training, Terry travels each night to get the best out of Matt. But through speaking to the two you realise that the emotional distance travelled between the two far outweighs the road miles. By the end of 2015 McCarthy aims to have cemented his position as the mandatory challenger for the English light middleweight title. From here Coulter is confident that they can move higher together – for this team, the journey has a long way to go.
Matt wished to thanks the sponsors who assist him through camps and support his professional boxing career. These include AEM Demoliton and Whyte Contractors.


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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
I Scream for Ice Cream
This fun ice cream print shirt has been on serious rotation all summer. Probably not entirely work appropriate but very me so I wear it into the office anyway. I discovered it on Sheinside, a very new to me website that I wasn't sure to trust given the too good to be true prices (this shirt was $23 less 15% discount for signing up to the website). Yes my order took over a month to get to me from China, and the quality isn't fabulous, but for fun cheap fashion I'll shop from them again.
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What a fun spring outfit! That ice cream print shirt is the cutest thing ever! You must have been such a head turner when you walked into the office in that outfit - very pretty!ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous16 February 2014 at 02:16
I love this shirt (and its pairing with the pastel skirt). I would definitely wear it to work (in a corporate office environment), especially in the summer.ReplyDelete
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By Carmel Ni DhuibheanaighJanuary 8, 2015 at 5:38 pm
Submission to the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on behalf of the Tara Skryne Preservation Group regarding the Review of Wildlife Amendment Act Section 40: Hedgerows: Date: 8.1.2015.
TSPG would like to propose that the cutting of hedgerows be eliminated. We accept that there may be exceptions to this but even in the case of traffic visibility, cutting/flailing should be done only as a last resort. In most cases the strategic placing of convex mirrors would besufficient for traffic safety.
"If it must be done as a last resort, at least the outer hedge should be retained so that there will still be an intact wildlife corridor. Connectivity is all important, especially for bats who when seeking food at night will return to their nest if they come to a gap in the hedge." www.thehedge.org
TSPG seeks to preserveas many intact hedgerows as possible as a refuge for wildlife. We also recognise and value their vital importance in aiding soil and air quality.
All around the country evidence of flailing is plain to be seen. Apart from being extremely unsightly, this practice leaves the wounded hedges open to the spread of diseases, endangering plant and animal life alike. Hedgerows should be preserved primarily for the unique habitat theyprovide and their vital contribution to environmental sustainability as well asaesthetic appeal.
The scutting of hedgerows around the boundary of the State owned lands at the Hill of Tara has been the subject of previous complaints by TSPG to the OPW but the practice continues unabated. TSPG categorically does not accept that the hedgerows are adanger to traffic visibility in this area.
We applaud the Dept. ofArts Heritage and the Gaeltacht for their action on amending the Wildlife ActSection 40 and hope that it will be done in favour of wildlife without delay.
Tara SkrynePreservation Group
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No need to ask where Tara Landscape's application for Inclusion stands – what with a Motorway snaking past it and all…internationally important landscapes awarded...
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The nation has begun its switch from analog to digital broadcasting by concluding analog TV broadcasts in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province.
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) at 2 p.m. in Uljin permanently ended analog transmissions by terrestrial broadcasting stations and began digital TV transmissions.
The end of analog TV broadcasting comes 49 years after the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) first began transmitting black-and-white TV programming in 1961.
All television broadcasting will be digital by 2013.


text: The Newark Loew's State Theatre first opened on December 12, 1921, presenting vaudeville and a first-run feature movie. Due to its Loew's affiliation, it was always considered one of the top theaters in downtown Newark. "The Wizard of Oz", played there in its original 1939 release. It remained a Loew's for its entire lifetime. It was closed in 1977, and was demolished in 1978.


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- Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
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L'Orchestre du Monde brings together some of the finest international musicians to promote and support humanitarian causes. Members of the orchestra are soloists, members of string quartets and chamber ensembles and principals from the world's greatest orchestras.
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Be the Moon – Give it a Listen
John 1:9-14 | Listen to the song – Be the Moon
Throughout the Gospel of John Jesus is referred to as, 'the light'. John 1:9 says Jesus was, "…the true light which gives light to every one coming into the world." In John 8:12 Jesus says, "I am the light of the world." And John 12:46 says, "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness."
A few years ago I wrote and recorded a demo of a song, "Be the Moon". Use the link to give it a spin. The chorus says:
I wanna be the moon and reflect the Son;
Fill the whole world with His glory and the wonder of His love.
To change the seas, and show the way;
Shine Your light into the darkness, turn the night into day.
So take this heart of stone of mine and ignite it with your grace.
I wanna be the moon.
Questions for today:
- If Jesus is the light of the world what do you see when His light shines in your heart?
- If Jesus is the light of the world what do people see when His light reflects out from your life?
Be the moon – reflect the Son.


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Yesterday Android 4.3 was officially unveiled by Google. Google has started to release the factory images for all the Nexus devices. Meaning, Nexus users can now install Android 4.3 on their device without having to wait for the OTA (Over the air) update. Follow the instructions to install Android 4.3 on Galaxy Nexus/ Nexus 4/ Nexus 7/ Nexus 10.
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- Toyota has not yet agreed to partner with Tesla to build a car;
- Toyota made only a conditional promise to buy Tesla stock after an IPO;
- Tesla did not buy any NUMMI production equipment.
…the newly revised S-1 states very clearly:and
"In May 2010, Tesla and Toyota announced their intention to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles. This may involve the production of vehicles or powertrain components. However, we have not yet entered into any agreements, including any purchase orders, with Toyota for such arrangements and we may never do so."
This is surprising, considering that Musk is already enthusiastically talking about not just one joint Tesla-Toyota vehicle — due out in the next four to five years, he says — but multiple tandem projects using Tesla's powertrain technology and Toyota's components.
For now, all that is tying the major Japanese automaker to the venture-backed startup is an agreement to buy a $50 million stake in the latter if and when it goes public.… [However,] if Tesla doesn't have a successful IPO by Dec. 31 of this year, Toyota is no longer obligated to the buy these shares. This puts even more pressure on the company to make it to an IPO at all costs.The conclusion of reporter Camille Ricketts:
Tesla and [CEO Elon] Musk have a history of making announcements that sound sweeter than they really are upon closer inspection. Last July, when the company declared profitability — with a margin of just $1 million — a number of reports said the claim was all smoke and mirrors. And when Tesla first filed to go public at the end of January, it conveniently provided financial reports only through the end of 2009's third quarter, omitting the fourth quarter's dismal sales. That data has since been included, but there's a trend here.Update 9pm: If that's not enough, Venture Beat reporter Owen Thomas also reports Thursday that due to personal liquidity problems — tied in part to his inability to stay married — Musk has been broke for more than six months. Musk once used his personal fortune to keep the company afloat for the first five years, but now it appears he no longer cover a negative cash flow exceeding $100 million/year. Thomas concludes that even with government loans, the Model S is unlikely to begin production unless Tesla completes a successful IPO in the next seven months.
(Most of the divorce story is already several weeks old, having been covered by Edmunds, Divorce Saloon and Musk's ex-wife herself May 6 and May 8.)
The upshot of both stories suggests that Toyota seems to be first in line to acquire Tesla and its technology if it runs out of cash, but has no financial obligation to bail it out if it doesn't like the terms.


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Drought is something farmers and ranchers deal with from time to time, though it can vary in degree. This year, in some parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas the degree is high.
Our family has a farm in SC Kansas. We grow corn, soybeans, wheat and milo. About half of the farm is irrigated, the other half dryland. It can boggle the mind of some not familiar with agriculture to grasp the investment, and risk, our tenant and others like him have made in equipment, seed, inputs, etc. just to put in a crop. Depending on the size of the operation, it could reach millions of dollars for tractors, combines, irrigation systems, planters, trucks, grain carts, etc. etc. That does not include hired help, fuel, and the many other expenses included in operation of a farm. If all is perfect, can he make some money? Yes. But take a look at the pictures here. That's far from perfect.
This year, many farmers in the areas mentioned above will lose a substantial amount of investment. Not only that, their loss will translate into less for grain handlers, trucking companies, livestock operators, local groceries, local machinery dealers, local pickup and car dealers, local charities, and the list continues.
It's been estimated by USDA and others that nearly 20% of the nation's workforce through processing, packaging, transportation, retail, etc. is directly tied to agriculture. That's why urban residents can go to the nearest grocery store and have a bountiful supply of food ready to simply put in their cart.
It's easy to take our food, and the people who grow it, for granted. It's worth taking a minute, especially this year, to understand many of those dedicated farmers will not have a successful year, that their investment has literally burned up before their eyes. While much is already lost, much more could be if the rains don't come soon. You see, even irrigated crops need rain, and it's so dry in some areas, even irrigation isn't enough. And high prices for crops don't do much good if you don't have the crop to sell. So, remember these struggling farmers and ranchers this year, and say a prayer for some rain, they really need it.


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February 2008 Issue
Aircraft Loan Choices: Specialty Lenders
Thanks to high liquidity, aircraft lenders have been untouched by the sub-prime mortage crisis. They also offer lower interest rates than commercial banks.
Lately, good news in the world of general aviation has been scarce, but heres some: The aviation financial markets are so liquid as to have been left intact by the subprime lending crisis that has tanked the housing industry. Further, the aircraft loan business remains competitive enough to offer various loan products at reasonable interest rates. Nonetheless, the savvy buyer can make the loan process more painless by doing some prep work before picking up the phone or surfing the Web for money sources. As with a house purchase, both the buyer and the object of his financial affections must pass certain testsnot the least of which is a competent pre-buy on the airplane, having your financial house in order with the documents to prove it and knowing about any credit surprises before the bank finds them.
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General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Source: Myjoyonline.com
When a 28-year-old driver was diagnosed with appendicitis, he was assured the solution was a routine surgical procedure with almost zero chance of anything going wrong.
But three days after the December 29, 2017 surgery at the Ridge hospital (new Greater Accra Regional hospital), Ernest Oppong was sent home with severe burns from his waist to his right thigh and down around his buttocks.
It was to signal a very painful process of recovery exacerbated by negligent nurses and half-hearted treatment at the Ridge hospital, he lamented.
Inside the surgical ward room 1 at the hospital where he was to recover after the surgical operation, the driver felt a sharp sensation in his back. His skin was burning.
But he was unable to get up because the anaesthesia used for the operation was yet to fully wear off.
The Ridge hospital already had a problem of giving burns to a man who came for treatment for appendicitis.
The shocked burns patient was discharged on News Years Day with a new health problem and was asked to report every two days for dressings.
He says he pays 50 cedis for transportation from Achimota to Ridge hospital in anytime he was due for treatment.
By February 2, he had grown weary footing the bills of the injuries he suffered at the hospital and complained to the doctor at Ridge.
He was readmitted to the hospital on the same day of his complaint and was to have his burns treated every three days.
"I have to go around chasing nurses to come and do my dressing for me," he said. "They were just tossing me around."
He said he smelled so bad whenever his treatment was due "I cannot even sleep," he said.
Very often his medication was partly borne by him as the hospital would explain to him, the prescribed drugs were unavailable at the hospital.
"I was buying medicine with my own money. When I don't get money I don't buy. I would just be lying in my wound like that."
He finally left the hospital in February to continue his recovery at home.
The heavy duty driver said he has not been able to return to work which requires driving long journeys across the regions.
He can't sit for long behind the wheel, he said. But responding to his need to survive, he has signed up as an Uber driver.
His grievance remains unabated by the health officials at Ridge who have agreed to pay the cost of treatment he had to bear after the negligent injuries.
"I was never happy with Ridge hospital from day one," he said.


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We no longer sell tubers online; just cut flowers locally.
To view our current online products visit www.lynchcreekfarm.com.
Alfred C is a superior example of the dinnerplate category. Bold orange and yellow blend together to create a wonderful bronze coloration.
Like most large varieties, look for flowers later in the summer and into early fall.


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I seriously underestimated the amount of laundry I'd be doing when children came along. Sure, I calculated cloth diapers in and knew there'd be a few onesies and bibs to add to the mix, but never did I imagine how quickly a non-mobile being could slobber, spit up, or blow-out an item to the laundry pile. Both of my little girls are adorably MESSY. So yes, I do a lot of laundry, but what I really do a lot of is spot treating.
Truth be told, I've used Shout on laundry stains many times and can testify that it works well. No – really well. And quickly! But you know the old saying, "Anything that is too good to be true probably is." That is definitely the case here.
You already know why we made the switch to natural & safe household cleaners. Well, Shout is definitely not natural or safe. Infact, it has been given a pitiful F rating due to dangerous chemicals by the Environmental Working Group, and many other commercial spot treatments are also rated similarly. Often times commercial stain treatments include ingredients known to be irritants, allergens, endocrine disrupters, cancer-causing, and linked to organ & nervous system toxicity.
But the trouble with chemical-free, homemade alternatives is that not all stains are created equally, and not all natural ingredients will destroy every type of stain. For example:
Stains left by fruit, juice, & most beverages can often be countered by pouring boiling water over the soiled area. Vinegar or lemon juice and soap can often tackle any residue. Any sugar residues left in the fabric can caramelize and turn brown under dry high heat.
Greasy food stains respond well to a generous application of liquid soap and oxygen bleach after rinsing (or, in my experience, lemon essential oil does the trick).
There might not be a completely one-size-fits-all natural spot remover, but I wanted to find the best one out there that would address as many of these types of stains as possible. I tested several different homemade solutions on a number of stains. I found that all solutions helped some, but that castille-based solutions clearly finished in the lead.
Today I would like to share my natural, castile-based recipe that I have found to be the most multi-faceted and effective.
- 1 Part Castille Soap (I use THIS ONE)
- 2 Parts Distilled Water
- 2 Parts Hydrogen Peroxide
- Lemon Essential Oil, use about 5 drops per every cup of liquid
- Gently mix ingredients together and store in an amber glass spray bottle. I usually use an 8-16 oz bottle (like THIS ONE), making only enough for the week. It's not a good idea to make larger batches than this as diluted/mixed hydrogen peroxide can begin to lose its stain-lifting power.
STORAGE: Storing in dark glass is helpful as citrus essential oils can corrode plastic, and darker bottles will help to keep the oils and peroxide effective and potent. TEST BEFORE USE: Hydrogen peroxide is a mild lightener. I have found it to be color safe on my fabrics, but it is a good idea to do a spot test on any favorite pieces you have before dousing them.
Rinse out/soak stain according to type:
- PROTEIN-BASED: soak first in lukewarm water
- FRUIT & BEVERAGES: rinse first with boiling water
This post is part of my "Farewell" Friday series.


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Frisco was Clinton country on June 28, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton headlining a Democratic fund-raiser on behalf of Sen. Barbara Boxer. Clinton told the crowd to expect to lose some of the tax cuts passed by President Bush if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress: "We`re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
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text: 7 best summer skiing spotsUpdated 1043 GMT (1843 HKT) March 15, 2017 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Best summer skiing spotsHintertux, Austria – The Hintertux glacier at the head of the Ziller valley south-east of Innsbruck is open 365 days a year. It is one of the world's premier summer skiing spots with up to 18 kilometers of skiing above 3,000 meters.Hide Caption 1 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsLes 2 Alpes, France – High above Les 2 Alpes lies an extensive summer skiing area on the flanks of the mighty La Meije with lifts up to 3,600 meters. Hide Caption 2 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsTignes, France – The Grande Motte glacier above Tignes hosts skiing and boarding up to 3,456 meters in summer, with the option of launching down ramps into the lake to perfect freestyle technique in the afternoon. Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsZermatt, Switzerland – Zermatt's summer skiing takes place on the Theodul glacier under the watchful eye of the majestic Matterhorn. It is a favorite of race-training camps and international ski teams.Hide Caption 4 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsWhistler, Canada – Whistler's summer skiing area is the Horstman glacier above Blackcomb mountain. The venue is for advanced and expert skiers, with a terrain park and moguls fields to practice that freestyle technique in soft, sunny conditions.Hide Caption 5 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsSaas Fee, Switzerland – Saas Fee is a traditional traffic-free village surrounded by a host of immense 4,000-meter peaks with summer skiing available on the glacier tumbling down from the summit of the Allalinhorn.Hide Caption 6 of 7 Photos: Best summer skiing spotsKaprun, Austria – The Kitzsteinhorn glacier above Kaprun in the Salzburg region is a magnet for summer skiing fans and offers a wealth of beginner and intermediates slopes from an altitude of 3,029 meters with views across to the lake at Zell am See. Hide Caption 7 of 7If you crave an endless winter, check out these summer skiing destinations.More from SportLondon Sevens: England going 'hell for leather' for Olympic berth'King of cricket' Virat Kohli represents a 'new India'Niki Lauda: Three-time Formula One champion dead at 70'We can live or we can die': How cricket redefined a war-torn nationBodexpress ran the entire Preakness without his jockey


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In her review of Leonardo Boff's "Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church" (May 5), Marianne Sawicki says that the Vatican objected to Boff comparing "sacramental worship to means of production that polarizes the clergy and laity into two conflicting classes" and adds that "the comparison limps because (God's) grace is not a material thing." But however limping that comparison, Boff's position is not "provincial" or peculiar to Brazilian culture, as Sawicki suggests. In "Stamp Out Sacramental Tyranny," an article in this month's (May, 1985) U.S. Catholic, Fr. Andrew Greeley discusses the subject, noting that "the clergy still enjoy lording their power over the laity."
The essential point is that in the Catholic Church the priestly caste claims that within the Church it controls the grace of God, which Catholics believe necessary for salvation. This control is exercised chiefly through the sacraments and the regulations affecting their administration. Thus, unless a Catholic is in danger of sudden death, he may not be absolved of sin unless he confesses to a priest. In Catholic theology, a bride and groom minister the sacrament of matrimony to each other, but under normal circumstances, their union would be considered sinful unless a priest had witnessed and blessed the ceremony. Nowadays, the Catholic clergy will not bless a marriage or even administer baptism--considered the most necessary of sacraments--except under prescribed conditions. Much more could be said of this subject, but this is enough to indicate that Boff has a point even if his comparison limps.


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Did you ever have a moment, a single moment that forged such an impact that you knew your life would never quite be the same? Often such moments involve facing death in some manner. Near-death experiences can be an effective wake-up call that directs us to examine our direction, values and priorities. For me, my moment came through a near life-experience! You see, I received the kiss of life. In Brooklyn. In a fast food restaurant. While waiting for the bathroom.
I will explain . . .
One day, while on my way to work, I needed to use the bathroom. I spotted a McDonalds and proceeded to wait in a sizable line for the restroom. Just as it was my turn to go, an elderly woman in a wheelchair came in, and her nurse asked me if they could go ahead of me. "Of course!" I told her enthusiastically, commanding my youthful anal muscles to squeeze a little longer in respect of the woman's feeble physical condition. As she left her wheelchair and was escorted into the bathroom, I noticed a beautiful glow in her eyes, which reminded me of the eyes of a baby, crystal clear, pure and precious.
Two minutes passed very slowly for me, and finally I heard the sweet sounds of a toilet flushing. Both women came out smiling, and before the elderly woman returned to her wheelchair, she walked right up to me, kissed me on the lips, and said, "Thank you, I love you." I embraced her frail body in a delicate and tender hug. Her eyes blazed with life and love, and I felt a ripple of energy go through my heart center. We parted. I went into the bathroom to relieve my body, but also to sit and ponder the gifts I had just received. The woman's eyes, her radiant spirit, and especially her fearless, shameless offering of love had me shaking. I was in delicious shock, thrown completely into a state of wonder. The best moments in life catch us off guard, sneaking up to us when we least expect it, and this was one of them.
My time on the toilet was quiet a noisy meditation. Who was that woman? Was she too old and senile to remember that one doesn't go around kissing strangers on the lips, or was she too wise to let her heart be confined to the ways of the world? My brain raced with theories, questions that would never be answered. Finally I gave up the detective work, gave my mind a laxative, and surrendered to the mystery.
I am happy to say that I never fully recovered from that experience. It was as if she had passed a torch on to me, igniting my desire to love boldly, to live without concern for what the neighbors might think. The torch burned a hole in my tolerance for mediocre, half-asleep self-expression. I wanted what this woman had, and I didn't want to wait till my body was old and feeble before my soul was that free!
But how would I do it? What was my style of loving? Was I to kiss strangers on the lips
after each gesture of good will? Pretty soon I realized that I couldn't approach this
business of loving with a plan of action. It had to spring up from my heart like a bubbly
fountain, spontaneous and unrehearsed. All I could do was practice being a channel for
love, not its creator. From the depth of my being, I prayed to learn the ways of love, and
my prayer took the form of a song:
I want to wake up in the morn, and know what I'm made of
Oh, great spirit, teach me, teach me how to love
I want to hear the birds at dawn, and know what they sing of
Oh, great spirit, teach me, teach me how to love
I've learned quite well just how to hide
Behind these rusty walls inside
But now my heart is calling me to rise above
Teach me how to love
I've shined on just a chosen few that fit me like a glove
Oh, great spirit, teach me, teach me how to love
Teach me to shine on everyone just like the sun above
Oh, great spirit, teach me, teach me how to love
I've walked the earth in self-defense
Bracing for some punishment
Could it be I'm safer here?
I've asked a jury of my fears
I'd rather ask a dolphin or a dove
Teach me how to love
The Course in Miracles sums up our lessons in loving in this masterful sentence: This course does not aim at teaching you the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at the removal of the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. By writing and singing Teach Me How To Love, I was telling the universe: "I'm ready, I'm willing. Guide me on the path of love." What I got, of course, was a series of experiences and relationships designed to pry me away from the beliefs I harbored that were marring the road, the potholes in my sense of wholeness. Beliefs like Romantic love will save me, or Deep down I'm not lovable, or I must perform and achieve at a frantic pace to earn love, had to be brought up from the subconscious, examined and released. Gradually I learned that the art of loving was not practiced through willful control but through surrendering and letting go, two skills not exactly taught to me in my years of schooling. In a culture that gives us messages in movies and music such as, "Once you have found her, never let her go," or "I can't live if living is without you," it is no shock that most of us have some significant unlearning to do before we are able to learn healthy loving.
Letting go is an inevitable part of loving. Just last week I walked into a sandwich shop to order a hero. As I was leaving the store with my to-go order, I passed by a woman eating by herself. She looked up at me, smiled, and asked me about the meaning of the words on my T-shirt. Feeling embraced by her warmth, I invited myself to sit with her and explain my shirt over lunch. She enthusiastically agreed, and soon we were talking about everything from angels to life after death. After sensing that I was a safe space, she revealed to me that her daughter had died six months ago. She showed me her most recent picture. Her daughter was in her early twenties. I felt the weight of her loss, and silently prayed to be of some support to this woman. She openly discussed her healing process, her shock and sorrow, and I listened intently. As I listened I noticed a light in her eyes, a radiance that was untouched by the hurricane of grief barreling through her heart. She closed the conversation by saying, "I can't imagine anything worse that can happen in my life than losing my daughter. Now that the worst has already happened, what is there to be afraid of? In a strange sort of way, I feel freed up to really live."
The strength behind this woman's choice of perceptions reverberated through my soul. I thanked her for teaching me about courage and I gifted her with one of my tapes. That night I thought about her a lot. I thought also about my angel in a wheelchair, whose kiss years back had prompted me to delve deeply into the mysteries of life and love. Suddenly I knew where that light in her eyes came from. Suddenly I realized where both of these women get their strength. It wasn't from leading rosy, sheltered lives where all their needs were met. It was from enduring and embracing adversity. It was from turning to God in the face of searing pain and heartache. These women, like most of us, found strength while on their knees.
Stephen Levine, gifted meditation teacher, has said that the happiest people he knows are the ones who have deeply investigated their own suffering. When I wrote Teach Me How To Love, little did I know that I was starting a thorough investigation that would take me through my darkness and on my way towards a light that is not dependent on outer circumstances for me to be happy. I didn't realize that the maturity my soul was asking for does not come from a challenge-free life, but from overcoming the obstacles placed before me, obstacles designed to make me strong, flexible and responsive to love's calling.
It has been seven years since I received the kiss of life and wrote my prayer-song. The lessons in loving have come, my heart has been several times broken, and compassion and wisdom have begun to rise up from the ashes of my disappointments. Perhaps the heart is like an egg, and mother life pecks on our protective shell until it breaks open. Then, later on, she stops providing food so our hunger can motivate us to find our own. Finally, when we're ready, even though we usually think we're not, she leads us to a cliff and gives us a push. And in the open air, in the middle of our free-fall, we discover our wings. How else do we learn to surrender? How else do we learn to fly?
For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth, so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your heights and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
- Kahil Gibran, The Prophet
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Somewhere within our lifetime, we will all have experienced where we have been so hungry that our stomach growled and others heard it. We were also so very thirsty that our lips were cracked and our throat felt like desert sand. All we could think about is wanting one drop of cool water or one small bite of bread.
This kind of desperate longing comes when we lack something essential to life itself. The human body can go for weeks without food. It can go for days without water. However, at some point, the body cries out for what it must have to survive. We all need to be nourished in some manner.
Without food and water, we wither up and die. In the same way, we need spiritual food and drink bread and wine for our soul.
If we go without these things, we become spiritually malnourished. Our faith seems dry. Our prayer life seems empty. Our joy begins to wane. We are on the verge of spiritual starvation.
When we nourish something, we feed it, provide it with things needed for life and growth. To nourish means to keep up; make grow; foster; promote. Fair treatment nourishes good will. To feed, means we can eat and eat. Yes, we become full, but we're still uneasy, discontent, still lacking the essential need for ourselves.
We then take a look at our body. It needs to be nourished for supply of energy, muscles, growth etc. and anything else to make us a functional human being.
When you really come down to the true source of what needs to be nourished, we maybe are peddling our bicycle backwards and not knowing it. We may have forgotten or have not been taught in life that our soul is the most important part of each and every one of us, and needs continual spiritual nourishment at all times.
We all need spiritual nourishment to maintain, and bread and water to live our lives on a daily basis.
If you think about it, it's like we all need booster cables, something that is linked to us, to give us that lift in life. It energizes us, gives us strength, anchors our soul, shields, and grounds us from the destruction of the devil and his ways.
In today's world, we have so many resources to turn, it's just a matter of us wanting to nourish our soul and maintain it properly.
The amazing part is, once you are spiritually nourished, you'll want more and more of it. In time, you then realize you can't seem to get enough of it, and it's contagious.


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This is article two in a series of three blog posts.
Yesterday we published Google DNS and OpenDNS usage stats that we generated from the data of millions of end-user tests. Interesting as this is, the real goals of those tests was to a) find out which CDNs support edns-client-subnet and b) gain insight in the impact of edns-client-subnet on CDN performance. In this article, we explain what edns-client-subnet is, its relevance to CDN performance and show which CDNs currently support it. In article 3, to be published tomorrow, we will show real-world performance data and make clear how edns-client-subnet (significantly) impacts CDN performance.
The problem
Some CDNs use DNS to determine the geographical location of the user. They can't use the IP address of the client for this, because it is masked by the DNS resolver, and so the CDNs use the IP address of the DNS resolver instead. In case of the Google DNS or OpenDNS servers, for many end users those servers are not close to them, simply because these providers don't have servers in every country and every ISP's network. For example, OpenDNS does not have DNS servers in South-America (network map). Someone in Brazil using OpenDNS will likely hit their resolver in Florida. The CDN will then think the user is in Florida and as a result it will serve content to the user from a server far away (Florida, not Brazil) resulting in a slow experience.
The two diagrams below illustrate how things work for a user in Thailand who wants to connect to a hostname on Akamai, using either the DNS resolver of his ISP or the resolver of OpenDNS.
The user ends up hitting a low-latency Akamai edge server in Thailand because Akamai's DNS server can accurately detect the user's geolocation. This is good.
Now Akamai cannot accurately detect the user's geolocation and believes the user is in Singapore. The user will connect to a high-latency Akamai edge server in Singapore. This is bad.
There are two solutions a CDN can implement to counter this problem. They can either use anycast for HTTP or support edns-client-subnet. We'll take a quick look at anycast for HTTP but focus on edns-client-subnet.
Anycast for HTTP
CDNs that use anycast for HTTP are not affected by the problems with geo targetting using DNS since they resolve to the same IP for all users (or all users in one region; EdgeCast). They rely on BGP to direct users to the closest server based on preferred path. Using anycast for HTTP may come with its own set of problems, but that is beyond the scope of this post.
The CDN's authoritative name server (ADNS) will respond with an IP address regardless of the user's location and that will lead the user to a nearby edge server wherever the user is.
Support edns-client-subnet
To mitigate the problem of DNS based geo-targetting, Google proposed a technical solution to the issue in an IETF draft Client subnet information in DNS requests. This is an experimental DNS extension that allows DNS resolvers to pass the client's IP address (or part of) to compatible authoritative DNS servers. The CDN's DNS server can then use this information to better determine where the end user is. Google DNS and OpenDNS implemented this solution as part of the Global Internet Speedup initiative in August 2011.
The drawback is the experimental nature of the spec and limited support in existing DNS server software. Only OpenDNS and Google Public DNS seems to support it on the resolver side. With both these providers, one must apply to be "whitelisted" in order to receive client's subnet with the query. The whitelisting procedure is pretty straightforward. Contact OpenDNS or Google, tell them your hostnames, nameservers IPs and they will probably whitelist you within a couple of days without any fuss.
Our test DNS server supported edns-client-subnet since the start of this month, and no resolver apart from Google and OpenDNS sent us queries with client subnet information.
The following illustration shows how supporting edns-client-subnet should result in getting a low-latency connection to the CDN.
Which CDNs support edns-client-subnet
|Supports edns-client-subnet?
|High impact
|Anycast, so no problem
|Anycast, so no problem
|High impact
|Anycast, so no problem
|High impact
|Anycast, so no problem
|Not big problem now
|Anycast, so no problem
|High impact
|Level 3
|High impact
|High impact
|Anycast, so no problem
CDNs that need to take action
Quite a few CDN providers don't do anycast for HTTP and don't support edns-client-subnet: Akamai, CDNetworks, CloudFront, Fastly, Internap, Level3 and Limelight. These are the CDNs that provide worse performance to some Google DNS and OpenDNS users than possible. But the size of the problem is not equal for all these CDNs. Fastly is the newcomer in the CDN market and currently has a limited number of POPs (4 in the US and 3 in Europe). Supporting edns-client-subnet will not improve performance all that much for them. Performance of the bigger CDNs however, like Akamai and Limelight, could improve significantly for many end-users if they would support edns-client-subnet. They have thousands of servers in many, many locations and quite a few Google DNS and OpenDNS users currently don't connect to an edge server inside the network of their ISP, but rather to a server in some other country or even continent.
A few more things to say
CDNetworks is listed as a participant in the Global Internet Speedup initiative, but they actually don't support edns-client-subnet. That is odd. The same goes for Bitgravity and CloudFlare, but since these CDNs do anycast, it is a none-issue.
EdgeCast is the only CDN with anycast for HTTP that supports edns-client-subnet, but it shouldn't really matter much because they do anycast (per region actually: North-America, Europe, APAC, ...). Perhaps EdgeCast can improve the effectiveness of their regional anycast architecture just a little bit with edns-client-subnet.
Test methodology
This is what I did to test support for edns-client-subnet by CDNs:
I downloaded the patch to dig from http://wilmer.gaa.st/edns-client-subnet/ and installed it. Actually, I copied the patched dig as dig-client into my path for easy access.
sajal@sajal-laptop:~$ dig-client gp1.wac.v2cdn.net @ns1.edgecastcdn.net +client=22.214.171.124 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.1-P3 <<>> gp1.wac.v2cdn.net @ns1.edgecastcdn.net +client=126.96.36.199 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8715 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ; CLIENT-SUBNET: 22.214.171.124/32/14 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;gp1.wac.v2cdn.net. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: gp1.wac.v2cdn.net. 3600 IN A 184.108.40.206 ;; Query time: 56 msec ;; SERVER: 18.104.22.168#53(22.214.171.124) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 16 17:08:39 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 91 sajal@sajal-laptop:~$
The response from EdgeCast shown above means that EdgeCast is saying that the response is only valid for 188.8.131.52/14 (i.e. 18.104.22.168 - 188.8.131.52). It may be the case that the CDN has only whitelisted Google/OpenDNS to receive client-subnet. In that case we can query Google. Google passes along subnet information to everyone.
sajal@sajal-laptop:~$ dig-client gp1.wac.v2cdn.net +client=220.127.116.11 @188.8.131.52 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.1-P3 <<>> gp1.wac.v2cdn.net +client=126.96.36.199 @220.127.116.11 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5615 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ; CLIENT-SUBNET: 220.127.116.11/32/14 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;gp1.wac.v2cdn.net. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: gp1.wac.v2cdn.net. 2192 IN A 184.108.40.206 ;; Query time: 60 msec ;; SERVER: 184.108.40.206#53(18.104.22.168) ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 16 17:13:56 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 74 sajal@sajal-laptop:~$


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frieghttrain wrote:cbcr wrote:TexasBred wrote:That's pure horse shyt. cbcr read the numbers wrong I'm sure since he has no on farm experience with dairy cattle. Stillbirths were all but nonexistent on our dairy and calf deaths for any reason were rare.
As a matter of fact I did grow up on a dairy. Even milked 3 times a day. Over 40 year experience as an AI technician.
Some people argue just to argue. The information that we report is correct. Look at the Minnesota report, did you see where the Holsteins had a 9% stillbirth rate? That is fact, unless you want to try to say that it is a lie.
The breeds that we represent continue to grow, with many producers breeding up to purebred status. So many studies don't want to include our breeds because our breeds would show much better. There was a trial on the crosses that was done a few years ago in California, but many didn't or refused to believe the results. This Minnesota study with different herds shows that these breeds do perform very well.
But again there will be some that will still want to discredit the results and not believe them. To each his own.
What do you do now? Swedish red Brown swiss,and jersy my boss likes but not the Monblierd(can't spell that right )
Has He looked at the Fleckvieh?


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Archive for Saturday, September 1, 2012
Baker improves to 2-0
September 1, 2012
PERU, Neb. – With a strong running game and an efficient day from quarterback Sam Vossen, the No. 18 ranked Baker University football team improved to 2-0 on the year and 1-0 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference with a 34-13 win over Peru State.
The Wildcats won its second road game of the young season after defeating No. 11 Ottawa last weekend 27-20.
Saturday's contest began with a slow start with neither team scoring in the first quarter but the Wildcats got on the board first with a three-yard rushing touchdown by freshman running back Jermaine Broomfield with 12:10 left in the second quarter.
Then University of Southern California transfer Dillon Baxter scored his first touchdown of the season with 5:21 left in the first half on a six yard run.
After halftime, reigning HAAC Offensive Player of the Week Ryan Ludlow brought the Bobcats within eight points with a one-yard touchdown of his own, but the extra point was no good and the score stood at 14-6 in favor Wildcats.
The biggest play of the contest came with 2:09 left in the third quarter when Vossen tossed the ball up in the Nebraska air and senior receiver Reggie Harris reached up to grab his first touchdown of the season on a 50-yard pass play, giving Baker the 21-6 lead. Vossen then followed that up with a 28-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joel Murphy.
Ludlow then ran in his second touchdown of the game with 10:56 left in the game but that was the final points of the game for the Bobcats.
Broomfield ran in his second touchdown of the game with 4:42 to go to give the Wildcats the 34-13 lead for good.
Broomfield led the Wildcats in rushing with 96 yards and Baxter finished with 79, while Vossen threw for 187 yards on 12-of-17 passing.
Defensively, the Cats' held Ludlow to just 60 yards rushing and quarterback Bo Shepard to just 37 yards after each went for over 200 and 100 yards respectively the week before.
Gunnar McKenna recovered a fumble for Baker and seniorAdam Steele led the way in tackles with eight and two tackles for loss.
Baker will return to Baldwin City next week for its home opener next Saturday, Sept. 8 as they take on HAAC opponent Evangel University at 6 p.m. at Liston Stadium.
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Emperor Art
Amaysu walked through the large walls and entered the town. It was a sight to behold for himself; he had lived inside a castle for most of his life. The city that he would usually gaze at from his bed chamber was all standing at the spot he stood, they were buildings that would pierce the sky and were always a light even in the dark.
This town was nothing compared to that time. These houses Amaysu saw were nothing special, they were all made from wood and bricks, they were all badly constructed and there were gaps for windows and they seemed to be opened a closed by a wooden cover. Their structure was nothing special, however the layout of the streets were below decent from Amaysu's very own perspective.
The outskirts of the city were mostly huts, with starved men, women, children and elderly, they were the poorest and at the lowest level of the towns social hierarchy. Amaysu had a tinge of pity for them, back during the reign of his empire such scenes were quite rare, but they still existed.
Amaysu walked in between Raza and Hummels, through the wide streets and then they finally entered the bustling streets of the market. There were countless stalls standing on each side of the street, there were countless sellers who would shout out their prices, young men would sit in the side of the streets and place their item in front of them waiting for a buyer. The market was in utter pandemonium.
What's going on? What is with these poor standards? Amaysu thought as he noticed the state of the town and market. Amaysu had visited cities and towns that were even smaller than this; however their living standards were much better when compared with a place like this. He would also occasionally see domesticated dogs running across the streets in the market.
When Raza appeared in the streets, suddenly, all the people that noticed him moved aside, this in turn caused other people to notice. Soon everyone had moved aside to create a pathway straight through the market street which directly led out of the market and to a building that was five stories tall and looked impressive, however in Amaysu's eyes it was nothing much.
"Look it's young master Raza," a girl squealed. Raza's status in the town was exceptionally high and was second to only the patriarch of the Averice clan, so many young ladies would fawn over him and give themselves up to him.
"Our young master is at the 3rd rank of the Fighter stage, he truly is a genius."
"Yeah, he could probably rival the geniuses from the enormous schools and sects from the big cities."
Raza hearing all this stood straight, his chest puffed out and a proud, arrogant expression on his face. All of a sudden Amaysu snorted coldly, he had seen countless geniuses during the reign of his empire and someone like Raza would be considered the lowest of the bunch. This pulled Raza back to reality as he shivered at the reality of things, the boy behind him was what you would describe a true genius.
"Who is that boy?" A man uttered as he strained his eyes to see the boys features, however Amaysu was quite a distance away.
"He's carrying two kids with him."
When Amaysu drew closer to the crowd of people, they were finally able to see his features. He had smooth sandy brown hair, which looked a lot like, a dark golden colour under the radiant sky. He also had fair, but full eyebrows that didn't stand out, thin lips and a high nose.
When Amaysu looked around at the crowd of people, they immediately stood straight, subconsciously it felt right for them to act like this. This was caused by the cool and cold aura of nobility he carried; they also noticed his two different eye colours: The deep brown and the golden copper.
"…" Everyone in the streets stared at Amaysu; their mouths gaped as they stared in an infatuated manner. His appearance was handsome and was somewhat feminine, yet he carried a domineering presence.
"What a handsome young fellow." A man mumbled.
"…" There was a large amount of young ladies that had come to see young master Raza and somehow try to gain his attention, but when they noticed Amaysu they stared at him with a bewitched and passionate gaze. Most of them felt their cheeks go blazing red, when Amaysu's gaze simply passed them, however they were disappointed when they noticed his lack of interest.
Comparing Raza with Amaysu was an insult to the boy, it was like comparing a toad with a majestic White Lion, it couldn't be done.
"Why is he carrying two kids?" A confused girl who looked like she was 16 or 17 years old asked in the middle of the crowd, she still had a captivated expression.
Amaysu's appearance caused a stir in the crowd, however he merely ignored it and they slowly walked through the crowd and left the market under the gaze of countless people.
Amaysu suddenly stopped in the middle of the street, "Hummels prepare me and my siblings a lodging, now. Also bring food for me and my siblings." Amaysu said indifferently, he had enough of strolling around the village as he realised that Raza was taking his time.
Hummels looked at Raza with a lost expression, he was called upon before his young master, this was considered an insult and Hummels feared the backlash from Raza. This is why he looked at Raza for instructions.
"Mi Lord, let me take you, to your new dwelling, while Hummels can go and prepare your meals." Raza spoke with a calm expression, he was not the least bit offended.
Amaysu merely nodded, the quicker he found a dwelling the better.
After that Raza led Amaysu towards a street that was quite empty when compared to the other bustling streets in the town. The dwellings were simple and were mostly made of wood, these homes weren't very big but the architecture of the homes could not be compared to the homes that Amaysu had previously seen.
"Mi Lord, these are the dwellings of the higher ups of our clan and for our guests," Raza explained respectfully. "Mi Lord you can pick any of these homes," as Raza said this he pointed at a certain row of dwellings, each one of them had a front garden, walls on all four sides for privacy and a front gate.
Amaysu nodded and walked in front of each home, inspecting them from the outside and then decided. He picked the home with the biggest front garden, it contained a small pond as well. The dwelling was slightly smaller compared to the other homes and the three metres tall white walls prevented anyone from intruding.
This house will be the best for me to train privately, Amaysu thought. The reason he picked a home with a big garden was so that he could train peacefully without being disturbed.
Raza seeing Amaysu had picked a home, he quickly interrupted his thoughts, "Mi Lord, here's a Transmission Card, you can use this to call me if you need anything."
Amaysu being jolted out of his thoughts was slightly annoyed, however he still looked down at the card and nodded, however Amaysu looked at Raza oddly as if he was overlooking something.
Raza suddenly realised that Amaysu was holding his younger brother and sister so could not hold onto the card.
"Mi Lord, I will send you the Transmission Card when we bring you, your meal. I'll see you later." Raza could only helplessly chuckle awkwardly as he turned and walked away.
The house in front of Amaysu, had three steps which led to the wooden platform, which was where the door was and it was under the protection of a roof that was held by thin wooden beams. There was a window on both sides of the door, which was opened and closed by a wooden cover.
"Creeeaaak…" A silver hand appeared in the air and opened the wooden door for Amaysu since his hands were tied, since he was carrying Arisa and Raymond. When he took his first step into their new home, he was immediately struck by a flowery yet calming scent. This flowery scent came from a vase that had a yellow flower; it was on top of the only table in the entire room. There was only one room and it contained a King sized bed, a single wardrobe and a table, on the side there was a door that Amaysu figured led to the toilet.
Amaysu placed Arisa and Raymond on the bed that had a white soft cover and a white blanket on top, with pillows at the head of the bed.
"Huh…" Amaysu dropped onto the floor, sweat dropped down on his face as he took heavy breaths of air, he was extremely fatigued and his muscles were all in pain. He felt a splitting headache crushing his mental strength.
He slowly moved his gaze to the ceiling and closed his eyes, a muttering noise came out of his mouth: "Getting tired after facing Thirteen 1st rank Fighters, how embarrassing… If master was here he'd laugh at me and I'd never let me hear the end of it." A helpless, longing smile appeared on his face. "Ten thousand years have passed and I've grown so stiff, just using the Inherited Legacy for a small amount of time causes me such a painful headache."
The inherited Legacy carried a heavy burden on the metal state of the user, that's why this specific Legacy required the user to strengthen his concentration and perception.
"I wonder what the outside world looks like… Times have sure changed, the continent has also forgotten about us." Amaysu mumbled to himself, dreaming of the past.
Amaysu's expression suddenly turned cold, the aura that he released seemed to have caused the temperature of the room to drop significantly. It was a hatred that was bone deep, every single cell was calling upon revenge. "Kronos, Karia, if you're still alive I will personally send you to the other world, when that day comes you'll wish you were dead!" Amaysu muttered through gritted teeth, creaking sounds could clearly be heard and his tone would cause a person to shiver at the amount of bloodlust and killing intent that was leaking out of the boy.
"A day will come, when the name Dasecris will be known once again as the most powerful empire and all those that have caused our downfall will perish." Amaysu swore at that moment, an oath that he would forever remember.
The loss that Amaysu felt completely changed the course of his life: From the prince of an Empire to an orphan child. He had a strong desire to revive the Dasecris family. This would also become a driving force for him to become stronger.
The sun had set and the moon was hanging in the midst of the stars, shining down at Amaysu's new home. Raymond and Arisa had woken up hungry and were fed by Amaysu and then immediately returned to their slumber.
Amaysu he sat on the wooden platform outside, with his legs stretched forward he gazed at the brightness of the moon.
He slowly pulled out a book that was tucked away under his white clothes. It had a plain black hard cover, which exemplified the simple feeling of the book, nothing impressive could be felt by the plain book, however it's title was written in gold.
"Emperor Arts…" Amaysu murmured as he read the front cover. The book wasn't extraordinary in any way, if he had received from anyone except his father, he would have returned it.
The book was rather thin, having only around a hundred pages or so.
Amaysu opened the front cover, to the first page, he instantly felt a sensation of oppressive force coming from the words:
'When an Emperor is born, he will be remembered for an eternity. A True Emperor stands at the pinnacle of power. I await for the rise of a True Emperor.'