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All the Grammy Awards that 'Black Panther' is Nominated For
The Grammy Awards are tonight and Black Panther has a whopping eight nominations!
The Marvel Cinematic Universe film has been having a killer Awards Season. The movie recently won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the SAG Awards and fans are eager to see if the film will continue the winning streak at tonight's Grammy's.
Taking place live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Grammy Awards will be broadcast live, airing on CBS at 8 p.m. EST. You can also watch the show on CBS All Access or stream them on YouTube TV.
Black Panther is also up for seven Academy Awards, which include Best Picture, Best Original Music Score, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Song, and Best Production Design.
However, before Hollywood's biggest night happens on February 24th, the groundbreaking superhero film will face off against music's most talented and popular artists at tonight's Grammy Awards.
Here's a breakdown the the film's eight nominations…
Album of the Year
One of the most coveted awards in music is the Grammy's Album of the Year Award.
Black Panther: The Album's nomination is for various artists, most notably Kendrick Lamar (featured artist). The list also include Kendrick Duckworth and Sounwave (producers), Matt Schaeffer (engineer/mixer), Kendrick Duckworth and Mark Spears (songwriters), and Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer).
The album is going up against Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy, Brandi Carlile's By the Way, I Forgive You, Drake's Scorpion, H.E.R.'s self-titled album, Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer, and Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour.
If Black Panther wins tonight, it will be the fifth movie soundtrack in history to win Album of the Year. The past winners include The Music of Peter Gun (1959), Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack (1979), The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (1994), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2002).
Song of the Year: "All the Stars"
"All the Stars" is the hit of the film's soundtrack, so it's no surprise it is up for Song of the Year. The nomination is for Kendrick Lamar and SZA as well as songwriters Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburgh, Mark Spears, and Anthony Tiffith.
This category has some fierce competition, which includes Ella Mai "Boo'd Up" (songwriters: Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane), Drake's "God's Plan" (songwriters: Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib), Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood (songwriters: Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes, and Geoffrey Warburton), Brandi Carlile's "The Joke" (songwriters: Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth), Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey's "The Middle" (songwriters: Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha, and Anton Zaslavski), and Childish Gambino's "This is America" (songwriters: Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson, and Jeffery Lamar Williams.)
"Shallow" from A Star is Born is also up for the award. The Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga song will be Black Panther's fiercest song competition at the Academy Awards, but it's a whole different category at the Grammys. Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt are the credited songwriters.
Record of the Year: "All the Stars"
"All the Stars" is also up for Record of the Year.
The nominees for the Black Panther song include Kendrick Lamar and SZA (artists), Al Shux and Sounwave (producers), Sam Ricci and Matt Schaeffer (engineers/mixers), and Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer).
The competition includes "I Like It" for Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin (artists), Invincible, JWhiteDidIt, Craig Kallman, and Tainy (producers), Leslie Brathwaite, Kuk Harrell, Evan LaRay, and Simone Torres (engineers/mixers), and Colin Leonard (mastering engineer).
"The Joke" is also on the list for Brandi Carlile (artist), Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings (producers), Tom Elmhirst and Eddie Spear (engineers/mixers), and Pete Lyman (mastering engineer).
"This is America" earned a nomination for Childish Gambino (artist), Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson (producers), Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, Riley Mackin, and Shaan Singh (engineers/mixers), and Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer).
"God's Plan" made the cut for Drake (artist), Boi-1Da, Cardo, and Young Exclusive (producers), Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell, and Noah Shebib (engineers/mixers), and Chris Athens (mastering engineer).
"Rockstar" has a nomination for Post Malone and 21 Savage (artists), Louis Bell and Tank God (producers), Louis Bell, Lorenzo Cardona, Manny Marroquin, and Ethan Stevens (engineers/mixers), and Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer).
"The Middle" rounds out the list for Post Malone and 21 Savage (artists),
Louis Bell and Tank God (producers), Louis Bell, Lorenzo Cardona, Manny Marroquin, and Ethan Stevens (engineers/mixers), and Mike Bozzi (mastering engineer).
Best Rap Performance: "King's Dead"
"King's Dead" scored a nomination for Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake.
The performance is up against Cardi B's "Be Careful," Drake's "Nice for What", Anderson Paak's "Bubblin", and Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk), and Swae Lee's "Sicko Mode."
Best Rap/Sung Performance: "All the Stars"
Unsurprisingly, "All the Stars" received another nomination, this time for a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.
The "All the Stars" nomination is once again for Kendrick Lamar and SZA.
The performance is going up against Christina Aguilera and Goldlink's "Like I Do", 6lack and J. Cole's "Pretty Little Fears", Childish Gambino's "This is America", and Post Malone and 21 Savage's "Rockstar".
Best Rap Song: "King's Dead"
"King's Dead" is up for Best Rap Song, which is awarded to the songwriter(s), who in this case are Kendrick Duckworth, Samuel Gloade, James Litherland, Johnny McKinzie, Axel Morgan, Mark Spears, Travis Walton, Nayvadius Wilburn, and Michael Williams II.
The competition includes Drake's "God's Plan" (songwriters: Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels, and Noah Shebib), Eminem and Joyner Lucas' "Lucky You" (songwriters: R. Fraser, G. Lucas, M. Mathers, M. Samuels, and J. Sweet), Travis Scott, Drake, (Big Hawk), and Swae Lee's "Sicko Mode" (songwriters: Khalif Brown, Rogét Chahayed, BryTavious Chambers, Mike Dean, Mirsad Dervic, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Aubrey Graham, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster, Ozan Yildirim, and Cydel Young), and Jay Rock's "Win" (songwriters: K. Duckworth, A. Hernandez, J. McKinzie, M. Samuels, and C. Thompson).
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Ludwig Göransson is nominated for Black Panther's score. Other composers up for the award are Blade Runner 2049's Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, Coco's Michael Giacchino, The Shape of Water's Alexandre Desplat, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi's John Williams.
Göransson also received three nominations during the 2017 Grammys, but has yet to take home a prize. Last year, The Shape of Water won Best Score at The Oscars, so it's tough to predict who will earn the Grammy.
Best Song Written For Visual Media: "All the Stars"
"All the Stars" gets yet another nomination for Best Song Written For Visual Media. This is an especially tough category for film fans. The award is given to the songwriters, which once again includes Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears, and Anthony Tiffith.
"Remember Me" from Coco is up for the award, which won last year's Academy Award for Best Song. The nominees include Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
"Shallow" from A Star is Born is, of course, also on the list and another tough challenger. The nominated songwriters are Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt.
The fan favorite "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman earned a nomination for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Finally, "Mystery of Love" form Call Me by Your Name is on the list, which earned Sufjan Stevens a nomination.0comments
Do you think the music from Black Panther has a good shot at winning these Grammy Awards? Are any more likely than others? Tell us in the comments!
The 61st Grammy Awards air tonight, February 10th at 8 p.m. EST on CBS. Black Panther is now available on home media and is available to stream on Netflix.


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The Bugatti Legend
You are on the land where the Bugatti myth came to life...
A brand is born
Originally from Milan, Ettore Bugatti settled in Molsheim in 1909. He bought the Hardtmühle and, backed by a team of highly skilled workers, started up his own «Bugatti» factory.
He produced over 7,800 cars under the trade name, including the mythical Bugatti Type 35 and other versions, which scored over a thousand victories between 1924 and 1939 during Grand Prix car races such as Le Mans.
In 1926, another emblematic Bugatti car was produced : the Royale. Only six of them were built and, in 1930, they cost three times more than a Rolls Royce. We owe the «standing playing elephant» to Ettore's younger brother, Rembrandt, and his talent as an animal sculptor. Used as the radiator cap, this sculpture became the famous mascot of the Royale.
The inventor of a thousand patents
Throughout his life, Ettore Bugatti was an ingenious and prolific inventor, interested in different means of locomotion. Car-making certainly benefited from his many talents, but he also designed a railcar, commissioned by the French national railway network, driven by the same engines as the Royale. In 1935, he achieved a rail speed record at nearly 200 kmh.
Other fields also caught his imagination, such as air and maritime navigation.
Bugattius genius is still a reference worldwide
The Volkswagen group, which currently owns the trade name, has remained faithful to the spirit of the original designer by developing a top-of-the-range business activity and selecting Molsheim in Alsace as the site for the assembly of the famous Veyron, an extraordinary automobile that can only be described in superlative terms.
The development of the Veyron 16.4 by Bugatti Sas is one of the key milestones of 21st-century automotive engineering. It is not possible to visit the factory.
To know more about it...
- Discovery tour : 12 stages
- Bugatti Festival : each year in September
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I use this for gaming and studies. I'm planning to upgrade the motherboard because when I purchased all the parts, the motherboard I want was not available (MSI Z170M Mortar).
The picture for the PC is outdated. It has 4 4GB sticks now. The R9 380 is a 2GB version. The LED strips are generic. I custom made the sleeving. The mousepads are SteelSeries QcK+ Na`Vi Splash edition and QcK Mineski Team Edition.
I can't recall when I built this PC. Probably around Feb 2016.
Part Reviews
Chose the 6600K because it is a newer architecture and supports DDR4. Can't overclock yet because I have a B board.
CPU Cooler
I need a 140mm radiator because I want it to be put at the top. Can't go with x61 because I can't remove the drive bays, I need it for Sentry 3 and an optical drive. It keeps my CPU very cool.
Planned to go with MSI Z170M Mortar but it wasn't available when I purchased the parts. Suits my black and white build though.
I originally have a two 4GB sticks but for aesthetic purposes, I upgraded to four 4GB sticks.
Very fast SSD. Fastest consumer SSD. Boots Windows 7 about 8 seconds, shutdowns in less than 5 seconds.
This is my original storage for games, movies, applications, etc., but I ran out of space.
So I bought a 2TB HDD.
Video Card
This is actually a 2GB version. Runs every game I want.
I really don't like full or ATX cases. So I go with, for my case, the best MicroATX Tower. It has pretty much space for cable management. But it only supports three fans, I need 6.
Power Supply
I want a gold certified fully modular PSU but it can't go with my budget so I went with a semi-modular.
Optical Drive
This is from my previous build. Still runs.
Operating System
Still the best operating system for me.
Case Fan
For aesthetic purposes I want all the fan spaces to be filled. This goes with the stock fan, which is the same model, at the front for intake, and the other at the bottom for intake also.
Case Fan
For aesthetic purposes I want all the fan spaces to be filled. This goes to the top along with the NZXT Kraken x41 for exhaust.
Fan Controller
The casing doesn't support enough fans so I went for this. Pretty good fan controller, easy interface to control each of the fans.
I really don't like big monitors because I have a small desk. I need to multi-task so I went for two.
I have a BlackWidow 2014 Stealth (Razer Orange) before. My hands were used to this type of keyboard and wanted to try the Razer Green switches, so I went for this.
Pretty nice gaming mice. You can change the weights that will suit your wrist. It has a nice thumb rest.
I like its design and its very comfortable. I use this for playing FPS games, it delivers the surround well so I can hear the enemy footsteps and where they are coming from.
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My youngest Son did the shopping for me Friday, and came home with not only a lot of goodies but a bag full of toys for our dog, now its not as though she is short of toys, they are everywhere. These toys were something else, most came from a well known card shop and were, well not that cheap. Some you could say we're quite nasty, inasmuch as sickening over the top – fluffy teddy bears, fluffy dogs holding cloth red roses another holding little silk pillow with words of love even a fluffy monkey with a tie around his neck stating "tied to you forever", now you could take that another way "Stop it" I hear myself say. I put the other Bears away for another time.
I said to David "they are so gordy!". "yes but Daisy will love them" he said with me telling him "I think there would be a lot of girls in this town who will have one of those on Valentines day". "Talking about Valentine Days" he said as he disappeared into our hall coming back with a wonderful bouquet of Creamy Pink Roses and Lilies and ferns and well you can imagine and then a tall Orchid "these are not for Valentine's Day but I thought you would like them" he said. Did I, I so love my flowers, I get spoilt and its lovely.
Back to Daisy when David gave her the toys she was running around up and down the hall with one/two bears in the month, the monkey tossed in the air, running up and down like the cross lurcher she is, the she gets tired so quickly and throws herself down lays on the toys, and then the inevitable, the chewing of them starts and its me "stop it daisy, stop that" and what does Daisy do, well she does what she always does, Daisy ignored me.
That night, Daisy took her three new toys up stairs to bed with her, she always does that, which is every week!! I dare not look at the fluffy bear/dog or monkey because they will have been amputated somewhere by now. I forgot to say that whilst David was out he popped into The Mind charity store and brought home a fluffy dog toy dressed in a Spiderman costume, but to me this thing looked really scary with his face mask which dare I say looked like something else, very weird. The fluffy toy was in perfect condition, but rather scary for a child.
Valentines Day this wednesday, well if I can dose myself up with enough pain killers to cope with this rib pain after my ridiculously stupid fall Sunday morning, I have an appointment with the hairdresser. I suspect the women in there will all be swapping stories on the cards and gifts they received. I used to get embarrassed by Valentines Day. Not anymore.
Why not, well I got used to a Husband of 19 years (thats how long we were married until he, David died) who never gave me a Valentines Card let along Flowers or even a fluffy bear. I used to privately get hurt but what was the point. Oh, my Husband would tell me once a week "buy yourself some flowers out of the housekeeping" and sometimes I would but it was not the same as your husband giving you flowers.
Once a long time ago after we were married David had flowers for me, but when he came out of the railway station after travelling from the office in London to home, as he went to get the car it was gone, stolen. When David eventually got home he blamed me telling me had he not stopped to buy the flowers the car would not have been stolen? That was the last time he ever gave me flowers, not even when I gave Birth to our two Sons or I had to go into Hospital years ago in London for an operation, did he buy flowers.
So this Wednesday Valentines Day will pass like it does every year, used to it by now. As for the wonderful Bouquet of pinky creamy white Roses from my Son and my beautiful Orchid, I so love my Orchid plants, they are still looking and smelling gorgeous.
Wednesday February 14 – Just returned from the Hairdressers after having my hair cut and styled, washed, all the trimmings like being pampered for several hours. As I left I was handed a sweet Red Rose, so shocked but delighted. First Red Rose I have ever had on Valentines Day.
I hope you have a lovely Valentines Evening and I send my love to all those that took the trouble to read this blog. As ever, take care.


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Suspiria (2018)
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Rating: 7.3/10 (10,698 votes)
Director: Luca Guadagnino
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Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela
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Released: 02 Nov 2018
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Language: English, German, French
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Even from his lavish taxpayer paid Christmas break in Hawaii.
Next year is going to be a really tough time for the Obama.
He looks like he has aged ten years in just one year.
Just imagine how he will look at the end of his next year
when Stoner Pelosi and Rat Faced Reid lose their majority.


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(Long Island, NY) Talk about one of your all-time busts. Fortunately for the Yankees, they have overcome it and have the money to spare. But for most major league baseball teams, a big free agent contract for a supposedly big-time starting pitcher that has blown up in their faces would set a franchise back.
When righthander Carl Pavano signed a four-year $39.95 million dollar contract with the Yankees before the 2005 season, it was looked at as a risk worth taking. Never being completely injury-free during his career, the man did play a big part in the Florida Marlins' 2003 World Series victory over the Yanks. And when George Steinbrenner wants someone, he usually gets him. The Bronx Bombers needed to re-tool their starting rotation and get younger. Pavano seemed like a good start.
Keep in mind that this is the same pitcher that was lauded as a prospect enough to be the main piece in the Pedro Martinez trade between the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos. He never made an impact up north and was dealt to Florida, where he was basically a .500 pitcher. His last two seasons in the Sunshine state were his best, and he played that into a long-term deal.
His tenure in the Bronx reads like a laundry list of bad luck/bad pitcher. Last season, he left a lot to be desired in 17 starts before shutting himself down with shoulder pain, which was diagnosed as tendinitis. He was preparing to come back in Spring Training and once again had to curtail his work due to back pain. Two weeks later when he resumed work, he hurt his left buttock (no kidding) fielding a come-backer on the first batter he faced.
In May, he had surgery to remove bone chips from his pitching elbow. That gave him off until last month, when he started making rehab starts in the minor leagues. In his last start, he complained of soreness under his armpit. It was later revealed that on August 15th, Pavano had a car accident in Florida that caused two fractured ribs. He attempted to keep this from the Yankees, but claimed that he had to come clean because of the pain.
In case you want to feel bad about Pavano, he also wrecked his Porsche in the car wreck. Some guys just have no luck.
There have been whispers that some of his Yankee teammates have been wondering about his desire to come back and actually earn his paycheck. Can't say that I blame them, especially when the team is prepping for the playoffs. If you cannot get your competitive juices flowing for a post season appearance at Yankee Stadium, then you shouldn't be playing this game.
The Yankees can look to void part of Pavano's contract due to the fact that he hid an injury from them. But that is a long shot.
Maybe Pavano can leave his legacy in New York by being an even bigger bust than Mo Vaughn. At least Mo hit the Budweiser sign on a home run at Shea. What did Pavano ever hit accept for a truck on that rainy West Palm Beach road?


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Humans for Peace Institution had the privilege to be part Peace Run in Ottawa. HPI was presented by its founder4 and president Dr Jamal Alsharif.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay that embodies humanity's universal aspiration for peace. Since its inception in 1987 the Run has traversed over 150 nations and territories and touched the lives of millions of people. We estimate since 1987 the torch has been carried over 395,000 miles (632,000 km). The Peace Run does not seek to raise money or highlight any political cause, but simply strives to create goodwill among peoples of all nations.
By passing the torch from one person to the next, the relay offers people from many nations the opportunity to express their hopes and dreams for a better, brighter future. People from all walks of life hold the symbolic torch to wish for a peaceful world. Passing the torch from one person to the next unites us together in our common aspiration to offer something positive to our world – together we can make a difference!
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A glimpse at the explosion of color and graphics in the gallery above and one can see that Bahraini fashion designer Lulwa Al Amin is an artist unto herself. We caught up with Al Amin during Paris Fashion Week, where she showed her Fall 2014 collection at Le Meurice hotel. In a conversation with Style.com/Arabia, she divulges her strength in textiles, her detailed process, and the importance of learning how to listen.
Growing up in Bahrain, I started to notice fashion at a very young age while at school. I loved art classes; it felt very natural for me to pick up a paintbrush or do crafts. When I was about 9 years old, I saw a stack of my mom's Vogue magazines and started sketching. From that point on, I knew that I wanted to be in fashion. At school, I was the only girl in class who would collect Vogue and Harper's Bazaar; actually, I still have the collection to this day. From those magazines, I learned that the best designers graduated from Central Saint Martins. When the time came, I applied to the school and was accepted, and in 2004, I moved to London.
I come from a very artistic family: both my mom and sister are interior designers, my aunt is an artist, and my uncle is a poet. My mother taught me a lot of inside information on how things are made. Mom used to sew her own clothes and she would take me to the old souk in Bahrain where we have a large fabric market. She introduced me to the best tailor she knew and the markets where they sold beautiful fabrics from France and Switzerland. She introduced me to the process of making clothes.
When I was 13, I started going to the market to get my own fabrics and sew my own clothes. I'm not a good sewer but as I love doing things by hand, I learned embroidery. I took up a course at a local crafts center in Bahrain and I learned the nakada embroidery technique—an old technique whereby gold wires are used. This is a lost technique and only a few people in Bahrain know how to do it. One day, my aunt showed me a box with some fabrics that my great-grandmother used to make and I saw that she also did these embroideries! This technique was inherited from India when there used to be trade with Bahrain. It is only used for special garments, like wedding veils.
I was really strong in textiles and I ended up doing my whole university course on textiles for fashion. Basically, this involves creating prints and knits and embroideries and the process of learning how to embellish a dress or a garment. This led to what I do today.
When you see a dress with an image, you may think it is simply imprinted, but for me to get that image—well, there is a whole process involved. I spend a month in the studio painting, like an artist; then, I become a graphic designer; then, I do my silhouettes; and finally, I combine it all. I test it and make sure I find the perfect positioning for the drawing on a dress. It takes me six months to produce a sample collection. This month, I am in the process of doing the artwork for Spring/Summer '15 and I think I need roughly three more weeks to do my paintings and then they will be digitalized.
Growing up in the 80s, we would watch The Bold and the Beautiful, Miami Vice…and these are TV shows that influenced this collection. Those, and the Memphis Milano movement from the 80s and post-modernist design. I always like a bit of nostalgia in my work and I wouldn't be able to create my collections without looking at cultural references from the past.
I am a very creative person and I've never had any interest in business. In college, I was not taught the business side of fashion and after graduating, I went on to make a lot of mistakes. I spent money on things I shouldn't have. But in the past four years, little by little, I taught myself, and now I know that even if you have a good product, it ultimately means nothing without good PR and good sales.
Don't start this business unless you want it badly; but if it is something that you have always wanted, then do it. Once you are in fashion, my best advice is to listen. Listen to customers, buyers, and press; and above all, don't take things personally. I've developed my line in part due to the advice I've received. I've also learned to take critical comments positively. Keep your personal touch, but also keep an open mind. Learn to let other people in.
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What wood is this before vs?
What wood is this before us?
Mac V.iv.3.1
We learne no other, but the confident Tyrant
We learn no other but the confident tyrant
Mac V.iv.8
Keepes still in Dunsinane, and will indure
Keeps still in Dunsinane and will endure
Mac V.iv.9
Our setting downe befor't.
Our setting down before't.
Mac V.iv.10.1
The time approaches,
The time approaches
Mac V.iv.16.2
That will with due decision make vs know
That will with due decision make us know
Mac V.iv.17
What we shall say we haue, and what we owe:
What we shall say we have, and what we owe.
Mac V.iv.18
Thoughts speculatiue, their vnsure hopes relate,
Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate,
Mac V.iv.19
But certaine issue, stroakes must arbitrate,
But certain issue strokes must arbitrate;
Mac V.iv.20
Towards which, aduance the warre.
Towards which, advance the war.
Mac V.iv.21
Fare you well:
Fare you well.
Mac V.vi.6.2
Do we but finde the Tyrants power to night,
Do we but find the tyrant's power tonight,
Mac V.vi.7
Let vs be beaten, if we cannot fight.
Let us be beaten if we cannot fight.
Mac V.vi.8
This way my Lord, the Castles gently rendred:
This way, my lord. The castle's gently rendered.
Mac V.vi.34
The Tyrants people, on both sides do fight,
The tyrant's people on both sides do fight;
Mac V.vi.35
The Noble Thanes do brauely in the Warre,
The noble thanes do bravely in the war;
Mac V.vi.36
The day almost it selfe professes yours,
The day almost itself professes yours,
Mac V.vi.37
And little is to do.
And little is to do.
Mac V.vi.38.1
Enter Sir, the Castle.
Enter, sir, the castle.
Mac V.vi.39.2
Some must go off: and yet by these I see,
Some must go off; and yet, by these I see
Mac V.vi.75
So great a day as this is cheapely bought.
So great a day as this is cheaply bought.
Mac V.vi.76
Then he is dead?
Then he is dead?
Mac V.vi.82.2
Had he his hurts before?
Had he his hurts before?
Mac V.vi.85.2
Why then, Gods Soldier be he:
Why then, God's soldier be he.
Mac V.vi.86.2
Had I as many Sonnes, as I haue haires,
Had I as many sons as I have hairs
Mac V.vi.87
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
I would not wish them to a fairer death.
Mac V.vi.88
And so his Knell is knoll'd.
And so, his knell is knolled.
Mac V.vi.89.1
He's worth no more,
He's worth no more:
Mac V.vi.90.2
They say he parted well, and paid his score,
They say he parted well, and paid his score.
Mac V.vi.91
And so God be with him. Here comes newer comfort.
And so, God be with him. – Here comes newer comfort.
Mac V.vi.92
Haile King of Scotland.
Hail, King of Scotland!
Mac V.vi.98.2


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Richards Comments in Inside Higher Ed
Richards Comments in Inside Higher Ed
New Uncertainty on Title IX
November 20, 2018
Josh Richards, vice chair of the Firm's Higher Education Practice, comments on the Department of Education's newly proposed sexual harassment rules in this article by Inside Higher Ed.
"The department has through regulation essentially set up a court system at colleges. And it's a court system that has almost all of the same features as the legal court system," said Josh. "It has mandatory right of representation by counsel. And it has what amounts to sort of a full discovery right, which exceeds the rights that many criminal defendants have."
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text: Dr. Jean Grassman, from Brooklyn College at City University of New York, testified that Dioxin is a potent cellular disregulator which alters a variety of pathways to disrupt many systems. Children, she said, are very sensitive to Dioxin; the intrauterine or post natal exposure to Dioxin may result in altered immune, neurobehavioral, and hormonal functioning. Women pass their exposure to their children both in utero and through the excretion of Dioxin in breast milk.


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Matthew 5:41-42
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
We may have a generous spirit and a giving heart and seek out people to be a blessing to. We may share what we have with others and gladly bring our tithes and offerings to the Lord each week. But it's different when someone comes to us for help than when we offer our help to others. Maybe then we're giving out of our excess, but now we might have to give from what we needed for ourselves. Now they're kind of imposing a little bit. Maybe now it's not convenient. These kinds of situations test our willingness to give more so than when we offer our help before being asked.
But we must cultivate a generous and giving spirit. God is a giver, and He doesn't hold back. His generosity gave us His Son. And Jesus' selfless giving meant He laid down His life. And if we're going to obey God in our lives, we must be willing to go above and beyond, to give even if it hurts us, and to respond to anyone with a heart of selflessness. We must not think too much of ourselves and what we want. We must not be unwilling to answer the call when God sends someone our way with a need we can meet.
This kind of giving is to be "no questions asked." And while we are supposed to be good stewards of what God has given to us and to be prudent and mindful of how we spend our time and other resources, sometimes God gives us something that we are meant to give away. Sometimes an opportunity comes along that is a sort of test of our willingness to go and to give and to be generous and to be a blessing and to be used by God. We are the tools in His hands, meant to be doing His work however He asks us to.
When someone comes to us with a need, let us be prepared to meet it as best we can. Let us not turn others away empty, but share with them what God has blessed us with. Let us not be stingy with our time or our possessions, but be willing to do something extra, give a little more, spend more time and deny no one who comes to us. These are all opportunities to share the love of God with friends, neighbors, and strangers. These are all chances to show lost people the kind of God we follow and to emulate His spirit of giving. So let us allow ourselves to be blessings to those around us and to answer the call to give.


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Contrary to popular belief
Chicken meat is a good source of phosphorus.
A'Saffa Foods' 'Ring of Purity' a promise of brand's attention to detail
Posted on Jun 06, 2020
Having built its core competence and expertise in fully integrated poultry, food production, food processing and innovative food recipes, A'Saffa Foods, success is based on its "100% promise" and its three pillars - "100% halal, 100% natural and 100% tasty".
Each and every A'Saffa product is hence produced, packaged and transported to a wholesaler or retailer keeping the brand's 'ring of purity' in mind – Omani, naturally fed, hand slaughtered (as per Islamic Sharia), fully integrated poultry project (parents farms, hatchery, broiler farms, feed mills, processing plant, research laboratory and pharmacy), high biosecurity (disease-free farm); with no plumping, no steroids (artificial hormones), no preservatives, no stunning and no feed substitutes.
Sidhartha Lenka, Head of Sales and Marketing at A'Saffa Foods said, "Focusing on the corporate philosophy - "Core values of Healthy Food, Health and Happiness", at A'Saffa Foods, we leave no stone unturned in our attention to fine details, and commitment to delivering superior quality products that are 100% natural, fresh and tasty."
Hand slaughtered (as per Islamic Sharia):A 100% real Halal Omani Origin product - the bird's slaughtering is done by hand from the top of the neck ensuring each drop of blood and toxin flows out of the bird, making it hygienic for consumption through A'Saffa's 'real halal' methods. Most companies use mechanical devices to slaughter poultry which is contrary to the strict guidelines that should be carried out to ensure that birds are slaughtered in accordance with the principles of Islamic Sharia'a. There are chances, chicken die before slaughtering when electrical shocks are given to the birds (stunning), and this goes unnoticed in mechanical slaughtering which means 'halal' is not guaranteed. At A'Saffa, it is ensured that all birds are slaughtered by hand using a knife, and processed in a way that is hygienic and ensures that the birds are of the highest quality and fit for human consumption.
It is also worth mentioning that A'Saffa Foods specially employ trained Muslim staff to slaughter chickens by hand at their farm ensuring that the staff member says 'Bis miallah Allah ho Akhbar' whilst facing 'Makkah' during the slaughtering of each individual bird in accordance with Sharia'a principles. Customers in Oman and across the GCC can thus be rest assured that they can buy every A'Saffa chicken and chicken product with the confidence that they have been raised and slaughtered by hand using real halal techniques in accordance with Islamic Sharia'a.
High biosecurity (disease-free farm): Known for producing Oman's freshest chicken and allied products, A'Saffa Foods also has a highly trained on-site medical team and experienced scientists at their farms, who monitor the health of the chickens daily to ensure that they are kept free from disease, have the right balance of feed and water; thus ensuring that the final product that is delivered to the consumer is healthy, natural and pure.
Located in Thumrait (Oman), the A'Saffa Foods plant produces high-quality fresh and frozen poultry products. One of the reasons for the remote desert location of the plant in the Dhofar Governorate is to ensure that the most stringent 'biosecurity' measures are in place at the facility. Placing the farms far away from human habitation, migratory bird routes and other developments enables the company to minimize any potential risk of contamination or disease that could impact the farms that are located across a 40 square kilometer site.
Fully integrated poultry project (parent farms, hatchery, broiler farms, feed mills, processing plant, research laboratory and pharmacy): The infrastructure at A'Saffa Foods plant includes parent farms, feed mill, environmentally controlled sheds (EC Shed), hatchery, halal certified slaughter house, modern (fully automated, untouched by hand) processing plant, R&D centre, disease diagnostics and feed analytical labs. A'Saffa birds are fed with 100% natural ingredients that are also manufactured at the A'Saffa Feed mill, all throughout the raising period to ensure that the chickens are healthy and as close to organic as possible.
Naturally fed:As a company that adheres to religious, healthy and ethical practices - A'Saffa prohibits the use of chicken waste by-products and recycled animal waste feed substitutes for feeding its birds. Meticulous attention to detail, high biosecurity standards and stringent quality control checks at their plant ensure that the chicken that reaches end-consumers are fresh, natural, halal, healthy, tasty and safe.
That's not all, customers who buy A'Saffa products – frozen or fresh – can also be assured that during the production process, no hormones, no steroids, no preservatives, no colors and no flavors of any kind are added to the products. Also, no injection of water is given to the birds to artificially increase their weight, thereby ensuring that A'Saffa's Chicken and allied products are both healthy and tasty.
It is worth mentioning that A'Saffa Foods' Board of Directors have approved an expansion plan to raise chicken meat production capacity by 100 percent and continue in their endeavor to foster and support food security, self-sufficiency and increased employment opportunities in the Sultanate. The total capital expenditure outlay of the expansion is RO 45 million, and has been approved by the Board. A'Saffa Foods will double its poultry production capacities with this expansion.
Other Press Releases
- A'Saffa Foods is committed to Food Safety and consumer health with stringent ISO and HACCP systems
- A'Saffa NO Promise No Hormones, No preservatives, No artificial flavours, No colours, No plumping, for Healthy Oman
- A'Saffa Foods is committed to Food Safety and consumer health with stringent ISO and HACCP systems
- A'Saffa for Real halal chicken !
- A'Saffa Foods reinforces 100% Promise towards families across the Sultanate
- A'Saffa Farm to table Promise of wholesomeness
- A Saffa Foods maintains high quality hygiene at their feed mill & Hatchery facility
- A'Saffa FOODS ENSURES CONSUMERS BUY WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ACROSS THE SULTANATE


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The Hillbilly Farm: With a baby chick in her hand
In this episode of The Hillbilly Farm "With a baby chick in her hand", Mary Lou takes a walk through the forest near the farm and carries a cute little chick in her hand. The chick is making sounds but Mary Lou hears a strange noise coming from the middle of the bush. The hick girl goes to see what is that sound so she catches Scooter and Daisy Lee fucking like animals. That wild sex makes Mary Lou aroused and the girl touches her pussy. Daisy Lee also hears strange noises and catches Mary Lou moaning. So it is time for Mary Lou to explain why she is spying couple's sex!
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For students moving away from home for the first time, finding housing can be a confusing process. Renting your first apartment isn't easy, but there are actions you can take to make the process a little bit later. From having proper identification to building your credit to assure you pass your credit check, you need to have specific things to rent an apartment. Our friends at Apartments Hattiesburg have some tips for students looking for apartments for rent in Hattiesburg, MS.
Whether new to campus or ready to get the heck out of student housing, in order to qualify to rent apartments in Hattiesburg there are 5 criteria that every renter must meet. So before you even start thinking about who you want to be your roommate(s) or what part of town you want be located, ensure that you have everything on the below list.
After you meet the basic criteria, submit and subsequently qualify for an application for apartments in Hattiesburg you will then move on to signing a lease. After that, it's move-in day and 12 months of awesome apartment living!
You Must Have Proper Identification
A rental lease is a legally binding document and such has strict requirements to identify the individuals listed in the contract for lease. You will be required to provide government-issued identification, a valid, current drivers license or active passport. A student ID will not replace either of these forms of identification, but most often can be used in conjunction with other government-issued identifications such as social security cards and birth certificates.
You Must Pass a Background Check
No property owner wants someone with a history of criminal or unsavory activity. Not only does this protect the current and future tenants, it also…


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San Francisco is the city of new beginnings and a leader in education and culture-changing movements that ultimately affect the country and the world. This year's theme, Inspire!, beautifully reflects the challenge to ophthal-mologists to continue to innovate envelope-pushing ideas and technologies with the goal of providing patients with the best vision possible.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) will hold its annual meeting, Oct. 12 to 15, in the City by the Bay.
"The theme for this year's meeting, Inspire!, serves as an invitation to all members and participants to rediscover what inspires them, network with other industry experts, and continue educating each other on the newest research, technology, clinical developments, etc. moving eye care forward," said Maria M. Aaron, MD, secretary for the AAO's annual meeting.
In line with that theme, Inspire! also anticipates the launch of the AAO's Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye, set to open in San Francisco in early 2020. The free-to-the-public museum will celebrate the history of ophthalmology, educate the public on the importance of eye health, and inspire the next generation of eye physicians and surgeons.
To search the program, go to www.aao.org/programsearch.
What is new
The AAO has announced several new additions to its lineup this year. They include:
Complimentary Meetings on Demand products available.
To take advantage of all the annual meeting has to offer, "Meetings on Demand" is a collection of recorded programming and sessions. This makes it easy for participants to catch up on things they missed or refresh their knowledge after AAO 2019. Starting this year, members who are subscribed for any of the Subspecialty Day meetings will receive complimentary access to the All-Subspecialty Meetings on Demand package. For members who purchase the AAO 2019 Academy Plus course pass, the AAO 2019 Highlights Meetings on Demand package will be included for free.
For more information, visit www.aao.org/annual-meeting/aao-on-demand
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN) meeting integration
Starting this year, the ASORN annual meeting, which will run on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday Oct. 12, is fully integrated with the AAO's annual meeting. In an effort to support professional collaboration, ASORN meeting participants will now have access to AAO educational assets, including access to the symposia and spotlight sessions, papers, e-posters, and videos.
AAO goes digital.
For the first time in AAO history, all posters this year will be in digital form. Members will be able to participate in lively, interactive discussions on the latest e-posters being presented this year.
Subspecialty Days
The Subspecialty Day program, beginning one day before the main meeting, covers Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12, and is comprised of seven Subspecialty Day meetings during the two-day period.
Ophthalmologists in each subspecialty will have a plethora of exceptional presentations from which to choose during the Subspecialty Day presentations. The programs for all subspecialties can be viewed online through Program Search at www.aao.org/annual-meeting/subspecialty-day.
Readers can click the red "Filter" button at the top of the page then choose the "Topics" menu to refine the search results by subspecialty.


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When I was out walking today I came across some robins, six in all, but only got three in photo.
This tree had the bark eaten by the mice, they don't usually take this big a tree.
There were a lot of small trees missing bark as well.
Snow flurries at -3 all day. This morning I had breakfast with the firefighters, had a 40 minutes walk in the afternoon. I was to Cornwall for a church supper, to Hampshire to cards this evening.
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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has urged residents of the Accra West Zone, where the mass registration is ending on Saturday, May 25, to collect their Ghana cards at some designated collection points in the Municipalities.
It said residents who would be unable to register during the mass registration exercise in the Accra West Zone would be able to do so at District and Regional offices to be set up by NIA after the mass registration exercise.
A statement issued by the Authority, and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, on Saturday, explained: "The NIA is unable to grant the request to extend the duration of the mass registration exercise in the said Zone as doing so will adversely affect the published national roll-out strategy."
The statement, signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs, Francis Palmdetti, said the collection points would be located in the following areas:
1. Ga South (Bortianor, Ngleshie, Amanfro)
2. Ga South (Weija, Gbawe, Domeabra / Obom)
3. Ga Central (Anyaa, Sowutuom)
4. Ga West (Trobu, Amasaman)
5. Ga North
6. Okaikoi South,
7. Okaikoi Central
8. Okaikoi North.
9. Ablekuma South,
10. Ablekuma Central
11. Ablekuma West
12. Ablekuma North.
13. Ashiedu Keteke
It assured residents of the above-mentioned municipalities and districts who registered during the exercise and were not issued their Ghana Cards that they would be informed via text messages, phone calls, Radio and Television announcements about designated Ghana Card collection points for their cards.


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Corny but true…
Doing what you do is important but sometimes the WHY you do what you do is just as important.
Owning and operating a small business is difficult. Sometimes, especially when times are tough, you have to really ask yourself why are you doing this. Why do you do what you do.
For me, and I'm sure for many others, there is strength in remembering the WHY behind the WHAT.
If you are not real clear about WHY you do what you do, or if the original reason you started your business is just not as inspiring as it once was I recommend you take some time to re-stock your WHYS.
Originally I started my own business to make a lot of money, be independent, and to be in control of my time and destiny.
In time my business allowed me to speak at conferences around the country and the world. My business began to feed my ego. So I added a "it makes me feel good" to my list of WHYS.
Recently I have added another WHY to my list. In addition to making money, being independent, controlling my time and destiny and feeling good I now have added two bigger, more global WHYS. I'm going to share one now, the other I will save for another post.
One of my new WHY's…
I feel that there is a fundamental shift occurring in our country and I feel that it is not going to serve us well in time. The shift I'm feeling is one from independence to dependence. Specifically, it seems to me that more and more Americans are looking outside of themselves for help rather than inside of themselves for strength and wisdom.
I believe that being independent (and use that term as an opposite to dependent, not an opposite of interdependent which I think is an essential part of both society and our human experience).
I believe that being independent and self reliant is a good thing both for the individual, the local community and by extension the entire country.
In my mind small business owners epitomize this independent, self-reliant spirit and I am inspired to do whatever I can to help them build their businesses.
It's a fact that small businesses drive the US economy. Statistics from the Small Business Administration (SBA) show that small businesses make up more than 99.7% of all firms in the US. The SBA also reports that small businesses create 60-80 percent of net new jobs in the US.
Given that small businesses exemplify character traits and the self-reliant spirit that I value and that they are the backbone of the US economy I am proud to provide them with solutions to help them with their Internet marketing challenges.
Having these small business owners trust me enough to hire me is inspiring, my ability to help them succeed is fulfilling and in some small way I feel I'm contributing to local communities and the entire country.
I'm hoping that we small businesses owners can be an example and an inspiration. I'm hoping we can help others see that independence and interdependence as a better path than dependence.
So my new WHY is- Help Save the Country, one small business at a time. What do you think?


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Yes, this is the third time I have come off Facebook, and this time there is very little chance I will be using it except for the odd public advertisement for something I am involved in (Cornish language or history most likely).
I'm not going to make a song and dance of it, but I'd like to explain why, and it's not all to do with Facebook giving our data to Cambridge Analytica, although that's certainly a part of it, because I already guessed this would would happen when I was on Facebook the first time around (when was that, 2010?). That time I signed off with "In all conscience I cannot stay on Facebook since it means everything I do will be associated with family members and friends."
I admit that I have a knack for spotting trouble long, long before it arrives but this was obvious to me.
The second time on Facebook was purely for IT testing purposes when I worked at Falmouth University and I never 'used' the account, to the annoyance of some family and friends who though I was blanking them (interesting that Facebook has this quasi-real world aspect to it).
What I never spotted was that someone genius (and I am not being facetious, it really is genius) would find a way to harvest (easy) and then perform personality matching (harder) to work out a system of nudges to change people's minds (evil genius: I wish I'd thought of it, even though I couldn't manipulate people this way).
That is the reason why I will never have anything to do with mass social media again. Ever. I have seen, first hand, my friends and relatives manipulated through peer pressure (willing and unwilling) and nudged through propaganda to take ever more strident political positions. I cannot see how well natured debate or democracy can function in a cloud of trolling and hysteria.
As Scotty of the Enterprise would say, "Captain! We have a problem!"


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Wage Gains at Low EndAugust 29th, 2016 9:22 am | by John Jansen |
Via Bloomberg:
Lower-Paying Industries Are Seeing the Fastest Wage-Growth in the U.S.
Lower-paying industries see high pay raises.
Luke Kawa
August 29, 2016 — 8:33 AM EDT
"Joe six-pack gets a raise," proclaim Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists Emanuella Enenajor and Lisa Berlin, commenting on the biggest source of upward pressure on U.S. wages in 2016. The duo found that industries which rank in the bottom 20 percent by pay are seeing incomes rise at a much faster clip than higher-paying sectors.
Source: Bank of America
A back-of-the envelope analysis conducted by Enenajor and Berlin suggests that minimum wage increases in U.S. states this year account for roughly half of the outperformance in wage growth at the lower end.
The other half of the story? The supply of labor for these lower-paying jobs, which typically don't require higher education degrees, has been declining, so employers are being forced to pay higher wages to retain workers.
Corporate earnings season brought warnings from executives at Starbucks Corp. and Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. that this kind of wage inflation is here to stay. Also, employees at food and beverage stores, good services and drinking places, and gasoline stations are seeing an acute rise in pay levels so far this year, according to Merrill Lynch.
July's job report also testified to this particularly tight labor market among less-educated workers. Unemployment among Americans 25 or over with less than a high school diploma hit its lowest level on record in the month, with the unemployment rate for this cohort sinking to its lowest level in nearly a decade.
But labor supply dynamics, the economists note, differ greatly by educational attainment. As such, Enenajor and Berlin don't see this robust wage growth in low-paying industries broadening meaningfully any time soon.
"In our view, wage growth outside of low pay sectors is likely to gradually increase as the overall labor market tightens," the economists conclude. "However, the trend will be slow, and will likely remain below that of low pay sectors, as the labor force of workers with higher educational attainment (who would presumably be competing for higher-paid work) has been expanding, pointing to a tempering force on wages."
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are counting on a pick-up in wage growth to give them more confidence that the labor market is approaching full employment and that inflation will return to its 2-percent target.


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In business, ideas matter, and good ideas have a habit of sticking around for a long time. For a good example, look at Porter's Five Forces, the classic framework for assessing competition in an industry and how to take a business forward. Developed by Harvard professor Michael Porter, the structure has been used for years to look at markets and the inherent risks it may hold.
When investing heavily in PPC, it's easy to become absorbed in the frantic, everyday details of your active campaign, but sometimes, it's good to take a step back and have a more strategic look at the market and your position within it. If you're thinking of launching a new campaign – perhaps advertising a new service or product area – then Porter's Five Forces could help you identify the obstacles you might come up against.
To put it through its paces, we've imagined that we're launching a PPC campaign for a retailer's new fashion line, to see what Porter's Five Forces can show us.
Threat of New Competition
The easier a market is to enter, the more chance there is that new competitors will crop up there, just as you are doing. In terms of PPC, Google does everything it can to ensure that its AdWord ecosystem is as easy to join as possible, promoting it to even the smallest businesses as a way to market themselves to a potentially huge, yet highly targeted audience. Whatever product we might be out to promote, we have to be aware that there could be an influx of rival advertisers entering the space at any time, all of which can compete directly with us on the keywords we want to use – and without something like Adthena's competitive intelligence, we won't know when they appear until our CPC starts climbing. If even the smallest boutique clothes shops can compete on the same fashion terms we'll be using, we need to ensure we can differentiate ourselves, finding the best value terms and crafting quality adverts that show off our unique value.
Threat of Substitute Product or Service
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Lynch used a computer to project reams of loan documents and canceled checks on a courtroom screen to convince the jury that employees who owed Knight money got loans when they were having trouble paying rent or, in one case, when foreclosure on an employee's house threatened the $27,500 Knight had lent the man.
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London: The Next Battleground for Women
This week, the British Department for International Development (DfID) and the Gates Foundation are hosting a summit on international family planning. Their goal is to raise money and get people talking about the need to bring contraception to those who still have an unmet need for it in the developing world. For many international development practitioners (including yours truly), contraception represents a critical tool in the ability of women to change not only their individual lives but the lives of their family members and on a broader scale the future of their communities.
Apparently, to opponents of the summit, contraception represents "a blatant attack on morality".
Well, then.
I understand opponents of abortion. I respectfully disagree with them, but I understand where they are coming from. I can see how one might make the argument that a fetus is alive and needs to be protected. This does not change my pro-choice stance, but I get the whole idea of pro-life.
Sadly, that same logic does not apply to contraception. Quite frankly, if you don't like abortions, you should LOVE contraception. I'm being completely serious. You should LOVE contraception because less unwanted pregnancies means less abortions.
I'm not the only one thinking this way. Andrew Mitchell, the British minister for international development, stated that "…it makes economic sense and, if we are successful, it would mean 100 million fewer unintended pregnancies, 200,000 lives saved, 50 million abortions averted."
50 MILLION ABORTIONS AVERTED. Pro-life advocates, why are you not all over this concept?
Because, of course, that's not how the protesters are thinking.
Family planning in the developing world is a huge deal-~-so huge, in fact, that I have had to read multiple books and write a 15-page paper on it to even BEGIN to understand the implications of contraception in developing countries. The UN has a whole program that is just dedicated to dealing with this issue. One of USAID's first programs was to distribute abortion kits.
Why is this the case? For those of you who don't know a ton about contraception in the developing world, let me break it down for you. Traditional values that emphasize large families make a lot of sense when you have incredibly high infant mortality rates and you are on a farm and need the labor supply. The large families make a lot LESS sense when you're dealing with cities: there isn't enough space, things are more expensive, and NGOs provide access to care that decreases infant mortality. This means that people end up having babies they can't afford.
That's not why the protesters are upset, of course.
I think we all know why they're upset. Heck, some of them have said it on this blog: they think that sex without the intent to have a child is immoral, and it is enabled by birth control.
I am about to give you all of the reasons why this is just not a good argument:
1. People have sex. They have sex even if they receive abstinence-only sex education. They have sex even if they don't have protection. So not educating them and giving them the power to control the consequences of this is foolish. I'm sorry, it just is.
2. Men leave. In developing countries, this is especially true. Men leave to find jobs. They leave for other women. They leave at an alarming rate, which means a woman who may or may not have had any say in getting pregnant is now stuck with children she can't take care of, because she doesn't have the support of her husband anymore.
3. Poverty and unintended pregnancies are linked. Commercial sex work is extraordinarily common in developing countries, especially in low-income areas. On top of that, poor girls are more likely to engage in sugar daddy relationships (as I discovered when I was doing my research on the ground in Kenya), which means that they are less likely to use condom. That means that contraceptives are the only way that they can control the outcomes of these relationships. You think it's immoral to have sex without the intention to procreate? I think its immoral to condemn someone to starvation, and sometimes this is the only way that girls in these areas can find.
4. Illegal abortions are dangerous. I can't say this enough. And since we can't force countries to legalize abortions, the BEST thing we can do is make them less necessary by providing education and contraception.
That's the other thing: don't think that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and DfID are just throwing pills at women who may or may not want them. Community education is a huge part of this kind of development work. Many women are very open to birth control once they see that it won't hurt them, and once they see that it will let them control their lives.
5. Unintended pregnancies are a huge factor in girls dropping out of school. This creates greater barriers to gender equality and also helps ensure that these girls stay poor, and that their children also grow up poor. It perpetuates a cycle of poverty that development practitioners and policy makers alike want to end.
6. A lot of these women didn't have a say in having sex or getting pregnant. I think this is what a lot of the opponents of contraception are missing. They did not get a say. They did not choose this. Marital rape, even though it is illegal in many of these countries, is still a rampant problem. Even if it isn't illegal, the fact is, many wives are raped by their husbands, and because they don't have access to any contraception, they end up with pregnancies that they may not be physically ready to handle, and children that they may not be able to deal with (this is exacerbated by reason #2)
At the end of the day, access to contraception has the potential to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of women around the world; it has the potential to help families break out of poverty by giving girls more time to get an education and find jobs before they become mothers; it can help societies adjust to increased urbanization. It's not an attack on morality, it's a tool to restore human dignity.
And I'm just sorry these protesters can't see that.
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3 Responses to "London: The Next Battleground for Women"
Immorality seems to be the argument these days for not allowing women control over their bodies and lives- not to mention statistics for women living in poverty worldwide are horrifyingly high. And to stop cycles of poverty… "blessed are the poor for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"- so keep people poor for their own good- right? I'm just saying, maybe it's not really a priority- give a little change rather than make change- Hmmm.
Allowing people (women especially) to make their own choices and have control over their lives would be a big step toward change for women and for stopping cycles of poverty. Good for the Brittish DfID and the Gates foundation- and good luck to them! Thanks for the post!
-Liza Wolff-Francis, Matrifocal Point
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