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We are moving in on Thursday which means today was about 50% successful. I didn't get a bank account but was able to order the Internet and get some needed furniture and the rice cooker. I also took a pass on buying the first car I have looked at. When the Internet does comes I will be able to call the US for free. Until then. we'll be blacking out on Thursday for a couple of days or weeks, depending on the availability of the Internet.
News in Britain seems to be revolving around Gordon Brown and how much people think he is a failure. And knife violence. In Japan, Taro Aso who both a Xenophob and wicked ugly man has been elected Primer.
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Roger Mooking Gives Junos A Taste Makeover
Now here's a creative (and tasty) innovation at the Juno Awards. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced yesterday that celebrity chef Roger Mooking will create the menu for the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards presented by SOCAN, to take place April 2 at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre.
The food presented at such industry (any industry) functions usually leaves a lot to be desired (the phrase 'rubber chicken' all too often applies). Not so here, for Mooking, the first-ever celebrity chef to curate the food for the event, will create an exclusive three-course meal for Canada's music elite.
Details of the menu are a closely-guarded secret at present, but something spicy and Caribbean-flavoured is likely a safe bet.
As a Juno press release explains, "Roger Mooking has an insatiable passion for food, travel and music, and has earned an international reputation as one of North America's premier chefs by developing a culinary philosophy built on the execution of globally inspired culinary dishes.The Trinidadian-born, Canadian-raised chef is no stranger to combining various cultural influences to new and exciting adventures. While Mooking's earliest culinary influences are his family's Chinese and Caribbean specialties, he has also trained under Japanese, French and Swiss German chefs over his 20-year culinary career."
Mooking's culinary chops have been featured in such internationally broadcast television series Everyday Exotic, Heat Seekers and Man Fire Food, and he has taken a seat at the judges table on the hit television show Chopped Canada. He currently operates a popular Toronto restaurant "Twist by Roger Mooking."
There is actually a very neat twist to Mooking's participation in the 2016 Juno Awards. You see, he is actually a Juno Award winner. Music and cooking were his passions from an early age, and in the '90s he found a degree of Canadian music fame as a member of Toronto band Bass Is Base. Their eclectic r 'n b meets funk meets acid jazz sound earned them a 1994 Juno for Best R&B/Soul Recording and radio hits "I Cry" and "Funkmobile."
In that group, Mooking was known as MC Mystic, and he was also involved in such projects as The Maximum Definitive (Canadian Music Video Award-winners), MistaCronks, and Rogeraudio.
Bass Is Base didn't have a long career, but members Chin Injeti and Ivana Santilli have gone on to solo success. Mooking's career focus turned to cuisine, but he has continued to make music.
Back in 2008, he put out a debut solo album, aptly entitled Soul Food, and it showcased his vocal and songwriting chops. He followed that with 2013's Feedback, an old school style hiphop album distributed by Warner Music. That record's material was reprised in acoustic live off the floor style on 2014's Feedback Acoustic.
A committed humanitarian, Mooking has worked extensively with World Vision Canada and Save the Children, and is a Second Harvest ambassador. A genuine good guy as well as a fine chef, his presence (and tasty presentations) at the Junos will be very welcome.

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It's my distinct pleasure to launch Coach Connell's financial coaching practice as a service to my fellow Hampton Roads residents and people across the country. For quite some time, I've wanted to help the people around me succeed with their money, and have finally found a concrete way of doing so by becoming a personal finance coach.
As an avid listener of the Dave Ramsey show, I've long been fascinated by the type of conversations he has on the radio with people who want to change their lives. More than six million people have gone through Financial Peace University, and The Total Money Makeover has been a New York Times bestseller for many years now. His listeners have paid off debt by the billions over the past several decades. That's an impact on a truly profound level.
I've shared some of the insight I've gained through the program with friends, family, and anyone who would listen (sorry for boring you all sometimes!). Something in me was just constantly pushing to help those around me succeed with what God has given them and I just couldn't keep it bottled up inside. The idea of a Coach Connell was forming.
At the end of our debt-free journey, my wife and I posted on Facebook that all our loans were paid off and we were celebrating an important milestone in our marriage. When we posted, I kind of hoped that someone might reach out and ask how we did it so they could, too. Sure enough, my wife received a message from someone who attended the same college as we did, and we were able to meet with them and discuss our journey.
When we were talking with them, I felt like I was in a groove; I was sharing powerful information with people who wanted to change their future. I wanted that for them too and zealously shared with them the fact that tomorrow can look much better than yesterday has and today does.
Not long after we met with this couple, I found out about Dave Ramsey's Master Financial Coach training program and was immediately captivated. I attended the webinars, talked to the coaching coordinators, and discussed the idea with my wife.
After thoroughly thinking and praying about it, I enrolled in the course and began my journey towards becoming a financial coach. This couple is one of my first clients, and I will be guiding them as they pay off a large amount of student loan debt as Financial Coach Seth Connell.
Now here I am, course completed, certificate achieved, and ready to serve my community and others even around the nation who are looking to change their lives forever. I am incredibly excited at what the future holds for me and my clients. I hope that you enjoy and learn from the content on my website and would love to speak with you about your journey!


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Differences in Singapore Togel Types with Other Types – The types of bets contained in online lottery gambling games are of course different, as are other types of online lottery gambling games.
The name of the game is Singapore darkness, where members want to deal with some numbers that the organizer wants to draw according to the name of the type of game. Singapore, this is where the numbers drawn for members who use the guidelines will benefit if the numbers drawn and drawn are the same.
Many types of bets can be identified in this dark so Singapore wins more and more. However, before members understand the type of game first. Singapore Togel is located in the country under the name of the game, and members want to play the game by placing the numbers according to the bet provided.
Match with the selected table, then the pengeluaran sgp lottery results will be sent to inform. If you get the exact number according to the withdrawal, you will be paid. Schedules are held in Singapore until Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday only. The deadline for installation is 17:25 WIB and for the draw results at 21:15 WIB.
Types of bets that are suitable for online lottery in Singapore
Betting on the dark in Singapore has many options that can provide many advantages. On this occasion, we would like to present it to members who want to play this type of game. This way, each installation is configured to give multiple results.
The types of bets in dark Singapore are:
4D lottery, and the way to get a win is to determine the exact number and position in 4 digits according to what you want to draw later. The interest that members are willing to receive if the standard number is accurately multiplied by 3000. Players also have the opportunity to receive a 70% discount if they incur a loss, so members only pay 30%.
3D Togel, the way to win is to determine the exact number and position in 3 of 4 digits from the back, depending on what you want to draw later. The interest you earn is doubled if you win 400. Players also have the opportunity to get a 62% discount if they face a loss, so members only pay 38%.
2D Togel, the way to get a win is to determine the right number and position in two of the four numbers starting from the back, according to the next draw. The interest that will be earned if you win is multiplied by 70.
Singapore raid betting difference that gives an advantage
Players also have the opportunity to get a 30% discount if they have a loss, so members have to pay the rest.
Dragon Frog Togel, the winning method is to choose 3 numbers without having to position the position correctly.
Players must correctly predict these three numbers, if the profit they want to get is 22x and if they are 2x they want to pay 35x. Players also have the opportunity to get a 10% discount.
Through this profitable bet type, members also have the right to choose other types of bets. Which of the options set if the potential member wins more, can you choose and play in this dark game all the way to Singapore?…


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Representatives of Illinois's coal, oil and gas, chemical, shipping and other industries on Wednesday denounced Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed emergency rules regarding the storage of petcoke – a byproduct of tar sands refining that is sold as fuel mostly to overseas customers.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency filed the proposed rules on January 16, and after an weeklong public comment period the Illinois Pollution Control Board will decide whether to adopt the rules. (UPDATE: The board rejected the rules on Thursday.)
On a press conference call, industry representatives blasted Quinn for invoking an emergency rulemaking process when they contend there is no emergency.
Participants on the call described the rules as an overreaction to an event in August when high winds spread a thick cloud of petcoke dust over residential streets on Chicago's southeast side.
Residents, however, have said they see petcoke dust in the air and on the streets on a regular basis, and they are worried that the piles which have grown in recent months will continue to expand quickly given the $3.8 billion expansion of BP's oil refinery nearby in Whiting, Indiana.
"There've been no additional problems since that one incident in August," said Mark Denzler, vice president and COO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, noting that petcoke has long been used by cement, chemical, brick, paint and other manufacturers in Illinois. "And then suddenly the governor came forward with these rules that will cost an extreme amount of money for an industry that's been operating for 70 years with no problem."
"Emergency rules are in place for just that – emergencies," added Tom Wolf, executive director of the Energy Council for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. "This doesn't meet that threshold. There simply is no emergency."
Meanwhile representatives of the coal industry and related operations are furious that the rules would also apply to piles of coal – used in power plants throughout the state. Critical public comments were filed by various shipping, dock and terminal companies that handle coal, as well as energy companies and mining companies including Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, American Electric Power, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal.
"This has a dramatic impact on our costs and our industry," said Phil Gonet of the Illinois Coal Association, noting that his group does not support the burning of petcoke in power plants. "We're subject to numerous laws and regulations on both state and federal levels," including about 60 listed in their public comment. And no coal terminals have been found in violation of rules related to fugitive dust emissions, he said.
The American Waterways Operators national trade group said the rules would also greatly impact their members – tugboat and barge companies that ship coal along Illinois rivers and canals. Their public comment states:
"There is no imminent emergency relating to coal or other bulk materials, and the IEPA should not be permitted to conflate petcoke and coal in order to avoid the mandatory notice and comment rulemaking process for proposed regulations related to the handling of coal. The implications of such an unwarranted action could have a profound effect on AWO member companies that transport petcoke and coal and rely on it for the continuity of their businesses."
Mark Biel of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois noted that his group also represents shippers statewide, who will be hurt because "the Governor has taken a sledgehammer approach…far beyond what needed to be done to address the one problem in Chicago."
Oil company representatives say their refining operations would also be hurt by the rules.
Oil refiners "must be able to market and transport petroleum coke to maintain their operations," said Illinois Petroleum Council executive director Jim Watson.
He contested the idea that increased refining of tar sands means stricter petcoke regulations are needed, saying that all refining of crude oil produces petcoke. Petroleum provides more than 263,000 jobs in Illinois, Watson said, "including some of the best blue-collar jobs you'll find anywhere – some paying more than $100,000."
The 263,000 number comes from a national study by the American Petroleum Institute and includes indirect and induced jobs. The study put the number of direct oil and gas jobs at about a quarter of the total.
While Watson implied that the rules could mean job losses in the oil industry, others on the press call said that companies in other states, including Kentucky and Indiana, would be happy to store petcoke, taking terminal jobs away from Illinois.
The rules would require all storage piles to be enclosed within two years and that dust control plans be submitted to the IEPA and subject to 30-day public comment periods.
Within 60 days of the rules passing, piles would have to be placed on impermeable pads at least 200 feet from any water source including wells, and piles that are not fully enclosed would have to be moved at least 200 feet inside property lines. Within 90 days, companies would have to stop using unpaved roads for petcoke and coal transport.
Petcoke or coal also could not be moved when winds exceed 25 miles per hour.
Under state policy, the emergency rules would be considered temporary, and the pollution control board would still move forward with a standard process to formulate permanent rules.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have also jumped into the fray. Madigan filed a lawsuit against KCBX, the Koch Industries subsidiary that is the primary operator along the Calumet River in Chicago. And Emanuel ordered the city's health department to propose rules similar to the state proposal. Industry representatives also criticized those rules as too stringent, while local residents blasted them as full of loopholes.
Editor's note – an earlier version of this story misstated the length of the public comment period.


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You may hear about myeloma's "heterogeneity" and about "clonal" and "subclonal" myeloma. What does that all mean? It means that multiple myeloma is a complicated disease. In a recent interview on mPatient Myeloma Radio , Dr. Jens Lohr, MD of the BROAD Institute and myeloma specialist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute gave the most simple and understandable description we've ever heard. Cancer cells are supposed to all be similar, but in myeloma, they're not. Dr. Lohr explains:
The textbook knowledge of cancer is really that its a clonal disease. What that means is that all cancer cells are supposed to be identical and from a genetic standpoint and from all other standpoints. So in principle, the textbook knowledge is that when you look at cancer and you look at the genome, every single cancer cell is identical. Our work and also the work of others show that this is really not the case but that the individual cells in the same myeloma patients in the same myeloma may actually be very different; you can actually find more than one type of myeloma in most patients.
He then describes the difference between "clonal" and "subclonal."
When you say clonal, what that means is that a particular mutation or really any genetic defect is in every single cell in the body or in every single myeloma cell in a particular patient. So if you find a certain mutation or another genetic defect in every single cell, then we would say its clonal. When you find a certain mutation or a genetic defect only in a certain percentage of the myeloma cells in the same patient, for example, only in 10% or in 20% of all the myeloma cells, then we call it subclonal. You can imagine now that you can have 10% of the myeloma cells in a given patient. With one mutation you have another 10%. With another mutation you have another 10%. All of these we would call subclones and thats basically what it means subclonal heterogeneity. It means that not all the cells are the same in the patient and you can define percentages of the cells with given mutations in the same patients. And then you can basically regard those subclones individually.
This is why multiple myeloma is so complicated. First, not all of the myeloma cells are of the same type even within the same patient. This poses a problem for the creation of an effective treatment and why a single drug "magic bullet" may not exist for myeloma. He goes on to explain:
You could imagine that one single drug only kills one subclone and 10% of those, but there are two other subclones which basically comprise 10% each and the drug doesnt touch those at all.
So is myeloma unique? Dr. Lohr compared myeloma to ovarian cancer in his latest study.
Actually, there are other cancers that are similar and those are all studies that are being done in other cancers as we speak - I think it will take another two or three years before we have a landscape across cancers and can compare them in terms of this subclonal heterogeneity. What we did for our study, we compared this to one other cancer, to ovarian cancer. One thing that we found very interesting is that in ovarian cancer, we found that there are some patients for which we could not detect any subclones. At least in some patients with ovarian cancer, it really seems like everything is clonal. So all cells look the same and at least considering our detection threshold, the mutations seem to be in all cells. So one would assume that in those patients, it may be easier to cure a cancer because either you have a successful drug or you dont. Its not like there are some cells or a small percentage of cells that look different from the other cells. Interestingly, we didnt find that in myeloma.
How does myeloma become so complex? It seems to have an evolution. Dr. Lohr explains:
In myeloma, pretty much all patients have subclones. That may have to do with the fact that myeloma evolved over a long period of time. So it starts out with MGUS and then the progression to smoldering myeloma before it becomes clinically active myeloma. I think over that evolution of time, you get basically the subclonal heterogeneity. I think all cancers are similar in a way that in the end, there will be a lot of heterogeneity. But there seems to be at least some cancers where you have some patients where this heterogeneity is actually not very extensive at all.For more information about the nature of myeloma, read Dr. Lohr's recent publication in Cancer Cell
or listen to his interview on mPatient Myeloma Radio.
about the author
Jennifer Ahlstrom
Myeloma survivor, patient advocate, wife, mom of 6. Believer that patients can help accelerate a cure by weighing in and participating in clinical research. Founder of HealthTree Foundation (formerly Myeloma Crowd).


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On Wednesdays, we look at artist statements or design philosophy statements and discuss the best vocabulary to describe an artwork or design. Today's designs are by Vijay Chakravarthy, an industrial designer, and we'll check out his About page.
Here is the text from his About page, in italics.
Vijay is a polymath whose capabilities include business strategy & product design. His expertise is in developing holistic human experiences that include the design of services, environments, artifacts & digital products. With 13 years of global experience managing projects with premier brands, corporations and design consultancies, he delivers meaningful solutions that facilitate better business while being human centered.
With a strong track record of delivering successful solutions to markets including Americas, Europe and Asia, his work spans a wide range of industries – from transportation and robotics to healthcare – and a broad range of clients – from Fortune 500 brands to tech start-up's. Having been part of multiple cross functional teams he is adept at being a networker and a facilitator of collaboration.
As the elected chair of the NYC chapter of one of the largest and oldest professional design organizations, the Industrial Designers Society of America, he serves members, businesses and institutions in New York City area. His passion for thought leadership drives him to keep abreast of evolving design and management trends. With award winning design work and strong managerial record, Vijay brings to the table a blend of results oriented approach and creativity.
Now my comments:
When writing an artist or design statement, it's important to choose the best vocabulary to describe your work. Of course, it's good to be able to describe your work professionally, but you also want people to understand what you're talking about. Some artists and designers use too many buzzwords to describe their work. This means they use overly-complex sentences with a lot of words that might be trendy and sound important but are actually difficult to understand when you use too many of them. If the average person can't easily understand your writing, that's a problem. I think this is what's happening with today's example.
In the first paragraph, we learn about this designer's abilities, expertise, and experience. He tells us that he's a polymath, which means he knows a lot about many different things. Next, he talks about developing holistic human experiences. Holistic means being concerned with the whole of something, instead of the individual parts. He goes into more detail to describe what goes into these holistic human experiences, such as services, environments, artifacts & digital products. In this context, an artifact means a tool of some kind. Near the end, he talks about his experience and says that he delivers meaningful solutions that facilitate better business while being human centered. This means he finds solutions that are important or valuable to the user and help users to increase their business. Human-centered design means that the product makes life easier for the humans using it.
In the second paragraph, he talks about all the different kinds of experience he has. First, he mentions having a strong track record of delivering successful solutions, which means that he has a history of providing successful solutions. He next says his work spans a wide range of industries – from transportation and robotics to healthcare. This means he's worked on projects from many different industries, and he gives examples to show how different they are. He does the same thing in the rest of the sentence when he talks about his broad range of clients and gives examples of those. In the last sentence, he says he has been part of multiple cross functional teams, which means many (multiple) teams with people from different areas of an organization (cross functional) who work together. He finishes by saying he is good at networking and helping people collaborate.
In the third paragraph, he describes his role as an elected chair in a professional design organization, the Industrial Designers Society of America. This means the members of this group chose him to be a leader. He leads the NYC chapter, which means the region around New York City. He describes what he does as the leader, and then talks about his passion for thought leadership. This means a person is recognized as an authority in a specialized field and that many people want his expertise. He says it is this passion that causes him to notice the newest trends in design and management. In his final sentence, he tells us that his designs have won awards and again says that he has a strong managerial record, meaning he has a history of being a good manager. Because of these things, he says he brings to the table a blend of results oriented approach and creativity. Bringing something to the table means you can add your skills to the group. In this situation, his skills are getting results (results oriented approach) and creativity.
As I said at the beginning of this post, I'm sure this designer has many skills and some great experience to offer, but I think the way he describes his work is a little too elaborate. As a native speaker, if I have to take apart and analyze his sentences to understand the meaning, it makes me want to stop reading. I would encourage all artists and designers to choose words that make it easier for others to understand their work instead of more difficult. It's ok to use a few buzzwords, but don't go crazy with them.
At Artglish, we help artists and designers to write a statement or About page that best describes their work. We focus on choosing the best vocabulary and language to help your work shine. If you'd like to learn more about what we offer, click here to get exclusive content, or check out our Courses page.
I've chosen 5 words or phrases for you to focus on today. They are in bold. If you don't know them, look up the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and other forms of these words. You can find links to Merriam-Webster dictionary sites at the bottom of this page.
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Engly Tuy (Sakura): Thai superstar Yinglee Srijumphon, known to her fans as Ying Lee, was the guest-of-honour at a meet and greet event at Aeon Mall's Delight Plaza organised by Sususi Aloe Vera, a healthcare soft drink imported by JCRI. Ying Lee was born on March 27, 1985 in Buri Ram, Thailand. She became a singer due to the encouragement of her father. "My father was always playing music and he wanted me to sing along because he did not have a good voice," she said. Ying Lee became famous in Thailand due to her song "Kor Jai Ter Leak Ber Toe" or in English called "Your Heart Is My Number". This song has changed her life completely and paved the way for her superstardom.
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Yinglee Srijumphon answer Q&A with MC on the event.
Yinglee Srijumphon Performance on stage.
Ying Lee in a group photo with her Cambodian fans.
Catwalk show at the meet & greet event at Aeon Mall
Models showcasing Sususi Aloe Vera.


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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (CN) - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is withholding public records about its lethal injection practices and protocols, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in court.
The ACLU's Northern California chapter sued the department of prisons in Marin County Court, claiming it produced only a small number of documents, though "it is clear that a substantial number of responsive and non-privileged documents exist and have not been produced." That violates the California Public Records Act, the ACLU says in its Nov. 18 lawsuit.
The department released its proposed lethal injection regulations on Nov. 6, and the public comment period for the regulations will close on Jan. 22 next year.
The ACLU says the records it requested will help it participate in the public comment process, and "shed light on important issues such as CDCR's choice of drugs to include in the proposed regulations, the source of the drugs, amount of the drugs to be administered, mechanisms to ensure the quality, sterility and potency of the drugs, the method of administration, and the adequacy of CDCR's training protocols."
The ACLU submitted a public records request on Aug. 14, seeking information on lethal injection drugs, procedures and equipment, and the qualifications and training of execution teams.
In response, the CDCR produced 30 pages related to training materials and 10 pages related to lethal injection drugs. It produced no documents related to drugs in its possession, communications with pharmaceutical companies, communications with other states, documents pertaining to "one-drug protocol," and documents with federal agencies, according to the complaint.
The ACLU says it sent a follow-up request on Oct. 29, to which the department of prisons has not responded.
Linda Lye, an ACLU staff attorney, said in an email that "the CDCR appears to be engaging in the same secretive behavior as it did in 2010, when the ACLU previously had to sue to obtain information about the agency's effort to acquire drugs for use in executions by lethal injection."
"It is very disappointing that we, once again, are forced to go to court to compel the CDCR to follow California's Public Records Act on an important, life-or-death issue like lethal injection," Lye said.
The CDCR said in an email that it does not comment on pending litigation.
Information on lethal injection drugs and protocols, or lack of it, has become headline news since a series of botched executions, particularly grisly ones in Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Key investment trends revealed…
CAMRADATA's latest Investment Considerations Survey reveals key investment trends
Emerging Market Equity is the number one asset class being considered by investors for the six months ahead, according to over 50% of asset managers, consultants and pensions schemes surveyed by CAMRADATA for its latest 'Investment Considerations Survey'. Global Equity was the second most popular asset class and Diversified Growth Funds and Corporate Bonds were also selected by 40% or more respondents.
CAMRADATA's latest six monthly Investment Considerations Survey was conducted amongst asset managers, consultants and pension schemes, who shared their considerations about investments, asset classes, asset allocation and financial markets for this year.
Sean Thompson, Managing Director, CAMRADATA said, "While Emerging Market Equity and Global Equity were selected by most investors, all asset classes are being considered to some extent right now including Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure, High Yield Bonds and Japanese Equity and many others."
So what issues will impact investment decision making in the next six months?
Top of investment concerns was the Low Yield Environment which the market continues to experience, followed by the Importance of Meeting Total Return Objectives – an issue that is high on investors' agendas.
Thompson added, "Investors also appear to be more concerned about Protecting Capital and Economic Uncertainty than perhaps Market Volatility.
The uncertainty around Brexit, Trump's leadership and the challenges of Optimising Market Performance and Balancing Risk over Return are also issues that will impact investment decision making."
While Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a hot topic in the asset management industry, more than half of consultants and investors did not expect asset managers to have integrated ESG into their investment strategy.
Thompson said, "Contrary to the views of investors and consultants, most asset managers have integrated ESG into their investment process. Some haven't started but this might suggest it isn't on the agenda for them yet or an issue they plan to look at in the future.
Investors are also divided about investing in ETFs, 38% would consider investing in them whereas 62% of investors wouldn't invest in them or haven't yet made up their minds. That said, only 19% of asset managers surveyed are offering this type of investing."
In terms of interest rate rises over the next year, over 70% of respondents said they didn't expect any changes in the UK or Euro interest rates, whereas 61% believe interest rates in the US will increase by 25bps over the same period.
Thompson concluded, "Most respondents are pretty neutral about the outlook for investments in the US, UK, European and Global financial markets over the next year. The financial markets have done nothing to incite positivity since our last survey. However, there appears to be slightly more optimism in the market especially with the European and Global financial markets, but equally slightly more pessimism with the UK and US markets."
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Among the many announcements Apple made earlier this week, one of the more surprising was Apple's plan to bring its streaming TV services to other platforms.
Starting in May, Apple's TV app will offer subscriptions to video services such as HBO, Starz, and CBS All Access, so customers can easily sign up through a single interface and billing system. In the fall, the app will also play host to Apple TV+, a collection of original movies and shows. While the TV app is already available on iOS and Apple TV—and is coming to Macs this fall—it will also launch on Samsung TVs in the spring. Support will come later to Roku and Fire TV devices, along with smart TVs from Vizio, LG, and Sony.
According to some industry observers, Apple's plans to sell video services on other companies' hardware amounts to a "death knell" for Apple TV. Apple's $150-and-up streaming box has always lagged behind Roku and Fire TV in market share, they say, so bringing the TV app to other platforms marks the beginning of the end for a failed hardware experiment.
I wouldn't put too much faith in these arguments. While I've certainly been skeptical of Apple's TV hardware strategy, the product is nowhere close to being in jeopardy. If anything, Apple TV is more important than it's ever been.
The privacy bullwark
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Privacy was a recurring theme at Apple's press event on Monday. For every new subscription service that Apple announced—from magazines to games to video—Apple pledged not to share data on users' behavior. With Apple now pushing privacy as a selling point, Apple TV is in a unique position among streaming boxes.
In the connected TV world, widespread collection and sharing of user data is the norm. Most smart TVs can scan what's on screen so they can serve targeted ads or sell viewership data to marketers. Roku, Amazon, and Google also target ads by collecting data on viewing activity and combining it with other information (such as your web-browsing activity on other devices). Roku even sells that data to TV networks, so they can do more with ad targeting.
Data collection is more limited on Apple TV. While third-party apps can still collect what they please, Apple itself can't see what you're doing in those apps without explicit permission for each one. And if you subscribe to video services through Apple with the new "Channels" offering, the company says it won't share your usage data with anyone else. That means it's easier to keep tabs on which companies are privy to what. At a time when people are starting to question widespread data collection by tech companies, customers deserve to have a more private option.
A premium option
While every other streaming platform is racing to the bottom on pricing, Apple's alternative approach deserves some appreciation.
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Apple TV 4K
For one thing, the Apple TV 4K is more powerful than any other streaming box on the market, and while that might not seem to matter much, it does allow for some neat features you won't find on Roku players or Fire TV Sticks. It's the only streaming platform that has supported watching four March Madness games at once (and when the MLB season gets under way, four baseball games simultaneously), and the only device besides the Nvidia Shield TV that lets you quickly switch between recent apps. And alongside Amazon's Fire TV 4K, it's one of the only devices to support both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos surround sound.
Apple TV also doesn't clutter its interface with banner ads in the way that Roku and Amazon Fire TV do, it offers top-notch voice search with Siri, and it was the first to introduce single sign-on, so you can authenticate multiple TV network apps with one login. While Apple TV gets knocked for being expensive, that extra money does bring tangible benefits.
The TV app hits its stride
The awkwardly named TV app on Apple TV serves as a central guide to all (or most) of your streaming services, suggesting things to watch from apps like HBO Now, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu.
Apple's TV app was initially of limited use to cord cutters, placing too much emphasis on TV network apps for cable subscribers, but it has since expanded to include many more streaming sources, including live TV channel bundles such as PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now, and FuboTV. That means the TV app is now a much better tool for tracking your favorite shows, even if you don't have cable. Outside of Apple TV, there's nothing else quite like it.
Although Apple is bringing the TV app to other platforms, it's unclear if the experience will be the same. One reason the TV app works well today is because it can send you directly into other apps, such as Hulu and Amazon Prime, to watch whatever video you've selected. That kind of deep linking might not be available to Apple on other platforms like Roku, which means the TV app would simply be a way to access Apple's own content.
In any case, Apple TV will still be the best way to use the TV app, because it's always just a click away on the remote's home button. If Apple is serious about pursuing a vision for TV in the streaming age, it still needs to control its own platform.
What about the price?
As always, the main thing holding the Apple TV back from wider adoption is its price tag. At $150 for the non-4K version and $180 for the 4K model, Apple TV costs three to four times more than comparable Roku and Fire TV streamers.
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a cheaper model, though. Apple has reportedly considered making a low-cost streaming stick version of the Apple TV, and once the company starts selling subscription video and gaming services, it will have clearer ways to monetize that kind of product.
It's unlikely that Apple TV will ever get the kind of market share that Roku and Amazon Fire TV enjoy, but it can still be a successful business for Apple, and a valuable device for consumers. Far from dying, Apple TV has more reasons to live than ever.
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Turkey best to define Muslim modernity, says Vatican envoy
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey's envoy Kenan Gürsoy says the West's fears of Islamists coming to power during the Arab Spring are not as big as one would hawe expected. 'The West realized that they could not truly understand the Islamic world and also Turkey's image that is reflected abroad as the Muslim/democracy synthesis has provided a good example,' he says. DAILY NEWS photos, Hasan ALTINIŞIKThe disappearance of critical thinking in the Islamic world has led to a stagnation resulting in the Islamic world's failure to integrate itself with the contemporary world, according to Professor Kenan Gürsoy, Turkey's ambassador to the Vatican.
Thanks to its rich cultural inheritance, however, Turkey is in the best position to delineate Muslim modernity, Gürsoy – who is also a philosophy professor – recently told the Hürriyet Daily News.
If we have to be self-critical, what can we say about the causes of Islamophobia in the West?
The Ottoman world, and thus the greater Islamic world, was at least 50 years ahead of the Western world in terms of science and philosophy until the 16th century. The gradual disappearance of critical thinking in the intellectual sense is, in my view as a philosopher, the most important reason for the stagnation that started in the 17th century.
We remained stuck in a crisis in terms of philosophical critical thinking. If we look at the consequences on religious living, then we need to say that if there is no deepening of contemplation and philosophy, then work on religious sciences will also stagnate. We see that a philosophical problematique in the Islamic philosophical thinking tradition has reached an impasse. That is the relationship between faith and reason.
The essential characteristic of Islamic thinking has been to create harmony between faith and reason, which produced extraordinary works in both philosophy and the sciences until the 13th century.
If you can establish the right relationship between faith and the mind you can attain great accomplishments. Descartes and the other thinkers that followed him like Spinoza and Kant in the 18th century took the Western world in a different direction in terms of faith and reason, philosophy and religious living. The Islamic world was unable to do so after the 16th century. In other words, in the domain of civilizations, creativity and freshening [rejuvenation] in the initial centuries were not continued and the clearest manifestation of this is that, due to the lack of critical thinking, there was no process of integrating with the contemporary world, be it in science, art or politics as was the case in the West.
Would it be too simple to say that Christianity renewed itself while Islam was unable to do so?
It would be wrong to say that. There have been and there are efforts at renewal. But we are having difficulties. We are in a period of a crisis of civilization. We say many new things but we can't talk the language of the people. But we [Turks] can come up with a new synthesis because we know both the East and the West. We are the inheritors of the East's cultural legacy and, at the same time, are conscientious of the fact that the West has opened up our horizons as well.
There is an opportunity to start a new period for Turkey as well as for those cultures similar to ours. If we succeed, we can even offer a better formula to the world for harmonious living between different cultures, which has not been truly accomplished by the West. We are best-placed due to Turkish culture, which gained a universal language with Islamic thinking – a culture that came to Anatolia passing by several cultures and religious episodes. We are the children of a culture that had encounters with Buddhists, Jews, Christians, as well as Anatolian and Balkan cultures because we did not stay in Central Asia but hit the road. It has been through Islam that all these gains have acquired a universal language. We have been fed by the humanist culture of Mevlana [Jalaladdin Rumi], Yunus Emre, and Hacı Bektaş.
But do you think today's Turkey reflects this potential?
We are at a political, social, cultural and philosophical turning point. It is more evident today than before because Turkey is emerging from being a closed, inward-looking country. It is trying to become influential worldwide not only from an economic point of view but also from the view of cultural perception. We have started to think more in universal terms. This universal thinking has a moral-conscientious dimension, as well as a political-economic dimension. Can we succeed? We are going in the right direction if this process is well managed. There is an opportunity to mobilize the potential of our cultural legacy which has been unused so far.
Why were we unable to make the most of that cultural legacy?
In the process of Westernization, we had a sectarian view – an approach that said 'my recipe is the right one.' All intellectual work needs to be in interaction with other intellectual works. Yet the least amount of dialogue was in our intellectual world. We can think we are very modernist and very positivist and be convinced that we have a recipe that fits with the contemporary realities. But if you are closed to the outside, [especially] those views that are contrary to yours, then your intellectual work is doomed to dry up.
Turkish intellectuals were not able to comprehend the cultural legacy of the society in which they lived. They became prisoners of a conceptual world; I don't claim it was the wrong world, but they should have harmonized it with the cultural legacy from which it came. They should have created a language with which they could have talked with the people. They did not do that. This was the greatest problem of Ottoman and Republican intellectuals during the period of Westernization.
What you mean is that because intellectuals believed Islam was the reason why we remained backward compared to the West, they turned their backs on religion.
They looked down on it. This attitude not only made them alien to their own people and isolated them, but larger sections of the people were deprived of [their intellectual contribution], too. The intellectuals could have made an intellectual analysis of the religious values which were endorsed by the people and could have opened the way for renewal. They could have thought about what religious living should be like in today's world. There is no clergy in Islam. The Vatican made many changes in the 1960s on several issues like religious worship. [In our case], the intellectuals are the ones who do these [changes]. They distanced themselves from the religious dimension of the local culture and deprived us of a renewal process. Their contempt created the problem of dignity. People said, 'I am here in this country with my values and I fought for this country. Why don't the intellectuals comprehend my language?'
What is the reflection of this situation in today's Turkey?
The absence of a bond between religion that is practiced and intellectuals is the fundamental reason why the required rejuvenation in religious living in Turkey did not take place. Otherwise, today we could have a contemporary outlook as Muslims. What would be our outlook on works concerning bioethics? The Catholic world has a view on that issue. What should be the Islamic view on human rights, et cetera?
But what about Turkey, where religiosity has been on the rise, as has been the case worldwide?
It seems that the positivist and materialist theories of the 20th century were not satisfactory. The Western world experienced a spiritual crisis and looked for something new. The first place you look is those institutions you have forgotten. But in the Muslim world there is something additional. The rise in religiosity can also be explained by a view that says: 'I want to learn my own values. I don't want to think within the Western format.'
There is also a political dimension as seen in the Muslim world, from the Taliban to al-Qaeda, which entails a counter-positioning against political imperialism and a resistance to cultural imperialism. The rise in religiosity in the Western world could remain limited to the spiritual dimension. In the Islamic world, the issue gains political characteristics and from that point on, because of the failure to properly develop the cultural legacy of the past, the solution is found in resorting to arms. It takes up arms in the name of fighting cultural and political imperialism. This is also another consequence of the absence of critical thinking in the domain of religion and intellectuals turning their back on this domain.
How should we proceed then? We are best-placed to do that. We have for better or for worse completed the synthesis as we have lived with the Western world. Our encounter with democracy has been difficult but efficient. If we are to make a critique using a universal language, it is Turkey that is the closest to doing this in the Muslim world.
Put simply, how would you summarize what needs to be done?
We are trying to define the stance of a contemporary Muslim with a universal horizon. We are trying to define Muslim modernity. We need to raise awareness of the fact that a Muslim has a place in the modernization process.
Where can we start? First, we need to start by asking where we made mistakes. We have to make a critique of political and ideological Islam, because we need to bring the religious experience to the forefront on behalf of Islam. We need to take bring to the forefront what the Muslim says with 'This is what I, as a Muslim, live.' This should not be reduced to politics. An analysis of political/ideological Islam would open another door; this would permit a perception of Islam from the viewpoint of ethical values. The concept used by Islam is the virtue of justice which is not possessed by any country or political view and which is above legislative or executive powers.
As Muslims of the present day, we need to have a rejuvenated look at what these virtues we see in religion can contribute to the contemporary historical and universal flow. If you are operating from an ethical point of view in the Islamic approach, then we begin an individual effort as ourselves. This entails an effort as a Muslim to define what being a human means. Where can we start? One point is the effort to understand the 'other' – how can we form a world with the other? This is, in my view, the essential philosophy. If the other is at the same time a 'pious other,' be it a Buddhist, Jew or Christian, then how should we communicate, how can I establish a relationship between his religiosity and mine? This brings me to ethics among religions, which is an area in which I work. This is a philosophical area we find ourselves in when we wonder about Islamic ethics. This is about defining the essential principle of living together. This is an area that comes up when I wonder about issues such as rising religiosity in Turkey.
What is your outlook on religiosity in Turkey?
If there is rising religiosity, we have to put three question marks and six exclamation marks next to it. Is it just in form? Is it the effort to adopt the traditions of our villages to urban life? Is it about restricting ourselves to certain categories and avoiding seeing the other? Is it to say I am above all and create new imperialisms? We need to question all these issues.
What do you think about the West's fear of Islamists coming to power due to the Arab Spring?
I was expecting the fear would be much greater but it is not actually. First, the West realized that they could not truly understand the Islamic world with their own categorizations and understood that it could really see the internal dynamics. So maybe they are in a wait-and-see period.
Second, Turkey is a very good example. The image that is reflected abroad as the Muslim/democracy synthesis has provided a good example.
Who is Kenan Gürsoy?
Professor Kenan Gürsoy is Turkey's ambassador to Vatican. A graduate of Rennes University and Paris Sorbonne University, Gürsoy has worked intensely on Turkish Sufism, existential philosophy, phenomenology, ethics and comparative religiousethics. After working at Erzurum's Atatürk University and Ankara's Language, History and Geography Faculty, he moved to Istanbul in 1997 and became part of the academic staff of Galatasaray University, where he served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences between 2000 and 2009.
Gürsoy was appointed as envoy to the Vatican in 2009. Among his books and publications are "Ethics and Sufism," "The problems Jean Paul Sartre's atheism has created," "Do we have a universal project?" and "Do we have a philosophical tradition?" Gürsoy also anchored a TV program between 2005 and 2009.


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Sunday, 1 November 2009
sitting on the lounge, looking out
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Is this the view you have from your place? Amazing!!!
yes it is amazing and yes it's our view. we are very very lucky!!ReplyDelete
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thanks Marion.. sometimes i forget i'm in london!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 November 2009 at 20:05
This photo is excellent. Actually, all of the photos in this blog are outstanding. Thanks for sharing your work.ReplyDelete
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Modular Mobile Technology Can Prevent IT Headaches Caused by Purpose-built Devices
A new car loses about 10% of its value the second you drive it off the lot and some car brands lose nearly half their value in just a couple of years. The same can be said about purpose-built mobile devices designed to be replaced every couple of years. These devices lose significant value because they are made for a single barcode scanning application, come with technology and operating systems that quickly become obsolete, and have non-rugged hardware or components that need frequent repair. Enterprise IT managers are better off to invest in future-proof mobile solutions that can scale with demand, variability, and emerging wireless communication standards. Any mobile platform purchased today should have a broad range of capabilities, be able to evolve with the latest technology, and withstand harsh environments.
So, what can your IT department do now to prevent a lot of headaches in the future?
Leverage smartphone technology and software
Apple and Samsung continue to be the world leaders in mobile device innovation with tremendous advances each year in processing speeds, cellular communications, screen technology, batteries, and user experience (UX). Unlike purpose-built, application-specific devices, smartphones and smartphone software give sales, manufacturing, warehouse, and field service workers the ability to read barcodes (a wide selection of symbologies from near and far scan ranges), take photos, capture signatures, use GPS, search the web, or download the latest productivity apps. And this can all be done on the same type of device regardless of the function, eliminating the headache of maintaining multiple devices and platforms across your enterprise.
The beauty of a smartphone-based solution is these devices are usually already in your employee's hands. This means the same mobile device management (MDM) security software can be used across your mobile fleet, vendor relationships are already in place, and volume discounts can be leveraged. Plus, software upgrades can be deployed on an ongoing basis instead of relying on the purpose-built device manufacturer to provide updates.
The learning curve and frustration that comes with introducing new or difficult-to-use purpose-built devices means that employees will be distracted on the job, resulting in slow decision making, inaccurate documentation, or a decline in throughput. With smartphone technology, training is simple since employees are already familiar with the user interface (UI) and large touchscreen, and the speed and responsiveness of the operating system.
Use cross-platform development tools or web-based applications
To increase worker productivity, some organizations allow employees to choose between an Android or iOS device, or ask that they bring their own device (BYOD) to work. In this case, or to ensure future flexibility, your IT department has a couple of options. They can use a cross-platform environments such as Xamarin, Cordova or React to maintain a single set of code and roll out new or updated features on either operating system. And now that mobile web browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox have robust and powerful features to create a rich user experience, web-based applications that are browser and operating system agnostic is another popular option.
Protect your investment with a rugged, modular, and smart mobile terminal
No matter what type of business you're in, smartphones are fragile (one drop on concrete could shatter the screen or break its functionality) and much like purpose-built devices, they have limitations if advanced lighting and optics are needed for your barcode reading applications. Rugged mobile terminals are designed with IP65-rated housing and can withstand 50+ drops from two meters on to concrete.
Purpose-built mobile computers are made with specific technology and components that make upgrades and repairs a lengthy and costly process. Accessories, that may change from model to model, can often account for 30% or more of the total cost of a mobile solution, hip holsters, pistol grips, spare batteries, charging stations, vehicle mounts, etc. With a modular smartphone-based design, software upgrades can be easily managed by your MDM software. When you're ready for the latest Android or iOS device, you can keep the rugged base and simply exchange the top cover kit, all existing chargers and accessories stay the same.
Mobile terminals are equipped with patented decoding algorithms as well as modular lights, filters, and lens options to read a broad range of 1D and 2D codes from standard, long, and extended scan ranges. The included mobile barcode software development kit (SDK) enables seamless integration with your applications. Mobile terminals are designed to leverage the latest communication technologies supported by mobile devices including 5G when it's available. They have extended battery life and wireless charging stations, so you don't have to worry about the electrical contact pins of a traditional charging station breaking or corroding.
Investing in modular mobile technology can help prevent the headaches caused by purpose-built devices. To learn about the mobile terminals and other mobile solutions available from Cognex, download the Mobile Solutions Product Guide.


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Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697 Bodleian Library, Ms Eng Hist C 711. Originally published by [s.n.], [s.l.], 2004.
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August 1687
Aug. 1st. Monday, went to the wells & to Thomsons with Biddolph, my daughter &c; dined at home with Biddolph, 2 Minshalls; Farmer made us a visit, dranck a glasse of wine &c went in the evening to Rustall; stayd not.
2. Tuesday, went to the wells; dined at home with Biddolph, Minshall &c. went in the evening to Rusthall with my daughter; retorned presently, 2 Minshalls supt with us.
3. Wednesday, went to the wells; went to visit Farmer & Mrs Fettyplace, after dinner had a bottle of wine with them &c; supt at home with Biddolph & Minshall. Sir William Basset, Lady & sister came to visit us in the afternoone.
4. Thursday. went to the wells, dined at home; in the afternoone Farmer, his Lady & Mrs Fettyplace made us a visit.
5. Friday, went to the wells, dined at home; walked with Mr Herbert, then with Mr Griffith &c. in the morning; after dinner went with Biddolph & daughter to visit Sir William Basset &c; they were abroad; retorned home.
6. Satorday, went to the wells; then to Povey the barber; met Sir Thomas Griffith; went with Biddolph; my daughter, Tovey & Mr Millington to eate oysters; afterwards met Mr Cook (of the Sunne Taverne) apointed to meete him at night; Millington dined with us; Biddolph, Minshall & I went in the evening to the Castle; there we met Cook, Renew & Mellet; parted neare 9.
7. Sonday, went to the wells & to chappell; Cook & Mellet dined with us; went to chappell in the afternoone; then with Biddolph & my daughter to visit Sir William Basset &c; saw him & his sister; Sir John Austin was there, stayd not; we retorned about 8. supt.
8. Monday, went to the wells & to chappell, dined at home; went in the evening to Rustall; visited Mr Griffith; my daughter went with me to the Greene; saw them dance &c; went then to Thomsons (with Biddolph, Tovey & Minshall); had a dish of mushrooms; went home past 8.
9. Tuesday, went to the wells; went to Thomsons with Lady Basset, her sister, Biddolph his wife & Tovey & Minshall, had oysters; then I went & dined with Millington at Southborow; there was Colliton, his daughter & Pollixfen; we parted neare 5; I went to visit Mr Herbert; there was Lord Horton, Abergaveny, Mac Karti & Mr Row (at dice) I stayd awhile; some went away; then came Mr Overbury; I dranck a glasse of wine; came home past 7.
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10. Wednesday, went to the wells, retorned about 1; Lady Bellot, her sister & cosen dined with us; also Mr Tovey; I went in the evening to Rusthall; saw them bowle for awhile; then went to Mount Ephraim; saw them dance and bowle; then I went with Bird & Minshall to the Kings; Head; had a pinte of wine came home past 8; supt, Mr Tovey & his 2 frinds with us.
11.Thursday went to the wells, dined at home; in the afternoone; Mr Bower made me a visit; in the evening I & my daughter & Tovey visited Lady Griffith; went then to the Kings; Head; Biddolph & Minshall came to us; we supt there; came home about 9; Mr Farmer came to us, dranck a bottle of wine; left us about 10; then Tovey came; stayd awhile; I went to bed.
12. Friday, I went to the wells, dined at home (Biddolph & Minshall abroad) in the afternoone 2 Mrs Cholmeleys made us a visit; I brought them home; I went in the evening to Rusthall; stayd not.
13. Satorday, I went to the wells, dined at home; Biddolph, Minshall, Millington, Knight with us we parted past 4; Mr Howard came to visit; Biddolph stayd not; I went at 7 to the Castle; there was Biddolph, Minshall, Knight, Hornby & Captaine Clements; Knight went about 8; the rest stayd till 9.
14. Sonday, went to the wells & to church; dined at home; my sonne & William Minshall came from London, dined with us; went to the Castle at night; Bruer with us; parted past 8.
15. Monday, went to the wells; to Thomsons with Biddolph his wife, Tovey, Minshall to eate oysters; dined at home; my sonne with us; about 4 he & Minshall retorned towards London; Biddolph his wife, Minshall & I went to visit Brewer & his wife &c; then to Rustall; I walked there awhile with Dukes & 2 or 3 more; saw them bowle & dance; my daughter went home; I went to Biddolph & Minshall, Poole, Clements, Knight &c; Poole went first; the rest about 9.
16. Tuesday, I went to the wells; dined at home; about 6 Bruer his wife & Carter visit us; in the evening Hornby came to us, sate with us at supper; parted about 10.
17 Wednesday, went to the wells with Biddolph to eate oysters at Thomson's dined at home (Biddolph & Minshall dined with Horneby) about 6 Lord Horton & Herbert came to visit me; afterwards I went to Ephraim bowling greene; after the dancing went home; after supper I, Biddolph & Minshall went to Farmer; dranck 2 bottles of wine with him.
18 Thursday, went to the wells; then to the Vine (with Biddolph his wife, Tovey & Minshall) to eate oysters; dined at home; in the evening Mr Duke & his lady called to see us; stayd not; after supper Farmer dranck a bottle of wine with us; parted past 10.
19. Friday, went to the wells, to prayers, to the Vine to eate oysters with Biddolph his wife, Tovey, Minshall & Captaine Clement; dined at home; went about 5 to visit Mr Lawrence & Mrs Poole; then to Mr Millington; Biddolph & Minshall were there with me; we had a bottle of wine; retorned past 8.
20. Satorday, went to the wells, to prayers, dined at home; Biddolph & Minshall abroad (a fishing) I sent Houseman to London; I went to Rustall in the evening;, retorned soone.
21. Sonday, went to the wells & to church; dined at home with our owne company, went to church in the afternoone then with daughter to visit Lady Mason when she went to Lady Basset; Biddolph Minshall & I went to the Bell; Milllington came to us; had 2 bottles of wine; retorned home about 8; went to Mrs Farmers roome to take leave of Mrs Fettiplace.
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22. Monday, went to the wells; after prayers went with Millington, his wife, daughter, Biddolph his wife, Minshall & Tovey to eate oysters at the Vine; parted pat 12; dined at home with our owne company; in the evening Lady Mason came to see us; stayd not long; after supper we had a bottle of wine with Mr Farmer in his roome.
23. Tuesday, went to the wells, dined at home; after dinner Biddolph & Minshall went a fishing with Hornby; in the evening Bassett, his lady & sister made us a visit; stayd not long; after supper Farmer came to us, had a bottle of wine.
24 Wednesday went to the wells, dined with Basset, his lady, sister, Mrs Trelawney, Biddolph my daughter; we retorned about 5; went to Rustall, stayd not.
25th Thursday, went to the wells; dined at home; Biddolph, Minshall went a fishing; in the evening went to Rustall, walked awhile, retorned about 7.
26 Friday, I drank all my water at home; went to the walks before ten & to prayers, was not well in the afternoone; stayd at home all day.
27. Satorday, left Tunbridge; dined at Farnton, Biddolph & my daughter went off to Combe; Morgan met us; brought me to lodge at the Golden Ball, Coleman streete; there was my daughter Whitley &c; stayd not; Baskervile came to see me parted before 10.
28. Sonday, dranck Epsom water, dined at my lodgings; went in the evening with Minshall & Morgan to Hogsden; supt there, retorned before 9.
29. Monday, drank Hogsden water; dined at home (daughter & Biddolph with us) went in the evening (with Biddolph & Minshall) to the Ship in Grations steete; parted past 7.
30. Tuesday, dined at home; want in the evening to the East Indya house to transferre &c; retorned, went to the Kings Armes; there was Baskervile, Mitton, Done, Wallis, Baroby & Minshall, parted about 10.
31. Wednesday, went to Child Golsmith with a bill; called on Sir Robert Clayton; met Sir G. G. & his sonne Sam in the street; parted; dined with Biddolph, his wife, daughter Whitley & Minshall at Pontack's; went thence to the East Indya house, to Holland; then to the Sunne; there was Biddolph, Minshall, Dashwood & Thomas; then came Sir G. G. he, Minshall & I stayd after the rest; after Sir G. G. went came Dorisla; we had 1 bottle; parted past 9; came home.


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On Saturday, we had a full moon for the second time in October. The moon set at 8:10 a.m., so I thought it would be good time to capture a photo of the moon close to the horizon. Things didn't quite go as I had planned, but it was a wonderful morning for photography.
Prior to my trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, I used a couple of apps to find the right spot to shoot the setting moon. I needed something of interest in the foreground. What I hadn't considered was that it would be dark and cold. I hadn't given enough thought about how to balance a dark foreground against the brilliant light of a full moon. Still, I got this shot, which I like very much.
I chose to shoot the setting moon at a familiar spot, the Peter and Jenny Burfiend farm at Point Oneida in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Sunrise would follow the moonset by about 15 minutes, so as I stood in a field, the sky became brighter, allowing enough light that the granary was no longer silhouetted.
According to a map I have of Point Oneida, this is the old pig house on the Burfiend farm.
As the sun came up, I was surprised to see the beautiful fall colors still on the trees. This is the house on the Burfiend farm.
After the sun came up, I stopped by Bass Lake. I had stopped there three weeks earlier when the colors were just coming on.
The colors were stunning.
After stopping at Bass Lake, I drove to nearby Narada Lake. The corner of the lake near the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail had a thin layer of ice that would disappear later in the day.
The view across Narada Lake was every bit as stunning as that on Bass Lake.
In the shadows of Narada Lake I saw this reflection of the leaves and a single dead tree that was bleached white.
Lily pads were frozen in ice.
This is the barn on the Lawr farm, which adjoins the Burfiend farm.
George and Louisa Lawr established the farm in the 1890s and and continued to farm there until 1945.
My last site for shooting was along Westman Road, in the wetlands north of Tucker Lake. These berries caught my eye.
The bright yellow tree is a tamarack, also known as an Eastern Larch. Tamaracks are conifers that grow in the wet soils around swamps and bogs and near lakes. Unlike other conifers, each fall their needles turn bright yellow and fall to the ground.
These maples leaves had fallen onto the ice in the wetlands near Tucker Lake.
The weather forecast called for snow on the Leelanau Peninsula last evening. I am sure the next time I venture north, the area will present starkly different things to photograph.


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naughty but nice
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Oooh La La! Love the maxi skirt.. such as cute outfit.. the heel sandals look lovely :)ReplyDelete
woohoo were both 18 this month! I'm on the 20th..Whens yours?ReplyDelete
I love this outfit! I wouldn't be confident enough to go out wearing a maxi skirt..I wish i was!!
Love the maxi, it is drop-dead gorgeous. Especially love the first pic; days like that are my absolute favorite!! Keep being controversial... it brings me joy. My 18th is this month too. Party party party.ReplyDelete
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I hope you get leglessly drunk on your 18th (: That's the way to do it right (:
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Joint working initiative provides top class health and leisure facilities in one location
People needing health advice and support in the Salisbury area will now have a fast track to fitness due to a collaboration between Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire Health and care.
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Police and Crime Commissioner election candidates confirmed
The election takes place on 19 August 2021
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Notice for Police and Crime Commissioner election is published - polls set to open on 19 August
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The Government has confirmed that step 4 of their roadmap will commence from 19 July
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Wiltshire Council flying flag of St George to support Three Lions
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Council publishes final year-end financial report following challenging and unpredictable year
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Drama was rife in episode one of hit TV show Made in Chelsea.
MiC returned to our screens last Monday as some of the gang jetted off to Barbados. More drama is in the air for Alex, Lauren and Spencer moved in together, and there was plenty of gossip to keep up with.
So what will happen in episode two? We give our predictions (WARNING: SPOILERS):
- Drinks will be thrown during Binky's first meeting with Nicola.
- Andy's date with Jess will contain multiple awkward silences and intense staring...
- Alik and Louise will stay blissfully happy - do we hear Made in Chelsea wedding bells?!
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- Stephanie and Josh will break up... Don't say we didn't warn you!
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Russian Anti-smoking Ad: "Don't Be Like Obama"
"Smoking kills more people than Obama"
Last year there was some speculation that Obama was smoking again–after having quit, he says, because his wife scared him into it. Whether he is still smoking or not, a Russian advertiser has decided to use the American president's smoking habit in his or her latest anti-smoking ad campaign.
The tagline: "Don't be like Obama."
An anti-smoking ad has popped up in Russia featuring an image of President Obama and warning "smoking kills more people than Obama."
. . . . "Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills lots and lots of people," the ad states, depicting Obama with a cigarette. "Don't smoke, don't be like Obama."A spokesman responsible for the mayor's department on advertisements told Russia radio RSN the advertisement would be removed, according to Newsweek.
According to the BBC report, this is not the first time that Obama has been featured in negative Russian advertisements.
It is not the first time the US president has been targeted in negative ads, amid rising US-Russia tensions.
According to the Moscow Times, a pro-Kremlin art group hung a banner of President Obama with the caption "killer" opposite the US embassy in Moscow.
And in December a major Russian supermarket chain apologised after selling a chopping board with the US president pictured as a chimpanzee.
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- Level:Easy
- Total: 55 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Cook: 25 min
- Yield:12 sandwiches
Marinara Sauce:
- To make the meatballs: Whisk the first 7 ingredients in a large bowl to blend. Stir in the cheese and bread crumbs. Mix in the beef, veal, and pork. Using about 2 tablespoons of meat for each, shape the meat mixture into 1 1/4 to 1 1/2-inch-diameter meatballs. Place on a baking sheet.
- Heat the oil in heavy large frying pan over medium-high heat. Working in 2 to 3 batches, add the meatballs and saute until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meatballs to a plate. Pour off any excess oil. Return all the meatballs to the pan. Add the Marinara Sauce. Simmer over medium-low until the sauce thickens slightly and the flavors blend, about 10 minutes. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. (The meatball mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cool, then cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing.)
- To make the sandwiches: Spoon the hot meatballs with some sauce over the bottoms of the rolls. Place 1/2 slice provolone on top of meatballs and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Spread more sauce over the roll tops, then fold the tops of the rolls over and serve.
Marinara Sauce:
- In a large casserole pot, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Add the onions and garlic and saute until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the celery, carrots, and 1/2 teaspoon of each salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bay leaves, and simmer uncovered over low heat until the sauce thickens, about 1 hour. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Season the sauce with more salt and pepper, to taste. (The sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cool, then cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before using.)
Cook's Note
The sandwiches can be assembled then wrapped individually in foil. Rewarm the sandwiches in the oven at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes.
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EcoJump is a safe, convenient and waterproof lithium-powered car jump starter, that can charge any 6.0-liter gas and diesel engine, including cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles, featuring 500 amps at 12 V cranking power, giving users 25 jump starts per charge in a small, portable package. The world's first emergency jump starter with integrated Bluetooth Low Energy, the EcoJump directly sends its charge status and temperature to any smartphone through the ECOXGEAR app, available for iOS and Android, notifying users when the unit needs recharging or is not a temperature that will allow proper function. Additional EcoJump features include a flashlight, strobing hazards, override options and mobile charging.
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Friday, March 2, 2018
What I Read: February
February was a decent reading month! I read four books and enjoyed most of what I read. As always, click on the titles for my Goodreads reviews.
The Problim Children, by Natalie Lloyd. Natalie's books are must-reads for me! She writes sweet, magical middle grade, and this one was no exception. It's about seven siblings, with a little bit of mystery and a lot of quirkiness. Her first book, A Snicker of Magic, is still my favorite, but I enjoyed this one too!
The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen. This one is translated from Finnish, I think? It was truly one of the strangest books I've ever read. I really loved some parts of it. The plot was interesting and there is a lot of magical realism (which I like!), almost veering into fantasy at times. But there's also some weird graphic sexual content that really took away from the story, in my opinion.
The Story of Charlotte's Web, by Michael Sims. Since I reread one of my old favorites, Charlotte's Web, last month, it seemed like a good time to finally pick up this biography of E.B. White. I really didn't know anything about him, other than the three children's books that he's famous for, so this was really informative for me! It was also a pretty easy read, which biographies aren't always. I enjoyed it very much.
Stuart Little, by E.B. White. And reading that book made me want to pick this one up! I know that I read it, or parts of it, when I was little, but I don't think I'd picked it up since then. It was okay. Pleasant overall, but it's no Charlotte's Web.
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The Empowerment Network is a united group of leaders, community members and organizations working to facilitate positive, measurable change in our community. Launched in September 2006, the Network works collectively to improve the quality of life for African-Americans, North Omaha and the Greater Omaha area. The movement is based on 13 Covenant Areas and a strategic plan that focus on individual, leadership, and community empowerment. The Network has helped gain significant financial commitments to help with rebuilding efforts in North Omaha and assisted with the launching of several new non-profit organizations.
Over 2,000 leaders and community members, representing over 500 organizations, churches, groups, community-based organizations, social agencies, and businesses, have already participated in some way with this initiative. Originally launched by African-Americans, the Empowerment Network has grown to include participants of all races and socio-economic status and gained support locally, regionally, and nationally. The Network effort includes Pastors, Business Owners and Corporate Senior Managers, Community Representatives, Elected and Appointed Officials, Entrepreneurs and Investors, Educators, and other non-profit executives and specialists in Social Services, Health, Crime Prevention, Legal, Accounting and other Professionals.
Leaders and proactive citizens from the following areas have come together and worked collectively: Business, Communications, Crime Prevention & Justice, Economics, Education, Environment, Faith, Healthy Families, Health, Housing, Neighborhoods, Politics, Technology, Cultural Arts, and others. Leaders and citizens from across the community have joined in to help make the covenant a reality.
Empowerment Network Partnering Organizations – (partial list)
Over 500 organizations have participated…
African-American and North Omaha Organizations
100 Black Men
Aframerican Bookstore
African-American Achievement Council
African-American Pastors and Ministers Network (over 50 Ministries)
Benedict Club
Boys Club Alumni
Charles Drew Health Center
Center for Holistic Development
Church of God in Christ
Coalition of 100 Black Women
Coleman Construction
Corporate Black Employee Networks
Cornhuskers Golf Club
Davis Companies
Delta Sigma Theta
ENCAP (Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership)
Evergreen Capital Management
Family Housing Advisory Services
Hayes & Associates
Herbert Davis Foundation
Holy Name Housing
Hope Center
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
John Beasley Theater
Juneteenth Nebraska, Inc.
Malcolm X Foundation
Mid-American Council-Boy Scouts of America
National Council of Black Women
Native Omaha Days
Nebraskla Center for Healthy Families
New Era State Baptist Convention
North Omaha Contractor's Alliance
North Omaha Foundation for Human Development
North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance
North Omaha Voters Participation Project
Omaha Black Firefighters Assoc.
Omaha Economic Development Corporation
Omaha Star
Purpose-Driven Leadership Academy
UNO Black Studies Department
Urban League of Nebraska
Williams Prepared Place
City-wide Organizations:
Abide Network
American National Bank
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Bright Futures Foundation
Christ for the City
City of Omaha
City-wide Churches
Coventry Health
Creighton University
Douglas County Health Department
Embrace the Heartland in Prayer
Heartland Family Service
Holland Foundation
Iowa West Foundation
Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties
Lozier Foundation
Lutheran Family Services
Justice Journey
Office of Violence Prevention
Omaha Housing Authority
Omaha Mayor's Office: Mayor Jim Suttle
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha Police Department
Omaha Public Schools
Metropolitan Community College
Nebraska Arts Council
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
NE State Board of Education
Sherwood Foundation
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Weitz Foundation
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Comic book series : Jeffrey Brown
Artist: Jeffrey Brown
Writer: Brown, Jeffrey
Publisher: Crown
Lucy & Andy
artist: Jeffrey Brown
Writer: Brown, Jeffrey
series: Jeffrey Brown
publisher: Crown
publish date: 06-10-2016
language: English
coloring: black/white
pages: 224: Hard Cover
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For fans of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes a hilarious new graphic novel series about two young cave kids living 40,000 years ago.
The laugh-out-loud adventure features Lucy and her goofball brother Andy, as the Paleo pair take on a wandering baby sibling, bossy teens, cave paintings, and a mammoth hunt. But what will happen when they encounter a group of humans?
Humorous and entertaining, Jeffrey Brown's signature comical touch enlivens the scientific and historical content, including a special paleontologist section that helps to dispel common Neanderthal myths.