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If you haven't embraced the morning protein shake yet, now's the time. Why? It's the perfect breakfast for many reasons.
Whether you're strapped for time and need an on-the-go breakfast, you're not a breakfast person, or you prefer something light, nutrient-dense, and protein-packed, protein shakes are a great solution. Especially if you want to lose fat, build strength, and increase your energy.1
This shake recipe, in particular, will help you get your day started on the right foot. Here's a breakdown of the benefits:
The protein will helps build and repair muscle, keeps you fuller longer, and regulates your appetite.2
Spinach is full of chlorophyll, beta-carotene, and potassium, which are all health-promoting nutrients.3
Blueberries are a great source of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, which can help decrease inflammation and prevent disease.4 Fiber helps slow digestion, regulate blood sugar, and keeps you satisfied for hours.
And walnuts provide omega-3 fatty acids, as well as protein and a variety of essential nutrients.5
In short, this protein shake is a powerhouse breakfast, and it only takes 5-minutes to make.
Berry Green Protein Shake Recipe
Servings per recipe: 1 breakfast, or 2 snacks
|1 cup Baby Spinach
|1. Choose your favorite protein powder – whey, plant, egg, or goat.
2. Blend all ingredients (except walnut pieces) until smooth.
3. Pour in a glass.
4. Top with walnut pieces, and eat!
|1 Banana (frozen)
|½ cup Fresh Blueberries
|1 scoop Protein Powder
|1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
|1/8 cup Walnut Pieces
|Dash of Cinnamon
|Nutrition Info:
|518 calories
|51g carbs
|35g protein
|26g fat
Tips To Make This Shake Your Own
Every ingredient in this shake can be modified, which means you can keep it interesting, or even seasonal. There's no reason to get bored with your morning protein shake. Here are just a few ideas on alternative ingredients you can use.
Use Frozen Mango Instead.
If you don't like bananas, you can substitute frozen mango. You'll still get that creamy texture with a much more tropical taste.
Choose Your Favorite Greens.
I chose baby spinach because it blends really well and has a pretty neutral flavor while still being nutrient-packed. Feel free to use another type of dark leafy green – such as kale, collards, chard, or even a mix of baby greens.
Switch Up The Nuts & Berries.
This shake is so versatile, you can use raspberries instead of blueberries, or almonds instead of walnuts. Play around until you figure out which ingredients make your favorite shake.
Do you have a favorite protein shake recipe? We'd love to hear about what you put in your shake.
- Leidy HJ, Hoertel HA, Douglas SM, Higgins KA, Shafer RS. A high-protein breakfast prevents body fat gain, through reductions in daily intake and hunger, in "Breakfast skipping" adolescents. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015;23(9):1761-4. ↩
- Paddon-jones D, Westman E, Mattes RD, Wolfe RR, Astrup A, Westerterp-plantenga M. Protein, weight management, and satiety. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;87(5):1558S-1561S. ↩
- Available at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270609.php. Accessed November 30, 2016. ↩
- Available at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/287710.php. Accessed November 30, 2016. ↩
- Available at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/309834.php Accessed November 30, 2016. ↩


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Obtaining Information on Duplin County Arrests – Tracking a Person's Incarceration and Criminal History
The sheriff office does not operate an online jail roster with information on Duplin County arrests. Instead, to perform an inmate lookup, call the detention center at 910-296-2324. They will provide you with the incarceration details of a specific detainee. If you intend to conduct broader research, we strongly recommend that you resort to the online inmate database of the NC DPS. This tool does not only show Duplin County arrests but allows you also to locate inmates (including released inmates) statewide.
Performing a warrant inquiry
To track Duplin County arrest warrants, visit the sheriff offices at 112 West Hill St. Kenansville, North Carolina 28349 (phone: 910-269-2150) during work hours (Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)and ask for information on wanted people. Furthermore, you can contact the Magistrate (phone: 910-275-7020) – his office issues most of the active warrants in the county.
Accessing court records
Duplin County court records contain information on criminal prosecutions filed against a person. The records can be accessed by turning to the Clerk of Superior Court (phone: 910-275-7000). You will need to give them the full name of the individual you want to be checked. For a certified docket, they will charge you $25.
Sex offender search
North Carolina sex offender registry will help you locate felons with a history of sex crimes. You can run your check based on address or name. The use of this database is free of charge.
Another useful source of information on Duplin County arrests
To inquire about a person's incarceration history, use the online search tool that appears on ncarrestrecords.org. It provides a full criminal history account on any person residing in North Carolina. The data includes arrest records, warrants, court dockets and police reports. Searchers are promised accuracy and confidentiality.

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New Surface tablets coming in 2014
Those waiting for a Haswell refresh of the Surface Pro might have a longer wait than they hoped. Microsoft has recently released information indicating that while a refresh of the company's tablets (both Pro and RT) is planned, they are slated for some unknown date in the next year.
A presentation given by Microsoft CEO Kevin Turner at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference included the attached slide detailing upcoming innovations for the next year. While the details are rather vague and only include "Update for Surface RT" and "Update for Surface Pro" it's pretty safe to assume that these will be completely revamped versions of the tablets.
Rumors point to a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.3 GHz processor for the RT as well as LTE functionality. While the Pro may get a keyboard dock as part of the listed "New Accessories". The "New Windows 8.1 Device" could be an 8-inch Surface tablet since we've seen more than one story circulate about this possible new gadget. Also given that Acer currently have the only sub 10-inch Windows 8 tablet on the market (Iconia W3), it certainly seems likely that Microsoft would want to get in on the action.
Finally the last bit of Surface news seems to be "New Accessory Colors" which could mean a wider range of Touch Covers and maybe even a Type Cover that isn't black.


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Assistant Professor of BiologyPronouns: she/her/hers Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Office: Room 338, Sanger Center for the Sciences
Helen Werner is a physiologist and molecular biologist with specific interests in human osteology, palaeopathology, and infectious disease. She has studied the expression of respiratory bacterial infections in skeletal remains and how the marginalization of a community compounds the intensity of disease. Her current research interests include examining how the soil biome impacts the use of molecular biology in archaeology. In her spare time she enjoys reading voraciously, listening to podcasts, and coaching roller derby. She teaches Human Biology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology.


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I knew the Osheroff family many years ago when I lived next door to them on 28th street in Venice, late 1960s. There was a plan to refurbish the canals by assessing the property owners in the canals and on the peripheral areas.
Abe led us – we who were so inexperienced – in our fight against city hall using his know how and expertise. We fought long and hard and when the decisive day came, created the Venice Canal Festival to say goodbye. But lo and behold, there were no bids. Our tactic of delaying the project as much as possible worked! Not to mention that we emphasized that the canals were city property and should not be privatized!
Our Canal Festival became a celebration! We closed off 28th Ave, and the community came out with free food, drink, music and camaraderie. The Festival became a yearly event for seven years until it became way too large and out of control as well as commercial. So we had a Canal Festival Funeral using the old barge and a huge paper mache duck.
I received my "hands on" political education from Abe's leadership. He also led the struggle to create a children's park in an empty city lot on the canals. We had a large population of small children living in the canals with no park. Other communities were getting small vest pocket parks, but we were denied. He took old telephone poles, donated wood and created a small park including a wooden sidewalk over the crumbling sidewalks. This became a media event as he and I watched his two young sons chain themselves to the fence, and be cut away and carted off to jail. We got the park as depicted in my JAYA mural on the corner of Dell Ave. at S. Venice Blvd., and it has been moved to another lot and still serves the toddlers of today.
His lively, creative and talented family are a monument to him. I still see his three Venice children, Nick, Dovie, and Sara from time to time and his former wife, Noel Osheroff, is still my good friend today.
Photo: Abe at a Canal Festival, circa 1970, by John Hider
*More about Abe's life can be found at http://www.abeosheroff.org.


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The bank is providing checking, savings, investments, loans and mortgages opportunities to consumers. You can apply those opportunities through the online baking system. There are also good personal loan options in the bank. Such as Auto Loans, Personal Lines and Home Equity Lines. Mortgage opportunities are also very reasonable in the bank. You can use those opportunities with visiting a branch of Horizon Bank . You can also call the bank for getting more information about mortgage opportunities. The bank is providing good services for commercial purposes too. If you are a business owner, you can get loans from the bank for improve and invest your business. There is also treasury management, aviation and merchant services of the bank.
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Natural products and colon cancer: current status and future prospects.
Rajamanickam S, Agarwal R. Drug Dev Res. 2008 Nov 1;69(7):460-471. Carcinogenesis is a multistage process consisting of initiation, promotion and progression phases. Thus, the multistage sequence of events has many phases for prevention and intervention. Chemoprevention, a novel approach for controlling cancer, involves the use of specific natural products or synthetic chemical agents to reverse, […]read more


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David Kode: "It is a travesty that Moudi Moussa, Halidou Mounkaila and Maikoul Zodi are still in jail simply for protesting against alleged misuse of defence funds."
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On 15 September 2020, it will be six months since three human rights defenders were jailed in Niger simply for participating in peaceful protests calling for an investigation into allegations of the misuse of funds by the Ministry of Defence.
CIVICUS, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Publish What You Pay (PWYP), Tournons la Page International (TLP) and Front Line Defenders call for the immediate and unconditional release of Moudi Moussa, Halidou Mounkaila and Maikoul Zodi.
They were arrested with four other activists between 15-17 March 2020 after security forces violently dispersed peaceful anti-corruption protests in the capital Niamey. Authorities had placed a blanket ban on all demonstrations on 13 March, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. At least three people were killed as a result of the violence and several properties were damaged. The trumped-up charges against them include "organizing an unauthorized gathering", arson, damage to public property and manslaughter.
At least 15 activists were arrested, with six of them being remanded in detention. Three of the detainees were provisionally released in May, Moudi, Halidou and Maikoul are still arbitrarily detained despite being granted bail of 5 million Francs (approximately 9200 US Dollars) on 6 August. The prosecutor successfully appealed the decision and they are still held in three separate prisons.
Moudi Moussa is a journalist and trade unionist, Halidou Mounkaila is leader of the teacher's union SYNACEB and Maikoul Zodi is the National Coordinator of the Tournons La Page global movement.
All three human rights defenders are profiled in the CIVICUS campaign #StandAsMyWitness, which raises awareness of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders around the world and calls for their release., and are members of the PWYP coalition.
There is a growing crackdown on human rights and the civic space in Niger. In June, the country was added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watch List. This list highlights countries where there has been a recent rapid decline in human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.
The organisations are concerned about the harassment, intimidation and attacks on human rights activists and defenders, particularly those who call for transparency and accountability in the public and private sectors. Journalists have also been arrested for reporting on allegations of corruption.
On 10 June 2020 journalist and blogger Samira Sabou was arrested in Niamey and charged with defamation in connection with a social media post highlighting corruption. According to fellow human rights defenders, her arrest is linked to a post on social media on 26 May 2020, in which she referred to an audit of the Ministry of Defence regarding overcharging and embezzlement during the purchase of military equipment for the army. One of the comments below the post criticised the President's son in relation to the audit, although Samira Sabou did not mention the son in her post. On 28 July, she was discharged by the High Court of Niamey on the grounds of 'unconstituted offences' and released the same day.
On 12 July, journalist Ali Soumana was summoned by the police, interrogated, and accused of false information for comments made about alleged corruption. Some journalists have also been arrested and detained for reporting on the authorities' response to COVID-19. In May, the National Assembly enacted a new law that allows the authorities to intercept telephone conversations as part of the state's response to combat terrorism and transnational crime without the appropriate human rights safeguards, including the rights to freedom of expression and privacy, and to prevent abuse.
"Over the last eight months we have seen a surge in human rights violations by the Nigerien authorities including intimidation and harassment of human rights activists, defenders and journalists. It is a travesty that Moudi Moussa, Halidou Mounkaila and Maikoul Zodi are still in jail simply for protesting against alleged misuse of defence funds. They should all be released immediately and unconditionally," said David Kode, Advocacy and Campaigns Lead, CIVICUS.
"We believe charges against the activists related to complicity in damaging public property, arson and manslaughter, are fabricated to undermine the peaceful exercise of their human rights and demands for transparency and accountability", said Samira Daoud, Regional Director, Amnesty International West and Central Africa Office.
The organisations are concerned about the prolonged detention of human rights defenders on baseless charges. We call on the government of Niger to immediately release Moudi Moussa, Halidou Mounkaila and Maikoul Zodi and to stop persecuting members of civil society.
Niger is listed 'obstructed' by the CIVICUS Monitor, an online tool that tracks civic space conditions across the world


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In this week's Shamwari series, I have the incredible opportunity to stay in one of Amakhala's guest lodges, we discover young lions playing with a discarded glass bottle, and have the exciting task of assisting the vet with darting a lioness. This comes after moving from Shamwari student lodge to neighbouring Amakhala Game Reserve. You can read all about that in the previous Shamwari Diaries post: Act 4, Scene 1 – In with the new. Or, you can read the series from the very beginning here.
Littering in lion territory
Thursday 18th September 2008
Began the day in search of the lions in their separate part of the reserve; where they are being kept temporarily.
When we found them, two of the sub adults were playing with a glass bottle that one of the guests must have thrown out onto the reserve!
Although we waited for a while, they wouldn't move on and leave the bottle behind for us to collect, so eventually we had to give up and leave them with it. Not an easy thing to do.
A game count on foot followed, which involved hiking up and down hills and checking the grass to see whether the zebra's diet would need to be supplemented (which it will, because the dry ground won't allow much grass to grow).
In total we found 6 zebras, 7 blesbok and 3 giraffes, couldn't get very near to any of them.
We were then taken to one of the guest lodges and given the amazing opportunity to spend the night there!
It was so luxurious; the rooms were secluded thatched buildings with tent-like walls that could be rolled up out the way, and each with their own plunge pool!
I also had the luxury of my first bath in nine weeks! Over-looking the reserve and some of it's herbivores as I stretched out and relaxed. The food was amazing too!
Comforts, counting and community
Friday 19th September 2008
This morning we got to enjoy breakfast at the lodge, which was great! A huge selection of cereal, fruit, yoghurt, croissants, etc.! It was luxury!
We travelled out to the lion section of the reserve to whether they had hunted, but couldn't get a good enough view of them to tell.
When we counted the rest of the game in that managed area, however, there was a wildebeest missing — so it's likely they had caught that overnight.
They had also moved on far enough for us to collect the bottle that they had been playing with.
We spent four hours at the Paterson children's centre, digging out the old sandpit that they have there (which is complete with bricks and rubbish) and flattening it, and rebuilding it and getting new sand to fill it with.
Once we had finished it, the older boys there (12-14 years old) treated us to a performance of singing and gum boot dancing to thank us for our efforts —they were so good, and their singing and choreography was fantastic!
Gum boot dancing is a South African dance performed when wearing and incorporating Welly boots; more commonly known as gum boots in South Africa.
Some of the girls then sang and danced; and for their age their voice were fantastic and they could harmonise so well!
Darting the lioness
Saturday 20th September 2008
Started today with a phone call from the vet to say that the lioness was going to be darted and given contraceptive implant so that she won't fall pregnant again until the sub-adults in the pride are moved from their temporary enclosure (where the Amakhala pride is currently kept) to another reserve, and until herself and the male pride leader are moved onto the main reserve.
Interestingly, for this task we had to use the Land Rover with a full roof and windows; (as opposed to the usual open vehicle with a roll cage), so that lions don't associate the roll-cage style Land Rovers (which are also used to take guests on safari) with fear and danger, and end up hiding from them.
Unfortunately for us, however, the vehicle wouldn't start! So after getting out and pushing for a while it was finally on its way —but broke down again on the way into the actual reserve perimeter, meaning more pushing!
When we got there the Amakhala team had a red hartebeest carcass to use as bait to allow them to dart the lioness and lure the rest of the pride away from her once she's knocked out.
It all went very smoothly and, once she was darted, the lioness was moved to a boma where we got to watch a group of vet students give her injections and a contraceptive implant — we also got to check her over ourselves to look for any ticks or signs of injury.
Unfortunately, as the anaesthetic wore off and we went to leave, the Land Rover wouldn't start again! We had to get out and push once more; this time in the middle of lion territory!
Next time: We release Lightfoot the male cheetah onto the reserve and launch a new initiative to help the local community manage an HIV and AIDS epidemic. You can read the series from the very beginning here.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
{ella's doughnut party...
The original idea came from this wonderful & inspiring website: lilblueboo & of course Pinterest.
The invite I created with the help of google & photoshop...
I enlarged the top of the invite to banner size at my local print center...
Bought a couple of pieces of poster board {35 cents each} and created doughnuts with paints that I already had in my stash.
I ordered 4 dozen doughnuts & 98 doughnut holes from our small town grocer {under $40}. It was less than ordering a cake like I used to do!
{doughnut seeds...hee...this one still makes me laugh...thank you pinterest!}
I ordered paper straws & take home sacks from this adorable etsy store: Hey YoYo...
My Grandpa's old lunch pail worked perfectly for holding the napkins, silverware & take home bags {for extra doughnuts}...
We displayed a few pics from Ella's 2 years pics....{view more HERE}...
and fruit...we had to be a little bit good...
All of the plates, napkins, silverware, etc that I didn't already have on hand at home I bought at either the dollar store or target. {All for around $35.}
Happy Birthday little bean!
Along with lots of other goodies, Ella received the refrigerator & washer/dryer set to match her kitchen set she got from Christmas. All from Kmart!
15 comments:
- betsy (pharmgirl) said...
oh my gosh megan! this is adorable!
- March 26, 2012 at 4:49 AM
- ckmom78 said...
love this party idea...you did a fabulous job!!
- March 26, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Unknown said...
Awesome party idea!! I may just have one of these just to have a doughnut!!
Great pics!!!
- March 26, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- Christa said...
Oh for cute!! I am in love with this party and my girls would crazy for that theme! Happy Birthday to your little girlie!
- March 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- brenda said...
I so need a Krispy Kreme right now! What an adorable idea - can't wait to see the pages!
- March 26, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- Shelley Haganman said...
Seriously the cutest idea ever! I love your new photos of Ella too!
- March 26, 2012 at 8:00 PM
- Jill said...
Too cute! I'm jonesing for Krispy Kreme now. Happy birthday to sweet E!
- March 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Seriously the cutest party idea!! Great job. She will have so much fun in that kitchen!
- March 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Unknown said...
Can I ask what font the red lettering is on the invite you created? If you'd like you can email me at email@example.com Thanks!
- June 9, 2012 at 7:38 PM
- Unknown said...
Such a cute Party idea. Love it!
- April 15, 2014 at 6:08 AM
Can you email me firstname.lastname@example.com the document for the signs. I would love it.
- October 15, 2015 at 7:34 PM
would love to know the font alsol or the document
email bucking firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks you
- November 7, 2015 at 9:41 PM
I have an Ella and I love the sign! Could you email me the document. firstname.lastname@example.com
- June 24, 2017 at 6:32 PM
- Sheree said...
Oh, if only you had made the "donut seeds" available as a printable. So fun! Job well done on the party, it all looks amazing. :D
- June 13, 2018 at 3:27 AM
- Unknown said...
Could you email the document for the sign? In love! email@example.com
- August 12, 2018 at 9:01 AM


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What attributes make a given society "good?" What attributes make another society "evil?" Why does a society, at one particular point in time, rise to dizzying heights, only to later collapse into despair? How could the same culture have produced both a Cincinnatus and a Caligula?
These were the questions plaguing my thoughts over the past week as I read a variety of news stories concerning the degenerating situation in Iraq, the machinations of our political class in Washington, and the increasingly worrisome state of our economy. (I was also pondering these issues after seeing Mel Gibson's latest movie, Apocalypto, which raises a myriad of disturbing questions about the nature of man and civilization).
Several weeks ago, I wrote a piece for LRC titled Statism, Post-modernism, and the Death of the Western World. In that article, I attempted to describe two alternate forms of social organization (which I called post-modernism and organic culture) and argued that the former is ravaging our culture. Since then, I've received numerous emails requesting that I develop those ideas more fully, and the above events finally stirred me to action. Post-modernism is my name for a family of policies and practices that have taken over the Western world since the demise of organic Western culture, a demise that began with the French Revolution and culminated in 1914. Post-modernism is not, strictly speaking, a culture. It is an anti-culture; it is what people do in the absence of authentic culture. It is like a throng of weeds overrunning a flower garden after the rose bushes have died.
Statism, post-modernism's antecedent, manifests itself differently in different areas of human endeavor, and a quick examination of our contemporary society reveals each of these vividly. In our domestic politics, statism is expressing itself as authoritarian social democracy. In foreign policy, it expresses itself as crass imperialism. Economically, it has evolved into a corrupt system of crony-capitalism. Culturally, it has morphed into a strange series of degenerate and dehumanizing habits and practices (post-modernism).
Each of these expressions of statism, like the threads of a sweater, is intimately intertwined with the others. They each act to reinforce one another, and each, in turn, promotes the growth of yet more statism.
Our domestic governance is, for instance, quickly shedding its constitutional boundaries and evolving into something wholly outside the visions of our Founders. Staffed by a bossy, overweening bureaucracy, our government is intruding into every trivial detail of our lives (or, as Lew Rockwell recently put it, the state treats us like Pavlov's dogs, demanding the right to fine-tune our behavior through a variety of "carrots" and "sticks").
This policy, when projected outward, manifests itself as imperialism, which is typified by the accelerating frequency of American "nation building" and "democracy spreading" operations that are currently plaguing the planet.
Each of these policies, in turn, greases the wheels of the state capitalist system that dominates Washington. With ever more frequency, wealth in this country is not being accrued by those who "build a better mousetrap," but rather by those who excel in the favor-swapping, influence peddling, and no-bid contracts that dominate the Imperial capital (for an example of state capitalism at its finest, I ask the reader to investigate the history of the Carlyle Group.)
But these manifestations of statism have been fairly well-described and are almost too obvious to merit further comment. It is, rather, my intent to focus on statism's cultural manifestation: post-modernism.
As mentioned above, organic Western culture is essentially dead. It survives only in a vestigial form among part of the middle classes and, in a purer form, among certain isolated, relic groups. In the process of destroying Western culture, post-modernism has replaced it with a dehumanizing system that has marginalized men, debased women, and discarded children. The resulting cultural debris, not coincidentally, has provided fertile soil for the growth of yet more statism.
Let us consider each of these in turn:
The marginalization of men
In a healthy, organic culture, boys are raised with the central goal of harnessing their aggressive nature and channeling it toward socially desirable ends. First among these is to prepare every young man to fulfill his future responsibility as the leader of his family.
Note that I have not said tyrant, or dictator, or bully. Such words are often substituted for the leadership concept by those who despise the idea of male leadership and who wish to misconstrue it as being something it is not.
Leadership is a call to duty, not a license to oppress.
As anyone who has ever been the captain of a sports team can confirm, leadership is the willing acceptance of additional burdens. A leader must be the first to hoist the load, and the last to put it down. He must rally the team when the chips are down, and he must serve as the rock upon which other members of the team depend.
Nature has, despite an avalanche of political bluster to the contrary, uniquely suited men for this role.
Post-modernism, on the other hand, has spared no effort to diminish and hide this fact, and it has displaced men from this critical role by a myriad of obnoxious political and social policies.
For instance, our education system, rather than preparing boys for this leadership role, actively defames and vilifies them. Our popular culture lampoons men and devalues their contributions to the family unit. The welfare state and our increasingly fascistic child support laws have promoted the displacement of men as well.
Thus bereft of their central social function, and viewed by popular culture as essentially disposable, young men have drifted into other, more destructive behavior patterns.
After all, where else can they go? What does anyone expect them to do?
Post-modernism is perfectly at ease with man-as-gangster rapper, or man-as-promiscuous cad, or even man-as-axe murderer…but it is not at ease with man-as-family leader, because such a role would threaten the fabric of the post-modern social order. (A society of disconnected rabble hopelessly addicted to "bread and circuses" will, on the other hand, always require a Caesar to lead it, and is thus more acceptable to statist ideologues.)
To experience a cinematic representation of man-as-leader within the framework of a healthy organic culture, I refer you again to Apocalypto. I won't spoil the plot for those who haven't seen it, but suffice it to say that it involves a man (an Indian named Jaguar Paw) who fights his way through the gates of Hell in order to rescue his pregnant wife and his son. His ordeal is one of the most gripping and emotional struggles you will ever see on the big screen, and the idea that his family would be somehow better off without him (and make no mistake about it, post-modernism does, in fact, believe this) is a moral obscenity of the highest order.
The debasement of women
Organic cultures go to great lengths to carefully define the proper avenues of sexual expression. They set forth rules for courtship, marriage, and child rearing (which are based on custom, etiquette, and religious principles). They do this both to protect women from sexual predation and to provide a stable environment for raising children.
Post-modernism is, on the other hand, a system of moral, ethical, and cultural relativism (post-modernism often claims that it is multicultural, but that assertion serves merely as a "cover" for the deconstruction of culture altogether and its replacement by nihilism). Post-modernism disdains any consistent set of ethics as naïve and oppressive. Being an anti-culture, post-modernism is a vacuum, little more than a self-indulgent lifestyle wedded to a series of addictions. As such, it should come as no surprise that the circumstances of most women's lives have eroded steadily as post-modernism has progressed. The objectification of women's bodies, the commercialization of female sexuality, and the woeful statistics concerning such issues as abortion and illegitimacy should give pause to anyone who believes that women are better off under the reign of post-modernism.
I first realized that Western culture had essentially disappeared when I read about Germany's preparations to host last summer's World Cup soccer tournament. The German government, with typical Teutonic efficiency, had constructed a series of elaborate tent cities near the soccer stadiums to be staffed by nearly a hundred thousand prostitutes.
I could only stare at the page in horror.
What can be said about a society that spends such enormous amounts of time and effort to facilitate the industrial-scale exploitation of its own daughters for the sexual amusement of visiting soccer fans?
Words failed me then, and they continue to fail me now.
By way of contrast, I remember seeing a movie some years ago about the Amish (who are, admittedly, a rather extreme example of an organic culture). The movie noted that when Amish women appear in public, they wear their hair up and cover it with a small, white cap. They do this because they believe that a woman's hair is her crown, bestowed upon her by God, and that only her husband is worthy of seeing it in all its glory.
The distinction between these two cultural paradigms could hardly be more dramatic.
It is also important to note that the Amish are actually Germans. They share the same language and heritage as their sisters back in Europe…the only difference being that one group lives under post-modernism, and the other does not. And this is not an idle, philosophical distinction, since the consequences for the women in question could hardly be more divergent.
Aside from women's exploitation and abandonment, post-modernism has also treated us to several other oddities. First among these is the emergence of predatory female sexuality.
Post-modernism has encouraged young girls to adopt sexual mores and attitudes that have been traditionally reserved for adolescent males. I've lost count of how many mothers of young boys have commented to me about this issue. These mothers are shocked at the forwardness and aggressiveness of young girls in pursuit of their sons (and I'm not even referring to teenage girls here, but rather 11 and 12 year-olds).
This strange, masculinization of female sexuality has also manifested itself in the bizarre epidemic of female teachers seducing their male students (sometimes as young as junior high). While this behavior has, tragically, long been associated with male predators, I don't think it has ever been seen in women with any frequency…until now.
But alas, with post-modernism, all things are possible.
Overall, it is incomprehensible to me that anyone could believe that women living in this post-modern system are better off than those residing in a strong organic culture. In fact, I contend that women are worse off now than they have ever been in the history of Western civilization. Never have they been so exploited, so abandoned, and never has their sexuality been so crassly manipulated and commercialized
Nevertheless, some dare call it "liberation."
The abandonment of children
In my first article on post-modernism, I described its relationship to child-bearing thus:
Post-modern culture treats children as an expensive and peculiar hobby, something like a curious fashion statement. Children are, after all, expensive, messy, and they interfere with an active dating life. And if children are seen as a mere fashion accessory or an emotional indulgence, then one will do just as well as two (and much better than three or four). This attitude reveals itself in the demographic statistics of all societies that have adopted post-modernism.
While post-modern culture undeniably promotes sterility, it is also worth noting how it copes with the few children who do manage to be born.
The American family has survived revolutions, civil wars, famines, and plagues. It has emerged relatively intact from almost every calamity that man and nature could throw at it…until now.
The statistics are both depressing and well-known.
In a social democracy, society always degenerates into an institutionalized war of all against all, as each "group" desperately attempts to seize the reigns of public power and wield it against the other groups.
Since children do not have a voice in this system, and are not capable of organizing themselves into their own "group," they have largely been left behind. Post-modernism instructs individuals to seek their own pleasure with callous disregard for the effects on others, and it sternly admonishes anyone from voicing concerns about the moral consequences that result.
Under the destructive influences of statism and post-modernism, the family fabric first began to unravel in the black community. Their families had survived the additional traumas of slavery and segregation, only to be sucked into the bosom of the welfare state. They are now three or four generations into a dysfunctional, matriarchal family system that is awash in chronic welfare dependency and sky-high crime rates, fueled by an illegitimacy rate hovering in the 70—80% range.
The Hispanic community is following closely behind. They are being rapidly assimilated into post-modernism, with rising welfare dependency rates and an illegitimacy rate around the 50% mark.
Not to be outdone, the white community has been experiencing a slow-motion disintegration of its own, with recent rates of illegitimacy at nearly 30%. When one adds a burgeoning divorce rate to the mix, only a minority of white children in this country will make it through their childhood with an intact family structure.
The result of this cultural dysfunction is a generation of children largely left to their own devices (and to the tender care of a deplorable state-run education system). For the most part, they raise themselves, usually with some help from television and their peers (in the form of a violent, Lord of the Flies youth culture). Having no exposure to an authentic heritage, they are bereft of the most precious parts of the human experience. They are taught no myths, they read no literature, and are exposed to nothing sacred. They live in a starkly materialist world without even rudimentary knowledge of the thoughts and deeds of their ancestors.
In organic cultures, enormous effort is expended to socialize children into the values and norms of their society. Surrounded by their parents and their extended families, they are never far from the watchful eye of their elders. They are usually given productive chores at an early age, and they receive additional, intensive instruction in their history, culture, and value system by the elderly (who, by the way, are also typically abandoned in a post-modern system) and by their culture's religious leaders.
By way of example, I am still haunted by an early scene in Apocalypto, where Jaguar Paw's small tribe (which is really just an extended family) all gather around the fire to listen to its eldest member, an impossibly wrinkled and toothless old man, recite their culture's creation story. It is one of the most moving and soulful moments in movie history.
Again, the contrast could not be more absolute.
The Western world has descended into a post-cultural state that has despoiled everyone involved. This process, while partially promoted by technological advances that are not necessarily related to a particular cultural or political philosophy, was nevertheless not accidental. Many ideologues (Antonio Gramsci being the most famous) consciously promoted the deconstruction of Western culture for the purpose of rendering it more susceptible to the advances of statism. With malice aforethought, they tore asunder the cultural underpinnings of the Western world and left it with nothing.
The result has been twofold. First, this process has led to the death of a cultural tradition that was responsible for enormous beauty and creativity in its own right. Second, the demise of authentic culture has left an enormous human tragedy in its wake (about which most of the Western world is still in denial).
In my third and last article on post-modernism, I'll discuss what I believe can be done, within the strict confines of libertarian philosophy, to create a better and more genuinely human form of social organization.
Admittedly, the most probable end-point of post-modernism is moral, social, and financial bankruptcy, which I believe is approaching just over our collective horizon.
Although I am not overly optimistic, history does have a way of turning in unexpected directions. The odds are long, but stranger things have happened.


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On air, Brzezinski said "I was concerned the campaign was not understanding that perhaps there was an arrogance. They needed to sort of get off their high horse and understand that this isn't ove. I'll just say it: NBC got a call from the [Clinton] campaign. Like I had done something that was journalistically inappropriate or something and needed to be pulled off the air."
Brzezinski was no fan of Trump on the show but apparently crossed the acceptable line with a fairly innocuous observation that Clinton might not have the election all sewn up as suggested by most people in the media. That was enough it appears for her bosses to get calls asking that she be pulled off the air immediately on MSNBC, which was criticized by many as being overwhelmingly anti-Trump and pro-Clinton in its coverage.
This is a very serious allegation but the media has largely ignored it. If Brzezinski is lying, that is important news. She has a good reputation in the industry and there is no evidence of any axe to grind in making such a disclosure. If she is telling the truth, it is even bigger news. First, there is the effort to silence a journalist — something that would have received immediate coverage it the call came from the head of the Trump campaign. Second, it suggests that (while Trump was being hammered for his attacks on the media) MSNBC never disclosed that the Clinton people felt comfortable in demanding the sacking or suspension of a major anchor. As with the failure of the mainstream media to follow up on the Donna Brazile scandal, the question is why there is not interest in this attack on the media.


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Although the message doesn't give any further information about what the company is unveiling, the press is expecting an iPhone 7, and possibly a second-gen Apple Watch. The final updates of the iOS 10 and MacOS Sierra could also be part of the event, according to Mac World.
Apple is known for releasing new devices at the beginning of September. The tech giant delivered both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 series around this time. These early launches are the main reason for the media to speculate about the arrival of the new handset.
Also, plenty of specialized websites have posted rumors about the iPhone specs and design in the past months. According to App Advice, the product won't feature any significant changes on its looks. Apple is reportedly holding a design upgrade for next year when a 10th anniversary iPhone could arrive.
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However, most of these websites have reported minor changes in the handset's exterior. One of them would be the length of its antenna, as it would split in two, instead of extending across the body.
Another heavily rumored change in the upcoming device is its audio output. Apple is getting rid of the 3.5mm standard jack, and instead, would replace it with wireless earbuds. This move from the company has faced mixed feelings among consumers, and even Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak expressed his concerns about it.
The handset might also be water-resistant
The iPhone's hardware is expected to come with the latest high-end tech. An A10 chip with 64-bit architecture would run the device. It would also come with an 'M10' motion coprocessor, according to a leak from GeekBar posted on Weibo two weeks ago.
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Launch - Note from the Author
I'm so excited to introduce readers to the Becketts brothers—one a lawman, the other an outlaw—in my next two books releasing from Love Inspired Historical. In THE OUTLAW'S SECRET, you'll meet Tate Beckett, a Pinkerton detective posing as his outlaw twin brother Tex. You'll also meet Essie Vanderfair, a dime novelist in need of a great story. And she hopes to find it when she begs to go along with the gang of train robbers that Tate has infiltrated. These opposites-attract characters were so much fun to write as were the outlaws Essie meets and interviews.
Bookworm Lisa - Review
"There were several instances that brought a smile to my face and I wanted how to know they were going to get out of the mess they were in. This is a fun book that is set in the "Old West". There are outlaws, lawmen, and a feisty heroine."
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"This was a fun book. The characters were likable and flawed just enough."
Q: What other genre, one day, would you like to write? Why or why not?
A: Though I've tried my hand at writing contemporary, I enjoy writing historicals much more. I've also dabbled with the idea of writing historical women's fiction, but I love a good love story so I don't know that I could pull off writing something without having a romance at its heart.
Katie's Clean Book Collection - Review
"I love a romance that makes me swoon and this one does just that. Not only are the romance and characters well done, the setting is fantastic too. I felt myself transported back to the late 1800s and loved being a part of that time--when I wasn't shivering in my boots with fear. I also really enjoyed Essie's writing moments, which are often thoughts--she's an interesting character with a vivid imagination and has me engrossed in her ideas. I'm definitely looking forward to what this author writes next!"
Hearts & Scribbles - Meet Tate and Essie
Born and raised in Idaho, Tate Beckett is an identical twin. But his brown hair and blue eyes are about the only thing he shares with his brother Tex. Tate's brother is the infamous outlaw known as the Texas Titan and Tate feels duty-bound to atone for his brother's crimes by tracking down other outlaws in his job as a Pinkerton detective agent...
Reading Is My SuperPower - Review
"The Outlaw's Secret has it all – action, adventure, romance, humor, faith and depth. It will make you smile and it will twist your heart too. It will make you hold your breath – for the kisses and again for the nail-biting action. Essie is such a fun heroine, and Tate is most definitely swoonworthy. Another fun and sweet novel by Stacy Henrie that I highly recommend!"
I Am A Reader - Undisguised: the Pinkerton National Detective Agency
While operatives were required to abide by a code of ethics—including things like not accepting reward money and working with local law enforcement—Allen Pinkerton was a staunch believer in the end justifying the means. That meant that sometimes in order for an operative to track down a criminal, the detective might have to "become" a criminal in a sense—just as Tate does by posing as his outlaw twin brother in order do to bring down the Fletcher gang.
The Power of Words - Review
"There's nothing typical about Stacy Henrie's newest release and she has become one of my favorite writers in the Love Inspired line. The Outlaw's Secret has it all – character depth, humor, romance, suspense, and rich historical detail. It's well written, entertaining, and refreshingly unusual in storyline."
Seasons of Humility - Review
"On the romance side, it's fun to watch Tate/Tex and Essie dance around each other, both mistrusting in turn and each fiercely determined to follow their own goals. Their journey includes moments of danger, threats to budding feelings, and a few twists."
Kathleen Denly - Interview
Q: As an author, I often get asked how much of myself I put into my characters. So I'm curious, if you were on that train instead of Essie, how would you handle the situation?
A: I would've been terrified! And unlike Essie, I would have chosen to stay seated and silent and hopefully unseen.
Getting Your Read On - Review
"This was such a fun adventure. The story started off with a bang and took off from there. I settled right in and enjoyed the ride!"
Wishful Endings - Excerpt
Tate Beckett's jaw was clenched so tight he thought it might snap. Of all the rotten misfortune. He had to run into a nosy, busybody like Miss Essie Vanderfair on his first job with Fletcher's gang. If he wasn't careful, this woman, with all her probing questions, would figure out he wasn't the Texas Titan after all. Then his covert work, posing as his outlaw twin brother, would be finished.
Mel's Shelves - Review
"Once I started reading this book, I settled in and didn't want to put it down. It moves at a fast pace and there was never a dull moment. I enjoyed it from beginning to end and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good, clean western romance!"
Falling Leaves - Excerpt
Fletcher's mouth curled up in a sneer. "Try me, Tex." He lifted his hands in a mock gesture of innocence. "But now your life is tied with hers." He walked away, adding over his shoulder, "I think you're smart enough to figure out what that means."
Singing Librarian Books - Review
"Stacie Henry has masterfully written a story that readers will be enthralled with from page one until the very end. This is a fairly quick and easy read that will inspire the romance in all of us! Henry has a distinct way of writing that will draw readers in as they leave the world of reality behind and enter the enjoyable and entertaining world of the Wild West."
Colorimetry - Excerpt
Sure enough she spotted the impression of horse hooves in the dirt and a partially trampled sagebrush farther on. If she kept heading in that same direction, she would eventually stumble into the trio.
She bent forward over the horse and coaxed it to go faster. There were interviews to conduct. And no one, not even a handsome, sly, back-stabbing Texan, was going to stop her.
Zerina Blossom's Books - Interview
Q: Is there anything you would like to say to your fans or readers?
A: Thanks for your support! I'm excited to share Tate and Essie's story with you. If you read it and enjoy it, then look for Tex's story in July, when you'll find out where the Texas Titan was while Tate was impersonating him to take down Fletcher's gang.
Tell Tale Book Reviews - Review
"The Outlaw's Secret delivers humor, romance, faith, and some wonderfully exciting moments where death is only a step away from both hero and heroine. . . . Fans of Stacy Henrie and of western historicals will surely not be disappointed in the thrilling pages. . ."
Heidi Reads... - Review
"I was glued to the pages to find out when Essie would discover Tate's secret, when they would give in to the chemistry building between them, and if the real Tex would make an appearance. Another great western from Stacy Henrie with suspense, action, and romance!"
The Silver Dagger Scriptorium - Excerpt
Her heart beat faster as she opened her mouth and said, "Call me Essie. It's only fair."
A low chuckle sounded in her ears. "Try to get some sleep, Essie. We've got another long ride tomorrow."
Smiling in triumph, she closed her eyes, but it was still some time later before she could turn her thoughts from the silent figure guarding the camp. And from the memory of her name on those nice, masculine lips.
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Lawman in Disguise
Getting taken hostage by a gang of train robbers wasn't in dime novelist Essie Vanderfair's plans, but interviewing these men could make her career soar. Especially since the gang includes legendary outlaw Tex Beckett, better known as the Texas Titan. Tex is famed for his protection of women and children, so she'll be fine…right?
Keeping the gang in line was hard enough before a stubborn, beautiful writer interfered. Now Tex is scrambling to keep Essie safe, to gather evidence against the gang and most of all to hide his dangerous secrets. First, that he's a detective working undercover. And second, that he's not the Texas Titan at all, but Tex's twin brother, Tate Beckett.
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USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie is the author of western romances and the Of Love and War series, which includes Hope at Dawn, a 2015 RITA Award finalist for excellence in romance. She was born and raised in the West, where she currently resides with her family. She enjoys reading, road trips, interior decorating, chocolate, and most of all, laughing with her husband and kids. You can learn more about Stacy and her books by visiting her website at stacyhenrie.com.
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For person, the "i" stands within the title. Interesting. Simple about the client's revenue. For that M, believe contemporary, multi-faceted magnetic and. The iM might be a new-car, but-don't call it "entry-level." Then although it'll quickly evaluate to hatches that begin in exactly the same cost community whenever you include required update choices need a greater duty group.
A common experience is shown by the Scion iM, having a hexagon grille, sharp eyed part bezels and headlights with mesh design observed likewise about the manufactureris FR S sports vehicle. That phrase that is streamlined bears in to the account, which delivers powerful motion in the lower entrance towards the back. It is just like a " line " made in metal.
The economical pricing is belied by describing about the Scion iM. Regular stylish body aero package, the violin black grille therapy, BROUGHT taillights and day working lamps abandon a unique trademark. Additionally true-to the Scion method, the colour choice provides the style great visible place: Traditional Silver Metallic Blizzard Gem, Black Sand Pearl Spring Green Metallic.
One Spec: Fun
Gasoline prices fall. Gasoline prices return up. Youthful customers prefer to prevent discomfort in the push regardless of what. The 2016 Scion iM provides a sweet-spot of effectiveness and effectiveness, with Scion calculating a 37-MPG highway fuel economy ranking. Comes the exciting aspect. The 137 horsepower 1.8-liter 4-cylinder motor employs Valvematic constantly variable-valve time (raise and phasing) engineering to provide an extensive torque curve, therefore the iM seems reactive in most circumstances.
For purists that are operating, the Scion iM includes a regular 6-pace stick shift that is clearly a change that is clever, producing for an energetic and interesting experience. Got slopes? The Scion iM comes standard with Hill-Start Aid, which helps avoid roll back when you are tugging from traffic-light or an end signal on an incline.
The recommended automatic can also be completely suitable for the -liter engine. It is an Continuously Variable Indication which has been activity- for driving enjoyment tuned. This is exactly why it is named the CVTi S. Not all CVTs run as responsively whilst the CVTi S within the Scion iM. That oneis got manual-shifting capacity with eight walked change factors in addition to both An Activity style.
Insport style, change factors alter as well as supplies a livelier sense through the electrical power steering gas and development responsiveness. G-AI- by limiting unwanted change adjustments CHANGE reasoning registers horizontal g-force and keeps engine-speed.
Utilizing the system shifter, quickly, consecutive changes can be made by the driver through the eight predetermined actions, followed closely by the accustomed feeling of good change wedding of the indication. The 4.2-inch TFT multiple-information show inside the device group shows M style exercise, such as the "equipment" placement, along with other car info.
2016 Scion iM
It is Got the Techniques
Within the Scion iM satisfaction driving may change to long term love in the future. Operating lovers understand well the worthiness of the large- an advanced four-wheel along with power physiology suspension. On the basis of the sports car system, these containers are checked by the 2016 Scion iM by utilizing sufficient large- unique and power metal supports within the framework. Also it moves more, producing the trunk suspension the dual- a style providing the additional advantage of not impinging on freight space, wishbone form.
Include regular 17-inch alloy wheels with 225/ the iM, and also 45R17 wheels provides a certified ride quality along with a good, taut street sense. The Digital Power Steering (EPS) program makes minimal-speed controlling very simple and offers great sense and less help at freeway speeds. Additionally, it helps increase fuel-efficiency, if aid will become necessary since the program uses energy only.
Advanced Inside with no Quality Price
Inside, it'll be love in the beginning sitting within the standard top sport seats that are bolstered. They can fit your body just like a glove as well as combine a Whiplash Injury Reduce (WIL) framework for tenant safety.
Top quality supplies where the split dash style includes sports abound through the Scion iM cottage car -inspired instrument-panel design with settings that are simple to achieve, simple to use. With suggestions borrowed in the luxury-car world, the Scion iM retains sound outside foam, by having an traditional coating window -kind efficiency and ground silencer blankets.
a long lineup of advanced features matchs the Scion iMis advanced sense on the highway - all involved using the manufactureris renowned mono-specification technique as standard. Begin with flexibility, which originates from the 60/40 flip- regular cargo address and rear seats. System container and a glovebox are increased storage containers and by numerous door pockets throughout.
With high grade standard multi media program, the iM normally comes like a Scion. The 6-audio Leader audio system may perform from the number of resources, including other products, obviously, along with iPods. It is controlled by you all via a simple to use 7-inch Leader Show Audio device that also contains Aha and regular HD Radio. It is during that display that you simply see the rear-view copy camera that is conventional.
Actual leather wraps an urgent depth within this value school, the controls. Finger changes are put by the stylish wheel for audio, multiple- hands-free and data show telephone calls via Wireless when you need it. The 4.2-inch color TFT multiple-info show (Scionis first) between your primary tool indicators offers shows for that vehicleis sound system along with other capabilities.
The worthiness shocks coming are kept by the Scion iM. All vehicles within this section include AC; the Scion iM actions up a-class with double- zone A/D handle. And on chilly days, the colour-keyed heated power-folding exterior mirrors (yes, regular power-folding mirrors) get haze or frost solved in a rush. Car on/ headlamps off are another comfort learned from the section that is greater.
Build It The Right Path
One become completely pleased with the end result, pick the shade and could purchase the Scion iM. For individuals who begin to see the vehicle like a bare material, Scion provides a full-range of seller- components that are mounted. A sample involves:
Navigation update kit, body artwork, freight area improvements, internal lighting kit, all-weather much more and floor mats. A roofrack system grows flexibility. The Scion iM will even provide a type of TRD (Toyota Race Improvement) efficiency components, including an air-intake program, anti-roll-bar, lowering springs and much more.
Scion motorists so does Scion, and enjoy their animals. The iM will offer you a variety of cottage improvements out-of transporting pets to consider the strain. Accessible through sellers, pet friendly components incorporate a puppy control with tether chair pet buffer from sitting on centre system as well as a lawn mat, which attempts your doggy.
Numerous Scion retailers have inaugurated Real Procedure Plus, that allows clients think it is in a dealer to analyze an automobile through Scion.com and secure a cost without making the sofa. Scion may continue dealing with sellers and Toyota Financial Solutions to fine tune the procedure and ideas to considerably increase its reach.
Limited Warranty
Like all Scion versions, the 2016 iM is included in a three-year/36,000- five and mile warranty -year 000, /60 -mile powertrain warranty. Additionally, it includes Scion Support Increase, a free of charge strategy addressing manufacturer that is regular - 000 miles, whatever comes first planned maintenance for 25 or 2 decades, and 2 yrs of 24 hour assistance.
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Our Revealed video provides an overview of the four steps we use in every Microsoft Licensing Optimization (MLO) engagement. Each customer is unique, and we've employed our signature four-step process for every customer, since case file #1. Microsoft licensing and their technology stack are constantly changing, but our four-step process is the constant that delivers sanity, due-diligence, and most importantly – results. Our gurus designed our tools, and you work directly with them through all four steps, and beyond.
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Vitality is surrounding us, it's in everything from plants, creatures, air, minerals and even in rocks, it's essentially our life power and connections everything together. Numerous individuals experience their life never extremely giving much idea to vitality and how it can impact us, they basically underestimate it in their day by day lives, yet without it there would just be… nothing. When we stop for a minute and investigate the power that can be bridled from vitality and it's uses, particularly for wellbeing and recuperating, we at that point see that it is so critical to keep a greater amount of a receptive outlook to the endowments that are normally accommodated every one of us by the earth and have been utilized for quite a long time..
Somewhere down in the earth gemstones are framed that are made out of an indistinguishable kinds of minerals from our own particular bodies, and furthermore in the characteristic things we eat. Gemstones hold vitality within them and can be effective conductors equipped for sending this vitality to our bodies through what is known as an electromagnetic power field. I know this all sounds extremely 'Si fi' and like something from Star Trek lol:), yet it really works and in doing as such realigns our own energies and can reestablish harmony to our wellbeing.
Gemstones are extremely lovely all alone and can be kept next to the bed or in a tote or wallet, however their most prominent favorable position is that they can be handed over to the most unpredictable bits of gems, for example, an accessory, arm ornament, ring or even a key chain that can be connected anyplace, thus the correct stones expected to mend a man can be worn constantly. Giving somebody a blessing that looks unique as well as advantage their wellbeing appears to my psyche as immaculate, yet how would you approach finding the correct stones for a specific need?
I have made a rundown beneath to demonstrate to you the gemstones and every one of their recuperating esteems…
Amazonite: Helps reestablish the normal adjust of the sensory system.
Bloodstone: Can help when enduring Anemia.
Fluorite: Relief for sleep deprivation.
Greenery Agate: Boosting confidence.
Malachite: For liver issues.
Lapis Lazuli: Can help with nervousness issues and furthermore cerebral pains.
Aventurine: Good all round healer for a total solid adjust.
Tiger press: Increases the level in which red platelets shape. Makes a jolt of energy.
Red Coral: For issues with Depression.
Calcite: Helps reestablish harmony to your digestion.
Labradorite: Good for assimilation, skin issue and solid issues.
Rose Quartz: Helps in the alleviation of torment.
Emerald: Aids in assisting with lung issues.
New Jade: General adjust for the insusceptible framework.
Golden: (this isn't in fact a stone however in certainty fossilized tree pitch) Helps with memory issues:
Sapphire: This stone has numerous properties that assistance with skin and blood issue, epilepsy, thyroid, hearing and nosebleeds issues.
Rhodonite: Can be an assistance to Arthritis sufferers.
Sea green/blue: Helps with liquid maintenance and furthermore swollen organs.
Amethyst: Can help with pressure, cerebral pains and glucose adjust.


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We've published a Lift module to allow you to talk to Amazon SNS. SNS is Amazon's pub/sub system, and the module lets you register a function to receive messages from an SNS topic, and send messages to SNS.
The module just gives you the plumbing to send and receive messages, the config is in the project's README.
Here's the kind of thing we use it for:
This is all pretty similar to Diego's approach to a distributed Lift Comet Chat Application.
We don't actually use it for chat, but multi-user chat in Lift is an easy example to discuss.
Wiring SNS into a comet application
Lift handles the comet plumbing for us, and all we need to do is send a message to an Actor for all of that to be taken care of. But as the slides above indicate, we need to jump in an have those messages go out to SNS. This is how we do that.
We enhance
LiftActor with a new method which we call
When we say
ChatServer >! Chat("hi") you can see that if SNS is defined, we send the message to the SNS service; otherwise we deliver it as if the call had been made with
The implicit argument in that code means, whenever we call
>! Chat, we're making the compiler find the class that can serialise that
Chat. Consequently, we can't accidentally send to SNS something we don't know how to serialise, because if we tried that, the code wouldn't compile.
We do this for a bunch of reasons, one of which control over what is sent, but another is to avoid the message (
Chat) having to know anything about the serialisation mechanism. It's nothing to do with that class, and we might change out to a different pub/sub backend, and the
Chat class shouldn't care at all.
This serialisation part is the type class pattern. I may be biased, but I recommend Underscore's @channingwalton's example of the type class pattern in Scala.
Here's how it applies to us:
We're serialising as JSON, and for Chat there's really not a lot to pass other than the text of the message. Telling the compile the
ChatFormat object is implicit means it can be used to satisfy the
SNSSerializer requirement on our
>! call.
The final part is handling the message back from SNS:
That's the function we register with SNS during
Boot. It's a bit annoying that the handler duplicates the actor call in your Lift App (the
ChatServer ! Chat(msg) part), but otherwise it all works out OK.
Hope that's of some use if you're running with N > 1 servers.


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(NEXSTAR) – In a new interview, Harvard physicist Avi Loeb says there's a "serious possibility" that an interstellar object that passed through Earth' solar system could be an alien spacecraft.
Scientists, who discovered the object in 2017, call the mysterious entity 'Oumuamua. The scientific consensus determined 'Oumuamua to be of natural origin, but Loeb disagrees. In his new book "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth," he argues that the interstellar mystery object was likely similar to a light sail — a method of spacecraft propulsion — created by extraterrestrials.
In a new interview with Salon, Loeb defended his hypothesis, asserting that "perhaps 'Oumuamua was artificial, definitely not made by us."
"I would say, given everything we know, I would give a high likelihood that it could have been artificially made," he said.
The trouble is the only way to know for certain 'Oumuamua's origins is by taking an image of it, but the object is already too far away.
"So we missed the opportunity," he said. "It's like having a guest for dinner, by the time you realize it's weird, it's already out of the front door into the dark street. That was the first guest, and we should look for more."
Loeb goes on to stress the importance of not resting on one's laurels.
"The way to make progress is not to stick to your notions and maintain a prejudice," he said. "… It's like stepping on the grass and saying look it doesn't grow. Science is not about that, science is about finding the truth."


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PCAOB Seeks Public Comment on its Draft Five-Year Strategic Plan
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today released a draft of its five-year strategic plan, for the first time inviting public comment on its areas of strategic focus in fulfilling its mission to protect investors and the public interest through high quality audit reports.
After its own careful study and a survey of PCAOB staff and the public, the new Board intends to:
- Broaden its approach to driving improvement in the quality of audit services and more clearly communicate how it is driving that improvement.
- Ensure that its inspections and standard-setting activities are responsive to and do not impede technological innovations.
- Engage proactively more often and directly with investors, audit committees, and other stakeholders to encourage relevant and timely conversations about the quality of audit services.
- Optimize PCAOB operations to more efficiently and effectively use resources.
- Reinforce the PCAOB's culture of integrity, excellence, effectiveness, collaboration, and accountability.
"This draft strategic plan is the product of significant engagement among PCAOB leadership, staff, investors, auditors, audit committee members, preparers, academics, and others interested in audit quality," said PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke. "We are grateful for the thoughtful responses we received on the survey, and with this draft, we are continuing that important conversation."
The PCAOB Draft Strategic Plan 2018-2022 includes a draft of the PCAOB's mission, vision, values, strategic goals and objectives, as well as key factors affecting the strategic outlook. The strategic plan is designed to align PCAOB programs, operations, and activities with its overall mission, goals, and objectives.
The PCAOB's strategic plan serves as a roadmap for the organization, as well as the basis for its budget each year. Comments are due September 10, 2018, and may be submitted by email, postal mail, or through the website.
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August 2006 - The Site in its wild state. For decades it was used as a dumping area. Tony Doolin of Eactra Archaeological Services came out to have a look and suggest a plan of action. The wild state of the place was lovely, but brambly and prickly. The "wall" along the front was composed of dumpings. The interior was also full of extraneous materials.
The Conneries
The Archaeological Dig At The Conneries Site
The Connery's Commemorative Garden, Bohadoon
The story of the Connery Brothers - rogues or heroes depending on your viewpoint, is the stuff of which great ballads are made. Three contemporary songs, written about the brothers' exploits in the 1830's have survived to this day - one of which, "Na Conneries" slow air, is very popular and played all over the country.
The Conneries: Heroic Villains?
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Our Lady of Grace & St Edward Lenten Appeal 2006
Chiswick's Catholic community aims to raise funds for Burmese refugees
This year the parish community of Our Lady of Grace & St Edwards are aiming to raise funds to help orphans, children and landmine victims who have fled from Burma into Thailand.
The Jesuit Refugee Service helps these people who have to live in small and hidden communities. They help by supporting small projects that help with education, income generation, medical aid including landmine victims, and or course helping the orphaned children who are particularly vulnerable. JRS have years of experience and this is a well-run project where your donations will be carefully used to help the maximum number of people.
The Shan people arrive in Thailand exhausted and terrified after their trek through the jungle. During their journeys they frequently have to hide and try to avoid army patrols. When they arrive in Thailand they literally have only what they stand up in or can carry. Sometimes children are born while they are trying to escape. These people have to live in small unofficial refugee camps so that they do not attract attention and face deportation. When these families arrive JRS make sure that they are issued with blankets, a cooking pot and some basic rations. Bamboo is provided to the community and the people build their own small huts. The Shan people work hard in these communities to look after each other and they have a deep tradition of looking after their extended families.
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It was just forty-eight hours ago I was boarding a plane in remote Siberia after spending three relaxing weeks in the farthest place from busy New York City that I could think of. I waved my goodbyes and tried to think about what it was I was coming back to, the America I know and love but am increasingly becoming disillusioned with.
During my time in Siberia I successfully removed myself from the constant barrage of American culture and media (no television, no cell phone) that is an ingrained part of our daily life, but I was unable to escape my thoughts about the state of the country, the disturbing antics of the current administration and the increasing sense of hypocrisy we keep finding ourselves in by simply being an American in this day and age.
Today I am in Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW conference which starts tomorrow. I'm deep in the heart of the Texas, wondering how such a friendly state could produce such a bad President.
At 5:00 AM I woke up and drove my rented Chevy Malibu from the Super 8 to the Denny's down the street. While I ate my All-American Grand Slam breakfast, the sun came up over the eastern horizon and three guys in baseball caps stenciled with "H&W Construction" drawled on about the day's upcoming work. One of the guys, a well-over-six-foot skinny guy with a mullet and the name "Bubba" (I swear, I'm not making this up) stitched onto his grey work-shirt, kept eyeing me in my black pants, Moscow boots, and black leather jacket, silently implying that I was out of place in this land of theirs. It was then that I wondered if perhaps there was more truth to this than meets the eye.
In Russia, I learned very quickly to blend into my environment or I would have to deal with the inevitable schemes Russians employ to get as much money out of a foreigner as possible. I learned to let my Russian friend do the talking. In Russia I truly was a foreigner, a person out of place, and I knew that if I wanted to avoid hassles then I'd need to change my default behavior and personality. I changed my clothes, bought new boots, and changed the way I walk. I leaned to stop looking at people in the eye on the street and to stop staring at the police every time I saw them. These were both common behaviors for me in America but in Russia they invited trouble. It wasn't difficult to adapt but I realized it was necessary and did it willingly. But I keep going back to the thought, if I am a foreigner in Russia then why is it now that I'm back in the U.S. that I still feel the same way?
For decades now, America has been a place where people dreamed of coming, to make a new life for themselves. It was a land of opportunities, where it seemed anyone with a strong will and a few dollars in their pocket could make a go at it and in all probability have some order of success. Every year, the U.S. government receives millions of applications for visas that would allow foreigners to come to American legally and in less than 5 years become a naturalized U.S. citizen. The famous diversity visa lottery receives approximately 10 million applications each year, of which a mere 50,000 are chosen randomly. Thousands more enter the U.S. illegally or come on student or work visas, of which a shockingly high percentage stay after the visas has expired. I don't fault them one bit, but I feel that perhaps the America they dreamed of coming to as children is not the same America today and it's certainly not going to be the same if we continue down the path that the current administration has put us on.
In America, everyone seems to come from somewhere else. New York City is a prime example of this, with millions of people of hundreds of different cultures and nationalities live together in an area smaller than the size of Greater Austin. In New York City, everyone can blend in because there is nothing to blend into. The very nature of the city is made up of the cultural fabric its residents import with them, but in places like Austin, Texas and Krasnoyarsk, Siberia the stranger stands out like a sore thumb.
While millions of people every year seek entry into the United States, a country that they are pinning their dreams to, I started thinking about the opposite. I'm sure it's too early to tell but I am wondering how the current state of the country and the current immigration-unfriendly administration is affecting the numbers. For instance, I wonder how many Americans have applied for resident visas to European countries claiming political asylum from the current U.S. administration. I certainly can't be the first person in this country to think of such a radical departure from the norm. How many non-resident aliens will decide that America really isn't the place they want to live in for the rest of their lives? How many will suddenly start looking at other countries if the U.S. goes into another Great Depression, as some economic scholars are predicting? What will this mean for U.S.-born citizens and their children? Who wants to be from a country that is beginning to be so universally disliked simply because the political administration is so clueless about foreign policy? Who wants to be from a country that is on the rocks, going down the tubes; in short, being screwed because of the greed of relatively few rich people serving their own interests and beliefs?
I am an American. It's a fact I used to be proud of, but now I am a little ashamed about. In Russia I had to repeatedly state to my Russian friends that I was not a supporter of the Bush administration and do not agree with its current push for war in Iraq. I had to reassure them that it is likely one of three things will happen within the next two years: either Bush will not get re-elected, he will be assassinated or he will be impeached. Given the current direction of the administration, one of these these three choices will certainly come true. I am an American, but I dread the day I will look in the mirror and wish that I were not.
It has become fashionable overseas to hate America because of the stupidity of Bush's foreign policy decisions. Among ex-pat communities, Americans are telling each other to tell people they are Canadian and to keep their passports out-of-sight. How sad is that? One American I talked to in Moscow even told me that this trick doesn't work anymore and now Americans should say they are from New Zealand, because as he puts it "Hey, who hates New Zealand?"
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