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Our hogs come from our herd of registered Berkshires. Berkshires a heritage breed that are renowned for their flavor and heavy marbleing. It is the preferred breed of Japanese emporers where it was called Kurobuta as well as English royalty.
We allow our pigs to be pigs. They will root, run, rub, and play if given the chance. I believe that getting pigs outside with fresh air provides health benefits for both the pig and raiser. We do not cut tails or teeth. Our pigs are all natural meaning they are NEVER given growth hormones. Unlike the pork found at the grocery store our pigs only recieve antibiotics as needed. Any pig that recieves antibiotics (rare) is marked and sold through another outlet or at a discount with disclosure. Our pigs are fed a vegetarian grain mix, forage, and vegetable scraps only.
Our pigs are raised on pasture and in wooded glens where they forage for acorns and roots to complement the free choice locally produced feed mix. In addition to getting a substantial amount of their diet from pasture, the pigs also aid in decomposition of forest duff through rooting and playing with dead leaves and downed limbs. Additionally, the disturbance in the soil allows the existing seed bank to express itself allowing for pasture development or forest succession. Finally, studies have shown that pigs in forest can improve the stand of Oak, Walnuts, Hickory, and other high value trees benifiting, both wildlife and the farm.
One may ask, if a pig can do all this good, why are wild hogs such a problem? The key is the amount of time allowed on a given pasture. Our pigs are put on a given pasture for between 2-4 weeks at a time during the green season and do not return for at least a year. This allows both impact and time for the land to rest and manure to be absorbed and "metabolized". Leaving hogs on a paddock under continous use will degrade the land, causing compaction and buildup of nutrients that can wash away during a storm. This is why rotation and rest is key especially for pigs.
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- HyperSat, a developer of hyperspectral imaging satellites, secured an initial $85m investment
- ZenLedger, a Seattle-based provider of tax software for cryptocurrency investors and their accountants, raised $1.5m in funding
- Jones, a New York City-based commercial insurance startup, raised $2.8m in seed funding
- Scythe, Inc., an Arlington, Va.-based provider of an attack simulation platform, raised $3m in initial funding
- Emplify, a Fishers, Indiana-based employee engagement measurement company, raised $7.5m in growth funding
- Coda Biotherapeutics, Inc., a South San Francisco, a Calif.-based preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a chemogenetic gene therapy platform for the treatment of intractable diseases, raised $19m in Series A financing
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc., a Boston, Massachusetts-based company dedicated to developing bio-engineered surgical implants for connective tissue repair, raised $22.5m in Series A financing
- Atreca, Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics based on a deep understanding of the human immune response, closed a $125m Series C financing.
- Lucid Motors, a Newark, CA-based electric vehicle maker, received a US$1bn+ investment agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
- Dispatch, a Boston, MA-based customer-centric service logistics company, received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount
- Passageways, a Lafayette, Indiana-based provider of secure collaboration software for employees and board of directors, closed a strategic growth investment from Five Elms Capital
DEAL OF THE DAY: HyperSat, a developer of hyperspectral imaging satellites, secured an initial $85m investment.
The equity round was led by Incentrum Group. The company will use the funds for the development and launch of its commercial constellation of high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites.
Led by Derek Woods, Founder and CEO, HyperSat will be finalizing the procurement of two Low-Earth orbit satellites capable of imaging 200+ spectral bands with a sub-10 meter ground sample distance. These first satellites will form the foundation of what is expected to be an initial fleet of six hyperspectral remote sensing satellites.
The two first satellites are expected to be on orbit in 2020. Read More: http://www.finsmes.com/2018/09/hypersat-secures-initial-85m-equity-investment.html


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Giving Credit
"I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world." John 16:33
About a year ago a friend of mine opened a secured credit card from their bank. They had set a limit on the card and began using it. Over the last year as they spent the money on the card they would pay it back the following week to keep it at the limit they set. Just recently their bank increased their spending limit without her having to come up with more money because she had been faithful throughout the year with her payments.
This reminds me of how we give credit. When God is faithful to us and we have good things happen to us it's easy to praise God. We easily give Him the credit and praise Him.
But what about when things are falling apart or we have bad things happening in our lives? We suddenly begin blaming Satan for all that is going wrong. From bad weather, traffic, financial trouble and so forth. When we do that we are giving credit he doesn't deserve. We're saying he has the power to determine what happens in our lives, a power he does not deserve. Satan has limitations to time and space. He cannot touch us before asking God (Job 1:12, Luke 22:31-32).
However, Satan is the father of all lies and thrives on confusion. In John 16:2 Jesus warns us that this world will become confused and won't know right from wrong, but Satan will stand condemned (John 16:11).
Problems will disrupt our lives but we know Jesus won't give us more than we can handle and through each problem we are being refined for heaven (1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Peter 1:7). Nothing can defeat us in this world because Jesus has already overcome this world. Because Jesus is faithful, to him goes all the credit, good or bad. Just like the bank and my friends credit, when we trust Jesus, give Him the credit (praise always), He will increase the good in our live in ways we have yet to see.


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There are individuals who simply love to learn outside Languages. They are enamored with new words, the development of sentences, and the musicality of the new Language they secure.Then again, there are individuals who learn Foreign Languages since they require it. Most colleges have Foreign Languages in their educational programs for their understudies. Some need it for their occupations, as an additional ability.Regardless of whether it is need or a need, learning Languages will never neglect to stimulate our interest and creative energy. Here are a few things that outside Languages can bring into our lives:
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Vehicles Affected: Approximately 691,000 model-year 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup trucks manufactured between January 30, 2013, and September 4, 2014, and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups manufactured between January 29, 2013, and September 4, 2014
The Problems: If there is a temporary loss and then return of electric power-steering assist, especially during low-speed maneuvers, there may be a loss of control of the steering wheel, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
The Fix: Dealers will update the EPS software for free.
What Owners Should Do: Chevrolet and GMC manufacturer GM has not yet provided an owner-notification schedule. Owners can call Chevrolet at 800-222-1020, GMC at 800-432-8782, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's vehicle-safety hotline at 888-327-4236 or visit www.safercar.gov to check their vehicle identification number and learn more.
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text: Going away to college is always exciting, scary, epic and confusing all at the same time; for both you and your family! When you leave home life for dorm life, you leave behind your church, friends, family and pet chicken—basically all of your support systems. What can you expect when you arrive on campus? College Bound is a workshop designed to help you reconnect with what's important to you and give you practical ideas to overcome the hurdles you'll face at school. College Bound offers snapshots of success so you don't become a statistic. Plus, it's fun and good for you being you.


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I had no sense, before seeing her, of the impact Alondra de la Parra would make when she conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas in a Dia de los muertos (Day of the Dead) concert at the Town Hall. There is an expression I heard once from a professional dancer – "making air" – that came to mind as I watched her, by which is meant the filling of the spaces of the body, as between armpit and arm, chin and sternum, the digits of hand and foot, a rib and its adjacent. She has that expanding quality, opening her body to the music and making it all but visible in the spaces that result, uncoiling, at dramatic moments, like a spring released; dropping to a tiger crouch; making taffy with hands strong and delicate.
The role of the conductor in performance can be somewhat inscrutable to me: to what extent does she (or he) direct the orchestra and to what extent the attention of the audience? It must vary according to artist and circumstance, which makes it all the more an open question. I know that you look away from de la Parra only by an act of will, or when there is some sudden or exceptional variation in the sound that she has appeared to conjure. Now and then on Saturday, in a program of deceased Mexican composers (and a dead Argentinian), the woodwinds, the harp, or the piano emerged with particular force, and so drew the eye for a moment, but otherwise it was she, of the long fingers, pliant knees, and expressive face, who crystallized the gaze, directing the aural through the arrestment of the eye.
This was true even when Natalia Lafourcade, the Mexican pop singer (whose recordings I have admired), joined her aside the podium; only once, during a particularly intense (but unidentified) number, did the pop star draw the attention as strongly as the conductor. The orchestra was the one that she founded ten years ago, as a Mexican-American in New York, at the age of twenty-four; it seems skilled and well-balanced, in both tone and talent; but has, since 2010, been in abeyance as she has worked in Europe and received praise from the likes of Placido Domingo. Most of the music played in this reunion was, as I have said, unannounced, or identified only in the moment, but it ranged from Ricardo Castro's "Intemezzo de Atzimba" to, the sole non-Mexican composition on the program, Astor Piazzolla's "Tangazo," and a variety of popular and classical selections in between.
De la Parra's treatment of the Piazzola was uncommonly moving, and revealing, too, of an exceptional sophistication. It is normal to think, in respect to an artwork, of a stripping away to the essence, chipping off marble to expose the sculpture, peeling away petals to display the mystery of the rose. What de la Parra and her orchestra did, instead, was to lay on themes and motifs that, once assembled, conjoined in a compass, creating the core by constructing its armature. This may, of course, be a function of "Tangazo" itself, and the genius of its inventor, but if so it is no small feat to have realized it so exactly, in both conception and execution. I look forward with some eagerness to the next time I am able to see de la Parra at the podium, whenever that may be, for both the dynamism of her presence and the astuteness of her art.
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Equality groups to file discrimination lawsuit against House Bill 2
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and Equality NC will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging House Bill 2.
In a press release, organizers said House Bill 2 is a sweeping anti-LGBT measure that permits discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people across the state.
The North Carolina General Assembly convened a $42,000 special session on Wednesday to pass into law a sweeping measure that prevents local governments in the state from extending nondiscrimination policies to LGBT people and requires restroom access in public facilities, including schools, based on birth-assigned sex regardless of a person's gender identity and lived gender. The press release also said it jeopardizes the more than $4.5 billion in federal funding that North Carolina receives for secondary and post-secondary schools under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in institutions receiving federal funding, including discrimination against transgender individuals.
More than 200 cities, including Myrtle Beach and Columbia, South Carolina, have adopted nondiscrimination ordinances similar to Charlotte's without negative consequences.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities, Attorney General Roy Cooper, and major companies including Paypal, Google, the NBA, American Airlines, Dow Chemical, and Biogen, have announced their opposition to the law. A Public Policy Polling survey released on March 22 showed widespread, bipartisan agreement among state voters that the legislature should leave Charlotte's ordinance alone.
Organizers will hold a press conference Monday to announce filing of federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's HB 2 at 10 a.m. at the LGBT Center of Raleigh.


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Bussmann / Eaton
Bussmann / Eaton, a division of Cooper Industries that has been acquired by Eaton, is one of the world's largest producers of circuit protection devices to protect electrical, electronic and automotive systems from circuit overload. The company provides the industry standard for circuit protection with over 41,000 fuse types, from large fuses for protecting the main supply in multi-story buildings and industrial complexes, to sophisticated fuses for printed circuit boards in electronic products.
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Offers a low clamping voltage, ultra-low capacitance, and a 5V operating voltage.
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Offers a 3VDC to 12VDC supply voltage range and -3VRWM to +12VRWM reverse stand-off voltage.
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Acupuncture in my Natural Energy Medicine Practice!
Since I combined Naturopathy or Natural Health with Energy Therapy and Energy Medicine in my practice, I've been offering digital meridian assessments and laser acupuncture treatments with the local clients who sign up for a series of visits. I love this modality and how it supports the other energy therapies that I use with clients who report with all kinds of body – mind – spirit needs.
I've received traditional acupuncture treatments in the past and was amazed at how they helped both physical pain and emotional turmoil. (I guess I didn't realize those many years ago the intricate connection between the two!) The needles didn't bother me, but they are not popular with everyone. And, a traditional acupuncturist must leave the needles in for twenty to thirty minutes or more to get results, while newer laser light therapy requires fifteen to thirty seconds of direct focus on a meridian acupuncture point which then carries the energy of the laser light through the length of the meridian or energy channel. ( Larsen, Adrian / Meridia )
In the short time that I've offered acupuncture in my practice I've already had a number of indications of dramatic energy movements in clients, and when I use the digital assessment at the beginning of a session I can jump right in without a written history to address the energy channels and their related energy blocks that are needing the most attention to clear emotions and physical symptoms. What a wonderful guide to pinpoint what the body really wants first so that it will stay "fixed"!
Here is a short video that can explain more about what acupuncture actually is, and how I present it to my clients that visit me here in Mineral Bluff, GA.
What is Acupuncture? from Cameron Larsen on Vimeo.
Check in again to learn more about the Auriculotherapy sessions that I am also offering (ear acupuncture) where I address the hundreds of points on each ear with an electro-stimulation device that automatically detects which meridian points need support and then automatically raises or lowers the chi energy in each according to its needs. I chart the points that I stimulate and they are always exactly what the client needs most… and the ears and their energies tell me where to focus. It is and amazing and very successful treatment modality for my practice!


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(Not recommended) Preview most recently acquired data
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ThermoHuman awarded as one of the Biotech & Healthcare finalists of Spain Startup South Summit 2015
Today we have been awarded as one of the most innovative startups from the South of Europe and LATAM. Proud to be chosen as some of the best 25 companies in the Healthcare & Biotech sectors between more than 3.000 competitors. The quality of the event was top, sharing the stage with companies like Apple, Hyperloop, SpaceX, Telefonica, Microsoft and Google, which represented their ideas with business experts.
Cofounder Ismael Fernández Cuevas pitched in front of top international investors from Silicon Valley that potentially will select us as the winners within the 4 finalists. During the next friday his Majesty the King of Spain Felipe VI will award the winner of the contest.
Hopefully we will be there, stay tuned!


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The Mudbugs fell behind early in the 1st period before Dominick Procopio wristed an innocent shot from the point that found its way in the back of the net for his first goal of the season tying the game up at 1 after 1 period of play.
Shreveport gave up a fluky goal early in the 2nd, but responded quickly when Eriks Zohovs slammed home a juicy rebound for his 15th goal of the year assisted by Kyle Kawamura and Jordan Fader. The game stayed tied at 2 after two periods of play, but Andrew Lane was hurt after a head shot from Topeka in the middle of the ice causing the medical staff to carry him off to the locker room.
Topeka scored two goals in the 3rd period as Shreveport couldn't recover. Lane didn't return to the game and his injury update is unknown at this point.
The RoadRunners win the game, 4-2 and send the Bugs to their third straight loss.
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5+ K-Pop Idols Who Ran Into Heartbreaking Situations Before They Debuted
There are plenty of K-Pop idols who had to deal with heartbreaking situations before they debuted, whether it be due to things like their companies, obsessive fans, malicious netizens, etc. Here are 5+ K-Pop idols who ran into heartbreaking situations before they debuted.
1. The ENHYPEN members
ENHYPEN was formed through the survival show I-LAND, and they accumulated a huge fanbase before they even debuted. However, the group ran into a heartbreaking situation recently. When ENHYPEN went to the Gimpo Airport in Seoul, they were mobbed by a bunch of sasaeng fans.
Many fans were upset by this and noted how the members appeared scared.
When BTS guested on I-LAND, RM revealed that he ran away from Big Hit Entertainment 6 months before he was set to debut in BTS.
RM even considered giving up on his idol dreams. However, he then met with his father, who convinced him to go back to Big Hit Entertainment.
RM's father spent hours convincing RM to go back and that he would regret his decision later in life if he didn't go back. After listening to his father's words, RM went back to Big Hit Entertainment.
3. Jihyo (TWICE)
During an episode of Carefree Travellers, Jihyo revealed that she almost gave up on her idol dreams when she was a trainee. She shared that there was a group she was supposed to debut in, but this group ended up disbanding. After this happened, Jihyo thought about quitting.
Right before I debuted, I wanted to quit. Before TWICE, there was this team that I was a part of. When that team disbanded, I just wanted to give up.
— TWICE's Jihyo
Thankfully, Jihyo was given another chance to debut through SIXTEEN, which is the show that created TWICE.
4. The MAMAMOO members
Before MAMAMOO debuted, there were a lot of people who doubted them and thought that they would fail. The reason why was because people didn't think that they had the visuals to succeed in the K-Pop industry.
It was hard before our debut. Since we weren't visually perfect, many people said, 'Those girls won't make it' and 'You guys have to put on perfect performances or you'll be done for'.
— MAMAMOO's Solar
CEOs of other agencies even thought that the members would fail.
Before our debut, our CEO introduced us to outside connections. They all said, 'They're going to flop because they're short and don't look like idols.'
— MAMAMOO's Solar
Composer Kim Do Hoon also shared in an interview that member Hwasa received a lot of criticism due to her appearance.
The truth is, before their debut when they were trainees, people looked at Hwasa and said, 'She'll cause a lot of trouble later on.' That's how much she stood out. There was a lot of external pressure while selecting MAMAMOO members.
— Kim Do Hoon
However, MAMAMOO ended up proving these people wrong as they went on to become one of the most popular girl groups in K-Pop!
5. Chaeryeong (ITZY)
Chaeryeong was revealed to the public before she debuted in ITZY, as she appeared on multiple survival shows, such as K-Pop Star 3 and SIXTEEN.
However, Chaeryeong recently revealed that she dealt with a lot of malicious netizens from a young age. Even when Chaeryeong got told that she would debuting as a member of ITZY, she didn't feel joy due to these malicious netizens.
I don't know why, but after becoming the debut team which I had dreamed of for so long, I thought it all meant nothing if I was already being hated like this.
— ITZY's Chaeryeong
Thankfully, Chaeryeong is now doing her best to not get bothered by these malicious netizens.
Now that I have fans who are rooting for me, if they knew that I'm being shaken by a few mean comments, I think that would make them sad too. So I tell myself not to get sad, time is too precious. I try to control the negative thoughts like that.
— ITZY's Chaeryeong


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If you haven't heard by now let me fill you in, earlier today Google held a keynote event during which they announced the new Google Pixel phones, Daydream Virtual Reality, Google WiFi, Google Home, and it even featured a Chromecast unveiling. To kick off Google's Pixel Keynote they hired HBO's Silicon Valley to put together a quick two-minute sketch about the Keynote, thus making this the most meta keynote opening in Silicon Valley history. The clip featured Dinesh and Gilfoyle, programmers from Pied Piper on HBO's nerdy comedy that follows Game of Thrones on Sundays, and the two were bickering over invites and betas to the Google Pixel Keynote. Naturally, Dinesh was left on the outside as he's the more awkward of the two programmers and that's his place on the show.
As for what was announced in the Google Pixel Keynote, well, we pretty much knew what was coming after pictures of the new Google Pixel phones leaked yesterday. You can see all of those pictures by following that link to yesterday's article, but I don't want to send you off empty handed so here's a little bit to whet your beak:
Check out all the pics of the Google Pixel phones HERE!!!
…(h/t DIGG.com on the 'Silicon Valley' clip above!)…


text: LogicMonitor Rolls Out IT Infrastructure Monitoring Solution for RightScale Cloud Management Users Sep 4, 2012 LogicMonitor, provider of SaaS-based IT infrastructure monitoring for physical, cloud, and hybrid environments, has partnered with cloud management vendor RightScale Inc. to provide a comprehensive, automated monitoring solution for managed public, private, and multi-cloud/hybrid cloud deployments, spanning their premises-based infrastructure.RightScale's automated multi-cloud management gives users the ability to work with any cloud vendors and technologies, such as Rackspace, Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus, Windows Azure or Google Compute Engine. "When you have the technology residing through you RightScale environment, and you also use other environments, you can use LogicMonitor to pull all of that data from all of those technologies and systems that are deployed, and view it through one managed portal through LogicMonitor," Kevin McGibben, CEO of LogicMonitor, tells 5 Minute Briefing. Users can initiate cloud-ready servers in minutes using pre-configured ServerTemplates, as well as use automated scripts known as RightScripts for fine tuning cloud their cloud servers.LogicMonitor's partnership with RightScale provides users with the ability to instantly and automatically add new servers into the LogicMonitor portal as they come online. "When you add a new service or device within your RightScale environment, and you associate it your LogicMonitor, it automatically goes into monitoring, so there's nothing to configure. It's a completely automated experience," explains McGibben. Users can then monitor, manage alerts, and view dashboard and reporting for a new server alongside the entire IT infrastructure in one window.Try LogicMonitor free for 14 days at www.logicmonitor.com and RightScale free for 60 days at www.rightscale.com.


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Oscar Pistorius cleared to race at Paralympic worlds
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp back in February, has been cleared by the world governing body for Paralympic sport to compete in the IPC World Championships in France this July, according to an internal report at the IPC acquired by the UK's Telegraph Sport.
Pistorius's agent Peet van Zyl will be notified that the six-time Paralympic gold medalist will be allowed to register after it was determined that he shouldn't be barred from competing before his trial.
"I respect his wish to mourn Reeva's death as long as it takes," van Zyl told Telegraph Sport when presented with the news. "Only Oscar will be the one who decides when he wants to start training and race again, both [his coach] and myself respect the relationship we have as a trio."
Many assumed the sprinter's training had already started after photo of Pistorius walking on a high school track was published on the front page of the Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper Thursday. But van Zyl said Pistorius was just out for a jog Tuesday after meeting with his agent and coach.
Although it seems his training will be coming pretty soon:
"This is not disrespectful to Reeva or her family," van Zyl added. "This has been part of his life for so many years. If it makes things easier for him to work through it and get some sense back into his life, let him run and let him jog. He's a human being and that's maybe an outlet for him."