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Although PMA is supposed to be a religion which preaches the strength and power of positive thought, it is also a perniscious creation that will convert even the most reasonable of people into arrogant, blustering fools.
A major problem when you spend all your time being so positive that you are the best person you could possibly be is that you do not have the time necessary to make it so. Your brain becomes confused because it can see, even if you can't that there is something wrong with the picture.
If your claim is valid, there should be nothing missing from your life. You should be a success and have all the attributes that you associate with being successful – but that is NEVER the case, is it? People who smuggly proclaim their positive attitude will usually also explain how it is going to make them very successful and wealthy. Please note, GOING TO!
Followers of the church of PMA are usually to be found in the great mass of workers in what could be called the guts of the commercial world. They are usually minions who, like the cogs of a machine, simply exist to keep the wheels turning and society in a state of stagnation.
Although the religion of PMA precludes the concept of "luck", those who do not worship at that altar will know that society is created from two very distinct groups of people.
a) Those who control significant resources and consider it their right to acquire even more resources to control and
b) Those who work on behalf of those in the first group to ensure that they maintain ownership of what they have AND to ensure that none of this group make any attempt to ensure that the control of more resources is denied to them. Despite a world that is populated and driven by greed, the controlling group has such a tight control over the rest of society that there is never any danger that there will be a general complaint about how unfair the system is.
Adherents of PMA are very numerous but they do not form anything like a united front against inequality. How is it possible for a group of PMA worshippers to gather together and look realistically at how their world is being shaped? Their religion prevents then from saying that John Smith (for example) is being a criminal and creating his fortune by nefarious means because this would be seen as negative – EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE TRUTH! The creators of PMA have been brilliant in their concept and magnificent in the way they have recruited followers. It is now considered far more offensive to say someone is "negative" than it is to say that he is a lying, cheating thief so we should all be seeing that there is something wrong with the picture.
One of the more popular and seditious beliefs promoted by PMA is that many people do not want to work and this is the reason that there is so much poverty. Although there are countries that make it very difficult for people to be employed (and Spain immediately springs to mind) it is true that within these countries people will find ways to work that will circumvent red tape, even if it means that they have to sell their labour for less than the true value. This is an example of the stupidity displayed by those claiming to have PMA but it also demonstrates very clearly how the few people who control the majority of the assets can manipulate the market place to ensure that they will pay the minimum price for the labour needed to create products that they will then sell for the maximum price.
This is not what PMA is about. PMA is like an ointment that has eased a very sore wound. It has given the wealthy the ability to convince the masses that it is enough to stop a wound bleeding – the wound does not need to be healed.
While the brain dead are in charge and while the religion of PMA is allowed to be preached with such zeal and conviction, there can never be social justice. There can never be a popular movement to improve matters.
There can never be progress!!!
Let's look at my home town – Coín in Andalucia.
Coín is like the passenger who arrives at the dock just in time to see his boat sail away. All around the town are the signs of an Ayuntamiento with the brains of a Dodo and the attitude of an Ostrich. The Ayuntamiento sat on it's thumbs while the town crumbled all around it.
In ten short years a thriving market town has been converted into a repository for lawyers, dentists and hair dressers. The wealth of general stores and specialist shops run by experts is no longer there. No doubt the Ayuntamiento members have all been chanting the mantra of PMA that "every day in every way we are getting better" and, even worse, believing it!
Do no members of the Ayuntamiento live in Coín? Are all the members of the Ayuntamiento so careless of the future of the town they are paid to serve that they do their shopping in Málaga, Marbella or even Alhaurin el Grande?
PMA declares that you cannot say that Coín has a lot of empty shops because that is negative in its connotations so, I guess the Ayuntamient simply resorts to "being positive" by saying that Coín has a lot of business premises just waiting for people to grasp their opportunities. This is a most damning condemnation of the Ayuntamiento because ot would appear that it does not recognise that the loss of a few euros for the granting of a few licences in the short term could lead to a more vibrant and exciting town in the medium term and, possibly, much greater income potential in the long term.
It is time that the merchants of PMA started to make genuinely valuable statements rather than spouting trite and blatantly false propaganda.
An empty shop earns nothing. A new business in the empty shop might also earn nothing BUT it could have potential.
A resident of Coín could have a great idea for a new business but the Ayuntamiento should not deliberately block any progress towards the business being created.
People who want to employ others on a short term and part time basis should be able to do so without the ponderous mechanisms of the Ayuntamiento grinding the whole idea into the mud. While the Ayuntamiento should be concerned about the possibility of workers being exploited, it should also be concerned that the money that is available in the short term should be earned and spent in Coín.
It is unfortunate that the cult religion has taken such a strong hold here in Spain. With the plethora of red tape and regulation, I do not imagine that anything more damaging to progress could ever have been invented.


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The manufacturing specialist who built a kickass career in the 1990s...and has been struggling for 20 years to get back what no longer exists.
The sales hotshot who used to be able to fill a pipeline with masterful cold calls...and doesn't accept that today's buyers have control over the info they gather pre-purchase and when or even if they'll connect with a real live salesperson.
The seasoned marketing executive who launched a career before email marketing was a thing. And still hopes to rely on hiring up-and-coming team members to explain emerging technologies, rather than engage directly in them.
What got you here won't get you to where you want to go.
It doesn't matter where you are or where you want to go. Even if what you want to do is to just stand still. The rest of the world will never stand still. You can't force it to, and you definitely can't force it backward.
The only real choice we have is to move along with the world. To evolve with the world.
That might mean taking a fresh look at your brand and your business on a regular basis -- through the lens of your buyers' ever-changing lives. It might mean taking stock of your work life to ask yourself if you're doing new things, engaging in new practices, recognizing the external forces that are changing your marketplace...or just treading water on past successes, existing knowledge, and the way business has 'always' been done (of course 'always' is a short-sighted illusion).
Where do you want to go in 2017? Are you planning on getting there by doing what you did this year?


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When The Stars Fall by T.W. Grim is a masterful novel about the darker side of human nature when confronted with inevitable doom. Mark, our protagonist (but truly an anti-hero) is thrust into an unthinkable situation while at work at his plant. A truck crashes through the front gate, and its driver is carrying an alien parasite capable of overtaking its host and shape-shifting into nightmarish creatures. This sets off a chain of events involving government conspiracies and results in the confinement of various strong personalities within the plant under threat of immediate execution if they attempt to escape.
This novel is a dark, cynical, and brutal exploration of what overwhelming tension and the breakdown of order does to the psychological conditions of co-workers who couldn't stand to be around each other in the first place. Groups are formed. People try to establish themselves as leaders. Territories are set, and then there are those who are left to fend for themselves against the overwhelming odds of falling victim to the government soldiers waiting outside, the parasitic alien in search for human hosts, or their mentally deranged co-workers. This non-stop horror thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats as the strong consume the weak, tempers flair and unthinkable acts of violence and murder consume everyone in its wake.
As a long time fan of his work, T.W. Grim outdid himself with this novel. I've come to regard him as one of the best indie horror authors around and believe this novel can stand right alongside the work of any mid-tier horror author being traditionally published today. If you don't believe me, buy this novel and find out how wrong you are.


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With a CD, mirror pieces, jewelry findings and recycled jewelry, you can make this pretty sun catcher.
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I make something very similar and hang them in my trees. At night they catch the light and look just like Lightning Bugs! ( I live in So. Ca. and don't get Fire Flys)
Wow this is great!! What a wonderful craft idea!
It is a great idea, but I have a question for you. When you say findings what do you mean------not real experienced obviously.


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3D printing has gained popularity and has been pretty amazing in terms of creating and enhancing lifestyle products for consumers. Adidas was brave enough to toy around with 3D printed shoes in the recent years. The experimentation gave the world the FutureCraft 3D concept in 2015.
The German company is pretty motivated with this technology and it has today announced that it will be selling the 3D printed shoes for the very first time however only in limited edition form. Not to spoil things for the fans but these are going to be pretty hard to get.
The 3D Runner shoe design is similar to the shoe design Adidas gifted to its medal winning athletes in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The main highlight is the Black Primeknit upper and the midsole manufactured from 3D printed materials. The sad part is that these shoes will only be available in New York, London and Tokyo.
They will be costing $333. People residing in New York can try reserving the shoe via the Adidas confirmed app available on both iOS and Android. You can then simply pick up the fantastic pair of shoes from the flagship store on 5h Avenue.
The People in the other two cities can try their luck on December 15. The 3D Runner shoe may seem to be pricey but the truth is if you miss out at the launch the shoes will be available in the resell market with price tag way above its original MRSP.


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Your smartphone is killing your productivity
I love my iPhone, and I think we can't deny the enormous impact smartphones have had on our culture and civilization.
Now we are starting to learn that there is also a "too much" side for this and that it can hurt our productivity as well as our rest, leaving us all in a state of mediocrity in our lives when not taking care of this.
Do you know the feeling of being focused on something, like a conversation, or a deeply focused task, and suddenly that focus is yanked away because somebody said your name in the other side of the room?
What about that feeling of your phone vibrating in your pocket, and when you reach out to grab it, it's not even there?
It looks like we have grown to become attentive to our smartphones as much as hearing our own na.
If they are at an arms reach, your attention gravitates to it. If they vibrate, or their screen lights up, your brain feels the rush to know what happened. If they don't, your mind will still send you the signal to check it every once in a while.
I know, this sounds completely crazy.
Lately, I've found myself being much more mindful of my relationship with my smartphone. I've had all my notifications turned off for years. I have zero apps on the screen, so none of them sing their siren song to me. But still, I would feel I gravitated too much to my phone.
Something worries me? Check the phone.
I don't feel like doing something? Check the phone.
I've just checked the phone? Check the phone some more.
So now, when I get to my workspace, I lock my phone away with my bag. It's not on the table, it's not even in the same room. Bear with me, I know it sounds like crazy people talk here, and I promise: I'm not wearing a tin foil hat, but things now feel different.
I do engage with my phone during the day, but it's something I decide to do, in the spaces I give myself to engage with it, rather than being the default "time killer and mind chiller" it was always for me. Now I'm free of focusing on the things that demand my attention, and I have truer "deep work" sessions during the day.
As a side effect, I find that now I don't feel the need to engage as much on the phone, and that self-amplifying feedback loop of continually checking social networks, Whatsapp or email is slowly vanishing - as the dopamine hits are far and few between, the urge to get that dopamine is also fading down.
Now I'm so into it that I'm slowly single tasking into the rest of my life too. I tuck my phone in my backpack while commuting, and I put it to charge and airplane mode when I get home. It's minimalistic productivity (as resting well it's also productivity) at its best.
If you do this, I have no doubt you will feel you're able to do much more, as you will be more mindful during your day and will be in control with calmness and attitude unfelt before. And if it's too much to do this, why not trying to schedule some time away from your phone during your workday? Maybe 60 minutes when you start your day, or 30 minutes after lunch?


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"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"
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Okay, so I know a house that is built in 1971 isn't that old. It is old enough, however, to have possible asbestos, lead paint, and electrical and plumbing that isn't up to code. Its old enough that some things have reached the end of their lifespan, like the roof. And heating system. And pipes. And carpet. Oh, the carpet in this house. Much of the decor is original and was picked out by my very savvy Californian Grandmother. While I appreciate and admire her style, and I love how the house represents so much about her and my Grandpa, the house needs some updating to fit the tastes and lifestyle of a family in the twenty-tens. I hope we can do right by them and bring this house back to the glory it was when they built it while still incorporating our own personality.
I hope you enjoy the tour.
(Note: These photos were taken before we moved in as the house was with my Grandpa's furniture still in it.)
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The singer-songwriter from Rosario, Argentina is back in New York with his tour "Una sola America 2017"! Among NYC, he will perform in numerous venues across Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Panama, and Guatemala. With a warm and introspective proposal, he invites us to explore his songs and honor the great Latin American composers.
Ismael will sharing the stage with the special guest - icon of Nueva canción and El Taller founder, Bernardo Palombo.
Artist, singer and songwriter Ismael Torres, being only 30 years old, has already recorded 3 albums, 2 EPs and 1 DVD. He started his professional career when he was 15, playing his guitar and singing along with well-known artists of the so-called "Trova Rosarina". At the age 18, he released his first solo album "Ciudad Manantial". Today, after more than 12 years being a musician, he has toured many cities across the world, and shared the stage with artists like León Gieco, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Rubén Rada, Javier Malosetti, Jaime Roos and Lito Nebbia, and others.
In 2008 Ismael started his career in production and worked at Mondomix Studios (Buenos Aires) on numerous record projects such as Manuel Carrasco (España), Dúo Sway (Guatemala), Mano Zeta (Colombia), Reik (Mxieco), Brazilian Girls (USA), Agustín Almeyda, together with Juan Blas Caballero, Cachorro López and Sebastián Schon. The result of this artistic exchange with great producers as well as touring Cuba and Mexico, was his new album "En movimiento" released in April, 2013. By the year 2014, Ismael and his band, have started an extended 3-month tour in Cuba (where they recorded a live album), Mexico, USA, and Canada.
In 2015 Ismael's third album "Vivo en Cuba" was released by Mexican label Casete. He collaborated with Cuban musicians Augusto Blanca, Leonardo García Rodríguez, Roly Berrío and Dúo Cofradía. "Vivo en Cuba" led Ismael to tour Mexico one more time performing 18 concerts in more than 12 cities. Along with a Ismael's personal and unique warm style of performance, you can note the influence from such artists as Luis A. Spinetta, Fito Paez, Charly García, Sting, John Mayer and Djavan.


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Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball
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Is the GOP on the cusp of another 1994?
All sound electoral predictions are grounded in history. Astute observers look back over the electoral landscape of the past and pick the bits and pieces of past years that match the conditions of the present. The upcoming House of Representatives elections in 2010 require the same approach. With that in mind, the Crystal Ball embarks on a short compare-and-contrast journey to examine the similarities and differences of the upcoming midterm and two of the most exciting elections of recent memory: 2006 and 1994.
President George W. Bush's second midterm election will be remembered as the beginning of a four-year electoral hegemony for Democrats. Democrats picked up 30 seats and regained control of the House of Representatives, installing liberal Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. Republicans in 2010 are hungry to put a quick end to the era and turn this upcoming election into their own version of 2006. They are likely to be disappointed. First of all, Republicans must capture 40 seats to control the House, a gain that is outside the realm of reasonable probabilities, at least as this is written in September 2009. Forty is a high bar to clear, and even in the remarkably friendly year of 2006, Democrats gained just 30 seats.
Second, in that year, the Democrats made their gains without losing a single Democratic-held district. In 2010, Republicans are almost certain to lose a seat or two, and maybe more, with some seats extremely vulnerable: Louisiana's 2nd District (where Joseph Cao sits in a 75 percent African-American, heavily Democratic seat as a result of ex-Democratic Congressman Bill Jefferson's corruption scandal), open seat contests in Illinois's 10th and Pennsylvania's 6th (where Republican incumbents Mark Kirk and Jim Gerlach are leaving the House to pursue higher office), and the possible open seat in Delaware (with the GOP Congressman Mike Castle weighing a Senate race, or retirement, among his options).
Perhaps the greatest similarity between the two years will be the number of seats gained by the minority party. The Crystal Ball's projections for 2010 suggest that Republicans will pick up a number of seats somewhere between the 21 Democrats gained in 2008 and the 30 they flipped in 2006.
Another model for a wave election is 1994, when Republicans netted 52 House seats. This model immediately seems relevant, as it was a Democratic president's first midterm and, coincidentally, Democrats held 258 seats that year, just one more than Democrats do now. But, once again, that model is unlikely to foretell the 2010 story. Democrats will not surrender as many open seats as in 1994, when they lost 22 contests in which they had no incumbent candidate. At least as important is the disorganization and uncoordinated state of the GOP. Can anyone truly imagine the Republican Party successfully introducing, coordinating, and adhering to a "Contract With America"-style platform in 2010? Finally, there is the tarnished GOP brand which could give many voters pause. The Republican party which has been unpopular for the last five years, and even though Democrats have lost support in the current Congress, the GOP's favorability ratings remain flat and quite low.
Still, congressional approval rates are at subterranean levels that have not been witnessed since 1994, a severe threat to the majority party. With healthcare reform once again in the public eye, the comparison seems even more apt. In the end, 2010 ought to produce more gains for congressional Republicans than any year since 1994, but the '94 record for Republican gains will likely go unchallenged.
The above chart details how many net seats were picked up by either Democrats (in blue) or Republicans (in red) in each of the last ten House elections.
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Doing Justice to Truth in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
With the growing institutionalization of the field of international criminal justice in the second-half of the twentieth century, truth in the aftermath of situations of mass atrocity has become increasingly judicialized.
This symposium convened by Jakob v. H. Holtermann and former iCourts-visiter Barrie Sander brings together scholars from a diversity of disciplinary backgrounds to reflect on the truth-telling function of international criminal courts and tribunals (ICTs). The symposium traverses a range of questions including how the truths that emerge from ICTs should be judged, how they relate to other kinds of truth, and which perspectives and criteria should be relied upon to evaluate such truths in practice.
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I am three months into a new relationship and my boyfriend has the highest sex drive of anyone I have ever dated. We have sex six days per week, and out of those six days there are at least 2 days where we have sex more than once in the day. The one night out of the week when we don't have sex he wakes up the next morning frustrated with me. I feel like on those days I have failed him.
I don't know what to do. I feel like we're having a ridiculous amount of sex, but it's still not enough for him. I want to address it, but I don't know how. I would like to not feel inadequate and like I'm failing him.
Wendy F. — Seattle, WA
Hey Wendy,
Wow. That's a tough spot. Addressing it won't be the most comfortable conversation you've ever had, but I recommend you spell it out directly all the same. Say, "Love, it seems like our sex drives are incompatible. Based on our history, you need sex every day, while I would like to have sex (your number here) times per week. This isn't going to work for us for much longer. I feel put upon to have that much sex, and when we don't, I feel your frustration, which in turn makes me feel like I'm failing you—that doesn't work for me. Can we talk about this?" Then see what he says next.
It may be true: your sex drives may be too far apart for this to work out. Love—or in this case, wanting to be sexually compatible—is not all you need. You need to actually be sexually compatible. He needs enough sex to meet his drive, and you need to not be asked for so much sex that you end up feeling off-balance, put upon, or used. There may not be a happy middle ground here.
No one can count on a 100% libido match with their partner; plus, we all ebb and flow over the years. But each of us needs to consider this in the dating phase of a new relationship to examine if we'll be a good fit for each other. This is what the dating process is all about—do we line up in all the right places? Or not?
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Why Family Dollar Stores Inc's Earnings Miss May Not Matter For Shareholders
Family Dollar reported sales growth even as earnings per share fell amid a tough operating environment and ongoing merger preparations. The company expects to close on a takeover offer proposed by Dollar Tree within the next few quarters. The merger-related restructuring charges and fees hurt the company's bottom line, but earnings fell even after adding back those expenses. Here's what it could mean for shareholders.
A look at the numbers
Family Dollar's revenue grew 4.5% in the fourth quarter despite a modest 0.3% increase in comparable-store sales. Still, comparable sales growth is an improvement over prior quarters; even with positive comparable sales growth in Q4, full-year comparable sales declined 2.1%. Earnings per share declined to just $0.30 in the quarter, but was $0.73 after adjusting for restructuring charges and other expenses - a 15% decline from the same quarter last year and 5% lower than consensus estimates.
However, not all of the restructuring expenses can be tied directly to the merger. The company recorded restructuring expenses for the closure of 375 underperforming stores in the quarter, including $10.4 million in inventory writedowns as the stores liquidated merchandise.
Investors should expect the pain to continue into fiscal 2015. CEO Howard Levine remarked, "We anticipate that the first quarter will be our most challenging quarter of fiscal 2015, but we expect momentum will build as we move through the rest of the year."
Management declined to give earnings guidance for fiscal 2015 since it expects to merge with Dollar Tree before the end of the year.
What to make of it all
Family Dollar is an interesting stock to consider because it is performing worse than its peers, but is in the midst of being acquired. Although short-term stock movements should not concern long-term investors, shareholders should not be surprised if Family Dollar's earnings miss has little or no effect on its stock price. The ongoing merger discussions are likely to have a bigger impact on shareholders' returns than one quarter's financial results.
If Family Dollar merges with Dollar Tree, shareholders will receive $59.60 in cash and the equivalent of about $14.90 paid in Dollar Tree shares. Family Dollar's stock price is about $78 per share, so a little less than one-quarter of the consideration paid to shareholders comes from the combined entity. As a result, Family Dollar investors may be just as concerned about Dollar Tree's results, which were better than Family Dollar's in the third quarter.
Even so, Levine's warning about first-quarter weakness could be a sign of things to come for the discount category. The company continues to battle through a difficult competitive environment, which is made worse by stagnant wages among its customer base. Competitive pressures caused gross profit as a percentage of sales to decline 1.2 percentage points compared to Q4 2013. If these pressures continue into 2015, holders of the post-merger stock may receive a lower return.
On the other hand, the combination with Dollar Tree could ease competitive pressures as the company builds a larger store base to compete with Dollar General and fend off Wal-Mart . The combined company will have more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, leapfrogging Dollar General as North America's largest discount chain. The additional scale - and operating synergies with Dollar Tree - could help boost Family Dollar's bottom line.
Family Dollar's fourth quarter was not as impressive as analysts expected, but that may not matter much. Management says the company is committed to merging with Dollar Tree, so the cash compensation and future operating performance of the combined company has a bigger say on shareholder returns than one or two bad quarters. As a result, Family Dollar's fourth quarter will remain a footnote as the company prepares to merge and create the nation's largest discount chain.
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Ryan Adams' track-by-track interpretation of Taylor Swift's most recent album, "1989" is supposed to offer proof positive that Swift is a great songwriter.
Why? Because Adams is clever and creative, and look, he's a great songwriter and record-maker himself, and he likes Taylor Swift, too. I always knew she was so much more than just a high school diarist who learned a few guitar chords, made it huge as a country artist, and then dumped country like a worn-out pair of Daisy Dukes the first chance she got, in order to delve into the all-encompassing world of mainstream dance-pop. She is in fact a true feminist.
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Since Adams dropped this thing on the public, there have been several published reviews that follow the tenets of feminist criticism to extol the genius of Swift, and others that credit Adams with bringing out the dark undertones in Swift's songs. There have also been a few that simply cry foul of the whole affair.
Here's the thing: Adams did not bring out the nuance in Swift's songs. He created nuance, where before, there was only Max Martin and Shellback dressing up Swift's cliché-ridden high school talent show ditties as nightclub bangers.
The depth you hear in "Welcome to New York"? It's not Adams channeling Swift's textual complexity. It's him adding complexity where none existed.
You hear the haunted sense of yearning in Adams' version of "Blank Space"? He put it there.
Wonder why "All You Had to Stay" sounds like a cross-pollination of power-pop and angsty '80s alt-rock, rather than a cloying arena-sized cry of the lovelorn narcissist? Because that's something Adams has always been able to conjure.
Adams could quite likely cover Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," and make it sound like something from Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks." If he ever did such a thing, guess what? Rick Astley would still be Rick Astley – a footnote. Adams adding emotional complexity to his tune would not transform Astley into an emotionally complex pop artist.
Ryan Adams could sing the Yellow Pages, and it would sound like he was tearing the material from the depths of his tortured soul. As far as raw materials go, "1989" is a step above the Yellow Pages. (Maybe two. Maybe.)
Adams' "1989" is an interesting diversion. It boasts moments of beauty that are worthy of the man. But consider this: When Sam Cooke sings "Cupid, draw back your bow/and let your arrow go/Straight to my lover's heart, for me," it sounds like something sublime, infused with significance and emotional import. That's because of the way Cooke sings it. Those lyrics are stupid. They don't sound stupid when he sings them, which is testimony to Cooke's abilities as a "presenter of the song." The same can be said for Adams here.
Adams' sometimes ambitious and mostly credible interpretation of "1989" does not earn credibility for Swift. She'll have to earn it on her own. Credibility is not the same thing as fame, or money, or a big following. It's tough to define. But you know it when you hear it.
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Sustainable Road to PyeongChang
The Olympic vision is "New Horizons for Sustainability - Furthering benefits to People and Nature" which means co-existence and co-development of human and nature, through sports with a sustainable legacy to Gangwon Province and the Republic of Korea. Take a look at the efforts over the past decades implementing sustainable regulations in South Korea.
Sustainable Road Blocks:
The most publicized environmental controversy in PyeongChang involved a centuries-old virgin forest that was partially cleared to create a run for the alpine ski competitions. Critics said the forest on Mount Gariwang included rare tree species that could are irreplaceable. Their destruction would alter the ecosystem forever. Organizers rejected the idea of holding the events at an already-established ski slope but promised to reduce the area designated for clearance at the new site, combine all courses on a single run (the first time for alpine events) and avoid clearing the densest vegetation growth areas.
Given that future tourism for Olympic cities never materializes. The IOC has noticed this problem. The next Olympics cycle is in Tokyo and Beijing. Both these cities have hosted before and will use already-existing venues rather than building new ones. This "build less" strategy could also apply to future hosts like Paris and Los Angeles. PyeongChang could be one of the last "built from scratch" Olympics. Some are already concerned that the Games won't make a profit when ticket sales and sponsorships are added up.
Korea's 'Island Without Carbon' project!!
Overview: Jeju Island located in the southern part of Korea, became a Free International City in 2002. It's natural beauty, and clean environment was designated as World Natural Heritage Site, Biosphere Reserve, and Global Geopark by UNESCO. Their goal for 2030 is to become carbon-free by relying solely on renewable energy to become self-sufficient.
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Jeju residents will also see the proliferation of electric cars and smart homes, among many other improvements:
- Wind and solar power - combined will give the island surplus of energy.
- Smart-grid technologies - Jeju will aim to be the world's smart grid leading city
- Electric cars -371,000 electric cars and 225,000 rechargers will be available across the island by 2030, with improved laws and regulations to promote the use of electric cars.
- Green jobs - About 40,000 green jobs will be created, mostly through carbon emissions training.
Measured success:
Residence saw their electric bill decreased by 1/5 with an increase in the number of tourists from 40,000 in 2011 to 110,000 in 2015. The stored surplus from both wind power and solar power are a benefit as the supply for both energy sources are not stable.
Despite the harmful effects of climate change, efforts are being made to curb rising temperatures. The following features bring you innovative approaches by South Korea's government, corporations, community and individual contributors, helping to combat the effects of climate change.
In 2013, Korea implemented a pay per use policy in which homeowners were charged a fee to dispose of food waste. The installation of the food waste machines happened in 16 cities. They automatically weigh the discarded food waste and charged the household owners. The fee helped Koreans reduce food waste.
The three forms of billing systems included: 1. RFID Food Waste Management System, users, tap an RFID card and billed monthly to their account. 2. Pre-paid garbage bags were designed to be priced based on volume. 3) Barcode management system by purchasing barcode stickers attached to the bins.
Upcycle community: Reusing to reduce waste
Korea Upcycle Design Exhibition (2014)
Upcycling, the taking of something old to remake into a new product. The concept is not new but its something that is gaining a lot of interest especially within the DIY culture.


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Help, guidance, or advice given to someone in a manner that does not offer or tolerate leniency in rules or discipline. Treating someone in such a way can be done in general or, as is often the case, to try to change behavior or a particular problem, such as addiction. That boy's parents let him do whatever he wants, but he's in for some tough love when he gets to his grandmother's house—she's kind but strict! What I really wanted when I went to rehab was tough love, instead of more people enabling me.


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The past week was busy for the biotech sector with pipeline updates for most biotech bigwigs. While Amgen (AMGN - Free Report) received an FDA nod for its osteoporosis drug, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD - Free Report) has submitted an application for the label expansion of its HIV drug, Descovy. Celgene Corporation (CELG - Free Report) too has filed a Biologics License Application (BLA) for its pipeline candidate, luspatercept, to the FDA. Meanwhile, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN - Free Report) has extended its collaboration agreement with Alnylam.
Recap of the Week's Top Stories:
FDA Approves Amgen's Osteoporosis Drug Evenity: Amgen and partner UCB announced that the FDA has approved osteoporosis drug, Evenity, for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture. The FDA approval was based on the results of two phase III studies, namely FRAME and ARCH. Treatment with Evenity led to a significant reduction of new vertebral (spine) fracture at 12 months compared with placebo as results from the FRAME study demonstrate. Data from the ARCH study showed that treatment with EVENITY for a 12-month regime followed by 12 months of alendronate, significantly reduced the incidence of new vertebral fracture at 24 months. However, the label comes with a boxed warning of increase in the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), stroke and cardiovascular death.
Amgen currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Gilead Seeks Label Expansion of Descovy: Gilead Sciences announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the FDA for Descovy (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg tablets). The company is seeking an FDA approval for Descovy as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to lower the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection among the individuals, who are HIV-negative and at risk for HIV. While Descovy is already approved in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV infection in patients weighing greater or equal to 25 kg, it is not indicated for PrEP yet.
A priority review voucher was submitted along with the filing. Hence, the anticipated review time for the sNDA is expected to be six months. The filing is based on the findings from the phase III study, DISCOVER, which evaluated the safety and efficacy of Descovy compared with Truvada in men and transgender women, who sexually engage with men at a high risk of contracting HIV infection. The outcomes showed that Descovy achieved non-inferiority to Truvada in study participants, who were at substantial and sustained risk of HIV acquisition.
Celgene, Acceleron Submit BLA for Luspatercept: Celgene Corporation announced that it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) for the pipeline candidate, luspatercept, a first-in-class erythroid maturation agent (EMA) that regulates late-stage red blood cell (RBC) maturation. The company is developing luspatercept in collaboration with partner Acceleron Pharma Inc.
The BLA is seeking an FDA approval for luspatercept to treat adult patients with very low-to-intermediate risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)-associated anemia, those with ring sideroblasts and require RBC transfusions plus adult subjects with beta-thalassemia-associated anemia, who need RBC transfusions.
The BLA was filed on the basis of safety and efficacy results from the phase III studies, programs — MEDALIST and BELIEVE. Both companies plan to submit a marketing application to the European Medicines Agency in second-quarter 2019. Meanwhile, the candidate is also being evaluated in phase III study, COMMANDS, for the treatment of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) naïve, lower-risk MDS patients. Luspatercept is also being evaluated in the BEYOND phase II study for non-transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia and a phase II analysis for myelofibrosis.
Regeneron Collaborates With Alnylam for RNAi-based Therapeutics: Regeneron announced a collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALNY - Free Report) . Both companies will coordinate to discover, develop and commercialize new RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics for a broad range of indications by addressing the disease targets expressed in the eye and the central nervous system (CNS) in addition to a select number of targets expressed in the liver.
Moreover, Alnylam is eligible to receive up to an additional $200 million as milestone fees. Regeneron will provide Alnylam with $2.5 million in funding at the initiation of any program and an additional $2.5 million for identifying the lead candidate. Alnylam will also get an extra $30 million in annual discovery funding.
United Therapeutics Plunges on Study Failure: Shares of United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR - Free Report) declined after the company announced that a late-stage study on its pipeline candidate, esuberaprost, did not meet its primary endpoint. The BEAT study was evaluating the pipeline candidate, esuberaprost, in combination with the marketed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drug, Tyvaso as Tysuberprost, in patients with PAH, who showed signs of deterioration with Tyvaso or had a less than optimal response to the Tyvaso treatment. The primary endpoint of the delayed time to the first clinical worsening event was not successfully met in the study.
The NASDAQ Biotechnology index declined 3.16% in the past five trading sessions. Among the major biotech biggies, Biogen lost 28.1% of value. Over the past six months, shares of Regeneron have gained 3.60% while the Gilead stock has declined 15.1%. (See the last biotech stock roundup here: Biotech Stock Roundup: BIIB & CNAT Crash on Study Failures, LXRX Gets CRL)
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ZEISS Lightsheet Z.1 - Sea urchin blastula, multichannel light sheet fluorescence microscopy
4-channel fluorescence rendering shows a Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin) blastula with the perspective non-skeletogenic mesoderm labeled in red and green, the future endoderm in purple and the nuclear staining in blue. Images were taken during the EMBO-MAMED course 2013 by C. Andrikou and M. I. Arnone, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy. http://www.zeiss.com/lightsheet


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In 1978 Pacita moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she lived for a year and had the opportunity to travel throughout the riverine country by boat, bus and car.
During this time she painted both landscapes and people, particularly the women, she met in cities and villages. Most of Pacita's paintings were done on the road, not in her studio, and she loved the direct interaction with the colorful people that she was painting.
While Pacita was living in Bangladesh, her father died unexpectedly and she was distraught upon her return to Manila for his funeral. She was particularly upset that her father never saw any of her paintings before he passed away.Read More


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CLEVELAND - Over 400 children who might never have had the chance got to take to the skies in Cleveland Saturday.
Kids in Flight held their annual "Wings of Wonder" event at Burke Lakefront Airport. Children with serious illness or disabilities and their families were given the chance to see Cleveland from above, as the event provided them each with a sightseeing ride over the CLE, the chance to see planes up close with aircraft displays, entertainment and a special lunch.
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The 9 pilots for the event all donated their time and aircrafts. Nearly 100 other volunteers worked to make the day special as well.
Kids in Flight was founded back in 2003, and their mission is to "use aviation as a tool to empower children with serious illnesses or disabilities and their families to see their world from a different perspective through flight experiences and educational programs."
Judging by some of the smiles at Burke today, they met that goal very happily!


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The Journal of the Pakistan Dental Association (JPDA) is published quarterly and is indexed with index Medicus for WHO East Mediterranean Region (IMEMR) (ISSN No. 1680-2292)
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If the Minnesota Vikings didn't have bad luck, they would have no luck at all. During Thursday night's loss to the Cowboys, after an incredible effort from their defense, the officials let them down.
Needing a two-point conversion to tie the game with 25 seconds left, Sam Bradford was clearly hit in the helmet by Cowboys defensive tackle Cedric Thornton. The right hand of Thornton clearly raked Bradford's helmet and facemask while Thornton's left arm hit Bradford's throwing arm, causing the pass to sail far out of the end zone.
Bradford immediately complained to official Tony Corrente, who motioned to Bradford that the hit only occurred on Bradford's shoulder pad.
"He told me I did not get hit in the facemask," Bradford said after the game.
Replays showed that the officials clearly missed the call. While Bradford was tight-lipped about the missed call, Vikings defensive end Brian Robison was animated in the locker room, complaining about the lack of holding calls and the missed call on Minnesota's final offensive play.
"I'm sick and tired of the ref-ing in this league," Robison said. "I'm sick and tired of it. You've got holding calls all over the place that people don't want to call. Bradford gets hit in the face at the end of the game and you don't call it. I'm not laying this loss on the refs. At some point, it's got to get better ... At the end of the game Bradford gets hit in the face and it doesn't get called.
"This has been building up over the last few weeks," Robison continued. "I know I'm probably going to get fined, but at some point, somebody has to stand up and say something."
This call did not decide the outcome of the game on its own. The Vikings would have been given another opportunity to convert the two-point conversion, and it's far from guaranteed they would have converted, much less won in a potential overtime. But Minnesota fans have every right to be upset that their team didn't get their opportunity on a night the Vikings defense stood tall.
This latest controversy over a missed call comes on the same day Troy Vincent, the league's vice president of football operations, told The Associated Press the NFL is planning to eventually hire as many as 17 full-time officials.
NFL Network's Rich Eisen suggested after the game that plays like this should be reviewable in the final two minutes, something the NFL's Competition Committee could eventually consider. The league wants to get the call right and protect the quarterback, and neither happened on Bradford's final throw.
Early Friday morning, Robison clarified his earlier comments on Twitter:
Let's get something straight for the people who are bashing me..... I'm not saying the refs won or lost the game for us tonight. I'm not....â Brian Robison (@Brian_Robison) December 2, 2016
Saying that it's just us who isn't getting the calls. This is a league wide deal. Every time you turn on the tape you see it. Done!!!!â Brian Robison (@Brian_Robison) December 2, 2016
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About us > Our region's plan > Understanding our region using conceptual models > Aquatic health
Aquatic health is one of three conceptual models that broadly focus on the biophysical systems in our region. They describe the 'health' of the systems and should be considered in association with the socially based conceptual models and subregional information to get a full picture of what we know about our region.
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The inland waters of the AMLR region include surface water (rivers and streams) and wetlands. The major catchments include the Light and Gawler rivers (including North and South Para) in the north, the Torrens and Onkaparinga rivers, and a number of smaller catchments on the Fleurieu peninsula, the largest being the Hindmarsh and Inman rivers.
There are a wide range of benefits from healthy aquatic systems; they can broadly be thought of in two groups:
Many factors can influence the health of an aquatic system, including the water flow and regime (volume and timing of water available to ecosystems). The water flow, or regime, is influenced by surface and groundwater. Water quality is influenced by runoff and activities in the catchment.
The extraction and use of surface water (rivers and streams) can clearly impact on the health of an aquatic ecosystem; the use of groundwater can also impact on aquatic health in surface water because of interactions between surface and groundwater resources.
The Mount Bold reservoir is part of the Onkaparinga River aquatic system and is an important source of water for human consumption. However, the reduced flow as a result of dams introduced to the system in the Onkaparinga River, had significant environmental impacts including on the health of the estuary.
Providing environmental flows in the river and monitoring the response of the system to those flows has shown the condition of the aquatic ecosystem improve from fair to good.
This case study is a good example of how the environmental, economic and social needs of a system need to be balanced to achieve the desired outcome.
Based on the information collected during a regional planning process and a range of projects that the board has undertaken, a draft list of issues has been developed. This list is constantly evolving. Issues will be added as they become apparent, and as issues are addressed by projects, they will drop off the list. Go to the list of issues regarding aquatic health.
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