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Help decide where to 'bridge' the Tri-Cities
About 60,000 vehicles cross the blue bridge every day. That number is pretty easy to calculate.
Mechanical devices will count how many cars cross the bridge. The more difficult question is why people are crossing the bridge.
That's where you come in.
The idea of another bridge across the Columbia has been floating around for years. But where would it best serve the public?
The Benton Franklin Council of Governments has come up with 10 potential options for another bridge and launched a $250,000 study to narrow the list to five alternatives.
Public input into the process is limited to an internet survey. Frankly, it may be a better way to measure preferences than the old-school public meetings, which often draw only a handful of people.
But without a broad sampling of drivers, the results will be skewed. In other words, your input is crucial. If you do not have a computer connection at home, the good people at the nearest library branch surely can help.
The survey says it takes about 10 minutes to complete, which is a lot quicker way to give your input than to spend a few hours at a public hearing waiting for your turn to speak.
However, be warned that you will be expected to think during the 10 minutes. It might help you to pull out your calendar when you go to the computer.
The survey wants to know how many times you have crossed each of our three bridges in the past seven days for work, play, shopping or other purposes. (Those are four separate categories.)
We found it was hard to pull those numbers off the top of our heads.
Most Tri-City drivers are so accustomed to flitting from one side of the river to the other, we hardly recognize that we are doing it anymore.
Some of us lose track of how many times we cross the river in a day, let alone in the past week.
It is easy to underestimate how much we really use the bridges, but close one of them down for a couple of days, and suddenly everyone is acutely aware of how dependent we are on them.
If it were left to an open-ended selection of potential bridge sites, most people certainly would have an opinion, but likely not a very thoughtful one. It easily could become a popularity contest based on perceptions, not the greatest need.
The survey forces you to consider details about your travels between Franklin and Benton counties.
It also lists options you may not have considered.
When you drive down Edison Street toward the river, it is pretty easy to imagine how Road 68 and Edison Street could hook up.
Or if you are traveling from north of Pasco to Washington State University Tri-Cities, it is easy to understand why some people use a kayak instead of Interstate 182 to get to work.
But the study's consulting group, J-U-B Engineers, is reviewing eight other alternatives, including some that may prove to be very good.
We recommend you consider your travel patterns, consult your day planner and jump online to take the survey with an open mind.
Your results might surprise you.


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Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa'sam) founded Jichojipya (meaning with new eye) to "Think Anew". We have talked before about freethought in Tanzania. Here we continue the discussion on the creation of community for the non-religious. Continue reading
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Discussion with a Tanzanian Eminent Public Figure Who Happened to be a Freethinker
A prominent eminent Tanzanian freethinker (far right in this first photo) and his wife. The wife has just died a few days ago. By Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa'sam) and Lucas Isakwisa, JichoJipya-Think Anew Kingunge Ngombale Mwiru is a well known public figure in Tanzania. A retired veteran who served … Continue reading
Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa'sam) – Founder, Jicho Jipya/Think Anew Tanzania: Living With Religion in Tanzania – Other Countries and Struggles
Answers on Living Without Religion in Tanzania: Chat with Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa'sam) – Founder, Jicho Jipya/Think Anew Tanzania
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you're out in Tanzania. That is far removed from the normal life of Canadians. What is something that those in Canada are almost certainly not likely to know about atheism in Tanzania but they should? Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa'sam): Thank you I am Mr. Nsajigwa, … Continue reading

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The Soundscapes App
An advanced tutorial to create your own soundscapes using Magnetic Sound™
How does the app work?
Each time you press a button, the software will generate a magnetic field, vibrating that string to create sound.
You can build up combinations of tones by activating several different strings over time, creating your own custom soundscapes.
Generative Vibrations
Each time you activate a string, our software will generate a different frequency and rhythm. This means the same string will create different sounds each time .
We built a series of random algorithms into the software to create this variety of sounds.


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Stop Satellite Tax Virginia sign now
During the 2005 Session of the General Assembly, Virginia Legislature is attempting to asses a unified 5\% tax across all telecommunication services (House Bill 2880 and Senate Bill 1335). This indeed will provide an initial savings to some Virginians, however this will only effectively make the tax structure easier to figure out, not provide cost savings for all Virginians and put the remaining burden on the satellite subscribers who do not utilize any state infrastructure. These bills will assess an unjust 5\% tax to satellite consumers, mainly lobbied by the cable and telephone companies. Satellite TV providers pay fees to the federal government (for the utilization of their licensed spacecraft) and the satellite TV retailers pay their required Virginia taxes like all other businesses.
Virginia is classifying this as a communications sales and use tax. Virginia classifies use tax as the following definition: refers to the tax imposed upon the use, consumption, distribution, and storage as herein defined. A little grey, but use tax is assessed on the tangible property. Virginia further goes on to define tangible services as the following, personal property which may be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or is in any other manner perceptible to the senses. The term "tangible personal property" shall not include stocks, bonds, notes, insurance or other obligations or securities. The term "tangible personal property" shall include telephone calling cards upon their initial sale, which shall be exempt from all other state and local utility taxes.
With that in mind, satellite is not fully tangible. Satellite subscribers do pay sales and use tax when they purchase their equipment (the tangible part), thus fulfilling the obligation of paying a sales and use tax. Taxing the satellite stream however, is unjust because it does not utilize any local or state resources (unlike the cable and telephone lines, which is why, cable companies, pass the franchise fee they pay along to their customers.) Taxing the satellite beam is equivalent of taxing the air we breathe, because that too is intangible; when was the last time you saw the satellite stream coming from the sky?
In addition, this bill would create a brand new tax for over 700,000 Virginia families whose only alternative is to receive satellite for video services, which is unfair to them. I am all for this unification bill, and I would hope all of Virginia is. However, the satellite tax portion is unjust and should be deleted from the bill. This tax would not do anything for competition, and make the satellite subscribers bear a burden of the cost for the telephone and cable companies. The citizens listed here support removing the satellite services from the proposed communication tax reform. Thank you.
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I can't find any report with the OS serial number (besides the one with data coming from ESX servers > VMware connector).
Is it possible to get this information from somewhere else? Maybe sql query?
I am specially interested in the ESX servers OS key that is not yet connected to the VMware connector.


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Like other people in New Jersey, you expect your work environment to be a safe one. However, as numerous news stories can testify, workplaces can become the scene of violence – sometimes at the hands of total strangers and other times at the hands of a co-worker. If you have witnessed a traumatic event, you may be struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Whether you work in a store, on a construction site or in public service around Bergen, a workplace accident can happen at any time, leaving you severely injured. Here at Parisi & Gerlanc Attorneys at Law, we have seen many injured workers and one of the most difficult to treat injuries that you can suffer is a brain injury.


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Janathon 2015: Day 31!
I made it! Eric and I took the dog on a 2 1/2 mile run around the neighborhood this morning. Eric did great, considering he hasn't run much at all since the half-marathon last October. The dog was thrilled to be running instead of walking. She is definitely a runner.
So how'd I do for the month? I exercised 29 of the 31 days. 16 of those were runs, so just over half. Sometimes it feels like all I do is walk, but I guess that's not true.
I logged 64.3 miles, 42.2 miles of which were running miles. This is 20 miles more than I logged in December, so not too bad.
I did not lose any weight, but my body fat percentage went down 1%, so apparently I gained some muscle.
It was challenging at times, and I'm bummed about the two days I missed, but there's always Juneathon, right? Also, Eric and I have a personal challenge to exercise every day in February. He didn't want to run today because it hasn't started yet, but I made him.
I forgot to take pictures. Here's a picture of Ed, staring up at the top of the closet for no reason I could figure out. Cats are weird.


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One of our directors submitted his resignation and it was accepted by resolution of the board. The resigned director now wants to return and complete his term. I believe that when a director resigns, he is out — unless voted back in by the owners at the annual general meeting. Am I correct?
Almost. The resigned director could be voted back onto the board by the owners. But the board could also resolve to appoint the director to fill the vacancy created by his resignation until the next AGM. The board, however, could not resolve that the director will complete his original term if that term would extend beyond the next AGM.
I believe our property manager is in breach of a code of ethics that's been required by his management company. Those breaches including manipulating board decisions, telling residents about comments made by other directors and being vindictive toward anyone who criticizes him. The other board members refuse to acknowledge the issues. Can I notify the owners directly or complain to the management company without the consent of the board?
Since the other directors do not agree with you, taking action on your own is unwise. Contacting the owners about the conduct of the manager should be a function of the board, even if some of your opinions are based upon information that came to you as a unit owner and not as a director.
Contacting the management company with a request that it take action is also a function of the board.
I would like to put a hot tub in my exclusive-use, common-element backyard. The board refuses to allow it. I have read the report of the McMahon vs. Wentworth case in which the court allowed the unit owner to install a hot tub over the objection of the condo corp. Does that case permit me to install the hot tub?
The corporation in Wentworth Condominium Corp. No. 198 v. McMahon argued that the hot tub constituted an addition, alteration or improvement to the common elements and in accordance with Section 98 of the Condominium Act could only be installed with the approval of the board.
The court held, however, that the hot tub was not an addition to the common elements as it was not connected to a structure; it was not an alteration as it did not permanently change the structure of the property; it was not an improvement as it was not a fixture and did not attach to the condominium unit or the property and therefore could not increase its value. As well, the court held that an item that increases the enjoyment of the property but does not increase the value of the property is not an improvement.
The court also stated that it would be possible for a large, free-standing item to be an addition, alteration or improvement if it were so difficult to move that it became a permanent part of the property. That was not the situation with McMahon's hot tub, the court found, and so he did not require the consent of the board. The decision was upheld on appeal.
It appears that unless your hot tub is heavier and more difficult to move than McMahon's tub, and will therefore be considered a permanent part of the property, you do not require the approval of the board.
Lawyer Gerry Hyman is a former president of the Canadian Condominium Institute and author of Condominium Handbook. Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to his attention at 416-925-8492.


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The website Pouet.net is crazy since a couple of days. After a little research, it seems they started a meme about « TV Noise ».
So, a lot of demoscene teams started to make some prods about this subject. Even the website is noisy now:
Hopefully, Razor 1911 is always here with nice demos. So, thank you rez to bring us this fine release !
You can download it here: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56296 (Windows only).
If you prefer the YouTube version:
Enjoy !
Update: The meme is over. Everything is back as usual. By the way it was a funny event !


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I was dying to photograph this apple orchard, farm-to-table, brewery reception wedding from the moment Andrew told me he was going to propose to Ruth. Colin and I were sitting outside at Texas Corners Brewing Company on our first date night since moving back to Michigan. I've known Andrew for years from school and his family farm, but I had never seen him so giddy... smile crinkles dancing in place happy. The whole wedding was full to overflowing with joy. From an outdoor ceremony with the orchard as a backdrop to the reception at the brewery and the best wedding band I've ever heard (seriously, their rendition of Up Town Funk was AMAZING), it was the kind of wedding I could have stayed at forever. At the end of the night, Ruth asked to take a picture with me because "You're not just our photographer, you're our friend!"
Folks, that's what I live for.


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3 Ways To Get Your Business In Shape This Fall
Fall is here, and there truly is no better time to get your business in shape for the New Year! It's great to start posting those "now accepting 2019 weddings" posts to social media, but there is more work to be done under the surface to ensure that you reach your goals for the 2019 wedding season. My list of items to focus on before December is below!
Categorize and organize your 2018 business expenses to prepare for tax season. I know. This is the part that we all HATE! There are few things in this life that are less sexy than getting your ducks in a row for tax season, but its necessary and now is the best time to do it. Think about it - April is a HECTIC time for us in the wedding industry. We are working on last minute bookings, preparing for or executing Spring weddings, and as the weather starts to get warmer, the number of personal family commitments that we have to plan for also increases. Do yourself a favor, and pick a day to get organized, save it on your calendar and get your expenses in order and categorized now. This by far is the hardest and most time consuming part of filing your taxes, and doing it now will allow you to focus on weddings next April!
Develop a solid marketing plan. And by this, I mean make an actual plan around what kind of clients you want to attract, how you are going to reach them and how to convert them into leads. It's not enough to just copy other people's tactics, but you have to dig deep and determine what works both for getting potential clients' attention, and for your time and schedule. I will be teaching about marketing to a niche at the Intrigue Marketing Masters Summit from October 9-11, alongside 30 other amazing speakers who will touch on other marketing topics! Additionally, if you'd like to sit with me one-on-one and develop your own custom marketing plan, I am offering coaching sessions! Visit feyisola.com/classes for more!
Define personal milestones for 2019. I know this seemingly has nothing to do with business, but it's actually crucial. Many people have come to despise, then abandon their businesses because they did not prioritize balancing business with life. And while a "perfect" balance may never exist, there is one simple thing that you can do to ensure that you are not always working - define how often you want to attend to personal matters. For example, I know that I want to see the beach at least twice each year, visit family in Nigeria once a year, and go on at least 2 girls trips a year. Defining this before the year starts helps me to pencil in dates, and shift them around (not delete them) according to how things pan out. If my wedding calendar starts to get full, I still pencil in dates, and choose not to remove a date unless a client meets a certain minimum. Prioritizing your personal life, happiness and health saves your business in the long run. Trust me. (And P.S. I also offer one on one coaching to help you find work-life-balance - email me at email@example.com if you're interested)
I hope that you have found this blog post to be helpful! Please let me know your thoughts in the comments, and share this with your friends in the wedding and creative industries!


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Looks like @EastEnglandAmb have withdrawn their appeal prior to the hearing which was scheduled for tomorrow (Monday 8 Oct 2018). Has the information been released? Will we get proactive publication in the future? @fraerstevenson @JoshThomasLDR @ICOnews @johnelworthy https://t.co/ZrbhCSlYSB
— Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) October 7, 2018
600 frontline Ambulance staff sign a petition calling on the Health Secretary for assistance. ITV Anglia 25th September 2018.
Ambulance staff are still unhappy about changes to their rotas and general leadership at the trust, pushing them to launch a public petition to health secretary @MattHancock and health minister @SteveBarclay – both also MPs for the area the trust covers. https://t.co/fYbSB6v9QO
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Resilience + Learning differences
When you can push through the difficult times and keep going -- you are resilient. But it's not as easy and wonderful as it sounds. We don't want difficulties or resistance or failure.
As an adult we can push through adversity (most of the time) but when we see our children struggle it's not a great feeling. We want to solve the issue and make it better.
We want to remove the tears and frustration.
I get this.
So what can we do? What is helpful?
Well, we will be touching on this during the Summit this May 13th because the topic of resilience is important.
Resilience from a personal perspective has allowed me to keep going when I have failed, particularly with my learning. I became determined and persistent even when I faced big barriers and obstacles. I learned to pick myself up many times as a child and an adult.
However, I did not walk away without a few cuts and bruises. My self-esteem fell because of my learning - but I kept that hidden. I didn't understand my way of learning -- and this lead to doubt and a lack of trust in myself and my abilities.
So I believe when we are guiding our children through the difficulties they are facing....we also need to make sure we are bringing along their self esteem and understanding.
If we (the community) can start to talk about our own learning differences and how we learn and what we need help with -- then the self esteem and shame will go away. The acceptance will increase and the comfort to learn in a different way will be 'no big deal'. Yes, it will still require a lot of work -- it does right now.--but it will be easy to be "who you are" without judgement and shame .
I envision learning differences becoming just like 'braces and eye glasses' -- at one time, no one wanted these devices, and now everyone wants them. What made this shift? Ask yourself this and with the answer we can make a big shift in how kids feel about their learning difference.
I want kids to see children with learning differences as the incredible kids they are -- while they use the devices, strategies and tools they need to learn in a way that fits them.
Everyone will want an iPad and laptop for their learning -- and no one will view it as cheating.


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Guinness's American Strategy
Last month I traveled to Baltimore to learn more about the new Guinness brewery project unfolding there. Guinness is a sponsor of this blog, and I wanted to be one of the first to delve deeply into the thinking behind the project, its scope, and its goals. Guinness was happy to make this possible, and paid for me to visit. Today I look at the new national strategy that accompanies the Baltimore brewery project.
Diageo, Guinness's parent company, is expecting the new Guinness brewery in Baltimore to attract 300,000 people in its first year. Those are titanic numbers and they'll grow as time goes on. But the brewery is just a piece of a much larger strategy. Diageo would like to see the Guinness brand grow and establish a bigger presence in the US—as something other than solely an Irish stout. This is a big challenge and a unique one for a brewery that has such a distinctive brand not, like nearly other multinational brewery, based on mass market lagers.
Guinness quietly sells about a million barrels a year in the US—as much as Sierra Nevada, which would make it the 10th largest standalone brewery here. It's also been growing about 5% over the past year at a time when many other brands are shrinking. "Guinness" still means Draught Guinness, the 4.2% flagship, almost universally, but the brewery has been dabbling with other products for awhile: Blonde, Nitro IPA, Golden, Rye Pale, Irish Wheat, plus historical releases and a beefed-up slate of stouts. In Ireland, Guinness has had big success with Hophouse 13, a Mosaic-hopped golden ale the brewery strangely labels a lager.
These moves provide the outline of a strategy as Guinness inches away from its hard-won and long-established reputation as an Irish Stout made in Dublin for hundreds of years. But this is also the greatest danger. That reputation, simply put, is the strongest in all of beer. The Irish pub is an international institution. There may be a country without an O'Malley's somewhere, but I haven't found it. And all those pubs pour Guinness, with its signature surge (and, with sadly decreasing regularity, Beamish and Murphy's). There's a reason Guinness is the most-visited tourist stop in Ireland; for the rest of the world, Ireland means pubs and, especially, Guinness. This reputation is particularly potent in the United States, where so many people claim Irish descent. Guinness signals heritage and history, and Americans even feel a bit proprietary about it.
Compare that to the identities of other multinational brands: Heineken, Carlsberg, Kirin. How many Americans could name where these brands come from? The Netherlands is associated with windmills, canals, and dikes, not beer. Just the fact that Guinness is an ale and black distinguishes it in a way that makers of mass market lager would kill for in the craft era.
A New Approach
So putting different kinds of products in the market comes with real risk. This problem is hardly unique to Guinness, though—every brewery with an older, sagging flagship confronts the same choice: go all-in on existing brands and identities or explore ways that expand the portfolio but risk undermining the identity. Guinness is well aware of the challenge, and when I sat down with marketing manager Oliver Gray to discuss Diageo's Guinness strategy, he acknowledged it immediately.
"It's got to be the biggest challenge. Guinness Draught is our number-one seller and will be in the new brewery. It's a huge balancing act. You don't want to alienate those same drinkers who want the best pour this side of the Atlantic here at Guinness, but you have to attract the people who don't drink nitrogenated stout, people who don't have a tie to that iconic Irish brand."
The company's approach runs on parallel tracks. The first is expanding the palette of flavors in the stout spectrum, something Guinness started doing in America with the (long-overdue!) introduction of Foreign Extra Stout several years ago. It joins Antwerpen Stout at the brewery—an even bigger, bolder beer. Finally, Diageo has invested in a large barrel-aging program that will pull together their whisk(e)y and stout assets (among other liquors, Diageo owns Scotch brands Lagavulin, Talisker, and Oban as well as Bulleit bourbon). This is a clever way to get both beer geek street cred while still staying well within the lines of the brand identity.
Track two is what we might call the "American craft" track. The Baltimore brewery is outfitted with a ten-barrel kit for draft-only beers served mainly onsite. This is an entirely typical arrangement at larger companies, and allows brewers to put twenty kegs into the market and see how customers react. I spoke to brewmaster Peter Wiens and head brewer Hollie Stephenson when I was there (their backgrounds and vision will be part three of this report). Hollie, who has brewed at Stone and Highland, has a particular interest in IPAs, but the taplist will soon be featuring everything from goses to lagers to saisons. Guinness also plans to package and distribute a portfolio of four beers locally, and these fall into a more mainstream continuum. Gray:
"As it stands our four core beers are likely to be Guinness Blonde (which obviously already has national distribution), our popular IPA, a carbonated milk stout, and an aromatic wheat beer that is being worked on by Hollie right now."
The New American Beers
The IPA and milk stout are both already dialed in. The IPA on tap st the Test Taproom in Baltimore is a different beer than Nitro IPA. It's not a hazy; it's more assertively bitter and one might place it in the west coast continuum, except the hops are more on a peppery/earthy continuum that evokes the UK. It's very American, but not quite categorizeable. The milk stout is probably never going to get the attention it deserves (it's just 4.5%), but it's a real triumph The lactose gives it the body and creaminess you want for style, and really helps round out the mouthfeel so it doesn't seem thin. There's a sweetish note up front, but it fades quickly to medium-roast coffee and cocoa notes and, best of all, a nice, dry finish. Of all the beers I tried, this was in its own category of specialness.
I have heard whispers that the wheat beer will be a witbier, but I hope not. A Belgian style would really strain the identity, as well as echoing Blue Moon and Shock Top, which is not a good look. Perhaps it will be different enough to dissuade comparisons to those.
Beyond these initial four—which will sink or float based on their popularity—the brewery will scale up other beers based on their success at the brewpub. That's when the real experiment about Guinness's identity will take shape. If there's a Rosetta Stone to unlocking Guinness's strategy, it's the focus on Americanizing the brand for the home audience.
"Right now we have no Irish brewers on the team," Gray told me. "We're Americans; Marylanders. It is a gamble; let's not kid ourselves. There may be people who think, 'It's not brewed in Ireland, so why would I drink Guinness anymore?'"
An Old New Strategy
I asked whether the brewery plans to use the Baltimore brewery as an incubator for beers to sell elsewhere—Europe, in particular.
"It's the only brewery of its kind right now, but never say never. The US was an obvious market to develop a brewery – over the past 10 years or so it's been the most creative beer market in the world, and we wanted to get closer to the action. The brand is very strong here and we feel we can bring something distinct to the table."
The strategy is unusual in 2018, but is in many ways a return to a very old practice by Guinness: developing local markets and creating specific products to sell there. In the 19th century, for example, Africa became a major market for Guinness, and following independence of individual countries following WWII, Guinness started opening breweries on the continent. They do make stout—those were the beers that became popular decades ago—but they're unique to place, made with sorghum or corn. When I spoke to Ryan Wagner, one of the Guinness ambassadors, he invoked this history when talking about the way "American Guinness" might evolve.
As a corollary, the classic stouts will never be made in America, either. Those are characteristic of Dublin, and will continue to be made only at St James Gate. American beers from Baltimore, Irish beers from Dublin—two tracks following the products of two breweries.
(There's a test brewery at St James Gate that functions like the Baltimore brewery for the Irish market. Those, too, follow a craft track, but are aimed for the different palates of Irish drinkers. Indeed, many of the recent releases in the US—Nitro IPA, West Indies Porter, Irish Wheat—were developed without deep insight into the American tastes. The Baltimore brewery is an attempt to rectify that for the American market, while Open Gate Dublin will be free to cater to locals there.)
An Experiment to Watch
Every large brewery in the world, from those the size of Brooklyn and Deschutes up to AB InBev, is trying to figure out how to survive the transitions besetting the beer industry now. It's far too early to start talking about successful strategies—we just don't know, yet. Each approach can be read as a different experiment, though, and the one Guinness has planned is unique. Unlike most larger companies, which have settled on a strategy of craft beer acquisitions, Guinness is tacking into the headwinds behind its own label and in a brewery of its own construction. It is a big, bold, and fascinating experiment, and will be watched closely for signs of success.


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Urban Exploration, UrbEx or UE is the practice of 'going places you're not supposed to go', places that are inaccessible and off-limits. The buildings and spaces that this exploration takes place within, on, or around can be categorised loosely into two categories, both of which are based around inaccessibility; the first are the buildings and spaces that are functioning and occupied. However, the parts of these buildings and spaces that are explored are inaccessible due to the control of the owner/occupiers. Explorers cross lines based on the private ownership of a building or space, the opening hours of it, the rules set out by those concerned with building laws and regulations and by the operators who designate front of house from back of house.
The second category involves buildings and spaces that are inaccessible mostly because they have been abandoned. Explorers of these buildings and spaces still cross lines of ownership but with the breaking down of a building or space's occupation comes the subsequent breaking down of barriers related directly to a building's occupation. As a building or space ceases to function because of a lack of operation an explorer no longer crosses rules concerned with opening hours or space designation and although a lack of occupation also compromises the rules and regulations associated with building law because of a lack of operation and function those rules and regulations concerning health and safety become a significant 'line' that an explorer crosses.
springfield mill & spear works, manchester, 28 days later
Through the practice of these unauthorised excursions Urban Exploration addresses the issue of occupation and accessibility within Architecture. A building's state of functioning occupation and authoritative inaccessibility are directly related; as a building becomes unused it falls into disrepair, as this state of disrepair worsens the risk to those who occupy it increases, as this risk increases the worry for the owner from causing injury and accruing legal problems and possible financial implications rises, and as these worries rise barriers around these buildings and places are erected.
occupation to inaccessibility, author's own
Urban Exploration acts in the opposite direction to this sequence. Explorers cross the initial barrier (whether it is literal in the form of a fence, railing, door or other threshold or metaphorical in terms of a ownership boundary) then face the possibility of criminal prosecution through trespassing, risk injury through the movement across an unoccupied building, engage with a building's state of disrepair, often through the photographic recording of it as part of a temporary occupation.
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This sequence of events terminates in the explorer leaving the site unnoticed, seemingly one of the underpinning 'rules' of Urban Exploration. In their book 'Urban Maps, Instruments of Narrative and interpretation in the City' Brook and Dunn say that Urban Exploration is wrought with contrived ethics in an attempt to legitimise the practice. The evidence for this is ethical code is visible on the forums of 28 Days later, an Urban Exploration forum, with "....Take pictures and leave ONLY" forming part of the signature of the forum contributor 'Ojay' as well as the 'No Disclaimer' page of the 'infiltration' website by 'Ninjalicious', who is seen as one of the founding fathers of the Urban Exploration movement.
forum user ojay's signature, 28 days later
Brook and Dunn also make comparisons between Urban Exploration and the act of Graffiti. They note the shared factors associated with both practices including the risk involved in both, the sensations attached to the act of both, the isolation and endeavour beyond the everyday through the practice of it and the attitude that unless you are active within the practice of it then you cannot fully understand it.
urban maps, Brook & Dunn, Ashgate Publishing.
This comparison is interesting not only because it highlights the shared values associated with both practices and how they directly engage with the built environment (often photos from Urban Exploration sites often feature high volumes of Graffiti) but how they are fundamental opposites in the visual records of each practice. Graffiti leaves a visible mark while Urban Exploration is concerned with leaving no trace of the explorer even being there. The record of UE is digital and posted on a forum compared to Graffiti where the physical is posted directly to the environment it is a part of.
This ethical ethos that runs through Urban Exploration is also evident in one of the most notable and exceptional physical interactions with the built environment; the case of the restoration of the Pantheon Clock, Paris by the group 'Untergunther'. In September of 2005 the group clandestinely established a workshop at the top of the pantheon employing clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Viot to restore the 19th Century 'Wagner' clock to working order. Through the work performed by Untergunther, Urban Exploration became a part of both a social and political cause. There is an obvious social gain that can be recognised from the restoration of the clock but the restoration was a manifestation of a political statement to the Parisian authorities from the group who went as far as to again decommission the clock before attempting to sue the group unsuccessfully for almost 50,000 Euros in November 2007.
untergunther's workshop, pantheon, paris, ugwk
However, in contrast to this rare incident, where an overriding social and political cause was the motivation for the exploration and actions, Urban Exploration remains a practice of leisure where the motivation for those involved in it is more often than not for the pleasure of experiencing a place they weren't supposed to go, supplemented with the endorphins that follow the risks associated with the practice of it. This does not however mean that it does not offer anything to Architecture. As Brook and Dunn point out it presents the built environment through different eyes with the 28 Days Later forum laden with beautifully presented images of buildings and spaces that would otherwise remain largely overlooked and outside of the focus of those interested in the built environment. In addition to this, and as covered above, Urban Exploration also highlights the issues surrounding abandoned sites and forgotten architecture addressing directly issues relating to the accessibility through and authority over the built environment.
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Lighting up my Holiday
Everyone has their own approach to Christmas. I'm one of those people who puts up the lights the day after Thanksgiving. We wait a bit on the tree but those stockings and the lights are where I spend my time on Black Friday. Somehow that is far more important to me than any deal anyone one could possibly offer at a box store. Plus I hate crowds...so shoppers, I respect your stamina, but you won't see me out and about.
It may be that when I was a child my folks always put the tree up on Christmas Eve. There were six kid to contend with and maybe it was easier to save all the chaos for one night, but I do spread it out. That's one thing we all do I think; take what we liked about growing up and toss what we don't when we have our own families. Make new traditions.
Well the wee house here in Galway doesn't even have room for company much less a tree. Still, I couldn't resist buying a couple of strings of lights when I saw them downtown. Get this, they are solar powered. Somehow when you live in more mist than sunshine that seems unlikely to work, but they do. They collect just enough power when I'm at school to come on for three hours in the evening and that's fine for me.
I tried putting a few nails in the wee house to hang them around the windows. I'm not sure what the wee house is made of but it's sturdy. I bent like four nails before I gave up and put them in the tree next to my wee kitchen door.
The people who live in the big house across the yard from me haven't said much. I realize they look like Charlie Brown lights, but they make me feel much more like the holidays. So far, these are the only lights I've seen up in the entire neighborhood. But that's okay, they are lighting up my holiday here just fine.


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ROCK HILL -- Ms. Belle Taylor Wallace, 93, formerly of 920 Allendale Circle, passed away Saturday Feb. 23, 2008, at Westminster Healthcare.
A native of Dillon, Belle was a daughter of the late Chester Quick and the late Leetie Belle Taylor. She was the widow of Walter Arlie Wallace Sr.
A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at Forest Hills Cemetery with the Reverend Barry Yates officiating.
Belle was a member of West End Baptist Church where she was involved with the Annie Honnicutt Circle and the Dorcuss Sunday School Class. She retired from Springs Industries and she also worked at Arcade Mills. Following retirement she worked in the Rock Hill School District 3 cafeterias.
Surviving are three sons, Gerald D. Wallace of York, Walter A. Wallace Jr. of Catawba and Larry J. Wallace of Fort Mill; her daughter, Jeanette W. Howe of Rock Hill; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, Belle was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Wallace.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the cemetery and other times at the home of her daughter, 920 Allendale Circle, Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Memorials may be made to West End Baptist Church Building Fund, 1727 McConnells Hwy., Rock Hill, SC 29732 or to Hospice & Community Care, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29731.
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A case of assault and dowry harassment has been filed against four members of a family in Dharavi after their daughter-in-law filed a complaint against them on Monday.mumbai Updated: Jan 04, 2011 01:02 IST
A case of assault and dowry harassment has been filed against four members of a family in Dharavi after their daughter-in-law filed a complaint against them on Monday.
Sarita Kunchikokhe, 24, claims that her in-laws assaulted her on Sunday, because they were unhappy with her for failing to conceive even after six years of marriage. She alleged that they demanded her to get Rs 2 lakh from her parents.
The police have registered a case against Sarita's mother-in-law Saraswati, father-in-law Narsanna, sister-in-law, Shanti, 16 and brother-in-law Vijay, 21.
Sarita's mother, Shanta Saiyappa, 43, said: "When our daughter got married to Naresh six years ago, we had given them Rs 5 lakh and gold gold jewellery. However, Saraswati and Narsanna were not satisfied and started torturing my daughter and demanding Rs 2 lakh more."
"On Sunday, Sarita and her in-laws had a verbal spat over a petty issue and her in-laws allegedly assaulted her," said an officer from the Dharavi police station on condition of anonymity.
Sarita's parents approached the Dharavi police and admitted her at Sion hospital, where she is being treated for injuries on her head, hands and legs.
Senior police inspector Hemant Patil said: "We have not arrested them yet because first we need to get the versions of both the sides. Narsanna has alleged that he was assaulted by Sarita, and we have registered a non-cognisable complaint."
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Happy Thanksgiving fellow Tough Cookies!
As we give thanks this Holiday season for all the fortunate things in your life, let's take a moment to think about others who may not be so lucky – and extend our giving spirit to them.
A Better Man is a new hopeful documentary film that is running an IndieGoGo campaign to help it achieves its mission – empower people to join the movement to END violence against women.
I couldn't think of a more worthy cause – especially at this time of year.
As a Tough Cookie, this is an issue that I am deeply passionate about, so I would really love to see this film come to life and change the world.
And as a fellow filmmaker, I think it has the chance to achieve that – given the notably powerhouse team of experience filmmakers and survivors behind it, ready to sculpt it into reality.
Now I don't normally use this website as a platform for pitching products or asking for money, but I do feel this project and cause are worth sharing. So if you are in a giving mood this holiday season, go check out the film's IndieGoGo campaign to learn more.
Watch videos of the trailer and filmmakers behind the film, and see what you can contribute toward the completion of this poignant and moving project. Only 20 days left!
All of us Tough Cookies should give thanks this Thanksgiving for our own health, happiness and human rights.
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One terrifying day in 4th grade, my nipples started to bud. I even asked my dad to confirm that they were definitely not tumors. As someone who had lived as a happy tomboy from toddlerhood on, I felt betrayed by my body. I knew I was not a man, but I never thought I would grow up to be a woman. Everyone in my life told me that growing breasts defined femininity. No longer could I remain a tomboy — genderfluid, free to express myself — I was on my way to a forced womanhood.
I've done my best to make peace with my breasts. I tried to be excited about them, dress them up, and take care of them. I sought to embrace the changes that came with puberty and tried to become like the women I looked up to, but it required suppressing who I am in favor of pretending to be a woman. For me, top surgery is an important step in enabling me to inhabit my body more comfortably.
When I told my parents about my desire for top surgery, both had questions about why I would want to permanently modify my body. Mom had questions about gender dysphoria, the debate between cosmetic vs. medically necessary, and post-surgery functionality. Dad wanted to be sure I was not being pressured into surgery. But when I researched answers to these questions, I discovered two unhelpful types of resources: the Transgender 101 articles that started at square one, "What is trans?" and the academic articles that took a theory-based approach to these issues. All but one of the articles focused exclusively on transgender men, but I am non-binary.
I set off to write my own explanations to these essential questions.
Firstly, for some, top surgery is medically necessary. Federal courts, doctors, therapists, academics, LGBT centers and task forces, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM), and even insurance companies agree. Many studies also confirm that trans people are happier and healthier when given access to healthcare, which usually means trans-inclusive doctors or gaining access to hormones or to surgery.
Secondly, my desire for top surgery comes from me, not from the transgender community. Non-binary people can have breasts, and I know plenty who happily do. In fact, nobody in my life is pushing me to do anything to my body. My need exists when nobody else is around, with and without mirrors. The transgender community's main message is there is no single way to be a woman, a man, or neither. There is, however, one dominant way to look cisgender — that is, when one's gender aligns with their assigned sex. For evidence, pick up practically any published magazine. You will notice that cis people have demanding expectations for how women and men should look. Thin, busty, curvy, muscular — these are cis expectations.
Mainstream white feminism involves accepting a body as it is, but among the groups of people it excludes, mainstream feminism excludes people who struggle with gender dysphoria. Managing gender dysphoria is different from accepting flaws. To call top surgery cosmetic or elective demonstrates a misunderstanding of gender dysphoria, which I will now explain.
Gender dysphoria is not the same as body dysmorphia. Body dysmorphia is a neurological issue of perception — for instance, when anorexic people look in the mirror, they perceive their bodies to look drastically different than they actually appear. The National Health Service (NHS) defines body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) as "an anxiety disorder that causes sufferers to spend a lot of time worrying about their appearance and to have a distorted view of how they look." I highlight the last clause because it is crucial to understanding the difference between these two concepts. Those with body dysmorphia share a disconnection between reality and their internalized perception of what is real. Even if one learns to recognize the distortion and its effects, it remains a struggle to accurately view one's own body. Flaws become exaggerated through this lens.
Surgery is not a treatment for body dysmorphia, because the issue is with perception, not reality. It can be dangerous for people with body dysmorphia to get access to surgery, because typically, surgery cannot satisfy dysmorphic thinking. No matter what changes occur to the body, the perception process remains the same. Accepting oneself becomes a great strategy for body dysmorphia, but this solution is ineffective for gender dysphoria.
I do not have body dysmorphia because I do not have a distorted view of how I look. Instead, I am acutely aware of how I do look. If I were cisgender, I would be happy with my breasts. They are beautiful. They just do not belong on my chest.
When I am aware of my breasts — when I jog, walk down stairs, or wash them, I have an intense, physical reaction. I taste copper, feel nauseous, and want to cry. My breasts feel like a costume, a costume I am forced to wear. I can never take it off. Binding is the only way to hide the costume and minimize the appearance of my breasts. It helps a lot. It lets me look in a mirror, go running, stand up straighter. But it is utterly unsustainable. Prolonged binding is akin to wearing a Victorian Era corset, and it has singlehandedly caused my chronic back pain.
This surgery does not close any doors for me. It opens many. I will be able to swim without anxiety about going out in public with visible breast tissue. I hope to enjoy sex with fewer triggers. I look forward to trying on clothes without dreading how shirts fit my chest. I will be a freer person.
Top surgery is exactly what I need, and I will never regret working to fulfill my needs and striving for wholeness.
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Spike TV will give one lucky prospective small-business owner a shot at success with new reality show American Start-Up. The series comes from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, Live Planet, which also produces Project Greenlight.
On American Start-Up eight young business people will receive $5,000 as seed money to get their idea going. They'll also get advice from tycoons and management consultants. They're all competing for a big investment deal to keep their project going. The 10-episode series debuts in mid-2005.
TLC has its own small business reality show coming soon. Taking Care of Business, which debuts in October, is more about makeovers than competition, though. On each episode, specialists will help a small business owner retool their business plans and operation.


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About Dr. Sanchez
"Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Dr. Sanchez always knew he wanted to be in the healthcare field to help others live a better, healthier, life. It wasn't until he shadowed a dentist that he realized how much someone's teeth impacted their day-to-day life. Dr. Sanchez went on to get accepted into University of the Pacific School of Dentistry and earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery.
Through his training and experience, Dr. Sanchez uses advanced dental techniques, providing the latest in dental technologies including veneers, Invisalign, all ceramic restorations, implant restoration, teeth whitening, soft tissue laser therapy, and more.
Dr. Sanchez has a patient-centered philosophy and puts emphasis on forming a strong relationship based on trust and communication with his patients. He gets to know his patients as individuals so that he can cater treatment in a way that will make his patients feel comfortable and relaxed.
Many people around the world have poor oral health and do not have the resources to get treatment. Dr. Sanchez enjoys working with nonprofit organizations to help these people get the help they need. Whether it's Give Kids A Smile to help educate children on oral health or going on mission trips around the world to provide free dental work to the underserved, Dr. Sanchez always tries to give back to the community.
His professional memberships include: American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Alameda County Dental Association.
Dr. Sanchez loves the Bay Area and spends most of his free time exploring the city with his friends and family. His favorite way to pass time includes trying new foods, watching films, and following sports."


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Denim Guide
During Fall 2016, Gap revamped the Adult Denim line with stunning photography juxtaposing the On-figure Models to Americana landscapes.
As the lead designer for this project, I designed an interactive denim fit navigation, as well as integrating marketing content within the shopping experience.
Leverage Brand Campaigns and print collateral to create a digital experience that would make it easier for the customer to navigate through the robust denim sort.
Allow the customer to shop between the two pillars of denim on this relaunch. The sticky functionality allows for accessibility & memorability to shop between fits/ stretch as the user scrolls through the page.
Enables the user to view the jeans in full rotation through a scroll bar to educate user about the fit of the jean and available stretches.
Strategically placed interactive content to educate the user on Gap's sustainability efforts and provide tips for outfitting.
The denim guide for Women on the desktop was getting over 36% Click Through Rate and making almost $44K/day. This is +10% higher CTR vs. the old denim marketing. The daily revenue is also more than double what the previous page generated.


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- Cheap webhosting providers
- Pros and Cons of Free Hosting
- Website Design
- How to choose a web designer
- How to create a website
- Hosting Solution Providers
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- How to look for a hosting company
- Why build a website?
- How To Improve Sales Through Your Website
- Web Design Secrets
- Search Engine Friendly Pages
- Duplicate Content - a friend or a foe?
- Web Site Graphics
- How to build a website
Domain Names
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- Choosing a domain name
- Getting an existing domain
- How To Make Money Selling Domain Names
- Why Buy Domain Names
- Types of free domain names
- All about misspelled domain names
- How to identify fraudulent domain name companies
- Expired Domain Names
- Hyphenated Domain Names
- Dot Com Domain Names
- Getting A Domain Name
- Buying A Domain Name
- Yahoo Domain Names
- Transferring Domain Names
- Domain Name Tasting
- Domain Name Servers
- Domain Name Redirect
- Domain Hacks
- Domain Name Arbitration
- Domain Name Cybersquatting
- Cheap Domain Names
- Bulk Domain Name Registration
- Internationalized Domain Names
- How to choose a domain name
Internet Marketing
- Search Engine Ranking Tips
- Getting Visitors To You Website
- Natural Linking Strategies
- 4 Linking Strategies
- Pay Per Click Advertising
- SEO for good
- How to increase web site traffic
- How to use keyword phrases
- What are search engines
- How to use viral marketing
- How To Generate Traffic
- Marketing An Online Business
- Online Marketing
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Home Business
- Work At Home And Make Money
- Benefits Of A Home Business
- Small Home Business
- Starting a Consultant Business
- 5 Tips to Staying Focused
- Faster Home Business Profits
- Six Reasons Why Home Businesses Fail
- Your Cake Decorating Career
- The Perfect Home Business
- Is Your MLM Business Failing?
- Six Steps for Starting a Home Business
- Small Home Business
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- What is a Niche Market Anyway?
- The Internet Can Give You Independence
- Find Your Niche
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America's greatest exports/
When it comes to America's greatest exports, we see them all the time … fast food chains. Oh, the rest of the world watches our TV shows and movies and listens to our music, but they gobble up the fast food just as quickly as we do in the States. In fact, some might argue, they're gobbling it up faster. We admit it. We stopped at McDonald's frequently when we were traveling the US this past summer. Senior coffees were offered for half price and I could get an order of scrambled eggs for $1.49. David likes the Quarter-pounder (without cheese); I really like their fresh salads though Burger King's are better. No fries, no milkshakes (well, maybe sometimes!). We'd stop at Burger King and pick up my salad and then go to McDonald's for David's burger and the free wifi. We're equal-opportunity fast foodies.
In South America, the predominant chain we saw was the Colonel's Kentucky Fried Chicken. Even in the most remote areas of Ecuador or Peru, the familiar white-bearded Southern gentleman stood out in a crowd. He was most noticeable in the food courts of larger malls, but you'd just as likely see him in smaller towns. The lines waiting for the Colonel were longer than anywhere else.
I remember seeing a Dunkin Donuts in downtown Salinas, Ecuador and it blew my mind. The donuts tasted nothing like an American donut (we tried one only for the experience), but the line was long and the donuts were selling like hotcakes at a premium price.
Hungry Jacks aka Burger King, Dominos and Pizza Hut all have a presence here in Australia. Hungry Jack's has the pitiful honor of having both the #1 and #2 worst nutritional meals on their menu. Subway is the largest food chain in Australia based on the number of stores they have, but McDonald's has nearly 20% of the fast food market share compared to Subway's 2%. Australia is the world's 11th largest fast food nation. They'll spend over $37 million on "take away food" in 2012. Like the US, Australia is fighting an obesity war.
Mickey D's probably does the best job of marketing wherever we've been, capitalizing on the local foods and language to corral folks in and offer them what they want, fast. When we were in Quebec, Canada, McDonald's offered McHomard , a lobster salad sandwich in a hot dog bun. They offered the same thing as McLobster in Connecticut. In Uruguay and Argentina, they offered hot mate, the local drink of choice, on the beverage menu.
Australia is no different. Aussies love their beef and McDonalds calls the big Angus burger here, the McOz. They add sliced beetroot (beets) and fried egg to the usual McConcoction. And they're not cheap. Here in Oz, McDonalds will run two people about $15-$18 for a lunch combo. No bargain, but then eating out in Australia is an expensive venture...even for fast food. There's always the "pie" alternative...21 for $21 at Phil Maney's.
Adding McCafe to their offerings was a great move as is their newer "healthier" menu items. Certainly there's always a bunch of kids in the innovative play areas. Interestingly enough, the prices for coffee aren't that much cheaper than anywhere else, but it's convenient and they're everywhere and the coffee is reasonably good...and there's that free wifi thing.
We stopped in at the McDonald's in Kingston the other morning for a flat white (half espresso/half steamed milk) and noticed they were offering a new 100% lamb burger. I think they're going to call it McLamburger … also with beetroot and egg. They saw no humor when I suggested calling it McBaaaa.


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Most people under the age of 30 do not remember just how good life can be in America, what it means to live through a sustained era of both peace and prosperity. My hope and prayer for 2018 are that at long last, they get this chance. The signs, at least some of them, point to this being a very real possibility.
After World War II, life in America was pretty sweet. Not perfect, but perfect enough. After two decades of Depression and war, we came out of it with an economy on fire, and our beloved country became the envy of the world.
This all changed, of course, with the assassination of an American president on November 22, 1963. The 18 years that followed were filled with the Vietnam War, social upheaval, race riots, more assassinations, Watergate, an energy crisis, Soviet expansion, Iranian hostages, and Jimmy Carter's economic and spiritual malaise.
The election of Ronald Reagan, in 1981, returned us to an era of peace and prosperity, one that would last 20 years, straight through to September 11, 2001.
Unfortunately, on that terrible September morning, we were at war again, including a pre-emptive war based on disastrously bad intelligence. Peace and prosperity went up in flames due to another bitter, divisive, and costly effort in nation building that, to this day, seems to have no end.
Then, in 2008, our economy collapsed, which ushered in the tragedy of Barack Obama — an incompetent, vain, bigoted, and angry president filled with a bitterness he was all too eager to poison America with, a country he loathes.
Among other travesties, Obama handed the Middle East to Russia and ISIS, stifled an economy that should have come roaring out of that recession, codified a repression of Christianity unseen since our founding, and with malicious intent (and the help of a boot-licking media) cynically fabricated racial, religious, and cultural divisions, based almost exclusively on hyper-politicized lies (Trayvon Martin; Benghazi; You Can Keep Your Insurance; Hands Up, Don't Shoot). Obama could have made America great again. He, instead, chose the dark side.
This is not to say that the good times were all good, were only about chocolate rivers and peppermint trees. There was the Cold War, Korea, Sputnik, AIDS, Iran Contra, the unforgivable attacks on Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots, O.J. Simpson, impeachment, Columbine, Oklahoma City… Stressful times, but stressful times that passed.
And that is not to say that only bad came from the bad times. Few things have made America greater than the civil rights movement or landing on the moon.
Nevertheless, America and Americans deserve a return to peace and prosperity, as do the 120 million or so too young to even imagine such a thing. And of all people, President Donald J. Trump could, in many ways, be the man primarily responsible for this gift.
To begin with, after only a year in office, President Trump has almost single-handedly put our economy on track to again be the envy of the world. Like most leftists, Obama thought he could alter human nature, could strangle forever the natural American impulse to strive, aspire, and dream. All he did, though, using the oppressive power of the state, was to temporarily smother those magnificent qualities. With Trump's (and the GOP's) tax reform, regulation reform, and use of the bully pulpit, you can feel a decade of imprisoned ambition already starting to explode.
Trump also understands what Reagan did — that the best way to avoid war is to let the world know you are more than prepared for it. He also seems as eager as anyone to avoid stupid wars, but not through Obama's suicidal and nihilistic practice of leading from behind, which only invites aggression and anarchy.
If special counsel Robert Mueller does the right thing, which means he must finally put an end to a stupid conspiracy theory hatched by the sore losers among our political and media elite, which means that for the sake of his country, he must avoid a constitutional crisis and tell the truth — AND if Trump can avoid the needless drama he too often creates, America could really become great again — not just economically, but that national spirit that no leftist or phony journalist can tear asunder.
You see, when America is great, when body bags are not coming home from overseas, when the economy is firing on all cylinders, no matter how hard the media and Democrats try to destroy that progress, we do come together as a country, as a people, as Americans…
And we do so in the best and most natural way, without really thinking about it — because we do not have to. When things are good, the fact that we have so much more in common than not is what defines us. When things are good, we can just go about the simple but important business of living our lives — a rare luxury indeed.
Race, gender, geography… All of that surface nonsense falls away, becomes white noise from bitter crybabies who are only happy when good people are not. As our focus drifts away from the stress and the petty differences that come with war and a managed decline, we can then choose to turn towards a national optimism and confidence in the future that allow us to focus on what really matters…
Faith, family, neighbor, and again making our dreams come true — because it is only through those things that America can become great again.
Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC. Follow his Facebook Page here.


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