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Arrival transfer to your hotel. (D)
Drive to Essaouira. Visit the Port and its ramparts, the old Medina and 'Scala.' Take an optional camel ride by the beach. Immerse yourself in the fascinating Portuguese-influenced ambiance of this old city as you walk through the streets of the Old Medina. (B,D)
Morning at leisure to further explore Essaouira before returning to Marrakech. (B,D)
Morning discovery of the second oldest Imperial City. Visit the Menara Garden, Saadien Tombs, Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia and the Dar Si Said Museum. After lunch at the hotel, browse through the various local products on display in the souks &handicrafts quarters. Later, join the show at the famous Djemaâ El Fna Square. (L,D)
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Three men have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kenyan court for assaulting and stripping a woman naked for wearing a mini skirt.
A Kenyan High Court has sentenced three men, Edward Gitau, Nicholas Mwangi and Meshak Mwangi, to life imprisonment for their part in the assault and stripping a lady naked in 2014 for wearing a mini skirt.
The three men were caught on a video tape harassing the woman for dressing indecently and the incident sparked widespread protests in the East Africa country for many weeks.
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BBC reports that the men were initially sentenced to death but the sentences have been commuted to life imprisonments because of Kenya's ban on carrying out executions.
The convicts had brought down the woman in a bus and variously assaulted her before tearing her clothes into shreds despite attempts by many people to save her from their hands.
Shortly after the incident, hundreds of women, some in tight fitting clothes, marched through Nairobi, the country's capital, rallied by the hash tag #MyDressMyChoice.
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In sentencing the men, Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi said that those convicted had taken part in a 'senseless and uncouth attack that they seemed to enjoy because they were cheering as they stripped the woman'.
Apart from the life imprisonment, a further 25-year sentence was suspended due to the death penalty.
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NEW DELHI: At the launch event of Bigg Boss Telugu, the show's host Junior NTR was asked about his remuneration and the Jai Lava Kusa actor told media he was paid 'enough' to host the show. "They have paid me enough. Honestly, I didn't worry much about remuneration. I was more excited about the challenge". Bigg Boss is an adaptation of UK's Big Brother and 10 seasons of the show have been aired in Hindi (hosted by Salman Khan) while the first season of it Tamil version (hosted by Kamal Haasan) began last month. But Junior NTR did not take tips from either of the hosts.
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The American Trade Embargo Against Cuba should be eliminated
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C1. The Cuban government is a totalitarian dictatorship which suppresses their own people.
The question I present for my opponent is why should the United States economically help a country, which has to vital strategic importance to the United States, which goes completely against the US's ideology? Cuba wants the United States to completely end our blockade but, in return they want to concede nothing. They will not relax their policy of oppressing their own people. So once again I ask, why should the United States end a blockade when doing so would result in strengthening an oppressive government? It is a matter of principle that we keep the blockade. It is the only leverage the United States holds to try and loosen the Cuban people from the yoke of this totalitarian regime.
C2. The economy is nationalized.
The Cuban economy is nationalized. So by ending this blockade it would result in money flowing into the Central government allowing Cuba to pursue their communist agenda abroad and oppress their own people's civil liberties. This police state of Cuba controls the lives of 11 million people. Why should the US contribute to this oppression by opening trade with Cuba?
C3. The Castros hate the United States. Ending a blockade would not solve this hate.
"Lifting the embargo won't normalize relations, but instead legitimize -- and wave the white flag to -- Fidel's 50-year fight against the Yanquis, further lionizing the dictator and encouraging the Latin American Left" (1). They are not going to end their policy of not liking the United States. Now let's take a step back. Cuba is very close to the Continental United States. If we open free relations with Cuba other countries might decide that since Cuba can help them let's become allies. Do you know what countries these include? China, Russia, and Iran. Iran would not hesitate to use the advantage that Cuba would bring to them militarily. They will send missiles to Cuba. Guess what country they'll be aimed at. The United States. By opening trade with Cuba the United States allows Cuba to modernize their infrastructure, allow them to build a more powerful military, and give Iran an incentive to want to create an alliance with Cuba.
Furthermore, with the resources gained from the end of the blockade, Cuba would team up with "rulers of nations like Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia to advance socialism and anti-Americanism in the Western Hemisphere." How does this help the United States? It does not.
Giving in to "evil" only begets more evil.
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The Gift of Living Well
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Last year on this very date I sat in a room … a room with a view, in fact. Sitting 9 floors above the hustle and bustle of city life, instead of celebrating my birthday with a view from a hotel suite, my view was in a chemo suite at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Bald and weary, I sat with an IV drip—on my 7th week of chemotherapy. I clearly remember thinking: Wow, how is it that I've complained about birthdays … while only dancing into my 30s … and now I'm not so sure I'll live to see 40.
So though I don't typically like to toot my own birthday horn—if getting through this past year has taught me anything, it's that I cannot afford to be casual or glib about birthdays ever again.
So my birthday wish this year when I blow out those candles tonight will be all about a prayer to live well … seizing each day … moment to moment … hour to hour.
Thank you, God, for giving me the gift of life. Forgive me for all times I've squandered precious moments and opportunities to live it well.
Today I celebrate the gift of life. I'm alive. Thank God.
The Doors In Between
There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.
Jim Morrison
After visiting the Greek islands, not only did I walk away with a deeper appreciation for the architecture—amazingly beautiful structures that all spoke of bygone eras—but somewhere among the thousands of incredible little cobblestone alleyways and whitewashed streets, I got caught up obsessing over the doors. The mystery and allure of the rustic and charmingly seductive doors in Santorini are in many ways akin to passageways within our own lives—some invitations to great, even sheltered opportunity, while others yet signifying isolated imprisonment, an escape, or even bitter closure. To me all doors seem to speak of the powerful knowns and unknowns encountered in life—perhaps the very reason why I'm so intrigued by them.
Recently, when asked why I haven't written a post in some time, I realized I couldn't really blame my hiatus on a lack of inspiration. After all, I earnestly recognize the daily miracles all around me, including the abundant joy that my three amazing boys deliver—all opportunities to ignite a spark of inspiration to flow on paper. Instead, I think the heaviness on my heart these last months has been the source of the ink drying in my pen. As many of you within the breast cancer social media community know, we've recently seen several women reach new passageways in the realm of cancer. While some have opened doors to the unknown dreaded territory of metastatic disease (stage IV), others in the community are at the end of treatment options and have entered the doors of hospice care in preparation. Saddest still, are the beautiful young women who recently closed their final doors on cancer and are now journeying beyond this world, leaving loved ones gripped with grief behind. As Jada so beautifully wrote one day before her untimely death at age 36: "Y se me va la vida….and my life goes away…."
Every three seconds in the US, someone is diagnosed with breast cancer. All of these people share at least one common thread that ties them together—they are a statistic. Regardless of stage at diagnosis, we all walk through the unknown door of breast cancer with a 30% chance of going on to develop incurable metastatic disease. Now I know statistics may seem mundane, but when you've been touched by cancer, those numbers are painfully real. As a "statistic," I have a vested interest in educating myself and others about this terminal disease and urging people to support research that helps those with advanced breast cancer live longer. So though the town may be painted pink every October and beyond, and while some in the world perceive breast cancer to be the "good" one, the richly funded one, or even the easy one—the somber reality is that in the US alone this year, we will see an estimated 40,000 deaths from breast cancer. Yes, that's one woman every 13 seconds—gone. So it's safe to say that though I'm grateful for heightened breast cancer awareness that has come from pink campaigning, this disease is not good—in fact, just like every cancer, it sucks. As the second leading cause of cancer death in women behind lung cancer, breast cancer is a fierce adversary on the cancer brigade.
Going through photos of my visit to the pearl of the Mediterranean—as Santorini is so deservedly known—awakened that odyssey of cherished memories that live in my heart … memories all scattered in between the doors-galore. Everywhere stood phenomenal, colorful doors: doors within doors, doors with seemingly no purpose at all, and my favorite by far, those charming and dreamy "doors to nowhere." I get goosebumps thinking about them. My obsession with these doors was in large part because they were like an unlimited gateway into my imagination, allowing me to see what my mind's eye envisioned to be on the other side.
My prayer is to find my door to nowhere on this walk, one where my eyes will be fixed on the Lord and my trust in His plan and purpose for my life regardless of what lies before me. On December 26, 2012, I was evicted from life as I knew it and had to close the door to my pre-cancer existence. You realize fairly quickly entering this brave new world that you're forever changed, always wondering where this narrow passageway will lead, one where you feel like one inch in any direction—the walls on either side will come crashing down around you. In fact, it's often hard to talk about those feelings, because it's easy to feel guilty while there are countless other women who have current goals—like seeing their children graduate from High School or even Kindergarten. These women with incurable metastatic disease are part of the 30% to enter Stage IV or advanced breast cancer, and though some will live in treatment for some time, the reality is when you are stage IV, you will die from or with breast cancer.
Occasionally in my circle of close friends and family, I'll get the question: "Why you, Nicole?" Without thought, my answer has always been "Why not me?" I am no different than the other 10 million cancer "survivors" in this country all going about our lives with a slight pause in our walks, wondering if the cancer is only hiding behind the next door. As a woman of Faith, however I try—instead of pausing to stop and thank God for being there, for holding my hand on the journey and seeing me through every step of the way. It's easier to rest in hope under the umbrella of prayer and thankfulness. As I once read: "Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayer and worn with thanks."
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* Clinton is emotional, fierce in congressional testimony
* September attack in Libya killed U.S. ambassador, 3 others
* Republican senator says he would have fired Clinton
(Updates with House hearing)
* Clinton is emotional, fierce in congressional testimony
* September attack in Libya killed U.S. ambassador, 3 others
* Republican senator says he would have fired Clinton
(Updates with House hearing)
By Tabassum Zakaria and Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton on Wednesday angrily defended her handling of the Sept.
11 attack on the U.S. mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi and
denied any effort to mislead the American people.
The attack by armed militants that killed U.S. Ambassador
Christopher Stevens and three other Americans threatens to stain
Clinton's legacy as secretary of state and could cast a longer
shadow should she decide to make White House run in 2016.
By turns emotional and fierce, Clinton choked up at a
congressional hearing as she spoke of comforting the victims'
families and grew angry when a Republican senator accused the
Obama administration of misleading the country over whether the
Benghazi incident stemmed from a protest.
"With all due respect, the fact is that we had four dead
Americans," Clinton shot back as she testified before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, an appearance delayed more than a
month because of her ill health.
"Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out
for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans?
What difference, at this point, does it make?" she said, making
chopping motions with her hands for emphasis.
Clinton cast the Benghazi incident as part of a long history
of such violence as well as the result of instability since the
Arab Spring of popular revolutions began in 2011, toppling
authoritarian rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
"Benghazi did not happen in a vacuum," Clinton said. "The
Arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered
security forces across the region."
The Benghazi assault occurred the same day that a mob,
angered by a California-made video depicting the Prophet
Mohammed as a fool, a philanderer and a fraud, attacked the U.S.
embassy in Cairo. It was followed by attacks on the U.S.
embassies in Tunisia, Yemen and Sudan.
Republicans harshly criticized Clinton, and President Barack
Obama's administration more generally, with Senator Bob Corker
saying the Benghazi attack and the U.S. response displayed
"woeful unpreparedness" for the events sweeping the region and
Senator Rand Paul saying Clinton should have been fired.
Clinton, echoing comments she first made on Oct. 15, said
that "I take responsibility" for the shortcomings in security at
the Benghazi mission. She stressed that she had accepted all the
recommendations of an independent review panel that investigated
the incident and that held lower-level officials responsible.
"Nobody is more committed to getting this right. I am
determined to leave the State Department and our country safer,
stronger and more secure," Clinton said.
Militants attacked and overwhelmed the U.S. diplomatic
facility in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 in a sustained assault.
The official U.S. inquiry released on Dec. 18 concluded that
"leadership and management failures" in two State Department
bureaus led to a security posture "inadequate for Benghazi and
grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place."
The unclassified version of the "Accountability Review
Board" report also faulted poor coordination and unclear lines
of authority in Washington.
Four lower-level officials were placed on administrative
leave following the release of the inquiry, which did not find
Clinton personally at fault.
A separate Senate committee report said the State Department
made a "grievous mistake" in keeping the Benghazi mission open
despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat
assessments in the weeks before the attack.
During a morning Senate hearing and a later session in the
U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats pointed
fingers at each other, with Republicans accusing Clinton's State
Department of mismanagement and Democrats saying Congress had
not approved sufficient funds for security.
Clinton is expected to step down in the coming days once her
designated successor, Senator John Kerry, is confirmed by the
U.S. Senate.
Originally due to testify on Dec. 20, Clinton had to
postpone after she suffered a concussion when she fainted due to
dehydration. Doctors later found she had a blood clot in her
head and hospitalized her for several days.
Several senators, noting the ferocity of Clinton's defense,
said she appeared to have fully recovered. While many senators
praised her four-year tenure as secretary of state, some
Republicans were scathing.
Clinton at one point said that she had not seen requests
from U.S. officials in Libya seeking additional security.
"Had I been president at the time and I found that you did
not read the cables ... I would have relieved you of your post.
I think it's inexcusable," Paul, a Kentucky Republican, told


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We will try to find you a home with local foster carers so that you can keep in touch with family and friends and continue with any activities and hobbies you enjoy. Wherever possible we will try to place you with your brothers and sisters, if you have any.
You will be living with Foster Carers – people who are specially chosen to provide a loving and welcoming home to children and young people who cannot live at home with their birth families for whatever reason. All sorts of people become Foster Carers; single people, couples, people with young children, others with no children and some whose children are grown up now and have their own families. Sometimes there may be other fostered children living in the house too.
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All looked after children have a Social Worker whose job is to make sure that their needs are met. Your Social Worker will be in regular contact with you to make sure that you are well cared for and happy.
A care plan is where all the things that are going to be done to help you are written down. Your Social Worker will write down how your education, health and religious needs will be met, how you can keep doing the hobbies and activities you enjoy and plan how you can keep in touch with family and friends. Your social worker will discuss your care plan with you and make sure that your wishes and views are included.
You can talk to your social worker about the best way to keep in touch with family and friends. Your views will be taken into account and your Social Worker will want to make sure that you are happy and safe.
Yes, you will be able to bring your things from home and you will need to talk to your social worker to sort this out.
While you are looked after you will get pocket money and your foster carer will talk to you about this. Your foster carer will be given money to pay for school trips and activities and to buy you the things that you need – like new clothes, shoes and toys.
We try hard to find you a foster carer who lives fairly close so that you don't have to change schools. You may need to catch a school bus or be taken by your carer if it is a drive away. Sometimes it is not possible for you to stay in the same school and your Social Worker will talk to you about this.
Your foster carer and social worker will encourage you to join in with activities if you want to. Your Foster Carer will be given money to pay for you to keep doing the activities you enjoy, or to try new things.
If you are worried or unhappy you can talk to your social worker, foster carer, teacher or advocate. They will listen to you and do their best to help. You can talk to them whenever you want to and every so often you will all meet up to discuss your care plan and how you feel.
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Chicago has long been viewed as a market ripe for consolidation, but the Second City might be starting to rot on the vine.
In a particularly anemic year so far for bank mergers and acquisitions, the third-largest city in the country has been noticeably absent from the short list.
"I think we are all surprised by it. This is one of the most fractured markets," says Terry Keating, a managing director at Amherst Partners in Chicago. "We have so many banks chasing the middle markets and the market just can't support it. You'd think more of these guys would join forces."
Illinois was one of the last states to allow branch banking so it has nearly 600 banks based in the state. The Chicago area is home to about 200 charters. Even after dozens of banks have failed there in recent few years, it remains one of the least consolidated markets in the country.
For many industry observers, one of the biggest factors behind the inactivity is poor performance among banks in the city, which is keeping potential buyers on the sidelines.
In the first quarter, Chicago-area banks with more than $1 billion in assets earned a total of $138 million, down 15% from a year earlier, according to data from Loan Workout Advisers LLC in Chicago. By comparison, banks with more than $1 billion in assets nationwide earned $27 billion, up 56%.
"Chicago has just dragged behind the rest of the country," said Justin Barr, managing principal of Loan Workout Advisers. "This is a big problem."
That health banks in the city with more than $1 billion in assets is particularly important to acquisition activity, because those financial institutions are often viewed as the most likely to buy.
"There aren't any real natural buyers in Chicago right now and that has made it completely dry," says Christopher Zinski, a partner at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago. "The banks that would usually be the buyers are either still struggling themselves, still prefer to pursue failed banks or are too skeptical of credit quality to do anything."
Still, there are some banking companies that are in a position to make moves, but have elected against doing so.
"You would think that a few of these banks would have some ambition to grow," Keating said.
Several analysts named the $8 billion-asset First Midwest Bancorp Inc. in Itasca, Ill., and the $14 billion-asset Wintrust Financial Corp. in Lake Forest, Ill., as the best positioned buyers in the city.
First Midwest declined to comment because of the proximity to the end of the second quarter, but Michael Scudder, its president and chief executive, told investors and analysts in its first quarter conference call in April that it hasn't been able to find a seller with good enough credit quality.
"I think the bigger impediment to … what we call normal M&A still remains getting to a comfort level on the credit markets that are out there," Scudder said.
Meanwhile, Wintrust, which is a multi-bank holding company, has focused on acquiring smaller institutions in deals brokered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or acquisitions that enhance its ancillary businesses, such as its mortgage company.
To be sure, consolidation nationwide has been a dud. There have only been 65 whole bank sales announced as of June 10, down 18% from a year earlier, based on data from SNL Financial.
Smaller Chicago banks have also been passed over for overcapitalized deals, such as the $460 million investment led by Stephen H. Gordon that went into the $272 million-asset Bay Cities National Bank in Redondo Beach, Calif., last fall. Since that investment, Bay Cities has renamed itself Opus Bank and has announced a few acquisitions across the West Coast.
"Investors are still unsure about Chicago and that is the most positive way I can put it," says Michael Iannaccone, the president of MDI Investments in Chicago. "They see it as a fragmented market that is marginal at best. If you follow the money, you see that the money is unsure about Chicago."
Beyond credit quality, Iannaccone said investors are skeptical about the long-term profitability of the market because of its fragmentation. The banking companies there have to compete so fiercely that it often results in thinner profit margins, he said. It is a point that he says he understands, but as an adviser that spends his days trying to help community banks find capital it is a point he tries to fight.
"I argue with them vehemently," Iannaccone said. "We might be a fragmented market, but we aren't broken."
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Question by sleepnix: Does anyone have good apple pie recipes or other good Thanksgiving recipes?
Can someone give me a good apple pie recipe using frozen pie crust, or another easy Thanksgiving dessert recipe? Websites with tried-and-true recipes are fine, if you include a link. Please help me. Low fat stuff is also good. Thanks!
Please note, FROZEN CRUST!
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3/4 cup cake flour
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
scant tsp salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon lard
4 Tablespoons Crisco shortening
large pinch Rumford Baking Powder
1 Tablespoon buttermilk powder OR:
1 Tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar ADDED TO:
5-7 Tablespoons ice water
one stick plus 1/3 stick butter, frozen in advance
10 Apples, peeled and sliced thinly
1/2 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
sprinkle of mace (optional)
sprinkle of vanilla
lemon juice
Flour, cornstarch, or arrowroot for thickening
Preheat oven to 400°F, then reduce to 375°F after pie is in the oven.
Combine dry ingredients. Mix together Crisco and lard in metal bowl. Sprinkle with flour mixture. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes. Remove butter from freezer and slice into 1/2 inch chunks. Add to bowl. Work butter and shortenings together into flour with fingers or a pastry blender, leaving large chunks, the size of walnuts. The purpose is to coat the butter particles with flour, but not to allow the butter or shortenings to melt. Do not overwork the mixture.
Add the lemon juice or vinegar to ice water and stir quickly into dry ingredients. Mix briefly, less than 45 seconds, leave large unincorporated pockets of butter and shortening. If mixture is beginning to melt, refrigerate briefly.
Gather mixture together into a flat disc, approximately 1 inch thick, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1/2 hour or up to 2 days. Freeze if you want to reserve longer than 2 days. The half hour rest is necessary so that the dough will become easier to roll out. The buttermilk powder and/or lemon juice also helps relax the dough and prevent gluten, which can make for a tough crust.
NOTE: For a flakier pie crust, reserve 1/3 stick of butter and slice lengthwise, 1/8 inch thick. Place strips of butter onto dough and then fold into thirds before refrigerating for half hour resting period.
For the filling, use a combination of different types of apples. The best combination consists of mostly Granny Smith apples and a few Cortland types. The Granny Smith apples retain their shape when cooked and provide tartness and flavor. Meanwhile, the Cortland apples cook down into applesauce.
Mix the nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon with the sugar. Sprinkle the sugar with a few drops of pure vanilla extract. Work the butter and 2 Tablespoons flour or other thickener into the sugar. Slice the apples into thin wedges and place apples into pre-rolled out and fitted pie crust, packing apples in tightly, since they will cook down significantly. Mound apples higher in center. Sprinkle over the apples the juice of 1/2 lemon, then sprinkle the sugar-spice mixture over the apples evenly.
Roll out and place top crust, fluting edges to seal tightly and creating several vent holes to allow steam to escape.
Brush top of crust with a mixture of one egg white and one tablespoon of water or with a little cream. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
Variation: One method of making a nice base for your apple pie is to peel a portion of the apples, placing the skins, cores, lemon peels, cinnamon sticks, and fresh grated ginger, into a saucepan with sugar and half cup of water or apple juice. Simmer over low heat for about an hour and strain, reserving the liquid. Thicken 1/2 cup of the strained liquid with 1-2 tsp cornstarch or arrowroot and cool. Add 1/4 tsp vanilla, the sliced and peeled apples, and pour into the pie shell. This is a nice variation when you don't have cortland apples to mix in with the granny smiths because it keeps the pie from being too dry. The liquid is enough for one 10-inch pie about 4 inches tall at center. Adjust according to your pie size.
Bake about 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
I've found that freshly grated ginger much improves the flavor over the ground type in this recipe.
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Consumers more accepting of mortgage robo-advisors
13 Jan 2017
The global poll which includes the US and Canada, by professional services firm Accenture, reveals that seven out of ten consumers welcome the idea of using automated advice services but there are still important roles for humans!
Robo-advice is most accepted for investments (78 per cent), choosing insurance products (74 per cent) or a bank account (71 per cent) but for mortgage advice, most respondents (61 per cent) said they would prefer to deal with a human advisor.
"While financial institutions may expect to benefit from internal cost reduction by providing customers with a 'robo' option, our research found that consumers also expect first-class human interaction," said Piercarlo Gera, senior managing director, Accenture Financial Service.
As well as for mortgages, most consumers would also prefer to deal with a person for complaints (68 per cent).
The survey also reveals that consumers are becoming more open to buying financial products from non-traditional outlets with almost a third saying they would consider getting financial advice from Google, Facebook or Amazon.
While the Canadian responses show that 56 per cent are willing to use a robo-advisor, Gera says the future appears to be a hybrid model.
"Successful financial services firms will therefore need a "phygital" strategy that seamlessly integrates technology, branch networks and staff to provide a service that combines physical and digital capabilities and gives consumers a choice," he concluded.
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Season 3 pounds chicken wings with salt and pepper. Bake at 425 degrees F until golden, about 40 minutes. Melt 4 tablespoons butter with a 2-ounce bottle of green hot sauce. Pour over the wings and bake 15 more minutes. Toss the wings with 1/2 cup each chopped cilantro and scallions. Top with sliced pickled jalapenos.
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BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition Review - After eight of ten races in the DTM 2014, Marco Wittmann (D) has the pilot Champion title in what is probably the more touring car series was tough competitive in the world - the last peak quickly rose through the ranks in the DTM since his debut in 2013. BMW returned to Germany's DTM Championships 2012 cars after an absence of two decades. Audi took the producers of this year's Championship, the driver Marco Wittmann BMW brought home Championship for drivers and the team that placed first in the RMG BMW Championship team. To celebrate the success, BMW will sell to champion the M4 DTM car Special Edition 23 unique in Europe.
Again only some seasons and series of DTM cars of Germany is a competition direct between Audi and Mercedes-Benz. But BMW joined the race in 2012, won the Championship of the drivers and constructors after his first year and celebrates with a champion of DTM M3 matte black Special Edition. Last season, winning the constructors 'Championship and but not the drivers' and this year it is the opposite. In short, it was an impressive comeback for the Bavarian car, and to celebrate the achievements of this year, it was followed by a new champion of DTM for M4's Edition for Europe you see here.
At the age of 24, is the youngest Wittmann DTM champion driving for BMW and the youngest ever winner of all Germany. "I always wanted to get into DTM. Now I'm the champion. It was pure emotion. All about feels fantastic and said the driver of the BMW team RMG after winning.
To celebrate this feat of style appropriate, BMW M GmbH prepared exclusive special edition of small models. BMW Championship Edition M4 DTM presented after the race today at the Hockenheim circuit for fans gathered at the BMW Motorsport entertainment for the final celebrationsThe model limited edition to the first issues of 23-Marco Wittmann. As a tribute to racing cars, BMW M4 frame champion of DTM Edition available only in alpine white. Other features of the Special Edition model, enhanced by individual workshop of BMW's Garching near Munich (DE) also references to win BMW M4 DTM.
BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition ReviewBMW Marco Wittmann DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, or masters of cars from Germany in the language of the United Kingdom) who has just won the Championship for drivers, with BMW also captures the Championship teams (although unfortunately are not able to sweep three titles, with Audi claimed the Championship of manufacturers). This season, BMW won the race 5 DTM, with 11 podiums, 4 pole positions and four fastest lap. Since the return of his DTM in 2012 they have won six of the nine titles, 15 of the 30 races and 13 30 pole positions. To celebrate its success, including winning the title, and as a tribute to Wittman, BMW has announced the edition of champion DTM BMW M4.
The inside of the door threshold plate M4 shows signature frame Wittman while carbon interior trima Strip also signed and has a "Champion DTM 2014" letters and the serial number of the car. Performance has not been updated, with 0-62 mph takes 4.1 seconds, just like the standard M4.
Besides the honor of having a version of the DTM racing car is street legal, BMW Motorsport also extended the contract of Marco Wittmann, and give him a chance to drive a single-seater, test for Scuderia Toro Rosso.


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What happens in Vegas is known throughout North America, apparently.
The Hangover is now the best selling comedy of all-time on DVD, moving over 8.6 million copies and on pace to crack the 9.5 within the six month estimate. The Blu-ray edition of the film has sold over 1.5 million copies. Pretty lofty results for a film that was released just a month ago on December 15th, 2009.
"We are thrilled that The Hangover is enjoying the same level of success as it had on the big screen, having become the #1 comedy of all time on DVD. Working with a filmmaker as talented as Todd Phillips to bring this film to DVD—both for the fans who want to see it again and again, and for those who may not yet have seen it—has been a privilege," said Ron Sanders, President of Warner Home Video.
The film, in case you're one of the four to six people left who have not seen it, stars Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms as three groomsmen who have lost their groom after a crazy night in Las Vegas, Nevada. They begin to piece together exactly what happened the night before, a night that began with Jäger Bombs and ended with a missing tooth, a misplaced baby, and a misplaced tiger in the morning.
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Parental knowledge in oral health status of their autistic child: A survey study at Bandung-Indonesia
Introduction: Raising diagnosed cases of autism demands special care for the children from their parents. There exist limited awareness among parents in Indonesia society, especially with regard to their oral health. Therefore this study aims to assess the oral health related knowledge, attitude and behavior of the parents; and oral health status of their autistic children in comparison with non-autistic children.
Materials and Methods: Total of 56 children (23 autistic and 23 normal) between 7 and 12 years were included in this study. Data on parents' knowledge, attitude, oral health practice and behavior of their children were gathered from the questionnaires. The oral health status of the children was recorded using decayed, extracted missing and filled tooth (deft) and decayed, missing, and filled tooth (DMFT) caries index. All the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS version 13 to correlate the index of the sample.
Results: Chi-square test for parental practice of timings of brushing and management of toothache versus DMFT index in autistic children were significant. In the control group deft index versus parental reasoning for not consulting the dentist for their child's toothache problem was significant. Mann–Whitney test showed "e" component of deft index for primary and all components of DMFT index for permanent teeth ass statically significant.
Conclusions: There is need of greater awareness to be spread among the population of Indonesia about the existing professional help for the special children and educate the parents to maintain their child's oral health for a better general health.
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The Bromyard Downs Common Association's committee agreed that fixed fencing of some type could be put up on areas of the downs, so commoners could graze their livestock safely.
Chairman of the association, James Hawkins, said: "Being a voluntary group, we first need to consult the committee and see if they are happy to go forward.
"We then go to the the commoners, residents, parish council and then Herefordshire Council."
If the idea was met with approval, an application would need to go the secretary of state and there would be a formal public consultation.


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Play!> framework design pattern #2 reviewed
In this post I write about a pattern to avoid code duplication for rendering the same objects (like combo boxes and so) in different views (a view to create an item or a view to edit existing ones). It has 2 things that couldn't be done with the example code :
- use the objects on the view of different objects (2 methods rendering different objects) thus needing different template (the existing example uses 2 views, creation and edition on the same template)
- change the view of an object on rules in the code, for example on ACL (Access Control List) a user will not have the same view or will not have access to the datas.
To enable the two behaviours, the use of the
render method, that needed to identify a template, is replace by the
renderArgs.put that is independant of the template.
So here is the example updated to enable rendering the objects on view of different datas of on different templates of the same datas
@SuppressWarnings("unused") @Before(only={"newIssue", "editIssue"}) private static void loadCombos() { renderArgs.put("trackers", Tracker.find("order by position asc").fetch()); renderArgs.put("users", User.find("login <> 'root' order by login").fetch()); renderArgs.put("states", State.find("order by position").fetch()); renderArgs.put("priorities", Enumeration.find("byType", Enumeration.ISSUE_PRIORITY_TYPE).fetch()); } @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Before(only={"myIssues"}) private static void checkAccess() { if (Security.connected() == null) try { Secure.login(); } catch (Throwable e) { Logger.error(e, "Error loading Login page"); } } public static void newIssue(String identifier) { Project project = Project.find("identifier", identifier).first(); Issue issue = new Issue(project); render("@issue", issue);er } public static void editIssue(Long id) { Issue issue = Issue.findById(id); if (! issue.project.isVisible()) { render("@deny", issue); } else { render("@issue", issue); } }
In the example, due to ACL, if the user have no rights to view an issue, an "Access denied" page is shown in place of the standard view to edit the issue.
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Ways we reach out to our extended family, our community.
Recognizing that education is a determining factor to a child's future success, Amigos For Kids, in cooperation with the City of Miami Parks and Recreation Department, Mater Academy East, and other cultural/arts related sponsors, in 2004, began administering an after-school program at José Martí Park in East Little Havana. This public/private partnership is designed to help inner city children, providing scholastic assistance, as well as allowing children to attend numerous sports, arts and enrichment activities. Enrollment began with 60 children and currently 100 children are enrolled.
Funded by The Children's Trust, this series of workshops offers two structured criteria for adults and children:
The goals of parenting education are to strengthen families by providing relevant, effective education and support and to encourage an optimal environment for the healthy growth and development of parents and children.
Amigos offers two options described below that allow flexibility in meeting the specific parenting needs of the families. The lessons are a versatile means of educating families in the community on the philosophy and skills of Nurturing Parenting, a proven evidenced based parenting program.
"Nurturing Families" consists of sessions geared towards improving the bond between parent and child by enhancing feelings of self-worth and through empathy awareness teachings. Internationally recognized curriculums and used throughout the nation created by Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. It's a proven program for parents, their children, co-workers and domestic partners designed to empower participants and help them become more nurturing individuals.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Amigos coordinates activities during that month through South Florida. Since April 2004, Amigos has spearheaded efforts in cooperation with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, the mayors of the City of Miami, Coral Gables and Miami-Dade County and other local community leaders and organizations to provide an informative series of events. Its purpose is to create awareness about child abuse through education and community involvement and promote positive parenting as it relates to the issues of child abuse. Printed materials are available for both parents and children in three different languages: English, Spanish and Creole.
Amigos provides book bags and school supplies to more than 1,500 children who would otherwise lack school supplies on their first day of school.
This unique and rewarding event, which began in 1991, makes the holidays brighter for thousands of needy children every year. Our effort is designed to fulfill each child's specific wishes from his/her very own wish list. Children submit wish lists, and gifts are purchased to fulfill at least two of their specific requests. This is one of the most respected holiday giving drives in South Florida.
This is Amigos' signature annual fundraising event. Domino Night is an unforgettable evening with over 2,000 guests who attend to play dominos with celebrities, dance to live music, enjoy bite-size culinary delights by local restaurants and chefs and bid on silent auction items. All proceeds from this event funds the programs and services Amigos For Kids provides throughout the year.


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by Gabe Gerzon on December 13, 2012
There's a lot of discussion about how long web videos should be as our attention spans shrink. If your goal is to grab someone's attention and ignite their interest, there's no denying shorter is better. But if someone is already interested in your product or service, longer videos can work well as they allow prospects to delve much deeper into the finer details.
This video production collaboration between Skyscope and Full Flip Creative, shot over the summer for Road Scholar, is a good example of the power of long tail video. For those who don't know, Road Scholar is a not-for-profit organization that affords senior citizens the opportunity to attend low-cost educational travel programs all over the world.
The Cradle of Liberty – Exploring Historical Boston with Road Scholar from C. Ryan McVinney on Vimeo.
The video could easily be re-cut as a shorter 1-3 minute showcase piece, but for Road Scholar's uses the 16 minute running time is great since it allows for in-depth learning to take place. We document the experience of the trip-goers and highlight the variety of interesting events, like the lively walking tour of the North End, the jaw-dropping lecture on the untold history of the Cuban Missile Crisis at the JFK library, and an insanely stormy Red Sox game. Viewers learn a lot about the city of Boston as well as what it's like to go on a Road Scholar trip, one of the main goals of the video.
So next time you're planning your web video production and wondering how long it should be, consider what stage of the customer lifecycle your target audience is in. The further down the pipeline a prospect is, the more acceptable and even beneficial long tail video can be.
A good web video strategy is to start people off with a short video that conveys the big idea quickly, but also provide detailed (and often longer) video content they can dig into once you have piqued their interest.
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Paula Broadwell is protesting a double-standard in the response to news of her affair with former General David Petraeus, sexism she believes was made apparent by the language used to cover the scandal and his hastier professional recovery.
"I'm the first to admit I screwed up," Broadwell told the New York Times in a profile published on Saturday. "Really badly, I know that. But how long does a person pay for their mistake?"
Broadwell had an Army Reserve promotion to lieutenant colonel after it was revealed in late 2012 that she and then-CIA director David Petraeus had engaged in an extramarital affair. Petraeus resigned and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for giving classified information to Broadwell, who wrote a biography of the celebrated Iraq War general. By the summer of 2013, however, he had rebounded to take a job as a visiting professor at the City University of New York. Petraeus as also joined a New York-based investment firm.
But Broadwell's recovery has been slower, the profile explains. The Army Reserve revoked her promotion from major to lieutenant colonel, she lost her security clearance, and her attempt to earn a doctorate was scrapped after the FBI seized the computers containing her dissertation research because they contained classified government information. And Republican lawmakers who once viewed her as a rising political star immediately cut off contact.Read more on WashingtonExaminer.com


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These geometric skull masks will rock your Halloween… or just spook you!
Love your cat… but also trick them to see how cute they are.
The little known history behind the Nobel Prize for the history buffs out there.
Hosting meals with people on different diets — I write about this over at Eat Your Values this week!
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This testimonial is my ultimate dream. A motivated young man saved his parents life and helped his sister by helping them transition into a Paleo lifestyle (in France!).
10 reasons a vegan diet isn't the best idea for your health (which got controversial with 100 comments).
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For Career (And Life)
"Set limits with complainers" and other ways to handle toxic people in your life.
A super controversial, thoughtful read from Penelope Trunk on what type of career woman should freeze her eggs.
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As a toddler, Olivia spent her days riding the family black lab, Chloe, around the house and making leaf piles for the two of them to jump in together. In middle school and high school, Olivia's family dog was a rescued cocker spaniel named Tucker. After Tucker, Olivia and her family decided their two cats, Mazie and Gracie, would fill the four-legged friend quota in their household.
Olivia went through the rest of high school and college a passive dog admirer. However, it didn't take Olivia more than a few minutes into her first shift at the Urban Hound to understand that she could no longer suppress her inner dog lover. Their slobbery kisses and frantic tail-wags were kryptonite to Olivia, who knew that she had to one day have her own.
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How to get to St. AgnesFly into Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall), 12.5 mi (20.1 km) from the heart of St. Agnes.
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"For some reason I expected this to be a cheap glass as a fun present for my friend. But it turned out to be a very, very quality wine glass with beautiful engraving!! I was pleasantly surprised."
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Definition of chess in US English:
A board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a checkered board. Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces that are moved and used to capture opposing pieces according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible (checkmate).
- 'Both were child prodigies in chess, quickly rising to their respective nations' top slots.'
- 'The newspaper is particularly useful for those players who want to make progress in chess.'
- 'I'm having a coffee and tackling a game of chess with my younger brother, Ronan.'
- 'The origins of chess have been much discussed but remain obscure, since it developed over time.'
- 'It is not very clear what impact the match and its result will have on chess.'
- 'You are good at strategy and probably enjoy games requiring mental skill, such as bridge and chess.'
- 'It will include wooden panelling and furniture, balance beam and games such as draughts and chess.'
- 'All I got from my father was the ability to play chess and think several moves ahead at all times.'
- 'This would be more fun if I had the faintest idea how to play chess with any strategy.'
- 'He loves to play chess, often bringing his board with him on the bus, or staying up all night playing Eduardo.'
- 'This gives it a unique character, more akin to a board game such as chess than to a normal card game.'
- 'Imagine that you are sitting on a park bench playing chess with someone you don't know.'
- 'The first rule of chess is that the board is to be positioned so that a white square is in the right-hand corner.'
- 'His other interests outside mathematics included tennis, golf, chess and bridge.'
- 'In chess, however, it is almost always a great advantage to be next to move.'
- 'His childhood pastimes were playing chess, reading music, and playing the guitar.'
- 'Between rounds, he breathes evenly, as though he has spent the past three minutes playing chess.'
- 'I'd seen him play people as if there were mere pawns in a cosmic game of chess.'
- 'I love to try to bring chess to larger audiences, and show that it's a fun game.'
- 'I always considered the ultimate embarrassment in chess to be when you lose your queen to a pawn.'
Middle English: from Old French esches, plural of eschec 'a check' (see check).
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Mac Help
R install notes for Macintosh Users
The following notes are for installing R, Emacs, and RStudio on MacOS 10.12 (Sierra). We recommend ensuring that your MacOS (Macintosh Operating System) is up to date and that you have no software updates pending before following the steps below (you can open the App Store app on your computer and go to Updates; all the MacOS updates are listed there).
R Install Notes for Macintosh Users
With R versions 3.4.0 and newer, the versions of XQuartz, clang, and gfortran required are not provided by Apple. We also suggest installing the latest version of Xcode (available in the App Store). Without clang or gfortran, packages such as Rstan will not compile properly and will be unusable. This page provides a guide for installing R 3.4.1 and its dependencies. It is TOTALLY FINE if you haven't heard about any of these packages - they usually run behind the scenes. Please and just be patient to follow through the steps listed here, and you will have a more pleasant R learning experience (we promise).
Step 1. Start by downloading and installing "Xcode" from the Apple App Store. This will be a large download (4.54 GB when these instructions were written), therefore this step will take a while and please use Ethernet conection if possible.
Step 2. Go to https://www.xquartz.org/ and download the latest "XQuartz-x.x.xx.dmg" file. Open the .dmg file and double click on the .pkg file to start the installation process. Follow all steps in the installation help window.
Step 3. Navigate to https://cran.r-project.org/. Click on "Download R for (Mac) OS X". Download the R-3.4.1.pkg file, but DO NOT open it yet. We want to install all of the dependencies prior to installing R.
Step 4. Download and Install gfortran:
- Click on the "tools" link in the note for R-3.4.1.
- Click on the "GNU Fortran Binaries" link at the top of the page in the "Important note" paragraph.
- Click on the "MacOS" link towards the top of the page under the "Binaries available for gfortran" section.
- For your OS (macOS Sierra) click on the appropriate "download gfortran x.x" link. Open the downloaded .dmg file and double click on the .pkg file to start the download process. If you open the README.html file you will see instructions telling you to install Xcode first. We already did that in Step 1 so you can proceed to the gfortran installation.
Step 5. Download and Install clang.
- There are two options here. It is possible to use the clang provided by Xcode, however the R core team states: "You can also try to use clang from Xcode, but it will be missing required features so your mileage may vary and it is not recommended." You can skip to Step 6 if you want to use clang from Xcode. If you want to ensure that you have all required features to prevent possible issues in the future, you can follow the steps below.
- We suggest installing Homebrew in order to easily install clang. Navigate to https://brew.sh/.
- At the home page for Homebrew you will see the instructions for quick installation. Open the Terminal app on your Mac and enter the line of code provided on the Homebrew page under the "Install Homebrew" heading.
- If you are unsure of how to open Terminal, try a Spotlight search (Command + Spacebar, then type "Terminal" and hit enter).
- If the Homebrew installation failed (warning messages showed in the terminal), it may be caused by MacOS out-of-date (please make sure to install all the OS updates listed in App Stores).
- Homebrew will go over the installation steps and ask you for your user password to complete the installation.
- Install clang by entering "brew install llvm" in the Terminal and hit enter. This will install llvm, which contains clang.
Step 6. Find the "R-3.4.1.pkg" file which was downloaded in Step 4, double click on it to start the installation process. Follow all steps in the installation help window. Now you have everything you need to run R on your system.
Downloading a User Interface
Once R is installed, we suggest downloading a user interface in which you write your code and run it. Below we provide instructions for Emacs and Rstudio. Rstudio is typically preferred by users new to R, whereas Emacs seems to be more popular among individuals with programming experience.
Emacs install notes for Macintosh users
Applies to: Mac OSX 10.11
We recommend the Emacs install from Vincent Goulet http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/home (Note, there may be a newer version).
Locate and double click the downloaded file: Emacs-24.5-1-modified-7.dmg. When the window opens, drag and drop the Emacs icon into the Applications folder.
Browse to your Applications folder and open Emacs.
If a dialog box presents itself asking if you are sure you want to open Emacs, click "Open".
If you get an error that says: "Emacs" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the trash", navigate to the Security and Privacy settings under System Preferences and click: "Allow apps downloaded from: anywhere" (You may have to click the "lock" icon on the bottom left hand corner to type in your password). Then try reopening the Emacs.
RStudio install notes for Macintosh users
Head to https://www.rstudio.com/products/RStudio where you can install a free (open source) version of the desktop software. Download the software.
Double click the download file (.dmg) and drag the RStudio app into the applications folder (as is shown in the Emacs install steps above).


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As a Certified International Property Specialist, Brell is uniquely positioned to work with buyers and sellers on a global scale. Her move to Chris Holm & Associates, under the "RE/MAX International" umbrella is the latest step in building an exciting global business.
Her primary areas of business are centred in the North Okanagan and La Manzanilla in the Costalegre region of Jalisco, Mexico. Like a sunflower, she follows the sun, living half year in each based on weather and buying cycles. Adding the RE/MAX network to her existing global database allows her to connect with ease to those who are looking to buy or sell real estate around the world.
In her 12th year of hands on real estate, she blends past customer service, systems management and a quest for continuous improvement and wields a vast palette to create extraordinarily valuable results for her clients.
She loves to create… Art, Good Food, Photography and Laughter. Bringing the creative process to her real estate business allows her to constantly explore and define desired outcomes for her clients and her business partners.
Brenda Ellis, most frequently known as "Brell" is a partner, a mom, a grammie, a friend and a REALTOR®
The soul is dyed the colour of its thoughts.
Day to day what we think and do is who we become.
Adapted from Heraclitus
My vision is to become a leading International marketer and provider of valued real estate products and services at home and abroad.
A licensed REALTOR since 2005, I've spent many years cultivating my professional personna. Having merged world class tourism / hospitality experiences at Silver Star Mountain and Predator Ridge Golf Resort with Quality and Environmental Systems Management in the Log home manufacturing industry has led me to a place where I can say with confidence:
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
We do not act right because we have virtue or excellence, but rather,
we have those because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
It is my goal to constantly strive for improvement, growth and balance in all aspects of my life.