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The Artist:Malcolm Green was born in Leigh-on-Sea, England, where he spent the first 18 years of his life.He exhibited his first paintings and collages while at Reading University. He continued painting while studying for a Master´s Degree in at Nottingham, where in 1973 he began training as a classical dancer. The dance took him to Austria and Germany, where he worked as a soloist in several experimental dance companies for ten years and toured widely throughout Europe.During the last years of his dance career, Malcolm co-founded Atlas Press in London, a publishing venture dedicated to the avant-garde of the last 100 or so years (link: www.atlaspress.co.uk), and which has since produced at least as many titles. This work proved absorbing and for over a decade Malcolm Green found little time for painting, yet he came increasingly in contact with artists of the avant-garde, most notably Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch and Dieter Roth. During a lull in the activities of Atlas Press in the mid-nineties, while staying in Kathmandu, he resumed his artistic work, adopting a technique he has seen used on the protective metal sheets at the back of the cycle rickshaws in Nepal: a pattern is hammered into the metal from the reverse side using a hammer and nail, and the raised design coloured in. Malcolm developed this technique using aluminium and high gloss oil-based paint, and encouraged by, among others Dieter Roth, has created over 100 works and shown them in various exhibitions. The contact with Dieter has led Malcolm more recently to become a member of the Dieter Roth Academy (link: www.dieter-roth-academy.de)The page with the drum icon consists primarily of the Smaller Works in this technique, in the small LP-sized format (31 x 31 cm). The choice of this format was curiously made in a land in which the LP has completely vanished - Nepal - and it was only after returning to Europe with a pile of foot square sheets of metal and painting the first three of four works that the artist even noticed that the paintings were LP sized. Further works can be found on the page Largesse via the homunculus icon, which is dedicated to larger works or small series (diptychs and triptychs). This section contains the majority of new works included in this update in October 2005, although most pages offer suprises to old friends of this site. As will be apparent by now, the works are variously in English and German. The frustrated monoglot will find translations in the list of works below (which at present requires updating). This is especially true of two pages: Red Skelton´s Red Skeleton and Variations, to be reached via the green skeleton icon, and Die Wursttage via the red sausage icon. The Red Skelton paintings, completed in 1998 but with a number of subsequent variations, centre on the figure of the renowned American comedian, Red Skelton, or more correctly on his skeleton. The Wursttage centre on an old obsession (cf. various sausage pix scattered about this site) and a play on German words: starting with Weisswurst am blauen Montag (= White sausage - a Bavarian speciality - on Blue Monday), they permutate through a speculative range of sausage colours and various days of the week. White Sunday, for instance, is Low Sunday in English; Gründonnerstag (= Green Thursday) is Maundy Thursday; Rosenmontag (= Rose Monday) is the great day of German carnivalising, or in English the day before Pancake Day. The variations on the next page (marked MORE) take the redness of the Skelton/skeleton iconography and vary it in numerous ways.
Should anyone wish to get back to a beginning of sorts, they can click the Temple of More icon (far left), or the Home Page icon (near left) for home. The latter also takes them to the work of the last two years, very large format (up to 3.6 x 2.5 m) prints done on vinyl in editions of three.
Additional icons include an old photo of The Artist to get you to this page, and the communicating gargolye who will help you to Contact the artist and his e-mail address, make any enquiries, and ask about individual pictures. This page also includes links, and information on other parts of Malcolms production (CDs, books, etc). The Red Sphinx speaks for itself. Finally: the works shown on these pages have been digitally photographed or scanned in from conventional photos. The extremely glossy nature of the paint, combined with large sections of shiny aluminium, are not unproblematic, and at points the artist has been moved to digitally compensate for the one or other limitation in the photographs. This has not been done with the wicked intention of pulling the wool over the visitor´s eyes, but rather to recreate a faithful impression of the original. Similarly, some of the images have been captured in bright conditions creating lots of reflections, whilst others are somewhat flatter. This is intentional: all of the paintings change strongly with varying light conditions and respond to the colours and objects surrounding them, meaning that any one photo merely records one of many possibilities. As a photographer, the artist has revealed himself to be an impressionist!
The Paintings: (row by row, left to right)
Death has as many eyes as a potato (Der Tod hat soviele Augen wie eine Kartoffel)Sausage bell (Wurstglocke) (40 x 40 cm)Broccoli man cork stopper (Brokkoli-Mensch Korkenpfropfen)Drum tattoo (Zapfenstreich) (40 x 40 cm)Wie kam das Böse in Bösendorfer (Who put the Evil in Bösendorfer)Snow (Schnee)Analphabet soup (Buchstäblich Suppe)Psychic feet (Psychische Füße)Hamlet Golem Helmet homunculus (Helm-Homunkulus)Black Saturn (Schwarzer Saturn)Le toasteur d´IngresMoore´s No. 1 Cactus Soil (Moores Nr. 1 Kaktuserde)The eternal roseburger (Der ewige Rosenburger) Leapin´ sheep (Schafbocksprünge) Sloth (Faultierheit) Schwefelfuss (Sulphur foot)The vampire´s skeleton (Des Vampirs Skelett)The invisible Hamlet (Der unsichtbare Hamlet) (31 x 43 cm)Siamese worms - Schinkel´s Magic Flute (Siamesische Würme - Schinkels Zauberflöte) (31 cx 40 cm)Rostwurst (Rusty banger) (46 x 62 cm)Vole (Spitzmaus)Notwurst (SOS-age) (31 x 40 cm)Hot-line (all 31 x 31 unless otherwise stated)
Siamese sausages return to the breast - Sordid sausages return to the beast - Siamese sausages between heaven and hell (Siamesische Würste kehren zur Brust zurück - Verkommene Würste kehren zur Bestie zurück - Siamesische Würste zwischen Himmel und Hölle) (31 x 31 cm)Dextrorotatory golden steam irons I and II (Rechtsdrehende güldene Dampfbügeleisen I, II) (31 x 31 cm)Burberry Death Series (Burberry Tod Serie) (45 x 45 cm)Cow Gum - Kaugummi - Gummikuh (Cow Klebstoff - Chewing gum - Rubber cow)Homunculus écorché (63 x 85 cm)Notorische Löcherindieluftgucker - Läppische Löcherinderluftangucker (Notorious starers-into-thin-air - Dozy Starers-at-thinned-air) 35 x 46 cm)
Red Skelton´s Red Skeleton (Red Skeltons rotes Skelett) Red Skelton´s Blue Skeleton (Red Skeltons blaues Skelett) Red Skelton´s Purple Skeleton (Red Skeltons lila Skelett) Red Skelton´s Green Skeleton (Red Skeltons grünes Skelett) Red Skelton´s Yellow Skeleton (Red Skeltons gelbes Skelett) Red Skelton´s White Skeleton (Red Skeltons weißes Skelett)(all 74 x 95 cm)
Red Metre (Red Meter) (29,5 x 152 cm)Stretch Red (29,5 x 152 cm)Red Shift 1 (Redverschiebung 1) (29,5 x 152 cm)Red Shift 1 (Redverschiebung 1) (29,5 x 152 cm)Four Red Squares (Vier Red Squarecke) (45 x 45 cm)Red Metal (Rote Metal) (43 x 63 cm)Red Rust (Rotrost) (43 x 63 cm)
Weisswurst am blauen Montag (White sausage on a Blue Monday)Blauwurst am Rosenmontag (Blue sausage on Rose [Carnival] Monday)Rotwurst am Gründonnerstag (Red sausage on Green [Maundy] Thursday)Rotwurst am schwarzen Freitag (Red sausage on Black Friday)Rosenwurst am weißen Sonntag (Rosy sausage on Low Sunday)Weisswurst am blauen Montag II (White sausage on a Blue Monday I)Gelbwurst am Rosenmontag (Yellow sausage on Rose Monday)(all 71 x 99 cm)
Many of the paintings are for sale. Prices go from 800 euro upwards


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One member in a client research interview said "I just want someone to take all the scary stuff away".
This is the reality which drives most people to your community.
They're new to the topic and overwhelmed, scared, and frustrated.
They're not going to ask questions because they don't know how to formulate the question.
They're not going to respond to questions because they don't feel they have the expertise.
They're not going to spend hours browsing content because there's just too much there.
Too many communities do a terrible job of emphasizing with this mindset and making things less scary.
A few things here.
1) Provide a list of resources members should read when they join (keep it relatively short). Even better, have a 101 guide created by your veteran members.
2) Highlight the top member's people should follow – or have mentors who newcomers can ask any questions.
3) Make it clear it's ok to ask a "stupid" question, but it's stupid not to ask the question – even provide a place for them to do it.
4) Cover some unwritten rules of the sector members can see (yes, write the unwritten rules).
5) Create a thread where members can share the biggest mistakes they made and what they learned from them (trust me, this thread is addictive).
Don't just make the community less scary, make the entire topic less scary.


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Thursday, December 10th, 2020
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
This is part of our continuing series, Bread for the Journey.
"It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine: Celebrating the advent of God" with the Rev. Dr. Joel Daniels, rector at St. George's Episcopal Church in Ardmore.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine: Celebrating the advent of God
Where can we find nourishment, peace, and fortitude? "Thy kingdom come" is our Advent prayer, but what does the coming Kingdom have to do with us, at a time of pandemic illness, political chaos, and social division? Scripture gives us one answer in that strange, uncomfortable book known as the Revelation of St. John the Divine. The word apocalypse means "uncovering," and in John's Apocalypse we see heaven and earth uncovered, revealed for what they truly are, and what we can look forward to when "the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ" (Rev. 11:15). Far from being a cause for panic and fear, Revelation gives us an insight into how the advent of God is the answer to our most profound desires. The season of Advent – with its simultaneous remembrance of Christ's first coming as a child in Bethlehem and its longing for Christ's second coming in glorious majesty – can help sustain, calm, and empower us in a turbulent and difficult world. This 1.5-hour session is open to the entire diocese as an opportunity to reflect on this great reason for the hope that is in us.
"Bread for the Journey" is a new monthly series offered to all in our diocese to provide a time to connect in community, tune our souls to the promise and presence of God right here and now, and take in the spiritual food that can give us strength for our pilgrimage in this time. This series is being offered as a gift by our bishop, so is free and open to all who are seeking bread for the journey. Pre-registration is required to receive a Zoom link.
About the Rev. Joel Daniels
The Rev. Joel C. Daniels, PhD, has been rector of St. George's since the first Sunday of Advent, 2018. He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, who lived in New York City for two decades before making his home in Ardmore. After studying English at Columbia University as an undergraduate, he attended the General Theological Seminary, and was ordained to the priesthood in 2007. Following ordination, he served as Associate Rector of the Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, focusing particularly on ministry with children and youth, and then began doctoral studies at Boston University in 2009. He received his PhD in theology in 2015; his dissertation was published in 2016 as Theology, Tragedy, and Suffering in Nature: Toward a Realist Doctrine of Creation.
From 2015 to 2018, Fr. Daniels was Associate for Evangelism at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. In that role he focused initially on the process of integrating new people into the parish. Eventually he took up leadership of the parish's adult education program, Theology at Saint Thomas. He taught classes on topics as varied as early Church history and the relationship between science and religion, but focused especially on in-depth study of Scripture. He also served on the Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese of New York during that period, with a special interest in dialogue with the Eastern churches.
In addition to his parochial responsibilities, Fr. Daniels has maintained an active ministry of teaching and writing. He served as adjunct faculty at Fordham University and General Theological Seminary. At Fordham, he taught undergraduate students in the Faith and Critical Reason class, exploring the place of religious faith in the modern world. At General Theological Seminary, he led a graduate seminar on modern Anglican theology, encompassing writers from the nineteenth century to the present day. His other publications include the co-edited volume The Emerging Christian Minority, essays in various collections, and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a post-doctoral fellow of the Center for Mind and Culture, assistant editor of the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior, and a member of the Society of Scholar-Priests.


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Robinho Net Worth
How rich is Robinho? For this question we spent 25 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.
The main source of income: Athletes
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $45 Million.
Robinho information Birth date: January 25, 1984 Birth place: S?o Vicente, S?o Paulo, Brazil Height:5 ft 8 in (1.75 m) Weight:132 lbs (60 kg) Profession:Football player Nationality:Brazil Spouse:Vivian Guglielmetti (m. 2009)
Height, Weight
:How tall is Robinho – 1,78m.
How much weight is Robinho – 69kg
Robson de Souza, more commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Santos FC on loan from A.C. Milan. He is known for his ball control, attacking instinct and dribbling. In 1999, at only 15 years of age, Robinho was personally …
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Cereal giant General Mills Inc. has decided to purchase Tyson Foods for USD 1.2 billion in cash. The move is aimed at making its pet food portfolio more diversified. The company is focusing on this division because more and more people are adopting cats and dogs. With the deal, there will be the addition of Nudges, Top Chews, and True Chews brands to the portfolio of the company. General Mills already has Blue Buffalo pet foods label. The company purchased it for USD 8 billion in 2018. The company has been looking to build a strong portfolio in the fast-growing pet foods segment ever since. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills says that it aims to make foods that are loved by people. Some of the famous brands of General Mills are Cheerios, Progresso, Annie's, Häagen-Dazs, Yoplait, Nature Valley, and more.
The three-year-old bet paid off well for the company after the coronavirus pandemic struck last year. As the pandemic-induced lockdown forced more and more people to stay indoors, many adopted pets to help relieve stress. These people are opting for premium quality foods for their pets. According to data, animal shelters in the United States have seen a jump in the adoption rate of around 40 per cent in 2020 over the previous year. General Mills' pet food segment president Bethany Quam said that pet food is among the high growth category because of the humanization of pets. "We have witnessed an increase in this trend during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several pet foods company have witnessed a rise in the sale of their products. While General Mill's pet food has registered a growth of 13 per cent for nine months ending February 28, Tyson Foods' pet treats portfolio had sales of USD 24 million in the 12 months ended April 3. General Mills believes that the acquisition of Tyson Foods will modestly add to its net income within one year of the deal. The deal is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. As part of the deal, General Mill will also acquire a manufacturing facility in Independence, Iowa. The deal will be funded in cash and short-term borrowing. Commenting on the development, Tyson Foods said that even after being acquired by General Mills, it will continue to provide meat ingredients for the pet treats business.


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Positively Giddy
I somehow missed this in my daily deluge of news yesterday morning, but someone pointed out the possibility that two of my favorite things, politics and Super Bowl ads, may be coming together in one of the coolest Mash-ups of all time.
As states line up to hold presidential primaries on the first Tuesday in February, the Feb. 3 Super Bowl could look super inviting and super expensive to presidential campaigns eager to deliver a knockout punch.
"That is a very ripe and timely target," said Mark McKinnon, chief media strategist for President Bush in 2000 and 2004 and now an adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. "It would reach a huge audience at a very critical time. I think campaigns will look very closely at that."
The downside, of course, is that the Presidential message machines will never risk being fun and creative with an ad like that. The ad would undoubtedly look more like Bear or Morning in America than When I Grow Up or the Budweiser Frogs. I'd love to see a candidate with the cojones to do a riff on the Budweiser ad. Imagine the three toads sitting and belching out "Mitt-Rom-Ney! Mitt-Rom-Ney!"
I know… I know… Never. Gonna. Happen.
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Munich — Wacker Chemie A.G. expects the COVID-19 pandemic to have a negative impact of more than $106 million on its annual earnings in 2020.
"From today's perspective, 2020 is going to be another very challenging year," CEO Rudolf Staudigl said in a March 17 presentation of the German group's annual report.
The uncertainties arising from the coronavirus, he went on to add, "currently top all other risks."
For the full year, Wacker revised downward its earlier forecast of a "mid-single-digit percentage" decline in EBITDA (earnings) in 2020.
"Due to the drastic developments since the end of February, Wacker rates the risk of a coronavirus pandemic as likely… EBITDA, in consequence, could decline by a two-digit percentage versus last year," the German chemicals group said.
Wacker's sales for first two months of the year were lower compared to last year, partly due to restrictions in China on shipping products to customers.
The restrictions, it said, are dampening every division's sales in China.
Wacker also confirmed a loss of $705 million reported in its preliminary figures for 2019.
Group sales came in at $5.52 billion in 2019 slightly down from $5.87 billion registered the year before. For 2020, the German chemicals company expects to lift sales by "a low-single-digit percentage."
Earnings fell 15.8 percent to $877 million in 2019, primarily due to low average prices for solar-grade polysilicon, lower standard-silicone prices and the rise in Germany's electricity prices.


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Deutsche Bank set a €17.00 ($20.24) price target on ING Group (AMS:INGA) in a research report report published on Thursday. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock.
A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on INGA. JPMorgan Chase set a €17.40 ($20.71) target price on ING Group and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada set a €16.50 ($19.64) price target on ING Group and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Wednesday. Credit Suisse Group set a €13.50 ($16.07) price target on ING Group and gave the company a sell rating in a report on Wednesday. Goldman Sachs set a €17.75 ($21.13) price target on ING Group and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, UBS set a €18.30 ($21.79) price target on ING Group and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Friday, January 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. The stock currently has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of €16.60 ($19.76).
Best Gold Stocks To Own Right Now: ArQule Inc.(ARQL)
Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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ArQule (NASDAQ:ARQL)'s stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at Needham & Company LLC in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a $6.00 price target on the biotechnology company's stock, up from their prior price target of $5.00. Needham & Company LLC's price target suggests a potential upside of 134.38% from the company's previous close.
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ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) Director Ronald M. Lindsay acquired 23,900 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 10th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $2.67 per share, for a total transaction of $63,813.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 43,900 shares of the company's stock, valued at $117,213. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.
Best Gold Stocks To Own Right Now: ENGlobal Corporation(ENG)
Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Max Byerly]
ENGlobal (NASDAQ:ENG) will be announcing its earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, May 9th.
ENGlobal (NASDAQ:ENG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 15th. The construction company reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter. ENGlobal had a negative net margin of 29.16% and a negative return on equity of 17.18%. The firm had revenue of $14.43 million during the quarter.
Best Gold Stocks To Own Right Now: Provident Financial Services, Inc(PFS)
Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
Here are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis's rankings:
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Head-To-Head Review: Provident Financial (PROV) versus Provident Financial Services (PFS) (americanbankingnews.com) Head-To-Head Contrast: Territorial Bancorp (TBNK) & Provident Financial Services (PFS) (americanbankingnews.com) Q3 2018 EPS Estimates for Provident Financial Services, Inc. Decreased by Piper Jaffray (PFS) (americanbankingnews.com) Provident Financial Services, Inc. (PFS) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages (americanbankingnews.com)
A number of research analysts have issued reports on PFS shares. Sandler O'Neill raised shares of Provident Financial Services from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $29.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 26th. ValuEngine raised shares of Provident Financial Services from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 7th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Provident Financial Services from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 21st. Boenning Scattergood reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Provident Financial Services in a research report on Monday, January 29th. Finally, Piper Jaffray reissued a "hold" rating and set a $28.00 price objective on shares of Provident Financial Services in a research report on Tuesday, January 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Provident Financial Services currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $28.42.
Best Gold Stocks To Own Right Now: Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACBFF)
Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Sean Williams]
Not too far behind Canopy Growth is Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQOTH:ACBFF), which has grown every which way over the past year, and is on track to deliver more than 430,000 kilograms in fully funded capacity.
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Even Canadian marijuana stocks that don't have significant U.S. ties received a boost. The share prices of the two largest Canadian marijuana growers by market cap, Canopy Growth (NASDAQOTH:TWMJF) and Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQOTH:ACBFF), rose 7% and 8%, respectively.
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It just so happens that one of Canada's top two players in the cannabis industry, Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQOTH:ACBFF), reported its third-quarter operating results on May 8 and updated investors on what to expect going forward. Given its importance to the domestic Canadian pot industry — the company expects to generate 430,000 kilograms of cannabis a year at full capacity — it pays to keep tabs on Aurora's growth and how its projects are progressing. That said, here are the 10 things you should know about Aurora Cannabis' Q3 report.
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What are the risks? First off, the Cannabis market in Canada is already competitive, and it's the fifth largest company behind the likes of Canopy (OTCPK:TWMJF), Aurora (OTCQX:ACBFF), Aphria (OTCQB:APHQF), Medreleaf (OTCPK:MEDFF), and Cronos (OTC:CRON). What's more, there are approximately 228 million fully diluted shares, selling at $3.16/share ($4.04/share $CAD), and the company generated $CAD4.09mm in 2017 revenues. That's quite a premium, and Hydropothecary Corp. trades expensively at a 225x sales multiple. Caveat emptor.
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As we discussed the topic extensively in "The Complete Cannabis Guide #1: Production Cost", Cronos reported its production cost similar to Aphria which includes overhead allocation and amortization. Other companies such as Canopy (OTCPK:TWMJF) and Aurora (OTCQX:ACBFF) report cash production cost which excludes non-cash costs such as amortization. Production cost was $2.18 per gram during the quarter, a very high number among the large peers. For reference Canopy reported production costs of $1.03 and Aphria reported $1.45 for its most recent quarter. The higher production cost was due to Cronos operating mostly indoor facilities compared to greenhouses. The greenhouse at Peace Naturals is very small with just 1,500 kg entering production during the second quarter, which should help bring down the production cost. Overall, Cronos is not and does not expect to become a low-cost producer, which is a concern especially given that the company has had to sell to the wholesale market for lower prices.


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After Tuesday's West Virginia primary, red-state Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is now trailing Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey by two points in his re-election race, according to a new poll conducted by WPA intelligence.
Why it matters: That's within the margin of error, but the poll is a sign that the GOP has improved its chances of defeating Manchin since Don Blankenship lost the primary this week. Manchin is in an especially vulnerable position given that President Trump won West Virginia by 42 points 2016.
Meanwhile, several Republican leaders and outside groups are looking to West Virginia as a sign of what to expect in places where red-state Democrats face similar struggles.
By the numbers:
- 46% of West Virginia voters surveyed said they would vote for Morrisey in the November general election, while 44% said they would vote for Manchin. 11% were undecided.
- 51% said it was "time for a new person to be in the U.S. Senate," 37% said Manchin "deserves reelection," and 13% refused to answer.
- Among undecided voters, 59% have an unfavorable view of Manchin, while 30% have a favorable view.
Methodology: WPA conducted the study in West Virginia on May 10 among 400 likely voters. The margin of error is 4.9 percent.
Go deeper: Takeaways from the Tuesday night primaries


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For this Trekkie, there's not much better of a way to get into the Christmas Spirit than with Captain Picard and other members of the crew singing Let it Snow! This is quite creative and clever.
Also the video game he mentions he's working on at the end of the video looks pretty cool. I'd definitely love to check it out. Very clever.


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A dozen organisations cooperate in combustion-related UK research
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I don't think that any of us would argue with the view that the world of combustion has faced unprecedented challenges in the last few years – and none more so than 2019!
We are no longer talking in terms of an 'energy transition' over a number of decades towards a lower carbon world… we are now facing the reality of what many are describing as an environmental emergency, one necessitating a very rapid move to global 'net-zero' emissions. By "very rapid", we are talking in terms of the next 30 years – and hopefully somewhat less – and the "global net-zero" CO2 emissions ambition means that while many nations and regions will continue to exploit fossil fuels in their power generation, industrial process, heating and transport sectors (albeit in increasingly cleaner ways), other nations and regions will need to develop and exploit 'negative-emission' technologies to compensate. Should we fail in this endeavour the consequences are becoming increasingly clear and frightening – irreversible and catastrophic climate change with all of its attendant impacts, large-scale species extinction, desertification, mass migration of peoples, increasingly scarce resources, etc.
Such prospects are propelling the 'combustion industries' to undertake urgent research and development into a wide range of technology options – many of which we have been examining over recent months in our Monday Night Mail e-newsletter – including the large-scale deployment of combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating schemes, advanced energy-from-waste (EfW) technologies, bioenergy (including biomass and biofuel options), zero-carbon fuels and/or vectors such as hydrogen and ammonia, industrial process fuel switching ('refuelling'), carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies suitable for challenging industrial applications, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies/products, bioenergy-CCS ('BECCS'), process, heat and transport electrification, heat pumps, direct reduction of biomass/waste, synergies with renewables and energy storage systems (electrical and heat energy), 'smart' energy systems integration, etc. This urgent priority to develop and deploy very-low-carbon or negative-emission technologies and to re-fuel and/or repurpose combustion technologies, will require all facets of the combustion industries to collaborate and innovate to an extent that it has never had to in the past, and will require a new generation of highly-trained combustion scientists, researchers, engineers, industrialists and entrepreneurs to rise to the challenge.
It is within this highly challenging context that, almost a year ago, eight UK organisations involved in combustion-related R&D agreed to meet together and explore how we could 'pull-together' and find ways of catalysing such a transition by coordinating our activities, collaborating with and reinforcing each other's initiatives, and encouraging the next generation of combustion researchers. This open-agenda meeting – initiated by IFRF and chaired by the President of IFRF's British Flame Research Committee (BFRC) – identified a number of positive mechanisms and activities, the first of which are already bearing fruit (see below)!
The eight organisations that met last October have now been joined by four others, and, together, these 12 bodies[1] organised and staged a successful workshop on combustion research and an inaugural 'Clean Energy Science Lecture' in London last week.
The afternoon workshop – featuring presentations by six enthusiastic young researchers on their PhD projects supported by BF2RA and CCS-CFE CDT, an update from IFRF General Secretary Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian on the University of Sheffield's Translational Energy Research Centre (UK national facilities for clean energy innovation) and a discussion on the opportunity to establish an 'advocacy group' for the promotion of clean energy issues (led by myself from IFRF and Stuart Mitchell of Doosan Babcock/BF2RA). Around 80 registered participants enjoyed hearing about a wide range of combustion research topics – performance of advanced steel welds in power plant, corrosive emissions from biomass/waste combustors, degradation and segregation of wood pellets in power generation, the impact of impurities on salt formations used as underground gas storage caverns, agglomeration during fluidised bed combustion of biomass, and the production and characterisation of bio-binders.
After a networking and refreshment break, during which the audience was swelled by additional participants, an evening lecture – 'Evolution or Revolution: A personal journey of the UK power industry towards a sustainable future' – was presented by Dr Nina Skorupska, CBE, FEI, Chief Executive of Renewable Energy Association. Nina's entertaining lecture charted her own varied career path from coal science researcher to renewable champion against the backdrop of major changes in the UK power sector, reinforcing the key messages of the day concerning the challenging but exciting transitions to a net-zero emissions energy sector. The evening ended with Nina being awarded the inaugural Clean Energy Science Medal by Dr Will Quick (Uniper), President of FERF, followed by a buffet dinner coupled with plenty of networking.
[1] The 12 organisations involved in this initiative are: Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum (APGTF); Biomass & Fossil Fuel Research Alliance (BF2RA); British Flame Research Committee (BFRC); Combustion Institute – British Section; EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Carbon Capture & Storage and Clean Fossil Energy (CCS-CFE CDT); EPSRC CDT in Resilient Decarbonised Fuel Energy Systems (RDFES CDT); Fuel & Energy Research Forum (FERF); Institute of Physics (IoP) – Combustion Physics Group; Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) – Clean Energy Special Interest Group; International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF); Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – Energy Sector; UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC).


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DMA's have just announced that their upcoming UK tour in May will have to be postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the band have also announced that they will soon release a full video of their recent show at Brixton Academy. They have also released a live video (filmed at Brixton) for latest single Life Is A Game Of Changing directed by Jon Stone.
Like many other artists, the Aussie rockers have decided to postpone the release of their new album The Glow. Originally slated for release on April 24th, the album is now set for release on July 10th.
The band offered the following via their socials:
Due to ongoing threat of COVID-19 and in line with government policy it's necessary to postpone our May UK tour dates until later in the year. Please keep hold of your tickets and we'll be back with the new dates shortly (Ally Pally is still going ahead and tickets are on sale).
As we can't be with you in person, we are planning to live stream the entire set from our show at Brixton Academy last month. More details to follow…here's a preview clip of 'Life Is A Game Of Changing' (Live At Brixton Academy) to keep you going.
Thanks for your support. Stay Safe, Stay Indoors.
Having recently sold out London's Brixton Academy, DMA's will return to the UK in May this autumn for a run of headline shows, including their biggest UK headline show to date at the Alexandre Palace in London on October 23rd. Tickets here.
DMA's 2020 UK Tour Dates
Friday 1st May – Bonus Arena, HullSaturday 2nd May – Live At Leeds FestivalSunday 3rd May – Hit The North Festival, NewcastleTuesday 5th May – O2 Guildhall, SouthamptonWednesday 6th May – UEA, Norwich- Thursday 9th July – Sounds Of The City, Castlefield Bowl, Manchester (SOLD OUT)
- Saturday 18th July – Hampden Park, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
- Friday 23rd October – Alexandra Palace, London
The Glow is available for pre-order digitally and physically as of now. Limited edition vinyl and merch are available via the band's official website.


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There are a pair of games involving National League teams in the playoffs today. That's four teams, 27% of the NL clubs, and none of those four is the Cincinnati Reds.
It's all good, though. We're used to it.
Braves/Brewers is already underway, with Dodgers/Giants slated for the nightcap on what figures to be quite the eventful day for the senior circuit.
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I wrote recently how much I love wearing a suit. I love a casual look as well but there is something wonderful about putting a suit on, whether it gives you confidence for an interview or a business meeting or gets you excited for a big wedding day or special occasion. Working in a pretty casual environment I don't get to wear one as much as I'd like and so I jumped at the chance to try a Topman suit for a wedding I attended recently. I've said before that a good suit doesn't have to cost the earth and Topman have a great range. They have just launched their "This Is Tailoring" feature and it really puts a marker down for them within the tailoring and suiting world.
I'm a particularly big fan of Topman suits because I find that their cut and sizes really suits me. I'm pretty small (5'7) and very slim, so their slim fit or skinny fit suits are perfect for me. There is nothing worse than an ill fitting, baggy suit. If you're unsure of your sizing, they're size guide is really handy…
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May 14, 2008
ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech track & field teams will host the Georgia Tech Invitational, its third and final track meet of the season, Friday-Saturday at the George C. Griffin Track. The Yellow Jackets expect over 1,200 athletes to compete at this season's two-day meet.
The meet gets underway Friday at noon with the men's hammer throw. Running events will begin at 6 p.m. with the men's 110-meter hurdles. Saturday's events commence with the women's high jump at 11 a.m.
"As it is each year, the Georgia Tech Invitational will be one of the premier outdoor meets of the collegiate season," men's head coach Grover Hinsdale. "We have averaged from 60-70 colleges being represented each year over the last several years. This year's edition will be no exception. Our teams are looking forward to the great competition this meet will offer. We are healthy and ready to produce some outstanding performances."
The Georgia Tech Invitational marks the last chance most collegiate athletes will have to earn a qualifying mark for the NCAA Regional's. The Yellow Jacket men's team already has seven athletes qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships in seven different events, while the women have 11 athletes qualified in 10 events.
Live stats for the Georgia Tech Invitational will be provided by Delta Timing and will be available on the official Georgia Tech website.
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Munich, July 29, 2014
The Opel Vivaro and Renault Trafic are a Franco-German pair of twins. In 2001, the first children came from the cooperation between Renault-Nissan and Opel to the world, now comes the next generation of the two predators. The design was mostly developed by Opel and adapted for the Renault. The engines are used by the French manufacturer and also the most cockpit details come from the neighboring country and are different from other Renault models known.
Two lengths, two heights
The van Vivaro Trafic and are (1.40 and 1.90 meters) offered in two spans (5.0 and 5.4 meters ) and two load compartment heights. All have become by nearly 22 inches longer. That can easily be enlarged cargo area of the windowless vans noticeable. Even in the smallest version now fit three Euro pallets side by side. For long objects such as boards or pipes, there is a clever through-loading facility to under the passenger seat. Depending on the vehicle length are 3.75 or 4.15 meters possible. The load volume is also increasing: it ranges depending on the model now of 5.2 up to 8.6 cubic meters. In addition to the transporters versions with double cab and pure platform chassis also be offered again. And there is a Combi version with windows and three rows of seating for up to nine people.
Two diesel, four performance levels
For Vivaro Trafic and two turbo diesels are selectable in four performance levels. There are a 1.6-liter Turbo with 90 or 115 hp and a 1.6 - liter twin-turbo with 120 or 140 hp. The Biturbos have plenty of power to the boiler and supply 320 and 340 Newton meters of torque. Nevertheless, the aggregates should not be very thirsty: for the small van with 120 hp both manufacturers call 5.9 liter as an average.
Keyless system and large Navi surcharge
In the factory, all Vivaros and Trafic already received Brake Assist, Hill Start Assist and ESP with traction control. The anti-skid program also includes the "Roll Over Mitigation ," which aims to reduce the risk of a rollover. An interesting series gimmick is a large, convex shaped mirror in the passenger sun visor. It can be set so that the blind spot on the right side of the vehicle becomes clearer. For an additional charge there are features from the passenger car range, including cruise control with speed limiter, a keyless system, parking beepers and a reversing camera. Also on order is a navigation system with seven-inch touch screen, online connection and Bluetooth interface.
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Super Bowl XXX was the first of two big game games where big-game newcomer Oscar Mayer sponsored the halftime show and used its expensive ad time to recap a months-long talent search. Auditioning kids could either sing the "Oscar Mayer Wiener Jingle," the one that goes "Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener," or the company's "Bologna Song," the one that spells your bologna's first and last name. The kids' amateur performances here make a cute contrast with the power of that year's halftime performer, Diana Ross.
The agency on the campaigns, longtime Oscar Mayer shop J. Walter Thompson, also originated the songs -- the first one in a different kind of contest. Oscar Mayer didn't hire a new creative shop until 2006, when it tapped WPP sibling Ogilvy & Mather to take over.
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile also turned up in Super Bowl XXX's Mail Boxes Etc. ad "Top Dog."
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Mental As Anything – Live it Up
Top Of The Pops in the U.K 1987, "Live it Up" is their biggest Australian hit to date.
'Fundamental' or 'Fundamental As Anything' is the fifth studio album released by Australian rock/pop group Mental As Anything. The album, produced by Richard Gottehrer was released on Regular Records in March 1985, which peaked at #3 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums charts. First single from the album, "You're So Strong" (March 1985), which peaked at #11 in Australia also charted in the top 30 of the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
It was followed by their biggest Australian hit "Live it Up" (May 1985) which climbed to #2. The album spawned two additional singles, "Date with Destiny" in September and "Big Wheel" in November. "Live it Up" reached the top 50 in European charts including peaking at #3 in UK, #4 in Norway, and #6 in Germany, after it featured in the 1986 Australian film "Crocodile" Dundee.
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Hubert Minnis, the Prime Minister, fired his poster boy for youth Travis Robinson. One year after putting Mr. Robinson forward as the future of the FNM and as an example of how unlike the PLP the FNM listened to young people, Mr. Minnis dumped mud all over the poster boy. Mr. Robinson put a brave face on it and headed into his constituency where he was given a hero's welcome.
That's all well and good but it is very much like when you cut a chicken's head off, it still runs around until the energy left in the body dissipates.
When Mr. Robinson woke up the next morning, there were some real practical issues to deal with. One is that he had no car, no phone and no 45,000 dollar salary to depend on. From unemployed to employed at a fabulous salary for a young man, to unemployed again all in a year. He has a seat in a party that has a large majority and does not need his vote to continue. He got no sympathy from the fellow FNMs who all said Mr. Minnis was justified in what he did.
Senator Carl Bethel speaking in the Senate on 20 June led the way in the technical justification. He said that the rules of the Westminster System which he told all FNM MPs when he met with them in caucus just before the convening of the first House that if the whip was on and they refused to be governed by it, then all Ministers and Parliamentary Sectaries would go.
Mr. Robinson could not plead ignorance on another level because the Prime Minister had made it clear when he wrapped up the debate on Monday 18 June that those who voted against the budget or those who were absent without his permission would be at peril. Mr. Robinson who had staked out his position the week earlier really had no choice. The Prime Minister said he had none either.
The Prime Minister and Senator Bethel are not being entirely truthful. The fact is if they wanted to save Mr. Robinson, they could have dispatched him on some false mission to nowhere. They did that for Adrian Gibson, for James Sweeting, for Pakeisha Parker and for Donald Saunders. But they didn't see fit to do so Mr. Robinson.
Mr. Robinson for some reason thought that his new found friend Minister of Tourism Dionysio D'Aguilar would speak up for him and protect him. Not so. Mr. D'Aguilar looks after only himself. The first law of nature is self preservation. He now has a new Parliamentary Secretary in James Mackey, the North Eleuthera MP. Life goes on. Mr. Minnis says that he hopes there can be a reconciliation.
Meanwhile, Mr. Robinson is pondering what to do. The last time something like this happened, Franklyn Wilson who was then the poster boy for youth under Sir Lynden Pindling lost his nomination in 1977 because he refused to follow a request of the Prime Minister to withdraw a Select Committee Report from the House.
Well Mr. Robinson can see what happened to Sir Franklyn Wilson. There was some temporary pain but today he is one of the most powerful, influential and richest Bahamians. So worry not brother. All will be well. In the meanwhile, if you need a home the PLP is available and open to it.
Give them a call.
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Imagine all the things that can go wrong on the ocean. Double it and add vomit. Now picture a judge ordering you to pay Royal Caribbean's legal fees for all of them. You are still not ready for the horror of HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ON A CRUISE VACATION: SAFETY TIPS THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
Let's begin with what you're already thinking. Cruise ships are gross. They are all the bacteria of 15,000 catering pans of Subway's new Kickin' Chipotle Chicken ™ sealed on a boat with a sewage treatment plant and a generation of people who never understood the need for condoms. You know what old people do with a tissue after they're done sneezing or having unprotected sex? Trick question– that tissue still has some good bits left. Slide it up your sleeve for later.
My point is, imprisoning yourself in a sewage squirting, pollution-belching germ preserve is disgusting and the most notable danger of cruise ship travel. This book was written 9 years before the coronavirus and the author still didn't get out of the intro without reminding the reader how cruises are just plague ships featuring Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Home Improvement on Ice: An Interactive Experience.
Before she starts a single chapter on swindlers, pickpockets, or high-sea murderers… before the pages even have numbers, Yvonne wants you to understand these boats are gastrointestinal death traps. She also reminds you staff will be less interested in protecting you than they are the cruise line. Again, she has not started the book yet, and everything on the ship from the crew to the salad bar already wants you dead.
The book is called HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ON A CRUISE VACATION: SAFETY TIPS THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE, but after this initial diarrhea scare it is 71 pages of advice about travel agents, packing, insurance, and import/export regulations. For 18,000 words, the only thing this book protects you from is the deceptive wording of your refund policy. But when things finally pick up, they pick up fast. The "Fire Safety" section explains how quickly a fire on a cruise ship will kill you from crowd panic and smoke inhalation before you worry about the inescapable flames, and she supports her warnings with a recurring feature she calls "Real Case." It's where she describes actual cruise ship deaths found during her research. Yvonne collects gruesome cruiseliner facts the way other women her age collect owls. She writes with the dark fascinations of a person wearing another woman's dentures who often stops typing to ask a mirror, "IS THIS HOW THE WORLD TASTED WHEN YOU BURNED ALIVE ON THE STAR PRINCESS, GLADYS?"
Of course, not all of the safety advice is about terrible things happening to the innocent. Yvonne also has some warnings for people trying to hide their heroin from police dogs.
There are so many things either indifferent to your suffering or directly causing your suffering on a cruise vacation. Because of this, Yvonne rarely spends more than a page or two on each one. Her advice somehow always ends up being both obvious and inadequate like "Don't fall overboard" or "Watch out for passengers who want to push you overboard." These quick reminders of man's fragility and capacity for evil are followed up with another Real Case and then she's on to the next thing.
Real Case: "I made peace with God."
Yvonne's noble attempt to include every tragedy that might ever befall someone on the high seas makes most of her sections weirdly short. Well, except for the one on sex crimes. She has 14 pages worth of things to say about the subject, second only to the 15 page section on Legionnaires disease, Giardiasis, and Norovirus. Which means, statistically, cruise travel is represented by this unappealing pie chart:
You might be wondering why so much of this book is taken up with sexual assault. What makes sex crime survival on a cruise different from whatever rape prevention you've been doing for the first 70 years of your life? Holy shit, so much. Once you get four feet outside the borders of "countries," you are governed by raw capitalism. Our laws mean nothing to ocean rapists, and cruise lines have a financial incentive to make sure no one calls them that. Plus, thanks to byzantine maritime paperwork, every cruise ship employee legally counts as a Panamanian horse corpse. Try prosecuting one of those for alleged crimes it committed in the Bermuda Triangle 31.7👽🧜-90 years past the statute of limitations.
Every page of this chapter is a nightmare. Here's one where a ship crew member assaulted a teenage girl and escaped criminal charges because of the deranged terms of her ticket contract. Oh, also, about 10 passengers vanish without a trace every year. Yvonne doesn't come right out and guess what happened to them, but she includes this mystery in a chapter called "SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND RAPES," not "CHANGING YOUR NAME AND STARTING AN ADVENTUROUS NEW LIFE."
I learned hundreds of things from this book, all of which can be summed up in the six words "never get on a fucking boat." If I had twenty words to work with, I'd say, "If you simply must kill each fortnight to silence the Devil's insistent whispers, get a job on a cruise ship!" And if you gave me zero words, I would expertly pantomime puking overboard while I poop my pants and get murdered, then act out a judge explaining to my family how he can't do anything about it and, in fact, the terms of my passenger contract means my remains are now wholly owned by Carnival Cruise Lines' signature fajitas. And every single person watching would guess, "Oh! Oh… Oh! T-the plot of HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ON A CRUISE VACATION: SAFETY TIPS THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE!"


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What if you could move through the obstacles that are limiting your success and the life you truly desire?
Is "domestication" draining your Life Force? You may not know what it is or how it keeps you from breaking free to be your true self and live the life you came to embrace. Without the Primal fire that burns within each man, we are destined to be ruled by our "old story", the one that keep us restricted and safe.
The Hero's Journey is the path inward to face our fears and demons. For those who venture, it is a life of self-discovery and freedom form the past, the old story.
Your Life is Your Hero's Journey; why not take a map along!
For an introduction to the culturally-universal archetypal, mythological and psychological calls to self-discovery, as observed and documented by Joseph Campbell, see this excerpt of the documentary Finding Joe.
In this workshop, we'll explore the following themes
The Power of Shadow • Archetypal Energy • Sacred Masculine
When: Monday, April 1st, 2019 | 7 – 9:30 PM
Where: Ripley-Grier Studios | 520 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018 | 16th Floor, Room 16L
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Scott Fried is a health educator, international public speaker, and has touched many through his lectures on diverse topics, publications, and humanitarian work. He is an author and an adjunct professor at Colby College. He has devoted the past twenty years of his life lecturing in nearly every state in this country, as well as Israel, England, Canada, Holland and Honduras, reaching more than a million people. |
Dr. Len Izzo, Chiropractor, has been in practice facilitating, coaching mentoring thousands of individuals through the journey of healing and transformation since 1980. He has provided a leadership role through MKP since 92′ and continues to fiercely support men through their personal Hero's Journey and the stages of male initiation. His healing center's mantra of "If any are bound, none are Free" speaks to the passion he continues to bring to this field of personal growth and spiritual awakening. |
Paul Newell is a consultant and well-being guide who works with individuals, small businesses and communities. His career has been about helping others achieve their best. He has conducted workshops, taught classes, and has hosted events to promote wise lifestyle habits and changes to overcome preventable diseases and personal blocks. Paul founded NeWellness and Balanced Wellness as a way to educate himself and others on the best tools to take care of their body, mind and soul to heal themselves. |
Vince Falone, CST, Certified Co Leader in Mankind Project, L.I.F.E. (live in full expression) facilitator for personal growth and empowerment, certified Craniosacral Therapist, co-founder of Center for Relaxation and Healing in Chatham NJ. Personal Mission: I create a vibrant abundant world by inspiring teaching challenging blessing and listening. |


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Anti Money Laundering (AML) An Overview for Staff Prepared by MSM Compliance Services Pty Ltd
Who Are MSM Compliance? MSM is a national professional services business focused on the general insurance industry. Your company has engaged MSM to assist in the management of its obligations as a holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence. MSM helps to ensure that you and your company comply with your AFS Licence obligations with the least disruption to your core business.
Why Are You Reading This? To provide you with an introduction to our approach to Anti Money Laundering. It will present you with a synopsis, but not the detail. You should still take the time to read the full Anti Money Laundering Section within the Compliance Policy & Procedures.
What Is Money Laundering? Money laundering is defined as: "The process used by criminals to disguise the origin and ownership of the proceeds of their criminal activities in order to avoid prosecution, conviction and confiscation".
Our Approach The Board and senior management commitment to an effective AML program. Money Laundering Risk Assessment Processes to identify and report on suspicious activities. Implement a "Know Your Client" approach. Training all staff on AML. Retain documents for minimum 5 years to enable tracking of any historical issues.
Anti Money Laundering (AML)AML Legislation Enacted around the world The two most relevant for our business are Australia & UK. Australia - Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act 2006. UK - Anti-Money Laundering / Financial Crime, and Sanctions regulations.
AML Process A Risk Based Approach – What risk does our business face of becoming involved in Money Laundering? Low Risk based on factors below –Clients in known terrorist countries – No. –No AML legislation in the country - No. –Industry prone to money laundering – No –Dealing via unknown intermediaries – No –Money Laundering prevalent in Aust - No
Our AML Process Based On –A "Low Risk" assessment to Money Laundering. –Our business is not required to meet any specific systems by Aust. AML Law. –Commonsense and Best Practice. –We do not check clients on Money Laundering databases that hold names of "at risk" entities.
Know Your Client – AML Triggers False identity, e.g., Temporary/false addresses Early cancellations Reluctance to prove evidence of identity. Lack of reason to take out a policy Use of third parties to place cover Payment to clients that appear to have no connection with the customer Large cash payments
Know Your Client - AML Triggers Corporate clients where we encounter difficulties and delays in obtaining financial information Cover for goods in transit to or situated in countries where terrorism, the production of drugs, drug trafficking or organised crime may be prevalent Substantial premiums paid by customers with limited means.
Dealing Via Intermediaries Intermediaries make assessment of risk of end client very difficult. Therefore we must rely on the bona fides of the intermediary. We should only deal with intermediaries who: –Are AFS Licenses or, –We have met and assessed as operting legitimate and legal businesses.
Suspicious Transactions – AML Triggers Difficulty in obtaining information on the policyholder or other parties involved; Covers set up and then cancelled for no reason; Transactions involving intermediaries, in different jurisdictions for no discernible purpose; Premium Funding, return premiums, overpayments or claim payments where a third party benefits; Transactions where insurance does not appear to be the primary object or make no economic sense; Over-inflated values (e.g. on jewellery/fine art).
Reporting and Training Processes All suspicions on Money Laundering are to be reported to our Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer will record such items in our Compliance Breach Register. The Compliance Officer will discuss what action to take with the Responsible Managers. All new and existing staff staff should complete this AML Training Overview.
Review & Updates Our Anti Money Laundering approach will be reviewed on an annual basis as part of our Business Planning process or after any positive identification of our unknowing, actual or potential involvement in a Money Laundering activity. Any changes will be advised by management either via Email or at our regular Staff meetings.
In Summary You should Read the full AML Section in the Compliance Policy & Procedures. Identify the Compliance Officer (CO) and Responsible Manager (RM) on our Organisation Chart. Be aware of the risks of Money Laundering. Inform the Compliance Officer if you suspect we have or are likely to become involved in a money laundering transaction.
Where To From Here? Be alert to the risk of Money Laundering within the business and if you require further clarification discuss with our Compliance Officer.
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To use this feature, the Enable team must first configure a mechanism to have an 'individual'. The system considers an 'individual' to be either a dimension item or an attribute value of a dimension. For example, if you are a buying group looking to create member-specific targets, your members within the member dimension would serve as the individuals in this case. If your business has region specific targets, you will use a mechanism with Region individuals, where Region is an attribute of Branches/Locations.
The first selection that must be made to utilise the individual targets is the mechanism that we will use. Any mechanism that uses target bands (this includes all value, volume, ratio and growth mechanisms) can be used to create individual targets. This mechanism has to be configured by your Customer Success team, who will ensure that the description of the mechanism makes it clear that individual targets can be used.
The target bands display within a program line is very similar, with the addition of a Target Transactions Type box as well as a change in the name of the target field based on the Target Transactions Type selected.
The possible options for the target transactions type are:
If you require individual or attribute based targets for your program lines, please contact your Customer Success Manager. Please note that program lines using individual targets are not currently compatible with the Forecasting app.


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Volkswagen Takes Top Spot in Total Value Awards, Ford Beats Honda For First Time
The 2010 Total Value Awards from Strategic Vision, a research-based consulting firm, rank vehicles and automakers that represent total value to owners.
The top three automakers from 2010 are (in order) Volkswagen of America, Ford Motor Corp. and American Honda Motor Co. This is the first time Ford has ranked ahead of Honda in the study's 14-year history. Strategic Vision said in a statement the 2011 Hyundai Sonata's total value score is the highest in the history of the study across all segments, including luxury vehicles.
The Ford Fusion won in the mid-size car category.
"When the data came back on the 2011 Hyundai Sonata, it was so impressive it prompted us to re-examine it several times to be certain," said Strategic Vision President Alexander Edwards. "The findings were solid with particular superiority among owners ranking value for money, technical innovation, standard equipment, fuel economy and a great warranty all wrapped in vehicle with eye catching styling."
Hyundai's two other segment leaders were the Genesis and Tucson. Volkswagen of America (which includes Audi) had eight winners, including the VW Golf, CC, New Beetle Convertible, Routan, Audi A8, TT Coupe, A5 Cabriolet and Q7.
"Ford Motor Corporation's ranking ahead of American Honda Motor is quite an accomplishment, especially considering that just eight years ago they ranked last among all corporations," said Strategic Vision's Vice President Christopher Chaney. "Ford Fusion ranked first among the popular mid-size cars, and Ford also had class leaders with Lincoln MKT, Flex, F-150 and F-250/350. It's certainly not that other manufacturers have completely fallen, it's that the bar is being raised with the buyer ultimately winning."
Small Car: Honda Civic Hybrid/Honda Civic Coupe
Small Multi-Function: Volkswagen Golf
Mid-Size Car: Ford Fusion
Mid-Size Multi-Function: Subaru Outback
Large Car: Volkswagen CC
Near-Luxury Car: Hyundai Genesis
Luxury Multi-Function: Lincoln MKT
Luxury Car: Audi A8
Specialty Coupe: MINI Cooper Hatchback
Premium Coupe: Audi TT Coupe
Mid Specialty: Honda Accord Coupe
Convertible: Saturn Sky/Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible
Premium Convertible/Roadster: Audi A5 Cabriolet
Minivan: Volkswagen Routan/Honda Odyssey
Entry Utility: Hyundai Tucson
Mid-Size Crossover Utility: Ford Flex
Mid-Size Traditional Utility: Toyota 4Runner
Large Utility: GMC Yukon
Near-Luxury Utility: Mercedes-Benz GLK
Luxury Utility: Audi Q7
Standard Pickup: Honda Ridgeline
Full-Size Pickup: Dodge Ram 1500/Ford F-150
Heavy Duty Pickup: Ford F-250/350
Strategic Vision, Inc. says it is a company of clinical psychologists and business professionals who study how and why consumers make buying decisions and the factors that drive owner satisfaction and loyalty. The company's clients include automotive manufacturers, American Airlines and Procter & Gamble.
Strategic Vision based its 2010 awards on the opinions of 111,212 car buyers who bought during September 2009 to June 2010. The company looked at the buyers' opinions on vehicle value, including expected reliability, expected fuel economy, price paid, expected resale value and innovation. Those buyer opinions and statements were then incorporated with variables that make up the vehicle ownership experience. Strategic Vision says it then came up with the total value, or the worth of the attribute weighed against the costs.


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What the Tesla fatal crash tells us about the future of autonomous driving
Joshua Brown was a proud Tesla owner and keen technologist. He died in, but perhaps not quite behind the wheel of a Tesla.
You only need to look at the size of the touchscreen in any Tesla product to know the company is all about pushing technological frontiers. Aside from electric-only power, Tesla are also leading the way in autonomous driving technology, and their suite of tech is called Autopilot – despite the name, Tesla are careful to say the technology is only a driving aid, not a replacement for the driver. There's several components to Autopilot:
Here's what Tesla says:
Autosteer keeps the car in the current lane and engages Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to maintain the car's speed. Using a variety of measures including steering angle, steering rate and speed to determine the appropriate operation AutoSteer assists the driver on the road, making the driving experience easier.
This is otherwise known as adaptive cruise control, and lane keep assist, albeit versions that are designed more for autonomous driving. Most lane keep assist features merely warn the driver and do very little to keep the car in its lane. Autosteer is in beta, which means not quite ready for widespread use but good enough to be tested and used by members of the public who are interested.
Auto lane change
This is not common on other cars. All owners have to do is indicate and the Tesla will move itself to the required lane when it thinks it is safe to do so.
Automatic Emergency Steering & Side Collision Warning
Another technology not often seen elsewhere. This system alerts the driver to potential collisions, and can even take avoiding action.
Autopilot in practice
So that's Autopilot, technology designed to eliminate the human driver when freeway cruising. Tesla owners have posted many Autopilot videos, and here's one:
You get the idea. Here's how good the collision avoidance is:
Joshua Brown's death
Joshua Brown died in a Tesla when using Autopilot. Brown was a very keen Telsa owner, ex US Navy SEAL and owner of a technology consulting firm. He posted numerous videos to YouTube showing how his Tesla worked; the title image for this post is taken from one, and the video above is also one of his.
On May 7th 2016 he was travelling on a freeway in Florida when a truck turned left in front of him (the USA drives on the right) and his car went under the truck's trailer but hit the windshield. Apparently Brown was watching a movie at the time.
The diagram from the Florida Highway Patrol shows what happened:
Telsa released a official statement which included these words:
Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied. The high ride height of the trailer combined with its positioning across the road and the extremely rare circumstances of the impact caused the Model S to pass under the trailer, with the bottom of the trailer impacting the windshield of the Model S. Had the Model S impacted the front or rear of the trailer, even at high speed, its advanced crash safety system would likely have prevented serious injury as it has in numerous other similar incidents.
That's what happened. The big question is this:
What does this crash mean for the future of autonomous driving?
There will be a lots of people questioning the technology, but that will quickly fade away and not appreciably slow the inevitable replacement of human by drivers by computers. Once invented, technology cannot be un-invented, and why should it be when it offers benefits such as greater safety and efficiency.
This crash is notable only because it was a Tesla, and one on autopilot. Had it been a normal car with a human at the controls it would barely have made the local news. Instead, it's a global story.
An argument can be made that an alert human would have spotted the truck waiting to turn left, and that is entirely possible. However, it's also entirely possible a human wouldn't have noticed the truck – and in fact Brown either did not notice, or did and couldn't react in time. Or maybe the truck was at fault, leaving insufficient time for the car to slow down after the truck began its turn regardless of who, or what was in control of it.
Tesla make a fair point too. The circumstances of the accident were very unusual; it's extremely rare for a car to impact an object with its windshield first, which means the front of the car cannot cushion the blow.
It is also interesting to speculate about the outcome of the crash had the truck been fitted with advanced tech that could pick a gap in the traffic, or warn oncoming vehicles. Or if the other vehicles ahead of the Tesla could have sensed the situation and broadcast the data for following vehicles to act on. There are more arguments for increasing automation in response to this crash as there are for reducing it.
That said, we are now at a dangerous phase in the development of autonomous driving techhology. The tech is good enough to work most of the time, as evidenced by the videos above. But it's not good enough to that humans can be entirely taken out of the driving role just yet. This is dangerous because the tech will lull people into a false sense of security, relying on the computers 99 times until that 100th time the tech doesn't do its job.
Autonomous cars do not need to be perfect, they just need to be better overall than humans. In some ways, they already are. That means in one or two situations they might be worse – and those are the situations everyone will hear about, not the many more times the tech worked better than a human.
Autonomous tech is the way of the future, because humans aren't going to evolve improvements any time soon whereas technology improve on almost a monthly basis.
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I hope there will be fairly comprehensive data collected on these systems. Otherwise the only thing the average person will focus on is fatalities reported in the media. Even with additional data, there will be many who will only focus on fatalities. Most people seem oblivious that they have internalized acceptable risk in many activities, with a big one being driving.
Point I was making was humans aren't capable of cognitively & reasonably managing risks in anything up to the point of full autonomy.
Until such time as autonomy is but the smallest subset of unfortunate unavoidable instances it needs less marketing more eyes out front hands on wheel and feet at the ready and less trust. Once people become comfortable human nature has itbto switch off.
Like all the valid points about texting and phones whilst driving a moments distraction is a killer. Semi autonomy is thus practically unworkable.


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I have this bad habit where I have a running list of things I want to build, and for whatever reason, it gets shelved permanently or I just flat out forget to start it. What can I say, life happens.
Seeing as it is almost the end of the year, I figured I'd make a 2021 list of projects I want to work on and build. Some are open source, while others will be built for profit.
1. More work with Nuxt
I've worked with Nuxt on a few client projects, so there's some familiarity there. I've also been curious to do some work with Vue's native animation library.
2. Stripe + Nuxt.js/Next.js Headless CMS e-commerce starters
I've built a few previous Stripe e-commerce starters this year, using Products w/Checkout, but would like to expand on its capabilities.
- I'd like to first build a skeleton project that integrates with a headless CMS, like Dato. Products can be extended as custom models, and I can include a cart feature.
- In addition to the skeleton (which would be more dev focused), I'd want to build a few starters that would ideally be derived from a few popular themes on Shopify.
- Another simpler idea would be to build Subscription products, like a Coffee Bean company.
- Local Restaurant theme - there's a menu of items users can order from as well as a donation button
3. Shopify + Headless CMS e-commerce starter
Shopify isn't going anywhere. There's constant demand and I predict it will grow in popularity in the years to come. Having been exposed to a number of different clients in search of a new Shopify site, I've noticed a trend among the vast majority of requests. They typically include: "My site is slow, can you fix it?"
A Shopify site using the power of the Jamstack is the only way to go, in my opinion. I've built a few Shopify sites w/Gatsby this year, one of them being an OSS project. I'd like to expand on this in the new year and start integrating more features like:
- store locator solution
- afterpay
- reviews
Building more out of the box solutions goes along way, especially when navigating the freelance world. I'd like to package this project as two solutions
- Retailer Starter (with multiple vendors)
- DTC Brand Starter
4. Marketplace Rails App
I've built this as a beta project this month. Users can sign up for an account and sell products, I take a small commission off each transaction. Because people will be buying and selling pysical products, I need to keep adding features like notifications, follow/unfollow users, likes, action mailer, and shipping. But the core features of a marketplace work.
5. SaaS Serverless App
I've experimented with a few different serverless stacks this year, primarily using Nuxt/Next/CRA + a realtime DB like Firebase or Fauna. I want to build an app with a recurring subscription plan built in. I've been using this list as a reference, but still haven't narrowed in on what exactly I want to build. Stock photography, freelance/project management tool, or a video streaming tool are my frontrunners.
6. Marketplace Serverless App
This would qualify as a nice to have. Similar to the SaaS app, I'd want to use a nosql realtime db + next.js. Users would have the ability to signup to the service, post products, connect earnings to their bank via Stripe Connect, and every sale they make the platform (me) would take a small commission.


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Taurus Weekly Horoscope
Jul 18, 2022 – Jul 24, 2022 – Be careful. Family issues could get heated when Mercury enters Leo and your home zone on Tuesday. If your family is coming in hot with the drama, don't blow up and create a bigger mess. Remember, you can stand up for yourself without burning any bridges.
While you're sorting out the drama, you might want to use this as an opportunity to decorate your home when the sun moves into your home zone on Friday. Find self-expression and individuality by creating a space that's designed for your pleasure. Make it beautiful, Taurus, and don't let any meddling relatives intrude.
Spend the weekend healing your inner child when Ceres enters Leo and your home zone on Saturday. Over the next few weeks, you'll have to heal and grieve for your past wounds and family trauma. Growth can be achieved by simply taking the time to nurture yourself in a safe place.


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Sony Launching 3D TV This Year
Sony recently unveiled a couple 3D tvs in two Sony Style stores where consumers can check out the new technology. Sony plans to add additional stores to its demo program in the coming weeks and months.
3D television was the top headline at last month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Sony said it will make two versions of 3D TV sets available in Canada in the early summer, before the start of the World Cup. One version will work straight out of the box and come with a transmitter and two pairs of active shutter glasses. The transmitter will send the 3D signals to up to eight pairs of glasses.
A second version will be 3-D-capable, but will come without the transmitter and glasses in case the buyer is looking for a high-end TV but isn't yet sold on 3-D. The transmitter and glasses will be sold separately.
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– Josh Maples, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
Corn harvest season has started in some areas and should pick up in the major corn production areas of the U.S. over the next month or so depending on weather. There are still plenty of unknowns concerning the size of the U.S. corn crop, but information is increasing weekly. The latest Crop Progress Report shows 5 percent of the corn harvested across the 18 states in the report with most of the harvest occurring in the southern states at this early point in the harvest season.
Corn prices have dropped in recent weeks. The December corn contract closed today at $5.22 per bushel. This is down about 50 cents per bushel from mid-August and down even more from the peak back in the spring when the December contract was trading over $6 per bushel. In the graph below, weekly corn prices in the Southern Plains have also declined in recent weeks.
One reason for the lower futures prices is stronger expected yields. The latest projections in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) were released on September 10th and included some adjustments higher for corn yield and production. The WASDE report projected average corn yield to be 176.3 bushels per acre which is up 1.7 bushels from projections in the same report in August. For comparison, estimated average yield for the 2020/21 crop year was 172 bushels per acre. The report also included projections for higher acreage at 93.3 million acres which is up 600,000 from the August projections and would be 2.5 million more than last year.
The increased projections for acreage and yield contributed to a projected 800 million bushels increase in corn production compared to last year for a total of 15 billion bushels projected for this crop year. As a result, USDA lowered the projected average farm price for the 2021/22 crop year by 30 cents per bushel from $5.75 in the August WASDE to $5.45 in the September WASDE projections.
A large crop and potentially lower corn prices would be good news for cattle producers dealing with higher cost of gain. Corn prices are still expected to be elevated compared to previous years, but the current outlook for corn prices is not as high as it was just a few months ago.


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