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HANOI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Vietnamese lender BIDV wants to issue new shares to KEB Hana Bank, giving the South Korean bank a 15 percent in the company, it said in a document released on Wednesday seeking shareholders approval.
BIDV, Vietnam's second biggest bank by market value, has sought strategic investors as the Southeast Asian nation tries to reform its banking sector which was once plagued with bad debt.
BIDV said it wants to issue 603 million shares to KEB Hana Bank in 2018 or 2019, or 17.65 percent of its current registered capital which after dilution will be worth 15 percent to KEB. At the current price, the planned BIDV share sale is worth $735 million.
Vietnam caps foreign ownership in local banks at 30 percent.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the country's central bank, owns 95.28 percent of BIDV. After the planned share sale to KEB Hana, SBV's ownership will be reduced to 80.99 percent.
BIDV intends to use the new capital for lending, investment and expanding its network. It expects profit before tax to be 9.3 trillion dong ($398.42 million) this year, up 7 percent from 2017, with bad debt out of total loans under 2 percent.
Shareholders will have until Nov. 15 to vote on the share sale.
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You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! when i get back, remind to tell you about the time i took 100 nuns to nairobi! you are as precious to me as you were to your own mother and father. i swore to them that i would protect you, and i haven't. i want to shoot the pigeons... off my roof. yes, i used a machine gun.
Jasper: your baby is the miracle the whole world has been waiting for. at this point, i'd set you up with a chimpanzee if it'd brought you back to the world! you know, your bobby dangler, giggle stick, your general-two-colonels, master of ceremonies... yeah, don't be shy, let's have a look. i took a viagra, got stuck in me throat, i've had a stiff neck for hours. your were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off. it's not the size mate, it's how you use it. my lord! you're a tripod.


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The definition of a 'gem' problem in checkers is not always clear. We like to think of this in a manner that extends the metaphor: a problem or situation that sparkles and is brilliant in its solution.
Today's installment of our Checker School series presents Dunne's Gem as published in Ben Boland's Famous Positions in the Game of Checkers. Here's the situation:
Now, Black is a man up. What's so special, so gem-like, about this position (if, indeed, anything)?
Work out the solution and then you decide. Is this a true gem or just an ordinary lump of coal? As you might expect there is more here than meets the eye at first glance.
When you're ready, click on Read More for the solution, a sample game, and some notes, quotes, and votes.
6-10, 17-22, 21-25---i, 22-29, 14-18, 29-25, 10-15, 25-21, 15-19, 21-25, 19-24, 26-22, 24-19---ii. Black Wins.
Game: 10-15, 24-19, 15-24, 28-19, 9-14, 22-18, 5-9, 18-15, 11-18, 21-17, 14-21, 23-5, 8-11, 25-22, 7-10, 22-18, 4-8, 27-23, 2-7, 32-28, 11-16, 29-25, 8-11, 25-22, 16-20, 28-24, 20-27, 31-24, 6-9, 22-17, 11-16, 17-13, 16-20, 13-6, 20-27, 19-16, 12-19, 23-16, 7-11, 16-7, 27-31, 26-22, 31-27, 7-2, 27-23, 2-7, 23-14, 7-11, 14-9, 6-2, 10-14, 22-17, 14-18, 17-14, 18-23, 14-10, 23-27, 11-15, 27-31, 15-19, 31-27, 10-6, 1-10, 5-1, 9-5, 1-6, 10-14, 19-23, 27-18, 2-7, 3-10, 6-22, 5-1, 30-26, 1-6, 2-17. Forms above position. Geo. Crookston, Game No. 1751 Aberdeen Citizen, Oct. 14, 1921.
This note was given in the Aberdeen Citizen: "Runs into problem No. 257 in Gould's Problem Book by the late Frank Dunne who got the ending from a single corner game."
"We are not aware if the play leading up to the position was ever published. If so it seems to be lost in obscurity as the position was first published in 1873. The play leading up to it may be found in some draughts periodical of those far off times.---iii"
"The present is the only occasion that we have come across it in actual play."
Dunne's Gem may be found as No. 91 in Lyman's and No. 257 in Gould's Problem Book, but probably first published in the "Recreationist." Usually the king on 6 is on 15, but the play is the same.
Editor's Notes
i---10-15 also wins: 26-23---iv 15-10 23-19 10-7 19-16 7-10 16-11 10-15 11-7 14-18 22-17 (22-26 21-25) 18-23 etc. Black Wins.
ii---After 22-15 19-10 Black has the opposition or "the move" and wins.
iii---The newpaper editor of 1921 refers to 1873 as "those far-off times." How far-off 1921 seems to us now in 2006! And yet, a position that is over 130 years old can still interest us today. What a testimony to the timelessness of our game of checkers!
iv---Alert reader Jim Dobie notes that if White plays 22-17 instead, Black has to play 15-10 (not 14-18 17-14), returning to the "gem" solution line. Black does not have to try to play the gem line to win, but White can force it!
It's a very clever win with the pitch of the extra man and a speedy resolution of the situation; that's indeed gem-like. But as our notes show, Black can win without the pitch, with more-or-less straightforward play which takes advantage of his extra man. The win would be many, many moves longer, but it is still there; solid and workmanlike, but certainly not a gem of an answer.
However, as reader Jim Dobie points out, if White doesn't want to prolong the game, the gem solution can be forced--- by White!
So, in the final analysis, is Dunne's Gem a true sparkler? While the traditional solution surely shines, there are alternative paths to a long, drawn-out win. We like the "gem" solution the best!
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In terms of culture the New England colonies and Chesapeake colonies had many differences. The New England colonies were populated entirely by white or English families, Quakers, puritans, and Catholics and had an assortment of different ages and genders in it's populations. While the Chesapeake colonies were comprised of a majority of African slaves who worked on plantations producing mainly tobacco, the tobacco was then sold to other colonies and countries. In the 1700's there was a boom in tobacco sales and it became one of the leading trades in the Chesapeake colonies, other than slave trade.
Other than slaves the rest of the Chesapeake population were White plantation owners and servants.
Yet another difference was the economy of the two. As mentioned previously, the Chesapeake economy revolved around the tobacco industry, which paved the way for other industries as well. Slave trade relied fully on the tobacco plantation owners as a market to sell the slaves to. In addition, the tobacco raised enough to finance the importation of indentured servants, who would then go to work the tobacco, increasing the production further.
It became a cycle, with the result being the ever-increasing production and sale of the tobacco.
New England did not "have all of it's eggs in one basket" quite like the Chesapeake. The economy was based on fishing, shipbuilding, and farming. The farming in New England was done on a much smaller scale, however. Because the religion (and society) was so family-oriented, farms were usually just large enough to feed one's family, with a small surplus. It was no where near the size of the vast plantations in the Chesapeake. This was simply because New England's focus was not on economic gain.
The religion of the two areas differed greatly as well. Because New Englanders came to escape religious persecution, one would think that it would become a land of complete tolerance. This was not the case, though. The New Englanders were very religious-based, and claimed that they "were far more godly than all other colonists". Religion was family-based and with extreme piety, There was one clergyman for every 600 people, the highest in the New World. In the Chesapeake, religion was much less severe. The established church was the Anglican Church, but only became so after 1692. The religious tone was low-church, and many people (mostly slaves) did not participate in the Anglican Church.
Clearly the Chesapeake and the New England regions did differ in numerous ways. These differences included culture, religion, and economy. But also the differences were on a wide-scale range involving almost every aspect of the society, they all sprouted from one initial difference between the two: the very reason the colonists came. It was due to these ideals held by the groups that lead them to create the contrasting societies. Therefore, it cannot be denied as a significant cause of the contrast. As shown, this purpose was carried out in the society. The fortune-seeking economists in the Chesapeake created a society based around this ideal, which affected their entire community. The New Englanders, looking for religious freedom, sought to create a very different society centered around a very different ideal, that of religion, not economic gain. Obviously, then, we can say that it because of these motives that the Chesapeake and the New England regions of the New World became so different by 1700.


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Two teenagers were taken to Juvenile Hall after a mobile home park resident phoned for help, saying someone was burglarizing her home, police say.
The woman called dispatchers shortly after midnight Sunday, March 30, whispering that there was someone inside her home along the 1800 block of West Devonshire Avenue.
"As Hemet police officers began flooding the area, the first officer on scene noticed that screens had been removed from several windows and heard movement inside the residence," Lt. Eric Dickson said in a written statement.
Then, two persons ran out, carrying property.
The officer caught one suspect and directed other officers toward the fleeing suspect, who was caught nearby.
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I keep thinking about this quote from an article around when AlphaGo defeated the final human master:
"AlphaGo has completely subverted the control and judgment of us Go players," Mr. Gu, the final player to be vanquished by Master, wrote on his Weibo account. "I can't help but ask, one day many years later, when you find your previous awareness, cognition and choices are all wrong, will you keep going along the wrong path or reject yourself?"
I don't have anything meaning to conclude about this right now, but I think the following question seems worth asking to further specify some of what Gu's getting at:
Is one's identity more related to the narrative time-series of actions than a given individual's internal criticism and interpretation of said time-series of actions?
In other words, if one is to realize as Mr. Gu did that they had acted imperfectly and were bested by an outside actor that was able to show inherent flaws in one's strategic cognitive process, would one identify with the part of the mind that is able to recognize the defeat and take correct action with available information? Would one forgive the self for past failure, through the understanding that it is necessary to invest all energy in future behavior, allowing one the privilege to learn? Or would one identify with the part of the mind that is capable of constructing a narrative that explains away the possibility of doing the right thing by conflating the narrative with one's identity? Such narratives, and by extension such identities, must be inherently simplifications to be comforting and processable by an intelligence, as such an intelligence is attempting to look at itself from the "third person" and is incentivized to be ego syntonic. In such a case, one's decision rests on a counterfactual simulation optimized for submission to the ego, rather than the world as it stands. Such an action seems inherently narcissistic, although not necessarily maladaptive in contexts when confidence is more valuable than knowledge.


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In today's society, we often hear people talk about their calling, or people will say "he/she is walking in their calling". So what does it really mean to be called? There are many definitions, but a couple that stood out to me are:
1. To ask or invite to come
2. To summon by or as if by divine command
The first definition reminds me of the casting call for plays, musicals or television shows. An announcement is made inviting those interested to "try out" to be a part of the production. For example, the American Idol show goes to various cities and states, and people line up for a chance to audition to be the next American Idol. People come and sing their hearts out and there is a process of elimination until finally, someone is chosen to be the next American Idol. The second definition implies there is an internal prompting or nudging towards something. This divine command is most often thought of as it pertains to ministry. You will often hear those in ministry say "I knew I was called to the ministry at an early age". What's interesting about both of these definitions is that it doesn't stop at being called. There is a process for going from being called to being chosen.
To be chosen is defined as:
1. Selected from several or preferred
2. Theologically-The Elect
a. A person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen
b. A person or persons chosen by God especially for favor or salvation
If we go back to our example of the American Idol, the winner is ultimately the person who is selected and preferred from several other participants, however, this does not necessarily mean they have a divine calling to sing. As it pertains to ministry, most churches have a selection process when searching for a pastor and the candidate that is chosen is found worthy of fulfilling the role based on meeting various requirements. However, in everyday life, there are those chosen to fulfill specific roles or jobs simply because of the favor of God upon their life. Their resume doesn't show they're qualified, but God's favor opens the door.
So what does all of this have to do with being a vessel of grace? I'm so glad you asked. 1 Peter 2:9 tells us that we are a chosen generation. As believers, we have been chosen by God and we were chosen before the foundations of the world (Jeremiah 1:5, Ephesians 1:4). Hebrews 12:28 says, "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear". We have been chosen to receive the kingdom of God and it is God's grace that allows us to serve Him with reverence and godly fear. Even in the midst of our sin, God will choose us to be his mouthpiece, his vessel for the kingdom. This example is found in Acts 9, with the conversion of Saul to Paul. God tells Ananias that Saul is a "chosen vessel" (Acts 9:15).
Like Saul, we are chosen vessels. Matthew 22:14 reminds us that many are called but few are chosen. We have been chosen to be carriers of God's grace, his enabling power. This power is not only for us, but for us to share with others. Our ultimate assignment is to share the gospel with those that don't know God. This is what is meant by "seek ye first the kingdom of God" (Matthew 6:33). Like Saul, we will share in the sufferings of Christ. This is the process that we go through while becoming the vessels of God. However, we must not be moved by situations or circumstances. We must be satisfied with God's grace, for it is sufficient or enough to get us through. Our obedience to God is our works mixed with faith that will profit us (James 2:14) and cause us to be vessels of honor. Remember, like Esther, you were chosen for such a time as this (Esther 4;14), so go forth in boldness and with the grace of God to fulfill what he has called you to do. Until next week….
Be blessed but first comes obedience!
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There's no doubt Windows 10 is the future, and that Microsoft will continue to upgrade and improve this revolutionary platform. To get you to upgrade, they're doing everything they can to push you, including constantly nagging you with messages and giving it away for free. And while this is great as we all move forward, upgrading doesn't come without risks both in terms of preexisting hardware and software compatibility.
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Johnnie F: I'd love to tell you about the women. My women. That is, the women that are kind enough to sleep with me. Or cruel enough, anyway.
But I'm not interested in the women. Because I'm a drunk. And who wants to hear what a drunk has to say?
Now, a drunken skirt chaser? That's the kind of self confidence that we'd all like to dabble in. I, however, like the rest of you, have only dabbled in the fantasy. And I'm lying. I'm not even Johnnie F. Except that I am.
But what does that matter? Because there have been many, many women. At first, it was just a contest with myself. To see if I could do it. Hell, I was 21 when I had my first. But then there seemed to be a streak. I've been hoping it would end for some time now. But I seem to keep having the luck. The luck or the skill, I'm not sure which.
And what bothers me about it is I wonder: who's taking advantage of whom? Am I being exploited? By them? By society? Because, let's be honest, I hardly ever enjoy the actual climax. No, it's definitely the chase for me that's important. I get off on it. Or at least, I think I do.
Women can't help it. They're drawn to my 'creativity'. Truth is, I'm not all that creative. I haven't written a story in years. And yet, based on my past record and the contacts I've made, they all think I'm brilliant.
So what is a man to do whose only purpose is, after all, to chase women and money? Money I don't have, and can't get anymore. I've been dry for years; no one's buying my stories, no one's giving me royalties. But the skirts, they keep paying off.
But when I stop enjoying them, what's a man to do? I suppose I could start writing about them, telling you about my women. But that would just serve to artificially raise this creative block I've been having, and to tell you the truth, I don't lack the integrity not to, if you can understand that. Poopshoot boogie.
The way I see it, the women like the gentle abuses of neglect and inattention. The minute you're nice to a woman and focused completely on her, that's when she'll give up and stop loving you. Not that a woman has ever actually loved me, if one did I'd put a ring on her finger in a second.
A woman without that edge of insult from her man is like a nut without salt on it. Like a cake without frosting. Better yet, like white bread that someone tells you is a cake. Legs don't part without a little command and control.
Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean I'm in favor of it. I believe, somewhere deep in my heart that I can't find, that women are just as smart and able as men. It's just that when it comes to my dealings with them, I can't act that way. Because all their lives most women have been told that they're not equal to men, and women, just like all humans, love to believe what they've been told all these years. Otherwise the struggle won't be worth it. Better yet there will be no struggle, there will only be boredom.
And when it comes to women, I'm always on. Which means I have to be anything except boring. Even if I'm silent, or pensive, that gives them the impression that they're somehow being insulted. It gives them whatever impression they're looking for. But overall, when you're being silent, it's most important that you don't look incompetent. Look lost in thought, look deep, look off into the distance. But don't look tired. And don't look disinterested entirely. Women need to know that you're interested in something, especially if it's not them.
And when you're done with that; be honest with them. Let them know that you need them. Let them know that this has all been a farce; that your whole life is a farce when their companionship is absent–because after all it's the truth. This whole charade has been carried out for their benefit. But you have to let them in behind the curtain just enough that the red velvet is on their thigh. Then you move in for the kill.
And that, my friends, is how you rack up the points. Whether or not you want the act, the points are what will count when you're telling your life story. And right now, that's what I'm doing. And if you want more, I'll be back tomorrow. And if you don't, I'll know. I can convince you that I know, at least. So there's that.


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Mexican Trucks – They're here! They've been here, Get used to it!
I was coming out of Houston yesterday and was passed by a truck that caught my eye. The brand on the hood was KENWORTH/KENMEX. Nothing extraordinary about the truck other than it was a Mexican manufactured Kenworth. The business on the side showed it to be out of Georgia. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the KENMEX label.
Later on in the evening, pulling into the Love's in Iowa, Louisiana, i pulled into the pump, stopped and noticed to my left the same truck that had passed me earlier. The driver, just arriving minutes before me was sitting at the wheel doing his log book.
Getting a closer look at the truck as I sat there, I noticed that despite all the chrome and chicken lights, it was an older truck, a 2001 Kenworth, but you couldn't tell it from looking at it. And sure enough, it had a business name on the side out of the Atlanta area. But looking closer I noticed something else that would escape many people.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE "UNSAFE" MEXICAN TRUCKS DRIVEN BY AN UNQUALIFIED MEXICAN DRIVER!! Well, at least that is how James Hoffa or Todd Spencer would describe it.
I'm out pumping the fuel and getting the kinks out. My bony ass can't stay in the saddle as long as it used to, when the driver of this rig comes around on the passenger side of his rig.
We exchange nods and after he gets his fuel flowing, I venture over to talk with him. He seems startled and a little wary at first, understandable, and admits he doesn't speak good English. I counter that my Spanish sucks so in that, we find common ground and it breaks the ice so to speak. It also helps, as I discover, that he lives in the Monterrey suburb of San Nicholas de la Garza, which is next to the suburb I live in. And we come to find out we have mutual acquaintances in Cadeyreta NL where the trucks owner is based.
I asked him did he have any trouble with other drivers resenting his presence in the US. He said he hadn't and had not had problems with the DOT or other law enforcement. With his limited English, he didn't appear to have any problem completing the fuel transaction nor ordering and receiving his order at the Hardee's inside the truck stop.
We chatted a few more moments, beginning what I hope to be a long friendship that we can continue in Monterrey. A really nice guy. Professional, well groomed and likeable once he got over his initial hesitation.
I followed him down the road until he, having a faster truck and an early delivery in Atlanta, disappeared on down I-10, twin exhausts blowing clean, no smoke, turn signals used when changing lanes etc. A contrast to a couple of American large cars pulling RGN running in the left lane a foot of the bumpers of a couple of 4 wheelers who wouldn't get out of their way.
And memories of this encounter came to mind later in the evening, especially while listening to ATN and Bubba Bo as he allowed a caller, a small minded little man who considers himself a character out of Star Wars, babbled for 15 minutes showing his ignorance of Mexico, Mexican trucks, their drivers and haranguing the listeners of the conspiracy he sees behind the US fulfilling their obligations under NAFTA.
Most importantly of all though, in my opinion, is truckers on the road, in the truck stop and on the fuel islands, didn't realize or care that this was a real Mexican truck and trucker, something they have been taught to fear and mistrust. It simply went over their heads or it simply was not an issue. This Mexican trucker was no different than any of us.
Even standing inside of Hardee's waiting for our orders to go and speaking in fractured Spanish and English, the coonasses coming in and out didn't give us a second glance. It simply isn't an issue.
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Story Wise Wrap: August 2017/
My first professional job was as a community lawyer at the North Melbourne Legal Service. It was the job I imagined having all through my law degree, it was my dream job.
In that job I was required to write a monthly report and which was always a chore, a time where I had to stop my forward momentum, to think about the past, assess, count, report and comment on where my work was going. The report was for the monthly meeting of the volunteer committee of management and the report was really all they had to go on to know what was happening in the place they were responsible for.
All of this is by way of saying this little Story Wise wrap of what I've been up to in over the month is similar.
But even though I begrudged doing the legal service monthly reports, when it was done there was a level of satisfaction, a moment in time to stop and appreciate the progress that had been made. And I grew to enjoy them.
So I will imagine I have a Story Wise committee of management, and in the spirit of those legal service reports, here is my report for the month for Story Wise.
(Great, I am off to a good start, I have filled out half a page without saying anything. I am peddling fast under the water, but not much to show for it. Here goes nothing.)
The new venue for Story Wise Women was a great success. We had about 35 women attend and ten stories, and Katrina and her sister, who manage The Good Room, put on a wonderful supper and set the room up beautifully. The event is gaining momentum and a following, with a little help from Facebook ads, but gee Facebook ads beat walking the streets with flyers.
Story Wise Woodend was beautifully hosted again by Ann Bolch last month and it is very nice to hand over the reins every so often.
I am still beavering away writing: I have the footy piece back at the drawing board for a complete redraft, a storytelling workshop manual being chipped away, plus a public speaking curriculum, the TEDx talk, as well as a story for the monthly story nights.
It might sound like a lot, but I have discovered micro habits, and it suits me very well. The aim is to write every day, as little as a paragraph for each of the projects I have on the go. This keeps the idea moving forward, the task is never overwhelming, and combined with a daily habit tracking app, enables me to be productive and focussed on a few things at a time.
Last week I travelled to Adelaide to run a train the trainer day long session with some amazing women working as facilitators and coaches for women in the rural and agriculture sector of South Australia. I was training in a project I did over five years ago, called Weather The Storm: Women Prepare. It is wonderful to think of the program getting a new lease of life, and the days training reminded me of my great love of the circle process for any kind of group meeting. Teaching circle work will become part of a women's leadership program I am starting to plan for next year. More on that to come.
So I know there's not many statistics here, and don't think I haven't noticed - no files opened, no new clients, no contracts signed, but I am thinking about it, a lot, and I will be adding a new micro habit to the list, 'developing offerings for next year'.
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Goran Dragic Should Make Heat Debut Friday At Knicks
The Miami Heat were the big winners before Thursday's NBA trade deadline as they acquired Goran Dragic, the reigning Most Improved Player in the league, from the Phoenix Suns for essentially a bunch of garbage and two future first-round draft picks.
Dragic said this week he wanted a trade because he wasn't happy with his role in Phoenix's crowded backcourt. The 28-year-old guard's points and assists are down considerably from last season, when he was third-team All-NBA. He said he doesn't like his role of "standing in the corner" and wants to go to a team where he can "be a point guard, like in the past I was my whole life." Dragic averaged 20.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists last year but 16.2 points, 4.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds this year.
He made it clear that he wouldn't re-sign with the Suns when he becomes a free agent after this season. Dragic said he would re-sign for sure with one of three teams if dealt: Miami, New York or the Los Angeles Lakers.
The move addresses the Heat's greatest area of need as they push for one of the Eastern Conference's final playoff berths. Dragic was third-team All-NBA last season, arriving as arguably the Heat's best option at point guard since Tim Hardaway. A core of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Hassan Whiteside, Luol Deng and Dragic seems a sure bet for the playoffs and a group that a higher-seeded teams won't want to face. How about Miami vs. Cleveland in Round 1? The Heat now must wait until the offseason to re-sign Dragic, who is expected to seek a maximum-level deal.
Going out from the Heat in the three-team deal that also involved the New Orleans Pelicans are two future first-round draft picks, guard Norris Cole, center Justin Hamilton and forwards Shawne Williams and Danny Granger. Cole and Williams subsequently were forwarded to the Pelicans, with Williams expected to be waived by New Orleans. The two first-round picks sent to the Suns will be extended in 2017 and 2021 (the Heat's 2015 first-round pick is protected through the first 10 selections in the draft, otherwise due to the Philadelphia 76ers).
The Heat visit the Knicks on Friday night and may not have Bosh – thus no opening betting line at TopBet. He didn't travel with the team to New York due to illness. While there's a small chance Bosh takes a later flight to meet his teammates, it's likely that he's going to sit this one out. Udonis Haslem will have the opportunity to step into the starting lineup if Bosh is indeed ruled out, while Deng will likely get some extended minutes sliding over to the power forward slot.
This is the third of four meetings between the Knicks and Heat this season. New York was defeated 86-79 on Nov. 30, 2014 at the Garden and again 109-95 at AmericanAirlines Arena. New York is looking to snap its five-game losing streak versus the Miami Heat, including two straight at home.
Key betting trends: Heat are 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings. Favorite is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings. Under is 11-1 in the last 12 meetings in New York.
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I've been writing for Gaming Today for about 12 years now. I'm not sure of the total number of articles I've written, but it's been about 550 of them. The majority of them have been about video poker. It is almost hard to believe that I have been able to come up with 350 or 400 different topics. Then again, I really haven't. I do repeat topics from time to time. This is for two reasons. The first is that there's a good chance that the people who read a column in 2008 are not necessarily the same readers in 2014. The second is that some topics need to be repeated over and over and over again because it is very obvious that the vast number of Players haven't gotten the message, even when they are regular Players.
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to someone in my community who is a regular at the locals casinos here in Vegas. Admittedly, he's not a big Player, but he does play $20 or $40 on a regular basis. He plays a variety of games, including Slots and Video Poker. Despite being a regular, it was fairly obvious that he didn't understand the basic workings of either. He wondered why he noticed that certain (slot) machines seemingly payout more than others on a regular basis. He also wondered why it seemed as if the person who plays after him on a particular machine would frequently do much better than he did. Both of his concerns show a lack of basic understanding of slot machines.
First, his first observation that certain machines pay more often than others may be very real. A casino can have a bank of a particular set of slot machines that all look identical, but one may be programmed for a 94% payback while the others for 86%. Slot machines are programmed for multiple potential paybacks according to a set of approved paytables AND winning combination frequency. This is a major point of difference between slots and video poker. With slot machines, the frequency of a winning combination can be changed at will (per approval of regulating body). Video poker does not allow the frequency of winning hands to change in order to control the payback. The only way to do it is to change the payout of hands. Slots do not have to be what you see is what you get. A winning combination of 5 symbols can be set to occur 0.055% on one machine and 0.058% on another, which will impact the overall payback of the machine. In theory, if a casino has 10 machines of a particular type, it could rotate on a periodic basis which one pays 94% while the other continue to pay 86%. I don't know that any casino actually does this, but it is quite possible, not very difficult and quite legal. The Player may never know this is what is happening.
To my friend's second observation, I would say that this just a part of selective memory. The casinos don't have favorite patrons. Well, okay, maybe they do, but they don't pick the winners and losers at the slot machine. Every hand/spin is completely independent of every other. This means that it doesn't matter if the last 10 spins were winners or losers, the probability of the next hand/spin being a winner is whatever the machine was programmed for.
On the video poker front, my friend seemed to not realize that it is completely math driven. The concept wasn't completely lost on him. He certainly realized that it was quite different than poker room poker. There's no bluffing a video poker machine. But, his strategy to this point was a bit similar to the one he would use in a 5-card draw poker game. If you have a Pair of 3's with a 4-card Straight draw in a poker game, there's a good chance you'll go for the Straight. A Low Pair has little value and even Trip 3's can easily can get burnt. But, if you pull the Straight, you may be looking at a big win.
Video Poker math looks at things quite differently. First of all, you don't have to take into account how many Players are still in or how large the pot is. A Straight pays what a Straight pays no matter what. There is no chance that you get beat by a Flush. Thus, a Straight has a set 'value' to a Player and in turn, so does a 4-Card Straight draw. In similar fashion, a Pair of 3's has a set 'value' as well (Zero to be exact). A pair of 3's before the Draw, however, has a value based on the probability of drawing Two Pair, Trips, Quads or a Full House. To determine if you should play for the Low Pair or the 4-Card Straight, you simply need to compare the 'value' of each of the pre-draw hands. Whichever has the higher value is the right play.
To prove my point to my friend, I asked the age-old question. Which do you hold - the Low Pair or the 4-Card Straight? The Low Pair or the 4-Card Flush? I was not surprised when my friend answered essentially the same for both. He goes for the 4-Card Straight or Flush. The problem is that he is only half right. The proper strategy is go for the 4-Card Flush over the Low Pair, but to go for the Low Pair over the 4-Card Straight. In simple terms, the Flush has 9 cards that can complete the Flush (and potentially a few that will give you a High Straight). The Straight only has 8 cards that complete the Straight and you are not as likely to have High Cards if you had a Low Pair. Also, a Flush pays 6 and a Straight pays 4. So, you have less chances and you get paid less for the Straight. The impact is that the Low Pair is now worth more than the 4-Card Straight but less than the 4-Card Flush.
The good news is that by the end of our discussion my friend wanted to get a copy of my books so that he could increase his knowledge of video poker. It's a good place for him to start.


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CHARGED is our new regular event, showcasing performances created by Progression members and resident artists, alongside invited guests and headliners.
DATES: Friday 30 & Saturday 31 March 2018
VENUE: The Tramshed, GLYPT, 51-53 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6ES
TICKETS: Fri + Sat Eve Combo £7 / Friday £4 / Sat Aft FREE / Sat Eve £4
ACCESS: Venue is fully accessible. British Sign Language interpretation will be included across the weekend.
FRIDAY EVENING (7-10pm) – £4
7pm REHEARSED READINGS
Written and performed by young artists from Progression. Mentored by Atiha Sen Gupta, and directed by Angela Clerkin and Annie Fitzmaurice
9.30pm DREAMBOMB (work-in-progress) by Whimsy (Progression artists in residence)
Dreambomb explores the fury and tenderness of sibling relationships, the hilarity of loneliness, and the giddiness of girlhood. Expect makeovers. Expect Brawls. Expect cauldrons full of tea.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON* (2-5pm) – Free
An afternoon of workshops and talks for 16 to 25 year olds
2pm: WORKSHOPS – with Inua Ellams and Laura Lomas:
Inua Ellams is a cross art form practitioner, a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer and founder of the Midnight Run — an international, arts-filled, night-time, playful, urban, walking experience. He is a Complete Works poet alumni and a designer at White Space Creative Agency. Across his work, Identity, Displacement & Destiny are reoccurring themes in which he also tries to mix the old with the new: traditional african storytelling with contemporary poetry, pencil with pixel, texture with vector images.
Laura Lomas is a playwright whose work includes Joanne (Clean Break / Soho Theatre); Blister (Paines Pough); Open Heart Surgery (Theatre Uncut); Some Machine (Paines Plough) and The Island (Nottingham Playhouse / Det Norske Oslo). Radio plays include My Boy (BBC 4) and Lucy Island (BBC 3). Screen work includes Rough Skin (Channel 4); Glue (E4).
4pm: PANEL DISCUSSION on getting into writing for performance, with Rich Chilver, April de Angelis and other guests TBC
*SATURDAY AFTERNOON must be booked separately (not part of Fri + Sat Eve Combo)
SATURDAY EVENING (7-9.30pm) – £4
7pm INUA ELLAMS A guest performance from Inua Ellams – writer of The Barbershop Chronicles (National Theatre) and An Evening with An Immigrant (touring, Fuel).
7.20pm DONUT WORRY (work-in-progress) by Rachael Merry (Progression artist in residence) Bodies. We've all got them, but they're never damn well good enough. As society increasingly devours a life documented online, we battle against diet culture, impossible expectations and self-inflicted lunacy to say STFU! A candid look at the way we see ourselves; Donut Worry tells the story of us, them and probably you too.
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Russia's athletes now clean, Putin says, as Olympics grapple with new cheating allegations
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- Vladimir Putin says Russia's athletes are now clean, and that the time has come to "settle the remaining issues" that might restrict their full participation in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.
- Rahaf Mohammed used social media to gain attention and get asylum when she fled Saudi Arabia, but now it has also become a source of toxic criticism.
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Vladimir Putin wants Russian athletes to abide by anti-doping rules — if only so that the rest of the world doesn't have a "pretext" stop the country from competing at the Olympics.
Speaking at a session of the Council on Physical Culture and Sport Development in Moscow today, Russia's president said the country's athletes are now clean, and that the time has come to "settle the remaining issues" that might restrict their full participation in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.
Russia needs "to do everything possible to make sure that at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo all members of the national team, without any exceptions, would not be subjected to any form of restrictions," he said in the televised address. "And that we give no pretext whatsoever to all those who are using sports in pursuit of their political aims, acting against the interests of Russia."
The Kremlin still denies that it was behind a systematic, multi-sport doping effort in the run-up to the London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Olympics, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.
The Russian team was formally banned from last year's Pyeongchang Games, although 168 of the country's athletes were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag.
The International Olympic Committee welcomed Russia back into the fold immediately after the Games and two more failed doping tests.
And the World Anti-Doping Agency reinstated RUSADA, its scandal-tainted Russian partner, last fall, amid promises of greater cooperation and full access to past testing data and stored athlete samples.
But the country's track and field federation remains suspended, meaning that its athletes must seek special approval from the IAAF to compete internationally.
There have been some signs of reform.
Yesterday, Yuri Ganus, the new head of RUSADA, told reporters that the agency has now fired all of its former doping control officers and replaced 90 per cent of its staff as part of its clean-up efforts. He also announced that the agency is going to the international Court of Arbitration for Sport to try and overturn a decision by its own disciplinary committee that saw an athletics coach's effort to bribe a doping control officer go unpunished.
Earlier in the week, the Russian athletics federation upheld a three-year ban on race walker Alexandr Ivanov and announced that he will be stripped of the 20 km gold he won at the 2013 world championships in Moscow due to doping infractions.
However, the wider Olympic movement continues to struggle with allegations of cheating and corruption.
The IOC confirmed yesterday that weightlifting will be a part of the 2024 Paris Olympics, after concluding a year-and-half-long probe into its culture of doping. Reanalysis of samples taken at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games had confirmed more than 50 cheating cases.
In exchange, the International Weightlifting Federation has agreed to continued "very close monitoring," and will require its athletes to compete more frequently so that they can be subject to international in-competition testing.
The weightlifting competition at Tokyo 2020 had already been dramatically scaled back, with 64 fewer spots for the men, one less medal event, and countries like Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan — all repeat offenders — punished via smaller athlete quotas.
The fate of boxing at the Tokyo Olympics remains to be determined.
Allegations of bout fixing at Rio 2016, which saw the suspension of all 36 referees and officials who participated, remain a big point of contention. And this week, Le Monde newspaper published an investigation that claims a French official had improperly influenced judges in Rio to tilt things in the direction of boxers from France and Uzbekistan.
The IOC has demanded that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) address a list of 41 questions before it will give the sport its 2020 blessing. Although the temperature was lowered last week when AIBA president Gafur Rakhimov — an Uzbek businessman who has been linked to the Mafia and heroin trade by both Interpol and the U.S. Treasury department — announced that he will "temporarily" step aside from the job.
Meanwhile, Austrian and German police continue to investigate a blood-doping ring that has now implicated 21 athletes from eight countries in five different sports.
The scheme, allegedly run by a doctor from the German city of Erfurt, came to light following raids during last month's Nordic Skiing World Championships, which caught several competitors hooked up to IV bags.
Today a Munich prosecutor said that he has found records pointing to the involvement of athletes from Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, the United States and South Korea — so far.
And one shouldn't forget the case of Tsunekazu Takeda, who last week announced his intention to step down as head of Japan's Olympic Committee, amid allegations of vote buying during the Tokyo 2020 bid process.
Takeda, a member of Japan's royal family and former Olympic equestrian, has also resigned from his role with the IOC where he chaired its marketing panel.
At its meeting yesterday in Lausanne, Switzerland, the IOC board signaled its "highest respect" for Takeda, who denies all wrongdoing.
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Fleeing Saudi Arabia
Rahaf Mohammed used social media to gain attention and seek asylum when she fled Saudi Arabia, but it has also become a source of toxic criticism about her, writes producer Mia Sheldon.
Rahaf Mohammed is much more than just one woman accusing Saudi Arabia of being an intolerant, unsafe place for women. She is a symbol. And the reactions the 19-year-old has provoked show how one woman's story can have a tremendous impact.
When Mohammed landed in Toronto last January, she immediately became a target on social media. As one person told us, it almost seems to be co-ordinated.
She started getting threats. Mohammed has been called a liar and every name or insult one would expect online. Her character has been attacked for posting pictures of wine or wearing a short skirt.
It wasn't a surprise she stopped doing media interviews, kept her location secret and limited her social media.
A few weeks after her arrival in Canada, the Saudi Arabia government released a video calling women who escape the Kingdom terrorists, and countries that accept them culpable. It's an issue that goes beyond Mohammed herself — women in Saudi Arabia are subject to strict male guardianship laws. For example, an app that allows men to track women in Saudi Arabia, controlling their whereabouts, has been downloaded more than 4 million times.
Canada and Saudi Arabia's relationship has been tense in recent months, often playing out on social media. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted about Saudi Arabia's human rights violations last summer, for example. Canada's ambassador was expelled a few months later.
But some of the reactions to Mohammed from other women have been surprising. One Toronto woman posted a video on YouTube criticizing her, calling her a traitor and blaming her for the deteriorating relationship between the two countries. She said Mohammed couldn't even work as a garbage collector. It's been viewed millions of times.
Another woman, who escaped Saudi Arabia for Canada seven years ago, told us that Mohammed should watch herself and not post pictures or comments that could provoke people, at least in the short term while she is establishing her new life. The rumour mill around what Mohammed is doing in Canada is already working overtime to try and discredit her, the woman said.
Regardless, Mohammed did make an appearance at the recent Toronto's International Women's Day parade — a sign to those that even though many are trying to silence her, it won't work.
- Mia Sheldon
- WATCH: Susan Ormiston digs into the poisonous online world for Saudi women like Rahaf Mohammed who have left the Kingdom, tonight on The National on CBC Television and streamed online
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Audi's parent company Volkswagen may still be fighting fires set by its ongoing dieselgate emissions scandal, but the luxury German automaker — while part of dieselgate too — is keen to give itself a new image as a cleaner, greener firm.
At the heart of that new image is a drive towards a goal of having plug-in vehicles account for between a fifth and a quarter of all Audi's sales by 2025, a journey which will begin with the launch of a production all-electric crossover SUV based on the e-tron quattro concept car Audi unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.
That's according to Audi of America president Scott Keogh, who told a group of journalists at a special dinner event last night in Los Angeles ahead of the LA Auto Show that Audi was committed to a plug-in future.
As our friends at Autobloggreen recount, Keogh was about as positive on electric vehicles as any high-level Audi executive has ever been. Indeed, given some less-than-stellar attitudes voiced in recent memory by former Audi of America executives — not to mention the agonising delay in bringing the Audi A3 e-tron to the U.S. more than a year after it launched in Europe — Keogh's upbeat take on electrified vehicles is incredibly refreshing.
"When you look at what needs to happen and you look at what we see happening in the marketplace, we're probably looking at a world where 25 percent of Audi's sales, over the next ten years, just to throw out a rough point in the future, are either going to be full electric or have some plug," Keogh said. "This is the reality as we see it."
Speaking today at Audi's LA Auto Show press conference, his message remained resolutely the same.
"We are, in full force, joining the electric revolution," he said. "The electric driving revolution isn't impossible. It isn't merely likely. It is inevitable."
The Audi e-tron quattro — whatever its official name becomes when it enters production in 2018 — will be at the forefront of that. Powered by a next-generation battery pack offering a claimed near 310-miles of range on the (overly optimistic) NEDC European test cycle, the Audi e-tron quattro concept we saw in Frankfurt featured all-wheel drive, a 4.6-second 0-62 mph time and an electronically-limited top speed of 130 mph.
It also featured inductive wireless charging, and powerful CCS on-board charging capable of power transfer rates as high as 150 kilowatts, recharging its battery pack from empty to 80-percent full in around half an hour.
While Audi isn't mentioning competitors for this vehicle directly, it's easy enough to figure out what an electric vehicle crossover marketplace could look like in the near future. A few months back, Tesla Motors launched its Model X full-size crossover SUV. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn recently admitted that Nissan would likely enter the mainstream crossover marketplace with its own electric crossover.
Meanwhile, German automakers Mercedes Benz and BMW have both hinted that an electric crossover vehicle of some sort could be in the pipeline. Even Jaguar, a stalwart of the V-6 and V-8 engine, is rumored to be considering an all-electric crossover SUV.
But while the Audi e-tron quattro (which we've been calling the 2018 Q6 e-tron but for which Audi engineers reportedly use the internal name of 'C-BEV') could make significant waves in a global marketplace where crossover SUVS are king, it won't be enough to account for a one-fifth to one-quarter plug-in car Audi market share by 2025.
Sadly, Audi hasn't detailed which other vehicles it plans to offer alongside an all-electric crossover, but given the brand's market share around the world and its popular sellers, we'd guess it will need luxury mid- and full-size electric sedans, as well as a sporty hatchback like the A3 with a real-world range in excess of 200 miles per charge to compete against cars like the next-generation Nissan LEAF and upcoming 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV.
There's also the R8 e-tron of course, the high-performance coupe Audi is making available as a build-to-order option and whose existence is only possible thanks to a next-generation, super energy-dense battery pack Audi has been developing at its technology centres.
We mustn't forget the Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid either, which Audi should have in dealerships some time before the end of the Holiday season. Based on the same 1.4-litre TFSI engine and plug-in hybrid drivetrain as the Volkswagen Golf GTE, the Audi A3 e-tron is a plug-in hybrid capable of around 20 miles of real-world driving in electric mode before switching over to gasoline.
While that range isn't anything to get excited about, its sporty heritage and compact form factor make it a fun and enjoyable ride, and could be enough to convince existing Audi fans that the brand's future is electric. Although customers in the U.S. have been forced to wait more than a year for the car to arrive in the U.S. after its official European launch however, Keogh had some good news about the model's planned rollout.
Of more than 210 Audi dealerships in the U.S., less than 10 have failed to sign up to sell the plug-in car. And as Autobloggreen notes, that means that nearly ever Audi dealership in the U.S. will be ready and waiting for the arrival of the 300+ mile crossover SUV when it finally launches in 2018.
Maybe there's life for Audi post-dieselgate after all.
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Out d'Coup | Dystopian Climate Assessment; Largest Progressive Caucus; Cohen Pleads Guilty; Trump Tower Moscow; Facebook Scandal; Metcalfe Schemes; PA Society; Space News; Bread Box Bakery & Free Will
National Climate Assessment dropped like a bomb the day after Thanksgiving. Despite Trump admin attempts to bury the report under the weight of Black Friday shopping deals. The report paints a devastating picture of our future including a 10% drop in the U.S. economy. Trump says he doesn't believe it. Trump gives a barely intelligible interview to the Washington Post revealing what his gut says about climate change and a host of other issues.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus is at its largest ever and now they are demanding important committee positions in order to support Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker. David Dayen lays out the argument for supporting Pelosi. On the other hand, Chuck Schumer said that Democrats are willing to give $1.6 billion to Trump for the border wall in order to avert a government shutdown. Here's a noble idea, how about ZERO dollars for Trump's racist border wall?
Sinclair Media forces nearly 200 of its affiliates to run a segment defending the use of tear gas on migrant children and families. Meanwhile, the Trump administration waived safety checks for all staff working at the nation's largest detention camp for migrant children. That camp keeps growing by the way. 2,324 migrant kids and counting.
Michael Cohen pleads guilty and implicates Trump further when it comes to the Russia investigation. Looks like Putin may have been getting a $50 million floor of a Moscow Trump Tower had the deal gone through.
Facebook scandals continue to grow as new revelations that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg ordered staff to do oppo research on George Soros after he criticized FB and Google and other tech giants at the World Economic Forum earlier this year. Facebook then pushed out critical stories to reporters about Soros's funding of American advocacy groups critical of FB.
Rider University in New Jersey says no way to Chick-fil-A. Given the restaurant chain's anti-LGBTQ record, Rider officials say Chick-fil-A is not faithful to the university's values of inclusiveness.
A Chinese researcher claims to have helped make the world's first genetically modified babies. And, Ivanka Trump found to be sending emails from a non-government server. Conservative base starts chants of "Lock Her Up…" Not.
Daryl Metcalfe is looking for some new committee positions. What will it be? Will it be House Judiciary committee chair or House Education committee chair?
The ever-so-swanky PA Society is this weekend and it was launched with a reception hosted by Christine Toretti, who is a Trustee to the Scaife Foundation and Trump's Ambassador to Malta. This high-end event was hosted at Club Macanudo.
Senate Republicans are threatening to not seat Lindsey Williams because of a potential resident.
In today's Last Call, it was a big week in Space News. The InSight Lander successfully touched down on Mars and prepares for several years of scientific study of the interior of the Red Planet. NASA selected nine companies to be eligible for future contracts to deliver payloads to the surface of the moon. The news had Mike Pence all tingly in the panties and galactic capitalists licking their chops at the prospects of colonizIng the new frontier. Time is running out for the Space Force. Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will meet with Mike Pence to try and ready legislation to drop a legislative proposal in December. And, it's 2001 a Space Odyssey all over again as the International Space Station "wakes up" its first onboard AI called CIMON. Let's hope this has a better ending.
Huge news in my neck of the woods: The Bread Box & Bakery have moved to a new prime location at the corner of Market and 7th Street in Perkasie. Their new location now has an awesome menu, kombucha on tap, great bread, and all sorts of sustainable goods in one place. Go check them out at 1 North 7th Street and tell them you heard about it on Raging Chicken's Out d'Coup podcast.
Free Will Brewing and The Bread Box & Bakery are teaming up on Wednesday, December 5th for "Let's Get Lit!" at the main brewery in Perkasie for Free Will's annual Brewery Tree Lighting & Merriment! A complimentary special toast (beer for those 21+, soda for those under 21) and Christmas cookies from our Friends at The Bread Box and Bakery will be provided to those in attendance. Festivities and the countdown to illumination get underway at 7 pm.


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It is Saturday morning, and I have off of work! SHOCKER!! Today is going to be a great day, I am going to my sisters baby shower! My little nephew will be here before I know it! Little Ethan. <3 The due date is November 19th so im sure within the next few weeks I will have lots to talk about. :) yay Its a strange thing when your siblings start getting married and having kids. Jess, my older sister got married last year and I know as I was standing up there on the alter with all the other bridesmaids ..looking at my sister, I kept thinking of the days when we would take trips to the apple orchard or pumpkin patch and get spoiled by my mom. My mom is the best, she used to take me and Jess all the time to do fun things on weekends and spoil us rotten.
well anyway, back to marriage....so it's strange, now Jess has a husband. and soon to have her OWN child. Its excited but makes me feel old. (which im really not).
Another big transition is happening..my parents are getting a new home. They are soon leaving the house i grew up in to live somewhere a little smaller. It is a wonderful new home though.. I went to see it last night and it is PERFECT for them and my little bro. (He's still a Sophmore in high school). *All this tells me is time has passed...things are changing and I am on the verge of even more changes to come.
I also have to share that I am so happy for my mom! She got a new job as a children's director at a baptist church. If you know my mom.. this is the perfect job for her. She Loves children, loves the lord and can do somthing that provides a salary while she is working for God. She spent years in a christian ministry that was completely volunteer based .. now, her long time of working has paid off.. (this just is an example of how you can turn what you love into a career..anything you want to do)
My mom was always the most Godly woman in my life when I was growing up. She is the one who taught me things and tried to bring us to church on Sundays.. haha notice the word...TRIED. Now, I see how important it was for her to lead a good example...sure, I came to know God on my own but it was her influence that gave me the inspiration to persue him. and for that I am forever sooooo grateful for her. I only hope that one day I will be just as good of an example to my kids as she was to me.
What a beautiful morning.. I can't wait to get on the road and go see my family .
Its going to be a good day.
ps..my link..lovelo.. just comes from love.. and my initials..L.O.
song of the day..amazing by Jem.
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You can now join the Google Play Music family plan announced earlier this fall $15 connects up to six accounts to Google Play Music. In case you're running late to a restaurant or need to know if your child made it to band observe, simply use Find My Pals or the Messages app to maintain tabs on one another. Then everyone in your family can access the music, movies, books, and apps that other family members buy, and enjoy them on their own devices.
At current, the family music plan is accessible solely to a handful of countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States – and all your family members should additionally belong to the identical country because the supervisor's account.
The candidates: Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, Google Play Music and Spotify. Choose Begin Trial" or Subscribe to Google Play Limitless". Apple Music's household plan is hooked into iOS and OS X's Household Sharing function, which lets different Apple IDs share calendars, photographs, films, TELEVISION, and music.
The von Trapp kids additionally already performed music earlier than Maria came to their home as a governess. Major members (subscribers) can invite and take away secondary members (invited relations) to/from the subscription and might change the fee method on the account.
There would not seem to be a way to isolate your iCloud Family Sharing account in order that it only accesses Apple Music, or solely iBooks, and many others. Tap your photograph or identify on the prime of the menu to get to your account settings. Choose Upgrade to family plan" and arrange your family.


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At the end of walks and clicker training I'm often treated with doggy fun playing peekaboo.
The game is easy to play. Dashing to the top of the redwood deck I can peek around the upright posts or above and below the horizontal rail boards to look at Dad on the other side. The photo here is extra cute because I'm resting between rails with paws crossed, and have my tongue out drooling in anticipation.
He moves left or right to mix up the correct response and says "Peekaboo" as I follow and then pose as shown in the photograph here. I'm immediately rewarded for stopping where he said "Peekaboo" with a treat depending on what he has in the treat bag for clicker training that day.
The reward could be a small chunk of chicken, beef, or turkey. Sometimes it's Bil-Jac chicken liver training treats. On some occasions it's frozen peas which is a bargain for his budget and tasty for me!
The doggy fun playing peekaboo is about more than the game and getting treats. The playful moments add up to a bond over the years that is priceless just like in the commercials. Doggy leash: $10.00. Chicken liver treat: 20 cents. Moments playing peekaboo: priceless.


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To add a bit of Minnesota levity to a conference for global attendees, we brought two non-Minnesota executives outside in the middle of winter for an ice fishing experience. What do an Argentine and German know about ice fishing? Nothing! So they make it up as they go! Add in a drone delivering beer and you have a memorable day at 15 degrees below zero! The aspect ratio matched the meeting screen, which was 4:55 to 1.
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with Jacob Leung
Welcome back to the #Collaborâte blog. Today we're with, Jacob Leung (Events director at C3 Church) and founder of Jacob Food.
What are your three tips for working with other creatives?
1. Respect the majority and be on team throughout the whole project!
Be sure to share honest with your creative thoughts as politeness can be the poison of a collaboration. Sometimes it's tough when you are the minority on a collaborative project or the team disagrees with your ideas. But get over it quickly and remember that this is everyone's project equally!
2. Create a brief before the collab starts!
Puts everyone on the same page. Briefs save time, money and relationships! Put some direction behind your vision and get onto a brief!
3. Be professional, prepared and have fun throughout the creative process!
Sometimes people get professionally lazy on collaborations (arrive late, not prepared etc) – don't be that annoying person! I treat collaborations just like any other paid job I get! My final thought is enjoy the experience! One of my favourite quotes is by Andre Gide – "Art is a collaboration between God and the Artist, and the less the artist does the better".
Thanks for reading.
#Collaborâte is an initiative of C3 College. Our aim is to increase the appreciation of collaboration and community in the creative process because sometimes the genius we need is locked up in the relationships we have.
We've seen that a lot in our C3 College creative arts courses, and if you're considering using your creativity for Godly purposes, we'd recommend you spend some time studying with us.
Also, if you'd like to see C3 College students exploring collaboration in performance, we'd like to invite you to Space (a collection of creative works) on November 25/26. Click here for more details.


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St-Germain Summer: The "Henke" Panky/
Our St Germain summer continues with this little gem. Inspired by our friend Brian Henke, we've named it the "Henke Panky!"
You know how you meet someone and you just connect immediately?
Well, despite being a sweaty disaster after racing through New York dragging my roller luggage over a mile to catch the ferry home, with zero time to spare and falling into my seat, only to begin the mad search through my briefcase for God knows what, Brian and I started chatting and, of course laughing. We shared a ton of laughs that day (including me potentially being Janet from "Three's Company" aka Joyce DeWitt) with lots to follow!
Today we're sharing the love of St Germain in the form of the Henke Panky!
· 1.5 oz Pink Grapefruit Vodka (Belvedere)
· 1.5 oz St-Germain
· 1.0 oz Pink Grapefruit Juice
· Shake in a shaker, with ice!
· Top off w/Soda Water (or in Brian's version, rose champagne!)
When Brian & Mike tied the knot in the Spring, this cocktail was one of two signature cocktails at their wedding. Great idea for your wedding cocktail this summer or if you're just in the mood for something fresh & fabulous! :)
While shown here in a cocktail glass we also love to serve it in a large Cabernet glass filled with ice or a Collins glass, also filled with ice with the St Germain spoon-straw!
Enjoy, Measure & Pinch xo


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No More Change. Just Yoyo
They say change is great, and I agree. Unless by 'change' one actually means coins and notes. Which I never seem to have with me, and therefore have to waste the precious time queueing up to an ATM. The great news is – I, just like all 20,000 students at South Kensington campus at Imperial College, can now pay with Yoyo – a mobile payment app that also collects your coffee points automatically within the app – that launched at SAF cafe at the end of last year and rolled out within the entire Imperial College in South Ken a week ago.
Taking Imperial College by storm, the app is now accepted pretty much everywhere across campus – including my personal favourite spots: h-bar (that has the best salads and where after 5 pm you can grab a beer or a glass of wine), Senior Room (that always has an amazing selection of healthy meals), Business School cafe (which provides my daily supply of black Americano, Earl Grey tea and Greek yoghurt with granola and nuts), Fuel salad bar (with smoothies to die for, mash and pie, soup and great salad bar) by Junior Room, Library cafe and many many more. No need to carry cash or paper loyalty – as the coffee points are collected automatically, you get a free coffee quicker – and moreover – can share it with a friend instead of spending it on yourself.
Yoyo app, that is free to download and use and is available in AppStore and Google Play, connects with one's bank account via direct debit, so that one can set-up an automatic top-ups or alternatively top-up as you go with one click. It's an actual illustration to the phrase 'The Future Is Here'. In fact, Yoyo team is here at Imperial College for the New Year Fair. It's quite easy to spot them – just look out for the white hoodies with cheeky message on the back.


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