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The World's Best to Compete at NYC Half-Marathon on August 16
NEW YORK - (July 30, 2009) - Some of the world's best long distance runners, including defending champion Tadese Tola of Ethiopia, two-time IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist Patrick Makau of Kenya, three-time 10,000 meter Olympian Abdi Abdirahman of the United States, ING New York City Marathon 2004 winner Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa, and 2008 Olympic marathon silver medalist and two-time World Marathon champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco, will duel on the streets of Manhattan at the NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, August 16, it was announced by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.
Previously announced for the fourth annual 13.1-mile race was top American marathoner and 2008 Olympian Ryan Hall, 26, of Mammoth Lakes, CA, who will make his NYC Half-Marathon debut.
"This is a glittering lineup of the world's best emerging stars like Tola, Makau, and Hall, side-by-side with ageless veterans like Ramaala, Abdi and Gharib," said Wittenberg. "It should be a fast and furious race through the streets of Manhattan."
A trio of the sport's all-time greats - defending champion and two-time Olympic medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor of the U.S., and half-marathon world record holder Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands - headline the women's field.
A one-hour same-day highlights show of the race will air from 11:35pm until 12:35am on WABC-TV, Channel 7, in New York City.
Tola, 21, edged Makau in the final meters to win by one second in last year's NYC Half-Marathon, finishing in 1 hour, 58 seconds. Tola will make his first trip to New York since running the fastest 10K ever recorded in Central Park at the 2009 Healthy Kidney 10K in a time of 27:48.
Makau, 24, held on to finish second at the Healthy Kidney 10K in 28:28, nine seconds slower than his winning performance the previous year. Earlier this year, Makau ran the second fastest half-marathon ever (58:52) at the Ras Al Khaimah Half-Marathon and made his marathon debut at the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon in April, finishing fourth in 2:06:14.
Abdirahman, 32, of Tucson, AZ, will return to New York after running the Healthy Kidney 10K, where he finished 11th in 29:02 coming off of a knee injury. A four-time USA champion at 10,000 meters, he qualified for his third Olympic team by winning the 10,000 meters at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field and finished 15th in the event (27:52.53) at the Beijing Olympic Games. Abdirahman made his third appearance at the ING New York City Marathon last November and finished in sixth place (2:14:17).
The only man to ever win two World Championships marathon titles, Gharib, 37, of Morocco, who finished third at the London Marathon earlier this year in a Moroccan record time of 2:05:27, and four-time Olympian Ramaala, 37, who holds several South African records, including 59:20 for the half-marathon, will also compete.
Athletes will be vying for a prize purse of more than $70,000, with the men's and women's race champions each receiving $10,000.
The NYC Half-Marathon continues to attract the world's leading professional athletes, in addition to a sold-out field of more than 10,000 recreational runners from around the world. Runners were admitted on a first-come, first-served basis, a change from the lottery entry process that was used in previous years. On a course designed to celebrate New York City, the NYC Half-Marathon will take runners on a loop through Central Park, down Seventh Avenue through Times Square, across 42nd Street, and along the expansive West Side Highway to Battery Park in the heart of the city's financial district, finishing with a view of the Statue of Liberty.
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Afraid to Express Myself
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Sometimes people accuse me of trying to hurt or control them when I merely disagree with them. It's like the disagreement is a knife they put in my hand, then take my hand and use it to stab themselves, but I am the one who feels the pain, the guilt of causing pain to another, and anger that they make it about themselves and me when that's not where I'm coming from. I feel like I don't have a right to express strong feelings about anything because somebody else will feel threatened by it and blame me.
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🔹Obscure emotion: When you don't have the space for honest self expression because you see it burden and collide with other people.🔹

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For the first time the German Materials Society (DGM) has been organising a MatWerk-Slam.
Use this platform to improve your public speaking and presentation skills while having a good time with the materials science and engineering community! Be a part of it!
The Matwerk-Slam will be performed in German!
The MatWerk-Slam is a speech contest in which every contestant will host a creative and inspiring 10-minute presentation. You can present your final university exam, thesis, laboratory experiments or any other speech idea that comes to your mind. You can play, sing, dance or simply explain your presentation. All sorts of performances are allowed! At the end, the audience decides who will be the winner of the evening.
The MatWerk-Slam will be part of the MSE-congress 2014 in Darmstadt (22-25 September 2014, www.mse-congress.de).
Prizes will be awarded for the best presentations!
For more information: MatWerk-Slam
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Posted by Stuart Herbert on November 11th, 2010 in Desktop Wallpaper, Travel Photography.
I can't count how many times I've walked past these during daylight hours and never given them a second glance … but in the darkness, lit only by floodlights and the overspill from windows and street lamps, I felt that these metal staircases really leapt out at me. I've indulged in a blue treatment of this shot to allow the focus to be on form not the varied colours.
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provide a JDBC based exclusive lock so that if just using the JDBCPersistenceAdapter (without the journal) we can have failover of brokers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: AMQ-831 URL: https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-831 Project: ActiveMQ Issue Type: New Feature Components: Broker Reporter: james strachan Assigned To: james strachan It would be good to be able to start, say, 3 brokers all talking to the same database such that the first one in locks a table with an exclusive lock and stops other nodes from getting in. If that broker fails, its connection to the database dies then another broker should be able to jump in and take over. Basically a JDBC version of the file locking mechanism already in the journal code such as in these examples... http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/activemq/trunk/activeio/activeio-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activeio/journal/active/ControlFile.java?view=markup http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/activemq/trunk/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/DefaultPersistenceAdapterFactory.java?revision=421936&view=markup -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Antico will feature an eclectic assemblage of American antiques & collectibles at this popular and well-attended outdoor venue in historic Old Town Clovis.
Our inspiration: American industrial workers, colorful hues of autumn, black & orange of Halloween.
All listings are subject to prior sale, and we may acquire additional merchandise at any time. If you are interested in anything in particular, contact us.
- Antique Automotive
- Architectural Fixtures
- Automobile & Motorcycle Racing
- Brass & Bronze
- Breweriana
- California History
- Cast Iron Model T Tools
- Enormous c. 1953 Champagne & Liquor Bottles
- Guy Stuff
- Industrial Curiosities
- Italian Immigrant Trunk
- Local Fresno Artifacts
- Metal
- Militariana
- Rock & Roll
- Soda Collectibles
- Sports Memoribilia
- Stoneware Crocks & Jugs
- Tobacciana
- Tools
- Wood
- Wooden Crates
- Victorian Cast Iron
...and anything else we unearth from our inventory that makes ya' wanna' holler "Yee-Haw!"


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Treasures from the Scripps Collection: Image #11
Treasures from the Scripps Collection: Image #11
EXHIBIT PIECE SOLD — to purchase a smaller version of this image, click here and select "11. Noury's Argonaut" from the drop down menu.
11. Noury's Argonaut
20" x 30" Acrylic Face-Mounted Fine Art Photo Print, with 3/4" rear-mounted hanging frame.
Commemorative exhibit label signed by the artist, rear mounted. Made for the Treasures of the Scripps Collection exhibit, February 11, 2019.
Half of the proceeds from the sale of this piece will be donated directly to support the Scripps Collections. Delivery will occur by the artist after the end of the traveling exhibit period.
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An absolute unique gift - your own world on your own mirror
Eloïse's mirrors have come to be the most perfect and cherished gift. Please do not hesitate to contact her to discuss how this can be done.
The artistic process
Below, Eloïse answers questions on the key stages of the Design process - and how she works together with her client.
What is the first step when a client approaches you for a project?
"I always invite the client to tell me as much as he or she can about what they are looking to achieve. Typically, people ask me to create a mirror for a birthday celebration, as a wedding gift, to celebrate graduation - in other words, defining moments in life, when we celebrate our past achievements and most cherished moments.
Businesses, architects and fashion houses have also reached out to me on numerous occasions, realizing that the mirrors I can create and design for them are able to complement and enhance their own advertising and marketing campagne."
Specifically, how is the mirror created?
"After several discussions with my clients, I start to gather and arrange a number of visual elements, such as photos, quotes and patterns provided mostly by them. Photos go through multiple stages of enhancement using state of the art graphic design techniques to ensure the desired effect is achieved and that each photo is at its optimal quality. These are then arranged visually within the mirror to create a perfectly balanced visual composition."
How would you define your artistic technique?
"The photos, patterns and quotes that the client and I choose are not simply printed, they are embedded in the glass itself. My work employs a unique image-transferring technique that make the artwork permanent.
I am very lucky to have travelled extensively around the world, and I continuously draw on my inspiration. Importantly, I realize however, that my creations ultimately evade me - they are a reflection of the lives of my clients, and they exist to tell their stories."
What type of mirrors can you work on?
"I use a variety of mirrors, that I provide because they need to be of a specific quality and grade. It is also important the mirror fits seamlessly within the personal space of my clients.
I therefore also design with the client the exact tint and shade of the mirror on which I will work and arrange the client's photos and quotes."
bespoke shade and shape for each mirror
The choice of the mirror's shade is key. Eloïse will help you find the one that will be most suitable according to your design. Below are some examples of the various shades available.


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Five Ways a Daughter Deeply Needs her Daddy
As an architect Justin sometimes has to work long hours. It's an unavoidable part of his job. I know it's a little hard on Ayla when she goes a few day's without having good time with him. Despite the lack of time, I feel so lucky to have a husband who uses the time he does have with her to the best of his ability. The other week when he had to work late a few days in a row he suggested we meet him for lunch and have a picnic. Ayla loved this idea and insisted we pack the picnic in her little plastic picnic basket toy. That hour made such a difference for her that week and it was so sweet to see her light up when we reached his office.
Daddy's play such an important role in daughter's lives. Because Dad's are often not the primary care giver, I too often see Dad's struggling with feeling either less significant in their daughter's life than they are, or they feel the weight of the importance they carry but struggle with guilt over not being able to spend more time with their daughters. While time is important (and yes, some Dad's definitely do need to rearrange priorities to put family first) being busy at work and providing for your family does not mean you can not be for your daughter what she needs you to be. Your daughter doesn't need hours on end with you but for you to use the time with you have with her wisely. That can be hard to do when you don't know what your daughter needs from you. I also believe one of the most tragic things a father can do is the underestimate the importance he carries in his daughters world. Daddy's have a unique ability to speak into a little girls life in a way no one else in her life does. So what does your daughter need from you? Here are a few ways Dad's are super important for their little girls:
You help her know and experience her worth. You know when your little one comes running up to you so excited to show you something or spins in circles in front of you in her princess dress? She's asking a question she may not even be aware of yet and you as her daddy have the ability to answer that for her before she even has words to articulate what it is. The question that is written on her heart is "Am I valuable?" Every little girl wants to be loved and delighted in. She needs to know if she is the kind of person worth delighting in. Is she deeply beautiful to you? Not just her appearance, but who she is. She needs to know that she is not just loved but delighted in. Little girls who have present fathers that speak into their lives about their value and make them feel truly cherished, statistically become sexually active far later in life and with fewer partners than little girls who's fathers were not as present. When they know they are valuable, they don't need to seek attention from men to answer the question "Am I valuable? Am I worth delighting in?" When you use your words to tell her she is valuable she learns to know her worth in a logical way. That is so important, however, when you actually engage your heart and truly delight in her she gets to EXPERIENCE and feel her worth reflected back to her through your genuine enjoyment of her. You taking 5 minutes to smile at, laugh with and adore your daughter makes all the difference in her world. She can feel the difference between you reading a story and rushing her off to bed and you taking a few minutes to enter her world and engage with her emotionally. That 5 minutes can make all the difference.
She learns healthy affection from you. It doesn't matter if your daughter is super snuggly or always on the go. She may love to crawl up on your lap and snuggle up for a book or she my push you away every time you try to scoop her up for a hug. Regardless of your child's temperament she needs to learn from you what healthy affection from a man looks like. Your hugs, kisses and snuggles are so important. Giving her space when she asks for it is equally as important. She needs to know that your arms are always there waiting for that hug but that it's ok for her to say no when she's not feeling that squeeze. I'm not saying that the occasional stolen kiss or hug is not ok, in fact it think its sometimes necessary when it's done in a warm and caring way, but overall she needs to know that saying no to affection is ok. This will help to her to have healthy physical boundaries later in life and the expectations that others will respect her boundaries and stop when she says no. Having her Daddy fill her need for healthy affection also means she will crave less inappropriate affection as a teenager. It will help her have healthier boundaries about what physical affection she will allow and what crosses a line for her. And yes, all of this starts when she is just a baby, but no, it is never too late to start.
You make her feel safe and secure. When you offer warmth, respect her boundaries and make her feel provided for, she will always know she has that stability to catch her when she falls. It gives her the safety she needs to explore the world and take healthy risks in life. It gives her something to stand on when life doesn't go the way she had planed. When I say provided for, I don't mean that she has all the newest technology, every toy in the world and a new car on her 16th birthday. I simply mean that she has what she needs. Food on the table, clothing on her back and a daddy that makes her feel loved and emotionally secure. That sense of safety will carry her well into adulthood. Even now as a woman in my 30's, who is not reliant on my dad at all for day to day life, I feel a sense of safety knowing that if something tragic ever happened to my family my daddy would be there to offer love and support in whatever ways he could. In other words, the security you provide your daughter as a child will help her to feel safe and secure in her world as an adult.
You have the ability to call out her greatness. She will look to you to for approval and leadership. You get the unique opportunity to learn her strengths and call them out. She will either hear from you the ways she is not living up to expectations in the ways she is weak or she will learn to manage her weaknesses while truly devoting her energy to growing and investing in her strengths. She needs to know that the unique gifts she carries are not only ok but are beautiful. She needs you to help her know what to do with them and how to grow them to so she can flourish and meet her greatest potential. She needs to know that you approve of who she is, how she is made and that you are proud of her. Help her discover her calling and to see a deeper purpose for her gifts. Call out her strengths weather those strengths lead to her being a doctor, a waitress, a teacher or a stay at home mommy.
She learns how a woman should be treated. She watches you. She not only sees and feels the ways you treat her but she sees and feels the way you treat her Mama. She watches how affectionate you are and the tone of voice you use when you speak to her Mom. She sees if you take time to delight in the most important woman in her life and it shows her how a husband should treat his wife. She learns what she should hope for and expect from a marriage one day by watching you. She learns how to handle conflict (good and bad) and she learns what commitment means in the more difficult seasons. Let me encourage you to love your wife the way you want a man to one day love your daughter and if you can't do that in this season then ask for help. Ask for help from close friends you can trust, or your church or find a trained counselor. Having and modeling a healthy marriage is one of the best ways you love your daughter.
Every dad will fail in some of these ways from time to time and that's ok. It's not about never failing but about being on a trajectory where you are growing in these areas for your daughter every day. The reality is that some dad's are not safe, or present emotionally or even there at all. Hear me say that it does not have to be something that irreversibly harms your daughter. In the ways that a little girl's daddy fails her or is not even in her life at all, she needs to know that God is her father and deeply wants to meet all of these needs for her. Dad's, maybe the biggest way you are important in your daughters life is that you have an ability to point her to a God, who is the perfect father. Single Mom's, you carry so much, let God carry the weight of being your child's father and speaking into her life in the ways only a father can. Help your daughter see how God desires to be all of these things to her.
Knowing God is the perfect father means Dad's can walk in freedom from guilt over the ways they are imperfect. It means Mom's can help their children who have harsh or absent fathers, to experience the safety and value they were intended too experience through their earthly father's through God himself. It's all too easy to view God through the eyes of how our fathers treated us. The truth is we have always been made to see our fathers though knowing first that God is the perfect father. For those of us with less than perfect fathers, knowing the identity God's given us, along with his protection and love, gives us strength to walk in forgiveness towards those who have harmed or failed us. At the end of the day a Daddy's role is unspeakably valuable in a little girls life but it was never intended to replace the role God longs to play in her life.


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The Appalachian Hardwood Center (AHC) at West Virginia University, is a jointly supported center of the WVU Extension Service and the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design.
The center was established in 1987 by the West Virginia Legislature to provide technical and research support for the state's growing wood products industry. The AHC is a center of excellence for outreach; extension and technology transfer; professional development; and applied research. The AHC serves sustainable natural resource-based businesses and communities as well as private forest landowners and natural resource professionals in the Appalachian forest region.
November 2-4, 2012 at Jacksons Mill, Lewis County, WV
Would you like to learn more about your woodlands and explore opportunities to create your ideal woodland?
This workshop covers forest and wildlife topics like:
Basic tree identification
Tree measurement
Game and non-game wildlife ecology
How not to sell timber
Who can help with your woodlands?
Lecturers are professional forestry and wildlife managers and scientists from natural resources agencies and organizations. Classroom and field-based lectures and exercises give participants the opportunity to interact with others to learn important concepts and techniques. This workshop is designed for woodland owners, educators, nature enthusiasts, and farmers, but all are welcome to register.
Contact Sheldon Owen for more information or to register.
West Virginia University celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Land-Grant Act with a day of fun, snacks, and fascinating facts at the Family Day at the Farm on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The Appalachian Hardwood Center and Wood Science and Technology program hosted a station that provided hands on activities for visitors of all ages.
Drs. Shawn Gurshecky and David Devallance showcased a testing rig that let visitors guess and then experimentally break different species of wood to help understand some of the different properties of wood. Most everyone underestimated the amount of force a beam would hold before breaking as well as the amount of stress that a small thin piece of wood veneer would take before ripping apart. Dr. Ben Spong led the other activity that provided sticks of white oak and red oak that were dipped in bubble solution to illustrate how wood cells are similar to straws. All trees are different, with some adapting their structure to prevent water loss by naturally plugging some of the straws in their structure (white oak) and others that do not like red oak. By blowing through the stick, you can figure out if it's red oak or white oak by looking for the huge number of bubbles that form!
The Appalachian Hardwood Center, Bio-based Materials Center and National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University and the West Virginia Division of Energy hosted a conference on biomass and coal opportunities on September 19th 2012 at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, WV. Topics at the one-day event include biomass and coal development opportunities, bioenergy research and development, torrefied biomass and coal blends, energy policy and environmental impacts, and the technical and financial feasibility of coal and biomass as feedstocks for liquid transportation fuels. The presentations and facilitated goals are now available.
Read more: Coal & Biomass Conference - Presentations and Meeting Notes
The 2012 Wood byproducts Directory has been published with the most current survey results and directory information. This directory is invaluable for businesses and individuals seeking wood residues for their own use as well as for primary and secondary wood products organizations that are looking for markets for their wood byproducts.
Do you own a wooded property and wonder about projects you might do to make it more productive? Or do you just like hearing about what woodland owners do to improve the woods they love so much?
If so, you'll want to come out to a Walking Tour at the property of Bob Alexander in Mason County.
The walk has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10 am to 2 pm. The "get together" is sponsored by the West Virginia Woodland Owners Association, WVU Extension Service/Appalachian Hardwood Center, West Virginia Forestry Association, the WV Tree Farm, and the WV Stewardship Program.
Bob Alexander will lead the tour and tell the group about some key strategies in maintaining access roads, controlling invasive plants, harvesting timber, and planting oak trees. We will also wildlife food plots and habitat areas on the property.
The walking tour will cover generally flat ground with a few relatively steep sections, so it is recommended to wear sturdy walking shoes. Following the walking tour, a lunch will be provided.


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ES #F Demand again
The daily chart above shows our SUPPLY and DEMAND Dashboard and BXB (Bar by Bar) Signals.
Readings are based on Supply and Demand and Volume internal data of the total market. It is updated in real time during the regular trading session of the NY Stock exchange and does NOT take into account any price indicators or mathematical formulas using price. We do however show the cumulative price change for the trading session and in some instances assess price movement's relationship to Supply and Demand. It is therefore fair to say that the readings and signals are independent from other popular price indicators and others shown on the chart. The readings are an independent assessment of the one and only measureable fundamental market mover: SUPPLY and DEMAND. It does not matter if price is influenced by a geopolitical event, seasonality, fundamental economic data releases or sentiment driven news, etc. It all reflects in Supply and Demand, the "footprints" of the "Big Boys" or "Smart Money".
Price failed to penetrate the 2700.50 to the down side and we have Demand readings again. ES gained 12.75-points Yesterday. We have a buy signal on the BXB Board. We should be heading towards 2741.25.
Daily Signals May the 16th
The Supply and Demand Reading (1st row) was 6.3 Yesterday with Demand getting the upper hand.
Supply and Demand Direction (3nd row) was to the upside (lime up triangle), indicating upwards direction, with substantial strength.
Average Supply and Demand Volatility (4th row) is now below 100% and is bullish. The change in average Volatility from the previous day was positive 21 (bullish) as shown on the right of Sup/Dem Dashboard.
BXB Signals:
We have a buy signal on the signals board (1st row).
Daily Volatility direction (2nd row) was Up (blue up triangle). The change in daily Volatility from the previous day was negative positive 110 (bullish) shown on the right of BXB Dashboard.
The NY Stock market traded Higher for the day (blue up triangle in 3rd row).
55% of stocks (4th row) traded above there VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) compared to the previous day's 54%, a positive sign for the markets.
In short Demand overcame Supply which resulted in a 12.75-points up move Yesterday. The pullback seems to have run its course and we are heading to 2741.25, breaking this level will lay the table to continue the upward path again.
We identified strong resistance at 2744. A break above this level can test the 2807.25 level. On the 3-day chart, shown below Demand is still very weak (0.3) and volatility has increased a bit, so further weakness can develop, especially if the 2741.25 and 2744 levels are not broken.
We took two opportunities during the trading session Yesterday on the 26-minute chart below:
Strategy is simple, enter when 2 Dashboards align and exit when two opposite triangles on BXB Dashboard appears. Entries and exits are shown with arrows on the chart.
The last sub window on the chart shows the Greed / Fear sentiment measurements of Supply and Demand Sentiment tool. Similar to an Oversold / Overbought situation (but without using price related formulas).
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TERM LIMITS: The Texas House of Representatives rejected, by a vote of 80-61, a resolution that would have limited statewide officeholders to two consecutive terms.
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My 7-year old niece, Adaya, came from Chicago to visit me recently. When we sat down to eat our dinner the first evening, she said simply, "Auntie Sheila, I want to have a toast." It was adorable and matter-of-fact, so of course we raised our water glasses. She then said, "I toast your home and Atlanta." We clinked glasses and ate, enjoying each other's company.
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- Enough food to eat
- God for giving us Jesus
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I actually had to call her and ask what the toasts were as I was writing this post, and she spouted them out as if she had just said them yesterday, even though our visit was several weeks ago. She also shared that she always toasts – sometimes the same things over and over.
What I have learned from my sweet Adaya is this: that it is important to have an attitude of gratitude. Isn't it funny how sometimes children are the perfect example of what us adults need? She is a wonderful reminder to recognize the small pleasures in life that we tend to take for granted.
I leave you today with this: each day is an opportunity to practice having an attitude of gratitude. May we never be too busy or too stressed to take moments throughout the day to give thanks.


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The United States has warned of a possible terror attack from unsecured biological agents stored in Kenya's health facilities and medical research laboratories.
The warning, contained in a Ministry of Health document released last month, reveals ongoing behind-the-scenes efforts to secure pathogens stored at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri).
The US government through the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is fast-tracking the construction of a secure storage facility at Kemri.
America is footing 90 per cent of the cost of constructing a sample storage facility at Kemri, equivalent to Ksh607 million ($6 million).
The Kenyan government is expected to put up security and CCTV installations for the facility at a cost of Ksh50 million ($500, 000) plus an additional Ksh40 million ($400, 000) for running security software for five years.
The document raises concern over the dangers associated with the pathogens found in health facilities and research institutions, terming them a serious threat to national stability.
"Kemri has multiple biological organisms and other materials that are stored in many labs (in fridges and frozen in nitrogen chambers) within the institute.
"These pose a great threat to the community as organisms can accidently, by purpose or by natural disaster, leak to the community and cause havoc.
"Criminals or terrorists can also use them for their evil intention. We therefore take this project seriously," states the Ministry of Health's mid-term expenditure framework document covering 2019 to 2022.
Anthrax attack
The police in May 2016 announced that they had foiled a "large-scale" biological attack using anthrax by a terror group with links to the Islamic State (IS).
A man, his wife and another woman were arrested in an operation spanning different parts of the country.
The security forces in a statement issued at the time said the terror network stretched across the country and outside its borders, including to Somalia, Libya and Syria.
Mohammed Abdi Ali, a medical intern at a Kenyan hospital, was said to have been in charge of a "terror network... planning large-scale attacks akin to the Westgate Mall attack" in which 67 people were killed in 2013 in Nairobi.
The statement said Mr Ali's network included medical experts who could help organise a biological attack using anthrax.
His wife, Nuseiba Mohammed Haji, a student, was also arrested in Uganda, as was a friend, Fatuma Mohammed Hanshi.
The Ministry of Health report states that the storage facility is designed to reduce the chemical and biological threat to the country.
Inventory list
A biosecurity survey in Kenya carried out in 2015 found that labs in Kenya store at least 16 dangerous pathogens.
Less than 50 per cent of the labs have an inventory list while two labs reported that dangerous biological agents had disappeared from its stores without trace.
A biological attack is the intentional release of a pathogen against humans, plants, or animals.
An attack against people could be used to cause illness, death, fear, societal disruption, and economic damage.
An attack on agricultural plants and animals would primarily cause economic damage, loss of confidence in food supply, and possible loss of life.
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced a special two-day retrospective film series celebrating the work of Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel to take place April 10-11 and to coincide with the U.S. theatrical release of Martel's long-anticipated fourth feature Zama, and with the director in attendance.
Few contemporary directors have left a more indelible mark on world cinema than Lucrecia Martel, whose small but rich body of work has gained worldwide recognition since her debut feature, La Ciénaga, in 2001.
Born in Salta—a culturally conservative region of northwestern Argentina—Martel studied film in Buenos Aires during one of the country's worst economic crises, and eventually lent her worldview and sense of place to intimate, elliptical dramas that broke from the aesthetic and ideological tendencies of the prevailing national film scene.
A singular artist, Martel combines a formal mastery—particularly through her attention to sound design—with a sensibility entirely her own, defined by atmosphere, mystery, and caustic humor alongside provocative critiques of class and patriarchy in Argentine society. Revisiting the work of one of cinema's truly brilliant minds, the series will also include Manuel Abramovich's Light Years, a documentary portrait of Martel during the making of Zama.


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Countdown to Nitrate + Kinogeists II
It's one week until our Silent Cinema Art Exhibition, and the hanging of the art is almost finished! I thought that you might like a sneak peek at the exhibition…
(It does appear that there was more dog-cuddling than hanging. This is not entirely untrue.)
See you soon!
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Antipolo City, RIZAL–St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos received seven postulants who have finished their one-year Pre-Novitiate Program, and the renunciation of parental inheritance by one novice prior to his Simple Profession of Vows. This took place at St. Ezekiel Moreno Chapel on June 28, 2019. Prior to their acceptance to the novitiate, Fray Ken Oliver Lao, … Read more
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Antipolo City, RIZAL–After their summer vacation, twelve new Pre-Novices reported to Fray James Castelo, OAR, Pre-Novitiate Director, on June 19, 2019. Before they proceeded to Bahay Lingkod-Recoletos, the Pre-Novitiate House located within the compound of St. Ezekiel Moreno Novitiate-Recoletos in Antipolo City, they visited some OAR and AR communities in Metro Manila. They had a … Read more
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We want to offer a big thank you to CHANGE, Inc., a nonprofit agency in Weirton, WV, which recently donated a used bus to ABLE Families. (The acronym in their name stands for Christians Helping Arrange New Growth Enterprises.)
The bus will be of great use to us in transporting our Afterschool children each day and also throughout the summer during our summer camps.
Thanks especially to CHANGE's CEO Judy Raveaux, transportation director Jeffery Destefano, and board of directors for their generous cooperation in making the gift possible.
Here's some of our Afterschool kids checking out the new bus earlier this week. They seem to like it.


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Johnnie Cruise Mercer shares his fourth process memoir; process memoir 4: The word, the spirit, and Little Rock in a shared evening with Angie Pittman!
From The Manuel in response to Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 23 (NIV)
See her. God, she appears. From the view of her child- her son.
I am the bone of her bones, the flesh of her flesh- I was taken from her. Man. Made in his image...his image is not mine.
Truthfully. I feebly seek sanctuary. I run to her. We run to her. In despite of her. Constantly we run, The dark, she has provided light.
The evening is apart of Danspace's Winter 2019 Season.
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OnePlus 6T Ultimate Limited Edition gets listed on Swedish retailer's website | Tech Industry
Breaking Tech Industry news from the top sources
After moving the launch date of the OnePlus 6T to 30 October and then preponing it by a day to 29 October, OnePlus seems to be a little confused. However, images of a retailer's listing in Sweden has just revealed that there will be an 'Ultimate Limited Editon' of the phone arriving soon.
While we do know almost everything there is to know about the OnePlus 6T, one thing that we won't find out until launch is the number of limited edition versions in store. OnePlus is known to offer various 'limited edition' variants of their phone, but so far, we don't have much information when it comes to the OnePlus 6T.
A Swedish retailer by the name of Webhallen has listed the OnePlus 6T 'Ultimate Limited Edition' on its website with a limited stock of up to 100 units. The listing also provides us a view of the box packaging in which the edition is expected to arrive in. The package also reveals the product tagline which reads, "OnePlus 6T as well as a host of secret things."
The listing does not come with a product description and does not talk about the specifications of the special edition either. This does provide major question marks as to whether the listing should be trusted in the first place but knowing that special editions are a thing with OnePlus, it is quite possible that the listing is real.
To jog your memory, OnePlus had earlier launched a "Marvel Avengers Limited Edition" OnePlus 6 and a "Star Wars Limited Edition" of the OnePlus 5T back in December.
For those still wondering about internals, the special edition will very likely rock top-of-the-line specifications of 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. OnePlus will also likely throw in a number of special accessories and goodies to boot.


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Tourism renaissance for Tropical North Queensland
Innovative Great Barrier Reef products, new tours to connect with Aboriginal culture, adrenalin-packed sporting events and a waterfront brewery will be among the latest must-do experiences in Tropical North Queensland as the region undergoes a tourism renaissance in 2018.
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Hot on the heels of introducing the first waterslide on the Great Barrier Reef, Sunlover has added the outer reef's first new pontoon in almost two decades to spectacular Arlington Reef. www.sunlover.com.au
Explore one of UNESCO's top 10 rock art sites in the world with a Traditional Owner. Kuku Yalanji guides tell the story of the ancient Quinkan rock art at Laura on a Jarramali Rock Art Tour. www.jarramalirockarttours.com.
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Watch the sun set over the mountains of the Daintree rainforest as you sail around Port Douglas on Aquarius. BYO drinks and enjoy the on-board canapes as the end of a glorious day in the tropics. www.portdouglascruises.com
Experience Aboriginal culture on a Cultural Connect tour in the Wet Tropics rainforest. Learn how to use a spear to hunt, collect medicines, join a traditional art workshop and explore Mossman Gorge. cultureconnect.com.au
See the Wet Tropics rainforest the fun way in a Hummer or on an ATV. The GTS Hummer Safari and ATV Quad Bikes tour takes you off-road and through creeks to see rainforest animals and birds. www.thetourspecialists.com.au/
Snorkel around a secluded island at the best time of the day – early morning or afternoon – with Calypso Reef Cruises. This half-day trip for just 23 people explores Low Isles off Port Douglas. calypsoreefcruises.com
Critically endangered sawfish are among the 15,000 animals on display at the Cairns Aquarium which connects visitors with the Great Barrier Reef, Wet Tropics rainforest, Gulf Savannah and Cape York. www.cairnsaquarium.com.au
Tales of sweat, Aboriginal heritage, hippies and cyclones are among the extraordinary stories of life in the tropics at the Cairns Museum. The collection documents the history of Tropical North Queensland. www.cairnsmuseum.org.au
Step from the Wet Tropics rainforest on to Sailaway Cape Tribulation for a snorkelling tour of the outer Great Barrier Reef with a marine biologist. This eco tour visits a unique tropical coral cay. www.sailawaycapetrib.com
The action-packed Tropical North Queensland events calendar is hotting up in 2018 with the Commonwealth Games basketball heats in Cairns on April 5-10. The line-up of new events includes the Reef to Reef Mountain Bike Race on August 9-12 and Targa Great Barrier Reef from August 31 to September 2.tropicalnorthqueensland.org.au
Opening in 2018
Learn to dive on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef at the Quicksilver Port Douglas Dive Centre. Opening in July, the centre has a four-metre-deep diving pool with a glass viewing wall.
Brewery tours, craft beer tastings, cider and great pub food can be enjoyed on the waterfront mid-2018 when Hemingway's Brewery expands from Port Douglas to a Cairns heritage-listed wharf shed.
The Cairns Performing Arts Centre is set to open mid-2018 as part of The Precinct in Cairns which incorporates the spectacular new Munro Martin Parklands outdoor performance space.
City Centre Alive is transforming the city heart into a landscaped pedestrian friendly area with public art and feature lighting setting the scene for an evening promenade through the Cairns CBD.
Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina Cairns will redefine luxury in the city with the transformation of 184 guest rooms in two phases during 2018. The décor will embrace comfort and the local environment.
Riley, the first of The Crystalbrook Collection hotels in Cairns will open in August 2018. The five-star resort with 311 suites and rooms on the Cairns Esplanade has a lagoon pool with a private beach.
Under construction
Five-star hotel Bailey will open on Abbott Street mid-2019 adding another 217 rooms to Cairns city. Boasting five restaurants and bars, it is the second of the Crystalbrook Collection hotels.
Also under construction in the city is the Crystalbrook Collection's five-star hotel Flynn which will open early 2020. It will have 303 suites and rooms, six restaurants and bars and two glass swimming pools.
The Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina at Port Douglas is undergoing a $100 million redevelopment including the addition of superyacht berths, a 100-room boutique hotel, 50 top-tier apartments, retail and dining areas.
New exhibition space and meeting rooms are included in the refurbishment and expansion of the Cairns Convention Centre which is scheduled to begin mid-2018.
Civil works have been undertaken for the $550 million Nova City, a luxurious residential and commercial development near the Cairns Convention Centre.


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On responsibility of bank owners
This year, the public witnessed the mass bankruptcy of Ukrainian banks. This situation is caused by both the financial situation of the state, and not least by offenses in the banking sector, including a significant amount of loans to the companies associated with bank owners.
Law No. 2085 is an extremely important step to fight the corruption and oligarchy inthe state economy.
However, some provisions of the Law show that the effective application of the Law in practice will not be possible because:
- According to the civil law, only direct damage is subject compensation. The Law states, "The Fund or the Fund agent may request the bank managers, controllers, end beneficial owners, other owners of a substantial participation to satisfy a part of the bank creditors' claims with their property, if the acts or omissions of such persons resulted in bank's losses and/or damaged the interests of depositors and other bank creditors, and the estimated value of liquidation estate of the bank approved by the Fund is less than the amount of claims included in the registry of accepted creditors' claims." That means that the condition of liability is the difference between claims and estimated value of the assets, and not the actual damage, which is contrary to the principles of civil law.
- The condition of compensation for damages is the presence of offense (action, inaction, consequences and the causal relationship between them). The Law provision, which provides that the amount of the claim cannot be less than the difference between the claims included in the registry of accepted creditors' claims and estimated cost of the bank liquidation estate approved by the Fund does not guarantee the actual compensation of damages, since it will be very difficult to prove a causal connection between actions and consequences in banking.
- The compensation of losses is civil liability. Under the provisions of the Constitution, the Laws of Ukraine do not have a retroactive effect. This means that the owners of the banks having a current temporary administration or pending the liquidation will not bear any liability.
That is, the Law of Ukraine will not be an effective tool in the fight against offenses in the banking sector.


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Modern Materials Handling (MMH) recently discussed the results of Peerless Research Group's 2017 Warehouse/DC Equipment Survey. This survey polls industry professionals on the topics and issues that they spend their resources on, be it money, time, or intellect. This year's results reflect the changes that manufactures have been forced to make since the birth of e-commerce.
Digital purchases are growing every year, even putting brick and mortar stores out of business. This means faster cycle times; smaller, more frequent orders; and labor pressures for a lot of companies. As a result, there's a push to spend more on automated materials handling solutions & related software systems in order to keep up.
Norm Saenz, technology director at St. Onge Company, is quoted in the MMH article:
"Many of the retail industry DCs weren't designed to deal with e-commerce-size orders, so you just can't get those orders out of the building very effectively without investing in new material handling equipment of some kind, or in information technology systems."
Survey respondents clearly agree with Saenz, as they spent more money or plan to spend money on material handling equipment and IS solutions. Almost half of those polled indicated that they have a pre-approved budget for materials handling for 2017. The average budget is over $422,000; 23% of respondents have budgets that top $1 million.
Implementing new equipment and systems is quite an investment. It's important to look at the need through an organized understanding of what can be made more efficient without new equipment, and also how far-reaching efficiencies are with new equipment. By identifying the greatest opportunities for improvement, a company can spend wisely, yielding the most productivity and the best ROI.
Managers can get a complete, organized understanding of the workflow using a Lean strategy like Value Stream Mapping. Lean was a very popular methodology in the survey results. For best practices, respondents most listed:
For any company that is moving toward efficiencies to accommodate e-commerce demands, it is important to evaluate the entire process. Packaging is often overlooked in strategies to increase efficiency, though there is usually a huge opportunity for improvement. Does your packaging make it easy for your packers to quickly, consistently, and efficiently arrange contents? Is there an opportunity to reuse packaging? Consider product damage as it relates to the fill you use as well as the packaging itself. How often do you cover the cost of damaged goods? Is the fill the most economical choice for the product and the package? All of these questions can help you uncover opportunities to improve your packaging.
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Endless Training 2
This is the 2nd edition of the martial arts idle game, Endless Training. The idea still the same, but there are smoother animations, damage display, and some new achievements. Spend your attribute points to increase various things. When it is time, you can rebirth to reset the progress, but with a better damage bonus and status points. Increase your rank to become a better fighter. Can you be the master of martial arts?
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Brigg Town CIC booked their place in the hat for the county cup third round with a narrow win over Immingham Town on Saturday.
Reece Moody put the home side ahead at the Hawthorns after just 12 minutes, and the Lincolnshire League leaders appeared to be cruising through in the Junior Cup when Moody doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark.
But the Zebras were kept in check when Immingham halved the deficit after the break.
But Brigg held on to reach round three.
Brigg remain top on goal difference, and with games in hand, and entertain fifth-placed Cleethorpes Town on Saturday. Kick-off 3pm.


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One Eye Open band is 4-piece acoustic band out of Austin, featuring fine pickin, soaring vocals and sweet harmonies, with interests ranging from Scruggs to Springsteen, Monroe to Mattea, Flatt & Scruggs to Leadbelly and Bob Wills, from Hot Rize to Patsy Cline. Originals too.
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Recently I read the article describing sexual harassment in academia. Explaining how prevalent it is. So I decided to add my story.
Yes, there is loads of sexual harassment in academia, so much that female students often warn each other about the different professors.
In my undergrad years, I got the tips: 'Do not dye your hair blonde, this one likes blondes.' 'Do not wear red in his classes, he will force you to have sex.' 'Avoid a situation where you will end up alone with that one, it will not end up nice.'
Once I was complaining to my friend that I just cannot pass an exam with one professor, no matter how hard I try. She grinned and said he probably wish to f..k. Then she shared a similar experience, where she actually did it.
I did not. Instead, I changed majors, because with a different major I got different professor for the same subject. And guess what, at that exam, I got the highest possible grade.
Yes, changing majors impacted my career. But I did not wish to give in blackmailing. My knowledge and talents should be judged, not my genitals.
Then I got in grad school, thinking I'm in a reputable old organization, nothing bad will happen to me now. After all, Germans always boosted to be way more progressive than my country of origin. And at that point in time, I believed them.
Well, sexual harassment did happen. My thesis advisor had a postdoc he considered a friend. And for some mysterious reason, I had to work with that particular postdoc. It did not take long before postdoc insisted on a sexual relationship. He explained it saying his girlfriend was out of the town and he was bored. I guess I was supposed to feel sorry for him.
This time I complained. He was just one notch above me in a hierarchy, and theoretically should not be involved in my theses at all. First I asked my advisor to work with someone else, and he refused to accommodate me, dismissing my complaints. So I went to a head of the school and said what happened. It did not help. Oh, head of the school did all he could to help, but his idea of help was to talk with my advisor. Instead of help, I got punished.
My advisor forbade the whole group to work with me or help me. No one on the team who was supposed to work with me on the research was allowed to even talk with me. But I did not give up. In the end, I got my Ph.D. I did it without any help of my advisor's group.
And problems did not stop there. My advisor forbade publishing of my research. It took time for me to learn that he has no right to do so and that basically by saying he does not wish me to publish, just means I have to remove him from the author list. I still have that email of his saved. In essence, my advisor did whatever he could to destroy any chance I could have a scientific career.
I fought back, had a stroke of luck and got a wonderful job with a fine research group in Belfast, Northern Ireland. And my career took off. Late, and with large handicap but it took off. In this group, I did not have any bad experiences. A weird one yes, with one male grad student, who thought that I'm hitting on him when I complimented his work. When I realized his confusion I backed off, and that solved that issue.
Anyway, for the rest of my career, I did not experience any more harassment. I listened to the advice I was getting from other females in the academia. Made sure to look as much as male as possible. Many of my female colleagues described how their problems with bosses and advisors grew together with their hair.
Maybe that was it. I liked to dress up as a grad student. After coming from the war-torn country, a cute dress seemed like a breath of spring. But it brought me experiences that I often put on par with my war experiences (Yes, I survived a war as a civilian. I would not recommend it to anyone).
Dressing and behaving butch did work. I went as butch as I could. I pretended to like sports, watching it just to be able to follow the 'water-cooler' conversations.
I hope that for you, a young girl, a situation will change and you will be able to go through your academic experience without harassment. But if this current movement falls flat, then do what I did, be as butch as possible.
In the end, that kind of 'style' yields harassment-free interactions, it is more comfortable and requires way less maintenance. Also, it prevents that annoying situation where you are trying to talk about Hilbert's space and tensors, while your male colleague is smirking staring at your boobs.
Incidents like those were a reason why I was looking into t-shirts with Iron Maiden logo. Those did wonders on helping male colleagues concentrate on science instead boobs. I warmly recommend such T-shirt. There is nothing like half rotten corpse screaming on the T-shirt to put males mind away from the sex. (I guess I never bumped into necrophiliac).
If you wonder, what would be my preferred way to dress, well, cosplay. I would love to be able to go around dressed as Vulcan all the time (Star Trek). I would not mind having Rey's garb (Star Wars), or Tauriel's (Hobbit). I personally think that outfit of the Wraith Queen is a perfect choice around Halloween (Stargate). I even thought about perfecting my sewing skills so that I can make such custom clothing for myself. But life usually gets in a way, and I never get there.
So this is my #metoo story. Just to add, I never met an adult female that did not have a story like this.


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Yayo - 33
Yayo is a well known musician in the Caen region since he played as a guitarist in Hygiaphone (Téléphone tribute band), in Torps and especially in La Tchoucrav ', an ultra festive and energetic rock band, as the band likes to define itself.
As a young boy he started playing guitar by listening to Metallica, Iron Maiden and especially AC / DC and their legendary "Thunderstruck" and this led him first to play in Caen's local bars, and then to tour with different bands.
All the experience accumulated led him to this record made of songs rejected by his former bands. On this "33" (his age), he plays guitar, bass, drums, he sings, he wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics with Julien Michaux, singer of Haston, another band of Caen. He is also responsible for the recording, with which he was not familiar with before starting working on this record. All in a very little room.
And there are excellent titles in this album which will be available as MP3 or paying WAVE. The cover is a nod to the Bruce Springsteen's "Greatest Hits" cover released in 1995. There can be worse references!
The first title is already very strong. "SOS" will stay in your mind for a long time with its long intro, its solo and its Arabist Iron Maiden "bridge". "Loud and Heavy" has an undeniable AC/DC influence, and it makes you bang your head and stomp with pleasure. "Josephine" is of the same ilk. It rocks while melodic, and it's fun to listen to. The sound is okay, each instrument finds its own place. The chorus in "The Pact" reminds me of Def Leppard's way of rocking. "Make That Wish Come True" starts slow, before roaring with sharp steel guitars. Another great chorus and a very pleasant bridge. It swings, it rocks!
The influence of AC / DC is back with the twirling "Everybody Can See Me Cry", like the following song, the bluesy "What Goes Around", where Yayo shares the vocals with Julien Michaux. Without a doubt, it will have a great live effect. The pace does not drop in intensity with "Let's Go Wild", with its very Thunderstruck intro. The chorus is very nice and very melodic. "Cabin Fever" remains in the record's spirit. Rock, fit-in, melodic intro and impeccable wah solo fly high.
Any self-respecting rock album has to have its slow. This is done with the soft and haunting "You're My Everything". Light your lighters!
In the end, this is a "homemade" record which is very consistent, certainly made with the means at hand, but honestly by a music lover who seeks to prove that we can make good music with few resources. And it works. The music is not art, it comes from the heart.
Do not hesitate to buy this album. The cover is provided with your MP3 or WAVE copy.
Photo : Sylmi photographe
Click on the following link to get your copy : https://yayo33.bandcamp.com/releases
Tracklisting :
1 Sos (Phoenix Awakening)
2 Loud and heavy
3 Josephine
4 The pact
5 Make that wish come true
6 Everybody can see me cry
7 What goes around
8 Let's go wild
9 Cabin fever
10 You're my everything
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Wonderful article and so well written, we thank you dearly!
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Awesome review of an awesome album. Thanks! :-)
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A Second Possible MH370 Part Was Found On Reunion Island By The Same Guy Who Discovered The First One
A second possible piece of debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was found Sunday on the island of Reunion in the French Indian Ocean, AFP reported. Reunion island resident Johnny Begue told AFP he'd given police a second item he had found on the beach and believed to be debris from the missing airliner last Thursday.
Begue said he stumbled across the object while jogging on Saint-Andre beach Thursday and had turned it over to local authorities the following day. The item was described by Begue as being roughly 15 by 8 inches with a blue mark of coloring on one side and grey on the other, Yahoo reported
If Begue's name sounds familiar to you, it's because he found another piece of MH370 — the only piece of wreckage to have been confirmed as belonging to the missing airliner — last year. Begue found a wing fragment known as a flaperon while cleaning a beach July 29 that was later identified as a piece of MH370, the passenger jet that made global headlines after it disappeared with 239 people aboard on March 8, 2014.
It's not clear yet if this second object is also a piece of MH370, but Begue told the Associated Press it looked very similar and had been discovered in nearly the same location as the first. "It looks like the other one, but I don't know if it's part of the plane or not. Experts will say," he said.
The object will likely be examined by local authorities to determine if it should be sent on to French investigators for further evaluation as possible MH370 debris, ABC News reported.
Begue's second find comes just days after amateur investigator Blaine Gibson found a piece of airplane debris in Mozambique that Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said had a "high possibility" of being from a Boeing 777 like that of MH370.
Tuesday will mark two years since MH370 mysteriously disappeared while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. With 26 countries participating, the international search effort for MH370 quickly became the most costly hunt in aviation history. At least $44 million was spent on aircraft and ships combing the Indian Ocean and South China Sea for wreckage.
Families and friends of MH370's passengers held a remembrance service in Malaysia over the weekend to mark the second anniversary of its disappearance and asked authorities not to give up the search for the missing jetliner.


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Bodenes opened in May 2010 and is located in the entertainment complex of Lisburn. We have strived to create the most authentic Texan diner experience this side of the pond.
Our chefs cook up some of the best known diner dishes, from succulent rack o' ribs, wings, tasty burgers and everything in between, so come to Bodenes and taste Texas!
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If you want to know the value of money, both real and virtual, you can try to borrow some. Or, in the case of digital currency, you could ask the Internal Revenue Service.
The buying and selling of digital assets, including coins and tokens offered and sold in "Initial Coin Offerings," have been in the news lately. Back in 2014, the IRS issued Notice 2014-21 to describe how convertible virtual currency such as Bitcoin is taxed. Are you up on the rules? Here's a brief quiz.
1. Virtual currency is treated as property for federal income tax purposes.
2. Taxpayers have gain or loss for federal income tax purposes when virtual currency is exchanged for other property. The gain or loss could be capital (similar to a stock or bond) or ordinary (similar to inventory).
3. Income made from "mining" virtual currency is subject to payroll and self-employment tax.
Note: Taxing Lessons provides a summarized version of sometimes lengthy court decisions. The full case may include facts and issues not presented here. Please use the link provided in the post to read the entire case.
This information should not be considered legal, investment, or tax advice. Taxing Lessons and Top Drawer Ink Corp. do not provide legal, investment, or tax advice. Always consult your legal, investment, and/or tax advisor regarding your personal situation.
The character of the gain or loss generally depends on whether the virtual currency is a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer.
A taxpayer generally realizes capital gain or loss on the sale or exchange of virtual currency that is a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer. For example, stocks, bonds, and other investment property are generally capital assets.
A taxpayer generally realizes ordinary gain or loss on the sale or exchange of virtual currency that is not a capital asset in the hands of the taxpayer. Inventory and other property held mainly for sale to customers in a trade or business are examples of property that is not a capital asset.
If a taxpayer's "mining" of virtual currency constitutes a trade or business, and the "mining" activity is not undertaken by the taxpayer as an employee, the net earnings from self-employment (generally, gross income derived from carrying on a trade or business less allowable deductions) resulting from those activities constitute self-employment income and are subject to the self-employment tax.
The fair market value of virtual currency received for services performed as an independent contractor, measured in U.S. dollars as of the date of receipt, constitutes self-employment income and is subject to the self-employment tax.
The fair market value of virtual currency paid as wages is subject to federal income tax withholding, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax, and Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax and must be reported on Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.


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World leaders meet for G20 Summit
Leaders of the world's most prominent industrialized nations gathered in Pittsburgh last week for what will become a regular meeting to make economic decisions that will impact the economy of the world.
This group of 20, or G20 Summit, ran over two days, with dignitaries arriving Thursday for a working dinner hosted by President Obama at Phipps Conservatory. The Summit itself was held on Friday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown. It began at 9:30 a.m. and concluded with press conferences given by leaders from various countries at around 5 p.m., with Obama's conference kicking off the string of meetings to follow.
Before discussing the results of the Summit, which focus on stabilizing the market and preventing another economic crisis like the one of fall 2008, Obama stressed the importance of nations' working together to solve problems and thanked the people and the city of Pittsburgh for hosting the summit.
Many of the leaders, he said, were "so impressed with the revitalization of city" since their last visits, reinforcing Obama's choice to hold the Summit in Pittsburgh. Another signature Pittsburgh feature the leaders were impressed by was a breakfast food.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ate breakfast at Pamela's in Millvale and was very pleased with the pancakes he was served.
"I'm a little resentful that I didn't get to Pamela's for pancakes," Obama joked.
Despite the lighthearted comments, Obama soon explained the results of the conference, and the four main points that the delegation agreed upon.
First, he said, was sustaining recovery plans until economic growth is restored not just for the upper classes and businesses, but also for the working and middle class families who need to be able to pay their bills. "We can't tolerate the same old boom and bust economy of the past," he said.
To achieve this, he said, it was important to implement "tough, new financial regulations." More transparency in business is a key element of this point. "Those who abuse the system must be held responsible," he emphasized.
A second point of the plan ties executive pay to long-term performance rather than short-term.
The third element is to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, which will increase our energy security and decrease the "threat posed by climate change."
The fourth point builds on Obama's earlier remarks about nations working together and reforms the system of global economic cooperation and governance. This means that rather than only including already-powerful industrial nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will begin to include emerging economies as well, and a new World Bank Trust Fund will be established.
"The nations of the world share mutual interests," he said, and stressed that they should "act on behalf of shared prosperity."
The cooperation on which Obama spoke Friday has been seen already in the response to Iran's nuclear facilities. Intelligence agencies from the United States, the United Kingdom, and France each investigated whether Iran's statements about their facilities were truthful or whether they were in violation of international laws. After they confirmed the violation, other countries, including China and Russia, joined these countries in condemning Iran's actions.
Leaders from these countries will be meeting with Iran on Oct. 1 to try to solve the problem diplomatically, but Obama said that he would not rule out any options or possibilities for further action. "Iran is on notice. They are going to have to come clean and make a choice," he said. The first path leads to peace, and the second to confrontation.
While these things were occurring on the international political fronts, protesters gathered outside, surrounded by swarms of police dressed in riot gear.
All week, demonstrators have gathered to protest various causes, ranging from the war to capitalism to the G20 itself. Some protesters, like those desiring to free Tibet and the oppressed Chinese religious group Falun Gong, were peaceful, but other protests became riotous and violent.
Obama was not concerned about the riots. "It's important to keep things in perspective," he said. "In London, there were hundreds of thousands on the streets [as compared with the just over 5000 reported to be outside of the Convention Center]. Pittsburgh deserves credit for managing a very tranquil G20 Summit."
While the Summit may have been "tranquil" compared to other Summits, the protesters certainly caused a stir in the city.
Throughout the course of the week, nearly 20 businesses were damaged, reportedly by the same protesters from California, and over 100 people were arrested for refusal to disperse.
In Oakland last Thursday, students gathered to protest, and police broke up the group with the use of OC gas, which is slightly different from tear gas, as it is a different chemical compound more similar to pepper spray. To revolt against police actions, students gathered again Friday and were met with equally strong riot dispersal tactics.
Twitter updates and YouTube videos gave the world a close-up look at the police actions and protests happening in the city.
Two students from Carnegie Mellon created a website that compiled the most recent videos and Tweets relating to the G20. Haris Krijestorac and Manolis Kounelakis, master's students in information systems management, originally did not intend for their website, www.exponentialweb.com, to focus on G20. "We both have many theories and ideas about where the social web is taking the world, and we wanted to share our youthful yet academic perspective with the world," Krijestorac stated in an e-mail.
The site was created Sept. 20, and by Sept. 24, the first day of the Summit, Krijestorac and Kounelakis began posting live updates from social websites, allowing people to follow what was going on in real time.
"We hope that ExponentialWeb will not only give us the outlet to report social web news and express our opinions on the subject, but inspire others to engage in it," Krijestorac wrote.
This website, as well as the original sites from which the material was taken, engaged many in the events of the weekend, supplementing traditional news sources with information straight from the participants.
Whether through protests, art, or social websites, very few people managed to avoid participating in one way or another in this event.


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It's official Carson Grubaugh is the new collaborator on Dave Sim's upcoming project: "Strange Death Of Alex Raymond"
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane posts Cerebus as Spawn
Todd writes:
Dave Sim (a fellow Canadian artist), created one of my favorite comic book characters Cerebus the Aardvark and it was a BLAST being able to collaborate on Spawn issue 10!
This pin-up he did for Spawn issue 4. And it MAY have been an unforeseen foreshadowing to our collaboration on Spawn! Funny how things work out!!


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For those who want to take things a bit further, in terms of coaching or personal performance, the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course is a great thing to do. You'll meet some great people, you'll have loads of fun and you'll learn a huge amount (and no you don't have to be a 'CrossFit Firebreather' to attend, it can be for absolutely anyone as long as you're willing to learn).
It's taking place at CrossFit Central London on the 17th and 18th March 2012. Click on the link above to book your place. If you want to get on this you will need to book straight away as they always sell out very quickly.


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Carl Hansen founded his company on a strong belief: outstanding craftsmanship and rational serial production could go hand-in-hand to provide customers with high-quality furniture at a reasonable price. Today, they continue to build on this simple but strong idea. They combine traditional woodworking techniques with the latest technology to produce furniture of lasting value.
Most of the furniture Carl Hansen & Søn produce today was designed by leading Danish architects back in the 1930s and up to the 1960s, but the design, the vision and the craftsmanship behind every piece of furniture is still as relevant today as it was then. If not even more so today.
"At Carl Hansen & Søn, we feel a great responsibility to keep bringing this sustainable idea forward of producing furniture with a long life, made of wood harvested from sustainably managed forests and treated in a way that is as gentle as possible for the environment. Our skilled craftsmen and -women still work with the same pride and dedication and it this passion that helps us maintain the same high quality in every piece of furniture that leaves our factory in Gelsted".