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The MMA-Inspired Lower-Body Power and Speed Workout
Looking to give your tired old leg routine the kick-start it needs? This explosive routine — borrowed from the realm of martial arts — will do just that, literally and figuratively.
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One of the main tenets linking the various disciplines of martial arts together is the idea that we all have a "center" from which our energy and power flow. Located deep within our core, it's where a martial artist accesses their chi — the life force and vitality that exists within every living creature.
While the concept of chi very much involves the spiritual, the idea that we all derive power from the center of our bodies is also very practical — because our center of gravity is, physically and kinesiologically speaking, the key to generating movement.
"The stronger and more explosively powerful our lower bodies are, the easier it is to accomplish all the actions we take each day, anything from climbing a staircase to picking up our toddlers, as well as in times of duress, being able to deliver a devastating kick to a would-be attacker," says Teri Jory, Los Angeles–based personal trainer, professional ice skater, fourth-degree black belt and creator of the Poise method. "Having a strong, stable lower body that can generate high-speed power in a flash is an incredible feeling."
To help harness that incredible feeling for yourself and conjure your own sense of chi, try Jory's lower-body workout, designed to help you get stronger, faster and more centered.
The Fighting Shape Lower-Body Power, Strength and Speed Workout
Warm up with 50 to 100 heel and toe raises on a stair or platform, followed by either jumping rope for two minutes or 300 jumping jacks.
For heel raises, place your feet shoulder-width apart with your toes on the edge of the stair and your heels hanging off the edge. With your arms at your sides, on your hips, or holding onto the banister or wall, maintain an upright posture as you raise your heels as high as you can, then lower them back down to a full stretch.
For toe raises, turn around so your heels are on the edge of the stair and your toes are hanging off the edge. With your knees slightly bent, arms again at your sides, on your hips, or holding onto the banister or wall, raise your toes as high as you can, then lower them.
|Roundhouse Kick
|8 slow/20 fast (per side)
|Front Kick
|8 slow/20 fast (per side)
|Split Squat Jump
|Swiss-Ball Glute Bridge
– superset with –
Swiss-Ball Hamstring Curl
Roundhouse Kick
Equipment: None needed, although you can use a heavy bag
Teri's Take: "Roundhouse kicks increase your explosive power, strength and speed. They work the hip flexors and quads as you 'chamber' the kicking leg, and during the kick, the lower-leg muscles engage to straighten and re-chamber. While balancing on the standing leg, you are engaging the core."
How-To: Assume a "fighting stance" — start with your feet parallel to one another and shoulder-width apart, and then step back with one foot while keeping the other forward, with the toes of your back foot set at a 2 o'clock position. Keep your knees loose, your elbows bent to protect your chest, and your hands closed into a fist and raised in front of your chin, which should be down as your eyes face forward.
From the fighting stance, you'll practice kicking the air (or a heavy bag, if you prefer that and you have one available). The steps are below, although keep in mind that you'll want to work on doing them all in one fluid motion:
- Raise your back leg and "chamber" it, bending that knee as you balance on your plant leg.
- Your toes should be extended down, not pointed.
- You'll be bringing that back leg forward toward the target, generating momentum from the hips as you pivot forward toward the bag (or the air — picture an attacker if need be). Think about generating power from your core as you drive up and forward with your back leg.
- As your back leg rises up to a point parallel to the floor, snap that lower leg as you open your knee to perform a kick. If you are hitting a bag, you should contact it with the crook between the top of your foot and your ankle.
- Retract your leg to the bent position as you pivot back into the fighting stance.
- Start with eight slow kicks, then do 20 fast strikes before repeating the sequence by switching into the opposite stance and kicking with the other leg.
Repeat eight times slowly, then 20 times quickly with each leg.
Front Kick
Equipment: None needed
Teri's Take: "Front kicks work your quads, glutes, hamstrings, hip flexors and core, increasing explosive power, strength and speed. It is easy to learn — and a great self-defense tool if directed at an attacker's groin or knee."
How-To: Assume a fighting stance as described above for the roundhouse kick. For these, instead of pivoting into the kick, you'll bring your back leg straight forward. Drive up with your back-leg knee while generating power from your core, bringing it forward. Balancing on your plant foot, you'll snap your lower leg, contacting the bottom of the bag with your shoelaces (or if kicking the air, picture contacting the groin area of an attacker). Bend that knee and bring the leg back to return to the fighting position.
Repeat eight times slowly, then 20 times quickly with each leg.
Split Squat Jump
Equipment: Possibly two 5- to 8-pound dumbbells, if desired
Teri's Take: "Split squat jumps help to improve conditioning, flexibility and endurance because of the muscular coordination required. The split squat jump targets the quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves — it's especially helpful for building up the muscular structure that supports the knee."
How-To: Get into a lunge position by taking a big step forward with your right foot and lower your hips down toward the floor as you bend your front knee. Your back (left) leg should be stretched out behind you, knee elevated off the floor and balanced on your toes.
Your torso should remain upright. From this position, you'll drive up powerfully through your legs to jump straight upward, getting high enough off the floor to switch legs midair and land softly in the opposite lunge position, left leg forward and right leg back. Lower your hips and immediately reverse direction into the next rep.
Repeat for eight to 20 jumps total.
"A good rule of thumb is to be able to complete five to six repetitions with control before adding weight via dumbbells," Jory adds.
Superset: Swiss-Ball Glute Bridge/Hamstring Curl
Equipment: Swiss ball
Teri's Take: "Your glutes are among the strongest muscles in your body, and when they work in conjunction with your hamstrings, they act to stabilize and extend your hips. Training both muscle groups, as you do with this superset, will help you lift more weight, run faster and jump higher over time, thereby increasing your explosive power, strength and speed."
Repeat for 6 reps.
Glute Bridge
How-To: Lie faceup, arms by your sides with your palms turned down toward the floor, legs up and bent 90 degrees with a Swiss ball under your heels.
Place the bottom of your feet on top of the ball, rolling the ball toward your glutes and, engaging your lats and core for stabilization, drive through your heels to raise your hips into the air until they are aligned with your torso while your head, shoulders and upper back remain in contact with the floor. Hold that position for a two- or three-count, then slowly reverse to lower your glutes down to the floor.
Repeat for six reps total.
Hamstring Curl
How-To: On the final rep of the glute bridge, keep your hips high — don't lower them to the floor — and straighten your legs, rolling the ball away from you. The ball will start in contact with the bottom of your feet but remain in contact with only your heels at full extension. Maintaining control of your body and the ball, slowly bend your knees to roll the ball back underneath your glutes.
Repeat for 10 to 20 reps in total.


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Top News: New Native Check-In App
We have a new release of one of our most popular RaceDay tools: the CheckIn App. Our previous version was used by over 1,800 races to check-in over 700,000 participants. The new app improves stability, performance, and scalability, with speedy searches of 50,000 participants. Improvements include:
- Edits of personal info, event, and giveaway
- Fast list of linked registrations & team members
- More customization on visible fields during CheckIn and event specific presets
- Fast CheckIn options with a phone or tablet camera to scan registration ID or bib number
- Finger signatures
- Search by name, bib number, group/team name, or corporate team
- Improved reports, edit settings, and lock settings
The long list of features is made simple by setting up the "Presets" in the App, with flexibility to create multiple presets to allow experienced staff access to more options than new volunteers. You will need to download the new app.
Best of the Blog: Race Director Resources
Shopify Integration – Inventory Syncing
We have extended our integration with Shopify to automatically sync inventory levels. This enables current inventory to show correctly in both the Shopify Shop and as a race Add-On. Additionally, when an Add-on order is placed in RunSignUp, we track inventory updates made to your Shopify store.
Webinar Recap: Swag Rewards
The latest installment of our RunSignUp Webinar Series details one of our favorite marketing features, Swag Rewards. Catch up on Natallie's Webinar covering the options and implementation of a successful Swag Rewards program, and turn your participants into loyal ambassadors for your event.
Mobile Google Search Improvements
Organic search drove 24% of race traffic in 2017, with 60% from mobile phones. To maximize the promotional value of Google, we have added new tagging to help Google recognize races on RunSignUp and display them high in search results – with an image on mobile phones.
RunSignUp and Acquisitions
We've discussed the coming wave of consolidation in the race registration business several times, and recognize that, given our market and technology leadership, we will be a consolidator. In keeping with our tradition of openness, we breakdown our thought process on mergers and acquisitions.
More October Blog Updates
- Discontinuing Chrome App CheckIn →
- UX Update: MyRaces Screen →
Re-Live the Symposium: Advanced Marketing →
- Re-Live the Symposium: Race Director Business Session →
- CRM Export to Spreadsheet and MailChimp →
- Rhode Races & Events Offers Picturesque Running →
- Looking Good on Renewal →
- Check Payment Schedule →
CRM Corner
Race CRM Today & Tomorrow
"I'm excited to see what we can use with the CRM as we grow. Although, I always viewed the entire RunSignUp as a CRM" – smart customer
We've talked ad-nauseam about what a Race CRM is, but this sums it up pretty well: the difference between a standard CRM and a Race CRM is that one is a separate piece of software you need to import data into before you can take action, and the other is a living database with actions built directly into it. At its core, RunSignUp has always been a CRM, but we are rapidly expanding functionality (like CRM export to CSV and MailChimp). Want to catch up on where we are now? Here's a start:
- Watch Bob & Allison discuss CRM (you have to join the Race Directors HQ Facebook group)
- Harness the power of your Race CRM, in 5 simple steps
See you at a Conference?
Meet us in Person!
The RunSignUp team is heading out on the road, and we want to catch up with you! You can find us:
- Road Race Management Conference (11/8-11/10, St. Petersburg, FL)
- The Running Event (11/28-30, Austin, TX)
If you're planning further ahead, you can also find us at the National Marathon Safety & Security Summit in December & Running USA in February…and of course, at our Timer Certification Tour in January (Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Dallas)!
RunSignUp News
Q3 RunSignUp Results
We had a great Q3 with 20% growth of races, 36% growth in number of registrations, and 37% growth in total transaction dollars. Most importantly, we've made a lot of progress in our technology – including CRM, MultiRace Bundles, Marketplace, a New Race Search, and integrations with Shopify and ROAD iD.
Infrastructure Updates
We have done a number of infrastructure updates recently, improving availability, increasing performance, and assuring quality. Performance has improved from 2.7 seconds to 2.3 seconds, even as traffic has increased from 2.5 million page views to over 4 million page views per week.
Facebook Hack Risks for Races
One reason RunSignUp has not implemented Facebook Connect (allowing login with a Facebook ID) is security; the recent hack of 50 million Facebook user accounts, validated that concern. But that's not the only reason we avoid it: Facebook also has a tendency to change privacy policies, data ownership, and API access without notice or recourse.
Zingerman's 12 Natural Laws of Business
We shared all 12 of the Natural Laws of Business as written by food companies Zingerman's because we think they're all applicable to the endurance industry. Our personal favorite? Number 11: It generally takes a lot longer to make something great happen than people think. We're going on 9 years in our RunSignUp journey, with more to come!
New RaceJoy Overview Video
We have a new overview video for RaceJoy that encompasses how the app is helping races change the race experience. Take 5 minutes to check out the value to your participants and your event!
Vintage Posters (yours) for Vintage T-Shirts (ours)
Our Richmond Sales Office is looking to outfit their space with a little history – specifically, your history. If you have any old race posters sitting around, they'd love to trade you – your poster for a premium RunSignUp t-shirt.

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How to Deal with Swelling for Kidney Failure patients with Creatinine 6702017-11-09 14:15
Swelling will bring many problems to the patients, like singular appearance, difficulty breath, walk hard, etc. Sometimes, the patients can not get rid of swelling by many medicines. While, how to deal with swelling for kidney failure patients with creatinine 670?
How swelling comes out to bother the kidney failure patients with creatinine 670?
Normally, swelling will appear as redundant fluid are gathered in the intercellular space when the kidneys do not work well to accomplish its functions of purifying the blood, keeping the balance of electrolyte and PH, adjusting the blood volume and so on. Moreover, the creatinine 670 indicates the kidneys have been damaged so badly that a large amount of pernicious substances will be built up into the body, in which case, the patients will be ill with swelling, proteinuria, hematuria and other discomforts as a result of the kidney impairement.
What is the treatment to control the swelling for the patients who has kidney failure and creatinine 670?
1. Keep an eye in daily to maintain the illness conditions.
The well-planned diets, living styles and moderate exercises take a significant action to sustain illness conditions.
2. Clear up the toxic and excessive sediments.
Toxin-Removing Therapy is a good measure to help the patients drive out of all the toxins throughout the whole body aside from dialysis. Clinically, Toxin-Removing Therapy can not only alleviate the symptoms, but also take a prominent part in reviving kidney function naturally.
3. Recover kidney function.
Some patients do believe how is it possible the kidney function recovered without transplant. But, it is wrong. Nowadays, as long as the patients still have urine output, there are chances for them to recuperate with natural treatments including Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Hot Compress Therapy, Foot Bath, Immunotherapy or other Chinese medicines.
When the kidney is restored, the swelling will be dispelled, the creatinine 670 will be lowered, and the patients can live a relative normal life.
If you are interested in the treatment to swelling for kidney failure patients with creatinine 670, please leave a message below or send or medical reports to us. We will try our best to help you.
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The Impending Reality of Virtual Reality
There's a concept around finite and infinite games. A finite game is played to win whereas an infinite game is played for the purpose of continuing.
I like to think of Monopoly as an infinite game. I've never been able to complete the game, and I've yet to meet anyone that can tell me any different. That is unlike a game like snakes and ladders, which ends in a short time as long as you can avoid that horrible snake at number 99 which sends you tumbling back all the way to 3.
What does this have to do with VR or AR or the metaverse as people are referring to it?
I've come to the realisation that for too long, the virtual world was considered something only for gamers. But you know the problem with video games? They're all finite – you go on, complete some levels, and finish. The end.
And that's where I think it's important to pay attention to things like the metaverse or other virtual reality / augmented reality technologies.
I grew up in the real world
Yes, I can hear the cries of "get off my lawn". I too grew up in a world without mobile phones or the internet and rode bicycles over makeshift ramps without helmets etc etc.
But think about how much technology we've adopted and have allowed into our lives.
Once I went to a DC4420 meetup in London. I was showing someone my camera and someone got very jumpy about it, claiming that this was a "camera-free" zone and that it's not allowed and some people don't like to be on camera.
So I took his photograph and posted it on Facebook with the caption, "anyone lost this child?"
Actually, I didn't I just put my camera back and gave that half smile and nod you give to that argumentative relative just to get them to go away because it's not worth arguing.
Anyway, I wonder how that person feels these days with everyone carrying around a 4k camera on their phone, houses with CCTV and ring doorbells, cars with dashcams, cyclists and motorcyclists with Go Pro's on their helmets which make them look like some Teletubbies who went under a low bridge and half their head antenna got cut off.
COVID19 set about sending us all home – so we could no longer wander into a meeting room and try to grab a nice donut before your colleagues came in and devoured them all like a pack of vultures. Nope, it's all about sitting at home balancing the laptop on your dining table, trying to look presentable from the waist up.
Fitbit All the Things
Things change, times change, we adapt slowly – we're all frogs getting boiled slowly and forget how much of technology we've already allowed to come into our lives.
That's neither a good or a bad thing. But I really can't wrap my head around kids that opt to have their birthday parties on Roblox.
But maybe that's where we've been thinking of this wrong. VR / AR isn't just for people playing a game – it's for infinite applications.
I remember being first told about a Fitbit many years ago. Step counters weren't really well known and Fitbit was one of the first in the market. A friend told me that it "gamifies" walking. Which to me sounded about as exciting as someone saying watching grass grow is a fun way to spend the weekend. Well, it could be worse, I suppose you could play golf.
But once I got a step counter, I saw what he meant, it really did feel like a target I needed to hit every single day.
Which raises the question – what if you could gamify all things, like how Fitbit gamified steps?
Making breakfast becomes a game, how quickly you make your bed becomes a game, how long you can listen to a vendor presentation without wanting to take a power drill to your forehead becomes a game. It's all rather wonderful and excitable.
But yeah, nobody is going to wear those stupid VR headsets all day or carry their phone around looking at their screen… or are they?
I think this short film was way way ahead of its time. It features AR built into some kind of futuristic contact lens (or even your eyes) which gamifies everything from chopping a cucumber, decorating your room, paying your bills, and even being a wingman on a date. It's well worth checking out and probably putting in an early order with Zuckerberg.
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Javvad Malik authored by j4vv4d. Read the original post at: https://javvadmalik.com/2021/11/17/the-impending-reality-of-virtual-reality/


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PiSA sales GmbH, provider of the CRM suite of the same name, is equipping GEMÜ, the leading manufacturer of valve, measurement and control technology, with new customer relationship management software worldwide.
Since the end of last year, GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG to the industry-specific CRM system from PisaSales. According to the GEMÜ project manager, Mr. Heiko Schmitt, the reasons for the decision are obvious: "With its comprehensive CRM solution for industry, PisaSales covers our needs excellently. The forward-looking technology and the cooperative partnership with the project planning of PiSA sales GmbH will lead the project to success".
An important decision criterion for GEMÜ was the CRM provider's high level of interface competence with regard to the PSIpenta ERP used. The extensible standard coupling between the two systems is the result of the close strategic product partnership between the two Berlin-based software providers PiSA sales GmbH and PSIPENTA Software Systems GmbH. GEMÜ will in future use PisaSales CRM in the sales, marketing and service departments. The company employs around 1,100 people in more than 20 subsidiaries worldwide. Based on the pilot project already started in the French GEMÜ subsidiary, the CRM system is to be rapidly deployed in all sales locations of the valve specialist around the globe.
Since 2020 PiSA sales GmbH is part of the JustRelate Group. The more than 140 employees at the locations Berlin and Wroclaw cooperate in the development, production, marketing and sales of powerful CMS and CRM software solutions for the national and international market.


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TUDOR GOLD further extends the Goldstorm mineralization with an additional 150m Step-out along strike intercepting the largest gold interval drilled to date; 1081.5m averaging 0.589 G/t Gold including an upper interval of 301.m containing 0.828 G/t Gold
Goldstorm Extension
Hole GS19-47 was drilled as a 150m step-out from hole GS19-42 (reported July 30, 2019 averaging 0.683 g/t Au over 780m) and was drilled vertically to a total depth of 1,199m, ending in mineralization. The hole contains strong stockwork with gold-bearing mineralization accompanied by significant base-metal disseminated sulphide mineralization averaging 0.589 g/t Au over 1081.5m including an upper interval of 0.828 g/t Au over 301.5m and a lower interval of 0.930 g/t Au over 207 m. The hole was stopped in mineralization due to the drill rig reaching its depth limitation, however, casing was left in the hole for possible continuation next year.
This 150 meter step-out hole confirms that the Goldstorm system is gaining strength to the northeast. With this strongly mineralized intercept, the Goldstorm Zone has been extended by a total of 300m this year from the best hole drilled in 2018 (CB18-39, averaging 0.981 g/t Au over 563.8m) and has now been traced along strike for over 800 meters.
Goldstorm Definition Drilling
A second deep vertical hole, GS19-48, was drilled to a total depth of 1035m from the same pad as CB18-39 (drilled in 2018). The results exhibit excellent continuity of mineralization between holes and this drill hole returned 0.725 g/t Au over 838.5m, including a near surface interval of 328.5m averaging 1.048 g/t gold Au.
Four footwall definition holes (GS19-43 to GS19-46) drilled on section 109+00 NE, were successful in extending the width of the mineralized zone, to the southeast into the footwall of the controlling fault structure.
- Hole GS19-43 returned an average of 0.566 g/t Au over 493.5m.
- Hole GS19-44 returned an average of 0.807 g/t Au over 267m including 1.065 g/t Au over 150m.
- Hole GS19-45 returned an average of 0.719 g/t Au over 325.5m including 1.000 g/t Au over 173m.
- Hole GS19-46 returned an average of 0.510g/t Au over 594m including 0.734 g/t Au over 162m.
TUDOR GOLD Exploration Manager, Ken Konkin explains: "Given the success of the two deep drill holes GS19-47 and GS19-48, the Goldstorm System shows no signs of weakening to the northeast and several more drill holes will be needed to find the length and depth of this huge gold system. Hole GS19-47 showed a very strong quartz stockwork system and was still in gold values at the end of the 1,199 meter drill hole. The bottom of GS19-47 averages 0.930 g/t Au over 207 meters. This is the first time we've seen this strength of gold mineralization at depth. Furthermore a strong copper association was encountered with gold values at depth in both GS19-47 and GS19-48.
A 151.5m zone of 0.22% copper with 0.572 g/t gold was intercepted from 665.0 to 816.5 meters in GS19-47 and a 66.0m zone of 0.35% copper with 0.958 g/t gold was intercepted from 874.5 to 940.5m in GS19-48.
Not only does the Goldstorm Zone remain open at depth and along strike, we are now seeing base-metal associations possibly as part of a zonation within the metal system."
The following table provides gold composites from the six drill holes completed on three sections that cut the Goldstorm Zone.
Goldstorm Zone Drill Section 109+00 NE, 111+00 NE and 114+00 NE
Section 114+00 NE is a 300 m step-out on strike from 111+00 NE and hole GS19-47 hosts what is now the longest and deepest gold intercept on the project to date.
Section 111+00 NE shows the consistency of the upper horizon gold grades between holes and new depth extension in hole GS19-48.
Section 109+00 NE shows four definition holes drilled this season to better outline the extent of the zone to the southeast.
Goldstorm Zone Plan Map
The Goldstorm Zone now extends more than 800 meters in strike length and remains open along strike to the Northeast and Southwest as well as to depth.
Goldstorm zone drill sections and the plan map are included at the bottom of the news release and on the Company's website.
The diamond drilling program continues with two drill rigs. Additional results will be announced as they become available.
Walter Storm, President and CEO, stated: "I am very pleased to see that all nine holes drilled have reported very good results and we have not missed on any step-out targets nor any footwall extension holes, they were all hits. These results have proven that we have an excellent understanding of the structure, geology and mineralogy of this massive gold system. I am looking forward to continuing our exploration efforts in order to unlock the full potential of this large gold system."
Drill core samples were prepared at MSA Labs' Preparation Laboratory in Terrace, BC and assayed at MSA Labs' Geochemical Laboratory in Langley, BC. Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored by the submission of blanks, certified standards and duplicate samples inserted at regular intervals into the sample stream by TUDOR GOLD personnel. MSA Laboratories quality system complies with the requirements for the International Standards ISO 17025 and ISO 9001. MSA Labs is independent of the Company.
Qualified Person
The Qualified Person for this news release for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 is the Company's Exploration Manager, Ken Konkin, P.Geo. He has read and approved the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for the disclosure contained in this news release.
About TUDOR GOLD
TUDOR GOLD CORP. is a precious and base metals exploration and development company with claims in British Columbia's Golden Triangle (Canada), an area that hosts producing and past-producing mines and several large deposits that are approaching potential development. The 17,913 hectare Treaty Creek project (in which TUDOR GOLD has a 60% interest) borders Seabridge Gold Inc.'s KSM property to the southwest and borders Newmont Corporation's Brucejack property to the southeast.
Contact Information
Catalin Kilofliski
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Statements regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. "Forward-looking information" includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including the completion and anticipated results of planned exploration activities. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connation thereof.
Such forward-looking information and statements are based on numerous assumptions, including among others, that the Company's planned exploration activities will be completed in a timely manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward-looking information or making forward-looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's plans or expectations include risks relating to the actual results of current exploration activities, fluctuating gold prices, possibility of equipment breakdowns and delays, exploration cost overruns, availability of capital and financing, general economic, market or business conditions, regulatory changes, timeliness of government or regulatory approvals and other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or implied by forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.
The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation.


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If you're a first time visitor to New York City, you might prefer a more touristy area, but if you're a solo traveler, a local neighborhood could be more interesting. Some areas have lots of things to do within walking distance, but the hotels may be more expensive. To give you a starting point for your trip research, we looked at what people say about neighborhoods and places to stay in New York City.
The top mentioned neighborhoods and areas that people talk about in and around New York City are:
Here's what Trippy members had to say:
"Having lived in NYC, I personally would avoid the Times Square, but if this is where you want to be, go with a brand hotel, (Hilton Garden Inn Times Square, Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan / Times Square South or Comfort Inn Times Square South) where there is some assurance of standard quality." See More
"For the most part Times Square and Midtown are some of the less interesting places in New York - and also some of the more expensive." See More
"Try to grab a show in Times Square Wicked or The Lion King are two great shows that are currently playing on Broadway!" See More
"The West Village, East Village, Chelsea, or SoHo would be my recommended neighborhoods." See More
"For a more casual, fun night out, I suggest going to East Village or West Village." See More
"If you want an indoor/outdoor rooftop shot, I would also recommend going to the Meatpacking District (Meatpacking District)." See More
Depending on the neighborhood you choose, you may want to research hotels in the area. If you'd rather start with the most recommended hotels in New York City, here's a list to get you started.
Here's what Trippy members had to say about hotels:
"Soho (close to GoldBar, Southside, semi-close to Le Baron NYC): The Nolitan Hotel, Mondrian SoHo, Crosby Street Hotel" See More
"Stumptown Roasters at the Ace Hotel New York!" See More
"How about Hotel Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District of New York City?" See More
Want to research more popular hotels in New York City? Click the blue button below.
If you're open to researching even more areas, some suggestions that might be less common but interesting to explore are:
Here's what Trippy members have said:
"I would not recommend staying in Midtown Manhattan because that's where the offices are and it isn't a great neighborhood for nightlife unless you want to spend a lot of money." See More
"Cosmopolitan Hotel Tribeca in TriBeCa." See More
Trippy is a great resource for planning your trip because you get advice from real travelers. We suggested neighborhoods and hotels based on the recommendations of the Trippy community. This gives you a quick overview, but if you're looking to do more research, here are some of the questions that we used to find this information.
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The Funny Life of Football
After England's success at the Women's Euro 2022 competition and the start of the football season this month, it's a timely release for the new book by Suffolk author James Campbell. And it's another example of his quirky take on life.
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text: 30 Best Hotels WorldwideA definitive ranking from six standout regions across the globe.World's Best HotelsDorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton ReserveDid you know that there are an estimated 190,000 hotels in the world, with 17.5 million hotel rooms among them?That's a whole lot of properties. But by definition, only a select few can be considered the best of the best. The cream of the crop, if you will.That's why our ears perked up when we heard about the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels Ranking list. This report combines the highest-rated hotels in six different major tourism regions around the world: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean and Bermuda.Selections are centered on three criteria: reputation among professional travel experts, guest reviews and hotel class ratings. (In coming years, other geographic regions with extraordinary properties will be added.)Whether you're a regular luxury traveler looking to bag all the top spots, or a more budget-minded wanderer searching for a bucket-list property, we've got you covered.The only thing you have to worry about once you're at one of these standout hotels is deciding which spa services to select and what to order from the extravagant menus.Best Hotel in the United States: Four Seasons Resort HualalaiThe Four Seasons Resort Hualalai sits a bit removed from a lot of the main action on Hawaii's Big Island. But that's okay; once you're here, you won't want to leave anyways. What makes this resort unique (aside from its excellent customer service and standard luxury resort offerings) is its spectacular location. Nearly every place in Hawaii will take your breath away, but the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai is uniquely built into — and surrounded by — black lava terrain. Where there's not volcanic rock, there's white sand beaches, gorgeous green gardens and plenty of pools (seven total, in fact). It's an Instagrammer's paradise.Let's talk about the pools for a minute. For families, there are plenty of options to choose from. If your child isn't yet keen on swimming in the open ocean, they can dip their toes into seaside swimming with the Ocean Pool. This pool was carved right from the lava rock and is protected from the big breakers by a breakwater. There's also an oceanside infinity pool, a 1.8-million pool/aquarium hybrid where you can take snorkeling lessons from a marine biologist, and plenty of pools simply for relaxation.Finally, don't forget about all the resort-specific activities. You can learn about star navigation and how to play the ukulele at the Ka'upulehu Cultural Center. When you're done, you can go on a coffee farm tour, learn about kanpachi (a native fish) aquaculture and harvest sea salt.After all, one can only do so much lazing about.#2 Hotel in the United States: The Peninsula ChicagoIf you're in for a big-city adventure, try checking out The Peninsula Chicago. It's located right on the Magnificent Mile, so there's no shortage of activities to do here, theaters to explore or fine dining to savor.This interesting hotel offers a blend of high-class Asian flavors with Midwestern friendliness. In fact, it was the friendliness of the staff that won most people over in reviews for the property.#3 Hotel in the United States: The Surfside Club, FloridaContinuing along with Four Seasons resorts (do you sense a trend here?), the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surfside Club brings a distinctive blend of old-world Floridian charm and modern architecture to the town of Surfside just outside Miami Beach.Once you're here, you can breathe easy, since the resort is spaced out over nine gorgeous acres.#4 Hotel in the United States: Four Seasons Resort LanaiIf you venture off of the Big Island on your next Hawaiian getaway, try staying at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai on the island with the same name. It's rated as the #4 pick in the United States for good reason.Tucked away in the jungle, it offers an ultra-luxurious base camp for adventures like hiking, whale-watching and visiting the picturesque town of Lanai (via a complimentary shuttle, to boot).#5 Hotel in the United States: Four Seasons Hotel ChicagoRounding out the list of the best properties in the U.S. is this luxury hotel overlooking Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.Like The Peninsula, the property is located near the Magnificent Mile for easy access to city attractions. It also offers soundproofed spa rooms, marble bathrooms and local Midwestern cuisine to pique your interest.Best Hotel in Canada: Rosewood Hotel Georgia, VancouverOutdoor terrace at Rosewood Hotel Georgia.Don't let the name fool you: the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is actually in Vancouver, British Columbia. This hotel features accent designs from the Roaring Twenties (it did open in 1927, after all), so expect plenty of opulence, light leather and dark wood. But the hotel also offers modern design touches designed for your comfort, such as heated bathroom floors and tiled walk-in rain showers. Even though the hotel is far from the waterfront, you can relax in the small saltwater pool and take in the view through floor-to-ceiling windows. The Rosewood Hotel Georgia is also quite family-friendly, and offers nice touches like kids-sized robes, bottle warmers for babies and babysitting services. You can even bring Fido or Fluffy with you, as the hotel is pet-friendly and only charges a one-time fee of $41 USD for your furry friends.If you're feeling hungry, you can stuff yourself full at the hotel's many fine-dining restaurants, including a Prohibition-era speakeasy and the farm-to-table (or rather, sea-to-table) seafood-focused Hawksworth Restaurant. The hotel can even arrange a fishing charter for you to go out and catch your own dinner, which the hotel chefs will later prepare for you.#2 Hotel in Canada: Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, TofinoLuxury tent at Clayoquot Wilderness Resort.Make no mistake about it, the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, which rolled in at #2, is a different kind of resort. It's not for the city partiers or delicate flowers. Nope, this is for adventurers looking to redefine the word "glamping" into something even more luxurious.The seasonal property only offers posh walled tents, complete with furniture, thermostats and plush bedding. They're the perfect place to catch some rest after a long day of hiking, bird-watching and bear-watching in the rugged heart of British Columbia.#3 Hotel in Canada: Wedgewood Hotel & Spa, VancouverIf you'd like something a little less off-the-grid, consider the #3 pick, Wedgewood Hotel & Spa. Each of the rooms in this hotel has a fireplace, a balcony and a marble bathroom.If you're feeling a need to work off all of the calories you've eaten in the hotel's fine Italian restaurant, you can visit the fitness center, which features a eucalyptus steam room.#4 Hotel in Canada: Ritz-Carlton MontréalAnother well-placed hotel is the Ritz-Carlton Montréal, ideally located in the heart of the downtown Quebec capital. Like any self-respecting Quebecois hotel, it features a French fine-dining restaurant on site — Maison Boulud.What impressed people most about this hotel, however, was the welcoming attitude of the staff.#5 Hotel in Canada: Fogo Island Inn, NewfoundlandRounding out the list at #5, the Fogo Island Inn is a great choice for those looking for a remote experience, but who aren't necessarily trying to play a northern version of Tarzan.This modern-looking hotel rises on stilts from a rocky outcropping at the edge of an old fishing village. The isolated location ensures you can get away from it all and truly relax, made easy in the hotel's numerous hot tubs, saunas, and hidden nooks and crannies.Best Hotel in Mexico: Esperanza, Auberge Resorts Collection, Cabo San LucasThe oceanfront Esperanza hotel.Cabo San Lucas has a reputation as a bit of a party town. If you're looking to get away from that, you can easily do so at the Esperanza hotel just outside the city. This cliffside resort feels miles away from all of the hustle-and-bustle, and offers enough lush amenities to make you never want to leave.The resort's many restaurants offer temptations like fresh seafood at Cocina del Mar, fresh ceviche and tacos at La Palapa, and a seaside beach party barbeque at El Shack.Esperanza features casitas (regular hotel rooms), suites and villas. You can even splurge for butler service with some of the room options. Even if you opt for the "budget" option (a casita), you can look forward to a hammock-adorned terrace and private infinity-edge pool, plus a personal concierge. The casitas take up 925 square feet of space, which may even be bigger than your apartment.When you're ready for a bit of relaxation, check out the seaside infinity pool. The hotel's spa has won multiple awards, and boasts steam caves, verdant garden views and beachside cabana massages.#2 Hotel in Mexico: One&Only Palmilla, San Jose del CaboLos Cabos is a popular luxury tourism spot, so it's no surprise that the #2 hotel on the list — the One&Only Palmilla — is also in the area. The One&Only features five on-site restaurants including Seared, serving aged beef steaks from the Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.Rooms here come equipped with daily fresh fruit deliveries, butler service, Bose speakers and private balconies with daybeds.#3 Hotel in Mexico: Las Ventanas al Paraíso, San Jose del CaboAnother Los Cabos resort, the Las Ventanas al Paraíso, a Rosewood Resort, is the #3 pick. It also features fresh fruit deliveries and butler service with each of its suites (and it does only offer suites — no single rooms). Like the One&Only Palmilla, it has five on-site restaurants.But what separates this resort is that it's a little more lover-friendly (not that the One&Only Palmilla isn't). There's an entire Department of Romance here catering to couples in the mood for an intimate getaway.#4 Hotel in Mexico: The Rosewood Mayakoba, Cancún-Playa del CarmenThe Rosewood Mayakoba resort is an equally luxurious resort if you're looking to get away from it all. Get this — the spa is on its own private island in the center of the resort. Guests here also appreciate the resort's unique building materials, including local jungle wood and limestone.#5 Hotel in Mexico: The Resort at PedregalThe final hotel on the list is another Los Cabos favorite that'll help you feel like you're escaping into luxury. You have to pass through a private tunnel to get here, at which point you'll receive a free margarita to welcome you.It gets even better from there: Each room has a private plunge pool, and guests rave about free quick massages and in-room deliveries of snacks like chips and guacamole.Best Hotel in Europe: La Réserve Paris — Hotel and SpaIf you've ever wanted to pretend you're a French princess, La Réserve Paris — Hotel and Spa is where you should head. There's only 15 rooms and 25 suites here, which means there can be quite a wait to book accommodations, but once you're in you can relax in the ornate style of 19th century Paris. Velvet draperies, gold accents and antique wooden furniture abound.Here's one thing the hotel offers that Marie Antoinette didn't have, though: remotes for each room that control everything from the temperature to the lights (and the TV too, of course).The hotel is located right near the Champs-Élysées and — appropriate for a French property — offers much for foodies to love. There are only two restaurants here, but you won't want to miss them. La Pagode de Cos offers seasonal produce, while Restaurant Le Gabriel is a two-starred Michelin restaurant featuring authentic French cooking.#2 Hotel in Europe: Hotel Sanders, CopenhagenHotel Sanders lies in a great location right in the heart of Copenhagen. This runner-up pick earned its rank through excellent hospitality and a homey atmosphere. If hygge is what you seek, you'll find it in this luxurious European-styled property.Guests also enjoy free breakfast and free bicycle rentals so they can go forth and explore the city.#3 Hotel in Europe: Hotel Eden, RomeHotel Eden touts excellent and friendly staff, according to guests. You can even request butler service here, if you like.Moreover, the property is an aesthetic standout: small designer touches are found throughout, in everything from the toilets to the rooftop restaurant.#4 Hotel in Europe: Hotel de Crillon, ParisThe Hotel de Crillon, another property under the esteemed Rosewood banner, is ideally situated near a number of attractions. Indeed, it boasts amazing views of the Eiffel Tower and the Musée d'Orsay.Guests particularly love the hotel's fantastic restaurants serving elegant French cuisine (including a bar with over 100 styles of champagne!), and its welcoming and delightful staff.#5 Hotel in Europe: Le Sirenuse, Amalfi CoastIf you're visiting Italy's Amalfi Coast, you need to check out Le Sirenuse. The most outstanding feature of this hotel is the amazing views from nearly every room. You did come here for the jaw-dropping views, after all.You can also take in these vistas from the hotel's pool, which features an enormous mermaid mosaic mural amongst a garden full of potted lemon trees. The hotel does its part to ensure you are active out in the community as well, coordinating daily events and trips.Best Hotel in the Caribbean: Jade Mountain, St. LuciaYou'll get an idea of what the Jade Mountain resort in St. Lucia is like right from the start, when you consider that 24 rooms here aren't called "rooms." They're called "sanctuaries," because they only have three walls. The fourth wall of each sanctuary is entirely open to the surrounding views of The Pitons spires and the Caribbean. Each sanctuary features either a private infinity pool or a private Jacuzzi.This definitely isn't a family-friendly resort. It's designed for couples looking for a romantic getaway. In fact, to aid in that quest, the sanctuaries don't even come furnished with radios, phones or TVs. Instead, you get a Firefly communication device to page your own personal butler if you require assistance. You also can't use cell phones in public areas of the resort.Although you can visit the sister resort, Anse Chastanet (located just down the hill) for meals, there's also an on-site restaurant exclusive for guests. The Jade Mountain Club offers farm-to-table cuisine plucked fresh from the resort's own farm, and crafted into Caribbean delicacies by the James Beard award-winning chef Allen Susser.Jade Mountain has long been famous as a romantic getaway spot. The resort specializes in every stage of romantic travel — proposals, weddings, honeymoons, anniversaries and vow renewals. The resort was even featured on the 14th season finale of "The Bachelor."#2 Hotel in the Caribbean: Zemi Beach House & Spa, AnguillaIf you love infinity pools, you need to check out Zemi Beach House & Spa. It's home to what's widely regarded as one of the most beautiful infinity pools in the world, a geometric marvel that overlooks the ocean.If that doesn't entice you, how about the spa? It's housed within a 300-year-old wooden Thai house.#3 Hotel in the Caribbean: Ladera Resort, St. LuciaRolling in at #3, Ladera Resort is another hotel with a unique open-walled concept, like Jade Mountain. Each room boasts views of the ocean and the Pitons through a completely open fourth wall, and each room comes with its own plunge pool.Obviously this is yet another resort designed for couples looking for a romantic getaway, and there aren't any TVs in the rooms to distract you from that.#4 Hotel in the Caribbean: Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe HarbourIf luxury family travel is more your style, the Park Hyatt St. Kitts Christophe Harbour is one you should check out. This resort offers a kids' club, free watersports rentals and the requisite private beach.If you're too tired to enjoy these amenities, you can relax back in your own room on your private terrace overlooking the beautiful Caribbean scenery.#5 Hotel in the Caribbean: Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Puerto RicoDorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve offers a lot for adventurers, including access to a mile-long beach and an 11-mile nature trail through the Puerto Rican forests. You'll need a shower after all that, of course, which you can take from your indoor/outdoor rain shower.Then, fill your stomach at the standout restaurant COA, which offers up food from a wood-fired oven on a terrace overlooking the ocean. Best Hotel in Bermuda: The Loren at Pink BeachIf you're on the prowl for the perfect pink-sand beach, then the aptly named Loren at Pink Beach is what you seek. This newly-opened resort — one of the first resorts to be built in quite some time in Bermuda — can be somewhat difficult to get to, since there are no rental cars allowed on the island and the hotel does not operate a shuttle. Once you can find a way to get here, though, this is yet another resort you won't want to leave anytime soon. (Or ever.)Each element of this hotel was designed to promote relaxation, with an aesthetic that combines natural wood touches with a light gray and white palette. The building itself was designed to be nestled into the surrounding hillside so that each room has sweeping, drop-dead gorgeous views of the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel even commissioned one of the UK's finest DJs to create a custom, ever-changing soundscape throughout the hotel.When it comes time to retreat to your own space, you can look forward to marble bathrooms with rain showers, designer towels and bedsheets, and private terraces with floor-to-ceiling windows to take in the Atlantic views.#2 Hotel in Bermuda: The Rosewood BermudaThe Rosewood Bermuda is another resort for anyone who loves pink-sand beaches (and who doesn't?). In fact, the property boasts the largest private pink-sand beach in all of Bermuda.This hotel is a little more secluded and spread out than most. You'll need to take a trolley to get around, or, if you rent a suite, use the private golf cart provided to you. Once here, you can enjoy fine Italian bed linens, deep-soaking tubs in every room, and separate his-and-hers showers.#3 Hotel in Bermuda: The Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach ClubThe Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach Club combines charming luxury with a prime-time location. It's right on the beach, but also right inside of the capital city of Hamilton.When you're done, you can return to this Fairmont hotel (also known as the "Pink Palace") and bask in the glory of marble bathrooms, a saltwater infinity pool and a 5,400-square-foot spa.#4 Hotel in Bermuda: The Reefs Resort & ClubThis boutique seaside resort is perched high up on a cliff overlooking the island's signature pink-sand beaches.Guests here can enjoy fine dining with farm-to-table and sea-to-table dishes at Aqua Terra, as well as two other exemplary on-site restaurants. For R&R, the resort's Atlantic-facing onsite spa is among the finest on the island.#5 Hotel in Bermuda: Cambridge Beaches Resort & SpaIf you're looking for a little more seclusion and privacy than a Spring Break party resort, check out Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa. The resort is composed entirely of individual cottages, some of which are up to three centuries old.The hotel also features not one, but four separate beaches. Because really, can you ever have too many beaches?


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RF Capital, the family office of ultra-high net worth Australian Andrew Roberts, has purchased six poultry processing plants for A$100m ($86 million; €68 million), through its property investments manager, CorVal.
The seller, Inghams Property Management, will leaseback the facilities from the new owners. The leases will expire after 20 years.
The facilities are located in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
RF Capital is the family office investment vehicle of the Roberts Family, of billion-dollar Multiplex construction firm fame. Andrew Roberts, who heads up the RF Capital outfit, has switched gear in his investment strategy in recent years.
He told an Australian newspaper in 2011 that he preferred investments in fund structures over direct investments, and was not keen on real estate as an asset class, which often suffers stark peaks and troughs in value.
He is not the only ultra-high net worth Australian to invest in agriculture. Gina Rinehart, mining magnate and Australia's richest person, acquired a 50 percent stake in a joint venture with Dowford Investments, an Australian family office, investing in beef processing facilities. She has gone on to make other investments in Australia's dairy sector alongside Chinese investors recently.


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Protesters briefly detained in demo against the privatization of ferry dock in Istanbul's Beşiktaş
Riot police push away protesters with shields on Sept. 20, during a demonstration at the Besiktas docks near the Turkish Prime Minister's working office in Istanbul. AFP photoTwelve demonstrators were briefly detained after a "tea drinking" protest against the sale of the Kadıköy ferries dock to a hotel, in Beşiktaş along the Bosphorus European shores in the evening of Sept. 20.
Several hundred of people brought tea in their thermos to participate in the event called "Don't touch my dock," organized by the Abbassağa Park Gezi forum.
However, riot police stationed in the area did not allow the protesters to gather around the dock, which is located only a few hundred meters from the Turkish prime minister's working office in Dolmabahçe.
Twelve people were detained after a scuffle broke out between police and protesters.
Demonstrators then assembled a few meters away, launching a sit-in and drinking tea from their flasks, to call for the release of the detained protesters.
Several hundred have gathered after
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The historical Kadıköy ferry pier in Beşiktaş has reportedly been sold to the newly built hotel located just in front of the prime minister's office, stirring local outcry.


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What a delightful informative book. Highly recommended for religious questioners and sceptics.
Here are parts of the book that stand out to me. Quotations follow.
Nick Cohen has noted, however, there is enough blame to go around.
"Compulsive liars shouldn't frighten you. They can harm no one, if no one
listens to them. Compulsive believers, on the other hand: they should terrify
you. Believers are the liars' enablers. Their votes give the demagogue his
power. Their trust turns the charlatan into the president."
While fundamentalists themselves are undoubtedly problematic, there may be something wrong with a religion itself if those who strictly adhere to its most fundamental principles are violent bigots and sexists.
If a superstition is a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic, then I think it's fair to describe religions as (mostly archaic) organized superstitions. Superstition isn't an insult; it's just the broader umbrella term, under which some religious practices and beliefs most certainly fit. When asked which church I attend or which religion I follow, for instance, I often say, "I'm not superstitious," just to cover all the potential bases. It might be difficult for some believers—and even former believers—to accept it, but, whether you carry a four-leafed clover for good luck or worship Jesus for salvation, the faith-based belief stems from the same place and follows the same format: SUPERSTITION: "IF I CARRY THIS CHARM, I'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN ALL MY ENDEAVORS!"
Humans are pattern-seeking creatures by nature, which means we search for what's familiar about our surroundings to help us make sense of them. For instance, our ancient ancestors may have (falsely) associated all rustling grass with a predator's approach. In most instances, the wind was likely the cause, but that doesn't take away from the lives that were saved because of that assumption of danger. Petitionary prayer—defined as an act in which one person (who is by definition unworthy) asks that the laws of the universe be altered to achieve an earthly result—a common practice in the Christian religion and a number of other faiths, is just one example of a superstitious principle that many religions share. The individual saying the prayer (no matter to which deity or supernatural force it is directed) sees the positive results (or hits) as divine intervention, and ignores those prayers that remain unanswered (misses), much like a gambler would.
[He would affirm that prayer does not affect outcomes at all. Regardless of what you expect or how it makes you feel, it does nothing. But if you convince yourself it has done a lot what is wrong with that? Well it stops you learning about and from the trouble correctly. You need that learning. And errors lead to errors so danger will come. You have a bad way of looking at what you think are patterns. If John got better and not because you prayed, it is John's suffering. It is owed the truth.]
Seth Andrews, author of Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason and other
titles, points out that prayer "can give comfort in times of medical crisis," but
cautions people not to rely on it. "It can also be a cop-out … an excuse for
people to do absolutely nothing substantial and yet declare they have moved
mountains," he wrote. "
With prayer and positive thoughts, any purported results likely stem from the customer's (or patient's) own mind. I call this the prayercebo effect: a positive effect, produced by a request to a god, that can't be attributed to a god and must therefore be a result of the belief itself.
[If belief is a placebo then why can't believing you believe even
if you don't realise you don't, be a placebo too?]
Placebo effect is already regularly utilized by "mainstream" physicians when appropriate, to make people feel healthier without expensive procedures or dangerous medications. If a small feeling of improvement is all that is needed, then—in some instances—that may be the best action. The problem begins, however, when the placebo effect is mistaken for a "cure" or used instead of necessary medical advice.
It can sometimes work even when you know it's a placebo—rendering the deception component of homeopathy and other woo-based faith-healing methods completely unnecessary.
The supernatural in general is appealing to many people for a lot of different reasons, but one of the keys is the unknown factor. We humans fear the unknown, which causes us to create heavens, hells, ghosts, reincarnation schemes, and more to save us from the greatest mystery of all: death.
[I wish to say that religion argues that the unknown is a big
mystery but we have glimpses that help. Some of the things we
do know, we are told, help cast light. They say it is
anti-faith to say that you know nothing. Death is not a
mystery. Religion calls it one. If we are inventing
myths to cope over it then we are not coping but trying to act as if
we are. And worse our nonsense spreads to others like a
Atheism doesn't necessarily make anyone intelligent or a good person, and that's just a small part of my identity. I'm also anagnostic, a humanist, and a naturalist.
Some believers suggest my evidence-based worldview amounts to nothing more than scientism, which is defined as a philosophical position that "embraces only empiricism and reason to explain phenomena of any dimension, whether physical, social, cultural, or psychological." I wholeheartedly disagree with this characterization of my method because I only use science to address falsifiable questions, those to which scientific inquiry might provide a helpful answer. Science isn't an all-purpose tool that can be applied to any mystery—it is a specialty device used to uncover more of the observable world.
I think science is so amazing specifically because it is fluid and not a clear, all-encompassing answer to every question. Contrary to what some have suggested, I don't worship or even believe in science; I just find it easier to accept [its] outcomes...
Should we doubt everything we've ever discovered? No, because our shifts in understanding aren't a result of science itself being "wrong" or unreliable. Science is simply a method designed to help us follow the evidence, and new data becomes available all the time, which is why it has a track record for improving on its own existing ideas.
I think most people would agree with that basic notion, including philosopher
and logician Irving Copi. In a book called Introduction to Logic, he showed that
a lack of evidence sometimes is evidence of absence. "In some circumstances it
can be safely assumed that if a certain event had occurred, evidence of it could
be discovered by qualified investigators," Copi wrote. "In such circumstances it
is perfectly reasonable to take the absence of proof of its occurrence
as positive proof of its non-occurrence." While a lack of evidence may be a good
reason to not believe in something in most cases, a lack of evidence is not
always a good reason to proclaim that something definitely does not exist or did
not occur.
Banachek: I believe that psychic mediums are scum. They cross over that line of personal sanctity for profit. They halt the important grieving process. Yes, many say they make people feel good about a loss but I can give crack to a junkie. It will make him feel good but it is not good for him. The grieving process allows people to go on living without a loved one and it is important. I once had a friend who lost her son; he was ten years old and died of cancer. A medium convinced her that he could communicate with her son. That he could fill that hole in her heart. As a result, she communicated with her dead son and stopped communicating with her living daughters and husband. She almost ended up in a divorce as a result. Luckily she came to her senses. These people do harm, not good, and they do it all in the name of putting a lot of money in their pockets. This is not the only way they do harm. Once a person depends upon a medium, that medium opens a door to other forms of pseudoscience.
Those who sell nontruths take more than money from their victims; they also take their right to reality.
As a naturalist, I'm often asked what I believe will happen when I die. But for
me, it's not about what I believe; as usual, it's about the evidence.
Parnia stated that death, contrary to popular belief, "is not a specific moment but a potentially reversible process that occurs after any severe illness or accident causes the heart, lungs and brain to cease functioning." "If attempts are made to reverse this process, it is referred to as 'cardiac arrest'; however, if these attempts do not succeed it is called 'death.'"
Researchers at the Phase Research Center (formerly known as OOBE Research Center) in Los Angeles, which purports to study and help people control out-of-body experiences, lucid dreams, and astral projections, claim they can "deliberately reproduce" NDEs. They say their 2012 NDE-simulating experiment, in which 20 volunteers in no danger of dying were able to experience flying through a tunnel and other events associated with near-death memories, "casts doubt on many earlier theories" on the origin of these events. Michael Raduga, founder and head of the Phase Research Center, says REM sleep "may indeed help explain at least a portion of near-death experiences."
Despite there not being a scientific consensus on the specific origins of NDEs, the fact that this phenomenon can be studied, and even recreated in a laboratory setting by administering ketamine and through other tactics, shows us that it is likely a completely natural occurrence—as opposed to a paranormal or divine one.
While it is a person's right to believe as they see fit, that doesn't make all beliefs right and it doesn't change the expectation of evidence for any particular claim.
No matter the topic of discussion, "someone stole the
evidence" cannot be used as evidence of anything in and of itself.
Noticing unrelated coincidences and attributing meaning to them is called synchronicity, and it was first coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung.
Jonathan C. Smith pointed out, "Popular paranormalists have made much of coincidences." "A present-future coincidence might be seen as a prophecy, an event that correctly follows an omen or prediction. A present-present coincidence might suggest a set of events that are remarkably linked by some paranormal process outside of the world of causality," he wrote. "The best way to explore what is going on is to contemplate a variety of remarkable coincidences."
So-called exorcists are a form of faith healer because they utilize many of the same deceptive tactics to achieve their results.
I learned more about circumcision, including that newborns may actually feel
more pain than older groups and that about 115 children die during routine cuts
in the United States each year.
Here are just a few of the church's frequently cited biblical passages about hatred from God: Leviticus 20:23: "And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them." Deuteronomy 32:19: "And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters." Psalm 5:5: "The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity." Romans 9:13: "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
I see it as a huge, huge issue. As long as people continue to say that this kind of hateful conduct is not real Christianity, we can continue to downplay the importance that religion plays in creating these hateful ideas that do oh-so-much harm. It is, and was, Christian preachers who put forth the idea that gay is evil. Full stop. If you want to separate yourself from this behavior, it is necessary to separate yourself from the label of Christian.


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Spicy corn and bell pepper salad
Prep Time
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Total Time
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Side dishes don't deserve to be boring. This one packs a real punch. I serve it with a simple main, such as a quesadilla.
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 2
- 1/2 c corn kernels fresh or canned
- 1 t chipotle pepper minced about 1/2 pepper
- 2 T apple cider vinegar
- 2 t tomato puree
- 1/2 t onion powder
- 1 t sugar
- 1/4 t salt
- 2 T vegetable oil
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1 T olive oil
- 2 c corn salad or baby spinach
Make dressing by shaking together chipotle pepper through salt in a small jar. Add vegetable oil and shake again. Set aside.
Chop red bell pepper fine, so that the pieces are approximately the size of corn kernels.
Heat olive oil over high heat.
When very hot, carefully add corn and red bell pepper. Cook, stirring vigorously, 3 minutes. The corn and pepper should blacken slightly but not burn.
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March Madness: Best Sportsbook Promotions For 2021 NCAA Tournament
The madness is about to get real. Sunday, March 14th will see the selections announced for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Seedings will be handed out, regions will be delegated and matchups will be fortified. The first games get underway on Thursday, March 18th. Bet online in the USA via several betting apps, such as William Hill, Pointsbet, BetMGM and others that offer great promos and bonuses.
Americans wagered an estimated $8.5 billion on the NCAA Tournament in 2019. With online sports betting legalized in many more states now, that number only figures to increase.
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New customers start out with a risk-free bet that's worth as much as $600. Players simply sign up with BetMGM Sports, make a deposit and place their first wager on March Madness NCAA 2021 Tournament. If the bet loses, they'll receive the bonus amount of that wager back in free bets up to a maximum amount of $600 in free bets. Use code mentioned below.
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Players will earn the following free bets for the accompanying amount in qualifying, cumulative settled wagers – Tier 1: $100 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $50 Free Bet. Tier 2: $500 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $50 free bet. Tier 3: $1,000 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $100 free bet. Tier 4: $2,000 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $200 free bet. Tier 5: $5,000 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $300 free bet. Tier 6: $10,000 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $500 free bet. Tier 7: $20,000 in qualifying settled wagers will earn a $799 free bet.
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At DraftKings, they are delivering a special introductory offer to new players that is connected to the NCAA Tournament. New players who sign up with DraftKings are able to access 64-1 odds on underdogs to win during the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
The maximum wager on this promo is $4 but if you play in on the right underdog, it could turn into a $256 windfall if that dog has its day and pulls off the upset.
All that it takes to activate this promotion is to open a new DraftKings account and make a first deposit of at least $5.
DraftKings is also offering a March Mania Survivor Pool that is free to enter and features a prize pool of $1 million. You'll be required to pick one team each day during tournament action, except for during the Elite Eight, when you'll pick one team from all of the four games that are spread over two days.
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Border Wall Funding
Border Wall Funding
Written by : Ashleen Nowotny
Illegal immigration has been a big issue for some time now, but yet the democrats proceed to ignore the actually issues that come with it. A partial government shutdown was forced due to the democratic leaders not wanting to fund the wall. Rep. Matt Gaetz made a good point but asking if the Democrats are negotiating for the American people, or the Illegal Immigrants. We need the wall more now than ever. The amount of illegal immigrants in this country is absurd. President Donald Trump has made it clear to America that he wants to start off the new year with something big, and the wall is the perfect opportunity to do so. Funding for the wall is a great step towards it.
Thursday night Vice President Mike Pence had an interview with Tucker Carlson. Pence confirmed that the White House would reject any Democratic spending bill without funding for a border wall. Mike Pence called in "no deal" when the Democrats won't accept the idea. To accept the idea would only be sensible.
Now that the democrats have control of the House, they can pass bills ending the partial government shutdown. But with the GOP Senate those bills are going nowhere. The Democrats will do everything in there power to shut this down, but there is no chance in the world that they will be able to make Donald Trump stop his plans. There is no excuse for what illegal immigrants are doing, so why let it go on. Just like Charlie Kirk said, this is a national security issue. We currently have 44 thousand illegal immigrants in our federal prisons. An illegal immigrant is twice as likely to commit a crime than an American Citizen. Tens of thousands of kids are being sex trafficked across the US/Mexican border, and 98 percent of all the heroin in America comes across the border. The cost of illegal immigration in America is 115 BILLION dollars a year. If we ever needed a change, its now.


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Department for Education written question – answered on 8 October 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 29 September 2020, official report, on students' return to universities, whether funding is available for new applications from students or education institutions for support with digital access.
The department invested over £100 million to help provide laptops and devices for disadvantaged children and young people so they can access education and social care services remotely. As part of this, we have provided devices for care leavers, including those who are studying at university.
The government has also worked closely with the Office for Students to help clarify that providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by COVID-19. Providers are able to use the funding, worth around £256 million for the academic year 2020/21 towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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"We're all pieces of the same ever-changing puzzle; some connected for mere seconds, some connected for life, some connected through knowledge, some through belief, some connected through wisdom, some through Love, and some connected with no explanation at all. Yet, as spiritual beings having a human experience, we're all here for the sensations this reality or illusion has to offer. The best anyone can hope for is the right to be able to Live, Learn, Love then Leave. After that, reap the benefits of their own chosen existence in the hereafter by virtue of simply believing in what they believe. As for here, it took me a while but this progression helped me with my life: "I like myself. I Love myself. I am myself." ― Stanley Victor Paskavich
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
After years of traveling, never staying long in one place lest someone realize she doesn't age, Zoe Faust arrives in Portland, Oregon where she has bought a house and hopes to make a home for the first time in years (and years).
To her chagrin, one of the first things she discovers when unpacking is...a gargoyle. And not just any gargoyle, but a living, talking gargoyle with the skills of a great chef.
Dorian Robert-Houdin desperately needs Zoe's help to translate an ancient text that will not only explain how he came into existence, but will help him continue to live, and there is an ever lessening time frame to save him.
Well, OK, Dorian is the reason to continue the book. He is the star, the most interesting character, and is quite most charming gargoyle-chef I've ever encountered.
But, of course, there is a murder, an attempted murder, some underground tunnels, a couple of kids (well, three), a handsome cop, and some delicious sounding recipes.
The book is a fluffy concoction, but between Dorian and the descriptions of food, I wouldn't have missed it. A souffle of a novel, all air and kitchen aroma and savoriness. The plot? I don't care, I love Dorian and would welcome him in my kitchen.
Read in Aug.; blog post scheduled for Dec. 17, 2014.
NetGalley/Midnight Ink
Paranormal/Mystery. Jan. 8, 2015. Print length: 360 pages.
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This sounds like both a light and fun read. A gargoyle-chef... interesting. I don't think I've read anything with such a character. The one I read are scary, though. :pReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2014 9:49 AM
I had never heard of this author, but I checked her out on Goodreads and her books like fun, so I put her book #1 in her amateur sleuth series on my wishlist. Thanks--this one sounds light and sometimes just what we need if the mood allows.ReplyDeleteReplies
:) Yes, sometimes a light read fist the bill. I gave it 3 stars, but looking at the Goodreads reviews, the book received positive reviews initially, then the reviews became more negative. Interesting. Maybe some reviewers were hoping for more (based on 4-5 star reviews) and then were disappointed.Delete
Anyway, I enjoyed it. ;p
This sounds good, and I love the title! The reference to Faust is interesting too.ReplyDelete
:) I liked the Faustian reference as well. It was a fun book, and although I'm not much of a cook, I loved the meals Dorian created.ReplyDelete
Any time my husband sees a title with "The Accidental" anything he lets out a big sigh of exasperation. LOLReplyDelete
Despite that, this does sound like a great book. Fun. :-)
This book sounds like fun. I can't wait to meet Dorian. :)ReplyDelete