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Doxis4 installation is certified for ISO 14641-1: 2012
(June 19, 2017 - Berlin) Data protection, access protection, immutability — these requirements are covered by ISO 14641-1: 2012 in its specifications concerning the design and the operation of an information system for electronic information preservation. The independent certification authority SP Certifications London* has certified that the Doxis4 iECM suite conforms to this high international standard. Information stored in Doxis4 fulfills rigid security standards and is protected from manipulation and unauthorized access.
If documents must be used as valid evidence in a court or administrative process, then their immutability must be irrefutable. In situations like these, the international norm ISO 14641-1: 2012 poses a number of organizational procedures and technical requirements for capturing, storing and accessing electronic documents and processes. With Doxis4, SER customers are able to fulfill these requirements according to the most rigid security standards. "Information is the most valuable good that a company has to protect! With Doxis4, our customers can create their own ISO-14641-1: 2012-certified 'Fort Knox' for their data and documents, which are always stored securely and protected from attacks," explains Klaus Eulenbach, SER's Head of Technology.
Security is a top priority for SER. Already certified according to ISO 16175-2 (for records management), Doxis4 has achieved one of the highest possible security levels for ECM systems. The installation certification according to ISO 14641-1: 2012 reinforces this even further. The certifications are strong proof for international firms that Doxis4 is the right ECM solution to fulfill international requirements for handling information subject to retention.
About ISO 14641-1: 2012 (electronic archiving – part 1)
ISO 14641-1: 2012 is based on the French AFNOR standard Z42-013 Systèmes d'Archivage Electronique (SAE), compiled by l'Association des professionnels pour l'économie numérique (APROGED). The SAE standard covers the design, the necessary system components, and the operation of electronic archive systems. For more information about ISO 14641-1: 2012, click here.
*Certification of the Doxis4 (version 3) installation was issued by the independent certification authority SP Certifications London at Lakson Technology Private Limited.
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"The difference between the poor and wealthy is simple: the poor have no choice, and the wealthy have too many."
Said Kerry Hilton, Founder and President of Freeset, an organization that seeks to provide a choice for women to choose freedom from sex trafficking.
The difference between the poor and wealthy is simple: the poor have no choice, and the wealthy have too many.
During our first day on the ground in Kolkata, Kerry asked me a poignant question that has since altered my paradigm on poverty. He asked, What is the difference between what you see in Kolkata and the West? I responded by describing my observation of the power differentials between the wealthy and poor. Wealth yields power over the poor and ultimately control.
Kerry did not disagree. He actually thought it was an astute observation, but then he asked: What yields the power? From where does it come? Quite honesty, I didn't think anything existed behind power. I assumed that power was in and of itself a force that one either possessed or did not. I told him that I didn't know. Then, he replied, "Choice."
Choice yields power.
The one who is able to choose possesses the power, while the one without choice is at the mercy of the one with it.
Our time in Kolkata typified this dichotomy between a lack of and an abundance of choice. Case in point…
During our 8-day stay at the Baptist Missionary Society Guest House — who provided more than outstanding accommodations for us — we discovered that our choice of breakfast options was limited to a piece of white toast with strawberry jam, either a scrambled or hardboiled egg, and one banana. At the front end, this breakfast was delightful. Toward the end of our stay, however, most of us felt a bit tired of the same ol' thing.
After several rounds of the same breakfast, a couple of the guys decided that they would simply not eat breakfast. They had had enough. Though everyone in the group tried to dissuade them from acting on their decision, they did it anyway. So, for the final two days, they didn't eat breakfast. They still came to breakfast, but they did not eat. They drank plenty of water, compensated with other meals, and probably felt a bit hungry toward lunchtime.
But in light of Kerry's words, I could not pass on the opportunity to debrief this real life example of choice taking place right before our eyes. There was something much larger at stake than simply not eating breakfast. It consisted of more than health concerns. Rather, this situation posed an issue of choice and, ultimately, of wealth and control.
As we processed through this situation together, we discovered that their decision to forego breakfast was a direct correlation to the options that lay ahead. The guys knew that in a matter of hours, we would land in Singapore, a place of choice and abundant options, and eat whatever our heart's desired. This provided our guys with a sense of control and security that a person without choice could never know or experience.
A person who lives in poverty and what I want to call 'choicelessness' cannot choose to forego a choice like food. In actuality, it is the exact opposite. That person is at the mercy of an unchosen option made by the wealthy. I made a decision. You name it: I decided not to eat all of my meal, donate my money, give my time to serve, which means the poor — someone without choice — may now partake of my unchosen option, i.e. the poor eat leftovers, the poor now have money, the poor are not able to do something that they once could not. The poor does not have a say in the option. They are merely at the mercy of the wealthy.
This insight has radically shifted my paradigm of the poor. I used to think whether I admitted it or not that poverty is an ontological part of one's self. Most of us think this way. We see a poor person, and we see the poor and not the person. But Kerry's words relocated for me the definition of poverty from that of an ontological aspect of one's humanity to simply an economy of choice. Yes, people are born into poverty, but it should never define someone as in race or ethnicity. Rather, poverty should only be understood in terms of economy.
Perhaps the question that Christians must ask of Jesus is not how do I use my checking, but how do I use my account of choice?
QUESTION: In what way can you either share or give up certain choices to those without? What does it even mean to 'give away' your choice?

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Before we get into the Montana Oak range, here's a brief insight into the Halo collection. The Halo collection was founded by Major Philip Oulton, over 30 years ago and is renowned for producing the highest quality furniture. Taking inspiration from British heritage, the stunning and traditional elegance of the collection is guaranteed to give your home the perfect essence of style. To this day traditional techniques and tools are used to build each piece, giving an overall quality and durability.
The Montana Oak is a range inspired by the 20th Century and as a result has a contemporary masculine design. Streamlined and solid, this range features brass cup handles and interesting finger joint detail, ensuring each piece lasts a lifetime.
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16. When He returned that August, he was welcomed at Re-Member like family. Erika and Jack, along with another Re-member staffer named Dan, all went to Will and Lena's house to run through songs. They stayed up late into the night working up harmonies to songs they were hearing for the first time. The next day they all headed up to Rapid City to record. It was a lot of fun, and a little stressful since they were doing all the recording for the backups in one day.
The name of the album, Will told them, was going to be "Back on the Rez" which would also be the title song. The music was fun and upbeat. Sticky, as Jack's wife would say. The tunes catchy and memorable. Jack hadn't been in a recording studio in quite some time, and he had a blast.
After the final tracks were down, Will and Lena took their backup singers out for dinner, where the group bonded even more.
The night before Jack left, he and Will sat out in Will's backyard talking for hours. They talked about their families. They talked about the similarities and differences between Christianity and Lakota spiritual practices. There are so many more similarities than differences. The only real differences are how prayers are offered, and the level of spirituality of the practitioners. The Lakota pray every day for everything. They believe, as did Jack, that God is everywhere and in everything. They are thankful for what they have, and are better attuned to spiritual signs than most Christians.
Jack asked Will what Misun meant, since Will had addressed him as Misun in many e-mails and in person a few times.
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Jack left the next morning knowing that he probably wouldn't be back until the Spring. But the important thing was that he would be back.


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Ray Dixon was a Past President of the Rotary Club of Bexhill and was
appointed in 2009 as the "District Governor's Special Representative" to assist us in
the formation of our then new club in Sovereign Harbour. Ray attended many of our
meetings (where he even won the raffle) as well as our Board meetings giving us
guidance and encouragement in setting up the club.
We are part of District 1120 and at the time of our formation our District Governor was Euan Eddie OBE' our District Extension Officer responsible for setting up new clubs was Dennis Rose.Ray dealt with the District Officers and RIBI to ensure that we were properly registered and subsequently gained all the benefits from being part of Rotary International. An important part of his role was liaising with the local clubs to keep them informed of our progress, this has prooved invaluable in working on combined projects with the Eastboune clubs.
The club was Chartered in 2010 and we made Ray and his wife Jenny Honary members in recognition of the work they did in establishing the club. In 2017 Ray and Jenny moved to Eastbourne and joined our club.


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The luxury pop up hotels that will disappear after holidaymakers' stay
The official locations are still a secret
ADVENTUROUS holidaymakers are being offered the chance to stay in "pop-up" hotels at beauty spots - which will disappear after their visits.
Tourists will get a one-off chance to stay in the glamping-style cabins at mystery locations in Wales.
But the eight specially-built cabins will then disappear and the landscapes returned to normal once the holiday season ends.
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Best of Wales director Llion Pughie, said: "Our passion for Wales and its history has provided a great source of inspiration for this project and we look forward to giving guests the opportunity to wake up to Wales in the country's first ever boutique pop-up glamping hotel."


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Successful business leaders tend to be control freaks. They care passionately about the quality of their product. They are perfectionists. They are the architects of the vision and the strategy, and they understand their business and their brand better than anybody else. So they retain control of every aspect of the management of the business and no decisions are made without their approval. Their leadership style is the key driver of business success but as the business grows, their leadership style is also potentially its downfall.
The reason for this is that the other defining characteristic of control freaks is that they find it difficult to trust. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. If they trusted others to make the decisions that they would make themselves, they wouldn't be control freaks. The challenge for the control freak is that the bigger the business gets, the more difficult it is to control. If the control freak doesn't evolve his or her skill set and management style, the desire to control will paralyze the business. Decisions aren't made, opportunities are missed, the organization becomes paralyzed. It's at this point that the control freak needs to learn to trust.
This wasn't always the case. Once upon a time the pace of business – even retail business – moved more slowly. There was no Electronic Point of Sale technology. There was no social media, with the power to destroy a brand's reputation over night. The walls hadn't come down. Decisions could wait until the control freak was ready to make them. Not any more. Retail strategy may need to change overnight and reputation management demands a constant grasp of the Twitter Handle.
Trust therefore becomes a business critical issue and successful business leaders respond to the challenge by evolving their management style to act in a totally counter-intuitive way. It takes a high degree of emotional intelligence in order to do this. They look for organizational structures and processes that seek to promote trust within a defined framework. These structures and processes entrust management teams to distinguish between those decisions that they can make themselves and those that require the business leader's input. This may well feel like a huge step for the control freak but the only way to make somebody trustworthy is to trust them, and when this works, it is liberating for the control freak and transformational for the business. There is another, corollary benefit. Autonomy, mastery and purpose are what drive brilliant performance in creative businesses (see my earlier post), and control freaks don't naturally foster autonomy. So the need to delegate powers through an evolved organizational structure can actually motivate the broader team and drive improved performance.
The dangers for the control freak who cannot evolve their leadership style are serious indeed. Firstly, their management team become 'yes-men' and tell their leader what they think he or she wants to hear, rather than what they really think. They rationalize this by saying, 'What's the point of telling him what I really think? He'll only do what he wants to do anyway'. This becomes exacerbated in a climate of fear. Sam Goldwyn, the G of MGM, once said, 'I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth, even if it costs them their job'. And if people are prepared to put their necks on the line to tell you the truth, you need to be an active listener in order to hear it. The second, related issue, is that the control freak's definition of trust becomes twisted. When a business leader tells me that they need to know that they can trust me, I respond by saying that that depends on what they mean by trust. If trust means to always execute orders flawlessly and without question, or trust means to take the bullet whatever the circumstances, I cannot guarantee to deliver against these iterations of trust. If trust, however, means to always strive to give the best possible advice, honestly, and transparently, without fear or favor, this is a definition of trust that is likely to build functional and committed management teams, and deliver long term business success. Yes, in the long term, trust is the only sustainable strategy to secure the rise and rise of the control freak.


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Famous Basketball Players from Mexico
List of famous basketball players from Mexico, listed alphabetically with photos of the players when available. Mexico has produced some very talented basketball players over the years, including centers, guards and forwards. Featuring few of the best international NBA players of all time, this list is not as long as the best Europeans in the NBA, but still includes some of best current NBA foreign players. These are the best Mexican basketball players to ever live, so if you're a native of Mexico and are aspiring to play ball professionally then these people should be your idols. If you're searching for a particular popular basketball player from Mexico then you can use the "search" box to find who you're looking for.
List contains players like Gustavo Ayon and Earl Watson.
This list answers the questions, "Who are the greatest Mexican basketball players?" and "Which basketball players are from Mexico?"You can click on the names of these legendary basketball players of Mexico in order to get more information about each one. If you play basketball or just love the sport then use this list of talented Mexican basketball players to find some athletes you haven't heard of before.
Adam Parada is an American-born professional basketball player in Mexico who played as an import in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Alaska Aces. He played four years at the University of California, Irvine. Parada was not drafted by any team in the 2004 NBA Draft. He is a many time Mexico national team mainstay. He also played as an import for the Red Bull Barako in 2008 and led the Barako to a third place finish. ...more on Wikipedia
Position: Center
Nationality: Mexico
Birthplace: Alta Loma, Californiasee more on Adam Parada
Earl Joseph Watson, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is currently an assistant coach with the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year starter. Watson was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft with the 39th overall selection. He played 13 seasons in the NBA with seven teams before becoming a coach in 2014. ...more on Wikipedia
Position: Point guard
Nationality: United States of America, Mexico
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas
Number: 11
Teams: Memphis Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggetssee more on Earl Watson
Edgar Garibay is a basketball player. ...more on Wikipedia
Position: Forward
Nationality: Mexico
Birthplace: Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Eduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez is a retired Mexican professional basketball player and current head coach of the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League. ...more on Wikipedia
Position: Small forward, Power forward
Nationality: Mexico
Birthplace: Meoqui Municipality, Mexico
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text: CHART BEAT Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Tops Britain's All-Time Downloaded Chart 4/23/2014 by Lars Brandle FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Robin Thicke Performing Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" has been revealed as the most downloaded track of all-time in the United Kingdom.The controversial hit (which features T.I. and Pharrell Williams) is one of only two songs to sell more than 1.5 million downloads, according to a new countdown compiled by the Official Charts Company and unveiled by BBC Radio 1."Blurred Lines" takes top spot on the Official Download Chart Top 100 ahead of Adele's 2011 hit "Someone Like You," which has sold 1.53 million units, while Maroon 5 ft Christina Aguilera's "Moves Like Jagger" (2011), Gotye ft Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used To Know" (2011) and Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009) round out the top 5. On its release in May 2013, "Blurred Lines" topped the U.K. singles chart with opening sales of 190,000; the track went on to lead the singles chart on five occasions, and it has shifted more than 1.54 million downloads to date. A year on, it's still moving copies, having sold about 70,000 units this year. "Blurred Lines" has had its detractors. The song was banned from playlists at a string of British university bars last year following criticism that its promo was sexist and its lyrics were "rapey."Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Is Billboard's Song of the SummerElsewhere on the "all-time" list, Pharrell Williams' "Happy" becomes the fastest-growing new million-seller, according to the charts compiler. It's surpassed 1.3 million sales to take ninth place.The download chart was published as part of the U.K. music industry's "Decade Of Digital" initiative, which is intended to celebrate 10 years since the legal download market in the U.K. took off in 2004. The full chart can be seen here.Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Breaks Record Atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsDownloads remain a big business in the U.K. Unlike in the U.S., where digital track and album sales fell in 2013, streaming services in Britain have yet to cannibalize download sales. According to recent data published by the BPI, digital track sales were down 4.4% from the previous year's record figure, but still generated £121.7 million ($203.5 million) in revenue - the second-highest total of all time. Revenue from digital album sales was up 19.5% in the U.K. last year, totaling £160.5 million ($268.5 million). FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Greetings earthlings! As you may recall, earlier this year I made a post listing my must-see movies for 2012. I left some off that I wanted to see but I included the most important ones I think. I said that when the year was complete I would give my opinion on all of them, and since it is December (where has the time gone?!) it looks like it's time. So, without further ado…
Oh yeah, SPOILERS.
The Avengers
I thought it was a really good flick. I enjoyed all the call-backs to previous movies and the opportunity to see some of Marvel's finest lumped together in one film. Loki totally stole the show for me personally, though I'm sure that's true for most people. He has a bucket of charisma and then some. That being said, I didn't go ape shit for The Avengers the same way some people did. I would watch it again for sure, but I wouldn't pay to do so in theaters. I actually enjoyed Iron Man way better. Go figure.
The Amazing Spider-man
This could be considered Whedon blasphemy but I thought it was as good as The Avengers. The romance between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy spoke to my ovaries, but the action was great as well. I'm not going to lie, I got a little choked up when the construction workers lined up the cranes over the city for Spider-man to get to Oscorp tower. I love good moments like that when the hero is supported and triumphs. As Ricky pointed out, Tobey Maguire was the classic, clean-cut Spider-man where as Andrew Garfield is newer, edgier, and sleeker. I like this version a lot.
I enjoyed this movie as well. Michael Fassbender was amazing as the Ash-like android officer and how kick ass was Noomi Rapace? The scene where she essentially performs surgery on herself was so sick in both senses of the word. I think once I stopped thinking of this movie as a "prequel" and started understanding it as a story that takes place within the same universe as the Alien series, it made sense. Not perfect, but definitely entertaining.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Oh boy…where to start. I read the book and love love loved it, so naturally I was looking forward to the movie version. I ignored the laughter of people in the theater when they saw the preview. I was like, "You don't understand, dumb asses, this is based on a book. And it's a really awesome book!" Turns out those people were right to laugh. It wasn't good. I mean…Abe running along horses as they stampede? No. Just…no. They strayed too far from the book which for the most part was completely unnecessary and they relied too heavily on special affects. Overall, I am disappoint.
The Dark Knight Rises
People really have a batarang up their asses about this movie. Get ready for a mini-rant.
On Memebase, there are idiots galore, but there is a breed of moron that surpasses all other: the arguer. Arguing over the internet is as pointless as Jim Belushi. Arguing only makes you look bad really. If you're undeniably correct and you're arguing with someone who is undeniably wrong, you look bad for arguing with an idiot. If they're right and you're wrong, you look stupid for arguing with someone who knows more than you. If, as in most cases, the argument is completely stupid to begin with, you look completely stupid as well.
After TDKR was released, a funny meme of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Heath Ledger in the movie Ten Things I Hate About You was posted. It made a joke about the Joker and "Robin" having gone to high school together. Harty Har Har. Well, a couple of people made comments about how they were so upset that "fanboys" were spreading "heresay" and being "willfully ignorant" about the ending. My comment (error numero uno on my part) was to say to one of these uptight commenters (a fellow wordpress blogger actually) that the ending was open for interpretation. STOP THE PRESSES!!!! I never actually gave my opinion on the ending, saying "YUHUH, he is totally the Robins cuz thats his name. Duh!!1!!!" I simply said that some people were seeing it differently and much like letting the totem sway only slightly before cutting to dark in Inception, Christopher Nolan seems to like letting people think for themselves instead of spoon feeding them every plot point.
In response to my comment, the person- how can I put this gently? – flipped the fuck out. He wrote that IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT open for interpretation. Don't I know that?! I must confess (and here's where I make mistake numero dos) I found his outrage over a film so funny that I told him to take a breath. I never even said I disagreed with his conclusion, just that other people might think differently and it doesn't mean they're writing some twincest slashfic by expressing their opinions.
For instance, here is one person's take on JGL's place in the Nolan-verse among other things:
The shitstorm that came after my second comment was what made me realize I had become the same type of moron who argues on the internet. He railed about how stupid and ignorant I was being essentially and said I must be intimidated because I told him to take a breath. One might point out to him that he needed to take my advice since he sounded like he was turning purple on the other end of this "conversation" but I resisted. I was tempted to screw with him, but I didn't because I'm mature and shit.
So now that I have learned my lesson on commenting, I will give MY opinion of the film straight and simple. I loved it. I thought it was a nice end to the trilogy and liked the little nods to the comics here and there. Seeing tidbits of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns show up in film-form was what all nerds want. Though there were flaws with the movie, I thought it was pretty friggen awesome over all. I mean Tom Hardy's Bane? Come on.
The Bourne Legacy
Okay, so it wasn't the greatest movie in the world. So it didn't live up to the Bourne name. So you had to watch an absurd scene in which Jeremy Renner shoves a tracking device down a wolf's throat. So what? It had two incredibly good looking actors in the lead and all you need to do is picture them boning to earn your movie ticket money back. Half glass full and all that, right? In all seriousness, I thought it was a decent movie but it it didn't belong as part of that series.
By the way, go to hulu and watch the show Spoilers! and you just might see me in the background of the episode covering this movie. Maybe that's why I'm so ho-hum about it. I didn't even pay for the ticket so I didn't lose out on anything. It was a great night spent with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.
I LOVED this movie. It was my favorite of the year by far. Though Casino Royale is still my favorite of Daniel Craig's Bond films, I thought this one was a masterpiece visually. Javier Bardem was wonderful as the villain as always, Craig was fantastic as the aging cowboy who has to get back in the saddle, and the transition to Ms. Moneypenny and the new M was nicely done and respectful to the lovely Dame Judy Dench. Overall, bravisimo! I have no complaints.
Well, that I was the year in review. I will be posting my list for 2013 within the next month as well as some other fun posts. Let's not forget that there are quite a few cons just around the corner, so get ready for some cosplay nerd talk.


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MGM owns Mandalay, Luxor and many others. Look into all holdings MGM owns and are connected to. you will be very surprised.
They also own rights to NBC (they own Ellen and her show), and of course a part of the rings and crimes in Hollywood and other entertainment industry.
They had been served w/ notice for preservation of records and evidence, and still destroyed hide evidence, then a Judge further Ordered things in several cases.. they still destroy and hide..
Thing is the FBI took over the case ASAP, the LVPD does NOT have any authority, is NOT doing anything, and being obstructed. All the evidence they had FBI took.. that is why you see the FBI handler letting their threatened controlled LEOS out front, this creates focus, blame and deniability to FBI who BTW was part of all of the shit that DID happen and the cover up.
Top off so is the CIA.. and this week the CIA director made some shocking threats, declarations and statements that should scare the shit out of you, and make you very angry.. Stated from now on they will be ruthless etc.. really? really? what were they before w/ all this shit since they were created for dark purposes to start with?


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If He's Tempted (Wherlocke #5) by Hannah Howell
Historical Paranormal Romance
April 2, 2013
Favorite Quote: "I ache. I want. I remember every touch, every kiss, and want more."
Lady Olympia Wherlocke has never made a promise she couldn't…wouldn't keep, so when a young girl comes to her in desperation, Olympia promises to do anything and everything to help her. Lady Agatha Mallam's mother is trying to sell her into marriage to a much older man who is rumored to have sadistic tendencies and an unfortunate incurable ailment. Only her brother, the Earl, has the power to stop their mother but he has buried himself in the country and refuses to answer her letters.
Lord Brant Mallam has spent the last few years drowning his grief in sex and spirits over his beloved fiancée's death. When Lady Olympia comes sweeping into his home, relaying his mother's nefarious plans, Brant knows the time has finally come to put an end to his mother's schemes once and for all.
As Olympia and Brant work towards repairing Brant's reputation and helping Agatha, they ferret out more of his mother's schemes and soon discover the true nature of her plans. Plans that spell disaster and possible death for them all.
If He's Tempted is the fifth installment of Ms. Howell's Wherlocke series. A dark and gritty historical romance that mixes a batch of love, humor, revenge, and redemption into a volatile potent. Action and suspense go hand in hand as two damaged yet repairable people come together to stop a mad women from further ruining their lives and the lives of those they love. I would like to point out this can be read as a stand alone and you do not have to read the others in order to appreciate this story.
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Bigwell Trout Fishery, Monmouth
An interesting week with the input of some large rainbow trout of 10lb-plus proving a huge success. A drizzly morning on Friday saw Keith Fenton hooked into one of the larger rainbows in the gin pool but he lost it when it snapped the line. Keith reckons he was well over 10lb, more like 12lb, and with adrenaline pumping, Keith spent the next few hours stalking his fish which eventually obliged and came to the net. John Burton caught a 13lb 9oz rainbow on a Blue-flash Damsel with a 6lb leader on the lower lodge pool. Paul Barnfield caught a 3lb 8oz tiger trout from the lower lodge pool on a Green Spider. Hughie Wilson landed a beautiful 6lb 7oz rainbow on a White Fritz in the lower lodge pool. Terry Hill landed 4 rainbows while Brian Beck took 7 on his catch and kill ticket. G Moore took 4 and released 6 on his catch kill and release ticket. On catch and release and catching their bag limit of 10 fish were Mark Chapman, Charles Pilkington, Bryan Gibson, Steve Mogg, Carl Williams, Dave Glover, Derek Parker, Michael Brunt, Paul Barnfield, Hughie Wilson, Jason Fields and Mandy Fields. Popular flies this week have been Klinkhamers, Grey Dusters, Sedge, Blue-flash Damsels, White Fritz, small Black Buzzers and Green Spiders. Open every day from 7.30am.
Ynysyfro Reservoirs, Gwent
On the top pond Gwyn Davies was able to enjoy a good week with 7 and 8 fish from two visits including an excellent brown trout in the region of 2lb 4oz. Terry O'Connor also landed 7 rainbows, while Peter Dent returned a 3-fish catch. A brace of trout were caught by Dave Howells, Colin Jones and Mark Roberts. The bottom pond saw a number of limits recorded, including those by Adrian Moyse, Ken Bowring and Colin Poole. Roy Jones and Terry O'Connor each netted 6 trout with Phil Morgan and Alan Rees catching 5 rainbows. Colin Jones, Dave Woods and Martin Williams each netted 4 good trout. Boat anglers on the bottom pond were able to reach catch and release limits with Colin Poole, Ken Pascoe and Keith Higgins finding fish. Keith also landed 5 fish from a second boat session with Shaun Cotterell netting 4 trout on his boat ticket. Various fly patterns have been prominent during the week, including a Black Pennell, Duck Fly patterns, Baby Sun Fly, Damsel lures and Shipman's Buzzers. Top pond returns indicate that olives were beginning to show, which will be an encouragement for dry fly fishermen.
The weekend saw some good returns from the bottom pond from both the bank and the boats. Boat anglers Martin Rees and John Eynon netted 7 and 2 fish respectively from a morning session, while around the banks Ken Bowring landed 5 rainbows, 4 fish were recorded by Paul Ellsworthy, 3 by Cardiff member, Alan Rees and 2 good trout for Alun Paul. Reports from bottom pond anglers have suggested that more fish are taking flies either on or just below the surface, particularly in the area from Pipe Bay to the bush. On the top pond most anglers recorded a brace of trout, inlcuding Kevin Pinkney, Bernard Stephens, Dave Woods and brother Howell Woods, with Paul Ellsworthy adding 2 fish to an earlier return from the bottom pond.


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Seeking a Pain Clinic Physiatrist to manage our newly formed non-interventional pain clinic at the Leavenworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center (35 minutes from Kansas City). The "Recovery Model of Rehabilitation and Pain Management" is a Foundational Service at the VA, and this new clinic is primed to facilitate functional recovery of persons suffering chronic pain.
You will be responsible for working with patients to evaluate causes of pain and work with a multidisciplinary team to address management. The clinic will also include a pain psychologist, advanced practice NP/PA and clinic RN. Collaborate with an interventional pain physician in the surgery service line. Along with clinical practice in pain management, this position may include musculoskeletal & other PMR practice areas.
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Are you interested in getting your GED® certification in Harrisburg PA? The examination is for adults who do not have their high school diploma. The certification that you receive upon completion of the Pennsylvania GED® test is accepted as an equivalent credential to a high school diploma by employers and colleges across the United States.
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P-QRM #109: A Lot of Hot Air: Not All of It From Irma..
Written by Ann Marie, September 17, 2017, 0 Comments
Between Irma, the celebrities telethon for that disaster, and other topics, there was a lot of hot air blowing around. One of the most interesting topics we deal with is the study put out by the Annenberg Foundation which indicates Americans are poorly informed about our Constitution. You can see the article here : https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-are-poorly-informed-about-basic-constitutional-provisions Also,


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The Snickerthon – 11K, Half and Full Marathon
Saturday 29th June 2019 10.00
Chasewater Country Park WS8 7NL
Come and join us at Chase Water Country Park and visitor centre (WS8 7NL) for a multi lap 5k, 11K, half or full marathon event. Each lap will comprise of 5K around the beautiful country park – will you see the wild deer? Course is a mixture of paths and footpaths and is relatively flat.
We will have use of Chasewaters facilities which include a cafe / toilets / Children's park as well as the stunning views in the park. Please note that as of the 1st May 2018 Staffordshire Council have introduced a £3 parking charge so please consider car sharing where possible.
There will also be lots of the usual goodies on the aid stations and each finisher will receive a very special medal, and maybe a Marathon bar – opps we meant a Snickers Bar!


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On Wednesday 18th May 8.2 and the Class Based Provision visited Baggeridge Country Park. First thing in the morning it looked like the trip was going to be called off because of heavy rain but by the time they left the rain had stopped and the sun shone all day.
They enjoyed pond dipping, catching creatures such as tadpoles, fresh water shrimps and green jelly algae. After that they explored the woods and took part in a den building activity then enjoyed lunch at the picnic area. They spent the last hour playing on the adventure playground and eating ice cream. What a great day we all had!


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This morning we set out for the train station to make our way to Chatham. Once there a taxi took us to the docks and we began the inquiry for the van. It was suppose to be unloaded and waiting in a warehouse, but the van was still in it's shipping container. Mark at the shipping company informed us it would only take twenty minutes to locate and unload the van. True to his word the container was brought in and the van rolled down to greet us in no time. The excitement quickly wore off when we discovered that the van would not start. We had feared this may happen. Firstly the battery had not been disconnected, per instructions from the shipping company state side, and against our better judgement. Secondly, when the van gets below a 1/4 tank and is parked at steep angles (or out at sea for 26 days) the tank can release some air bubbles into the fuel line. The tank was actually more around 1/8 and upon inspection the clear fuel line leading to the injection pump was completely void of fuel. Luckily we had dealt with this once before and knew the solution. Crack the injectors and and try to start the van. This would hopefully pull the air out before entry to the cylinders and allow fuel to flow. We setup to do this, but after a few seconds of cranking realized the battery did not have enough juice to crank the van long enough to start. After hooking up the battery to a forklift we tried again. This time the van cranked well, but the fuel would not pull through. The tank was too low. Mark, being a true English gentlemen drove me (Steve) to the petrol station. I bought two five liter jerry cans and filled them with diesel. Once back at the docks I emptied one jerry into the van. We tried again to no avail. I knew to get fuel to pull into the injection pump I need more than just power the pumop could provide. It would have to be gravity to the rescue. I disconnected the fuel line from the fuel filter and jammed a funnel into the end. Another chap from the shipping company started to pour diesel into the fuel while Corinne cranked the van. The van spurted and choked, whizzed and spat; fuel sprayed from the injectors. Unburned diesel spewed from the exhaust and finally....the van did not start. I cursed and spat. We tried again. More fuel down the funnel directly into the injectors and after much sputtering and fuel spraying all over myself and the poor fellow helping me, the van came to life. We tightened down the injectors, pack the van, shook everyone's hand and drove directly to a petrol station and filled up with diesel.We grabbed some terrible sandwiches from the petrol station and hit the road. After about an hour of driving we arrived in Dover and found our way to a camp spot atop the white cliffs. Thanks for the camp location Jed! After taking a stroll to see the cliffs, sheer vertical chalk-white walls, we traveled back into town to the Swingate Tavern. It was live Jazz Thursdays. The psyche was high. We ordered Yorkshire Pudding with roast, decidedly British, and Chinese stir fry, decidedly...not. The Yorkshire did not compare to my moms, but it nevertheless, hit the spot. The jazz music was surprisingly good and we stayed for a few hours. Tomorrow we head for Calais via ferry. France, here we come!
The shipping yard. The van is inside the container!
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Tell State Senators - Put ACA Protections in CT Law
Posted 4/26/2018
Good news! Last night, the CT House of Representatives passed HB 5210 - An Act Mandating Insurance Coverage of Essential Health Benefits and Expanding Mandated Health Benefits for Women, Children and Adolescents - by a vote of 114-32. (Information on the bill below.)
Now HB 5210 needs to be approved by the State Senate before the legislature adjourns on May 9. Contact your State Senator today and say: Don't Go Home Without Protecting My Care; Pass HB 5210! Find your state senator (and representative) here.
Also - take a moment to thank your state representative if s/he voted for the bill. You can see how Representatives voted here.
This bill puts vital Affordable Care Act protections, including the ten Essential Health Benefits (prescription drugs, laboratory services, mental and behavioral health services, maternity care, pediatric care, preventative services, rehabilitative services, hospitalization, emergency services and ambulatory patient services), into state law. More details on the bill here.


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The yen's strength is the story of the day. This Great Graphic, composed on Bloomberg, shows the dollar-yen (white line) and the Nikkei (yellow line) and the 20-day moving average (yellow line). The bottom chart is the MACD, which is rolling over.The dollar slipped through the 20-day moving average for the first time in two months. That average comes in now near JPY104.13. A close of the North American session below there would add to the bearish signal.There does not appear to be a fundamental catalyst. It is true that the US service ISM was softer than expected, but this does not seem critical. The week's big events, namely the ECB press conference and the US employment data still lies ahead. Position adjustment seems to be the key driver. We peg initial dollar support in the JPY103.50-75 area. In the Nikkei, after the gap lower opening on Monday, which filled the gap created on December 26, we are monitoring the larger downside gap that extends from 15588 to 15798. Technical factors favor the downside as the RSI and MACDs show bearish divergences. Separately, we not that the euro has also fallen against the yen and in the three sessions through today the euro has shed about 2.5%. It has spent the entire session below the 20-day moving average for the first time since November 11. The 38.2% retracement of the the rally off the JPY131.20 area on November 7 to the JPY145.70 5-year high reached late last year is found just near JPY140.20.
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Tonight, I had the honor of attending a Slow Food Miami gathering where I was able to explore the organization and meet locals interested in the local food environment. It was hosted by prominent local chef Allen Susser who presented a simple home-grown vegetable and dip buffet with various dishes appearing throughout the night. There was even basil pineapple ice cream, though a part of me longed for the good old days of mint chocolate chip. I met several interesting people involved in the local growing scene, including the Worm Whisperer (whom we have not seen the last of on this journey) and Gabe of Seasons Farm Fresh, a distributer of local and Latin American fruit. Both shared their own perspective and insights into the local Miami food system, which I'll share in future blog posts. Continue reading "Slow Food Miami"
Category: Thoughts
I've been lost as to what to post here. The momentum of this blog has been fermented food: tempeh, kraut, nut cheese. However, I've come to an increasingly firm belief that I have some sort of intolerance to fermented and aged foods. The histamine triggers a range of symptoms that agitate my physical being. Perhaps it's my overemphasis of fermented foods that have led to this maladaption. Also, it gives me pause as I reflect on all the diet gurus on the Internet that claim dogmatically to have the answer. For example, I became briefly obsessed with Matthew Kenney, a celebrity raw vegan chef. In raw veganism, the food is never heated above 104-120˚F. Continue reading "Resetting"
Hear the Kale King Roar!
Dear Poetry Professor,
When you cut me off today and tried to skip my turn to share my poetic art piece, it fucking hurt. You perceived a slight from reactive pride, and in trying to protect yourself overreached and slighted me. "Of course you brought a stick," yes, indeed, and you couldn't appreciate the beauty and significance of a simple stick, yet you were like an overeager mother fawning over the other students' cardboard art projects. You realize these are just artificially reconstituted versions of the stick I brought in? Continue reading "Hear the Kale King Roar!"
ECHO Farm Field Trip
After a long drive through the endless industrial warehouses, outlet malls, and grassy swamplands, our small UMiami field trip crew arrived at our destination: ECHO demonstration farm in Fort Myers, Florida. According to its site, "ECHO is an information hub for development practitioners around the world. We gather solutions from around the world that are solving hunger problems and disseminate them to our active network. Continue reading "ECHO Farm Field Trip"
Veganism: Why I don't "take the plunge" (updated post)
Ever since I began dabbling in vegetarianism my freshman year of college, I've received a lot of bewildered, intrigued, and defensive responses. Fluctuating between omnivorism, vegetarianism, and veganism, I've been a proponent of each group. Through the idealism and dogma bound up in each phase, I've come to believe that only honesty and critical self and societal reflection can bring any progress to this hotly contended, gridlocked debate.
Continue reading "Veganism: Why I don't "take the plunge" (updated post)"


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06-Oct-2016 | Komal Amit Gera I TE Narasimhan
Area under cotton cultivation to fall to 6-year low worldwide: ICAC
CAI has estimated the cotton crop in India for 2016-17 season at 33.60 million bales
24-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Wheat import duty rollback to ease availability, lower prices
Benefit of lower duty will not be fully passed on to millers, as importers had earlier made losses due to higher purchase price
22-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Rising tomato prices cheer food processing firms
Mother Dairy, Cremica line up fresh investments; Jain Irrigation arm ties up with farmers
16-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Deficit rainfall doesn't dampen Punjab's kharif sowing
State has registered an increase in acreage of major kharif crops
14-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Falling wheat output, lower global price trigger import surge
From April onwards, wheat prices have gone up in India by 15 per cent
02-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Vardhman Textiles dilutes 40% in Vardhman Yarns and Threads
The proceeds from the stake sale would be used for expansion purpose in yarn and fabric manufacturing
01-Sep-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Woollen industry in distress
As demand for the yarn shrinks, raw material costs expand
31-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Bicycle makers urge govt to defer mandatory use of imported reflectors
Industry questions DIPP order on use of compulsory use of an accessory sold by a monopoly in China
29-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
AAP suffers a blow after infighting in Punjab
Senior party leaders trade charges of corruption in ticket distribution
19-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Punjab dairy farmers gearing up for mass protests against cow protection squads
Have demanded dissolution of the Gau Raksha Board
19-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Rio to Rohtak: Malik drives home medal
Sakshi created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to clinch an Olympic medal
17-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Vardhman, SEL in a fix as cotton price soars
Blame hoarders for the rise; many fabric making mills have opted for blending more and more of synthetic yarn
09-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Good monsoon strengthens forging industry's sentiments
Forgetech India to kickstart this year to facilitate global best practices in forging
09-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
AAP's rise as strong contender adds new dimesion in Punjab
SAD leaders are making no bones in calling Arvind Kejriwal a team of 'Ali Baba and Chalis Chor' and Kejriwal has openly challenged them to arrest him in six months
08-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera & Dilip Kumar Jha
Apple crop woes for Adani, Mahindra
Unrest in J&K intensifies shortage; food-processing units not to be badly hit, as they rely more on crop residue
05-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera & Dilip Kumar Jha
Weather woes hit apple produce in Northern bowl
Adani Agrifresh to crowd out other buyers, Mahindras to import more apples
04-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Tax benefits pledged during investment summit in Haryana to prevail in GST regime
Haryana was able to clinch investments worth Rs 5.84 lakh cr during the Happening Haryana investor summit at Gurgaon in March this year
02-Aug-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Jugnoo ties up with MobiKwik to power digital payments across 37 cities
With an average 40,000 transactions in a day, Jugnoo expects about 25% of payments through cashless transactions with this new tie up
28-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
In poll-bound Punjab, power consumers get tariff relief
No revision for domestic consumers; MSMEs to get concession
23-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
AAP leaders sulk over Sidhu's entry
Navjot Singh Sidhu's skills as an orator could help the Aam Aadmi Party connect with Punjab's young. AAP desperately needs a leader with deep roots in Punjab politics
22-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Haryana govt's non-cooperation delays multi-crore VAT scam investigation
According to an SIT report, prima facie an alleged tax evasion of over Rs 10,618 crore was detected
20-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
UDAY implementation in Punjab likely to be delayed due to elections
Despite T&D losses lower than many states, PSPCL is in financial distress due to lack of political will
19-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Punjab kinnow exports to grow 3-fold as fruit quality in Pakistan suffers
State sets export target of 15,000 tonnes, announces Rs 14 cr grant to ensure remunerative prices to growers
13-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
Godrej to start local manufacturing of soaps in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Company is also setting up a new plant at an investment of Rs 100 cr in Jammu, to be operational by March 2017
12-Jul-2016 | Komal Amit Gera
IIT-Ropar inducts faculty from overseas universities
Six Indian-origin teaching staff selected from institutions in UK, Canada and US; total faculty strength rises to 95


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The event honored the legacy of the civil rights icon, who would have turned 90 years old last week. Local elected officials reflected on King's words, and spoke about how they apply today.
"Celebrating Dr. King's birthday is not a day off, it's a day on," said Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who co-emceed the event with Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo. "It's a day to reflect on Dr. King's sacrifice and the civil rights struggle."
Senator Chuck Schumer said Dr. King "held up a giant mirror to America" and forced the country to look at itself. He said America "did not like what it saw."
"That began the path to change," he said. "We came a long way, but we have longer to go."
Both Jeffries and Schumer related King's commitment to social justice to their roles opposing the Trump presidency in 2019. Jeffries, the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, derided Trump as "the birther-in-chief" and the "grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
New York's senior senator said he was horrified by Trump's response to the Neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and shocked by the president's orders to separate immigrant families.
Now, Schumer said, Trump is fighting for the border wall, which he said would be the "worst possible symbol America could have."
"The best symbol we have it the Statue of Liberty, not a 30-foot concrete wall," he said. "We'll fight to keep it that way."
Schumer invoked King's now-famous letter that he penned from a Birmingham jail.
"We will not wait in Dr. King's memory," Schumer said. "Keep up the fight, I certainly will."
Mayor Bill de Blasio, meanwhile, said King didn't just speak about racial equality, but economic justice as well. De Blasio said in this respect, the country has a lot farther to go.
He touted the ways in which New York City is "breaking out of that status quo."
Reiterating two policies he outlined in his recent State of the City speech, the mayor said guaranteed health care and paid personal time were two ways to address those injustices.
"That's what we strive to do in this city, and that's what we celebrate this day," de Blasio said. "A city for everyone in the image of Martin Luther King."
But City Council Speaker Corey Johnson highlighted the crumbling subways, lead paint crisis and public housing problems as some of the ongoing issues facing New York City residents.
"It's easy to talk about the mess and disgrace at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," Johnson said. "It's important to not be silent about what's happening in our own city."
Peppered in between speeches by the elected officials were rousing musical performances by the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir and Oddisee, a hip-hop artist based in Washington, D.C.
The keynote speaker at BAM's celebration of MLK was Tarana Burke, who founded the "Me Too" movement more than a decade before the popular hashtag went viral.
Burke, who has worked in social justice for more than 25 years, began her work in Selma, Alabama, as part of the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement, which was founded by veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
As senior director of the Brooklyn-based group Girls for Gender Equity, Burke has worked with young girls in middle schools who experienced sexual violence. It was through her experience working with these girls that she started a movement centered on survivors of sexual harassment and assault.
"Me Too is not a campaign, it's a movement, because our work is about collectively expanding possibilities for our survivors," she said. "It's a survivor's movement."
Burke noted that while Dr. King was the face of the Civil Rights Movement, it was oft-forgotten women who selected him to be the leader. Strategists and organizers like Rosa Parks and Diane Nash were not only peers to King, she said, but laid the groundwork for the movement.
"He wasn't afraid of women's leadership," she said. "In fact, he relied on them."
Reflecting on how the perception of movements have changed, Burke reminded hundreds in the audience that movements are incremental and built over time. They grow and change, and are both forgiving and demanding.
"They are grounded in the belief of human capacity for change," Burke said. "We have to believe that something impossible to others is possible."
As for the "Me Too" movement she started a decade ago, Burke said it won't be slowing down anytime soon.
"We are in it for the long haul," she said. "There is no going back."


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Live in or visiting Paris on 6th November and a plastic tagger for The Plastic Tide?
Join Peter Kohler, The Plastic Tide Founder at the 'Plastic In The Ocean - A Consumer Conference' for the Ocean Plastics Lab. Part of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Talks will be from French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Ocean, Tara Xavier Bougeard Foundation and Surfrider Foundation to get a view of all the latest research and solutions going on now in Ocean Plastics world.
Afterwards, take a wonderful tour of the event checking out solutions being put into place at all levels of the plastics problem! More information: http://oceanplasticslab.net/
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Adventures Groups 1 and 2 tackle their first challenge this morning before the canoe trip to Rainbow Island. How do you untie knots on a rope without letting your hands go?
The Mini 8s find out:
Meanwhile, Adventures Group 3 prepares to go on the high ropes course and zip line:
The rest of the day awaits!
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Happy New Year!/
Happy new year, peeps! I'm a big believer in writing down your goals, so here's a snippet of my goals list for this year. (And yes, this list could also be considered my new year's resolutions, but I prefer goals to resolutions. It's just semantics, yes, but it's how my brain works.)
In 2015, I will…
- express gratitude every single day.
- be more patient with myself and others.
- drink more water.
- make happiness a priority.
- laugh at myself and take myself less seriously.
- be present.
Did you make any new year's resolutions or goals this year?


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(Reuters) - American sprinter Ronnie Baker has never seen a world outdoor championship in person but after his sparkling 2018 season the world indoor bronze medallist is probably checking the weather for next year's worlds in Doha.
"He has turned himself into a legitimate medal threat, and not just indoors," four times Olympic sprint medallist Ato Boldon told Reuters.
Only world indoor record holder Christian Coleman has run faster than Baker's 9.87 seconds over 100 metres this year, and Baker was more consistent with five of the nine top times including the yearly lead until Coleman passed him in late August.
"If he continues on this path, he is going to be a medal threat in the next two world championships and the next Olympics," said Boldon, now a respected analyst.
"He has all the tools to be a 9.7 (seconds) guy, and I think the era of 9.7 to win just about everything is upon us. I don't think it is going to take 9.6 to win in Doha or Tokyo (at the 2020 Olympics)."
A standout indoor collegiate runner, Baker claimed the 2017 U.S. 60m title and a year later, at the American world trials, became the third fastest at 60m with a run of 6.40 seconds to finish behind Coleman.
But it was outdoors that the Texas-based sprinter really burst onto the international scene.
"I had such an amazing season," Baker said in a telephone interview. "Five PRS (personal records), two or three world leads."
Four Diamond League victories and a second to Coleman in the Diamond League 100m final added to the success.
"I ran 13 (100m) races last season outdoors. I lost three of them and I came second every single time," Baker proudly recalled. "The consistency for me was huge. That was one thing I was super pleased with."
The oldest, at 25, of the young American triumvirate that has flexed its sprinting muscles, Baker is not as well known as Coleman, 22, the world 100m silver medallist or Noah Lyles, 21, the Diamond League 200m winner and world 300m indoor record holder.
The U.S. also has the defending world champion in the 100, Justin Gatlin, who will be 37 next February.
But Baker can no longer be overlooked.
"Something happened in the last 12 to 16 months. He's a different guy," Boldon said.
"He looked like he was going to be another typical 60 metres specialist. But in the last calendar year I have watched Ronnie figure out his last 40 metres to the point where he doesn't really need to be the first out of the blocks.
"He doesn't need to be best starter in the race. He understands the 100 is a different philosophy."
Baker agreed.
"I think the best part of my race is definitely the end," he said. "I feel like I accelerate really, really well and have good strength and can hold my speed for a pretty good amount of time."
His ability to focus, though, needs a bit of attention.
"It's not so much the crowd or anything," said the distant relative of U.S. 100m record holder Tyson Gay. "Sometimes I just get sidetracked by the guys in the race. Learning to tune that out is going to be a huge key for me moving forward."
Running more 200s also would help, Boldon said.
"The last bunch of guys who have dominated the podium, whether it be (Usain) Bolt, Gatlin or others, all have one thing in common. I call it being married to the 200.
"You have to run the 200 as much as you run the 100. That's where you get the ability to be a great 100m runner. When you are running 200s often, the 100 doesn't feel long."
Only twice did Baker run the half-lap race in 2018 with a couple planned for 2019.
At least one indoor race is on the schedule in the long build-up to the world championships in late September.
Baker also plans to work with Fort Worth nonprofit Hope Farm as he did in the off-season.
"They mentor young boys with single parents... without fathers," he said. "I'm going to spend time with them. Kind of give them a positive male figure."
In a friendly competition with other athletes, he also raised $2,500 in a week for the organisation, Baker said.
It was all part of a "dream" 2018.
"I never imagined myself being the fastest in the world, or even being top five in the world," he said.
"Track was never my first dream. I wanted to play basketball."
College and success in athletics changed his mind, said Baker, who did both in high school.
So how fast can he run?
"That's the one thing I won't talk about," Baker said. "I'm just going to train and let the numbers fall where they may."
Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; editing by Ken Ferris


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- 2 oz. Laird's straight apple brandy 100 proof (You can use Laird's Applejack too, or Calvados)
- .5 oz orgeat
- .5 oz freshly squeezed lemon
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice. Shake until cold and properly diluted. Strain into a cocktail coupe or martini glass.
This is more of a fall-esque cocktail but it was cooler early in the week and I wanted something with both Laird's and orgeat. This fit the bill. It's simple and tasty.
- 2 oz. Rittenhouse rye (or whatever your house rye is)
- .25 oz gum syrup (or cane syrup, demerara syrup, or simple syrup)
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 6 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters
- 20 drops Bittermens Hellfire Habanero Shrub
Combine everything in a mixing glass. Add ice. Stir until cold and properly diluted. Strain over a giant ice cube and garnish with an orange peel.
An old fashioned is my drink of choice. This is slightly spicy with just a hint of chocolate from the mole bitters. Bittermens makes some of the best bitters, so they are worth hunting down. I tend to prefer bourbon in my old fashioned and rye in my Manhattan, but this was a hell of a sipper.
- 1 1/2 ounces blanco tequila (Tequila Cabeza is awesome)
- 1/2 ounce gin (I used Letherbee Vernal gin, which has some nice Tiki flavor but can be hard to find outside of Chicago)
- 1/2 ounce cherry Heering
- 1/2 ounce ginger liqueur (Domaine de Canton is the best)
- 3/4 ounce fresh lim juice
- 1 ounce chilled club soda
- 1 lemon wheel and 1 brandied cherry skewered on a pick, for garnish
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the remaining ingredients except the club soda and the garnish and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Stir in the club soda and garnish with the skewered lemon wheel and cherry.
I call this an updated Jalisco Sling because I swapped in lime instead of lemon and went with Letherbee Vernal gin because it kicks serious ass in tiki cocktails. This is kind of like a Singapore Sling but slightly less sweet and lacking the floral quality that a Singapore Sling typically has since there is no Benedictine in here. Tequila Cabeza is a great blanco tequila that recently came on the market. It clocks in at 86 proof, has a hint of smoke and is worth the extra money spent.
- 2.5 oz rum (I used Cruzan single barrel)
- .5 oz Cointreau
- .5 oz Luxardo Maraschino cherry liqueur
- .5 oz fresh lime
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all ingredients and shake well. Strain into an chilled cocktail coupe.
The Casablanca cocktail is pretty much a daiquiri but with Cointreau and Luxardo Maraschino cherry liqueur. But then again, not really. One of these kinda kicked my ass.


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Fast & Furious (2009)
Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom.
Who among you asked for this ass-baloney, the fourth film in the Fast and Furious "saga?" It reunites the original cast from the 2001 film, or as the ads say, "New model, original parts." If only the movie were as cheeky as that tag line.
Do we really care about the plot in a Fast and Furious movie? It's merely there to hang all the increasing ridiculous car racing and chasing. If we must…Paul Walker is back as Brian O'Conner. In the first movie he was a rookie L.A.P.D. officer. In 2 Fast 2 Furious, he was a cop on the run. He ran so much he skipped number 3 and returns here as an F.B.I. agent (guess the L.A.P.D. had enough of him) attempting to bring down a major Mexican heroin supplier who uses fast cars to run his dope into the U.S.
Man-mountain Vin Diesel also returns as Dom Toretto, the fastestest and furiousest illegal car driver-racer-guy. He and his girl Letty (Michelle Rodriguez, aka the chick with the permanent frown) are doing their illegal thang in the Dominican Republic stealing gas tanks from highway trucks. They separate for a time "cause the heat's closing in" (paging Al Pacino). Dom gets a call from his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster, completely our Fast & Furious Fantastic Four reunion) that Letty's been killed IN A CAR ACCIDENT bringing Dom and his muscles back to LA and on the track to who killed Letty. Of course this dovetails with O'Conner's assignment, so the two adversaries face off to race off.
Watching this I was struck by just how much like mannequins Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster really are, especially Brewster. They are pretty and nice to look at but by the grease monkey gods of Lube Stop they can't act. Vin Diesel is best in Pitch Black mode, meaning keep the dialogue to a minimum, unless you're being directed by Steven Spielberg.
No one who watches these movies gives a crap about the plot, they just want to see some hot auto porn. And this movie really disappoints, with too much CGI work thrown into the mix, especially in the big running the drugs through a mountain tunnel sequence. First of all, WTF? How could they build a SEVERAL MILES LONG tunnel through a mountain that two cars racing side by side could fit through? Not all the drug money in the world could do that. The tunnel sequences truly LOOKED like a video game (CGI dudes, watch how you LIGHT your scenes!) and paled in comparison to the actual live-action street racing done on downtown L.A. streets earlier in the film. That sequence had the most ludicrous GPS system EVER, with ridiculously detailed 3D building representations. These films are basically cartoons (no pun intended) but how about just a little realism, car folks?
This movie was so dull it forgot to have the really cheesy lines like "I live my life a quarter mile at a time." The closet it comes is when the bad guy's chief hottie and Vin Diesel have a scene where she propositions him and he replies, "I'm a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make." On second thought, maybe they should leave them out.
This series has run its course and - like the Leprechaun, Hellraiser and Jason movies - has no where left to go but...outer space (flying cars? and no buzzing the BNFOS station, you hear). The Fast and the Furious: Race to the Future, anyone?
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Continuous marketing activities are the only way of improving your brand recall and staying in touch with regular customers. But this does not necessarily mean that you have to spend thousands of dollars on regular advertisements or marketing events. Rather, you can create the same impact at a fraction of that cost by investing in promotional products. Promotional pens, calendars, t shirts do not cost that much, yet they are very effective in making your company known to others.
Why are Promotional Products so Popular
It is not without reason that promotional products have long been considered as an invaluable marketing resource. With the right kind of promotional products, these can help you reap all the benefits of regular advertisement as well as create goodwill for your company.
Promotional Products ensure Repeated Exposure
Brand recall is all about instilling your company's name and logo into the customer's psyche. In order to achieve this, both present and prospective customers must be exposed to your company name and logo repeatedly. Promotional items achieve this objective most effectively. Since all such promo items are utility articles used regularly, the user has no option but to see the name of your company imprinted on the article.
Thank your Customers with Promotional Products
Promotional Products are a wonderful way of thanking customers for their business. It may be just a token of your appreciation, such as promotional pens, however, this does make the customer feel happy and special. And happy customers are those that are more likely to do repeat business with you.
If you need a marketing strategy, one way to do it is by using trade show display stands.
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