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I've decided to be a bit more proactive in my writing, which has paradoxically meant that I've not been writing on the blog as often as I'd like.
With a slight nudge from a fellow doomsday enthusiast on Twitter, I remembered this idea I had a few years ago. It took me a bit to hunt down the file, but eventually I found it and I've been working on it since. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I will say that it is non-fiction and that it is post apocalyptic.
And that I've somehow written sixteen thousand words in the past three days...
I don't know what it is but I am really excited about this project, it's definitely not as big as other things I'm working on but I'm hoping that some of the other members of the Twitter post apocalyptic community will get a kick out of it. This is definitely a speed of writing that I've never attained before. I hit 6600 words today. I've never even come close to that before. I don't know, maybe because it's non-fiction? I've done university papers, of course, but I've never written something non-fiction that was intended for publication.
We'll see how I go over the coming days. I'd originally given myself the month of October to work on this little project and get a rough first draft out, but it looks like I might be a little ahead of schedule. Which is never a bad thing mind you, gives me plenty of time to go over it and give it a polish or two.
Besides all that, I haven't really been up to much. Just working the dead end job, hitting the gym and doing this TESOL course. Things are all progressing rather well, nothing is really going wrong and it's all relatively boring to be honest.
Oh, I guess this is worth mentioning, it's in the ballpark of what this whole blog is meant to be about. Although I haven't really been playing video games since my spinal injury, I did pick up Fallout Shelter today. I haven't played it since a week before Fallout 4 was released, and it's really grown as a little iOS game. They've added in a whole mess of features and it's really quite fun now. Check it out if you've got some time to kill!
I should probably head to bed, I've been staring at this screen for days. I'll make a point to get back to the blog little more often, but I'll probably keep the posts a bit shorter until I finish this project.


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- Address: No.138 Yingxie Road,Jinshui, zhengzhou, Asia, China
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Published date: September 21, 2016 -
- Business Description: We are professional manufacturer of edible oil refinery machine/cooking oil refinery machine/vegetable oil refinery machine.
Our products:
1. 10-1000 t/d automatic complete equipments of edible oil seeds (like groundnut , soybean, sunflower seeds , corn germ , cotton seeds, rice bran , palm) pretreatment and pressing.
2. 20-1000 t/d automatic complete rotary-type and ring-form extraction equipments.
3. 1-10 t/d small scale sets of edible oil refining equipments.
4. 10-50 t/d semi-continous refining equipments.
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It's with great honour to announce and be included as apart of the Pakje Kunst contributors! For those of you thinking, what is a Pakje Kunst? In plain English, it means Packaged Art.
But wait, I'm not following you dude...
Pakje Kunst is an initiative in which artists are brought to the foreground in their own region by selling unique artwork as the size of a packet of cigarettes which is then dispensed from the repurposed cigarette vending machines. You can encounter any type of artwork in a box, giving the buyer access to the art scene in the area. These vending machines are usually placed in bookstores, theatres, museums, and cafes.
For those of you in The Netherlands and surrounding areas, I have created multiple random selections from my photo archive printed and pasted onto recycled cardboard.
I don't often create or present my work in this way, however, it has challenged me to think outside the square and how to share my images with those interested in photography and other mediums of art.
I have included a behind the scenes look at to how I put it together. No secrets here, just don't use to much glue so it doesn't get air bubbles, but also make sure you prime the cardboard and not normal spray paint as it is too heavy for the cardboard.
5 of my exclusive pieces will be available at Lowlands Festival 2018.
You draw a pack of art out of your own sheer curiosity, as a gift for a friend, as something extra with a bottle of wine or flowers, or even as a collector's item.
Beware though! Art can surprise, confuse, touch and irritate viewers to the best of times. In order to fully understand it, art has a waiting period before it can be truly understood.
The price goes toward continuing this great project and the artist themselves. So hey, next time you think of buying a pack of smokes, think of me and see if you can get a package of art from me or one of the other various artist who is involved in the great project.
Pakje Kunst is an initiative of Ro-Nalt Schrauwen, visual artist from Tilburg and inspired by the German Kunstautomat. In Germany, Kunstautomates or Art Automators are available in public spaces in most major cities. The goal of Pakje Kunst is to place one machine in every COROP area in the Netherlands and 15 machines in Belgium.
In December 2016, the first three vending machines in Tilburg were taken into use. By the end of 2017, this number has grown to 18 vending machines in 15 COROP areas.
You can find a list of partners and locations which currently store the packaged artwork here and the artists involved here.
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Private Label Products to Watch in 2017
2017 is looking to become a great year for private label products for a multitude of the food and beverage categories. Choosing what trends will take off in 2017 can be one the most elusive but rewarding gambles that we should all be making.
In 2016 entrepreneur guru Steve Case (the founder of AOL) published 'The Third Wave' identifying food to be a prime sector at the mercy of the internet. Case claims that the third wave will revolutionise the way food and beverages are created, delivered and consumed. Creating private label food and beverage is on the cusp of joining the on-demand craze and I'm here to outline the products I think will be at the forefront of the trend. As distribution networks continue to become more robust any private label food or beverage can become instantly available in a matter of weeks or even less.
Ready to drink and packaged tea will continue to move towards the health segment of the markets, even now healthy tea has captured the lives of hundreds of thousands all over the world. Tea trends have grown enormously thanks to trend setters like SkinnyMe Tea who changed the purpose of tea drinking. The next stage will be the delivery of 'functional' teas, ready to drink (RTD), with all of the health benefits, straight out of the bottle!
What is growing faster than the energy drink market? Hard to answer isn't it? Private label energy drinks continue to be in popular demand (and one of our most requested products) as more companies look to define their image with the fast paced adrenaline lifestyle that embodies the youth of today. Custom energy drink branding provides the perfect opportunity to position a brand for millennials. Try your best to have a unique spin if you are entering this market - and this could be done via unique packaging or with custom formulations.
To go further into the active lifestyle market segment sports drinks are perfect for aligning a brand with sports event or a sport season at certain times of the year. Sports drinks as a category are up a very impressive 10+% on the last year. Creating a sports drink for a local sports team or a custom label for a venue are two growing market opportunities, in addition to 'natural' alternatives. The sports drink market is prime for disruption as Gatorade and Powerade dominate markets all over the world.
The gateway to healthy living we all know coconut water has been around for a while now. An essential ingredient to any decent healthy diet low in sugar and providing many of the isotonic benefits of sports drinks coconut water is key for a health brand. Its affordable nature and range of benefits make it perfect for client offerings or positioning a brand for the healthy living lifestyle. Additionally we are seeing tremendous growth across all dairy alternatives to milk, making coconut milk another major opportunity.
Acai berries, cacau powder, goji berries, kale, quinoa and of course chai seeds continue to have impressive growth, both across health foods stores and retail, and even more so online. Super foods are the trend of the 21st century and everyone is trying to sneak them into their recipes to market the superfood angle. Sourcing the best super foods and creating a reliable distribution network is the key for your brand to embrace the health trend sweeping through every super market.
Taking that next step further nutrition supplements have taken off all over the world with a large import demand coming from Asia. Supplements range from the basic multi-vitamins to the more complex treatment of disease in some cases. We don't claim to have the knowledge for treating anything without proper doctor consultation but the fact stands that supplements are becoming more popular for healthy living and often positioned as lifestyle products. Brand your supplements properly and have trustworthy ingredients for your private label to break into this high growth market.
Following on from private label superfoods its all about being natural and organic with your fruit and vegetables. Finding the highest quality fruit and organic vegetables means a whole lot more to the consumer today then it did fifteen years ago. We have a selection of all your staple fruit and vegetables available for private label, including both conventional and organic, in addition to a number or more exotic varieties including dragonfruit, soursop, mango, and passionfruit to help give you a unique tropical twist to marketing your range.
The soft drinks market is a tough nut to crack for sure but any market that is dominated by a select few is always prime for disruption. Creating private label soft drinks could be a high growth are for the right enterprise. Finding the niche in the right market with the right mix is all it would take to begin carving a market share into a very standardised industry. Smart design and delivery is all it would take to create that special point of differentiation heading into 2017.
Micro brewing has grown to be immensely popular in the last decade and does not look to be slowing down. Creating a private label beer run for special events or seasons has become popular with some of the largest brewing companies in the world. Samuel Adams in the North East of the US being a prime example of creating quality seasonal brands to capitalise on the craft brewing craze. Craft beers which by nature mean they have been produced in a small batch also give the opportunity to test a market without too much up front capital. Just beware of local taxes and tariffs that could put a major dent in your profit margin, they certainly need to be evaluated before approaching any buyers.
Predicting The Product Market
It is certainly difficult to tell where the market will move but each product mentioned above is showing promising growth for 2017. Knowing your market and positioning your brand is key to breaking into the food and beverages industry. Here at the Private Label Lab we work with industry leaders down to the eager entrepreneur with the same respect and dedication. Our advantage is the ability to design, develop, and deliver quality products all over the world and manage the entire process - we are your partners in innovation . If you would like to know more about the statistics and figures behind the growth of each product or you are interested in our service don't be afraid to drop us a line.
If you think there is another product that we missed or want to talk about a product from above let us know in the comments or send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Awards confirm Comodo as only free product to provide 100% protection against zero-day malware.
Comodo's Internet Security, One and Cloud Antivirus products have each been awarded 'Best+++' in the latest round of tests from security testing firm, AVLab. Significantly, Comodo scored 100% protection score against ransomware and cryptominers, confirming the strength of Comodo's containment technology against two notorious threats that many experts consider unsolvable. The awards follow hot-on-the-heels of Comodo's stellar performance in recent tests by AV-Test, where Comodo also won 'Best Product' in all three categories.
Both sets of tests were conducted in severe conditions which imitated real-life attacks.
AV-TEST results
AV-TEST publishes its research every 2 months to ensure its results are the most up-to-date statement about the protection offered by a solution. The researchers pit each product against a range of real-world attacks and rate each on protection, performance and usability:
- Bulletproof protection. Comodo scored a 100% protection rating against zero-day malware attacks, inclusive of web and e-mail threats. The result repeats Comodo's 100% performance in the firm's February survey.
- Superior Performance. Scoring 5.5 out of 6, Comodo beat industry averages in 3 out of 5 categories and offered extremely fast load-times when launching popular websites on high-end PCs.
- Outstanding Usability. With another 6/6 rating, Comodo collected a perfect score of zero false-positives in 3 out of 4 categories. And with just one false-positive out of 1,615,677 scanned files, Comodo beat the industry average 10 times over in the remaining category.
You can find more details on the AV-test results here: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/
AVLab results
- AVLab is an independent organization that conducts tests on security software for corporate networks and individual user devices. The round of tests they ran in May had a very specific aim, to test how well each product performed against the most notorious types of malware around – ransomware, cryptominers and bashware.
- AVLab were clear that each product should be tested against living, real-world threats. To guarantee the freshness of their malware samples, they placed honeypots in multiple locations around the world. From the catch, the researchers selected 43 unique ransomware samples, 35 cryptocurrency miners, and one bashware sample.
- Comodo Internet Security, Comodo One and Comodo Cloud Antivirus passed all tests with the highest score possible. Earning BEST+++ awards in all categories, Comodo products were the only free-for-life offerings to achieve 100% protection against both ransomware and cryptominers. More details on the AVLab test results are available here.
Containerization technology is at the heart of Comodo's range of home and enterprise security products. Under the technology, all files which have a trust rating of 'Unknown' are automatically run in a secure, virtual environment known as the container. Applications in the container are isolated from the host, write to a virtual file system and registry, and are not allowed to access user data. This means untrusted (but harmless) applications can be used as normal but genuinely malicious programs are prevented from causing damage. This provides smoothest user experience possible while offering 100% protection again zero-day threats.
The faithful guard of your digital assets
This constant chain of awards hardly surprises millions of users around the world who already understand the advantages of Comodo Internet Security. They know it offers a variety of useful tools that many paid antiviruses don't have. Comodo Internet Security delivers not only high-end protection with cutting-edge antimalware technologies but also great usability for both novices and expert users. CIS features include a powerful antivirus, firewall, automatic containment, host intrusion prevention, website filtering, protection for online banking and shopping and much more besides.
It acts as a faithful guard carefully monitoring all processes on your computer. If a suspicious event happens, it will handle it and notify you immediately.
One more advantage is its universality. It's designed for both non-techy users and IT professionals. The former can easily install-and-forget. The software will run in the background and care of any security concerns. The latter will find a powerful range of tools that let them delve into granular configuration of the product.The icing on the top is the containment technology. The technology is the exclusive Comodo solution to beat any kind of malware. The unknown files are automatically opened in an isolated environment, so they can't harm your machine in any way.
Team Comodo is on your side
Of course, one question we get all the time is "Why give this high-class security for free?"
"We in Comodo see creating secure cyberspace as the important part of our mission. And security of the total cyberspace depends on security of every user present there," says Fatih Orhan, The Head of the Comodo Threat Research Labs. "So it's extremely important to equip as many people as possible with best means of protection. That's why Comodo Threat Research Labs (CTRL) division of Comodo Cyber Security with constant support from other Comodo departments has been aimed at creation of security products that would always outperform even paid competitors on the market. Everyone who works on Comodo Cyber Security products is inspired by the idea of providing top-tier security for everyone in the world, regardless of the ability to pay. No fees. No hidden charges. Free-for-life.
Creating and developing our endpoint products while keeping with high security and high usability is a hard challenge. It's one that requires many factors and nuances to meet at the right time in the right place. You need to standardize operations, align processes and product visions, and get high-level commitments and support from top-level executives.
And the results are awards like the ones we mentioned today – a source of pride for every employee in Comodo. Indeed, every user in any corner of the cyberspace now is able to download the multiple independent test-proved best free security solution in the world and feel totally protected against the most cunning types of threats".
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2018 is a few weeks old and NORTH are putting on their first show of the year so without further ado let's preview NCL.8 / I'm Tapped! Continue reading
2018 is a few weeks old and NORTH are putting on their first show of the year so without further ado let's preview NCL.8 / I'm Tapped! Continue reading
This Sunday Absolute Wrestling will be making their return to the Linskill Centre in North Shields for another evening of pure, uncompromising (and most importantly) supreme wrestling action. So far there have been five matches announced and we will be previewing each one here. Continue reading
You can find our review of North's last show (NCL 3) here.
This was perhaps the most star studded event that a fledging independent show in Newcastle has had so early since their foundation. Featuring the likes of:
Jimmy Havoc
The London Riots
Session Moth Martina
Jack Sexsmith.
The show can be found on YouTube here. Continue reading
MEW's first show of 2017 is many things to many people. For many it will be their first wrestling show of the year, for some it will be the long awaited return of one of the Northeast wrestling scene's biggest legends, Dave Carbon after more than 18 months in retirement. To Liam Slater it will be his first defense of his Northeast Championship. And for me it will be the end of approximately six months of organisation as the Calling Spots Championship Tournament comes to an end and the first ever Calling Spots champion is crowned. So without further ado here is our preview of the show. Continue reading


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Alcohol Consumption in University Students: The Relationship Between Personality and Metacognition in Relation to Drinking
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There are growing concerns over the heavy drinking found in university students in the UK. Metacognitions; the cognitive processes that oversee, monitor and control, cognition, have been related to alcohol use. The personality dimensions, high Neuroticism, high Extraversion and low Conscientiousness have also been related to heavier alcohol consumption. Furthermore, there is evidence that personality, mainly Neuroticism, might be related to metacognition. In this study we use self-report measures to assess personality, metacognitions and metacognitions specifically relating to alcohol use across heavy, binge, social and non drinkers in a sample of UK university students. We then examine the evidence for a relationship between personality and metacognition and test whether metacognitions are able to mediate the effect of personality on problem drinking. We found several differences in personality and metacognition across the drinking groups. Several associations were found between personality and metacognititive factors, and certain metacognitions about alcohol use were also able to mediate the protective effects of Neuroticism and Conscientiousness on problem drinking. The results support an association between personality and metacognition, and also suggest that the effect of personality on drinking operates, partially, through metacognition. Further research is needed to corroborate our findings.


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Rigor, Responsibility and Respect - Personalized Learning by Design
On Monday, October, 15 SHMS hosted Technology Night! Parents were treated to three sessions in which they learned the ins and outs of Cyber Safety, Google Classroom, and Parent Portal. Classrooms came alive as parents learned how to navigate our information systems. Members of the MS staff were on hand to assist and provide tech support.
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I'm sure those of you who have been at all public about your support of the ACLU have encountered those people who think the ACLU is anti-Christian. (I swear there are times when I've told strangers where I work that they've looked at the top of my head for horns. Thankfully my new ACLU baseball cap hides them well.) While we know all know that's false, it helps to have some facts to back it up. Here's a site put together by a volunteer ACLU attorney with a list of cases the ACLU has done that actually support Christians: ACLU Fights for Christians.
4 thoughts on "Yes, Virginia, the ACLU Represents Christians"
As George Lakoff presents in "Don't Think of an Elephant," no matter how many times you present pesky things like "facts" to some people, they just can't get it.
For too many people, the "AC" part of ACLU stands for "Anti-Christ"
You can tell an individual about specific cases, and the most reaction we've gotten is "Well, I don't know about that," and they stop listening.
They just don't want to acknowledge that civil rights are important unless it means they can bypass the Constitution and "keep things the way they should be" with the Christian god being the only one.
Maybe we can win if we all try to tell just one person that the ACLU DOES help Christians too. Sooner or later, a couple will realize the ACLU isn't evil, and then maybe a couple more, and in a hundred years or so, we might have made some progress!
The ACLU represents Christians… But not the right SORT of Christians! Street preachers, prisoners, etc. don't realy warrent much sympathy amoungst their more conventional brethren. They are all sort of kooky. Especially the ones that show up and protest at MILITARY funurals. I think there are a lot of Christians who would just like those screw-balls to go away. But guess who is helping them out!
Actually, the ACLU has also represented students in public schools who have had their free speech illegally restricted when it came to displaying their religious beliefs.
People who want to hate the ACLU will always focus on the cases where a "reasonable" person would say "HANG 'EM!" but the ACLU steps in to save them.
The problem, of course, is that we can't pick and choose to WHOM our laws apply. They apply to everyone, or they apply to no one.
So many people think we should forget silly things like civil rights and the Constitution when they don't agree with the law. The ACLU is here to remind people that our laws are here to protect all of us, not just the "good" folk.
I know a lot of people who would feel that as an atheist, I shouldn't have the same rights as the Christians. But as long as we have a Supreme Court willing to do what's right, we won't be a theocracy yet.
My webpage was so successful, I bought a URL and turned it into a webpage. See http://www.ACLUFightsforChristians.com
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Day 64 of #65daysofsummer
Can you believe that we are almost there?! I genuinely can't.
If, like us your children are heading back to school on Monday then perhaps you are looking for one last thing to do to seal the Summer holidays once and for all?
Air Waves, Portrush is on for the second day tomorrow if you find yourself on the North Coast. Our Naturally North Coast & Glens Artisan Market will also be there so there will be plenty to entertain all the family. Check it out at https://www.airwavesportrush.co.uk/


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Banobras organized the National Infrastructure Seminar 2018.
Experts from several disciplines analyzed the importance of accessing to financing for infrastructure generation and country development .
General Director of Banobras, Alfredo Vara Alonso, highlighted the Bank's contribution to the country's development through enabling access to infrastructure financing.
During this workshop, Banobras expressed its commitment to consolidate a sustainable financing chain.
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Amazon offers now $49.99 Sprint Galaxy S III smartphone and the $59.99 Verizon Galaxy S III now. These deals have been better during Black Friday.
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Cyber Monday, a term coined by Shop.org in 2005, got established when retailers saw a trend of consumers shopping online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Today, Cyber Monday is viewed as the online equivalent to Black Friday. Cyber Monday 2012 is expected to a huge sales day again. Adobe predicts $2 billion in sales on Cyber Monday 2012.


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A 3ma3 pipe has a slim slow angular diffuser compared with a 3ma1 pipe.
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When students are able to have a successful career AND are passionate about the career they are pursuing, what could be better? Don't just rely on guidance counselors to help your child select a career best suited for them.
Start the conversation with your children about their passions, goals, and skills. To help get you started, Citrus College has broken this process down into three critical steps for students to consider when selecting a career:
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Deciding a career path can be challenging for students without being able to fully understand what all it entails. When students have a real world job experience it opens their eyes to the benefits, challenges, likes, and dislikes careers they may not have considered without truly understanding all of their opportunities; more importantly they have a more realistic outlook once they enter the workforce.
Our goal, to get them to say, "I want to do this the rest of my life."
Applied learning through internships is a major contributor to student success. According to Florida International University, a 2016 study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) shows the following:
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The Teachers Pet stamp set and die combo is just in time for those back to school cards for your favorite teachers…or ones that will shortly become your favorite. You may also want to make a card for your little star pupil, wishing them well in their school year to come. This stamp set and die will be the perfect for all your scholastic themed projects!
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I've included links to all the products used in these projects below. Just click on the product photo to link directly to the product.
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The Purcell Singers feature on about half of the tracks in Globus: Epicon, Trailerhead and Trailerhead: Saga. Trivia fans may be interested to know that the choir in Imperativa's "Excelsius" CD, featuring music by Larry Groupé, is not The Purcell Singers, but it was conducted by Mark Ford.


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From the Public University to the Common University
Το κείμενο είναι προς μετάφραση. Δείτε την πρόοδό της
For many decades, "public university" is the watchword that organizes activism around the need for its "defense" and the dispute for its content. Especially during the 1990s, the university's public space was the object of internal and external attacks to turn it into a pure service provider and submit it to the paradigm of the corporation.
However, the legacy of many generations of political and intellectual work has known how to "defend itself" against misuse and has managed to – in good part – safeguard itself from capture by the kingdom of merchandise that establishes the value of lives and academic trajectories, ideas and knowledges, as it would with any other object. The "defense" that seeks to keep the university away from private profit is bound to be continuous and sustain its "public" condition anew, always liable to be lost. The organizing notion of the post-reform Latin American university:"autonomy." refers to the institutional condition that not only is affirmed as self-governance, but also as the productive power [potencia] of dislocated knowledges [saberes] of the empire of merchandise and as king of critique faced with the "dismantling" of languages, knowledges [saberes] and experiences reluctant to be reduced to a simple cost-benefit analysis.
Without detriment to this safeguard of the university, confronted with a reactionary progressivism that not only empties knowledge of its social orientation, but also destroys the memories, histories, hesitations specific to the form of life dedicated to study, 'nonproductivity,' the taste for speculation and uncertain adventures of knowledge that is the spirit of what we call "research," it is necessary to add to its "defense" a plural appropriation that effectively converts it into a common good. The conquest of the common necessarily takes place over the defense of the public, but it inscribes there the construction of the university as "incubator" of new social relations. And it gives new meaning, without renouncing it, to the notion of autonomy.
According to the meaning given here, autonomy is not indifference, self-referentiality or autism, but rather articulation, intervention, opening to the not university, heterogeneous construction, political and cognitive convergence with social movements, hospitality towards popular knowledges [saberes], the common formation of counter-hegemonic networks. Not solitary closure but rather heterogeneous solidarity; "extension in the opposite direction" – following Boaventura de Sousa Santos's expression – that incorporates knowledges [saberes] and ideas conceived in other places to compose an interpretation of the world and a conversation over everything at the greatest distance possible from the heteronomy of capital and the market.
The "common university" that results from this "heterogeneous autonomy" does not ignore the implementation of public policies originating from the state, in those cases or institutional initiatives that can be considered forms of counterpower and the creation of equality. Meanwhile it activates its critical power [potencia], which is another mode of not disengaging from the state and not abandoning it in its weaknesses to the onslaught of the powers that exceed it, when equality and counterpower are not what orients the dispute over the law and state decisions, but rather tolerance to – or the direct promotion of – forms of accumulation that cause social or environmental degradation (agribusinesses, mega-mining, genetically modified seeds…) under a unilateral and immediatist developmentalism stripped of the wisdom of the consequences.
How to think of the common between the university and social movements? Also: what is common between the difference sciences and different social movements? This question does not propose the discovery of what distinct things have in common, but rather an exploration of what the different can in common. Thus, the common is not the already given of what is available but rather the effect of a will of encounter – or of the opening to the randomness of encounters –, of a work, of a conquest together of actions and notions that precipitate a political convergence, in other words: The common is the achievement of a self-transformation that moves the involved identities through the joint elaboration of difference and the creation of the new.
The common university and social movements (that with a little bit of forcing we could also call "common movements") are proposed as laboratories of new freedoms and new equalities; as the experimentation of alternative social relations that dismantle the current separation of knowledge [saber] and the sense of knowing in favor of the generation of counter-hegemonic communities capable of bringing together the search for knowledges and the desire for transformation; capable of constituting a network for the interchange of ideas and circulation of meanings, and a convergence of the joint empowerment [potenciamiento] that does not occur without work and the creation of new institutions oriented toward hosting a conversation between different ways of speaking and interpreting the world.
When it is produced, this newness is not the effect of a summation of untouched entities but an interpenetration: social movements' hospitality toward science and the knowledge produced in the university (the school of political education Florestán Fernandes of Brazil's Landless Movement is one example) and conversely, the inclusion – in the strong sense of the word – of non-university knowledges [saberes] in the university as an institutional culture that considers and promotes extension in the opposite direction.
The conquest of the common requires an effort of translation – in the strict sense of transduction: to carry from one side to another – in which (as when something is carried from one language to another) something is always lost in order to gain a lot. In this sense, translation is not equivalent to an immediate application of knowledges [saberes] coming from one side nor to the passive reception of experiences, but an activity of comprehension and transformation. That activity, politics in the strict sense, is bound to be endless due to the constitutive opacity of the common, that is not something prior to that which it belongs nor a burden, but rather an emancipatory dimension to come that does not succumb to the illusions of transparency.
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When the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide, veteran detective Eldon Perry (Russell) takes the case. Known for his tough street tactics and a fiery temper, Eldon also tutors rookie Bobby Keough (Speedman) in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. While navigating the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down the cold-blooded killers as well as face their own demons – demons that prove more ruthless than the criminals they pursue.
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Jean Whitmore, 66, of Walkersville, Maryland, passed away on January 4, 2019 at Northampton Manor after a 7 month battle with leukemia.
Born on March 25, 1952 in Frederick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late John and Julia (Ramsburg) Whitmore. Jean was a graduate of Walkersville High School class of 1971. After high school she went to work for the YMCA in Frederick for almost 20 years. She went on to work for Cargill in Frederick until they closed and she retired. She enjoyed volunteering with the Walkersville Volunteer Company for their fundraiser events and the Glade United Church of Christ. She was an avid Ravens and Orioles fan and was an animal lover.
She is survived by her brother, Ralph W. Whitmore and wife Irene; niece, Betsey Brannen and husband Mitchell; nephew, John Whitmore and wife Joanna; and great-nieces and nephews, Alex, MacKenzie, Walter and Jack.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 6-8pm at Stauffer Funeral Home, 40 Fulton Ave, Walkersville, MD 21793.
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text: July 07, 2016 Does it Hurt to Kill Off Characters? July 07, 2016/ Kimberly Butler My guy was reading a preface an author had put in a book, and he asked me if it was true it hurt to kill off characters.As a writer my instant answer was, it depends.In my last book, I didn't kill anyone. I sure wanted to though. I have several characters I may edit right out of that thing.In my current book, I ended up having two love interests. I am not sure what my brain thought it was doing, but the only way I could figure out how to solve it was to kill one of them off. I cried. I am still not convinced I killed off the right one. I swear during rewrites I am going to bring the other one back and try him out. It hurts to hurt people we care about. Well, ok, there is that one woman from my past who I kill in almost every story I write. Horrible woman. I've never met a more disagreeable person with less to recommend them. Sometimes she's already dead by the time the story starts, other times she's a minor character who dies, others she is the main villain. I think I actually enjoy killing her. Repeatedly.I had a story where I killed off a child. I can sob just thinking about how gut wrenching it felt. While it was right for the story, it killed a little piece of me. The grief still pulls at me when I think of it.That said, I have to get in the mood to write different types of scenes. If I am going to write a love scene, I don't watch a horror movie. I put on something sappy and romantic. If I need to write a sad scene, Steel Magnolia's or Fried Green Tomatoes gets me every time. If I want to write humor, I watch a comedy special on Netflix. It helps me to "get in the mood" so to speak.So yes, writing a dark book can put me in a sad place until it is over. Maybe I am a bit like a method actor. If things are going well for my characters, my mood is lighter. If I am in the middle of blood, sweat and tears with them, I am probably going to be a little grumpy. I have known some writers who say it doesn't matter to them. It's a book. They write it and move on. They have a skill I don't have. I become connected to the people I write about. I feel it, and so I hope do you when you read my work.What you read, is a heck of a lot of me. It comes out of my head, onto the page. I need to care about them, so that I can get you to care about them. Who wants to sit down and read a book and throw it against the wall when they are done? Because that's what I do when I read a book where I could care less what happens to the people inside the cover.So, that's my long winded way of saying, yes. Killing off a character hurts sometimes. Sometimes murder can be a heck of a lot of fun. Getting you to give a shit, matters to me.What do you think? Does it matter to you when you read about a long time character who dies in a series? If you are a writer, does it hurt when you kill off a character? I'd love to hear from you. Please leave me a comment below.


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On his thirteenth birthday, Ethan makes some interesting discoveries. He finds that he has strange new powers and abilities, not unlike those of his comic book superheroes. Are these the powers of an alien? Ethan learns that these new powers come with a
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Five pressing questions for the Canes looking to next season
Canes' Justin Williams: 'I didn't think it would be done quite like this'
It's safe to say the Carolina Hurricanes overachieved this past season, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2009 and reaching the Eastern Conference finals. There was a lot to like.
But what about next year? Here are five pressing questions heading into the offseason:
Does the captain return?
The way Justin Williams lingered in the Canes' locker room Thursday after a final loss to the Boston Bruins, his pads still on, his kids by his side and a tear or two in his eyes, one had to wonder if that might be his last game.
A lot was asked of Williams this season in terms of leadership and production and he delivered. At 37, he had 23 goals and 30 assists, played all 82 games and was a steadying presence in the locker room and on the ice.
Williams' two-year contract had a cap hit of $4.5 million, which turned out to be a very good investment by the Canes. A one-year contract, at roughly the same price, would give Williams the option to play another season and then see where he stands.
"I know how much he's put into this and I know there's only so much gas in the tank," Canes coach Rod Brind'Amour recently said. "I'm going to make sure he takes a couple of months before he makes a decision."
How much will Aho be paid?
The Finnish center -- and he was a center this season -- is the Canes' most dynamic forward and a face-of-the-franchise kind of player. He had a career high 30 goals and 53 assists this season, did not miss a game, and was selected for the NHL All-Star Game.
Canes general manager Don Waddell said in late October that a new long-term contract could be signed before the season ended, noting the two sides were not wide apart on term and price ("There's not a crazy difference," he said.) Waddell later said both sides had agreed to wait until after the season to finish negotiations, allowing Aho to focus only on hockey.
Teuvo Teravainen did sign a new extension in January, the Finnish forward getting a five-year deal with an annual cap hit of $5.4 million.
As for Aho, consider that center Evgeny Kuznetsov of the Washington Capitals signed an eight-year, $62.4 million contract in July 2017, an annual average value of $7.8 million. Would a comparable contract be unreasonable for Aho?
What about the goalies?
Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney both will become unrestricted free agents on July 1, and odds are only one might be re-signed before free agency begins. The Canes picked up both at bargain prices for this season -- Mrazek, signed as a free agent, had a one-year, $1.5 million contract and McElhinney's cap hit was $850,000 after being claimed on waivers in October from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
One option would be to sign Mrazek, 27, whose strong play down the stretch of the regular season helped the Canes claw their way into the playoffs. Alex Nedeljkovic, the AHL goaltender of the year with the Charlotte Checkers, would be given the chance of becoming Mrazek's backup next season. That would mean cutting ties with McElhinney, who turns 36 on May 23 and likely would be signed by another team if a UFA on July 1.
Scott Darling is still owed $8.3 million over the next two seasons but could be bought out by the team.
Ferland or McKegg, both, neither?
Like the goalies, forwards Micheal Ferland and Greg McKegg will be UFAs and only one could return.
Ferland, obtained in the June 2018 trade with the Calgary Flames, had a $1.75 million cap hit and had decent numbers for the Canes -- 17 goals and 23 assists in 71 games -- while adding some needed pop to the lineup. But injuries were an issue and he did not score in the last 17 regular-season games he played or in the playoffs.
Ferland, 27, had a cryptic tweet this week: "Thanks for everything raleigh!! Absolutely loved it here!!" Was that a goodbye message? It could be Ferland and the Canes can't reach an agreeable contract price and he will sign with another team.
McKegg, 26, proved to be a versatile forward once recalled Jan. 4 from the Checkers, playing 41 games with the Canes. A very solid player who can be used at center or the wing, he had a $715,000 contract and was a noticeable player during the playoffs. One has to think the Canes will want him back.
Who else is leaving the Canes?
With a host of expiring contracts, including those of longtime TV play-by-play man John Forslund and analyst Tripp Tracy, there could be another offseason shakeup.
It's hard to imagine Canes telecasts without Forslund and Tracy, who have been side-by-side in the booth for 20 years and are a large part of the Hurricanes brand. Then again, the same can be said for Chuck Kaiton, long the radio voice of the team whose contract expired last year and was not re-signed.
What about the front office? The scouting staffs? The equipment staff, together so long? There are so many decisions for team owner Tom Dundon and Waddell, the president and general manager, to decide.


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They say the beauty of travel is in its uncertainty, but they probably weren't referring to potential holiday health hazards. Here are some handy tips for staying healthy while traveling abroad.
1. Keep your mouth shut
Any water you drink or use to brush your teeth must come from a sealed bottle that you open. Ice was not an issue in the bush, but that too should be prepared from bottled water. When you take a shower or swim in a pool, keep your mouth shut.
2. Pop pills before meals
Before every meal, chew one pink tablet of bismuth subsalicylate (sold as Pepto-Bismol and various store brands).
A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association described how two tablets chewed four times a day reduced the risk of developing diarrhoea by 65 per cent. (Each tablet contained the standard dose, 262 milligrams of bismuth subsalicylate.)
*If you choose to try this preventive, first check with your doctor.
3. Don't miss the shots
MaKe sure you are up-to-date on routine vaccines. You can check recommendations for destinations on http://cdc.gov/travel.
4. Pack a first-aid kit
Pack an ample supply of essentials such as sunscreen, insect repellent with 20 per cent or more of Deet, and a first-aid kit of hydrocortisone cream, antibiotic ointment and a variety of bandages.
5. Flex those legs and ankles
There is a risk of blood clots when flying long distances. Book an aisle seat so you can get up every hour or so and walk around for a minute.
It also helps to move your legs and flex your ankles frequently.
You can wear graduated compression stockings on long trips. Similar precautions apply to long car or train trips.
Although the risk of clots is generally very small, they can be life-threatening. At greatest risk are people over 40, those who are obese or pregnant or have limited mobility (for example, because of a leg cast) or who have a personal or family history of clots.
6. Get insured
Always buy travel health and medical evacuation insurance.
7. Carry a prescription card
Consider carrying a card that lists your blood type, any chronic illnesses or serious allergies and the generic names of prescription medicines you take. Bring extra doses in case of travel delays.
8. Avoid wading in water
To avoid parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis, do not swim or wade in fresh water in developing countries or wherever the sanitation is poor. Pools should be chlorinated.
9. Don't get too close to animals
However adorable an animal (domestic or wild) may be, keep your distance. Do not touch or feed any animal you do not know. Some carry rabies. Should you get bitten or scratched by an animal, wash the wound immediately with soap and clean water and, if at all possible, get to a doctor quickly.
10. Prepare for the highs
If you expect to be at a high altitude, consult your doctor about medicine to prevent altitude sickness. The recommended preventive is acetazolamide (generic version of Diamox).
By Jane E. Brody, The Sunday Times, 6 March 2016
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I'm nearing the end of another semester of college. I've weathered capricious professors, bad break-ups, and numerous existential crises in the past two years.
But finally, I cracked.
Last week I came down with a nasty cold. My symptoms resembled bronchitis and mononucleosis, though the jury at the Health Center remained out. In the face of three exams over the span of four days, I only wanted to curl up in bed and sleep away the hours.
My body, weakened by the incessant coughing and shortness of breath, appeared emaciated and derelict. The thought that I ran a half-marathon just a few days prior seemed preposterous. Worse yet, I gradually felt more helpless, as if all sides of my bedroom were closing in on me.
Since then, the life has breathed back into me. I returned to my regular haunts, running along the rugby pitch and burning the midnight oil in the library, all seemingly with a renewed focus.
To say that I was on Death's doorstep is both overdramatic and inaccurate. At no time was my life remotely close to being at risk.
Nonetheless, I took away from my ordeal several perspectives on the life I had led over the past few months and reordering of priorities that needed to take place.
1. Don't live the life of someone else.
With so many of my closest friends studying abroad this semester, I worried that my social network would flounder and I began scheming about how I could infiltrate long-established friend groups.
In the process I became intent on keeping up with the latest fashion trends and staying up to date with topics that others were talking about.
To better fit in, I bought a pair of worn leather boots, which are increasingly in vogue, but always cruel. Haute couture: 1. My vegan conscience: 0.
I also added several commitments to my workload, justifying the move with the excess time I now had with fewer friends on campus. All the while I subconsciously hoped my busyness would impress others and that I'd actually gain more friends.
At first I kept up the pretenses. I took fifteen minutes each morning to ensure I looked like I was clipped straight from a J.Crew catalogue. I could recite the laundry list of my various roles on campus while gargling water, standing on one foot, in my sleep.
Inside, my soul slowly died. My personality– the essence of my being– was being sucked out of me.
Joining a new clique and forming new bonds became so pertinent that I took to living someone else's life. My own wants and predilections became peripheral; I liked whatever others did.
While we can greatly admire several aspects of another's life– strength, intellect, beauty– those which are intrinsic characteristics of a person's being can never be fully emulated in another.
You like what you like and are who you are. Denying that central truth and work to change it is senseless.
2. Put down that bloody cell phone.
About halfway through my cold, I walked to the health center for my second follow-up appointment. Though brisk, the weather was pristine– brilliantly sunny with just the right amount of clouds interspersed amidst the blue backdrop.
No one around me, however, seemed to notice. The neck of almost everyone around me was craned down to look at a glowing rectangle in the palm of their hand. I could've ran past them naked and they wouldn't have stirred.
Life was teeming all about us. The last few errant songbirds were chirping peacefully high up on perches. Squirrels busily buried acorns for the following spring. The branches of surrounding trees moved rhythmically to the breeze, tensing and releasing with each passing gust.
None of that mattered. What did were the virtual movements of friends and acquaintances, the most recent BuzzFeed quiz, and whatever a Kardashian recently said on Twitter.
Cell phones are an extremely useful and vital tool in our world. They help us stay connected to distant loved ones and remain secure at all times. They educate us and throw light on the esoteric. These attributes, though, can't compensate for smart phones' more malicious effects.
The attention that cell phones demand of us inescapably decreases the amount of time we spend actually experiencing life. The draw to immediately answer every text, Facebook message, and Snapchat takes away from time spent appreciating the austere beautiful of nature or the simple joy of a good conversation with friends.
A cell phone should stay tucked away in one's pocket more often than not.
3. Be thankful for the trivial
At the time of this piece there are over 4 million Syrian refugees, most of whom are living temporarily in Turkey or Lebanon. With no end in sight to the Syrian Civil War or the absolutist regime of the Islamic State, families left behind their entire lives– homes, businesses, relatives, lifelong friends–to seek safety and better futures for their children.
Before I got sick, my biggest concern was not being able to order a new pair of running shoes on Amazon due to a clerical error. My ability to train for a marathon I'd paid $70 to register for suddenly seemed in jeopardy.
As I laid in my bed, reeling from the pain in my chest and aches throughout my body, reminders of life's more mundane elements came to light.
The comfort of my pillows and comforter, the sunlight streaming through half-closed blinds, my roommate practicing his guitar. In that moment, that which made up my immediate environment formed the whole of my life.
I marveled at my body's ability to instantaneously process the bevy of sensory information inundating my eyes, ears, and skin. More miraculous yet was my capacity to assign meaning to these inputs: the sun was likely setting; Ian was practicing "Paint It Black"; someone downstairs was making popcorn.
Long ago my genetic code endowed me with these abilities. They are no different than those of the majority of Syrian refugees. Because of the frequency in which I use them, though, I easily grew accustomed. I forgot how incredible it is that I can see both the fine curvature of my fingernails and that of the blazing sun; that I can hear a whisper as well as the engines of a jet plane; that I feel the warmth of a lover's touch and the biting cold of winter.
The same goes for life's necessities. I am so accustomed to having shelter, food, and running water that their availability is never in question. I come to expect them and in doing so, no longer value them as highly. Just like my senses, though, the amazement and appreciation for the fulfillment of my needs should be never-ending.
Being grateful for the smallest things in one's life should never be forgotten.
4. Never ignore one's humanity
Dr. Jerome Motto, a Bay Area physician working to install barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicide, recounted the following story to the New Yorker in 2003:
The jump that affected [Motto] most occurred in the seventies. "I went to this guy's apartment afterward with the assistant medical examiner," he told me. "The guy was in his thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. He'd written a note and left it on his bureau. It said, 'I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.' " [Emphasis mine.]
We can never know, of course, whether someone smiled at the man. His determination to kill himself might have prevailed what he wrote in the note.
Nonetheless, the idea gives me pause: A smile could save a life.
How often do I pass by a homeless man or woman, begging for money or food, without looking them in the eye? While I may have no intention of reaching into my wallet, the least I can exchange is a glance, an acknowledgement of their existence.
Being a pre-professional college student is at once a selfish and selfless endeavor. You have to prioritize your GPA, extracurricular involvement, and standardized test scores above all else. Relationships with parents and friends, at least from my experience, are bound to suffer at times.
All the while your ability to one day shape society for the better, as a doctor, an engineer, or a lawyer, is unparalleled, though surely writing the next great American novel or play has a similar influence.
In striving towards those professions that will make such a difference, however, others' humanity can often be forgotten. A friend's immediate needs for love and attention are just as important as my next organic chemistry exam, even though the former won't help me get into medical school.
We forget the humanity of so many in our society based on differences in socioeconomic status, religious belief, and ethnic background. Politicians can so easily talk of ending social welfare programs and closing our borders because these differences are so well-engrained.
People are born black or white, rich or poor, Christian or Muslim through no decision of their own. Yet, we often attribute– and I am no exception– one's lot in life to decisions they have made. That is, they deserve to be where they are in society and we therefore have no imperative to help them.
Every individual on our planet shares in the same needs for shelter, food, water, love, importance, and companionship. Denying that humanity in others is the surest way to lose your own.


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Towerblock Hat
Towerblock Hat
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Level: Beginner
Circular or double tip needles – 6mm, 16in"
Stitch marker, tapestry needle
Yarn – used Paton's roving wool
Weight- 5, bulky
Length – 120 yards, 103m
Gauge – 12 rows, 7 k = 2 inches
Square Motif Measurement – 2.5" in tall, 2.75 in wide
Full hat measurement – 9" in tall, 8.5" in wide


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Mortgage approval rate are up by nearly 30% in the year to December, freshly released figures show.
Figures from the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland( BPFI ) show that mortgage approvals to buy homes in Ireland for the month of December were at 2,255. This marks a 28% increase on last year.
In monetary terms, mortgage approvals reached €488M last month, an increase of 39% on last year.
An analysis of the figures by Davy Stockbrokers also found that the average approving for first-time purchasers to EUR2 01,928, up 14% on the year. This is due to a relaxing of the Central Bank's mortgage lending regulations in November, which meant that borrowers could take out a higher debt.
Despite the significant rise in the number and value of mortgage approvals throughout 2016, Davy said that it was not changing its forecast for how much the value of approved mortgages will grow in 2017.
The firm forecast a 20% increase in mortgage lending( from EUR5 billion last year to EUR6 billion this year ). Lack of supply in Ireland's property market is one of the key reasons for this.


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