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Strong Demand for Smartphones Drives 34% Increase in III-V Revenues
TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading supplier of advanced
semiconductor materials and microdisplays for mobile applications
including smartphones, tablet PCs, military thermal weapons sights and
wearable computers, today announced financial results for the three and
12 months ended December 25, 2010.
Revenues for the fourth-quarter and full-year periods were as follows:
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12 Months ended
"Paced by a strong year for our III-V product line, which increased more
than 30 percent from 2009, we achieved total revenues of $120 million,"
said Kopin President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. John C.C. Fan. "The
strong demand for smartphones expected in 2011, as well as the
increasing complexity of the front-end components required for high
voice and data speeds necessary to efficiently operate these devices,
are significant trends that favor our proprietary III-V technology and
world-class manufacturing expertise. Consequently, we expect 2011 to be
another year of solid revenue growth for our III-V products."
"Within our CyberDisplay portfolio, military display sales started the
year slowly but finished strongly in the fourth quarter," Dr. Fan said.
"Our commercial display product line saw sales momentum throughout the
year driven by the consumer electronics market."
Kopin's fourth-quarter and full-year display revenues were as follows:
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Golden-i Update
"We made several significant strides in 2010 toward commercialization of
Golden-i, our new voice-activated, hands-free, cloud computing and
communications solution for the industrial market," Dr. Fan said. "In
the fourth quarter we announced a key partnership with Motorola
Solutions, the world-leader in enterprise mobile computing, to jointly
develop a ruggedized industrial-grade Golden-i product. By providing
instant mobile access to digital information, Golden-i is a disruptive
product we believe has the potential to set a new standard for enhanced
operational efficiency and productivity in an industrial environment
with an addressable market in the billions of dollars. The program
remains on schedule."
Fourth-Quarter Operating Results
Gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2010 grew to 34.6 percent from
30.8 percent of product revenues for the same period of 2009, reflecting
an increase in sales of higher margin products in the 2010 period.
Net income was $4.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the fourth
quarter of 2010, compared with $5.3 million, or $0.08 per diluted share,
for same period of 2009. Fourth-quarter 2010 results include the receipt
of $1.4 million of insurance proceeds and $0.6 million from the sale of
patents the Company was no longer using.
Full-Year Operating Results
Gross margin was 29.9 and 29.7 percent of product revenues for the 12
months ended December 25, 2010, and December 26, 2009, respectively.
For the fiscal year ended December 25, 2010, Kopin reported net income
of $8.9 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared with net income of
$19.4 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the period ended December
26, 2009.
The year-over-year comparison of net income is affected by several items
in the full-year 2010 and 2009 periods. 2010 results include gains of
$0.8 million, compared with $6.3 million in 2009, on the sale of patents
that the Company was no longer using. 2010 results also include the
receipt of $1.8 million of insurance proceeds and $2.6 million from the
sale of investments. 2009 results include a $1.2 million gain on the
repayment of loans to KTC previously written-off; and $0.6 million
representing the gain on remeasurment of Kopin's investment in KTC to
its fair market value immediately prior to the purchase of the
additional shares by the Company in 2009, partially offset by a $0.9
million expense from an impairment of certain marketable debt
securities, which were deemed other-than-temporarily impaired.
For the year ended December 25, 2010 the Company generated $15.1 million
of cash from operating activities and spent $17.2 million for capital
expenditures and $6.7 million for the repurchase of stock. Cash and
marketable securities totaled $111 million at December 25, 2010,
compared with $114.5 million at December 26, 2009. The Company had no
long-term debt.
Acquisition of Forth Dimension Displays
In January 2011, Kopin acquired Scotland-based Forth Dimension Displays
Ltd. (FDD), a provider of all-digital, ultra-high-resolution,
ferroelectric reflective microdisplays. FDD's full-color, world-leading
image quality display technology is used extensively across a range of
applications, including high-performance cinematography, training and
simulation, 3D metrology and medical imaging. Total consideration was
approximately $11 million in cash plus an earnout provision if certain
revenue milestones are reached within one year of the acquisition date.
Kopin expects the FDD acquisition to be accretive to its 2011 results of
Business Outlook
"We expect another year of solid top-line growth for Kopin in 2011," Dr.
Fan said. "We expect continued strong growth in smartphones, which
should fuel a good year for our III-V products. While we continue to
expect the U.S. Army's Thermal Weapons Sight program to contribute
materially to our display revenue in 2011, we do have some reservations
about the federal budget deficit impact. We also expect our commercial
display sales to grow. And perhaps most importantly, we expect to offer
Golden-i development kits in the second quarter of 2011 to select
customers and software application developers. They will provide
feedback and develop application software for a ruggedized Golden-i
product for general availability in the first half of 2012. For
full-year 2011, we expect to continue to grow and generate total
revenues in the range of $130 million to $140 million."
Fourth-Quarter Conference Call
In conjunction with its fourth-quarter 2010 financial results, Kopin
will host a teleconference call for investors and analysts at 9:00 a.m.
ET today. To participate, please dial (877) 407-5790 (U.S. and Canada)
or (201) 689-8328 (International). The call will also be available as a
live and archived audio webcast on the "Investors" section of the Kopin
website, www.kopin.com.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation's voice-activated, wireless, hands-free Golden-i ®
mobile computing headsets, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid crystal
displays, and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) are
revolutionizing the way people around the world see, hear and
communicate. Kopin has shipped more than 30 million displays for a range
of consumer and military applications including digital cameras,
personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night
vision systems. The innovative Golden-i computing headsets are
generating strong interest in industrial, medical, military, homeland
security and utility applications. The Company's unique HBTs help to
enhance battery life, talk time and signal clarity, and have been
integrated into billions of wireless handsets as well as into WiFi, VoIP
and high-speed Internet data transmission systems. Kopin's proprietary
display, Golden-i and III-V technologies are protected by more than 200
global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit
Kopin's website at www.kopin.com.
Kopin, CyberDisplay, Golden-i and The NanoSemiconductor Company are
trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
Kopin – The NanoSemiconductor Company™
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release may be considered "forward-looking"
statements under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation,
statements relating to: the anticipated growth of the smartphone market;
the impact of favorable trends on the Company; our expectation that 2011
will be another year of solid revenue growth for our III-V products; our
belief that Golden-i is a disruptive product and has an addressable
market in the billions of dollars; the anticipated revenue contribution
of the Thermal Weapons Sight program; our expectation that our
commercial display sales will grow; our expectation that Golden-i
development kits will be available in the second quarter of 2011; the
future commercialization of Golden-i; our expectation that the
acquisition of Forth Dimension Displays will be accretive to our 2011
results of operations; the Company's expectation for top-line growth in
2011; and its 2011 guidance for total revenues in the range of $130
million to $140 million. These statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the potential that: the
smartphone market will not grow as expected; the U.S. government may
reduce procurement of thermal weapon sights; the Company's efforts to
roll out Golden-i Developer Kits may be delayed, or field tests of these
kits might prove unsuccessful; the Company may be unable to produce
Golden-i in commercial volumes; the relationship between Kopin and its
Golden-i technology partners may not be successful, or prospective
customers may be unwilling to purchase the product; the Company's 2011
revenue expectations will turn out to be wrong; manufacturing, marketing
or other issues may prevent either the adoption or rapid acceptance of
products; the Company will be adversely affected by competitive products
and pricing; new product initiatives and other research and development
efforts may not be successful; the Company could experience the loss of
significant customers; costs to produce the Company's microdisplay and
HBT products will increase significantly, or that yields will decline;
military programs or funding for military programs involving Kopin's
products will be delayed or cancelled; the Company's military and
commercial customers might be unable to ramp production volumes of its
products, or that the Company's product forecasts will turn out to be
wrong; manufacturing delays, technical issues, economic conditions or
external factors may prevent the Company from achieving its financial
guidance; potential claims or liability could arise as a result of the
Company's restatement of its financial statements; the Company could
have additional write-downs of its equity investment or charges related
to its investments in other companies, including KTC and Kowon; and
other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company's
periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the 12 months ended December 26, 2009, and the Company's subsequent
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no
responsibility to update any of these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
December 25, 2010
December 26, 2009
Income before provision for income taxes, equity (losses) earnings
in unconsolidated affiliates and net loss (income) from
noncontrolling interest
Income before equity (losses) earnings in unconsolidated
affiliates and net loss (income) of noncontrolling interest
Source: Kopin Corporation


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A man has been pinned between two cars after being tricked into believing his car had a flat tyre in Melbourne.
Police say the man was driving on the Mornington-Peninsula Freeway in Bangholme on Friday night when another car pulled up next to them and told him he had a flat rear tyre.
He got out of the car to check the tyre and the other driver reversed into him, pinning him between the two cars before driving away.

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When students login to SouthArk computers, a shorcut to 'My Downloads' should be on the desktop. This is where to download and save files prior to being uploaded to OneDrive (cloud storage).
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UKIP'S Wearside policy launch was left high and dry when a promised fleet of fishing boats was cancelled – due to low tide.
The UK Independence Party had promised a fleet of fishing vessels decked out in party colours at Sunderland Fish Quay, to highlight its opposition to the EU Common Fisheries policy.
However, organisers were left red-faced after discovering the Wear was too low for the boats to take to the water.
Aileen Casey, parliamentary candidate for Washington and Sunderland West, said the party had checked earlier in the week that today's photocall was at a suitable time.
"We were told on Monday that it would be fine, and only discovered when we got here about 11.30am that it would not be possible to get the boats into the water," she said.
UKIP say the Common Fisheries Policy was allowing foreign fishermen to cash in on the UK's waters. "This is our fish – why should we give it away only to have to buy it back," Ms Casey said.
"We want to take this message as far and wide as possible – we want every inch of England that has seaside, that has anything to do with fishing, to get involved.
"We all need to shout as loud as possible to get out waters back."
Fishermen Norman Shaw said he had witnessed the impact of EU policy on the industry.
"Twenty years ago, the trawlers on this pier would be three or four deep," he said. "Now there are only about eight boats working off this pier."
Yesterday's photocall was also accompanied by an impromptu rock performance by flatmates Cal Johnson and Tony Shaw, both, 22, who live opposite the Fish Quay.
Tony admitted the pair had hoped to drown out the party's message.
"I don't like the things they are about," he said.
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John 7:1-10 9.45 & 11.30 19/11/17
By porthkerryandrhoose, Nov 22 2017 08:16PM
This week our youngest daughter became a teenager, meaning that I live in a house with not one but 2 teenage girls. There is plenty of advice out there for parents of teenagers. Take this one 'when your children are teenagers it's important to own a dog, so that someone in the house is happy to see you'. Or this one: 'If you ever want to call a family meeting, turn off the wifi router and wait in the room in which it's located". This one is a bit thought provoking: 'Do you remember when you became a parent and you thought you were going to be the perfect parent to the perfect baby? And then you had that baby and realised you knew nothing? That is exactly what raising teenagers is like. Except that teenagers point out to you the fact that you know nothing." But this is my favourite: 'Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.'
There's lots of advice out there on parenting or any other area of life we might struggle with. And if we don't seek out advice, you can guarantee that someone will want to give it to us, whether we like it or not. If you don't believe me, why not drop into the next conversation you have a bad back or difficulty sleeping. I guarantee that you will have more pieces of conflicting advice than you ever dreamed possible.
But, good advice isn't necessarily God advice. And that's our first point this morning.
Even Jesus wasn't immune to the advice givers, and that's the backdrop to our reading from John today. v3 "Jesus' brothers said to him, 'Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.' If you've been around for the last few sermons on John, you will remember that things hadn't been going so well for Jesus. After miraculously feeding the 5000, first the crowds, then the Jewish leaders and finally Jesus' own disciples grumbled and left him, leaving only the 12 as faithful followers (though, of course, even one of those had other plans). Jesus' popularity was at an all time low and so his brothers, who themselves didn't believe in him yet, suggested he go to Judea for the Festival of Tabernacles and drum up support for himself there. On the surface it seems like sensible advice. Jesus can work miracles, so if this crowd doesn't like him, try the miracles somewhere else. The festival of Tabernacles would seem like just the time. It was a joyful occasion where people gathered to remember their time in the wilderness, living in tents, and when they looked forward to the fulfilling of all God's promises. Jesus could burst onto the scene, magic up some bread, heal a few people and his popularity would be restored. Great! It had to have been a little tempting to Jesus. After all, when the devil came to tempt him, one of those temptations was to seek recognition and glory by leaping off the temple and being caught by angels. But this advice was only good advice, not God advice. Jesus knew it and turned it down. I wonder how often do we? When faced with good advice from our family or friends or colleagues, how often do we check if it's God's advice before following it? It can be very easy to get sucked into the same way of thinking as the world around us, even though the advice could be based on an ideology which conflicts with Christianity. Do we wait for karma to get someone, for example? Or is reflexology really the solution to anxiety? Listening to other people's experiences is great, and often we need advice and help. But listen prayerfully so you can discern what is God's advice in the midst of it all. Jesus was able to know the difference because he knew how his mission would roll out, that the point he was working to was his death on the cross, and courting fame wasn't a part of that. The cross was the most important thing and it would happen at the right time.
That takes us to the second point: God's timing is what matters, not ours. v6 "Jesus told them, 'My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. 8 You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.' 9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee." Jesus knew that his appearance in a flourish at the start of the feast wouldn't result in more followers, but in his death. The clue was there at the start of the chapter, v1 "He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him". His death would happen, but at the appointed time and in the right way. Jesus knew what lay ahead of him, and how important it was, not just for him but for every man, woman and child. The cross, where he would die to pay for the sins of the world, was his target and destination and it would happen at the proper time.
We can sometimes struggle with God's timing. We pray for something and it seems like God isn't answering. To our minds things are so clear: God needs to do things in this way to solve this particular problem, and when he doesn't we get disillusioned. The older version of the NIV had Jesus' brothers saying "You ought to leave Galilee and go to Judea". Do we say "Jesus you ought to be doing this or that"? I find myself falling into it on occasion: "I've worked hard and tried to follow you. This church should be growing", or "This person is lovely and would be a great addition to church, why are you not converting them?", or "My friend has suffered so much this year, why would you give her more trouble?" Those are all understandable sentiments, but they show a 'Jesus, you ought to . . . ' attitude. It's also there in the wider church where decisions are made as to what God is like and how he views certain activities. We might hear things like "If Jesus were here today, he would promote this, or he'd approve of that." and what he has actually said is disregarded. A 'Jesus you ought to' attitude to faith is very dangerous because it places us in the position of thinking that we know what is best. But we don't. When God answers our prayers he can see the ramifications of those answers way into the future along with all the people they affect. And we can't. We're only human. Jesus' brothers, however well intentioned they were, couldn't possibly see that God's plan would be the cross, nor the impact it would have. They could just see their little bit. Jesus would go up to the feast, but in his way, at the time appointed by God.
There's a third thing to note in these verses. v7 "The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil." The world is naturally in opposition to Jesus. Jesus' brothers would have no problem going up to the festival because they were like everyone else. Nothing to cause offence, just people in the crowd. And that's usually the easy place to be; just one of the crowd. Most people gravitate in that direction. A famous experiment was done in 1962 on 'Candid Camera' where people were primed to enter a lift and then turn to face the back. Everyone who got into the lift also followed suit even though there was no reason to. There have been many experiments carried out since which show that in the main, people will conform to the group think. Jesus didn't conform to the group think of the day, but instead he challenged it and he was hated because of it. The issues in society might have changed over the centuries, but the state of the human heart hasn't. So don't be surprised if the Jesus you love is hated and ridiculed by others. It happened when Jesus walked the earth, should we expect any different today?
So, we've had a change of festival from Passover to Tabernacles, and the significance of that will become apparent as we journey further into the gospel. But what is constant is the growing opposition to Jesus. In his conversation with his brothers this morning we've seen that good advice isn't always God advice, that God's timing is what matters, not ours and that the world is naturally in opposition to Jesus. May God help us to discern his will and his timings in our lives that we might follow him courageously no matter what the world might say.
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Different before and after the grinding disc is used
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Different before and after the grinding disc is used
1. Different forms of wear
The depressed grinding disc in stock wears wear and wear in two forms. A represents wear and wear, and B and C represent broken wear discs representing the shedding of abrasive particles.
2. The cause of grinding disc wear
The depressed grinding disc in stock wear and wear. The high degree of mass in the workpiece causes mechanical wear of the abrasive particles, which is very serious when grinding certain hard-to-grind materials.
The depressed grinding disc in stock oxidation wear. Oxidation grinding in the air promotes. Grinding experiments conducted in a vacuum found that corundum grinding discs were much more difficult to grind low carbon steel than in air. This is because the convection of the air causes the grinding temperature to decrease and the oxygen in the air rapidly oxidizes the newly formed surface of the workpiece to form an oxide film, which reduces the possibility of adhesion of the abrasive. For some abrasives, the surface will be at a high temperature. Oxidation occurs, causing it to be gradually consumed, which is oxidative wear.
3.The depressed grinding disc in stock diffusion wear. When the abrasive grains are in contact with the material to be ground at a high temperature for grinding, the elements diffuse each other, causing the surface layer of the abrasive grains to be weakened to cause abrasion. The two closely contacted metal materials, under high temperature and high pressure, after a certain period of time, z will diffuse at the contact surface and the diffusion is mutual.
4.The depressed grinding disc in stock plastic wear. Under the action of high temperature grinding, the abrasive grains will also be deformed by plasticity. Plastic wear depends on the hardness of the material. When grinding, the temperature of the grinding contact zone is higher, close to the melting point of the material. If the hot hardness of the cutting layer on the shearing surface is greater than the thermal hardness of the abrasive grain contact zone, the abrasive grain contact zone will have a large plastic deformation. And wear.
5.Thermal stress fracture wear
During the grinding process, the working surface of the abrasive grains rises to a temperature of 1000 to 2000 ° C in a few tenths of a second, and is chilled under the action of the grinding fluid. This frequency of the hot and cold cycle is the same as the speed of the depressed grinding disc in stock. The surface of the abrasive particles forms a large thermal stress under the action of alternating heat and force, causing the surface of the abrasive particles to crack or even break. The thermal stress cracking mainly depends on the thermal conductivity of the abrasive particles and the performance of the grinding coolant. For example, the smaller the thermal conductivity, the greater the temperature gradient from the surface of the grinding disc to the inside of the depressed grinding disc in stock. The greater the thermal stress, the more the abrasive particles will be impacted and cracked and broken.
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Joggers preyed on by deviant at Varsity Lakes
Police crack down in popular park
Joggers in Varsity Lakes are being warned to stay vigilant of potential sexual predators in the area after another attempted attack.
A woman has shared the terrifying details of the incident in the park behind Castello Circuit on Boxing Day, when a man tried to drag her into the bushes in broad daylight.
The 43-year-old managed to escape his grasp and flee the park, but could not get a good look at her assailant.
Police claim it's worrying, after a woman was approached on the same path earlier this year.


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It took some sharp eyes to spot this bull frog that was almost entirely concealed by leaves and pine needles. It snuggled down in the mud because the previous night had near freezing temperatures and frogs don't have fur to keep them warm. It was discovered by Mrs. Lee and her 1st grade class not far from the vernal pools at Elms. I think the students were surprised by the size of him.
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Must be nice to have the means to get all that nice gear man. Thanks for
entertaining me at work.
i would love to get paid to shoot pest (squirrels) and be allowed to cook
and eat them. if they taste good
Once again I'm content with my life; Ted uploaded a new vid!
Hi Ted. I absolutely love your vids! I have two questions. How many PCP
rifles do you own, and would you mind doing a cooking vid on your squirrels
in a crockpot? Thanks in advance.
I'm watching this on an iPad. YouTube app much?
But it was like that in his unboxing. So it was new like that. Do they give
you the option when new to do that? What is the benefit of that?
Thanks. Wb doves,pigeons,and quail?
He did
Sometimes, pissing off a certain "kind" of person is a good sign that you
are doing things Right.
I meant to type "you said". ***good grief!***
if im planing on buying a Evanix MAX Bullpup air gun so should i buy the
.25 version or the .22, im planing on shooting birds and squirrels as
well,right now im shooting squirrels with my Sam Yang Recluse its a PCP
bolt action 9mm air gun and im shooting birds with my Gamo Silent Stalker
its a gas pistol breakbarrel .177 air gun, i also have a gamo .22 air gun
but im not enjoying it because its a breakbarrel so im looking for a .22
semi-auto air gun and i have choosen the Evanix MAX Bullpup.
Squirrel shooting is kinda like Possum shooting here in New Zealand, but
only at night, you would love it, we have about 50 million in our forests
eating all our natives trees, they are as big as a huge house cat and a
very tough critter they are, but a good placed head shot always brings them
down, plus we can get $150 per kg for the fur, they are New Zealands no1
pest. you are very welcome to come over and take a few out. Cheers
haha your cats are well fed …. with a shooter as you do not go hungry
hehehehe. very good your videos, congratulations. I hope more video soon
killing somthing u not eating just fucked up
good eatin!!
Slow cooked in a brown gravy with mushrooms is just the best eating you can
get, served with a side of steamed wild rice and cauliflower, good eats…
Once again, great shootin' tex!
I hope you get cancer and die slowly.
very good video, love it
how do you know the squirals dont have desieses like rabis or disintary
too bad nature doesn't thin the human heard better. skwerl bbq is best
What are you shooting. that thing is deadly accurate!
why are you shooting the squirrels man xD
Does having a camera in front of scope affect your accuracy ?


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Did you miss me? Oh, wait you probably didn't even know that I was gone eh? :) Well on Monday @ 7:30 a.m us older girls and Mom and Dad headed off to the city to do a little bit of parting for Kerri's birthday (which is on the 11th). Josh and Rebecca and Grandpa and Grandma Rowely were so sweet to take care of everything at home for us. We stayed overnight at a hotel. Did LOTS of shopping...We went to 3 Value Villages and everything was half price so we got ALOT of good deals...I will not need to buy clothes for awhile now :) I would like to say that I took a bunch of pictures and have a lot to share with you...BUT the truth is I took a total of 11 pictures! :) So I will share with you 4 of those pictures :)
|Dad in the mirror
|Warm hot chocolate for a cold morning
|The birthday girl
|us three girls...we couldn't get a very good picture of us :)
We all had a lot of fun!
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With a chance to clinch a share of the program's first league title since 2008, the Rebels held off a strong challenge from feisty Westridge in a 53-38 victory on senior night in the regular season finale.
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Because of the win, CIF Southern Section Division IV-A 10th-ranked Flintridge Prep (17-4 overall, 10-2 in league) takes a half-game lead over five-time reigning league champion Pasadena Poly (16-7, 9-2), which closes out its season Thursday at Chadwick.


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What's Affecting Oil Prices This Week (April 9, 2018)?
In the week since our last edition of What's Affecting Oil Prices, Brent prices averaged $67.83/bbl last week, down $2.17/bbl from the week before.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) suffered a similar fate, falling $1.95/bbl last week to average $63.08/bbl. This came about despite a surprise draw in U.S. crude stocks and market concerns about the evolving trade dispute between the U.S. and China. This week could see prices stabilize with Brent averaging $68/bbl.
Geopolitical: Neutral
There is minimal news on the geopolitical front that is likely to influence prices this week. While perennial issues such as the decline in Venezuela and unrest in Libya remain, analysts do not expect them to become more impactful in the short term.
Dollar: Neutral
Fundamental and sentiment-related drivers continue to have more impact on crude oil prices. The dollar rose slightly last week while Brent and WTI both fell.
Trader Sentiment: Neutral
Nymex WTI and ICE Brent managed money net long positioning decreased slightly last week. Overall market sentiment remains supportive, but positioning has been moderating on both a lack of new bullish indicators and increasing concerns about the evolving U.S. and China trade dispute.
Supply: Negative
According to Baker Hughes, the number of U.S. oil rigs rose by 11 last week. U.S. oil rigs now stand at 808, compared with 672 a year ago. Evidence of renewed global oversupply continues to pose the greatest threat to prices.
Demand: Positive
U.S. consumption of petroleum products remains generally at or above seasonal averages in all products, including fuel oil. Economic indicators so far presage strong consumer spending through the summer demand season, and refined product demand is likely to remain a supportive factor in the short-term.
Refining: Positive
Margins rose in almost every enclave last week, due in large part to crude prices falling. Brent fell $2.17/bbl. Brent cracking and hydroskimming in Rotterdam both increased nearly $4/bbl. Margins remain at or above the five-year average in all enclaves, a boon for crude oil demand.
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Posting on behalf of Donny (he's been a flood quite a bit but didn't want to lose his LDT forum virginity yet )
He says he is missing a lot of the gunshot sounds, all other in-game sounds are working fine.
he can hear the shots of the default pistol and the basic smg,but that's it, all other guns aren't making any noise for him.
Is he just missing some files in his garry's mod or CS:S folder or is there any other way to fix this for him? Go almighty and knowledgeable forum users go!!!!


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Kalil Kiran, Naoko Kyuudou, Kogel, Aidan Denun, Champ Justice, and Darien Reinholder fought through their own individual hells to reach the end of their journey and a battle against the man responsible — Lord Hades. Hades used their absence to gain control over the Aeon of Time and planned to use it to restore his master, Angra Mainyu, to His full power. His lieutenant, Xehanort, would serve as the final line of defense against the heroes, with Hades not bothering to be present during his true moment of triumph.
The Battle With Xehanort
"Deliver your souls unto the Destroyer, so that your deaths shall not be in vain!"
-Xehanort, to the party
The battle was unique, with each person still trapped fighting against Xehanort in the guise of something from their "pocket world."
Aidan faced a shade of Darien Reinholder, who used the skeletal remains of his fallen Aeons to attack Aidan in the ruined city of Donnerich.
Naoko (with her world's Aidan by her side) faced a shade of the animated corpse of Lord Hades atop the Tower of Souls inside the Far Realm.
Kogel (alongside his teenaged son Glenn) faced a shade of Taijiya, attempting to bring about every parent's worst nightmare on the fractured beach of Harvest.
Champ faced a shade of Vanitas, battling for supremacy inside Kingdom Hearts.
Kalil and Darien fought the true Xehanort atop the Tower of Souls in the true Damocles, with the largest battle since Operation: Knock It Down raging all around them.
"Then watch and learn. This is how you fight monsters."
-Kogel, to Glenn
Unfortunately for Xehanort, six lifetimes of pain and anguish proved to be more than he could handle. With only Xehanort separating them, each member of the party fought with a passion and an intensity that they'd perhaps never reached before. Aidan's Omega Limit activated for the first time, calling upon his connection to the Afterlife to let everyone close to Aidan in the Afterlife attack his enemy — in this case, the ghosts of the party fighting Darien. Kogel's Omega Limit, Chrono Flare, also triggered, with a quick follow-up from Kogel tapping into the Fire materia's fourth vein with Flare.
In the battle against Xehanort, Naoko activated the Soul necklaces she took from Hades's corpse in the ruined Stronghold. The world she teleported into was a photo negative of the five broken realities, all connected at a central point — Eden, captured by Hades at the start of his plan. Naoko took the Doorway to Tomorrow that she claimed in her reality and broke it, then gathered up the injured and heartstricken Eden and teleported back into her world.
Xehanort's end came when Kalil unleashed his new Limit Break, sending the guardian of Kingdom Hearts down to his knees with a series of vicious sword slashes, and triggering the Ragnarok's Overdrive, which broke the false worlds apart.
Cracks extend out from that center point in all five realities, that same light shining up through everyone's world.
Those cracks spread… and spread… and spread…. appearing in the sky, above you, around you, behind you, surrounding you, spiderwebbing across the sky. The beach breaks apart, sand pouring into the rifts, water emptying the oceans. Donnerich shatters, buildings tumbling, fires extinguishing as the world ceases its support of them. The Station fractures, jagged lines across Champ's form as the Unversed fall into the newly-created pits. The mirror-top of the chained clock tower crumbles, pieces tumbling down into the ocean below.
The false realities are breaking all around you… leaving you behind, in the true Damocles.
The Fall Of Hades
"Oh, I'm sorry, did we break your concentration?"
-Naoko, to Hades
Xehanort's end came not at the hands of the party, but due to Hades burning him alive with Dark Firaga, irate at Xehanort's failure to stop the party. Hades then took it upon himself to fight the heroes, but not before having a Premonition (due to his link with Time) of his own death at their hands.
Darien withdrew from the battle early, electing to active his Limit Break, summon Alexander, and oversee the battle with Hades's forces by controlling the Highwind fleet due to the Logos connection with Alexander. Kogel and Naoko, no longer separated by realities, summoned Yuna. Champ and Kogel, no longer separated by realities, summoned Bahamut. Naoko activated her Limit Break and merged with Madain. Champ activated his Limit Break, Exploder. Hades attempted to use the shards of the false realities as a weapon, using them against the party, but through some trick of the universe Kogel disarmed him.
The final strike came as Time stopped for Hades, replaying the battle, letting out one final scream as time snapped back into motion… followed by another, significantly more final, snap, as Naoko's kick brought an end to the sorcerer's life.
"Eden said you'd come for us, and you did."
"Took me a little while longer than I'd hoped."
-Kogel and Kalil
It wasn't until Hades was dead, and confirmed to be dead by Naoko's continued kicking of the body as she broke down, that the party really realized they were all back together. Champ and Naoko embraced, Champ gladly returning to his role as the rock in everyone's lives. The adrenaline leaving Kogel's body led him to race around frantically recapping what happened to everyone in his world, with Kalil unable to let go of the fact that apparently he lost an eye. Geist and the Southern Cross landed, with the party buried under wailing tonberries and the rest of the crews. Kalil passed along his thanks to Mist and the Boryokudan via PHS.
Darien broke the celebration with a sharply cleared throat.
"Caelis, I'm… I'm Karl Sever. I'm Thierry's son. There was an accident. You were researching the fourth vein of the Ultima materia."
-Kogel, to Caelis
Caelis Balthazar was back in Damocles as well, but this Caelis was not the Caelis that went through. This Caelis was 15 years younger, back before his fall from grace. The party had all discovered that the false worlds were exactly that, false, but they theorized that Caelis hadn't, and thus when the false worlds were broken, Caelis came back as he was in the other world — changed, younger, free of EDEN. Anxious to keep him free of the Faction, the party agreed to take Caelis where his life changed forever — to Kogel's birthplace, the island in the middle of the ocean that once held the Ultima Experiment, and where everything changed forever fifteen years before.
Session 300 leveled the party up to Level 20, introduced the Link Board, and brought an end to Disc Six.


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If you have a Citi credit card you know they have this "rewards" website called private pass where they offer a lot of concert ticket presales and sometimes some exclusive shows for credit card holders. Needless to say I was intrigued when I received an email about two weeks ago saying Citi were hosting Soundgarden at Webster Hall in NYC for a 20th Anniversary performance of their album "Superunknown."
If my recollection is correct, Soundgarden have not played Webster Hall since around 1989 or 1990 when it was called The Ritz on the "Louder Than Love" tour. It holds a bit less than 1500 when sold out which it most definitely was on this night.
I didn't expect to be able to score any tickets (for the celebratory price of $19.94) but figured I'd give it the old college try.
They went on sale, I entered my password, put in the limit of 2 and five seconds after it went on sale I was informed it was sold out. Pretty much what I expected.
But I wished bad luck upon my fellow man and kept trying for the next few minutes and my voodoo wishes came true. At about 7 minutes in, after being told it was sold out about 50 times, someone evidently did not enter their credit card info in time and two tickets became available! Sweet!
I would find, when talking to others at the show, that it seemed I was one of the few non scalpers to get them at this price. Folks paid mucho dinero to attend this gig.
I don't think any of them went home disappointed!
We got to Webster Hall around 7:00pm with the ticket showing a start time of 8:00. Upon arriving we were suprised we didn't see any line. We talked to one of the guys working the door and he let us know the band would be coming on at 9:30 and there was no opener. He also let us know they were going to process tickets through the attached sports bar.
Our timing ended up being perfect. We went up the flight of stairs to the bar and there were probably about 150 Soundgarden fans there. Once it hit around 200 they stopped letting folks in. We enjoyed some tasty cold beverages and chatted with others and an hour passed quickly. At about 8:15, the woman at the entrance between the bar and Webster Hall then announced they would be letting us in.
We were in within 3 minutes, bought a shirt they made just for this event (it was the only merchandise available and they sold out quickly) and grabbed a spot on the left (Guitarist Kim Thayil's) side about 3 people back from the barrier. That bar entrance was the place to be because we all got in before they let people in the main entrance. Sweet!
There were really only a couple of questions we wondered while we waited the hour or so before the band was scheduled to come on. First would drummer Matt Cameron be with them for this gig? And would the set strictly be "Superunknown" from front to back. I expected no on the first question and yes on the second. Luckily I was proved wrong on both counts!
There was a large curtain on the stage with "CITI" in giant letters written across it. At 9:30 the curtain raised and the band walked out and yep, Mr. Cameron was with them.
The only other time Soundgarden have done a "Superunknown" anniversary show was at the South by Southwest festival in Austin earlier this year. At that show, it was as advertised. Superunknown and only Superunknown was performed.
The band was super tight and the album had an extra level of heaviness in this live setting. The band would be incredibly intense during the performance of the songs, but then mellow and wry and joking with the crowd between, telling stories about the songs they just played or were about to. It was a cool vibe.
"Superunknown" is chock full of Soundgarden's biggest hits, so there were some mighty roars of approval from the crowd when those were played, but it was also good to see that more or less everyone seemed to know every track on this album and there was never a lull in the packed hot and sweaty room.
Quite possibly the biggest crowd reaction of the night came right before the band played "Kickstand" when Ben Shepherd went to the mic and reminded the crowd that 20 years ago when this album came out was also when the New York Rangers last won the Stanley Cup. The Rangers are in the Stanley Cup finals again this year and this led to a "Let's Go Rangers" chant normally reserved for Madison Square Garden.
About half way through the show Chris Cornell spoke about how this album is about 74 minutes long, but that was too short for a rock show, so they would be playing longer than that on this evening.
The band stretched out quite a few of the songs and when they finished "Like Suicide," the last track on the album, 90 minutes had passed. They left the stage but the lights didn't go up. They were back in a few minutes and treated the crowd to a killer two song encore of "Outshined" and ended the night with "Rusty Cage" both off "Badmotorfinger."
Just a fantastic show all around. As a bonus, on the way out the door, everyone got a copy of the newly remastered 20th anniversary edition of the Superunknown on CD. I wondered if for many of those younger folks in the crowd (not the 43 year old fogies like me) if they even had a place to play a CD! Ah how the times have changed...
But what has not changed it the power of Soundgarden. The guys sound great and all the women in the audience absolutely let everyone know they though Chris Cornell was looking great.
Thank you concert ticket gods...a worthy sacrifice will come your way.
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Pretana Morgan, whose son was killed in London on Saturday, April 5, has made a tearful plea that her son's killing should be the last fatal shooting.
A wave of violence has been sweeping through London since last year, but it's gotten worse this year. The latest gun violence, which happened after Morgan's son was killed, left two other teenage boys in hospital after they were shot in broad daylight in London.
After 17-year-old Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton was shot and killed on Saturday, his mother Pretana Morgan pleaded for the violence to stop.
She said: "Children, please let my son be the last."
Rhyhiem was shot just after 6pm on Saturday. Paramedics and police were called to reports of gunshots on Cooks Road in Southwark, and found Rhyhiem on nearby Warham Street. The Metropolitan Police said officers had not yet made any arrests in connection with Rhyhiem's shooting.
Mourning her son, Ms Morgan told reporters she "couldn't have asked for a better son". She revealed that Rhyhiem had been an aspiring architect who was "trying to make a difference" by learning to work with children.
"My son was a very handsome boy. He's got so much potential," said Ms Morgan. "My son's a good boy."
"Let my son be the last and be an example to everyone," she added. "Just let it stop. What must be, must be."
She added: "It's not about race, it's not about nation, it's not about culture. Nothing. It's just a human race. "Just one human race. So children, please let my son be the last."
Following the death, Labour MP David Lammy tweeted: "Enough. Enough. My heart goes out to families grieving children and teenagers. So many shattered lives, families and communities."
Police have now revealed that extra patrols will be working on bank holiday Monday to keep London streets safe.
Rhyhiem's death means that police have investigated more than 60 murders in London so far in 2018. In 2017, 116 murders were recorded in London.


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On Friday, we took a trip down to Costa Mesa and Newport. Jen and Stacey came down with me and we met up with Stefanie. Then we went to Goat Hill Tavern where we eventually met up with Kevin & Shaq. Also, randomly, Hendo appeared out of nowhere. Nice surprise!
on Saturday, we went to Sharkeez in Newport for breakfast and all-you-can-drink mimosas. We told the manager in passing that we were from Hermosa. If you don't live around here, you may not know that the Hermosa Sharkeez burn down a few months ago. Or maybe you're in Bulgeria and they even know that Sharkeez burned down so where have you been? Anyway, for being loyal Sharkeez patrons, he offered to buy us all a round. We suggested a Crocodile Rock fishbowl instead. He said no problem. Cool! ...except somehow I decided to drive this weekend. O well, so the girls got drunk.
After breakfast, we went down south to the Del Mar racetrack where they were also having a microbrew festival. We had about 20 or 30 people with all of our friends combined with Stefanie's friends. Not everyone is in this photo but here's a lot of them...
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After the races, we went to Stefanie's brother's place in San Diego where they were having their annual Ponies and Kegs party. There we had more people come join us and we partied all night long. Awesome weekend.
PS: Thanks to Jen and Shane for the photos this weekend. I still need to get my fucken camera fixed. The photos on the boat are from Shane's camera. Shane came down a day earlier and Jason finally has a boat again, so I'll have to go back and go for a ride!


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Electra Heart is the second studio album by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds. It was released on 27 April 2012 by 679 Artists and Atlantic Records. Diamandis collaborated with producers including Liam Howe, Greg Kurstin, Dr. Luke, Diplo, and StarGate during its recording, and subsequently transitioned from the new wave musical styles seen throughout her debut studio album The Family Jewels (2010). Their efforts resulted in a concept album inspired by electropop music, a distinct departure from her earlier projects; its lyrical content is united by the topics of love and identity. Diamandis created the titular character "Electra Heart" to represent female stereotypes in popular American culture.
Music critics were divided in their opinions of Electra Heart, expressing ambivalence towards Diamandis' shift in musical style and its overall production. The record debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 21,358 copies. In doing so, it became Diamandis' first chart-topping record there, although it was then distinguished as the lowest-selling number-one record of the 21st century in the country. The project was eventually certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for exceeding shipments of 60,000 units. Electra Heart performed moderately on international record charts, including a peak position at number 31 on the US Billboard 200, and became Diamandis' highest-charting project in the United States at the time.
"Lies" is the fifteenth single from British pop rock band, McFly, released on 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active which was given away in The Mail on Sunday in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on the retail edition of the album, which was released on 22 September 2008. The lead vocals for the song are split between band members Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher, with vocal contributions from bassist Dougie Poynter.
"Lyrically, Lies is definitely the darkest song we've ever written," says Tom Fletcher, who shares vocals on the track with Danny Jones. "It's about a real bitch of a girl who is out for herself and doesn't care who she uses to get what she wants. We did have a girl in mind when we wrote it, but really it's an amalgam of several girls we have met along the way. We hope she burns in hell at the end. A real good time tune then!" On 17 September 2008 the song was added to BBC Radio 1's A-List and BBC Radio 2's A-List.
"Lies" is a popular song with music by Harry Barris and lyrics by George E. Springer. It was published in 1931.
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It has since been recorded by many other singers, including Perry Como for RCA Victor, Snooky Lanson for London, Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends for Capitol, and Jack Pleis and His Orchestra for Decca Records (United States).
The Como recording was made on November 4, 1952 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5064 (78 rpm) and 47-5064 (45 rpm). The flip side of the single was "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," a bigger hit, but this side did reach #30 on the Billboard charts. The same recording was also released in the United Kingdom by HMV as catalog number B-10431 in March, 1953, with the flip side "I Confess." It was also included in the 1956 LP album A Sentimental Date With Perry Como (RCA catalog number LPM-1177), and on several EP records.
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Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last label of every fully qualified domain name. They are called generic for historic reasons; initially, they were contrasted with country-specific TLDs in RFC 920.
The core group of generic top-level domains consists of the com, info, net, and org domains. In addition, the domains biz, name, and pro are also considered generic; however, these are designated as restricted, because registrations within them require proof of eligibility within the guidelines set for each.
Historically, the group of generic top-level domains included domains, created in the early development of the domain name system, that are now sponsored by designated agencies or organizations and are restricted to specific types of registrants. Thus, domains edu, gov, int, and mil are now considered sponsored top-level domains, much like the themed top-level domains (e.g., jobs). The entire group of domains that do not have a geographic or country designation (see country-code top-level domain) is still often referred to by the term generic TLDs.
Best is a 2000 British film portraying the football career of the Northern Irish soccer star George Best, particularly his years spent at Manchester United. It was directed by Mary McGuckian.


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1/ They increase the value of your home significantly: a loft conversion can increase the value of your home in excess of 20%, which as you may imagine, when you come to sell the property you should not only get your money back but also profit from investing in the loft to begin with.
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text: After months of waiting I finally got the top of the line MBA. 1.8 with SSD at the new reduced price. Plus I got the academic discount. I'm thrilled. The machine is gorgeous and so is OS X. I'm moving over from MS and loving it. The speed is great. Nothing mind blowing, but more than satisfactory. This is my first Core Duo, so it's a happy change. Everything positive that's been said about the machine is true -- and most people have probably already seen it in person so I won't repeat the obvious. It is a work of art. Build quality is superb, including the drop down ports. The screen is heavenly. I don't have any heat or other issues thus far. Fans running at 6200 and the temps around 52-60. It is a little noisy in terms of the fan, but nothing too bad. It does get warm, but nothing burning yet I'm coming from a Toshiba R100, so I'm used to no CD and don't mind any of the drawbacks. Have to figure out how to reduce the install size (I guess Snow Leopard will do that..?) However a couple of things which are odd: the power cord is very short, which limits movement; since the power tip is horizontal rather than a needle shape, the wire tend to go in one direction only. I wish there were dedicated page ups, downs, end buttons and also slightly larger cursor keys. Overall though -- I love this machine. It's incredible. The 3G phone is next! I do worry that they're about to launch a 128 GB SSD and that the MBA 2 will be a much improved product that will cause heartburn but that's life I guess. Am glad I took the plunge. Even more glad I have such a wonderful employer Thanks to everyone at Macrumors -- this is a wonderful website. A huge help. Apple ought to support it. I probably wouldn't have bought it without seeing the user reviews here.


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International Women's Day Celebration
March 8, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
International Women's Day Celebration at HMI on 8th March 2017
Respected dignitaries in the dais, all the bold and beautiful women in this room and my dear friends….
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8 to felicitate the achievements of women around the globe. The theme for this year's International Women's Day is "WOMEN IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF WORK: PLANET 50-50 BY 2030".Women have a history of fighting against the odes and victoriously reigning over the dark forces of patriarchy, inequality, gender disparity among many others. This is an occasion to celebrate the courage of women down the history and to encourage many more to take up bold steps towards a greater change.
Women in India are in need of a great change. Women here are discriminated even before they are born. 7 million girl children are killed every year; Nearly 12 million Indian children are married off before the age of 10 years; In India a woman is reportedly raped every 15 minutes. There are more than 57,300 cases of kidnapping and abduction of women every year. As many as 2.24 million crimes against women were reported over the past decade: 26 crimes against women are reported every hour, or one complaint every two minutes.
There are more infant mortality rate among girls. Girls are not given same medical attention as boys. More than 50% of girls in villages fail to enrol to schools due to lack of separate toilets for them. 70% women are not part of the workforce. The access to basic things like healthcare, water, sanitation and education is denied to most of our sisters of this country. Those who have these privileges are denied the power to make choices on the other hand.
Today, women have come to a realization that there is no limit to what they can achieve. They do all those what men can, even in a better way. And also they undergo much more than a man can possibly undergo. International Women's Day reminds every woman that they have a potential to be the next Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Elizabeth Stanton, Kalpana Chawla, Helen Keller, SudhaChandran, Arunima Sinha, Malathi Krishnamurthy and the list goes on.
In this International Women's Day, not only women should stand for themselves. But also men should stand up for women. It is almost like a taboo today for a man to speak out for equality or stand with women against violence or abuse. Once our mothers stood up for us, by bringing us into this world and shower us with abundance of love and care. We are supported at every walks of our lives by our sisters, wives or daughters. Now it is time for men to stand up for women from different sections of society. We need to create a society of collaboration between men and women instead of conflict. We need to stand against injustice and violence against women. We have spoken enough, we should show it in our actions now. Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse women.We need to be the ones who start the conversation among ourselves that women have been trying to have with us for centuries.Let us set examples for our younger generations. Let us set examples for our generation, and the generations older than us. Let us be the ones who alter the course of history by saying enough is enough. Now is the time for change, and let us be the ones who bring it about.
HMI has taken the initiative to celebrate the International Women's Day by bringing together women and religious leaders. It was always our agenda to take up the issues of society to the next level.India being home to different faith traditions has a past of celebrating diversity at every level. The rich influence of religion in Indian soil naturally makes religious leaders allies in driving the advancement of women's rights in this land. In a land where patriarchal traditions and cultural practices condone discrimination against women, true interpretation of religion has the power to break barriers and unlock the human potential. Programs such as this are a meeting point for women and religious leaders. Religions can and should play a major role to empower women and also men and non-binary individuals of society to work together for the development of society. We believe that this initiative will be fruitful. We also believe that this program will be a forerunner for many other programs in the future.


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My prayer:
Sweet healer. Thank you for providing healing for us. You did not have to do it. You could have saved us and left it at that but you provided healing too.
To me, that is proof of your love. That is proof that you not only want us to live forever in heaven with you but you want us to enjoy the time we have here.
I thank you for healing me, my friends, my family. Your healing power is real and magnificent.
What God Said Tonight:
I have rain coming, but it is the type that nourishes. I have wind coming but it is the type that guides. I have joy coming, the type that lasts. I have peace coming like you have never seen.
I love you and I have a lot more coming for you.


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Northstar Fashion Exhibitors
Our trade show was established in 1937 primarily for retail apparel buyers and manufacturer's representatives in the Middle and Upper Midwest to assemble. After 84 years in Minneapolis we have moved our show across the river to our sister city, Saint Paul. The Saint Paul RiverCentre is our new home. The RiverCentre is a state of the art convention center housed within the Xcel Energy Center complex. We are proud of our heritage and excited about our future as we continue to evolve.
Today we offer our retail customers a wide array of Contemporary and Young Contemporary Women's Sportswear, Dresses, Outerwear, Footwear, Lingerie, Swim and Resort Wear, Accessories, Gift Items, and Activewear. We have a large Children's category and some Menswear offerings as well.
Join us for our Sunday and Monday January 20th and 21st market! At this show, you can expect to see spring 2019 for at once delivery, fall 2019 preview, and fall 2019 bookings.
We look forward to seeing you in January!


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With his transition to the great beyond, General Robert Adeyinka Adebayo has assumed a new title. He became an ancestor, an enviable title that everyone looks forward to. It is the most that humans can become, short of deification.
Back in the days of ancient warriors, powerful kings and graceful queens, the likes of Oduduwa, Obatala, Ogun, Sango, Oya and Osun, when valour enjoyed recognition and uncommon attributes had an other-worldly character, deification was the loyalists' answer to the physical loss of the icons of the tribe. It was also an expression of our implicit acceptance of the belief that humans are godlike creatures, participating in varying degrees in the pursuits of the spiritual and physical realms.
We have since jettisoned deification not because there are no longer worthy candidates. Rather, we no longer deify because, on the one hand, we have come to embrace our humanity and mortality as more germane to our essence than spirituality, and on the other hand because we have accepted the truth of two new religions both of which originated from the Middle East and effectively remind us of our human vanity. Of course, we know that while one of the two religions absolutely condemns deification and symbolic representations, the other rewards human goodness with sainthood, a shade above ancestorship, at death.
Significantly, our language expresses our outlook on life and the ironic upside of death which elevates us and relieves our human misery: Ni ojo ti a ku laa deere; eniyan ko sunwon laaye (death idolises us; alive, we are less than worthy). And to gain the reward of idolisation, we are counselled to be remain humane, gentle and generous, so that our offspring can proudly give us a befitting burial (Ka rin gbede, ka lee ku pele, komo eni lee fowo gbogboro gbe ni sin.)
The lesson is obvious. For traditional Yoruba, death is the final arbiter of a life well-lived. How we die is a testimony to how we live. And since we can predict the experience of the other world from the experience of the last days, a good death is a signal of a good life beyond. The logic of this belief is clear: Live well to die well. Die well and your life beyond is certain to be good.
We should be thankful to death then, especially when it comes after a life that is memorable and productive. For with such a life, there is an assurance of immortality, which is to live on in the legacy of one's accomplishments and in the memory of those left behind.
Death has another role in the being of the living. In the Yoruba worldview, the reward or punishment is not necessarily deferred to the other world. It starts with ojo atisun— the last day on which wickedness, treachery, community betrayal are punished and goodness rewarded. Thus, we are reminded of the death of Gaa, the one-time wicked strongman of Oyo Empire, whose reign of terror ended in infamy as he suffered terribly at death: Boo laya koo sika, boo ranti iku Gaa ki o sooto.
When, therefore, we are fortunate to celebrate the passing of an icon, who traversed both the traditional and modern facets of our nation, and did so with uncommon bravery, elegance, devotion and grace, we have evidence of a good life. But second, we are witnesses to a good death, which is peaceful in the waiting hands of loving children and family. We must roll out the drums in gratitude to God and the ancestors whom he has joined.
The contributions of General Adebayo to modern Nigeria are well-known to my generation and those before me. But our younger patriots need to be reminded. First, on the modernity side. Professionally, General Adebayo served the country meritoriously and gallantly as a gentleman and an officer of the Nigerian Army. Commissioned as an officer in 1953, he was one of the first Africans to join the Royal West African Frontier Force. He was also one of the first Nigerian Commissioned Officers of the Nigerian Army, attaining the N7 identity as the seventh Nigerian officer at the end of his Cadet Training in the United Kingdom.
With the need for further training taking him to the Staff College in Surrey, England and the Imperial Defence College, London, he sometimes found himself the only African among his peers, earning a first in several positions to which he was appointed.
General Adebayo was the first Nigerian General Staff Officer at the United Nations Headquarters (1961); the first national General Staff Officer Grade 2 at the Nigerian Army Headquarters from 1961 to 1962; the first Nigerian General Staff Officer Grade 1, 1962-63; and the first Nigerian Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army from 1964 to 1965. It is safe to suggest, therefore, that with his pioneering efforts in his various posts, General Adebayo helped to lay the foundation of a Nigerian Army that was professional and patriotic before it got derailed from its mission.
It is also significant that when the Army was to derail, General Adebayo was not around because he was on a course in England. Perhaps, if he was around and his counsel was sought, the coup and its aftermath might have been prevented. Just maybe! However, he did offer his counsel against the civil war:
"I need not tell you what horror, what devastation and what extreme human suffering will attend the use of force. When it is all over and the smoke and dust have lifted, and the dead are buried, we shall find, as other people have found, that it has been futile, entirely futile, in solving the problems we set out to solve." How prophetic! For speaking truth to power, even if ineffective for preventing the tragic outcome, he was vindicated. "It has all been futile, entirely futile."
In view of his position on the war and his counsel against it, General Gowon used good judgment in appointing General Adebayo as the Chairman of the Committee on the Reconciliation and Integration of the Igbo Back into the Nigerian Polity, at the end of the war. With the resurgence of Biafran sentiment, however, it is doubtless that much still needs to be done and the nation has a long way to go. This is not the responsibility of any individual. Whether we end up as one indivisible nation or many separate entities, is a question for all to answer. General Adebayo did his best as a reconciler.
In the realm of public administration, General Yakubu Gowon assigned General Adebayo to serve as the second military governor of the Western Region after the assassination of Col. Adekunle Fajuyi in July 1966. He served in this position until 1971 when he was assigned to head the Nigerian Defence Academy. His governorship years were eventful. The West was still reeling from the political crisis of 1965. Division was deep and mutual suspicion was rife. On top of this was the Agbekoya Farmers' crisis over taxation. It took exemplary act of political leadership and the support of Yoruba political leaders to solve the crisis and for there to be lasting peace.
General Adebayo retired from the military in 1975, after serving for 22 years. But he soldiered on in civilian outfit, serving his local, regional and national communities, and accumulating numerous accolades in the process. He was Chairman of the Yoruba Council of Elders, a non-partisan group that sought to bridge the divisions created by party politics in Yorubaland.
There is no doubt that General Adebayo lived a memorable life. He has also earned immortality, having been survived by children whose great achievements he witnessed. A former governor was survived by a former governor! How common is that? More importantly, his proud heirs, among who are the current six governors of the Southwest, are much more than his biological offspring. That he passed on at a time when the Southwest appears to achieve a rare unity of purpose is a divine reward of his pioneering efforts. This is what it means to rest in peace!
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