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The Garden Hanoi 2 Bedroom Striking Apartment for Rent
Post ID 128-818
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Brief description
Total posted items 12 listings.
Property to rent in The Garden
Housing information. Location: The Garden, Me Tri, Hanoi
* Housing area: 117 sqm, 2 beds, combine sitting room with dining area and kitchen together (kitchen half wall partition)
* Public services: Gymnasium, swimming pool, sauna etc
* Carpark, 24/7 security, reception hall
* On-site supermarket, shops, bars
* Price: 1105 USD/month
This fully fitted unit is constructed with a total area of 117m2, boasting airy bright open living zone sharing with dining-room and kitchen close to 2 cozy wooden level separate bedrooms leading to well equipped kitchen with dining area and 2 bathrooms with bathtub utilities.
The Garden Hanoi is Nearby:
- On-site bars, café, restaurants, supermarket (Big C); Close to The Manor, SEO Building, Semico Building, etc
- Close to Bus-stop and bus station; Direct access to main streets.
Furniture installed & Facilities included
This leasing accommodation is well quipped with:
- Air - conditioners in all over the rooms; Refrigerator; Washing machine; Dining Table & chairs; Sofa set
- LCD TV and cable TV; Queen and King-size beds and bedding
- Built-in wardrobes; 24/24 hour security with camera; Professional management; gymnasium, spa, sauna, etc.
- Cinema; Children Play area; Huge garage
Rental Price:
The rate is 1100 USD/month . (Rate might subject to change without prior notice).
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VNDB Site Announcements 2018-09-30T06:10:59Z https://vndb.org/t/an https://vndb.org/t11310 We're alive! 2018-09-30T06:10:59Z 2018-09-30T06:10:59Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 Eleven, I mean. And still (or again?) at our prime.

I forgot to bring cake, but I suppose a few cookies will do as well. https://vndb.org/t10749 We're on Gitea 2018-06-03T06:16:26Z 2018-06-03T06:05:45Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 So I've been looking at ways to lower the barrier to code contributions a bit (see t10746), and one of the identified improvements is a better development workflow. Github is a popular option for that, but I'm not fond of the centralisation of services that could easily be self-hosted. So I setup a Gitea instance instead.

The VNDB code is now at link

The issue tracker will be used for technical discussion on bugs and features. If you have an idea for a feature, but aren't yet sure about the (non-technical) specifics, I encourage you to discuss it on these forums before creating an issue.

(Registration on that Gitea instance is open to anyone, so if you're in need of git hosting, don't like Github, and somehow trust me, then feel free to host your own projects on that as well.)

EDIT: I should probably add a little disclaimer here. I may not be terribly fast to reply to issues or pull requests. Expect the same kind of activity as you've seen from me on these forums. Well, hopefully a bit more, but I do have a job and such to deal with. :( https://vndb.org/t10691 Happy GDPR day! 2018-05-25T09:38:58Z 2018-05-25T09:38:58Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 It occurred to me that we never had anything like a privacy policy, so I quickly drafted one. There shouldn't be anything surprising in there, I hope.

As this is the first draft, the wording might not be perfect and I might have missed something. I'm open to feedback. https://vndb.org/t10244 Still alive 2018-02-08T15:41:01Z 2018-02-08T15:41:01Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 With a few updates:

Doc pages (FAQ etc) are now first-class database entries and are editable by moderators. This should significantly lower the barrier to changes and hopefully encourages more clear and higher quality guidelines and guides and whatnot.

As an unfortunate result of the above, the d1.2.3 formatting codes don't work anymore. To link to a doc section, you can use the new d6#5 or d12#2.1 formats. All such links in forum posts and edit summaries have been updated automatically to avoid confusion.

Unrelated to above, the producer aliases are now separated by a newline, just like aliases for other entries (VNs & characters). This does cause minor API breakage, but otherwise doesn't really affect anyone. https://vndb.org/t9845 Another Server Move 2018-04-29T09:13:33Z 2017-11-04T07:54:58Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 It's been 3 years since the last server move, so I was getting the itch again to get an upgrade. In particular, VNDB has been on old rotating drives for its entire lifetime, and I've started noticing a few latency spikes here and there. A move to SSDs would be welcome.

Here's the new server specs.

CPU: Intel Xeon CPU D-1531 @ 2.20GHz
RAM: 32GB
Disks: 2x250GB SSD

You can find the old server specs at t5808 for comparison. And indeed, 2x250GB is not a whole lot of space. I had to reorganize a few things in order to make that fit. I actually wanted a server with more beefy disks, preferably an SSD/HDD hybrid, but those options were either unavailable or more than twice as expensive. So this will have to do.

Unlike all previous server transfers, this announcement comes *after* we've moved. So, yes, welcome to the new VNDB. There was no need for a "read-only" mode this time, and there has been at most 1 minute downtime or so. Unless I made a silly mistake somewhere and failed to notice that something is horribly broken, I think I'm getting slightly better at these transfers. :-)

The API might have (had) some unavailability issues because the DNS may need some time to propagate. Please complain loudly if anything's broken.

UPDATE 2018-04-29: Moved again, see t9845.12. https://vndb.org/t9711 Fuck, we're old! 2017-09-30T15:01:31Z 2017-09-30T15:01:31Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 For some reason I had it in my head that VNDB's birthday was on the first of October, but then I noticed v21531.3 and I just had to verify it. Turns out I was wrong, and VNDB did indeed just turn 10 years old today. So now I can finally break tradition and be on time.

I'm not the sentimental sort and I'll not dabble on for too long, but there's a few things I'd like to cover.

First of all, a bit on the future of the development side of VNDB: I definitely intend to pick up development again sometime - there's tons of features to add, tons of things to clean up and improve, and we're in dire need of a (mobile-friendly) redesign. I've been doing some web development on and off with 3 month intervals, some VNDB-related experiments, others only tangentally related. Each time I am reminded how much I hate web development and each time I try to find a workable solution to deal with the crap that is collectively called "web technologies". (My most recent attempt resulted in an article as collateral damage). At some point I will probably need help in the form of someone who knows how to build intuitive user interfaces and doesn't suffer when using front-end technologies, but after all this time I'm still not at a stage where I have any concrete ideas on the direction to take, so it will likely take another 10 years before anything is set in motion. And that's me being an optimist. :-)

Moving on from future plans to reminiscing about the past, because who cares about causality: Back when I initially created this site, I was fully convinced that, within a year or two, there would be at least one serious competitor. Because that's always how things go, right? Someone comes with an idea, implements it, someone else sees that idea, thinks he can do better (or just sees an opportunity to make money) and creates a competing product. Users then massively move on to the new and shiny thing because it's new and shiny, unlike that first iteration that is unintuitive and ugly. To my astonishment, this still has not happened. There have been a few attempts at creating an alternative visual novel database, but none of them really caught on and their creators invariably lost interest. So here I am, keeping a site online that I was fully expecting to be obsolete 5 years ago.

All this rambling may sound negative, but that's certainly not how I feel. I'm proud of what VNDB has become, and happy to see that it has been, and still is, an incredibly useful resource to so many people. Let's keep this up for 10 more years! https://vndb.org/t8229 Some server config changes 2016-09-05T18:42:16Z 2016-09-05T13:31:32Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 I'll be changing the server configuration in a major way in a few minutes. There will be around 5 minutes downtime, and it's possible that VNDB gets a little unresponsive here and there for some time afterwards.

While there shouldn't be (m)any visible changes after this update, the RSS feeds and Database Dumps will not be available over plain HTTP anymore. They'll get the redirect to HTTPS like everything else.

EDIT: And done. I may still need to do some tuning, but it looks like everything works at least. If there's any problems, please let me know. https://vndb.org/t7097 Oh, by the way... 2015-11-01T16:14:15Z 2015-11-01T16:14:15Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 I just reset the password of everyone who hasn't used the login form and hasn't changed his password for a year. You'll have to use the password reset form to get access to your account if you're affected.

Oh btw, these are the passwords that were still stored in the old and insecure format.

Oh btw, did you know that VNDB has an had an IRC channel for like, its entire lifetime? It's #vndb on irc.synirc.net. It's been pretty dead for the past few years, but you're still all welcome.

Oh btw, that channel is for discussing VNDB matters and stuff. Not for generic visual novel stuff.

Oh btw, if you ask any hard administrative questions I'll probably still forward you to the boards because I tend to delegate the hard stuff to the mods and other contributors, who tend not to be on IRC nowadays. :(

Oh btw, maybe that's why our IRC channel is so dead.

Oh and btw, VNDB has switched to HTML5 now. Not like it matters. https://vndb.org/t7060 VNDB 2.25: High Speed, Low Velocity 2015-10-25T09:14:46Z 2015-10-25T09:14:46Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 Somewhere in the next few minutes to hours, I will be pushing out a major update to the internal database structure and code. I expect that VNDB will be down for 15 minutes or so.

This is an internal rewrite that I have been wanting to do for several years now. It should provide a good performance improvement to the page loading times and allow us to scale the database to many more entries without overloading the server.

Since this update touches a lot of core code, I expect that, despite my attempts to test everything, some functionality might be broken after the update. In the worst scenario, I might have to do a rollback of the complete database to the point before I pushed the update, but I hope that won't be necessary.

UPDATE: And it's live. Let the mayhem begin!

If you notice anything that seems to be different than before, please let me know asap so I can fix it. Except if that difference is "the site seems faster", of course. https://vndb.org/t6972 VNDB is 8 Years Old 2015-09-30T15:56:28Z 2015-09-30T15:56:28Z yorhel https://vndb.org/u2 Rejoice. That's all.


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Colleen V. Strout, 86, of Marion formerly of Hanover and Milton, passed away on Monday January 25, at Saint Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. Mrs. Strout was the wife of the late Walter T. Strout. She was born in Wareham the daughter of the late Frederick W. and Virginia E. (Eldridge) Moore.
She attended Milton Public Schools and Boston College. She worked for many years as an Investment Advisor for State Street Bank in Boston. She was an avid reader and she enjoyed traveling, boating and playing cards.
Mrs. Strout is survived by: her sister Patricia Locke of FL, a brother William McKinnon of FL and many loving relatives and friends. She was the sister of the late Robert McKinnon and Abbie May Gibbs.
A private graveside service was held on Friday, January 29, in North Marion Cemetery, Marion.


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Hey I'm just the messenger. All my Brit readers can take the butthurt to Badassery and let them feel your pain. Be advised though. He added the caption "which one is better" and the Russians are winning hands down.
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Alfonso Cuaron's last American release before Children of Men was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Children of Men's storyline of a desolate not-so-distant future where women have been sterile since 2009 is a bit more powerful than Harry's adventures at Hogwarts. This is the most realistic "bleak future" film I can remember with some jaw-dropping cinematography. Clive Owen stars as Theo, a government employee who, by some chance events, must help to protect the first pregnant woman on planet earth in almost 20 years. Owen is suprisingly solid and has established himself as one of "just-below-top-tier" leading men in Hollywood. Michael Caine, mostly known by this generation as Austin Powers' father, plays the hilarious and heartbreaking Jasper, a close friend to Owen's character. The film carries many British overtones as most of the cast is British, and in the film Britain is one of the last remaning safe havens with refugees from around the world flocking into the country. There are many religious and political allegories weaved into the plot, and at times they are difficult, yet a challenge to decipher. The images of terrorism, facism, and immigration are clearly aimed at the unfortunate situations society faces today. As mentioned earlier, the cinematography is breathtaking as Children of Men has some of the most realistic war scenes and terrorist/refugee attacks I've seen. A car attack scene and another in which the camera follows Owen for nearly five minutes without a cut are two notable examples. The film will no doubt have you enticed throughout, and may raise more questions than answers. This is likely a good thing though, as it will have you talking and may be one of those movies you need to watch a second or third time. Although its not perfect, hopefully Children of Men will spark more films of its kind.
Good For: people who like futuristic movies, political theorists, literature majors, people into symbolism
Bad For: unrelenting United States flag-waving patriots
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Laredoans shine at Fight Fest 16
Fight Fest 16 presented by Triple-A Promotions brought out some of the best local boxers to Laredo Energy Arena Friday night as Laredo boxers went 5-2 on the night.
The biggest upset came in the main event as Las Vegas' Randy Moreno Ochoa upset Laredoan Jorge Castañeda in the sixth round with a technical knockout to be crowned the new WBC Youth Intercontinental champion. It was Castañeda's first loss of his professional career.
"He was just a better man tonight. He was getting me with a lot of good punches," Castañeda said. "I just needed to step up my game plan. This is a learning experience."
After the opening round where each fighter was feeling each other out in the ring, things started to heat up by the second round as Castañeda landed big combinations that visibly stung Moreno. Things started to turn for Castañeda who had absorbed too many head shots by Moreno and it had him playing more defense in the fourth and fifth rounds. Moreno finished strong in those two rounds as Castañeda was pinned up against the rope during the exchanges.
Moreno (12-1) kept coming at Castañeda (9-1) and never wavered in his determination in the round. With some keen exchanges early in the round, Moreno started to separate himself and started pressing the Laredo boxer. Moreno turned up the heat, and Castañeda stopped producing any offense forcing referee Lee Rogers to step in to stop the fight.
In the co-main event, Laredoan Leopoldo "Polito" Martinez (7-1-1) had been away from the ring for an entire year. In his last bout he came up short suffering the first loss of his professional career.
"After that loss, it was a rude awakening," Martinez said. "That was the first time in my life that I was intimidated and I told myself I am never going to feel intimidated when I am in the ring because I have done this my whole life."
This time around Martinez did not want to leave anything to he judges and came out attacking his opponent, Brownsville's Gilberto Cancino, who lasted less than one round. Martinez was relentless in his attack and never allowed Cancino to breath as he came up with the victory in only 54 seconds. Polito picked up a first-round technical knockout to get back on the winning track.
"I came in with a mission and wanted to stop him in the third round, but when I saw that body shot land and it hurt him, I had to take advantage," Martinez said. "When they stopped it he was already going down. It never gets old fighting in my hometown."
Joshua Juarez (6-0) kept his perfect record intact when he took down Tyrone Hunter who was making his professional debut.
"My opponent stood in there strong and thank God that I came out with a victory," Juarez said. "In that first round, I was a little tight and by that second round I started to get comfortable. I just want to thank everyone in Laredo for coming out here to support me."
Another Laredoan that picked up a victory was Jose Cardenas (1-0) who was making his professional debut. Cardenas opened Fight Fest 16 with a fury and never let up to Mario Jaramillo.
"I felt good and I will be working harder to get better in the ring," Cardenas said. "My body shot really hurt him."
Jose "El Tejanito" Martinez (2-0) beat Mission's Jorge "Piraña" Rodriguez (0-2) while Mandy Fuentes (9-9-5) took down Austin's Leesa Daniel (1-2).
"I cannot be more blessed and thrilled to fight here for Triple-A (Promotions) and just want to thank everyone who showed up to support our local talent," Fuentes said. "It was a great fight and I am blessed to come out with a victory."
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Moon-Unit, Meaning of Moon-Unit – History and Origin, What does Moon-Unit mean ?
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- Charlie Beamon, Jr. – baseball first baseman and designated hitter
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- Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856-1912), philologist, historian and erudite.
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The second round of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs start on Wednesday. After going 4-4 in the first round, my bracket is shot to hell once again this year. Here are some notes from the first round as well as my revised predictions for Round 2.
Round 1 Notes & Stats:
- There were 18 overtime games in the first round (42.9%), a record for any round in the history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- 28 of the 42 games were decided by one goal (66.7%) while another five were decided by two goals following an empty-net goal (78.6% combined).
- For the first time since 2001, none of the eight series featured a deciding Game 7.
- Many picked Chicago Blackhawks to go to the Stanley Cup Final but they scored a total of 3 goals and got swept in the series by Nashville. (The Predators outscored Chicago 13-3.)
- Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Maple Leafs last Stanley Cup win (May 2, 1967).
FIRST ROUND STATS: Comebacks (via @EliasSports). pic.twitter.com/8tgMBQo5HC
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 24, 2017
Patrice Bergeron played the full season with a sports hernia, and may be facing surgery now that B's year is over https://t.co/AST1mRjuvh
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) April 25, 2017
Finally, I was extremely disappointed with the officiating in the Boston vs. Ottawa series and I voiced my thoughts on Twitter, giving valid examples as to why they played a factor in that series. I have seen the Bruins lose on my occasions over the years and never once blamed the referees. This year was different. If the Senators truly were the better team, the officials should have let the teams decide. Instead, poor or missed calls led directly to overtime goals by Ottawa, ultimately handing them the series win. All hockey fans should disappointed. Not because Ottawa won but because the officiating is in such a sad state league-wide. This season saw a drastic decline in the quality of officiating. And the NHL needs to step in because it is ruining a great game.
Round 2 Notes & Stats:
- This will be the third meeting between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin in the playoffs. Crosby won both previous encounters, in 2016 and 2009, and went on to win the Stanley Cup each time.
- The Penguins have won a total of four Stanley Cups. They have knocked out the Capitals on the way to all four of them.
- The New York Rangers have 44 postseason wins since 2012. Only the Blackhawks (48) have more.
- The Anaheim Ducks have 18 playoff wins over the past three years, ranking second only to Chicago in the Western Conference during that span.
- The Blues haven't reached a Stanley Cup Final since going in the first three years of the team's existence (1968-70).
C3 St. Louis vs WC2 Nashville – ST. LOUIS in 7
P1 Anaheim vs P2 Edmonton – ANAHEIM in 6
A2 Ottawa vs WC1 New York Rangers – NEW YORK in 6
M1 Washington vs M2 Pittsburgh – WASHINGTON in 7
Before Round 1 – BOSTON over ST. LOUIS
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'Outraged that a proscribed terrorist is allowed to walk free': India on Hafiz Saeed's release
Asserting that Hafiz Saeed's release confirms Pakistan's policy of shielding "non-state actors", the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that it reflects Islamabad's "lack of seriousness" to act against "proscribed terrorists".
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Pakistan's policy of supporting non state actors is now out in the open and its true face visible to all.
"His (Saeed's) release confirms once again the lack of seriousness on the part of Pak Govt, also appears to be an attempt by Pakistani system to mainstream proscribed terrorists..India, as indeed the entire International community, is outraged that a self confessed and a UN proscribed terrorist is being allowed to walk free and continue with his evil agenda," Kumar told the media.
The Lahore Court on Wednesday refused to extend house detention of JuD chief and the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Saeed is all set to be released from house arrest after the expiry of the detention order on Thursday.
The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah head, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by the US for his role in terror activities, was under detention since January this year.
[Hafiz Saeed free again: What makes him the Pak establishment's darling]
India has maintained that Saeed enjoys the support of the Inter-Services Intelligence and his a free spirit in Pakistan. Looking at how the ISI has handled Saeed, it is evident that he is one man they would not ever give up, as he holds the key to pushing Pakistan's policy against India.
The JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attack.
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Dozens of local business and community leaders recently took part in Elizabethtown Area High School's annual Mock Interview Day. The goal of the program was to help students sharpen their interview and job-readiness skills. The simulation provided a "real world" experience the students will soon face and is an important piece of the school's Pathways Program.
Occurring in a non-threatening environment, the experience helped the students to better understand the process of applying and interviewing for a job. The students spent nearly fifteen minutes being interviewed by one of the volunteers. Following the exercise, the students were provided with immediate verbal feedback from their interviewer. To prepare for the interviews, the students prepared a portfolio that included a cover letter, resume, and reference list.
A second round of mock interviews is planned on Tuesday, Feb. 27, and volunteers are needed. Anyone who is interested in helping students become better prepared for the workforce by volunteering to be an interviewer may contact Jackie Spittal by phone at 717-367-1533, ext. 21106 or by email at email@example.com.
The Pathways Program helps students focus their academics on an area of interest and possible career path. It promotes student exploration and a way to organize instruction, academics, and work-based learning programs. It helps students see a connection between what they learn within the classroom and the skills they need for success in their adult lives and the work world.


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So. This being Easter weekend, and us celebrating everything with a good cake, this time of year we get Simnel cake. Although, saying that, my researches indicate that we're a few weeks late. Apparently Simnel cakes were originally eaten on Mothering Sunday. Oops! But, better late than never, right?
Anyway. No one knows how or why or even when – we have some mediaeval references – about the beginning of Simnel cake traditions, but really? Who needs a reason? Cake is surely reason enough!
Now, traditionally, Simnel cake is made with lots of marzipan, and not just layered on top, but baked throughout as well. But, if, like me, you know people who weirdly don't like marzipan, just stick it on top and tell them to peel it off and give it to you. So much easier than having to dig it out of the cake! Or, of course, have more cake yourself.
As with before, I made some changes to the recipe. I shall list the actual ingredients, with my substitutions in brackets, so you can pick and choose.
225g marzipan (I skipped this altogether; see above re: people not liking it)
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder (I used 3, following instructions on the packet)
1 tsp mixed spice
175g butter, softened (solid coconut milk)
175g golden caster sugar
3 large eggs (3 large tbsp apple sauce)
3 tbsps milk (liquid coconut milk)
500g preferred dried fruit (I used lots of candied peel and freeze-dried strawberries. And chocolate chips)
50g chopped almonds
zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon (I just splashed in some juice)
To decorate:
More marzipan (about 300g)
Mini eggs/Easter chicks/sugared flowers
How to Bake:
Preheat your oven to 150C/Gas Mark 2 and line a baking tin. Ideally it should be a 20cm one, but I've used a 23cm one, so something about that size.
If you're using marzipan, you get a choice. You can either cut it into chunks, or you can roll it into a baking-tin-sized layer.
Sieve the flour, baking powder and mixed spice into a large mixing bowl. Beat in the butter, sugar and eggs, then whisk in the milk.
Carefully fold in the dried fruits and almonds and add in the lemon and orange zest. It's at this point that you add in marzipan chunks. Hold your horses if you went with the layer-option.
Tip into tin. If you went with the layer-option for the marzipan, tip half of the mixture into the tin, spread it out, place the marzipan on top, and then pour the other half on top.
Bake for about two and a half hours, until firm and springy and a knife come out clean, etc.
Decorating's probably quite straightforward, given the items at hand. Roll the marzipan into a circle; place carefully on top. It shouldn't cover the sides. Decorate as desired.


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Jim Lanning
James H. Lanning was elected to the Board January 9th, 2014. After a long career in California law enforcement he and his wife of 39 years Denise, retired to State College. He joins us to help fulfil our mission of coldwater conservation. You will see him around our riparian, fundraising and education projects and with our partners from Clearwater Conservancy.


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Third-party candidate answers 'Berners' call for political action
February 7, 2018
Filed under Community, Mobile Headlines, News, Showcase
Lewis Elbinger is the only Green Party candidate in the campaign for the first district's congressional seat. Elbinger joins a primary race between four Democrats and two Republicans, including incumbent representative Doug LaMalfa. The top two vote-getters in the June primaries will be placed ...


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#ThankYouMom: A step by step guide to understanding tech, social media, & maternal boundaries
OOOOHHHH mothers, they are so wonderful. For thousands of years they haven't stopped gushing at how wonderful their children are. Dudes, you know cave men and women busted out the "me son make fire bettah than your son" on more than a few occasions.
Fortunately for us kids, we no longer have to worry about making fires, or hunting the biggest game. HOWEVER, this doesn't mean we are out of the clear entirely with our over zealous parents - insert the mid 2000s and the communication boom that we so lovingly call social media.
Nerds, meet my mom Doreen ...
She's totally a Betty isn't she?
The reason why I started typing at the age of 2, and was on Prodigy before I hit double digits was because of this loverly human being. My mom isn't techie per say, but she's very tuned into tech and gets excited about growing her small business. (My mom is a technical writer. Basically anything you've ever read from an insurance brochure or marketing piece was prolly written by her. Very very very niche business, but very very very successful for her.)
So, access to the internet and computers growing up was a no brainer. My mom was ALLLLLL about it and both of my parents encouraged my curiosity with tech. (They even bought me my first HTML book when I was 8.)
My parents did their best to keep their eye on my tech usage as a kid. We were given a family shared cell phone for when we were out and about (which was NOT cool to have as a kid, btw since this means you basically had lojack and the whole "I didn't have a quarter to call you" was never an acceptable response) and they closely monitored my activities online. Well done, mom and dad! I didn't end up in a Chris Hansen to Catch a Predator Dateline special!
Either way, when I moved to California in 2004 my parents definitely did their best to still keep tabs on me. After all, I was only 19 and I was moving cross the country without knowing a single soul - it's only natural. At that point, I called my parents every day, and even texted them periodically just letting them know I was alrite and still alive.
In October of that year I vivdly remember being on set for a music video (a very LA thing) and the director showing me on his laptop this thing called MySpace.
I freaked out looking at his profile page wondering why would ANYONE want to have a recorded account of how many friends that they have. (Loner from the womb!) I was ALL about chat rooms as that was my only social interaction growing up, but this?? Friend counting?? Posting pictures??? Wow! Way to announce to the world what a loser I am, I thought.
You'll love this, Jen, the director said. You're into tech - this should be right up your alley.
INTO tech, I thought, but not INTO plastering what a lame existence I lead.
Sure, I said laughing, sounds great.
A few more months went by, and my friends back east were getting on this thing called Facebook. To access Facebook though you had to have a college email address. Not having gone to college I was outta luck in that department. I then went back to what the director showed me a few months prior, and later that evening I decided to create a profile on MySpace.
I wasn't sure what it was about, but apparently this was the "thing" that everyone is doing - so I might as well check it out.
I was working at the time as a receptionist for a movie marketing crowd here in LA, so I had access to a computer and would sit for hours and hours and hours surfing the net in between calls and deliveries.
Hmmmmm ... I thought one day .... that Myspace thing ... might as well see what it's about.
I then began searching through profiles, randomly adding people.
Conversations then sparked, and the love affair then became immediate. OMG OMG OMG I thought, people are ACTUALLY commenting on my pictures and COMMENTING on my page!! This makes me look cool, even though I'm not!
YES! WINNING! I thought.
I then proceeded to put all of my energy into my Myspace page pimping it out with HTML glitter codes, adding music, and uploading a bunch of pictures from various parties I went to specifically so I could look cool on Myspace.
Flash forward to 2006 and my mom comes out to LA for a visit.
I go to the bathroom for a moment and on my Macbook Pro she sees the Myspace home screen.
What is this, she asks?
Oh, mom, it's called Myspace. It's a social site.
But it's online, she said.
Yeah, I know - Michael (my college graduate brother) has Facebook, I have this.
She didn't browse my page immediately, but later that week I saw a friend request.
Doreen Friel wants to be your friend. Accept?
Oh dear god, I thought staring at the invite. That didn't take very long.
Being genuinely a pretty good kid, I saw no harm in my mother seeing a picture or two from some rather inappropriate places, so I clicked accept and just like that - boom, my mom was in my digital life.
After a few weeks she got the hang of everything and one day I got a text ...
"So, why am I not in your top 8? I gave birth to you!"
Really mom, really? You want to be in my top 8? FINNEE!!
I happily obliged not wanting to start an argument, especially over something so trite like Myspace placement.
The next year, Facebook opened up to non-college graduates and slowly but surely my digital presence migrated over there ... my mother of course in tow.
My mom's take on Facebook wasn't as immediate as it was on Myspace, but before I knew it she was creating events for her little get togethers, and was Facebook chatting me like no other.
I very genuinely do not have a problem with my mom being in my online social life. I am, however, the exception not the rule. Here is a step by step guide on understanding each platform and understanding when it is okay to contact your child using it.
Facebook: I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am that Facebook was not around when I was in school. I didn't get into a lot of trouble, but the pressure to have pictures of you next to alcohol bottles and at wild parties is intense for today's youth. Facebook is a highlight reel of your life, you have to keep up with your classmates and have the appearance of being cool at all times.
Parents should only use Facebook to privately message their kids. Do not post on their walls, and do NOT comment on any statuses or any newly uploaded pictures. You can look, but commenting on some uh, extra curricular activities can cause a lot of embarrassment to your children. I know this is your primary goal in life to show how much you love your child and to say how special it was that little Bobby finally stopped wetting the bed, however, on Facebook it is not appreciated nor accepted. You get one shot to be your child's "friend" on Facebook - don't blow it.
When it comes to friending in general too, understand that some kids just aren't okay with it. It doesn't mean that they love you any less, or that they are trying to hide anything - some kids just want their space. Respect it, please.
Twitter: Parents should under no circumstances be on Twitter. Period end of sentence. Twitter is where your child goes to vent random thoughts - not necessarily have meaningful conversation. They want to talk about how bad a teacher is, or how crazy they got last night doing XXX. There is no need for a parent to know any of this unless your child is still in high school and still underage. If your kid is out in the big world - let them be, you have no reason to be on twitter and reading their inner most thoughts. Your kids will call you and tell you everything that you need to know, trust that .... please.
Foursquare/ Facebook Places: Parents do not need to be involved in any location based social media activities - period end of sentence.
Texting: I love this video that Olay just put out because the "writing a text is like writing a letter" conversation is one that my roomie and I had just the other day ...
Texts are short blurbs of communication. My mom just texted me yesterday to let me know she got her Mother's day card. She laughed, thanked me for it, and signed off with 143 (nerd code for I love you). Texting your kids can be great and appreciated for both parties because it says, I'm thinking of you but I'm too busy to call you at this exact second. My mom and I will text during the day if we've recently just spoken and have forgotten to say something - but please know that when you send a text, we can see who it is. There's no need to sign it "love mom" or "dear so and so." We're good to go on that front.
Text your kids when you have something quick to say, and you know their response will also in turn be quick. If you're writing something really long, just pick up the phone and call - so much easier!
Facetime/ Skype: I have yet to get into this with my family, but I think it's great! Sometimes I wish I could reach through the phone and get a "mom hug" but Skype and Facetime can be a wonderful visual for any of those who live far away from their parents. All Facetime/ Skype meetings should be planned ahead of time out of respect for both parties, but I say a total win for both kids and adults on this one.
Note to my mom: let's start skyping!
So let's recap a bit shall we?
Facebook - it's okay to be on and be friends as long as you don't comment on statuses or photos and keep all forms of communication to private messaging.
Twitter - not a place for parents.
Foursquare/ Facebook places - not a place for parents.
Texting - good for short blurbs of communication
Facetime/ Skype - good to go as long as you have a time set.
And remember moms, just because your child might not want to be friends with you in social media doesn't mean that they love you any less. It is simply a boundary they are placing in their life - and they are politely asking for you to respect it. Unless of course, your kid is under 18 and still in school - then you reserve the right to stalk their page like no other!!
Happy social media-ing everyone and I love you mom!
Agree or disagree with me? Tell me on Twitter (just not you mom, sorry!)
::Special thanks to @olayus for the Mother's Day sponsorship lovin::


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Ottawa - Breakfast & the Aboriginal Exchange/
After a hearty meal, we were off to Victoria Island. Despite the rainy weather, we were treated to a tour of an authentic Iroquoian village. We looked at teepees, birchbark canoes, weapons and drying racks. During the tour, our guide regaled us with the legend of Sky Woman and the creation of our world.


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Caribbean Poker
Famous for its big prize Progressive Jackpot, Caribbean Poker has all of the excitement of big time poker as you face down the dealer to make the best five card hand. Online casino action has never been more fun than in this classic game!
- Big Progressive Jackpot
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Task: Facebook discussion with BC tutors
Live Facebook discussion with British Council tutors about the challenges and joys of e-tutoring and online learning.
Tutors from the British Council, and members of your online tutoring team held an open discussion about e-tutoring and online learning.
The discussion took place through the British Council's Teaching English Facebook page.
The Facebook chat took place on Wednesday 20th April from 10 - 11am (GMT+1).
A transcript is available below, if you missed it.
© University of Southampton / British Council 2015


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Of course, using Sony promotion deals available at our website and the official site of Sony store, you will be able to save RM on majority of products mentioned above. Although Sony promo codes are a real rarity, savings with regular promotions can give you even 60% discounts on selected ranges of products.
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Let the Experts Speak on this Topic
From the beginning of the siege of Qatar, the blockading countries -- Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and Egypt -- anchored their narrative about Qatar in a way that arguably would trigger the passions of a Western audience. Qatar, they asserted, financed terrorists, sheltered terrorist leaders, and supported Islamic radical movements throughout the region. Qatar, on the other hand, consistently denied these claims. It also publicly condemned 2017-18 terrorist attacks in Qatif, Pakistan, Egypt, Manchester, Tehran, London, Bahrain, Somalia, Barcelona, Jeddah, Peshawar, Kabul, and Benghazi.
I am in the process of writing three articles about the siege of Qatar. I spent the week-end closely examining these allegations. I have found two reports worth reviewing:
- Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, U.S. Dept. of State (July 2017), available at https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/272488.pdf;
- Mutual Evaluation Report: Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism, Qatar, Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (April 9, 2008), available at file:///D:/Users/py15990/Downloads/Class%20Prep/Siege/2008%20MER%20Qatar.pdf.
On July 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of State issued its annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2016. U.S. law requires the department to provide Congress a complete report on terrorism for countries that meet certain criteria set out in the law. The summary shows that Qatar equals or exceeds its neighbors in efforts in fighting terrorism. On Qatar's role in terror financing the report found:
Qatar is a member of the Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF), a Financial Action Task Force-style regional body, and the Qatar Financial Information Unit is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. Qatar has made significant progress on deficiencies identified in its MENAFATF Mutual Evaluation Report in 2008. According to the Second Biennial Update Report, Qatar is deemed "Compliant or Largely Compliant" with all but recommendation 26, which accounts for regulation and supervision of financial institutions.
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The Government of Qatar has made progress on countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), but terrorist financiers within the country are still able to exploit Qatar's informal financial system. In 2015 and 2016, Qatar prosecuted and convicted Qatari terrorist financiers for the first time. As part of ongoing reforms to curb terrorist financing, the State of Qatar issued the Cybercrime Prevention Law and the Law Regulating Charitable Activities in 2014. Qatar continued to be an active participant in U.S.-sponsored training and capacity building focused on CFT issues.
(Emphasis added.) The report also discusses progress in the blockading countries and recognizes that each one faces unique challenges when trying to prevent money-laundering, eliminate funding for terrorism, and reduce the support for violent Islamist groups. While the report got very little attention in the press of Qatar or the West, it does support a narrative that Qatar has responded to the stated interest of its blockading neighbors.
The second report allows a reader to analyze the extent of the efforts taken since 2008 by Qatar to meet the stated goals of eliminating terrorism in the world. It seems to serve as a baseline assessment. Similar reports exist for the blockading countries.
I will watch closely for the 2017 report that the U.S. Department of State will publish in July 2018. So much has happened during that year. I wonder how the department will analyze it.


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2P writes: ArenaNet today released the Super Adventure Box for Guild Wars 2. The Super Adventure Box make GW2's traditional fantasy universe shift to a retro-themed, blocky virtual world. At first glance of the screenshots, I thought "no way, this must be an April Fool's joke". But to my surprise, Super Adventure Box is true. This is a big gift for those Zelda, Minecraft, and Pitfall fans.
I re-installed my game to try out this event and I was pleasantly surprised. Its a great update.
i was very confused playing it had no idea what was going on at all lol


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Thomas Roger Proctor remained in Edinburgh. Married Janet Hunter Noble, but had no children.
The Edinburgh plumbing business of Adam Proctor had descended to Thomas Roger Proctor on the death of his father in 1869 and Mayland Proctor later was to help with the accounts who was the son of another brother, John Proctor, a noted political cartoonist in London.
1871 census give Name: Thomas R Proctor Age: 30 Spouse's name : Janet Hunter Noble. Address: 7 St Vincent St. Occupation: Plumber & Gas Fitter
1881 census gives Thomas R Proctor Age: 40 Spouse's name : Janet H. Address: 21 West Maitland St. Occupation: Plumber (Master) Employing 7 Men & 7 Boys. Also in the house is Agnes P Dinwoodie (niece)
1891 census gives Thomas R Proctor Age: 50 Spouse's name : Janet Hunter. Address:
21 W Maitland Street. Occupation: Plumber & Gas Fitter
1901 census gives Thomas R Proctor Age: 61 Address: 21 W Maitland St. Occupation: Plumber & Gasfitter. Living with him are: -
Elizabeth Proctor 63 (sister), Mayland Proctor 23 (nephew)
1912 Seems odd but there is a record of a Mayland Proctor marrying Janet Hunter
Noble in Lanark. I do not know what the relationship is between the Janet Hunter
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Words, hubbul
A 'home from home' for London's creative community, is how Covent Garden's The Hospital Club bravely describes itself - which is some claim when you think about how accommodating the capital is for the creatively inclined.
But this rather bold statement is justified. The Hospital Club is one of those welcoming, comfortable and informal members' clubs - unstuffy, unpretentious, and with most of the ingredients needed to attract London's creative crowd, who, in recent years have swarmed to private members' clubs as a more luxurious alternative to working from home.
It's Thursday afternoon in the Club, which for many marks the beginning of the end of the week. There's a healthy chatter in the bar cum restaurant cum coworking space, as freelancers meet, Skype and enjoy long lunches – those lunches that somehow last well into the night.
"After all, creatives aren't shy of a few cocktails on a school-night are they? For some, Thursday afternoon pretty much is the weekend."
But that's not to say The Hospital Club isn't serious about work. It is. In fact, its mission statement is to 'Create, Connect and Collaborate' – three words that go hand-in-hand with freelancing, contracting and any startup for that matter.
And if the track record of the two founders are anything to go by, you're in safe hands. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft with none other than Bill Gates, and Dave Stewart, one half of The Eurhythmics – while it might seem are from two very different worlds – are clearly enterprising, creative guys who both know more than a thing or two about getting an idea off the ground.
As the story goes, in 2004, after a few drinks, they stumbled across what was then the boarded up St Paul's Hospital in Covent Garden, and decided to buy it, almost on the spot. Nothing like a bit of gut instinct in business is there? Thirteen years later and The Hospital Club is going strong.
Networking and Events.
Looking for somewhere to take clients? Look no further. This is where the Club comes into its own. Members can enjoy intimate concerts, art exhibitions in The Gallery, private film screenings in The Cinema, Business Breakfasts in the Loft Lounge and a handful of business events and drinks evenings designed to help under 30s get their business off the ground.
And to a certain extent that's reflected in the atmosphere. The place feels like its deliberately marketing itself to London's younger creative crowd, but without making it too hip for London's creative 'grey-beards'.
"You know the ones, the Nike-trainer, Canada Goose coat wearing fifty and sixty somethings. It's a hard balance to strike, but they've struck it."
The wifi.
In the lounge on the third, and top floor it was disappointingly slow, but after a tactical move downstairs, and into the second floor bar area it improved a fair whack. Let's be kind and put it down to a bad day.
The food.
From the Bar Menu: a tender Chicken Caesar salad, with sweet potato wedges for one, and a four-cheese pizza, skinny fries, followed by some kind of 'death by chocolate dessert' for the other.
"Indulgent? Completely. It was Thursday after all…"
The food did what it said on the tin. But for those with a more sophisticated palette or looking to impress, more refined menus are available. Take your pick from the Breakfast, Working Lunch, Private Dining, Canape or Nibbles Menus, depending on time of the day, mood or company you find yourself in.
For a London members' club, it's well-priced. You're looking at £825 for an annual membership, but if you're under 27, fees start at £425. Call it less than a coffee a day. Not bad really when you think about it like that.
Looking for a place to stay in London? No problem. Big discounts apply to the already very affordable hotel rooms at The Hospital Club.
Homely, friendly, with a touch of Austin Powers about the place. And thanks to the upstairs hotel rooms, The Hospital Club is a handy, trendy bolthole to have in the centre of town.
Fire up your laptop in one of the many quiet corners before the excitement of the evening ahead takes over.
Sure, it might not eat up every inch of the tabloid gossip columns, or drown your social media timeline like some of London's other well-known members' clubs, but that's no bad thing...


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The important points to take care before buying a Health Insurance Policy.
The important points to take care before buying a Health Insurance Policy. We normally take insurance to cover or guard against uncertain things. A major medical expenses can eat away your entire savings and put you in a bad financial situation. This is the very reason why it is advisable to take health insurance to safe guard your financial interest. It is very essential to buy health insurance and seems mandatory to most of us, let us look at most important aspects before choosing a health insurance company/policy:
1) Third party administrator (TPA) – With a whole lot of insurance companies in the market, it's confusing as to which one to choose. Some insurance companies have a Third Party Administrator (TPA) who act as intermediary between Insurer and Insured and are responsible for Claim settlements. Having a TPA can sometimes increase the claim settlement time. Hence, it is better to choose an Insurance company which operates without a TPA since we can directly interact with them and claim settlement would be faster and hassle free.
2) Network hospitals – It's important that an Insurance company has a lot of network hospitals in place. It will enable us to choose one which is reputed and also accessible to us. Distance of the hospital becomes very important especially when there is an emergency.
3) Sum assured needed – Unlike life insurance, there is no specific formula to calculate the amount of sum assured needed in a health insurance policy. However, with medical inflation at more than 15%, we would better be over insured rather than under insured. At this inflation, a surgery which costs us INR 2 lakh today would cost us INR 4 lakh after 5 years. Also, with more and more hospitals resembling five star hotels we need to choose an amount which will suffice for the next 15-20 years.
4) Guaranteed renewal benefit – One of the most important things to note is whether the insurer is ready to offer us a guaranteed renewal of the policy for life. This clause obligates the insurer to continue the coverage as long as premiums are paid on the policy. However, premiums can rise based on the filing of a claim, injury, or other factor that could increase the risk of future claims.
5) No claim bonus – Usually, insurance companies offer a bonus if there has been no claim made in the previous year. The bonus would be a discount in the next year's premium. The common discount offered is 5% for a claim free year and can go up to 50% for 10 consecutive claim free years. This is good for a person who is healthy and doesn't make claims often. But, it doesn't really suit someone who suffers from illnesses quite often and requires making claims.
6) Cashless hospitalization –Cashless hospitalization is an excellent facility which takes away stress from us during hospitalization, especially during emergencies. Such a clause would help us in emergency hospitalization wherein we need not run for money. However, such facility would only be available in network hospitals. In case of non-network hospitals, we need to pay first and then claim for re-imbursement.
7) Sub limits – Quite a lot of health insurance companies have scrapped the sub limits on room rents, doctor fees and so on which they started imposing three years ago. But, how about the existing policies which we have been renewing since the past few years? There is a definite need to know the sub limits in our policy document. In case there are sub limits, we need to make sure that we know the network hospitals near us whose cost structure is in line with these limits.
Apart from these, we can also look for personal accident or critical illness policies which cover us for treatment towards temporary/permanent disablement, loss of income due to disablement, death benefit. An individual/family health insurance is highly recommended despite of being covered under a group health insurance from the employer, primarily because of uncertainties in jobs. We can also opt for a top up insurance which will make sure that any claim above the limit offered by the employer would be taken care of.


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H.D. and myth, a quick note
Whenever you're immersed in H.D.'s work, you're in the thick of myth - classical myth, and personal myth that's often been assimilated to it.
I ran across a statement by director Sergio Leone a few weeks ago in which he might have been speaking for Hilda, as well as himself:
The important thing is to make a different world. To make a world that is not. Now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything. (1)Once the myths are understood, the occasions of her work are opened. For me, the surprise of her work, re-encountered now decades after my first reading, is that, for all the apparent indirections and mythic frames, so much of it is finally just white hot. Beginning to end, she could find the world - or create the world - that allowed myth to live.
(1) Sergio Leone in an American Film interview, quoted on the box of the VHS edition of Once Upon a Time in America.


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FOSTER CITY, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Electronics For Imaging dove 30 percent Tuesday after the company lowered expectations for its fourth quarter because of weak demand in the printing and imaging markets.
The company EFII, +0.91% which makes hardware and software systems that link computer networks to color copiers and desktop laser printers, said after the markets closed Monday that it expects net income of 6 to 12 cents a share on revenue of $115 million to $125 million.
Analysts surveyed by First Call expected earnings of 43 cents per share, on average.
Shares of EFI hit a 52-week intraday low of $11. The stock made a slight rebound to $11.31.
The company joins the ranks of camera and film manufacturers Polaroid PRD, -12.50% and Eastman Kodak EK in issuing its earnings warning.
On Monday, Polaroid reported net income of $18 million, or 40 cents, well below the First Call consensus estimate of 54 cents a share.
Last month, Kodak warned that weaker-than-expected sales would cause it to fall short of Wall Street's third-quarter earnings projections. Sales could drop by $200 million to $300 million from the company's internal expectations, Kodak said.
Polaroid shares hit a new 52-week low Tuesday of $8.37, down from Friday's closing price of $11.56. Eastman Kodak shares also dropped to a 52-week low, trading at $38.12 in recent action.


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'Scandalous John' Click to see what this film was about.
A Choo Choo Bar is a Hard Toffee like Licorice Bar.)
Before any movie started there would be a shoot 'em up, ride 'em fast horses, wagon wheels going backwards... Wild West Movie, with Cowboys and Indians, we loved them.
This is where some of those movies were filmed! What fun :-)
What a fabulous place this was, some actors even put on a show for us. Wonderful stuff.


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Just wanted to post a couple cards that our Guest Designer Debbie made! Aren't they the cutest! Sorry they're a little late, I totally forgot to post them, but they're so adorable, I just had to share them! Have a great Saturday!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
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Cheney's rising stars
In a radio interview with the Washington Times this morning, former Vice President Cheney commented on the Ensign-Sanford scandals — and pointed to three up-and-coming (and scandal-free) Republicans who give him hope, even amid bad news. National Review's Jim Geraghty caught the comment:
"I know both of those gentlemen [Ensign and Sanford], I consider them friends, and I'm sorry to see them in the difficulties they're now in. But I think from the standpoint of the party, we've got some great talent out there, young people coming along that are going to do a superb job. I always remind people that in adversity, there's opportunity. You get people like Paul Ryan from Wisconsin, Rob Portman from Ohio, Jon Huntsman from Utah and so forth. We've got some very talented folks coming along. And I think that it's just a matter of time before the party begins to sort of firm up around a few key individuals, and we'll hear big things from them in the future."


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Why After 20 Years in Martial Arts I Have Chosen DL Kids for My Son!
I have in my life had my fair share of scrapes and battles, but perhaps the worst was when I was 11 years of age.
Now you need to understand this- I have spent 20 years in law enforcement, fought in numerous boxing and judo matches. Had my nose broken on the street, half of my front tooth is missing from being punched and I have even been bitten by a human being (I am not sure he deserves that title but still science says he is one).
So after all of this why would an incident when I was 11 be the most impactive of my life and why now does it still feel like yesterday?
Fight or Flight
I was at school when a lad took a dislike to me, I was in what we in the UK call year 7 so I was 11 years of age and it was my first year at High school. I had come from a small primary school which was filled with mostly middle class families and all the children were actually really decent kids.
High school was however a different matter. All of a sudden I was mixed with children who had grown up with a very different background and in my school violence was a heavy feature of school politics. It wasn't about how 'trendy' you were or how good you were at sports it is all about 'how hard you were'.
At high school children can almost have 11 months difference in age yet still be in the same age group and at that age real differences in physical size and strength are often the deciding factors in the toughness rating of a child. I am not afraid to say that I was not the biggest of children. I was just a nice little boy wanting to go to school and be liked.
So when the school 'bad boy' took a dislike to me one day and told me he was going to hit me at the end of the week I felt for the first time in my life very scared.
Looking back at this event it is plain to see that some kids are just plain nasty, now it might be their upbringing or the nature v nurture debate but I think I am experienced to know that at 11 kids know right from wrong. The desire of this child to place me in fear for a whole week was the work of a calculated individual, a classic bully.
The week passed and as I was walking home with a few friends it happened.
At first, I could hear the roar of the crowd as 50 kids came running towards me all wanting to see a fight. This was a group of kids up to the age of 15 who all wanted to see some action and this nasty piece of work had gathered a crowd to see his handy work.
So he came to me, and he said: "come on then let's fight". But I didn't want to and said no. I then carried on walking.
The group followed and he kept pushing and asking, and I kept on walking holding my 1990's style sports holdall on my shoulder.
Still, I wouldn't fight- I had no desire, or wish to engage in a fight with someone. I wasn't a fighter.
The boy hit me in my ear, and it hurt a lot. I was walking, not doing anything even with this huge crowd following and then it happened. The boy who had been aggressive just gave up.
The penny had dropped and that I didn't want a fight and I heard the words "He isn't going to fight me, I'm going".
But the crowd had come to watch a fight and at that moment an older boy who I had never met or seen before came forward and went ahead and said: "well if you're not going to beat him up I will."
I was then battered to pillar and post by this physically far stronger, older and bigger male which ended up with me being head butted and dumped on the floor. I had a black eye and blood running out of my mouth.
At just 11 years of age, I had been taught there and then just how cruel people can be.
It Won't Happen To My Child
If you are reading this and there is a lump in your throat worry not. I had a few more beatings over the years, and this ultimately got me involved in the martial arts and as a result the beating stopped when I was able to hit back! I guess lead me to become a cop!
Times change I guess, and I hope that the world is a better pace then this video came to light the other day:
This was pure nasty behaviour by this girl.
So after 20 years in the martial arts and police, there is one thing I can tell you, I do not want my son to become a victim of any kind of attack however it can happen and if it does I want him to be able to look after himself.
This is not the same as teaching my child to fight. That is the difference between a morally responsible person and someone who is just violent. I want my son to be able to protect himself and others, to stand up for others being attacked or bullied and be able to say 'No. Stop that'.
But he won't get that kind of education at school! I know this and as a result, I also know that children today need that education.
Stats according to "Ditch the label" who are a bullying charity that produced a 2015 bullying report on the subject:
- 50% of young people have bullied another person, 30% of which do it at least once a week.
- 69% of young people have witnessed somebody else being bullied, 43% of which see it at least once a week.
- 43% of young people have been bullied, 44% of which are bullied at least once a week.
- Appearance is cited as the number 1 aggressor of bullying, with 51% saying they were bullied because of attitudes towards how they look.
- 26% said their weight was targeted, 21% body shape, 18% clothing, 14% facial features, 9% glasses and 8% hair colour.
- 23% a females with ginger hair cited their hair colour as the bullying aggressor.
- Overall, 47% of young people want to change their appearance. 48% want teeth whitening, 17% breast implants, 6% liposuction and 5% botox.
- 74% of those who have been bullied, have, at some point been physically attacked. 17% have been sexually assaulted. 62% have been cyber bullied.
- As a result of bullying, 29% self harmed, 27% skipped class, 14% developed an eating disorder and 12% ran away from home.
- Highest risk to bullying were the following groups: all types of disability, LGBT and low income backgrounds.
- 40% of respondents reported being bullied for personal appearance 36% reported being bullied for body shape, size and weight.
- Of those who were bullied, 98% were bullied by another student, 17% from a sibling, 13% from a teacher and 8% from their parents/guardians.
- 55% reporting bullying. 92% to a teacher, 49% were satisfied. 86% to a family member, 82% were satisfied. 69% to a friend, 72% were satisfied.
- 45% did not report bullying. 32% of which felt it would not be taken seriously, 32% were too embarrassed and 26% were scared of it getting worse.
- Those who have bullied were more likely to be in trouble with the Police (36%) vs. witnesses to bullying (23%) and those who have been bullied (22%).
So who does the current parent turn to to educate their child? Well martial arts has always and traditionally been a method to try and get children to deal with aggressors against themselves. In my personal experience these curriculum's vary in quality and quality.
Finding a Good Quality Martial Arts School
I had a call once from a friend as he had a terrible experience at a martial arts club. Here is what happened:
He told me that he took his son to a kick boxing club and they told him he had to be left there as parents weren't allowed to stay. He was reluctant but his son really wanted to learn some self defence skills so he gave in. An hour later he came back and saw all the other kids coming out but not his son. His heart was beating he told me as he felt something wasnt right. So he actually went into the club to check.
Inside his son was crying and had blood coming from his nose, so the father asked what had happened. The coach told him that he had put him into some sparring and an other boy punched him in the nose hard.
Now the son never went back and might not have tried martial arts again, and this is not an isolated incident. I know that this type of thing is rife in martial arts clubs. To some this 'let em get hit, its the only way to learn' attitude is right. For me I don't believe it is.
A good martial arts and self defence school will be about education and skill. This is not about learning to take a beating.
My personal history regarding Defence Lab is well documented at www.theselfdefencexpert.com, I have been writing about it for some time because it really is that good! After 20 years in martial arts and the police I have never been so impressed by anything like DL which is why the new DL Kids programme is the self defence system I want my son (and daughter when shes older) to learn.
DL Kids- Breaking new ground in the Exercise for Children Industry
When I first came across the DL brand and Andy Norman and Paul Strauther came to see me to tell me more about it. I also got to see their kids programme which had been running in a few select locations at first and is expanding globally now.
I was blown away because this wasn't like any normal type of system I had seen. At its heart was the same amazing techniques from the adults Defence lab but shown in a massively different way.
There was a focus on behaviour, mental stimulation, exercise and of course self defence skills. It wasn't about learning to fight it was actually focused on child development and self defence skills. With a range of games and drills that clearly had a lot of time and energy behind them.
This was when I realised I had found the best exercise system for my child and I have already started to teach him at home in preparation for the launch of my own Lab. Already he is hooked and very often I see him doing some shape shifting in the front room when he thinks I am not looking.
But he does Judo- Yes those that know me will know that I take my son to Judo lessons. Yes I think Judo has amazing things to offer as well which is why he goes there. Judo is a sport where my son can compete and I think that is important, I would actually rather he did Judo instead of football but a time will come where he will choose for himself what he wants to do. However for self defence I think Defence Lab has the most amazing qualities and will add huge value to his life and his ability to protect himself.
What you chose for your child really is up to you but my personal recommendation is Defence Lab.
A few of you reading this will assume that I am making this up, perhaps I have even been paid to say this but please let me make this clear. I am allowed to write whatever I wish on this blog and I have been offered plenty of courses with other organisations but out of all of them it is Defence Lab that I want my son to go to. I think that speaks volumes about what I think about Defence Lab and its DL Kids Programme.
Until next time folks check out the new DL Kids video below:


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Nov 15 2010
Cake Poker May Have Struck Gold With New EXCHANGE Program
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Only about a week ago, Cake Poker launched it's new feature called "The Exchange." Already, this feature is becoming a huge success that ties into their already successful Gold Card promotion. With The Exchange, players can enter a social marketplace to buy or sell the Gold Cards that they have earned during online play. This allows players to pay money for cards that they need to complete a full set and qualify for a larger prize package.
The Gold Cards from Cake Poker are distributed to players at random during real money play. These cards can be earned by playing at not only Cake Poker, but Doyles Room. These cards are redeemable for tournament entries or cash prizes. One of the unique aspects of this promotion, however, is that the type of prizes available change on a daily basis – along with the required cards necessary for an exchange. Because of this, the Exchange marketplace gives frequent players the opportunity to grab a quick cash prize, enter a tournament or make some cash by selling their cards. If one key card is needed for a $3,000.00 prize package, the potential selling price can be upwards of $2,500.00.
Last week, Cake Poker released a statement that more than 60,000 Gold Cards had already been exchanged between players. Players have the option to sell their Gold Card sets or purchase individual cards to complete sets. One of the advantages of selling off a set is that the individual cards, depending on the promotion for the day, can net a larger profit than the player would have received by turning their cards in. For completing sets, you might find that the daily promotion is $3,000.00 for a Straight Flush. If you have 4 out of the 5 cards needed, you can try to find the last card on the Exchange and complete your set for the prize package.
According to the Cake Poker Card-Room Manager, Lee Jones the promotion is the most exciting one he's sponsored at Cake Poker in his seven years dealing with online poker.
Reports are already coming in that players have begun buying and selling Gold Cards as a full time activity – much like they would the stock market. If the Exchange continues to thrive at Cake Poker, we will likely see similar promotions and marketplaces springing up on other poker sites. At the very least, this marketplace is likely to bring a lot of traffic and attention to Cake Poker.


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