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For the longest time - like my entire life I suppose - I have lived under that shadow, that remnant of my childhood where no matter what I did or said it wasn't "right". There was always some criticizm or abuse that would come of it. A slap alongside the head, "boxing" of my ears, "dumcoft" (one of three words my father taught me in german; my "heritage"). "Shut up", "brat" and "idiot" was the norm in our house (you notice I didnt say "home").
There was probably just as much or more abuse from my older siblings as there was from my parents so the math would be 2 parents + 5 older siblings. In general some ridicule of my very existence every day regardless of the wistful wishes of being heard, hugged or loved in any not sexual or physical hurtful way.
This affected me my entire life to the point that no matter what I did or said even in the privacy of my own home as an adult ---years and decades after "getting away" from the battelground that was my childhood ---I could not be "ok" with just about any choice or decision that I made. I had become completely frozen. Afraid to speak. Afraid to take a step. I reached a point in my family that I would start to shake out of terror that one of the "wicked stepsisters" (half sisters) or my father would begin to question me which would always lead to some ridicule and eventually more verbal, emotional and psychological abuse if I even attempted to exert any kind of control or choice over my own life.
Tonight it was my PJ's. As I was pulling my old stretched out grey t shirt over my head and my bright blue stretchy comfy pant on with my old navy blue nike zip up sweatshirt with a hood along with my wool socks that have holes in them....
The thought went through my mind of how in the past I would have:
1. felt shame for not having "nice" or "real" pajamas, matching robe and slippers (god only knows what "nice" was because no matter how much I paid for it it was never "nice" enough) AND not going to bed with bright white teeth, picture perfect hair and the makeup that never seemed to wash off
2. if anyone would knock on my door unexpectedly like a neighbor asking to borrow that famed cup of sugar from the Ozzie and Harriet type tv shows ---I would either hurriedly try to freshen myself up enough all the while apologizing for my drab not new at all sweats and tshirt (like they even give a rip?)
But tonight I realized that while those thoughts and feelings still lurk in the back of my mind as does the potential for that related anxiety...that I was ok with my frumpy not pretty pj's. Finally I dont feel as though I need to apologize for walking into a room or calling you on the phone --- or for the clothes I wear, the food I eat, the life I live.
Finally I can acknowledge the confusing feelings I've had as I vacillate back and forth between that love/hate feelings I have about my family. Finally I can put responsiblity on the adults in my life that hurt and neglected me instead of making excuses for them and their behavior. Finally I can let go and say that I wasn't bad, it wasn't my fault, I can't fix it. Finally I understand and accept that my thoughts, feelings, choices...my existance...are and always have been just fine... and so are my jammies tonight.


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Waiting for the overture of Rags, a 1986 musical by Joseph Stein and Charles Strouse, my friend told me about some guy he met at a party—a gay man (in his 50's?), a triathlete who, almost as soon as they met, began denigrating gay men who have gotten out of shape (fat) as they have aged. He ought, he told my friend, to write a book instructing gay men how to age well.
Today, dietary regimens tend toward the pursuit of an idealized look—a particular weight or shape—rather than the achievement of spiritual harmony. [Diet is] a project of the body-for-society, rather than one of body-for-soul. The rewards now promised: acceptedness, companionship, love, admiration, success, and a general contentment while on this earth . . . The outward appearance of one's body has thus become a window to one's inner worthiness (1).
Rags is better than its four-night Broadway run would indicate. Strouse and Stein have rewritten it into a moving theater piece with a fascinating score. It's a story of Eastern European Jewish immigrants in New York in the early 20th century looking for "acceptedness. . . and a general contentment while on this earth."
As an aging gay man, I have two problems: I have no money, and I'm one of those aging men the triathlete was dissing who've gotten out of shape (fat). To some, my appearance has become a window into my (according to the triathlete, questionable) inner worthiness. If "You can never be too thin or too rich," I'm in trouble.
The real problem is not my appearance but my failure to participate in the culture of consumerism in a way that will bring me "acceptedness. . . and a general contentment while on this earth." I do belong to a yoga center (I suppose that negates everything I'm saying), but I'm not trying to get healthy for the "pursuit of an idealized look—a particular weight or shape" or, coincidentally, for the sake of the planet. I know that the
politically correct type of consumption is now that which is (supposedly) non-material and tied to the body. Indeed, how can belonging to a gym, jogging, or even getting cosmetic plastic surgery spoil the ecosystem? In this light, the consumptive practices of the conspicuous body have become especially attractive to those highminded (and often quite "green") elites (2).
I am possessed of very little
discrimination as to qualitative excellence in eating, drinking, etc., [that] presently affects not only the manner of life, but also the training and intellectual activity of the gentleman of leisure. . . [making him] no longer simply the successful. . . man of strength, resource, and intrepidity. . . [and requiring that] he must also cultivate his tastes, for it now becomes incumbent on him to discriminate with some nicety between the noble and the ignoble in consumable goods (3).
Last week I bought three pairs of black socks in one package at one of those monstrous consumer palaces. A month ago I bought a sport coat to wear to my father's funeral. I believe those are the only two clothing purchases I've made in 2011. (I purchased my membership in the yoga center this year; I suppose I have to fess up to that.)
I have zero credit card debt. When I do get to retire, I will not have 30 or 40 thousand dollars' worth of socks in my bureau drawer that I still have to pay for. I try, but not very hard, to leave a small carbon footprint.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a patriotic American. I understand that our
enormously productive economy . . . demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction in consumption . . . we need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced, and discarded at an ever increasing rate (4).
I'm not some sort of grouchy iconoclast. I really don't care if you drive a Lexis or wear a different suit and tie every day. I understand that "to consume conspicuously is to display one's distance from the material constraints of everyday life: the suit and tie display one's detachment from manual labor." What gnaws at my mind is that somehow this conspicuous consumption has morphed from things to bodies. I'm perplexed that in this
age of services, ideas, knowledge, and binary code—[the] traditional understanding of consumption is no longer adequate. Plastic surgery, tanning sessions, gym memberships, personal trainers; these things too are consumed, although their consumptive (and material) character might at first be hidden. Their connection to polluted rivers, contaminated soil, and overfilled landfills is more distant, more obscure, more masked(5).
We have developed a direct connection between the outward appearance of one's body as a window to one's inner worthiness and one's participation in the consumerism that defines and perpetuates our economy. My saying any of this must be taken not with a grain of salt, but with the whole shaker full (I may simply be jealous). However,
a muscular, athletic body is the embodiment of the disciplined body because it is a body in continual need of maintenance. . . a body that requires a degree of consumptive release: the purchasing of a gym membership, a bicycle, home exercise tapes, dietary supplements, hormone injections, "whole" foods, and the like. In short, a muscular worked-out body also (typically) implies a well worked-out wallet (6).
My concern is not my being out of shape while you are "muscular, athletic. . . the embodiment of the disciplined body." I don't care that the triathlete thinks I'm disgusting. My concern (the flabbiness of my aging liberalism is showing as well that of my body) is that our body images are intertwined with consumerism. (That's certainly already a time-worn observation.) And our consumerized bodies produce more than polluted rivers.
We need people who cannot participate in the race for the "body-for-society." We need them in order to know how successful we have become in our "discrimination as to qualitative excellence." Gay men especially (but only most obviously) need fat people to compare themselves to.
Zygmundt Bauman hypothesizes that, as we all navigate around in the "global economy," we fall into two categories, "tourists" and "vagabonds" (surely the distinction is obvious). He explains that
the vagabond is the tourist's nightmare, not just because the former makes the latter 'tremble', not because of 'what the vagabond is, but because of what the tourist may become'. . . the tourist must always live with the fear that he or she may become the vagabond through nothing more pernicious than 'ill-fortune'. . . (7).
Since 2008 that fear of 'ill-fortune' has become a stark reality. Economic tourists need vagabonds. And in a consumerized society, the employed need the unemployed. The body-for-society is simply another example of "the moral limits of markets . . . " Perhaps we need "to recognise that there are some things that money can't buy, and other things that money can buy but shouldn't" (8).
(1) Carolan, Michael S. "The Conspicious Body: Capitalism, Consumerism, Class And Consumption." Worldviews: Environment Culture Religion 9.1 (2005): 82-111.
(2) Carolan, op. cit.
(3) Vebeln, Thorstein. "The Theory Of The Leisure Class, Chap 7." Theory of the Leisure Class. NOOK BOOK (2009).
(4) Lebow, Victor. 1955. "Price Competition in 1955." Journal of Retailing, 30(1), 5-11, 42-44. Quoted in Pérez, Fernando, and Luigi Esposito. "The Global Addiction and Human Rights: Insatiable Consumerism, Neoliberalism, And Harm Reduction." Perspectives On Global Development & Technology 9.1/2 (2010): 84-100.
(5) Carolan, op. cit.
(6) Carolan, op. cit.
(7) Bauman, Zygmundt. Globalisation: The human consequences. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Quoted in Morgan, Derek. "Poverty's Ghosts." Journal Of Social Welfare & Family Law 32.3 (2010): 211-228.
(8) Sandel, Michael. "A new citizenship: 2009." The BBC Reith Lectures 2009. 13 June 2009. Web. 4 Nov. 2011. Quoted in Morgan.

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While Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 12% in the last quarter. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last five years have been very strong. In fact, the share price is 173% higher today. Generally speaking the long term returns will give you a better idea of business quality than short periods can. The more important question is whether the stock is too cheap or too expensive today.
View our latest analysis for Qualys
To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
During five years of share price growth, Qualys achieved compound earnings per share (EPS) growth of 86% per year. This EPS growth is higher than the 22% average annual increase in the share price. Therefore, it seems the market has become relatively pessimistic about the company.
You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
We know that Qualys has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? If you are thinking of buying or selling Qualys stock, you should check out this FREE detailed report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
Qualys provided a TSR of 3.9% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. If we look back over five years, the returns are even better, coming in at 22% per year for five years. Maybe the share price is just taking a breather while the business executes on its growth strategy. If you would like to research Qualys in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.
But note: Qualys may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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7 Tips To Improve Your Self-Esteem
Articles Inspirational articles from Hay House authors
7 Tips To Improve Your Self-EsteemAre you a rock of dependability for everyone else but yourself?
ARE YOU A ROCK OF DEPENDABILITY, one who is forever responsible and reliable as far as others go, but who neglects your own self-image and self-esteem? Isadora, 28, illustrates this perfectly. She was always the dependable one, be it at work, in her church, or with her friends. The most conscientious and diligent person in her office, Isadora arrived ten minutes early every day and was always willing to stay late if necessary. She was a rock of reliability, there at all times to lend a hand or carry a load, meeting her (and everyone else's) responsibilities.
If you needed a ride, Isadora would soon be at your doorstep in her equally reliable vehicle. If you needed a bridge loan to cover your rent, you could count on her. She was the first one people usually went to in a community disaster.
Rock of Dependability folks like Isadora always open their hearts, roll up their sleeves, and do what needs to be done—whether it's helping a family whose house burned down at Christmas or comforting a group of children who lost their parents in an auto accident.
Unhealthy Relationships
What I've learned from people like Isadora is that Rocks of Dependability tend to partner with those who are irresponsible, unemployed, or disabled; have addiction and dependency issues; or are trust-fund babies. Ironically, Rocks often marry individuals who seem quite delicate and are constantly craving the company of others to pump up their self-esteem or ego. During the course of their relationship, the Rocks will tend to gain weight as they carry more and more responsibility, and their mates will lose weight as they shed or avoid their concerns. This transfer of responsibility (and weight) demonstrates a dangerously unhealthy interdependency.
What clues signal that you might be a Rock of Dependability? In high school and college, you were the one your classmates copied notes from or called to get the assignments. People are always asking you for a ride. If you miss two days of work in a row, your office becomes chaotic and co-workers call you at home to ask where things are. People seek your advice, even though you're not a therapist. You're a tried-and-true friend who often goes on rescue missions, whether you're bailing others out financially, helping them through health crises, or just being there for them when they feel down.
If this sounds like you, then you may be a Rock of Dependability. Who wouldn't want you on their team? But be careful, because over time your excessive devotion to everyone's needs but your own will take its toll on your third-chakra health. The first alarm will sound as a pang of guilt right in the center of your gut whenever you aren't able to come to a loved one's rescue.
7 Tips To Improve Your Self-Esteem
- Identify that most of your self-esteem is based on being responsible, faithful, and dependable to others, but you're not conscientious about your own physical and emotional needs, especially when it comes to appearance, fashion, self-image, and general pride in yourself.
- Recognize your belief that self-care, self-adornment, and working on your image and pride are self-absorbed, selfish, and narcissistic.
- Discern the difference between healthy self-esteem (appropriately satisfying your need for a strong, beautiful, attractive, and competent self-image) and being selfish (developing the overblown, overindulged, self-centered persona that you fear). Further realize that by ignoring your need for self-worth in an attempt to avoid becoming narcissistic, you may actually end up attracting people who have narcissistic qualities.
- Restrict the time that you're responsible and depended upon to work for others. Schedule an hour or two on a regular basis for a little indulgence that's not related to eating or drinking. Increase your daily quota of time spent on your personal appearance, including hair, nail, and skin care.
- Know that you're lovable for who you are, not just how responsible, trustworthy, and faithful you can be.
- Change the unhealthy thought pattern: I am not lovable unless I am responsible, dependable, and working to take care of everyone's needs… to the healthier affirmation: I love with wisdom. I nurture and support others as much as I nurture and support myself.
- Follow my third rule for intuitive health—You can't always get what you want, but if you try, you'll get what you need—by feeling as good about yourself when you're fulfilling duties and responsibilities in your personal life as you do when you're helping others. To help you boost your health and self-esteem, see my latest book which I co-authored with Louise Hay, All is Well.


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Suppositions (One Shot Wednesday)
I gape at turtles dip legs
in a pool the sun
just now deserted.
Tipping on rock
I sway on a shell of suppositions
or not water not light
whets the eyes, whether or not to sip
not to see fills cavities of
empty cages, gaping hearts
that sullen suns disabled
when deserting lovers
dredged the pool
of its clarity and water ebbed
on man-made rocks
where I now teeter, nudging
turtles on rock-edge, my legs dipped
but short on water, my toes
a ginger-spread
stalking my origins
I mind the rain drowning
in pools or falling on ginger roots–
soon juiced for life—
but I don't mind it falling
on crackling fire where
raindrops sizzle, the sound of
dying doused,
which props me up still balancing
on turtle back
eternal suppositions
that stilled the pool where I
have gelled.
Posted for One Shot Wednesday at One Stop Poetry blog. Join me and other poets who write verses for love, read those of others, leave a word of encouragement and/or insight with the same love and respect. Post your piece on your blog and sign up in the Mr. Linky list.
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Love the implicit questioning, and indeed supposing/indecision apparent throughout the flow of excellent sounding descriptions.
Comment by dustus | December 29, 2010 |
My supposition is that this is a fine piece of writing, visually, and structurally pleasing and symmetrical. Plus the substance, the thoughts, all full of nuance. Loved the ginger-root toes.
Comment by hedgewitch | December 29, 2010 |
Gelled for now, perhaps, but like the turtles, you will be in motion again one day, no matter how slow the starting.
Comment by Fireblossom | December 29, 2010 |
very nice…i have to agree on the imagery…this was a joy to read
Comment by brian | December 29, 2010 |


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What's the best thing about having cosmetic surgery in Atlanta? It's the boost of self-confidence you get from seeing your new figure in the mirror. Now you're in control of your life…and your looks.
What's the second best thing about having cosmetic surgery in Atlanta? It's shopping for clothes after your procedure. What could be better than finding that perfect top to accentuate your augmented breasts or that hip-hugging dress to show off your slim tummy?
Luckily, Atlanta's trendy neighborhoods are peppered with fantastic clothes boutiques. To help you look your best, we're sharing some of our favorites. Stop into any of these stores, and you'll likely find something fabulous for the new you.
- Poppy's of Atlanta: An upscale boutique in the heart of Buckhead (56 E Andrews Dr. NW), Poppy's has something for almost every taste. Look for designers like Lilla P, Cynthia Steffe, and many more. Of course, they have accessories, too.
- Tulipano: Showing over 40 designers (such as Trina Turk and True Religion), this classy boutique at Buckhead Commons (3145 Peachtree Rd. NE, Ste. 185) focuses solely on great women's clothing, and they do it right. Go see for yourself.
- Jeffrey: Jeffrey Kalinsky has two stores: one in New York City and the other in…Buckhead? It's true. It's also true that this pricey boutique in Phipps Plaza (3500 Peachtree Rd. NE) has the goods: designers like Gucci, Proenza Schouler, and Thakoon.
Virginia Highland
- Mitzi & Romano: This cute boutique is keeping it real (and small-scale). For one-of-a-kind finds, visit the store at 1004 N Highland Ave. NE. They have designer dresses and accessories (jewelry, purses, and more).
- Festivity: We can always find something we like in their store at 1039 N Highland Ave. NE. They have three stores, but the one in Va-Hi is our favorite. We particularly like their designs from Glam and Jude Connally.
Little Five Points
- Bill Hallman Flaunt: Bill Hallman has several stores around Atlanta, but this one sells only women's clothes and accessories. He offers more than his own designs, too, although his are hardly wanting. To discover the wealth, visit 424 Moreland Ave. NE.
- Boogaloos Boutique: Boogaloos features fashions from designers like French Connection and Eva Franco. In their store at 246 W Ponce De Leon Ave., you'll find a local spirit and adorable accessories.
- Squash Blossom: This boutique offers an eclectic mix of clothes and accessories by designers like Wooden Ships and Kersh. It's urban chic and layered comfort at their store at 113 E Court Sq. The store is also a lot of fun!
Other Neighborhoods
- Kelly's Closet: Sure the bridal salon is known coast-to-coast, but the ready-to-wear selection is to die for too. Visit them at 1649 McLendon Ave. NE in Candler Park. Go play dress up in the Closet!
- Meringue Clothing: This boutique in Morningside-Lenox Park at 1393 N Highland Ave. has a great selection of designer clothing and accessories. You're bound to find that special something here.


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Quick hands-on: Samsung 28-megapixel NX500 Interchangeable Lens Camera
Quick hands-on: Samsung 28-megapixel NX500 Interchangeable Lens Camera
Samsung just revealed its 28-megapixel Interchangeable Lens Camera, the NX500. The camera is well-built and after a few shots with it, it proved itself in delivering great photo and video quality.
Here's a closer look of the NX500:
You can pair your Android smartphone with the Samsung NX500 via Bluetooth and access the camera using the Samsung Camera Manager app that you can download on Google Play.
Using the Samsung Camera Manager app, you can transfer photos from the camera directly to your smartphone, which you can instantly share on social media. You can also use your smartphone as a remote viewfinder and Bluetooth shutter.
We transferred a few photos we took and despite of the file size averaging around 8MB, it took just a little while to transfer the photos.
Here are a few sample shots taken using the Samsung NX500. Click the photo to see in full resolution.
Samsung NX500 Quick Specs:
Camera Type: Interchangeable Lens Camera (ILC)
Resolution: 28MP
Image Sensor Type: BSI CMOS
Lens Type: Samsung NX Lens
Mount: Samsung NX Mount
Shutter Speed: 1/6000 - 1/4sec (Auto); 1/6000 - 30sec Bulb (Manual)
Exposure Compensation: Still: ±5 EV, Movie: ±3 EV (1/3EV step)
ISO Equivalent: Auto, 100-25600 (1EV or 1/3EV step)
Focus Modes: Active AF, Single AF, Continuous AF, MF
Focus Range: EV -4-20
Display: 3-inch Super AMOLED w/Touch Screen
Video: 4K-capable
Image Stabilization: OIS Mode1 / Mode2 / Off
Self-timer: Yes, 2 - 30sec. (1sec. step)
White Balance: Auto, Auto+Tungsten, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent (W, N, D), Tungsten, Flash, Custom, K(Manual)
Wi-Fi: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
HDMI: Yes
USB 2.0: Yes
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Weeklybeats is a 52 week long music project in which artists compose and publicly release 1 song a week for the entire year.
Starting December 29th 2019 GMT each participant will have one week to upload one finished composition. Any style of music or selection of instruments are welcomed and encouraged. Sign up or Login to get started or check our FAQ for any help or questions you may have.
WeeklyBeats.com / Music / Tweaklab's music / Rise Against (Final Vocal Version)
175BPM Drum & Bass with a bunch of electric guitar (now some djent 8-string too) and vocoded vocals!
3 years later and this tune is "done" for real. I had to force myself to just draw a line and convince myself I was happy enough with this edit to not look back, so I can just focus my efforts 100% looking ahead and not back over my shoulder at those couple of "maybe I should have done this" tracks.
I've also submitted this to Celldweller's label FiXT as they are open for submissions at the moment, no pressure or anything lol.
Full EP now available and includes the instrumentals too!
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Rise against
We've got to fight against
We'll unite against
It's time for our time
Rise against
We could die against
But we'll try against
We're gonna make them fall
Rise against
We're gonna fight against
We'll survive against
Anytime is our time
Rise against
They could try against
But they'll die against
We can take it all
Then as you visualize
All that you despise
Won't you realize
That your world is being brought down
As you look away
Won't stop the decay
There's no other way
Rise or fall make your call
I started this track way back in 2015 and it has seen many revisions since then (I first "released" it as a WeeklyBeat in 2016).
It was going to be the basis for a concept album with a tie in comic drawn and co-written with brasskeleton, I've since cut it down to size to function as an EP that is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Napster, Amazon, etc etc (I recorded all the sound effects you can hear such as a vintage computer typing out a bunch of commands [Commodore 64], an optical drive having a hard time reading a disc to pose as the mainframe being hacked into [PS2 Slim], etc)
I'm going to write up the story today that goes along with the Cyberfunk Radio EP, available for free on Bandcamp for those interested too (though feel free to stream me on your service of choice!) for anyone like me who had no clue on how to release stuff officially, checkout distrokid.com for only $20 USD a year I can push as much of my music onto those platforms (and others I have never heard of in Australia) as I like. So it's honestly worth it just to give that extra bit of encouragement to "finish" my songs and work towards releasing more regular EPs / a full album some day.
Would love feedback, on the whole EP especially if you get a chance (it's only < 20 mins) but it still captures the entire story and will work as a score once I've written everything up.
Also happy to follow anyone else who posts their Spotify in a comment!
This submission is licensed by author under CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)
This is fucking epic! Very thematic. It feels like a movie! Great mix and composition. Love the guitar sounds and vocoder, but it is the overall aesthetic that is so well thought out and tight that really reflects the work you put into it. Faving and downloading!
This is fucking epic! Very thematic. It feels like a movie! Great mix and composition. Love the guitar sounds and vocoder, but it is the overall aesthetic that is so well thought out and tight that really reflects the work you put into it. Faving and downloading!
Oh dude. I appreciate everything you just said so much! Especially after literally fixating on this song for so long. I'm writing up the key points of the story that goes with the EP now, will add it to the description or something when I'm done
Awesome, the mastering is so much better in this one.


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NAMEbeetsconfig - beets configuration file Beets has an extensive configuration system that lets you customize nearly every aspect of its operation. To configure beets, you create a file called config.yaml. The location of the file depend on your platform (type beet config -p to see the path on your system): · On Unix-like OSes, write ~/.config/beets/config.yaml. · On Windows, use %APPDATA%\beets\config.yaml. This is usually in a directory like C:\Users\You\AppData\Roaming. · On OS X, you can use either the Unix location or ~/Library/Application Sup‐ port/beets/config.yaml. You can launch your text editor to create or update your configuration by typing beet con‐ fig -e. (See the config-cmd command for details.) It is also possible to customize the location of the configuration file and even use multiple layers of configuration. See Configuration Location, below. The config file uses YAML syntax. You can use the full power of YAML, but most configura‐ tion options are simple key/value pairs. This means your config file will look like this: option: value another_option: foo bigger_option: key: value foo: bar In YAML, you will need to use spaces (not tabs!) to indent some lines. If you have ques‐ tions about more sophisticated syntax, take a look at the YAML documentation. The rest of this page enumerates the dizzying litany of configuration options available in beets. You might also want to see an example. · Global Options · library · directory · plugins · pluginpath · ignore · replace · asciify_paths · art_filename · threaded · color · list_format_item · list_format_album · sort_item · sort_album · original_date · per_disc_numbering · terminal_encoding · clutter · max_filename_length · id3v23 · Importer Options · write · copy · move · resume · incremental · quiet_fallback · none_rec_action · timid · log · default_action · languages · detail · group_albums · autotag · MusicBrainz Options · Autotagger Matching Options · max_rec · preferred · ignored · required · Path Format Configuration · Configuration Location · Environment Variable · Command-Line Option · Default Location · Example
GLOBAL OPTIONSThese options control beets' global operation. library Path to the beets library file. By default, beets will use a file called library.db along‐ side your configuration file. directory The directory to which files will be copied/moved when adding them to the library. Defaults to a folder called Music in your home directory. plugins A space-separated list of plugin module names to load. See using-plugins. pluginpath Directories to search for plugins. Each Python file or directory in a plugin path repre‐ sents a plugin and should define a subclass of BeetsPlugin. A plugin can then be loaded by adding the filename to the plugins configuration. The plugin path can either be a sin‐ gle string or a list of strings---so, if you have multiple paths, format them as a YAML list like so: pluginpath: - /path/one - /path/two ignore A list of glob patterns specifying file and directory names to be ignored when importing. By default, this consists of .*, *~, and System Volume Information (i.e., beets ignores Unix-style hidden files, backup files, and a directory that appears at the root of some Windows filesystems). replace A set of regular expression/replacement pairs to be applied to all filenames created by beets. Typically, these replacements are used to avoid confusing problems or errors with the filesystem (for example, leading dots, which hide files on Unix, and trailing white‐ space, which is illegal on Windows). To override these substitutions, specify a mapping from regular expression to replacement strings. For example, [xy]: z will make beets replace all instances of the characters x or y with the character z. If you do change this value, be certain that you include at least enough substitutions to avoid causing errors on your operating system. Here are the default substitutions used by beets, which are sufficient to avoid unexpected behavior on all popular platforms: replace: '[\\/]': _ '^\.': _ '[\x00-\x1f]': _ '[<>:"\?\*\|]': _ '\.$': _ '\s+$': '' '^\s+': '' These substitutions remove forward and back slashes, leading dots, and control characters— all of which is a good idea on any OS. The fourth line removes the Windows "reserved char‐ acters" (useful even on Unix for for compatibility with Windows-influenced network filesystems like Samba). Trailing dots and trailing whitespace, which can cause problems on Windows clients, are also removed. Note that paths might contain special characters such as typographical quotes (""). With the configuration above, those will not be replaced as they don't match the typewriter quote ("). To also strip these special characters, you can either add them to the replace‐ ment list or use the asciify_paths configuration option below. asciify_paths Convert all non-ASCII characters in paths to ASCII equivalents. For example, if your path template for singletons is singletons/$title and the title of a track is "Café", then the track will be saved as singletons/Cafe.mp3. The changes take place before applying the replace configuration and are roughly equivalent to wrapping all your path templates in the %asciify{} template function. Default: no. art_filename When importing album art, the name of the file (without extension) where the cover art image should be placed. This is a template string, so you can use any of the syntax avail‐ able to /reference/pathformat. Defaults to cover (i.e., images will be named cover.jpg or cover.png and placed in the album's directory). threaded Either yes or no, indicating whether the autotagger should use multiple threads. This makes things faster but may behave strangely. Defaults to yes. color Either yes or no; whether to use color in console output (currently only in the import command). Turn this off if your terminal doesn't support ANSI colors. list_format_item Format to use when listing individual items with the list-cmd command and other commands that need to print out items. Defaults to $artist - $album - $title. The -f command-line option overrides this setting. list_format_album Format to use when listing albums with list-cmd and other commands. Defaults to $albu‐ martist - $album. The -f command-line option overrides this setting. sort_item Default sort order to use when fetching items from the database. Defaults to artist+ album+ disc+ track+. Explicit sort orders override this default. sort_album Default sort order to use when fetching items from the database. Defaults to albumartist+ album+. Explicit sort orders override this default. original_date Either yes or no, indicating whether matched albums should have their year, month, and day fields set to the release date of the original version of an album rather than the selected version of the release. That is, if this option is turned on, then year will always equal original_year and so on. Default: no. per_disc_numbering A boolean controlling the track numbering style on multi-disc releases. By default (per_disc_numbering: no), tracks are numbered per-release, so the first track on the sec‐ ond disc has track number N+1 where N is the number of tracks on the first disc. If this per_disc_numbering is enabled, then the first track on each disc always has track number 1. If you enable per_disc_numbering, you will likely want to change your Path Format Configu‐ ration also to include $disc before $track to make filenames sort correctly in album directories. For example, you might want to use a path format like this: paths: default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $title terminal_encoding The text encoding, as known to Python, to use for messages printed to the standard output. By default, this is determined automatically from the locale environment variables. clutter When beets imports all the files in a directory, it tries to remove the directory if it's empty. A directory is considered empty if it only contains files whose names match the glob patterns in clutter, which should be a list of strings. The default list consists of "Thumbs.DB" and ".DS_Store". max_filename_length Set the maximum number of characters in a filename, after which names will be truncated. By default, beets tries to ask the filesystem for the correct maximum. id3v23 By default, beets writes MP3 tags using the ID3v2.4 standard, the latest version of ID3. Enable this option to instead use the older ID3v2.3 standard, which is preferred by cer‐ tain older software such as Windows Media Player.
IMPORTER OPTIONSThe options that control the import-cmd command are indented under the import: key. For example, you might have a section in your configuration file that looks like this: import: write: yes copy: yes resume: no These options are available in this section: write Either yes or no, controlling whether metadata (e.g., ID3) tags are written to files when using beet import. Defaults to yes. The -w and -W command-line options override this set‐ ting. copy Either yes or no, indicating whether to copy files into the library directory when using beet import. Defaults to yes. Can be overridden with the -c and -C command-line options. The option is ignored if move is enabled (i.e., beets can move or copy files but it doesn't make sense to do both). move Either yes or no, indicating whether to move files into the library directory when using beet import. Defaults to no. The effect is similar to the copy option but you end up with only one copy of the imported file. ("Moving" works even across filesystems; if necessary, beets will copy and then delete when a simple rename is impossible.) Moving files can be risky—it's a good idea to keep a backup in case beets doesn't do what you expect with your files. This option overrides copy, so enabling it will always move (and not copy) files. The -c switch to the beet import command, however, still takes precedence. resume Either yes, no, or ask. Controls whether interrupted imports should be resumed. "Yes" means that imports are always resumed when possible; "no" means resuming is disabled entirely; "ask" (the default) means that the user should be prompted when resuming is pos‐ sible. The -p and -P flags correspond to the "yes" and "no" settings and override this option. incremental Either yes or no, controlling whether imported directories are recorded and whether these recorded directories are skipped. This corresponds to the -i flag to beet import. quiet_fallback Either skip (default) or asis, specifying what should happen in quiet mode (see the -q flag to import, above) when there is no strong recommendation. none_rec_action Either ask (default), asis or skip. Specifies what should happen during an interactive import session when there is no recommendation. Useful when you are only interested in processing medium and strong recommendations interactively. timid Either yes or no, controlling whether the importer runs in timid mode, in which it asks for confirmation on every autotagging match, even the ones that seem very close. Defaults to no. The -t command-line flag controls the same setting. log Specifies a filename where the importer's log should be kept. By default, no log is writ‐ ten. This can be overridden with the -l flag to import. default_action One of apply, skip, asis, or none, indicating which option should be the default when selecting an action for a given match. This is the action that will be taken when you type return without an option letter. The default is apply. languages A list of locale names to search for preferred aliases. For example, setting this to "en" uses the transliterated artist name "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky" instead of the Cyrillic script for the composer's name when tagging from MusicBrainz. Defaults to an empty list, meaning that no language is preferred. detail Whether the importer UI should show detailed information about each match it finds. When enabled, this mode prints out the title of every track, regardless of whether it matches the original metadata. (The default behavior only shows changes.) Default: no. group_albums By default, the beets importer groups tracks into albums based on the directories they reside in. This option instead uses files' metadata to partition albums. Enable this option if you have directories that contain tracks from many albums mixed together. The --group-albums or -g option to the import-cmd command is equivalent, and the G inter‐ active option invokes the same workflow. NOTE: The import log currently contains less information in album-grouping mode. (Specifi‐ cally, no directory names recorded because directories are not used for grouping in this mode.) Default: no. autotag By default, the beets importer always attempts to autotag new music. If most of your col‐ lection consists of obscure music, you may be interested in disabling autotagging by set‐ ting this option to no. (You can re-enable it with the -a flag to the import-cmd command.) Default: yes.
MUSICBRAINZ OPTIONSIf you run your own MusicBrainz server, you can instruct beets to use it instead of the main server. Use the host and ratelimit options under a musicbrainz: header, like so: musicbrainz: host: localhost:5000 ratelimit: 100 The host key, of course, controls the Web server hostname (and port, optionally) that will be contacted by beets (default: musicbrainz.org). The ratelimit option, an integer, con‐ trols the number of Web service requests per second (default: 1). Do not change the rate limit setting if you're using the main MusicBrainz server---on this public server, you're limited to one request per second.
AUTOTAGGER MATCHING OPTIONSYou can configure some aspects of the logic beets uses when automatically matching MusicBrainz results under the match: section. To control how tolerant the autotagger is of differences, use the strong_rec_thresh option, which reflects the distance threshold below which beets will make a "strong recommendation" that the metadata be used. Strong recom‐ mendations are accepted automatically (except in "timid" mode), so you can use this to make beets ask your opinion more or less often. The threshold is a distance value between 0.0 and 1.0, so you can think of it as the oppo‐ site of a similarity value. For example, if you want to automatically accept any matches above 90% similarity, use: match: strong_rec_thresh: 0.10 The default strong recommendation threshold is 0.04. The medium_rec_thresh and rec_gap_thresh options work similarly. When a match is above the medium recommendation threshold or the distance between it and the next-best match is above the gap threshold, the importer will suggest that match but not automatically con‐ firm it. Otherwise, you'll see a list of options to choose from. max_rec As mentioned above, autotagger matches have recommendations that control how the UI behaves for a certain quality of match. The recommendation for a certain match is based on the overall distance calculation. But you can also control the recommendation when a spe‐ cific distance penalty is applied by defining maximum recommendations for each field: To define maxima, use keys under max_rec: in the match section. The defaults are "medium" for missing and unmatched tracks and "strong" (i.e., no maximum) for everything else: match: max_rec: missing_tracks: medium unmatched_tracks: medium If a recommendation is higher than the configured maximum and the indicated penalty is applied, the recommendation is downgraded. The setting for each field can be one of none, low, medium or strong. When the maximum recommendation is strong, no "downgrading" occurs. The available penalty names here are: · source · artist · album · media · mediums · year · country · label · catalognum · albumdisambig · album_id · tracks · missing_tracks · unmatched_tracks · track_title · track_artist · track_index · track_length · track_id preferred In addition to comparing the tagged metadata with the match metadata for similarity, you can also specify an ordered list of preferred countries and media types. A distance penalty will be applied if the country or media type from the match metadata doesn't match. The specified values are preferred in descending order (i.e., the first item will be most preferred). Each item may be a regular expression, and will be matched case insensitively. The number of media will be stripped when matching preferred media (e.g. "2x" in "2xCD"). You can also tell the autotagger to prefer matches that have a release year closest to the original year for an album. Here's an example: match: preferred: countries: ['US', 'GB|UK'] media: ['CD', 'Digital Media|File'] original_year: yes By default, none of these options are enabled. ignored You can completely avoid matches that have certain penalties applied by adding the penalty name to the ignored setting: match: ignored: missing_tracks unmatched_tracks The available penalties are the same as those for the max_rec setting. required You can avoid matches that lack certain required information. Add the tags you want to enforce to the required setting: match: required: year label catalognum country No tags are required by default.
PATH FORMAT CONFIGURATIONYou can also configure the directory hierarchy beets uses to store music. These settings appear under the paths: key. Each string is a template string that can refer to metadata fields like $artist or $title. The filename extension is added automatically. At the moment, you can specify three special paths: default for most releases, comp for "various artist" releases with no dominant artist, and singleton for non-album tracks. The defaults look like this: paths: default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$track $title singleton: Non-Album/$artist/$title comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$track $title Note the use of $albumartist instead of $artist; this ensure that albums will be well-organized. For more about these format strings, see pathformat. The aunique{} func‐ tion ensures that identically-named albums are placed in different directories; see aunique for details. In addition to default, comp, and singleton, you can condition path queries based on beets queries (see /reference/query). This means that a config file like this: paths: albumtype:soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track $title will place soundtrack albums in a separate directory. The queries are tested in the order they appear in the configuration file, meaning that if an item matches multiple queries, beets will use the path format for the first matching query. Note that the special singleton and comp path format conditions are, in fact, just short‐ hand for the explicit queries singleton:true and comp:true. In contrast, default is spe‐ cial and has no query equivalent: the default format is only used if no queries match.
CONFIGURATION LOCATIONThe beets configuration file is usually located in a standard location that depends on your OS, but there are a couple of ways you can tell beets where to look. Environment Variable First, you can set the BEETSDIR environment variable to a directory containing a con‐ fig.yaml file. This replaces your configuration in the default location. This also affects where auxiliary files, like the library database, are stored by default (that's where rel‐ ative paths are resolved to). This environment variable is useful if you need to manage multiple beets libraries with separate configurations. Command-Line Option Alternatively, you can use the --config command-line option to indicate a YAML file con‐ taining options that will then be merged with your existing options (from BEETSDIR or the default locations). This is useful if you want to keep your configuration mostly the same but modify a few options as a batch. For example, you might have different strategies for importing files, each with a different set of importer options. Default Location In the absence of a BEETSDIR variable, beets searches a few places for your configuration, depending on the platform: · On Unix platforms, including OS X:~/.config/beets and then $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/beets, if the environment variable is set. · On OS X, we also search ~/Library/Application Support/beets before the Unixy locations. · On Windows: ~\AppData\Roaming\beets, and then %APPDATA%\beets, if the environment vari‐ able is set. Beets uses the first directory in your platform's list that contains config.yaml. If no config file exists, the last path in the list is used.
EXAMPLEHere's an example file: library: /var/music.blb directory: /var/mp3 import: copy: yes write: yes resume: ask quiet_fallback: skip timid: no log: beetslog.txt ignore: .AppleDouble ._* *~ .DS_Store art_filename: albumart plugins: bpd pluginpath: ~/beets/myplugins threaded: yes color: yes paths: default: $genre/$albumartist/$album/$track $title singleton: Singletons/$artist - $title comp: $genre/$album/$track $title albumtype:soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track $title
SEE ALSOhttp://beets.readthedocs.org/ beet(1)
AUTHORAdrian Sampson
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Friday, June 12, 2015
There are two bird nests that I know of in my garden. One is the robin on the plum tree, and the other is the common sparrow in a fern. I have been monitoring the progress of both. Both had 3 eggs.
fresh water capacity - brunnhilde part 7
I have refrained from cutting into the Todd water tank until the key parts arrive and on hands. The most critical decisions are the arrangement of the ports, the plumbing, and the goal of achieving a user-friendly and reliable convertible system.
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coach battery system - isolde, part 2
First thing first. With the void left from the removal of the rear passenger heater I have to first patch up the floor so the deep cycle batteries can sit on a flat surface. I cut a piece of 3/4" plywood scrap that I have.
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coach battery system - isolde, part 1
my Apple WATCH developed a hard hang the second day and stuck at the charging screen; the clock does run; i tried both method to reset to no avail - i sent it back for a full refund; i will buy one when they starts selling in store
bamboo invasion from three neighbors' yard; i have to be very vigilant to remove any shoots and cut off the rhizome i find
i decide to eat one as revenge for my labor
spotted shrimps
sometimes they sense me as their mom but most of the time they hunker down
thinking of repurposing this good quality s-video cable for use in projects
this other one must have 8 or 10 pair of wires inside
here is the bamboo shoot from my yard
Japanese Tim Cook
this is the current auxiliary battery in Isolde - in the world most miserable battery box which it fits tightly; i have vow this time around i am not going to try putting a (or a set of) battery here; previously I have gone as far as modifying an Optima AGM to fit in there
here is the "cable chase" that all the wiring must fit for the audio system, as well as the new battery system for the coach
now with the new dc refrigerator, the old flame sense blue LED indicator is now defunct; i would find a way to use it
i debugged the Land Rover Discovery no starting problem - traced to the fuel pump that went kaputt
with much reluctance I started tearing into all this work that invested into fitting the Carver furnace and the speakers; i am removing the rear passenger heater to make room for the coach battery (batteries)
these air vents are some of the best design products - they were from Japan
the genius is the design of the flap door that can be rotated about the inner groove, and stay put where you want it as well as the angle of the flap; good design often looks deceivingly simple
the Carver P4 is one of the best propane furnace ever made - much superior to the Propex in that the fan only run as fast as the temperature needs it; and it is whisper quiet
here the corner of the heater box was notch to make room for the woofer's magnet
it was a scorching hot sunny day so i went shopping for a cheap deep cycle battery and plumbing fittings for Brunnhilde's auxiliary water tank project; i planned my trip well and came home with all these
and a jumbo size watermelon fits inside Isolde's new fridge with room to spare
i shopped for plumbing fitting at West Marine, as well as Home Depot, all within the same trip
those OEM hose clamps are very secure so I reuse them
this are the combo fittings that i have to build with off-the-shelf parts i found on the trip
i did it this way for now as i am not too keen to crawl underneath the vehicle to deal with the jungle of water hoses and have coolant douse over my face
here you can see that even without the lid, the battery box is no go as it interferes with the driver side woofer
the battery in the box
i first need to patch the bare floor and address a mean to accommodate this heater cable
here is the second battery without the battery box
it only has a few mm of space behind the speaker magnet
precision battery installation
With this exercise, I was able to ascertain that up to 2 group 24 deep cycle batteries can fit in the bench seat, while preserving my custom furnace installation. While my goal is to achieve the accommodation for 2 group 24 deep cycle batteries, I avoid the temptation to run back to the store and pick up the second one. I want to proceed this project methodically, and this including determining if one battery would suffice. Note that I bought this Interstate battery from Costco and they don't have any A-hr nor reserve capacity. Looking for this at Interstate Battery site is futile because like most TVs Costco sells, they are models specifically made for Costco. I bought it from Costco because it is the one of the biggest bang for the buck at $77 each. I estimate it to be a 55 to 60 A-hr deep-cycle/starting battery that is the mid range of the series sold at Interstate Battery. I am just tire of buying expensive batteries.
In case you say but, a seal AGM battery requires no venting, in fact you should still do make the provision. In the event of overcharge situation a sealed AGM battery will also release hydrogen gas.
I set up a test to gauge the capacity of the Costco group 24 battery. Since the main power consumer is the DC refrigerator, that is the load that I use. The refrigerator consumes slightly less than 3A when the compressor is on. The actual A-hr consumption is the function of the compressor on duty-cycle, which is the function of the ambient temperature, the internal temperature, the insulation (and hence heat gain), and how well you provide the heat dissipation venting for the condenser and the compressor. Actually the list is much longer.
i charge up the battery first and then proceed to do some warm and fussy capacity test
As with the existing auxiliary battery system, I plan to continue using the 3-LED voltage indicator that I modified to serve both battery banks. When I need to know the battery voltage more precisely, I will just pull out my Harborfreight $3 DMM (that I have one in every vehicle) to do that.
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God, my Father.
You asked for my hands, that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them, for the work was hard, inconvenient, and mundane. You asked for my mouth to speak out against injustice. I gave you a whisper that I might not be accused of being aligned with the wrong party or ideology. You asked for my eyes to see the pain of poverty. I closed them, for I did not want to see, choosing instead to believe the myth that all that really tried would be fine financially. You asked for my life, that you might work through me for your glory. I gave a small part that I might not get too involved, because I am busy.
Lord, forgive my calculated efforts to serve you—only when it is convenient for me to do so, only in those places where it is safe to do so, and only with those who make it easy to do so.
Father, forgive me, renew me, send me out as a useable instrument, that I might take seriously the meaning of the gospel.
For your Son Jesus' sake, who withheld nothing.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police on Thursday shot dead an assailant who attacked a police vehicle with knives in China's far western region of Xinjiang, the latest in a string of violent attacks that have raised concerns of greater instability in the troubled region.
Xinjiang, resource-rich and strategically located on the borders of central Asia and home to the Muslim Uighur people, has been beset by violence for years, blamed by the government on Islamist militants and separatists.
The attack in Aksu city came as police were checking a "suspicious car", the Xinjiang government said on its official news website (www.ts.cn). The suspect attacked them with knives and "hurled burning devices at police patrol cars", state news agency Xinhua said.
The incident followed a bomb and knife attack last Wednesday at a train station in Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, that killed one bystander and wounded 79.
China has grown increasingly nervous about Islamic militancy since a car burst into flames on the edge of Beijing's Tiananmen Square in October and 29 people were stabbed to death in March in the southwestern city of Kunming.
Aksu is an agricultural hub between the country's western border with Kyrgyzstan and the Taklamakan Desert on the east. Aksu was the home of one of the two bombers killed in the Urumqi blast, according to police.
In February, Xinhua said 11 "terrorists" were killed in Aksu prefecture. They had "attacked a team of police" who were patrolling, it said.
Exiles and many rights groups say the real cause of the unrest in Xinjiang is China's heavy-handed policies, including curbs on Islam and the culture and language of the Uighur people.
The government has blamed previous attacks on terrorists, a term it uses to describe Islamist militants and separatists in Xinjiang who have waged a sometimes violent campaign for an independent East Turkestan state.
Dilxat Raxit, the spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress exile group, said that the incident stemmed from police insulting Uighurs during the vehicle inspection.
Chinese authorities have taken into custody seven Uighurs, and five others who used their mobile phone cameras to film the clash, Raxit said.
Officials at the Xinjiang government did not pick up calls to their mobile phones.
Separately, a court in Kashgar handed down sentences ranging from five to 15 years to five people on crimes of "separatism and endangering national security", the state-run Xinjiang Daily said.
The five had distributed content related to "jihad and (calling on people) to get ready to go to Afghanistan and Pakistan for jihad", the newspaper said, adding that they had also downloaded e-books and videos with content that "incited separatism".
"They had spread extremist religious ideology and promoted religious fanaticism," the newspaper said.
"In Kashgar, more than 300 cadres and students attended the sentencing gathering. People were clapping and cheering the heavy punishments," it added.
More than 100 people, including several policemen, have been killed in violence in Xinjiang since last April, according to state media reports.
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Getting Results from Revolutions, not Resolutions: Stop Leaving Money on the Table with 5 Ways to Price for Value
Do you intuitively know that you're leaving money on the table? That your products and services create far more value for your customers than you're capturing on your bottom line? That your sales team is often using discounts to get the deal rather than value-based selling? That your pricing needs a post-recession overhaul to come into line with your costs of providing those products and services? Have you absorbed price increases from your suppliers, yet been hesitant to pass them along to your customers?
You're not alone. Most product manufacturers don't price for the value they create. Most service providers wildly over-deliver, and as a result they don't price for the value they create. I like to advise my clients to take a very strategic approach plus a dash of verve and daring when pricing for value:
- Find out what customers value, and give them more of it (No, not by doing another survey, that will never deliver the insights you need). Click here to find out how.
- Strategically implement value-based pricing based not only on how much value you deliver, but based on how valuable the customer is to you.
- Increase prices by at least 1%.
- Decrease discounts by at least 1%.
- Test every price change on your Vampire customers first.
And laugh all the way to the bank.
One of the fastest and easiest ways to revolutionize your profitability is to increase prices, but most business leaders fail to recognize that. They think that a 1% increase in pricing creates a 1% increase in the bottom line. Not so. When you actually do the math, every 1% you increase (or discount) on the top line has between a 16-38% increase (or decrease) on your bottom line. Don't believe me? Send me a quick email at email@example.com and I'll walk you through the math as it applies to your specific business.
Increase prices by 6% overall (nope, not necessarily all in one shot) and you've just doubled your profits, even if you're at the low end of the 16-38% scale. Discount on a regular basis by as little as 6% and you've… well, you get the idea.
Find 1% Everywhere to Double Your Profits. Period.
Use the below Checklist to get started.
A trucking company, simply did a bid review and found that of the bids he won, he was over 7-10% lower. So he hedged his bets and raised his prices 6%. Ka-ching! Double the profits, because he didn't lose any business as a result.
When I was in sales in the early days of my career, my commissions were paid inversely to how much I discounted. I learned to sell value not price in a hurry! And I took the 40% average discount amongst all the reps in our company down to less than 5% as a result. Ka-ching! Do the math on a $35 reduction in discounts… it's a pretty big number on the bottom line.
A recycling company had a vampire customer who was costing them a fortune because they're under-priced to get the business, and were stuck with it. After realizing the value of 1%, the recycling CEO tackled the issue head-on. He nicely but firmly advised the customer that in order to continue doing business, the new price would be 12 times what they were paying at the time – an outrageous increase!
Or was it? The customer simply said "what took you so long, all your competitors have been quoting us even more!" They had a solid working relationship and had a good laugh together about "buying the business", because they'd both been guilty. That's even bigger math when you calculate the bottom-line impact that a 12x price increase had! It's an extreme example, however I'm a firm believer that "you don't ask, you don't get." Had the customer switched to the competition, all this recycling would have lost was the red ink every month. Most of us will never be gutsy enough to follow his lead.
This year, the fourth Revolution I'm going to share with you is pricing for value by finding 1% everywhere… and reaping the rewards on your bottom line.
You can increase profits the hard way – by trying to drive more sales or implement conventional cost-cutting. Or you can create a flywheel effect in your business that changes your results just by finding your 1%.
Revolution #4 Checklist:
How One Manufacturer Used 5 Ways to Price for Value
and Found [More Than] 1% Everywhere
Right now, share the best way that you've ever found to raise prices safely and with integrity. Then access an even more complete strategy in the checklist that follows.


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Personal Branding – Patisserie Chef – ohh liv a little
Personal Branding and content creation session with Olivia from – ohh liv a little
What is your business? I am a Patisserie Chef based from my home baking cakes, cookie cakes, cupcakes and many other sweet treats.
Can you tell me a little about yourself? Mid 2018, I quit my full-time administration job at a local radio station to pursue something different in life, a passion I have had since a little girl… BAKING. I never ever imagined I'd be baking the cakes I am today and am inspired each day to create something better than the last. I love that baking brings out my creative side, I find it quite calming to be in my kitchen, it is like my happy place.
What are your web and social media links?
Instagram: ohh.liv.a.little
Facebook: facebook.com/ohh.liv.a.little/
How long have you been in this business for? I started this business originally with my best friend a year ago. We worked together on our business for around 6 months, until I then took it over and re-named it my own business name "Ohh Liv-a Little". Since then I have been full steam ahead with my creative side. Showcasing my skills through my work and trialling new recipes to only come up with the most amazing flavours for my cakes.
How did you first get involved with baking? From a young age I have always enjoyed baking, my fondest memories are baking with my Grandma in her kitchen. If it wasn't for my Grandma, I don't think I would be where I am today. She is my reasoning behind everything and my biggest idol in life, I owe it all to her. Thank you, Grandma.
Are you full time? How and why did you start your business? Yes, I work full-time baking. I got into my business by firstly quitting my admin job and wondering what I will do next with my career. I decided that while I wasn't working, I was to use my time wisely and further my knowledge. Therefore, I enrolled into Tafe studying as a Patisserie Chef. This was the best experience for me, not only did I have the most amazing teacher who I have learnt so much from. I just loved being surrounded by fellow foodie classmates, where we all spoke the language of FOOD. This was a huge growing and learning experience which I am so thankful for that I got to do.
My business came into play at the beginning of my Tafe journey. My bestie proposed to me a partnership of baking together. I was so keen to do this as I had just quit my job wondering what my next career move would be. It was so amazing to begin this next chapter with my bestie by my side doing it together.
She was still jugging her job plus the business as best she could. In the end she got too busy and it was me doing most of the baking. I asked her if she would be up to the idea of me taking it over and re-branding our business into my own. Thankfully, she was on board and couldn't have been happier for me to turn our business into my own and I am so grateful she allowed me and supported me.
MY business wouldn't be where it is if it wasn't for my partner and my Mum. They both have put so much into helping me get on my feet with the business. I am extremely lucky to have them both.
What do you find most challenging about your job? To be honest, there are so many challenges in baking. So many things can go wrong and if you're not concentrating or in the zone. You then have to be prepared to start whatever it is your baking all over again. As I am such a perfectionist, I find the hardest challenge is perfecting. I don't like to just go with the flow and see what happens. I like to know exactly what I am doing and how I am doing it. Which order I will do things in order, to have the most amazing finished product that not only looks good but tastes amazing too.
What do you do when you aren't baking for your clients? When I'm not baking, I am spending time with my amazing partner, my beautiful stepson and our big German Shepherd X Husky dog, Boss. We love to go to the beach, ride our bikes, have fires out the back, swim in the pool and just be together as a family.
It is a known fact in my household that when I am baking. I always put something aside for the boys. They don't like to miss out on any of my baking. My macaroons are generally the first thing they ask for. If I have off cuts of cake and spare icing, I make a little wonky cake for them to eat. The boys love to decorate it however they like. I love watching them do this as they try and make their cake look just like how I do it. This makes me so happy that they are watching and learning from me.
They are the biggest achievements in my life and love spending every moment I can with them, making the best of memories.
What do you love the most about your job? I absolutely love making something special for someone else. Seeing their reaction when they see their masterpiece, they have entrusted me to bring to life for them. There is no better feeling than making others smile. This job is my ideal dream job and am so happy I followed my dreams.
Do you have any accolades? I have my Certificate 3 in Patisserie which I value so much and hold close to my heart. It is a great achievement for me. I never thought I would ever go back to a classroom/learning environment, so receiving this has made myself very proud.
A lot of people are interested in making cakes. Can you share some tips for my readers? Whatever it is you are wanting to bake, always ensure you read your method in full before you start. It is always good to have an idea of what you are going to be doing and not stress about reading paragraphs throughout your cook.
Time management is crucial in baking. Things need to go straight into the oven and can't sit out on the bench. Sometimes your ingredients list gives you the full amount of something and you go and wack it all in together then you start reading your method. Until realised you should have saved some for another element and it sucks when you don't have any extra to then use!
I've made that mistake many times and found myself back at the shops quickly buying more ingredients. Just be prepared, know what you're doing and ensure you have plenty of ingredients in case you need to do something again.
What made you decide to have a branding session for your business from Katrina Cram Photography? I heard about personal branding sessions which was so appealing to me. It is specifically designed for you and your business. Never having heard of anything like it before and I loved the idea of receiving so many different images to use.
I have never thought to do a photography shoot before, until I heard of this service Katrina offers. It's so well thought of from her, so cleverly put together. Once I had my meeting with her, I was so excited to begin planning for the shoot. Katrina was always there to talk to and run ideas by. She really helped me achieve the image in my head of how I would like my photos to come across.
I felt like she was 100% there to help me in all aspects of making my business look the best it can. I am so thankful that she shared her little photography tips and tricks, to help me further achieve better photos when I take them myself in my own home. She gave me information on lighting and different techniques you can do to capture an image at its best. She went above and beyond throughout the entire process and I loved working with her and Astaria!
Were you happy with the service and end products? Um, YES! I knew they would look good but did not think they would look this good! I can't believe the attention to detail she demonstrated throughout the shoot to then have the images look as beautiful and stunning as they are. They are everything I wanted and MORE! Pure talent and it shows in every single image.
Anything else you would like to share? Throughout my photo-shoot experience, I have realised how important it is to take the time and spend the money on a shoot like this. It is so beneficial to my business and I will continue to work with Katrina and Astaria for all future shoots because Katrina really just gets it.


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Rutgers One fights for fair pay, tuition rollbacks
A coalition of students groups and labor unions are working to defend public education.
Rutgers One, an organization whose major members include the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), Black Lives Matter and the Union of Rutgers Administration, are actively trying to ensure all instructors are paid fairly without burdening students unduly.
The Rutgers One coalition can trace its roots back to a wage freeze beginning in 2009. At the time, various organizations campaigned against wages freezes across the board. Since then, various members have organized protests against the University and other groups.
The organization has existed in its present form for close to two years, said David Hughes, president of the AAUP-AFT and professor in the Department of Anthropology.
"It goes back to the campaign for a fair contract for full-time faculty, as well as students against sweatshops, (and) the beginning of their campaign against Nike," Hughes said.
None of the previous campaigns were run directly by Rutgers One. Each campaign was orchestrated by its involved member. For example, the anti-sweatshop movement was run by USAS. The current campaign for tuition "rollbacks" is the first time Rutgers One has run a campaign under its own banner.
"Only in the last few months have we gone from a clearing house of ideas into an organization that's trying to do something in its own name, the tuition rollback campaign," Hughes said.
As a result, Hughes said Rutgers One currently has no official relationship with the University to date. The current campaign would solidify relations between Rutgers One and the University.
The goal of the tuition rollback program is to decrease the price of tuition by 2.5 percent. The rising cost of tuition takes a toll on the academic success of students, Hughes said.
During the wage freeze, Rutgers informed the teacher's union that wages were frozen because any wage increase would mean a tuition increase.
"But no, tuition went up in leaps and bounds. That taught us that there was no direct relationship between salaries and tuition," Hughes said.
Rutgers has close to $144 million in surplus, which would make a tuition rollback fairly simple, he said.
The Board of Governors considers many factors when deciding tuition rates and aims to make Rutgers affordable, said University spokesperson E.J. Miranda in an email.
"The wide range of costs, from meeting negotiated salary increases for faculty and staff, to the operational expenses of campuses spanning the state, as well as all revenues and available sources of state, federal and private funding have been fundamental in setting tuition rates in the past and will be this coming year," Miranda said.
Salaries and tuition are connected, Miranda said.
"The regular appeals from the unions too, on one hand raise salaries while on the other hand lower tuition, seem contradictory, at best," he said.
Rutgers One plans to hold a rally at a hearing on the issue on April 21, at 6 p.m. outside the College Avenue Student Center.
Mary D'Anella-Mercanti, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student and a member of Rutgers One, rejected the claim that it was a "protest organization."
"I think it's more of a group that observes various problems on campus, whether students are aware of them, or faculty are aware of them, and makes sure the administration does something about them," D'Anella-Mercanti said.
Joining this organization can be empowering for students, and it is powerful to see the impact students can have on universities.
Both Hughes and D'Anella-Mercanti deny claims that Rutgers One is a radical organization.
"In my own view, I think what we're asking for is something tremendously conservative. We're asking for the promise of public education, which goes back to the early 20th century, to be honored by this administration," Hughes said.
The organization is not radical but rational, D'Anella-Mercanti said.
But both were also critical of Rutgers administration.
"The relationship between the administration and students tends to be somewhat patronizing, and they often pit faulty against students. What we aim to do is to work together and show the strength of the relationship between the unions and the students," D'Anella-Mercanti said.
Hughes said the University has taken a "divide and conquer" strategy in the past, which prevented a coalition like Rutgers One from coming together.
He said current University President Robert L. Barchi and said Barchi's "top-down business plan" was designed to maximize profit at the expense of the students.
"The president is concerned primarily with advancing the academic mission of the University and ensuring that the resources are in place to foster academic quality. Any focus on economic efficiency is related to using our resources as effectively as possible," Miranda said.
Jonathan Xiong is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in biology. He is a contributing writer for The Daily Targum. See more on Twitter @ra567.
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This talk explores what it means to consider games an aesthetic form—something akin to literature, music, or film. That this is the most appropriate category within which to place games seems like an emerging consensus. But what does it actually mean? Are only video games an aesthetic form, or do non-digital games also deserve that status? Are the aesthetics of games a hybrid blend of other forms or a distinct form unto themselves? Do they express a new aesthetic fresh-born of the computer age or a primal, fundamental aesthetic that computers have amplified and brought into focus? The talk will examine these and other related questions.Frank Lantz is the Interim Director of the NYU Game Center. For over 12 years, Frank has taught game design at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He has also taught at the School of Visual Arts, and Parsons School of Design. His writings on games, technology and culture have appeared in a variety of publications. In 2005 Frank co-Founded Area/Code, a New York based developer that created cross-media, location-based, and social network games. In 2011 Area/Code was acquired by Zynga and is now Zynga New York. Frank has worked in the field of game development for the past 20 years. Before starting Area/Code, Frank worked on a wide variety of games as the Director of Game Design at Gamelab, Lead Game Designer at Pop & Co, and Creative Director at R/GA Interactive. Over the past 10 years, Frank helped pioneer the genre of large-scale realworld games, working on projects such as the Big Urban Game, which turned the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul into the world's largest boardgame; ConQwest, which featured the first major application of semacodes in the United States, PacManhattan, a life-size version of the arcade classic created by the students in his Big Games class at NYU, and many other experiments in pervasive and urban gaming.
Thanks to Generoso Fierro for producing the videos and James Barrille for editing.
About Andrew Whitacre
Andrew directs the communications efforts for CMS/W and its research groups. A native of Washington, D.C., he holds a degree in communication from Wake Forest University, with a minor in humanities, as well as an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. This work includes drawing up and executing strategic communications plans, with projects including website design, social media management and training, press outreach, product launches, fundraising campaign support, and event promotions.


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Exclusive Track Day AutoX at Laguna May 27th $179*
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This autocross will take place at the WeatherTech Raceway paddock behind the main grandstand and this autocross has a 103db. This is a very rare opportunity to enjoy an autocross with 103db at Laguna.
This autocross event will have 2 groups of drivers. Each group will run once and work every hour. There will be only one car running at a time on the course.
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If you still believe of mushrooms as a mere filth of the plant empire, then there is a lot more for you to learn more about mushrooms. It holds true that mushrooms are a fungal item, but this does not change the unseen truth of their beautiful world. Their fungal roots spread deep underground to generate different kinds of mushrooms. Some of them are known to us as we discover them frequently in our eco-surroundings and in the grocery shops . While these typically seen mushrooms use a rather dull, dull as well as crude look , there are also the fantastic looking ones that have been caught in pictures by nature professional photographers.
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Band marches in parade and competition
by Emily Lotito, Reporter
September 30, 2018
On September 29 in the historical town of New Market, the band marched along side many others in the homecoming parade. After weeks of practicing for football games and competitions, the band and color guard showed off their skills to small crowd gathered along the sidewalks in the small town. In the...
Marching band prepares for a magical trip to Walt Disney World: Photo of the Day 3/14/2018
by Elizabeth Anderson, Editor
March 14, 2018
On March 13, the marching band and color guard were marching around the LHS front parking lot with cold fingers and colder instruments, practicing their parade music. Some were in shorts, perhaps wishful thinking for 48 hour later when they would be in 80-degree weather. Less than twenty-four hours...
Photo of the Day 9/30/16: Students Vote for 2016 Homecoming Court
by Beau Cameron, Editor
September 30, 2016
On September 30th, Linganore students submitted their votes for the 2016 Homecoming Prince and Princess of their grade. Each class has one Prince and one Princess, except the senior class. The seniors elect the Homecoming King and Queen and their Homecoming court. The 2016 nominees for each grad...
Marching band storms the streets of Disney: Photo of the day 3/24/15
by Tory Spruill, Reporter
March 24, 2016
Over spring break, the marching band took a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. The band was the largest of three to march in a parade in Magic Kingdom on March 24. The band took the 18 hour drive down on Sunday, March 20, and back on Friday March 25. The trip was organized by band director, Mr.Kevin Lloyd and staff me...
Irish American month reminds us of ethnic inequalities for Syrians
by Bridget Murphy, Reporter
March 16, 2016
March does not only dedicate one day to the Irish-- St. Patrick's Day on the 17th-- but the whole month. During March, 44 million Irish Americans celebrate their ancestry by joining in parades, celebrating through Mass, dancing, and family gatherings. Many throughout America show their Irish reverence...
The homecoming parade kicks off Spirit Week: Photo of the Day 10/10/2015
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October 11, 2015
On Saturday, October 10, the little town of New Market was the scene of tradition as it hosted Linganore High School's annual homecoming parade. At 10 a.m., the quaint streets were lined with spirited members of the community ready for the procession of students, faculty, and alumni to make its way thro...