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About Lance
I am in search of a well established UI Designer, UX Designer & Developer to head up a project, they will be co-founders of this platform and community.
There is a very high chance of this getting funded since I am in the masterminds program that is headed up by a venture capitalist.
IF it does not get funded, I still have family to fall back on otherwise.
The concept is regarding hackathons and the common good. Here is the website: www.hck.io
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Thoughts on Plot
by Salvatore Pane
I've been reading Lorrie Moore's most recent novel A Gate at the Stairs. It's enjoyable, and if you like Lorrie Moore (which I certainly do), you'll enjoy this book. The voice is strong. The descriptions are surprising and unique. But there's one crucial element missing: plot. I made a complaint about this on Facebook and certain people (ahem) complained about said complaint. I've been wondering a lot about why this is. Why when someone criticizes a literary novel for not having plot, many thoughtful readers will rise up and say literary novels don't need plot. But that would never hold true for dialogue or characterization or any of the other fundamental building blocks of fiction. Imagine someone critiquing a novel's characterization and a reader saying, well, literary novels don't need characterization.
By plot, I don't mean melodrama. I mean tension, an inciting incident, anything that grabs readers' attention and forces them onward. It could be something as monumental as a mother having sacrificed one of her children to the Nazis and dealing with the aftermath (Sophie's Choice) or something as subtle and quiet as finding out how the final night of a closing Red Lobster plays out (Last Night at the Lobster). Plot is an absolutely necessary component to any work of fiction for me, but at some point, it became a dirty word in hoity-toity literary circles. In MFA workshops, it's often thrown around as an insult. This story's too plotted or too plot heavy. Again, can you even picture a reader who would say that a story has too much characterization? But what is a story without a plot? A quirky observation? A rant?
When I think of really strong plots, I think of books that have elaborate underpinnings that are hidden from the reader. I think of Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road. On one level, not much happens. A married suburban couple is unhappy. They think moving to Paris will solve all their problems. The wife becomes pregnant and the husband uses that as excuse not to go. What will happen? But if you reread that book, you can see thematic seeds planted throughout. References to April wanting an abortion appear in the first 50 pages, before she even gets pregnant. Characters talk about how people are more alive in Paris before the trip is ever brought up. Rehearsals for Frank's eventual failure of the soul occur again and again and again. Each scene is necessary, and pulling out even one would destroy the book as a whole. In that sense, it's structured like an elaborate end-game Jenga tower. But upon first reading, none of this is apparent to reader. Everything is organic. This is an instance where plot is as important as dialogue, characterization, empathy, and all the other elements of fiction of the traditionally dominant aesthetic set.
I can't say why exactly I'm so drawn to plot, but it definitely has to do with my odd inclination towards structures. Maybe it goes back to my fascination with genre storytelling as a boy, and subsequent return to comic books as an adult. I'm not sure, but it certainly explains why I prefer Philip Roth's Goodbye, Cloumbus (a tightly plotted coming of age novella) to his more celebrated Portnoy's Complaint (a long, first-person rant directed at a psychoanalyst). One uses plot effectively while the other does not. Both are great books, but one plays more towards my preferences in literary fiction. The same holds true for Lorrie Moore. I love her short stories (the characters usually want something and try to achieve those goals, or else their inaction and stagnancy are the "point" of the story). But I'm not loving this novel as much as I'd hoped because the protagonist (though wonderfully vivid and defined) is given little drama or tension to play off of. She is adrift. That is all. One scene follows another but only a handful feel vital to the book's movement and soul. Of course, I'm only 150 pages in, so maybe I'll have a very different opinion by novel's end (although I'd be hard-pressed to see a reason for the first aborted adoption meeting at Perkins). All these years later, and I'm still a believer in Tom Bailey's second rule of fiction: story happens when shit hits the fan.

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Primary School Christmas Showcase
16th December 2016
On Thursday 15th December we welcomed Chestnuts, Seven Sisters and West Green Primary School to our end of term Primary School Christmas Showcase. Prior to the event the primary schools took part in a three-week dance and music workshop facilitated by Step into Dance tutor - Cynthia Lacordelle and our Park View staff, Head of Dance - Ms Malcolm and Head of Music - Ms Williams.
On the day, an audience of over 250 students from Years 5 to 10 were blown away by an array of wonderful performances from both Park View and primary school students. The Year 7 Drama Club, directed by Head of Drama – Ms Darnell, were incredibly dedicated throughout the winter term by attending lunchtime rehearsals for their production of Grimm's Tales. Their incredibly high quality performance was a highlight of the show.
Other highlights included a wonderful contemporary piece performed by our Year 10 GCSE Dance group, beautiful carol singing by Chestnuts, Seven Sisters and West Green Primary schools along with the fantastic work that they created during their dance workshops.
After the showcase the performers were treated to a superb display of festive treats prepared by our very own Wilson Jones catering company.
The festive fun continued at lunchtime where our students turned up in their hundreds to support the primary schools and Park View performers once again in our lunchtime reprise.
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Seth Owen Eviston, 45, formerly of Fort Wayne, passed away on Sunday evening, January 5, 2020, at his home in Indianapolis.
Born on Sept. 1, 1974, in Maumee, Ohio to Bill and Linda (Hand) Eviston. He spent his formative years in Northwest Allen County and was a 1993 graduate of Carroll High School. He graduated from Carroll with Honors of Distinction. He was also a three-year member of Carroll's nationally-ranked show choir and a two-year member of the National Honor Society. He is also a 1998 graduate of Purdue University.
Seth was formerly an investments professional for Charles Schwab in Indianapolis for 17 years.
He is survived by his parents, Bill and Linda Eviston, Fort Wayne; a brother, Matthew (Casey) Eviston of Gibsonville, N.C.; a sister, Sara (Ben) Brainard, Oak Ridge, N.C.; three nieces and a nephew.
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More than 350 people have died after a cyclone ripped across Burma, virtually flattening two towns and damaging more than 20,000 homes.
Cyclone Nargis, which packed winds of 120mph and torrential deluges, struck with little warning on Saturday. But the scale of the damage in the isolated regime only began emerging yesterday. State-run television put the death toll at more than 350 people, but it was expected to rise.
The former capital of Rangoon was battered for hours by the fierce gusts that tore hundreds of roofs off even the sturdiest buildings, downing power lines, lampposts and trees that blocked many roads.
One diplomat told Reuters that the scene was akin to a war zone. "Trees across all streets. Utility poles down. Hospitals devastated. Clean water scarce."
State television reported 20,000 homes destroyed on one island alone, a government official in the remote capital, Naypyidaw, said.
The country's communications were cut completely, with telephone, mobile phones and normal internet down, making it almost impossible to get a true picture of the catastrophe. In Rangoon, where at least 19 died, electricity was off and clean water in short supply. When residents ventured out to find food and supplies to patch up their homes, they found prices had doubled overnight.
UN disaster experts said it would be days before the full extent of the damage was known in a country ruled since 1962 by the military.
The junta declared a disaster in five states while government television carried footage of soldiers clearing trees from roads and the prime minister, Thein Sein, a lieutenant-general, meeting people sheltering in a Buddhist pagoda.
Cyclone Nargis had been gathering steam in the tropical waters of the Bay of Bengal for several days before it slammed into Rangoon. "It was a direct hit on a major city," said Terje Skavdal, regional head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
"The government did warn people to stay inside and that might have had an impact, but the material damage is enormous," Skavdal said. The UN had yet to receive a response from the junta to its official offer of help, he added.
Aid workers, who have little access to rural Burma, were most concerned about the Irrawaddy delta area, where 222 people died. Official newspapers in Rangoon said yesterday only a quarter of the flimsy bamboo houses, of Lapputa and Kyaik, deep in the rice-growing belt and accessible only by boats, remained standing. US military satellite images showed the delta had borne the brunt of the cyclone.
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The scripture for today, August 28 (8/28), is Romans 8:28 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
This is a favorite verse of many people. Notice, God can make all things work together for good. ALL things. That means bad things, disappointing things, unfulfilled things. But, it doesn't say God will make them all work together for the best. What is says is that he will bring some kind of good out of them, no matter how terrible they are.
What has been your most recent disappointment, tragedy, heartbreak ~ something that just did not go the way it should have? At such times, it is easy to blame God instead of Satan. You're playing into Satan's hands when you blame God and forsake him. Try to remember that, with every disappointment and tragedy, God gives you a promise: Someday you will smile again.
Are you are living according to his purpose? The promise is only to those who are. If, indeed, you are, believe God will take your heartbreak and turn it in to some kind of good especially for you. Will you let him?
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Jeanne Moreau and Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight (aka Falstaff).
I was very fortunate to get to see Orson Welles' late-career masterpiece Chimes at Midnight (a.k.a. Falstaff) at the Dryden Theater on Saturday July 9th. This great film has been hard to see in the United States until this recently restored version started touring select cities this year. Like many of the films Welles made post-1947, copyright issues and distribution problems have kept Chimes from ever getting a Region 1 (North American) DVD release. My hope is that this recently restored Janus Films version will change that.
Critical consensus places Chimes at Midnight high in the running for one of Welles' best films -- it's considered a top-tier Welles entry alongside his debut Citizen Kane (1941), his brutally truncated follow-up The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and his brilliant film noir Touch of Evil (1958).* Calling Chimes "the story that [Welles] had to tell," Simon Callow writes that
Nothing stirred him, moved him or grieved him more, and he strove, over more than thirty years, to find the perfect form in which to tell that story, a form that could encompass both the personal and the universal. The circumstances in which he filmed were almost perversely difficult and yet for once everything, or nearly everything, worked in his favour. Heart and mind, form and content, casting and location, technology and manpower -- all meshed perfectly.**I agree with this assessment. Along with Kane and Touch of Evil, Chimes at Midnight is the Welles film that feels most complete, the most consistent and harmonious. Okay, sure, his Macbeth (1948) and The Trial (1962) are also quite consistent and unified, yet maybe not quite so impactful or heartfelt as Chimes is for me.
Chimes, by contrast, benefits from its limited locations: the lively pub where Falstaff dwells, the barren halls of King Henry IV, the muddy battlefield, the woods where Hal tricks Falstaff. Chimes' world is only a degree or two more physically expansive than Macbeth's, but it makes all the difference. The world of Chimes is, like all of Welles' film-worlds, exaggerated and hyper-real, yet it is one of the most organic and lived-in film-worlds Welles has ever brought to the screen.
In sum, Chimes at Midnight is the most holistically satisfying and emotionally resonant Orson Welles film I've seen.
Furthermore, Falstaff is the role Welles was truly destined to play. Even more so than Citizen Kane or Touch of Evil or even Carol Reed's The Third Man, Chimes at Midnight shows off the pathos and power of Welles the actor. It is one of the few performances of Welles' in which I really believe the whole time that I am watching a character live his life onscreen, rather than watching Welles winkingly portray a character onscreen.† Falstaff is probably my favorite Welles performance, tied with The Third Man's Harry Lime and besting Charles Foster Kane and even (personal fave) Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil.
While the entire cast of Chimes (including Welles) is superb, Shakespearian stalwart John Gielgud is a complete standout here. He essentially steals every scene he is in, which is appropriate given that he plays the King. He is also one of the few characters in the film who delivers his Shakespearian dialogue in a measured, formal way -- this allows his speeches to really land, because the viewer can comprehend and take in everything he says. Callow says that "Gielgud inhabits the part with a seething inner energy, extraordinary emotional intensity and a flawless command of the King's volatility; it was -- of all people -- Lee Strasberg who said that when he saw Gielgud acting, he heard Shakespeare think" (One Man Band p. 384).
The brilliant John Gielgud as King Henry IV.
Chimes' real draw is its brilliant shooting and blocking and use of settings, perhaps particularly in its knockout battle sequence, which must be seen to be believed. This is Welles in top form, and no small detail goes unnoticed. In Chimes -- a film Welles completed to his satisfaction -- each shot lends something important and resonant to the whole.
The steam cloud emitting from this man's helmet is one of the best visual gags
in Chimes at Midnight.
This is what Welles adored: the gallant, the democratic, the all-in-it together, the romantic way, which he had tried to create in the theatre (with sometimes inspired results) and hoped to be able to bring to film-making, a medium which, because of the large sums of money involved, almost immediately lost its playfulness, its innocence. The idea of innocence is at the heart of Chimes at Midnight, and innocence is what Welles was trying to restore to the process of making movies. For that to happen, everyone had to go along with it, willingly endorsing his assumption of the role of the crazy captain of a mad enterprise. (One Man Band p, 389)This is precisely what happened on the set of Chimes: nearly everyone, by all accounts, embraced the process, putting Welles at ease and turning the finished film into something vibrant, alive, and special.
With his strong musical instinct, Welles rearranges the [original Shakespeare] text into an endlessly varying pattern of ensembles, arias, duets, trios and quartets, which form a through-composed whole. It is also quintessentially filmic, never still, ever-moving, breathing, changing direction. (One Man Band p. 384)Indeed. If you have an interest in (or at least a tolerance of) Shakespeare and/or any interest at all in Orson Welles, you simply must see Chimes at Midnight.
Bonus Afterthought: The very day after I saw Chimes at the Dryden, my girlfriend and I headed north to the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario to see Breath of Kings, a six-hour, two-part theatrical adaptation of four Shakespeare history plays: Richard II, Part One of Henry IV, Part Two of Henry IV, and Henry V. These are the same plays that form the basis for Welles' Chimes, so it was quite a head trip to see two very different versions of similar source material in the space of twenty four hours. The two halves of Breath of Kings -- which we saw in one day, with supper in between -- were really superb.
Seeing these plays abridged and smooshed all together in this form made me realize what an imperialist dickhead Shakespeare's Henry V is. It also lent credence to Callow's claim that
Henry IV is, line for line and scene for scene, is one of the greatest of Shakepearian roles, but it is rarely attempted by a great actor because the King disappears from the play for long sections of the action; this is to be regretted (p. 384)As performed by lead actor (and Breath of Kings script adapter) Graham Abbey, the Stratford Festival production lives up to Callow's expectation of greatness. In Breath of Kings, the initially heroic, subsequently conflicted, and ultimately morose Henry IV is much more interesting and complex than the brave, wide-eyed Henry V. Maybe, as Welles' film seems to argue, Hal is only interesting when he's slumming it with Falstaff.
In the end, seeing these two so similar yet so different versions of the Henry IV plays was an enormous treat and was very interesting. My memory of Chimes was quite fresh as I watched similar scenes played in front of me on the Stratford stage.†† Comparisons arose. For example, I liked Welles's version of the eulogizing of Falstaff much better than the play's, but I liked Breath of Kings' physicalizing of King Henry IV's wounds -- Chimes' Gielgud seems physically frail but Breath of Kings' Graham Abbey used double-canes and, by the end, could barely walk. He crawls painfully to his litter and is carried offstage to die. Great stuff!
* I have a hard time watching Ambersons -- it is a film in which, for me, the "could have beens" haunt the extant text too much. Oddly, I don't have that problem with the similarly butchered The Lady From Shanghai (1947), whose original soundtrack was replaced with a schmaltzy love theme over Welles' objections and whose climactic funhouse sequence was severely shortened by the studio. Maybe it's because it is a film noir that the weird shifts in tone and extremely repetitious love theme work okay for me in this case.
** Callow, One Man Band (Jonathan Cape, 2015) p. 379.
† There is, of course, much ribald winking and tomfoolery in Chimes, attributable to Falstaff and friends. But none of it feels like Welles peeking through and commenting on the character while he's playing him. In Chimes, for once, he just is the character he's playing.
†† For aficionados, Breath of Kings was performed in the round, a new innovation this year at the Stratford Festival's Tom Patterson Theater.


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SANTA ANA – The death of a 19-year-old inmate inside his cell Friday morning has been determined to have been a suicide by the coroner's office, officials said.
Taylor Hart was found dead in the Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana early Friday morning during a routine cell check, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Hart was alone in his cell when he was found by the deputy just before 12:30 a.m., Amormino said.
After an autopsy conducted Friday morning, the death was determined to have been suicide, he said. Amormino declined to state how Hart committed suicide.
The Inmate Reception Center is where inmates are processed before being transferred to other facilities, including county jails, state prisons and court.
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Hart had been arrested on Aug. 7 on suspicion of Robbery at Nordstrom's in Mission Viejo, Amormino said.
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John Oliver kicked off the sixth season of Last Week Tonight on Sunday night by checking in on Brexit, which, you will perhaps not be surprised to hear, is still an enormous clusterfuck. To give his viewers some sense of the enormity of the clusterfuck in question, Oliver had to use extreme methods: a Churchillian address about how steadfastly the U.K. has committed to fucking itself, a mug reading "You've Pretty Much Fucked Yourself With a Rusty Piece of Rebar," and most shockingly of all, a music video from a boy band called the Breunion Boys urging the U.K. to remain in the European Union. Check it out:
There's just no way a civilization can recover from something like that. It's depressing to encounter such a clear example of humanity shooting itself in the foot, especially when there don't seem to be any good options to undo the damage. The only way forward, at this point, is backwards, Sondheim-style. So let's turn the clock back to 2017 and ask how we got to be here:
Now that is a much younger and more optimistic John Oliver! Although we now know that Oliver's faith in Lord Buckethead's negotiating skills was misplaced, a species that can produce a Lord Buckethead in the first place is probably not completely irredeemable. Let's Pinter things back even further, before the Brexit referendum (and Donald Trump) even happened:
We were all so young! We had so much potential! How did we lose sight of our dreams, of our friends, of everything that mattered to us? Why does anything from before Donald Trump's election seem tragically, stupidly optimistic when we watch it now? Why does John Oliver keep including brief segments from terrible European music videos that are a million times more terrible when you watch them in their entirety?
The sad truth is, despite the emotional catharsis provided by rearranging John Oliver segments about Brexit in reverse chronological order, that won't actually do anything to fend off this impending disaster, and it's unclear what will. But after watching that last music video all the way through, one thing is painfully obvious: OK Go must be brought to justice.
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In Clay Shirky's book, Here Comes Everybody, he examines the dynamics of group organization in social, cultural, and political fields, as described in the previous post "Cooperative Frameworks." Shirky goes beyond this notion in the proceeding chapters and explores the capabilities that new media have given to the user and the ways in which individuals have appropriated new media tools and applied it to collective action. "Cooperative Frameworks" provides a contextual platform on which Shirky builds his next points regarding self-publishing and collective action via the Web.
As it has become glaringly clear, the effect that the Internet has had upon modern media cannot be quantized. It has transformed society's ability to produce, distribute, exhibit, and store information. It has expanded vehicles of communication and has revolutionized to the point of replacing traditional institutions, such as newspapers, magazines, and even telephones. Shirky reminds us, however, that these cannot all be categorized as triumphs—there are indeed consequences. Take for example the publishing industry. The detrimental affects of the Internet have quite literally led to the collapse of journalism and the print industry. Shirky writes, "The principal threat to all newspapers small and large was not competition from other newspapers but radical changes in the overall ecosystem of information."[1] As the use of scribes became obsolete with the onset of the printing press, the Internet has led to the decay and irrelevance of the printed word. Traditionally, publishing was limited to an elite group of professionals—men and women who were educated in their particular field of expertise. Journalists would seek out publishers in order to print and distribute their work. Customarily, this breakdown of labor according to one's specialized skill set was how the industry functioned. The nature of professionalism depends on its scarcity and specialization in a specific field; otherwise it would be a hobby or an activity of interest. The Internet, however, has turned this entire idea on its head. What was once limited to a set of professionals has now been opened up to anyone who has an interest. Shirky refers to this idea as the "mass amateurization of publishing."[2] This suggests that anyone can produce and distribute their ideas as long as they have a computer (and sometimes this is even unnecessary— i.e., iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) and a connection to the Internet. This technological innovation has empowered the voice of the average user, however, it has diminished the primacy of the professional. It also begs the question of where do journalist privileges begin and end when professional specialization is eradicated?
Shirky is not simply a pessimist, however. He does indeed highlight the advantages that this information-age has provided modern communication. With the accessibility and flexibility of the Internet, the formulaic approach that traditional media outlets follow can be avoided. In other words, a news station will only pick up a story if it finds that it is relevant, urgent, and/or being covered by other stations. This greatly reduces the type and the amount of information that would attract the attention of the mainstream media. In contrast, the Internet and weblogs cover a wider range of stories—stories that would not otherwise be covered by those traditional outlets. Shirky calls upon the example of a comment by Trent Lott, a senator from Mississippi and figure who attracted a lot of controversy regarding a racist comment he made in reference to Strom Thurmond's presidential campaign. Because the mainstream media did not find Lott's comment to be particularly pertinent, they did not cover the story, however, Lott was torn apart in Internet forums. Because of the huge amount of attention this attracted from the weblogs, Lott ultimately apologized for his words, an apology which finally did attract the attention of mainstream outlets. This progression of non-interest to interest is due to various factors brought about due to the Internet age and the ways in which the Internet facilitates group discussion and action:
- The Internet made this story accessible to millions of people
- Anyone who felt compelled to comment on the situation is able to on the site, thus becoming a producer of content (becoming both the journalist and publisher)
- Anyone can copy and forward the story to anyone else
- You do not have to be especially skilled in order to produce and distribute the information– "the cost of finding like-minded people has been lowered and, more important, deprofessionalized."[3]
This example highlights the notion that it is not necessary for traditional media institutions to become involved for the story to gain notoriety or for the information to reach the population. This would not have been possible ten years ago—today, the Internet empowers the user. It also provides the impetus for group communication to evolve as in the case with the Lott example. The pressure that was put on mainstream culture due to the huge volume of comments on the Internet eventually led to the traditional outlets covering the story.
Shirky shifts his attention once again to the dynamics of collaborative and collective action. The ease of sharing of information due to technological innovations has allowed for group organization to develop much easier. Shirky writes, "Easier and wider dissemination of information changes group awareness."[4] Because the transaction costs of exhibiting and distributing information are near zero with the Internet and its forums, and because of the permanence of information on the Internet, groups are able to form communication on a group level much easier. Websites and online forums are social tools that enable development of organizations—an idea that was not possible years ago. Technology also breaks down barriers that once impeded groups being able to expand into all areas they wanted to (i.e., it breaks geographical boundaries that once limited group access). Ultimately, Shirky suggests that these technological innovations are not the cause of groups organizing, but rather they break down the obstacles that used to hinder their development. People can either utilize these social tools of the Internet to organize socially or politically, but whatever their goal, they are able to extend their message due to the ease of communication and group organization due to the Web.
Shirky's video lecture, "How Social Media Can Make History," brings all of these ideas home. He discusses how the Internet has changed the landscape of media institutions. Social sites such as Twitter and Facebook have provided a forum for people to display and distribute their ideas. Specifically, he looks to parts of the world with repressive regimes—places that highly censor the information that is projected to the rest of the world—and how the Internet has provided forums in which those citizens can freely express themselves while also providing the freedom to form groups with a level of anonymity. He calls upon the example of the earthquake in the Sichuan province of China. Through the use of camera phones, texting and emailing, information about the quake was broadcast around the world before any official journalists had the chance to either photograph or report on the disaster. The ease with which Chinese citizens were able to post the information along with the near nothing costs allowed for the people to move from being mere consumers to being producers of the news. The situation between the government and the people became rather tense due to the mass amount of information that was being publicized about the mistakes of the government as well as the collective action of the people against the government who gathered in protests, however, my point in highlighting this example emphasizes the ability of the average technology consumer to take the wheel on producing, thus reversing and even replacing the roles of traditional institutions. It also stresses the Internet's effortless ability to provide a forum for group communication and a basis for group action. Ultimately, technological innovations have had a tremendous impact on the media landscape. Not only has it revolutionized traditional institutions, it has empowered the user to become both producer of content and organizer of movements, all of which would not have been possible just ten years ago.
[1] Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, (New York: Penguin, 2008), 56.
[2] Shirky, 60.
[3] Shirky, 63.
[4] Shirky, 151.


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System: DC
Era: VI
Country: France
Railroad: SNCF
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2nd class open seating car "Corail" type B11tu of the French State Railways SNCF. The model features "Faiveley" doors.
■ Visually revised model
■ Rich detailing on the model in "Carmillon" livery
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Interior lighting Article number : 40420
Interior fitting : Model with interior furnishing
Interior fitting : Interior lighting can be retrofitted
Coupling : NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism
Minimum radius : 358 mm
AC Wheel set Article number : 40183
Length over buffer : 303 mm
Our Mailing Address is: Euro Model Trains, PO Box 347 Keyport, NJ 07735
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Our Website: www.euromodeltrains.com
Our Telephone: +1 862 246 6624
Our FAX: +1 732 451 3467
About Euro Model Trains:
We opened our doors in 2006 and quickly became one of the leading dealers of top
European manufacturers, such as Marklin, Roco, Trix, Fleischmann, Pico, Faller, Bush, Noch, ESU, Viessmann and many others. And we also offer entire Walthers catalog online! You will not find better selection,
price and service than at Euro Model Trains, and that is a promise!
And now - visit our brand new Showroom!. Showroom is open on weekends Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 11-3, please call or email ahead of visit.


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V1— two-way diagonal road
V2— one-way diagonal road
V3— avenue road
V4— highways
V1 contains:
two-way diagonal road
V2 contains:
one-way diagonal road
V3 contains:
avenue diagonal road
intersection road
pedestrian crossing road
pedestrian crossing road decoration (found in road decos)
V4 contains:
highway diagonal road
V4 download: TUTORIALS
Important Notes:
-Currently the bridge is only limited to two view orientations, so rotating the map will ruin the effect. I don't think there's anything around this problem, so you'll just have to live with it.
-The same principles apply to making their bridge counterparts, such as the roads, avenues, and intersections.
-These tutorials are just here to give you the basic understanding of how this road network works. There are other methods and techniques to placing them faster and easier. There are also numerous combinations you can make with these. Just learn and explore how this operates and you can make marvelous things.
-I made the tutorials as concise as I can. If you have any questions, please ask me via replying here or PM.
Credits: Lobby & Theo for the country road texture template, and people on the Discord server for helping with my code.


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On May 18th, I am moderating a webinar on game-based learning in the classroom. It is with leading expert Greg Toppo, USA Today's K-12 education writer (and a former teacher). This GBL Webinar will focus on a popular topic schools are exploring this year.
Greg has been researching game-based learning in schools. He recently wrote The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter after finding himself surprised by the effectiveness of digital play in engaging students and fostering learning.
GBL Webinar
In the webinar, Greg will discuss:
- Successful models for gamifying the learning experience
- Common concerns about digital play in classrooms
- Tools and strategies that work, based on his observation
Greg will be joined by Monique Choyce from LAUSD. She will share observations from her classroom on the power of gamification.
There will also be ample time for Q&A with Greg and Monique!
Webinar Details:
GAME ON –USA Today & Distinguished Educators Share Gamification and Blended Learning Wins
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The domination of Marvel Studios continues as Black Panther steamrolls through the box office. Here are 10 movies that have brought in the highest numbers at the box office!
Box office: 151.9 crores USD
S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury is compelled to launch the 'Avengers Initiative' when Loki poses a threat to planet Earth. Will Nick Fury's squad of superheroes prove themselves equal to the task?
Box Office: 107.86 crores USD (as of Mar. 11, 2018)
After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king -- and as Black Panther -- gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people.
Box office: 140.5 crores USD
Tony Stark builds an artificial intelligence system named Ultron with the help of Bruce Banner. When the sentient Ultron makes plans to wipe out the human race, the Avengers set out to stop him.
Box office: 121.5 crores USD
Tony Stark encounters a formidable foe called the Mandarin. After failing to defeat his enemy, he embarks on a journey with relentless consequences and a suit that ceases to exist.
Box office: 113.21 crores USD
Friction arises between the superheroes when one group supports the government's decision to implement a law to control their powers while the other opposes it.
Box office: 108.5 crores USD
Bane, an imposing terrorist, attacks Gotham City and disrupts its eight-year-long period of peace. This forces Bruce Wayne to come out of hiding and don the cape and cowl of Batman again.
Box office: 100.5 crores USD
After Gordon, Dent and Batman begin an assault on Gotham's organised crime, the mobs hire the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind, who wants to bring all the heroes down to his level.
Peter Parker becomes one with a symbiotic alien that bolsters his Spider-Man avatar and affects his psyche. He also has to deal with Sandman and maintain a fragmented relationship with Mary Jane.
Box office: 88.02 crores USD
Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine -- distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear.
Box office: 87.27 crores USD
Billionaire Bruce Wayne believes that Superman is a threat to humanity as his power goes unchecked. Wayne decides to protect the world against him in the guise of his superhero avatar, Batman.


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Migration - Contemporary Debates
Through multiple case studies, you will learn how Migration theories and concepts are applied to understand education and economic migration in regions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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Knowledge tags
Migration Studies
Forced Migration
Native Rights
The United Nations
Labour rights
US Politics
Gender Rights
Global Education
Global Development
Quality Education
Political Science
Intercultural Communication
Social Media
Social Network
Online Learning
Digital Platforms
Social Learning
Labor Market
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights
Human Trafficking
Resource Extraction
Extreme Poverty
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Taking Action
Multiple Choice Quiz
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Course Description
Migration and migrants are umbrella terms that too often have been used ubiquitously and incorrectly in mass media. In this course, we will look into the distinct experiences of subgroups that could be referred to by the term "migrant", including asylum seekers, refugees, economic migrants and international students. You will hear first hand from international students and academics who research economic migrants. They will help you understand the situation from multiple perspectives, and suggest how you can be more critical about the information you see, and what actions you can take to help tackle migration issues.
Unit 1
Rethinking the so-called refugee crisis
Konstanty Gebert shares his perspective on the phenomena that has dominated European political climate in the past few years - the so-called "refugee crisis". By questioning the accuracy of two terms "refugee" and "crisis" in describing what is happening, Konstanty Gebert characterizes the situation as normacy rather than a crisis. The response by European governments and citizens to the situation, he argues, will have implication on the state of peace and democracy on the European continent.
Unit 2
Migration & Education: the case of studying abroad in South Korea
What are the push-and-pull factors of studying abroad? How much value does the school, the destination country and the entire experience of studying abroad add to your personal and career development? What are some trade-offs? Huyen Trang Tran discusses the movement of students within Asia, the underlying economic and cultural forces and where her personal experiences fits into the larger picture. Originally from Hanoi, Vietnam, Huyen Trang Tran studied at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea for 4 years
Unit 3
Migrants, Refugees and Social Media: a case study of migrants in Denmark
What role does media and new technologies play in facilitating migration? How do migrants interact with each other, what information is available, how organised is this, and what forums do they use? These are some of the questions that Sahra-Josephine addresses by sharing with your her findings from research on Turkish and Romanian migrants to Denmark. In addition, she discusses self-perception and identity in relation to the use of technology in the case of labor migrants in the Danish context.
Unit 4
Abuse of labor migrants: a case study of labor migrants for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Kim L. Jørgensen analyses the human right abuses committed against migrant workers in Qatar for the constructions for the 2022 World Cup from different party's perspectives. Specifically, he examines possible motivations behind Qatar's to bid for the World Cup, the push and pulls factor that influence migrant workers according to Migration theory, and the involvement of international organisations including FIFA and human right INGOs. He argues that all of us as global citizens should feel a sense of responsibility in the situation, and suggests actions that you can take to get involved.


text: The London Squash & Fitness Club is the city of London's premier destination for all things relating to the sport of squash. It features four international singles courts and a North American doubles court, as well as all of the amenities one expects from a world-class fitness facility. The London Squash Club is located in a beautiful part of downtown London, just south of Ann Street Park and east of the Thames River at 76 Albert Street. The story of squash in London, Ontario begins in September, 1966 when the London Squash & Fitness Club was established, with a focus on both squash and fitness and an organization that prides itself on being non-profit and member-owned. The building that the London Squash & Fitness Club is housed in began life as a family home, which is clearly visible from the street. Additions have been made to the original building, of course, but the façade of the club still resembles many large family homes in the area, especially with regard to the yellow brick that was at one point extremely popular for houses both in the country and in the city. It's a unique look for fitness facilities in Ontario and brings a level of warmth and charm that is often lacking in such places. The additions have added a lot, of course; the fitness centre on the second floor and the club lounge with licensed bar are both additions after the fact, and the $500,000 worth of upgrades that were completed in 2011 made the London Squash & Fitness Club a top notch and modern athletic facility. The London Squash & Fitness Club now boasts over 300 members, all of whom own a stake in the club. The club and it's members pride themselves on offering a healthy competitive atmosphere for those who have been playing the sport for years, as well as an atmosphere of educational support for people who are new to the sport and looking to pick it up in order to stay fit and have fun in a social setting. The social setting is also a big part of the membership to the London Squash & Fitness Club; the lounge provides a great meeting place for members, and the activities that the club sponsors – including member ladders, tournaments, the city squash league, and social events – keep members fit andsocial. The yearly pinnacle of this is the Nash Cup, an official tournament sanctioned by both provincial and global squash authorities that brings some of the world's top squash players to the London Squash & Fitness Club.


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Pre-Midterm Voting With Your Wallet
March 9, 2018
Continuing in the wake of the Parkland, FL school shooting, survivors and their supporters are leaning heavily on federal and state government to change gun laws. They are also pushing businesses to choose a side to stand on.
Business and politics, by archaic common wisdom, are not supposed to mix. The things you aren't supposed to discuss in polite or professional company are complex and fraught with emotion: religion and politics. Our parents, grandparents, teachers–they have all told us to avoid these discussions entirely.
Hold onto your hats, folks. We have six living generations sharing this country. The five previous differentiate deeply from this new generation that has yet to find an 'official' name (most common current placeholder: Generation Z.)
The thing about the so-called 'youth' vote (which presently contains Generation Z and their immediate predecessors, the Millennials) is that they vastly outnumber other voting cohorts in potential. Millennials alone outnumber their parents, the Baby Boomers… but the Boomers vote in much larger numbers. It has been difficult to get Millennials to the polls—a misstep that one may hope will not be the case with the angry, politically charged Gen Z.
Reactions to reactions! As the Parkland survivors become national spokespeople for their generation, businesses keeping an eye on their bottom lines and once-and-future sales (and, perhaps, with a touch of morality) are turning away from the gun lobby. Specifically, they are turning on the NRA.
Major businesses have three choices: decide to boycott, decide not to boycott, or decide not to decide. That third option is increasingly nonviable—major retailers like Amazon are trying to keep quiet on the subject while keeping NRA TV rolling. Soon, the online retail giant is going to have to choose another major hub, and while Atlanta was on the shortlist, Georgia has proven itself hostile to the First Amendment rights of corporations.
That's right! States too have entered the fray. After Delta dumped discounts for NRA members, Governor Casey Cagle decided to take punitive action against the airline headquartered in Georgia to the tune of $38B. Governors of other states reacted gleefully, offering their states as new HQs for Delta and the over 30,000 job that come with it.
More businesses will take one side or another as the days go by. Kroger, the parent company to Colorado's King Soopers, has announced they're ceasing sales of guns and ammunition to people under 21. Wal-Mart has taken a similar stance. Both are drawing the ire of NRA supporters.
Without further ado, here is a current list of major companies and businesses boycotting the NRA and/or assault-style rifle sales:
This is a necessarily limited list, given that innumerable small businesses make their own political decisions with little to no input or notice from the public. For instance, here in Littleton we have an extremely outspoken company in Penzey's Spices—check out their Facebook posts from owner Bill Penzey.
Here's a list of companies and businesses openly supporting the NRA:
LifeLine Screening
Life Insurance Central
Medical Concierge Network
Vinesse Wines (this company has recently suspended its NRA Collector's Series, but has maintained an NRA member discount so far–it's being "looked into.")
There is a social upheaval afoot—and the future leadership of the country is leading the charge and neither giving nor taking quarter. Eventually, every business, every politician, every citizen is going to have to answer: which side are you on?


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Beware! Earnestic has stopped paying! Do not invest there!
Hello everyone! Even a casual HYIP industry observer can be left in no doubt that there's been a surge in activity in the industry in recent weeks, as was expected for the autumn season anyway. There's no shortage of potential hits for you to choose from, as well as already more established names. In fact two new programs to the MNO monitor are about to be introduced in the news section today, so keep reading for more info on that. One of the newer programs that seems to have been met with the greatest level of enthusiasm however is one called Earnestic, a mid term HYIP that joined the MNO Premium List immediately after being launched. There's a lot to like about them so it's not difficult to understand why people are paying attention, including the fact that the Earnestic admin is following a lot of the same tactics used by a couple of the biggest programs of the year so far. So let's see what Earnestic is all about, what they have to offer investors, and whether you think you want to see them as part of your own portfolios.
You have three plans in Earnestic to choose from, or if you prefer just one plan split into three categories depending on how much you want to spend. The good news for smaller investors or just anyone who just likes playing the HYIP market for the fun of it is that Earnestic only require a $5 minimum to join, so nobody's forcing you to play with money you can't afford. That $5 gets you into what they call The Lite Plan, which also takes anything up to a $999 maximum, so this will probably include the majority of investors anyway. This plan, as do all Earnestic plans, runs for a term of 24 calendar days. During that time you are offered a daily interest payment of 6%, per day. Your initial principal is factored into your payments and so will not be returned in a separate payment after expiry. That means your final earnings should, we hope, add up to 144%, or your own investment plus 44% net profit, though you should at least break even (which is the most important statistic to consider) after 17 payments.
For larger deposits ranging from a $1,000 minimum up to a value of $4,999 then Earnestic have The Medium Plan. Again for 24 calendar days investors are offered a daily interest payment, this time rising to 7% per day. By the end of the term payments should come to 168% in total, though this of course already includes your initial deposit which Earnestic are counting as part of the payments. You therefore break even on receipt of payment number fifteen, and start counting the profits only after that which come to 68% of your principal.
And finally for the big spenders we come to the self titled Earnestic Plan for which you will be asked for a minimum $5,000 to join. There is no stated maximum. The rate on offer this time is 8% per day for 24 calendar days, principal included. That brings a final return of 192% (of which 92% is net profit) with members breaking even after 13 days when they see their first profit.
Apart from the rock bottom minimum investment that's required to join, something else that might encourage a bit more activity among online investors with Earnestic is a better than average range of payment processors. Though I guess that's fast becoming a minimum expectation of any online HYIP that seriously wants to be a genuine industry leader. Currently you'll find PerfectMoney, Payeer, and AdvCash if you prefer anonymous third party payment handlers, BitCoin or LiteCoin for direct transactions using your own digital e-currency, but perhaps the cherry on top for most of the serious bigger spending players will be Payza which Earnestic are using right from day one. It gives the program a lot more credibility among experienced HYIP players that's for sure, because it's no coincidence that the overwhelming majority of HYIPs listed on MNO accepting Payza are almost guaranteed to take one of the top two or three positions before very long. Payza are also heavily integrated with BitCoin so make it easy to turn virtual BTC into actual spendable hard currency, and of course are one of the few options still left (legally) open to US based investors.
Payments to members are made automatically but with a time delay. They still need to be requested from inside your Earnestic private members account area. Once you've done that, something that sets Earnestic apart from most other programs is the payment schedule. For most members, i.e. those in The Lite Plan, you are asked to allow 24 hour maximum for all transactions to be completed. Bigger investors in The Medium Plan are given preferential treatment with a waiting time of just 12 hours being asked of them. Instant payouts are reserved for the members investing in The Earnestic Plan. One of the improvements made to Earnestic since the program launched has been the number of withdrawals members can make in a day. Originally this was limited to just once per day. Now it's one withdrawal to each payment processor per day. Although that won't affect most of you who will only have one deposit in one payment processor anyway, it is quite handy for claiming referral commissions if you are any good at building a downline.
Design wise Earnestic looks very professional and is very well put together. Hosting is on a dedicated server with support and protection by CloudFlare who are of course a leading service provider, well known in the mainstream online business world and almost a household name. At the time of writing Earnestic was only available in one language (English) but the admin promises some translations are due soon. The script is probably the single best feature here, being entirely custom made and built exclusively for Earnestic's needs. It's remarkably easy to navigate though, and user friendly throughout. For example, the sign-up page and the log-in page are both the same thing after you have set up a password. A secure SSL encrypted connection is provided for safer browsing and more secure transactions.
The Earnestic admin seems highly responsive which is always a positive sign, and if you need to contact him for any further questions or account related issues then you can do so via the online support system. You just need to fill out the form and submit it, or you can just e-mail the admin directly at the address provided. You'll see a postal address for Earnestic listed in the UK though I know from experience these things tend to be serviced offices that act only as mail collection points. Earnestic are also visible on social media sites, maintaining Google+, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. I must say that for such a new program they're making effective use of all of them, keeping them updated when so many others fail to recognise their importance.
An impressive website is probably only let down by the shortage of background information texts. A lot of what I read there is almost predictable at this stage, a fairly minor complaint in this industry I guess, as most experienced readers will have next to no interest in what's written there in the first place. I simply mention these things to let new readers not so well versed with the ways of the online HYIP industry know that it's kinda unlikely that Earnestic are genuinely involved in the field of trading cryptocurrencies like the website claims. If they were they'd at least be able to describe it in better terms, right? And anyway, even if it was true there is still never any guarantee that any business necessarily has to be profitable. So just take it that Earnestic are a high risk online HYIP with the potential to both earn you and lose you a lot of money. The good news however is that you have the power to limit any losses by investing a sensible, affordable sum in the first place. Earnings on the other hand depend largely on the admin but so far things seem to be running smoothly. Play if you like it, pass if you don't, but keep your spending under control and remember that Earnestic might be better as a smaller part of a wider more diverse portfolio.
While my own first impressions, indeed my first experiences, with Earnestic have all been positive, I'm wondering what the rest of you guys make of it all. Is it something you would like to get involved with, especially now that the industry is growing, or are you waiting for something else? Or are you even interested at all? Please take a moment to vote in the following poll, as always completely anonymous, to share your thoughts with your fellow MNO readers. As usual the results will only become interesting in later weeks and months as they then begin to indicate how many people guessed right or wrong about Earnestic's potential. So:
The first program I'd like to introduce today is Raizex that officially launched yesterday and was immediately added to the Standard List on MNO. The program caught my eye immediately due to its custom-made script and interesting structure of one of the investment plans on offer. One of the investment plans for those looking for modest but faster reachable profits will pay you 110% after 10 calendar days and is available from a $10 minimum. Though probably more popular will be their daily paying plan, which also carries a $10 minimum. With this you are paid 5% for the duration of 30 calendar days with the chance to reach 50% profit by the end of the term. You will also see your account growing in real-time, as all the accruals in that plan show by the second. A handy timer is clocks up your profits in front of your eyes and you may request a withdrawal once your account reaches a $0.10 minimum. For better security a one-time confirmation email is sent to your registered email address and once it's confirmed by clicking on the link provided your payment is put in a queue for processing manually by the admin within 24 hours. Instant payments are planned to be introduced soon for all Raizex investors, so keep an eye on my blog as I will report on that as soon as it happens. There's quite a standard choice of payment processors which currently include PerfectMoney, Payeer, AdvCash, and BitCoin.
Technically, the site does look well and as I mentioned already Raizex is running off a totally custom-made script, it's hosted on a dedicated server by Dancom, and Comodo SSL-encryption with a superior GreenBar extended validation. There is a UK-based certificate of incorporation on display and the latest stats on most recent deposits and withdrawals available at your disposal. It's a bit too early to judge on the program's overall performance as it's still brand-new, but I'm pleased to say that at least the admin does his best at processing withdrawal requests very fast. I will be posting a full review of Raizex on MNO on Monday, so don't miss it if you need more info! Here's the welcome message from the admin on Raizex's official launch:
"We are pleased to announce the opening of the Raizex investment platform!
At the start of the project, the withdrawal of funds will work in manual mode. In the future, this action is fully automated and will go into instant mode. In order to be the first to learn about news, promotions, special offers, and also to be aware of the latest market news, subscribe to our social networking sites. Thank you for being with us!"
For many investors MedusaCapital that was added to the Premium List on MNO earlier today might not look like an entirely new program. And indeed, it was officially launched at the end of June this year meaning it's now in its fourth month online. However, it should not put you off, as before recently MedusaCapital offered a totally different set of investment plans and was not as well developed as it is now. That means that most likely MedusaCapital tried to build up some lifetime and a reputation before getting the total overhaul to the much better shape and form we see today. Just a couple of weeks ago there were some significant changes made with an important update issued to highlight them:
"Huge software upgrade
Dear investors!
We glad to notice that we upgraded our software.
List of new features:
– Design of site was changed
– Upgraded software security
– Added new plans: Makri, Syntomi
– Incorporated branches in USA and Great Britain
– Passed extended validation for SSL (GreenBar)
– Created promotion video
– Developed our official Android app and published in Google Play
– Added fast registration function
– Developed Telegram bot-informer
– Added payment systems: Bitcoin, Ethereum
– Added automatic withdrawals for deposits more than 1000 USD
– Created Telegram chats with 4 languages
– Added phone support. Available since 10/10/2017
– Now we use advanced security with Business Plan by CloudFlare
– Developed an advanced partnership program with 5 ranks
– Now you can check your referral country
– Added password generator
– Added possibility to become an our representative
– Added Auto refback function for leaders
– Added two-step autentification by Google
– Added possibility to bind session to IP, prohibit parallel sessions and suspend all sessions
– Added possibility to comment every post in our blog
– You don't need to set amount when you withdraw funds. When you go to withdrawal section, all available funds appear in withdrawal amount form
– Added online support in the right bottom corner of site
– Planning to add Polish and German languages since 10 October, 2017. Other languages will be added later
In case if you find any errors, please contact us using any available ways of connection."
You might have noticed from that there was some huge work done already. And it's not over yet as MedusaCapital now has its own Android app you can download and install via the Google store. Here are the very latest developments posted in yet another short update just a couple of days ago:
"Fixes and improvements
Dear investors. We glad to announce a new improvements release.
List of improvements:
– We created a comfortable ticket system
– Upgraded blog: Views counter added, recommended news added, Integrared social networs
– Improved our Telegram bot functionality. Now you can check your balance, list of active deposits and actual cryptocurrencies price
– Upgraded our Android app. Fixed bugs and added some improvements. Download here.
– Added some design improvements
We will notify about the other upgrades later.
Thank you for staying with us.
Sincerely, your MedusaCapital Team."
I believe that MedusaCapital is in its best form now, as the admin has decided to purchase the most expensive listing in the industry – Premium listing on MNO – in a bid to become the next leader of the HYIP industry. And the program has everything necessary to deliver some good results, with its totally custom-made script with some very unique features like the ability to activate Telegram bot notifications in addition to the usual email notifications at your liking. There's a PIN-code you might optionally set up to increase the security of your account and other tools at your disposal to further protect your account in MedusaCapital from unauthorized access, which is especially handy considering the instant nature of the payouts. The Telegram bot is also there and you can link your MedusaCapital account in the settings section with ease, as well as do the necessary operations via the Android app. The website is currently available in four languages – English, Russian, German, and Polish – all professionally translated, and there are video presentations as well, with the English version to be embedded to the MNOVision page soon. The overall layout and security of the website is stunning and is up to the highest possible standard. The domain is bought for five years in advance, hosting is on a dedicated and DDoS-protected server by CloudFlare, and SSL-encryption is improved by the addition of the Green Bar EV certificate from GeoTrust. The company have two certificates of incorporation to display – one is from the US state of Ohio and another one is the usual UK version. There are multiple Telegram support chats available in four languages, plus Skype, email and Live support. There is an active representative program and even MedusaCapital's own blog where you can check out all the latest updates from this constantly improving program.
But what about the investment plans you might ask? There are only two of them at the moment and both are available from a $10 minimum via BitCoin, Ethereum, PerfectMoney, Payeer, or AdvCash. One pays 5% daily for the period of 30 calendar days with a net profit of 50% by expiry. And if joining the other offer you will be paid 110% on expiry of a 10 calendar day term. All withdrawals from MedusaCapital are processed instantly, and I was able to verify this myself so moved the program to Paying status on the MNO monitor already. A full review of MedusaCapital is scheduled to be posted on my blog next Wednesday, and I'm quite excited to tell you more about its amazingly varied features. Stay tuned and don't miss it!
If the HYIP industry was a kingdom and had a king I believe that LaserOnline might be just the candidate. The program has been paying well and on time since the first day of July and has already beaten all the predictions from the skeptics and delivered great profits to its investors on their single plan of 12% for 12 business days. By joining LaserOnline from as little as $5 you get paid to your e-currency account exactly after the countdown timer which starts on making a withdrawal request reaches zero. After that the payment is sent to your PerfectMoney, Payeer, Payza, AdvCash, BitCoin, Dash, LiteCoin, BitcoinCash, or Ethereum account automatically by the script, which in the case of LaserOnline is really state-of-the-art in itself, constantly improving to suit the ever growing demands of a rapidly increasing investor base. The so-called BitCoin security fund that is supposed to boost investor confidence in the program's ability to deliver profits for longer periods of time has been increased as well. You can see it by checking out the BitCoin addresses given in the following update from LaserOnline whose original review can be found here:
LaserOnline Platform's Bitcoin Security Fund has being recently refilled with total balance of $500,000
BSF. or "Bitcoin Security Fund" can be considered as an extra security feature for all active L.O. platform partners. It is constantly growing crypto currency safety fund.
BSF is bitcoin addresses are fully under company?s control and access. BSF. built solely on automatically deducted sum from our profits and does not affect daily R.O.I of our investors. Is some force major cases, BSF. the fund can be used as a partial initial investment refund provided only to active investors (at the moment of the "force major case"). Another word, even if under some circumstances user loses an access to his principal, an extra opportunity aimed at partial/full "digital funds" refund can be offered by LaserOnline LLC. management.
Get started with LaserOnline today! https://laser.online/start
Having questions or doubts? Visit our extensive FAQ section: https://laser.online/faq
Join TELEGRAM WORLDWIDE community at: https://t.me/joinchat/GmaHBUR0GwaF7xlQYYP9zQ
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The admin of Bitcoin5 has taken some time to address the most frequently asked questions investors put to him in a separate newsletter posted on the site yesterday. Please read carefully if you want to know how Bitcoin5 works or haven't found the answer to your questions in the recently posted review on MNO which can be checked here. In a nutshell, Bitcoin5 is working exclusively with BitCoin and credits your account with 1% daily gradually increasing that amount day-by-day until it reaches 5% on day twenty when your investment expires. The initial deposit is then returned leaving you with over 54% net profit. More info on the program can be found in the following piece:
Dear Bitcoin5 users:
As you have probably noticed, we have completely revamped the news section of the website and hope this will enable you to work with the system even more conveniently and get all the necessary information and news first-hand. Subscribe to our Telegram news channel https://t.me/bitcoin5io
Are there any bonuses for registration in the project?
No, at the moment we do not offer any discounts or bonuses for signing up. We have been operating for two months, and every day every participant is able to withdraw the money earned. Since the launch of the project, we have been working in a low-key mode and have not been trying to attract a large number of participants. To the moment, all systems have been thoroughly tested. We have updated the website and will gradually enhance and expand the available functionality. Every day, the project grows, and more and more new users sign up, following their friends' recommendations. In the future, we may come up with exciting contests and other features to be implemented with the project, via online forms, etc. Stay tuned
Can I receive referral bonuses without having made my own deposit?
Yes, of course. These are two different ways to make money with the project. Referral pay starts being accrued automatically right after the person your referred makes the deposit and is immediately available for withdrawal.
Can I make a deposit from other payment systems?
At the moment we support Bitcoin only, but as the project develops we are planning to add other popular payment systems.
Can I make a new deposit without waiting for the end of the first deposit's term?
Yes, there is no limit to the number of deposits for one user.
For how long will this project exist?
We are operating full-steam and developing, and our project, as any high-yield financial instrument, is dependent on the trust of its participants. Many people have already been able to make good money with our program and continue to earn. They increase the amount of their deposits and invite their friends. We have a wide array of plans for the future, and we have been – and will continue – gradually adding language versions and connecting more payment systems to expand our functionality and customer base. As the project grows, we will also add online support feature on the website and a phone hotline, as well as new user dashboard functionality for further convenience. If you are not yet a participant, we suggest you start with a minimum deposit and see for yourself how the system operates, up to withdrawing your Bitcoin earnings. We offer a short deposit term of 20 days and a very affordable lower deposit limit. Thank you for your trust.
Why is my Bitcoin withdrawal has been canceled?
Most likely you did not enter your payment information. Please make sure you fill in the data and save, then create a new Bitcoin withdrawal request. Note that due to security reasons any changes in the payment information must be done only via email@example.com.
How long does it take to withdraw funds from the system?
All payouts must be verified by the administrator. It says in the system's Terms of Use that all payouts are processed within 48 hours, but usually we try to process all payments within 24 hours. As the project grows and the number of daily withdrawal requests increases, our withdrawal policy will remain the same.
I just sent some BTC, why I can't see this amount on my personal account?
All deposits are credited automatically after three confirmations in the Bitcoin network.
This usually takes from a few minutes to several hours. If you encounter any issues after that, please email us at email@example.com or create a support ticket.
Best regards, Bitcoin5 Technical Administrator".
I have no idea why some HYIP admins waste their time by trying to fool potential investors into thinking they are actually involved in some kind of trading. For instance, today the admin of AltradeGlobalCoin sent a link to the second weekly report to all the investors. Click on it and you're presented with various crypto-currency charts that give little to no verifiable information of their accounts. Does it really matter though if AltradeGlobalCoin trade on the crypto-currency market? I strongly believe that having investors in profit is a much better indicator of the program's success and I'm glad to see that after nearly two weeks on MNO everyone who invested in the program's 0.35% hourly for 360 hours plan are close to finishing the first investment cycle and are already in profit. Those who invested in AltradeGlobalCoin in the 6%-7% for 22 business days plan are still on the way there, but hope that they will make some nice profits as well. Anyway, at the moment all the withdrawals from AltradeGlobalCoin are processed instantly to PerfectMoney, Payeer, AdvCash, LiteCoin, and BitCoin accounts, and that's what investors should want from the program. And all the so-called trading reports are just filler that should be dismissed by experienced investors anyway as having nothing to do with reality. If you want to read all the latest news from AltradeGlobalCoin (reviewed here) simply skip the trading report part and read the rest of the newsletter posted below:
Greetings to all our valued investors around the world. We thank you all for choosing AltradeGlobalCoin LTD (AGCL).
AltradeGlobalCoin LTD (AGCL) has been a great opportunity for many people to earn passive income and achieve their financial dreams.
We are pleased to share this good news with our valued investors, We have crossed the 550+ members milestone in just first 15 days of our online operation.
Now We are sharing the 2nd weekly trading report of AltradeGlobalCoin LTD (AGCL).
Please click the link given below:- https://altradecoin.com/tradingreport/2nd_week.pdf
We are committed to deliver the best in upcoming days, Our business will continue being in good because of our loyal and supportive members. So now is the time to tell everyone about AltradeGlobalCoin LTD (AGCL). Refer your friends and family members; also share on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram and Youtube.
And do not forget to join our Official Facebook Group & Share your feedback & withdrawal proofs.
Join (AGCL) Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/altradeglobalgroup
Like (AGCL) Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/altradeglobalcoin
Thank You For Choosing Us.
Best Regards, Team – AltradeGlobalCoin LTD (AGCL)".
The admin of Biostry always tries his best to give the latest stats and updates on the latest program's developments. If we believe the latest newsletter sent today Biostry (first reviewed on MNO here) is boasting very healthy growth after the first three weeks online with many taking on the program's only plan via BitCoin, PerfectMoney, or AdvCash for 2.8% per business day, or 14% per calendar week. With Biostry there is no investment term limit so you earn money as long as the site keeps paying. It will take you about seven weeks to reach the profit zone after which it will be impossible to lose money. Note though that with every withdrawal request made with Biostry you pay a 3% fee which is automatically deducted, but you're compensated for that by getting instant payouts to your e-currency accounts. Here's the latest newsletter from Biostry for your information:
"Over $43,500 USD Invested in 20 Days ( Hit 10+ BTC Today In Deposits )
Dear Partners/Investors,
I hope you're having an amazing day and so is Biostry.
Today we have completed 10 BTC in Deposits i.e over $43,000 USD and 1,196 Members, which is very cool.
Remember, we're giving a decent 2.8% Every Day to you for a reason, we want to establish a stable platform for all our members so that everyone can make Money with Biostry.
Also, we're not trying to provide you with a Get-Rich-Quick Program, because there are already 1000's of them running online and most of them die in just a few weeks.
We're not like those, and we will stay here for long, and I really mean it.
Also we will be announcing a few contests as our system grows just to thank you all for making Biostry Successful.
Thanks. Biotechnology Research & Development LTD".
LigaTraders (reviewed here) announced yesterday that it's now accepting Ethereum and LiteCoin which joined the original PerfectMoney, Payeer, AdvCash, and BitCoin payment methods. I believe that all withdrawals are still processed instantly on demand from all four investment plans on offer in LigaTraders. These include 1% for 15 days and 1.3% for 30 days (both returning you initial principal on expiry), and 3.88% for 45 days and 3.66% for 60 days (with the initial principal included in the daily payouts). The minimums to invest in LigaTraders via the newly added Ethereum and LiteCoin are given in the latest update re-posted below:
"Good news from LigaTraders LTD!
Dear investors and partners, we are pleased to inform you that we are beginning to trade in crypto currency in the directions of BTC-USDT, ETH-USDT and LTC-USDT on the Poloniex exchange. Now you can open deposits in Ethereum and LiteCoin.
The minimum withdrawal amount of Ethereum is 0.0035 ETH
The minimum withdrawal amount of LiteCoin is 0.02 LTC".
Here is the list of the programs from my monitor that paid me for the last 48 hours:
From MNO Sticky list: Coinreum, ChainGroupService.
From MNO Premium list: LaserOnline, Respectativa, FatFunds, OscarBit, Carismo, AltradeGlobalCoin, Earnestic, AlpexTrade, Bitcoin5, Biostry, MedusaCapital (the first instant payments received).
From MNO Standard list: LigaTraders, Raizex (the first payments received).
From MNO Basic list: WideConstruction, BitcoinInvestClub.
That's about it for today, guys. Please follow MNO on Telegram, Facebook, and Twitter, and don't forget to subscribe to the daily news to be delivered to your email address from here. I'll be also pleased to hear your thoughts and give you advice on the MNO monitored programs if you contact me from this page or write a few lines on the MNO ShoutBox. The results of the latest poll you can still vote in to choose your favorite between the two Sticky listed programs on MNO is still open and the final results will be drawn in a couple of days, so please be active and vote here. I'll be back with the next news update from the biggest programs in the HYIP industry on Saturday and will also review GideConsulting which recently changed their investment offers to make them more appealing for HYIP investors. If you wish to check out the review and see whether GideConsulting fits in to your portfolios please come back to MNO on Saturday. MNO – For Money Lovers!
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It's a date: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are set to sit-down for their first official summit together next month.
According to the Kremlin, the meeting of the Russian and United States leaders will tackle a range of issues including "the poor state of our bilateral relations."
Full details of the summit meeting will be announced on Thursday, a US official has told CNN. The official did not offer more details, but Helsinki, Finland, remained a leading site contender for the meeting expected to be held on the second half of next month.
The announcement follows a one-on-one meeting between the US national security adviser John Bolton and Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday, where the two sides discussed the summit, nuclear arms control and other bilateral issues.
Sergey Lavrov has had a meeting with John Bolton, assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs pic.twitter.com/cg7c5pTLXt
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Bolton, accompanied by the US ambassador to Moscow, Jon Huntsman, also met the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and an adviser, Yuri Ushakov.
"I have to say with regret that Russian-American relations are not in the best shape," Putin told Bolton, "and I've already said this repeatedly in public and am saying this to you now: I think that this is largely a result of the acute internal political struggle within the US itself."
He added: "Your arrival in Moscow has given us hope that we can make the first steps to reviving full relations between our governments."
Putin last met Trump during a controversial G20 in July 2017, where the pair had a discussion over dinner with only a Russian translator present.
Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov was quoted earlier by state news agency RIA Novosti as saying the official summit would take place in an as-yet-unnamed third country.
Peskov said the meeting could be "used as an opportunity to exchange opinions on major international problems — this list is quite clear and obvious — as well as the poor state of our bilateral relations."
Trump will be in Europe in mid-July for a NATO meeting in Brussels and a working visit to the United Kingdom. Bolton is expected to hold a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday night to reveal further details on the summit.


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A 43-year-old Minneapolis U.S. Postal Service worker was charged with several crimes in Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, Aug. 22. He now faces property damage, attempted bodily harm and reckless discharge of a firearm charges.
Officers with Minneapolis Police Department's Violent Criminal Apprehension Team were led to the man's apartment on Monday, Aug. 20 by piecing together clues in a shooting case. They believe that the U.S. Postal Service employee was the person responsible for shooting from the roof of the city's main post office in the direction of the Federal Reserve Bank across the street on July 21.
Most nights, people wouldn't be congregating nearby either building around 10:15 p.m., when the incident occurred. There were hundreds gathered around that evening, though, to celebrate the city's Aquatennial with fireworks. The bank building that the man is accused of shooting in the direction of is also open 24 hours and many people were inside working at the time.
Several of the shots penetrated the bank's exterior and interior office walls, coming eerily close to where employees were working. Estimates show that there was as much as $40,000 in damages caused during the incident.
Investigators didn't have any real good leads on who was responsible for the incident until an astute postal inspector saw the defendant shooting an improvised PVC gun along the ramp before his shift one day. Postal inspectors were also able to determine that the man didn't leave their facility until 11:15 p.m., on the evening of the shooting, more than an hour after he was scheduled to get off work.
Federal Reserve Law Enforcement investigators later used lasers to track the trajectory of the shots that night. They were able to determine that they came from the exact spot where the worker parked his car on a ramp at the postal facility.
Police searching the man's apartment recovered several guns, counterfeit money and literature related to the "End the Fed" movement, one that aims to do away with the Federal Reserve.
He's since been released on bail. He's next due to appear in court in October.
The government will often pull out all stops in prosecutors individuals charged with weapons charges. That's why it's important that you don't trade on experience and results that an experienced Minneapolis attorney can provide.


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Hot Goods
A relative newcomer to the scene, Brighton's Hot Goods has been steadily adding to his list of achievements, with releases on UKF, Bingo Bass, Medium Rare and Punks. Blending elements of UK bass and tech house, he has been getting steady support from the likes of Taiki Nulight, Wax Motif, My Nu Leng, AC Slater and many others. With shows in prestigious clubs such as London's Fabric, Brighton's The Arch and Kiev's UBK, Hot Goods has also been carving out a reputation as an exciting DJ, drawing from a wide range of influences for his sets.


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Friday, January 28, 2011
Heat Wave
Guess where it's 23 degrees with no wind?!? Here! Guess who is going for her first outside run in almost two weeks?!? Me!
The nice days are so few and far between this time of year that I can't pass this one by. We're going to have a warm but snowy weekend- high of 30 today and Saturday- and then it's supposed to get cold again next week. However, looking at the monthly average calendar on WeatherChannel.com, we've rounded the corner and the weather should improve from here on out.
And on that note, I'm going to get ready to go. Stay tuned for two restaurant review posts this weekend. Oh yeah, and if you want to leave a comment, you have to click through to the actual post. I'm planning to get that fixed this weekend, too. Have a great Friday, all!
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The received item is working good. It's quite worth of the money I have paid. Against the ordered item 7020G, there is no stamping on the set. Refer my photos. Absolutely any stamping on the body. Why ? FM reception is absolutely very bad. For GPS, Memory Card with Map is not included. Metal Holder and Frame is missing. While putting "ON" the video, a warning slogan 'parking brake must be engaged to view' is appearing on the screen. How we may overcome this ? (which wire has to be grounded
2018-04-18 00:04:04
It is as they said. It come on time. A small problem solved asap. I'll order again soon
2018-05-01 07:35:22
It is a good item, the only downside is that the memory card with the map was not included :(
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Downstream industry recognizes Saudi Aramco projects
Saudi Aramco projects are capturing the attention of the downstream industry as the company pursues a growth program to become a leading integrated energy and chemicals company. Houston-based trade magazine Hydrocarbon Processing recently named two Saudi Aramco projects in its "Top HPI Projects of 2014."
Hydrocarbon Processing editors identified 12 projects worldwide with significant impact to the global or regional downstream industry. These projects were grouped into three categories: LNG/gas processing, petrochemical and refining. The magazine's readers voted online, with 2,000 unique votes cast and Saudi Aramco emerged as a winner in two of the three categories.
In the petrochemical category, the Sadara Chemical Co., a joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, was named top project. This world-scale operation is one of the largest petrochemical projects under development in the Middle East. The complex, being built in Jubail Industrial City II in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, includes 26 chemical processing plants capable of producing up to 3.2 million tons per year of diversified chemicals and plastic products such as: ethylene, propylene oxide, propylene, benzene and others. Full commercial operations are expected to begin in 2016.
In the refining category, the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co., or SATORP, a joint venture with France's Total also located in Jubail Industrial City, is a newly constructed, 400,000-barrels-per-day, full-conversion refinery with integrated petrochemical production. It is among the most complex refineries in the world, converting Arabian heavy crude oil into high-quality products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, liquid sulfur as well as petrochemical products.
The selection of Sadara and SATORP by followers of the refining and petrochemicals industry further validates the company's business strategy and technical expertise with regard to downstream operations. New refineries, plant expansions and the development of a world-class refining network have created significant opportunities for experienced professionals.
A broad range of downstream professionals for expatriate positions is needed, from project managers to specialist engineers in mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering to be a part of the global expansion.
"Working for Saudi Aramco is an opportunity to take your career to the next level. The size and scale of projects allow you to contribute to something bigger than you ever thought possible. It means job satisfaction on a whole different level," said Tim Hansen, head of expatriate recruiting, Aramco Services Co. (ASC). Right now, a talent search is under way for candidates.
Learn more by visiting the www.Aramco.Jobs website.


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Check out this Broadway World interview with CCCEPA grad Cody Williams
CCCEPA grad Cody Williams has led a successful career on Broadway since 2010, living the dream of being a working actor, that so few are able to ever achieve. He began his professional career in MEMPHIS on Broadway and has continued until now to CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY in 2017. Broadway World recently interviewed Cody. He had some great things to say about his time at CCCEPA/Pebblebrook. Check it out HERE.
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text: Dr. Hanan Nasser has participated in the International Conference on Banking, Finance and Commercial Studies in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, under the title: Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Guide from Bahrain. While the concept of the Kuznets curve (EKC), which links economic growth with environmental degradation, is clear, there is disagreement about its shape, extent, and limitations. This study examines the EKC hypothesis in Bahrain and assesses the impact of electricity consumption, FDI and fiscal development on emissions Carbon dioxide using time series data for the period 1980-2014. The results indicated a long-run upside relationship in the form of U-letter between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth, confirming the existence of the Kuznets environmental curve (EKC) in Bahrain. In other words, economic growth in Bahrain raises the level of environmental emissions until it reaches a certain threshold of per capita income and then begins to decline. In addition, while electricity consumption continues to increase the level of CO 2 emissions, increasing foreign direct investment leads to improved air quality in Bahrain. Based on these results, Bahrain should reduce emissions by expanding carbon dioxide recovery plant projects and investing more in energy research to achieve efficient electricity generation.