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Verizon, who once refused to offer any incentives to join their network, are now finding out that one should never, say never. A new report from Wave7 Research, which is in the business of tracking the offers and promotions that national carriers offer, says that Verizon is clearing testing out different promotions in various parts of the country to determine which promotion is most effective. This comes after Verizon (and AT&T) lost customers during the first quarter of 2015. Although, thanks to LTE smartphones and tablet sales, Verizon was able to increase 565,000 retail postpaid customers, they lost 374,000 3G smartphone customers and 385,000 featured phone customers in the first quarter.
T-Mobile has long been offering big incentives to switch to the 'Big Magenta' uncarrier, but mostly attacking Sprint – who started their own campaigns – and AT&T. Now even Big Red is under attack with T-Mobile's new "#NeverSettleForVerizon" campaign that is exclusive to Verizon Customers. Verizon never took the bait as AT&T did as they started countering and matching some of T-Mobile's incentives on their own network. Verizon always maintained the attitude – if we build the network, the people will come. Slowly, but surely, Verizon started to crack and throw users a crumb here and there – for instance, if you are a prepaid customer and sign up for auto-pay, Verizon will give you an extra 1GB of bonus data each month.
The Wave7 report noted, "It is likely that Verizon is feeling pressured, given its losses of phone subscribers in 1Q15, and is now doing a 'bake-off' to determine which promotion works best in advance of a larger national push. In the aftermath of Sprint's revised pricing launch in August 2014, Verizon did a similar 'bake-off' of promotions in various regions. The 'bake-off winner' was a $200 port-in credit that Verizon ran for the remainder of 2014 and the credit later became a $150 credit and then a $100 credit." Verizon continues to offer a $100 bill credit for customers that port over from another carrier to its Edge program. In addition, if a customer purchases a new Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge or HTC One M9, they will get an additional $100 for any working trade-in, although Verizon said this is set to expire on May 10.
Verizon has a promotion in Texas (sans Houston and El Paso) and northwestern Louisiana that is now offering $300 to new customers – $100 bill credit and $200 trade-in on any working smartphone – and will throw in an extra 10GB of data for customers that initially choose 10GB or more data plans. In New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, and the Washington, DC, area, Verizon will give you $200 if you port your number over and on the radio in Chicago and Cleveland, they will pay $300 if you choose to purchase the new Galaxy S6. In Los Angeles, Verizon is offering $150 or $200 for a Galaxy S5 and in April they promised customers $300 that switched to Verizon and traded in a Galaxy S5. Similar deals were offered in San Diego and Atlanta and Nashville. Verizon spokesman David Samberg told our source that "Verizon has always offered regionally focused promos at different times across the country. This isn't anything new."


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By Sarah L. Myers
New York, NY, USA
John Dyer Baizley is balancing a fine line, one that he is all too aware of and one that he doesn't plan on crossing - the line between overkill commercial artist and immensely popular contemporary artist. His most recent work has focused on album artwork for his own band, Baroness, as well as other bands in the metal circuit, with a smattering of original, personal artwork and. This type of exposure brings both rabid fan-bases and fine art criticism. A double-edged sword in many respects, this growing exposure allows his work to be seen by audiences not obtainable by traditional struggling artists. It also risks him losing credibility as a fine artist with such commercial work under his belt. Yet despite the clear difficulty, Baizley has found himself masterfully balancing the line between overexposed commercial artist and respected fine artist.
Friends began discovering John's potential in Savannah, Georgia, in 2001. They were blown away by the images in his sketch book - bizarre bulbous-head people, contorted faces, enigmas, sex and brilliantly detailed figures. All they could think was "why isn't this guy in art school?" The answer was that he had already been to art school. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design for three years on a full painting scholarship, but he just didn't talk about it that much. Ever mum on the subject, John, even with friends, tends not to dwell on his past and instead focuses on the present and his future. His bout in art school was not something he really cared to talk about. But John's talents were obvious and his time at RISD seemed well spent.
A few years after, John began to paint again (he had taken a short break after leaving school and moving to Georgia) and the results were intriguing - large oil paintings, many nudes, featuring expressionist brush strokes, deep, moody colors, the layers creating a fleshy sensation that screamed tormented from the canvas. Many of the faces were partially or entirely muddled, one has a face that exploded away, as if a strong wind had come and blown it away with fluids, muscle and tissue spraying from the body. The work was always heavy handed, dark and menacing which, in large part, comes from personal expression, and in some parts simply due to the media he was using. Once he delved into album art he began using watercolors, pen and ink, and with that change his work took on a whole new life. It is now much riper with complex stories, symbolism, and visual splendor that leave viewers awestruck by the complexity and mastery of his craft.
Growing up in rural Virginia, Baizley listened to a diverse body of music including blues and southern rock, but it was metal, punk and hardcore that resonated with him, as was the artwork that accompanied it. The late 1980s album artwork of Pushead for such artists as Metallica, The Misfits, and Dr. Octagon, was not just an inspiration to Baizley but it was representative of a musical movement of the time. Pushead's work became so entrenched in the musical genre and movement that it became synonymous with punk rock, metal and all things beautifully gruesome in album art.
Pushead's work has always focused on the morbid with skulls, flowers, decay and death a common theme, and his approach to both the fine art and graphic nature of his work leaves many art critics sluggishly admitting his talent, despite his rejection of the art establishment.
There are many recurring themes between Baizley and Pushead that include skulls, flowers, grass or leaves (organic materials). This could be attributed mostly to Baizley's work in album art and the demand for such iconography. He recently noted in an article that he is "really just over [skulls]. A lot of times I'll submit something, and somebody goes "oh, we were hoping there'd be some skulls in there." It should be said that many of these genre-specific icons are also in his work due in part to the alternative symbolism that these images represent to Baizley himself and not necessarily for shock or morbid factors.
Another strong influence of Baizley's artwork is Alphonse Mucha. Mucha's brilliant work is often said to be the start of Art Nouveau in France, as his work with pastels, oils and framing of his subjects had not yet been seen at the time. The movement of fabric worn by the subjects, the presence of flowers in bloom and nature, and various framing techniques utilized by Mucha make his work so recognizable. As with Mucha, Baizley's work tends to focus on the female, though the reasons for this vary. Mucha was often commissioned for portraits while Baizley is using the female for alternative, symbolic reasons that include the mother figure: mother earth and life-giver, as opposed to simply being a Madonna for which to fill the space.
There are clear indicators of Mucha's influence in the way that Baizley chooses to pose his subjects – often with the hands by the face, hands holding up the head or hands fondling something in the lap. Interestingly Mucha, like Pushead, also worked in commercial settings including painting for advertisements, posters and commission portrait work and continued to be seen as a foremost fine artist despite this.
The work of Vania Zouravliov is a newer influence on Baizley. Perhaps the most risqué of the three influences, Zouravliov's work focuses again on the common themes of life and death and includes the element of sex and sexuality into the mix. While many of the characters in Zouravliov's work tend to be explicitly sexualized, Baizley steers clear of that type of symbolic objectification, yet their work does imply robust sexuality with both the use of the form and the use of symbols in nature.
Baizley's personal style has been evolving since he emerged as an in-demand album artist. This is most clear by examining the evolution of the Baroness album art. As Baizley continued to work on other band pieces, it was the deeply personal and heavily symbolic Baroness artwork that most clearly shows his point of view as an artist as well as being the most poignant of his commercial work.
The Blue Album, Baroness' fourth album and sophomore full-release, was accompanied with a masterful work of art. In it we see two women, often referred to as Reuben-esque but in reality represent a pregnant woman. Woman number one, seated on the left hand side of the painting has a necklace of cracking eggs around her neck with the final pendant dripping into the shape of a phallus. While her sexual organs are barely hidden, the symbolism is clear. A small uncracked egg floats gently by her round belly posing as the child's origins within her. On her head we see the rooster, surrounded by a massive array of blooming flowers, vines and feathers. When examining closer we see a familiar sign – the halo – behind her head, in a clear reference to the work of Mucha. While plumage is a common icon in his work, John is tight-lipped as to the meaning behind it, as for other symbols and icons saying "the real themes that I work with are the underlying themes. A skull as a metaphor or as an icon – how many ways can you stretch that and where can you take that…what I try to do is subvert the norm…[my work] can be enjoyed on an outward level, but if you're a prying mind that really digs, I put much more into it than that."
Notably, The Blue Album, a name derived by members of the band relating to their emotional and physical associations with the color, is his first entirely blue artwork. While many of his commercial pieces for bands have been in varied tones, the Baroness album art has focused recently on one thematic color and specific motifs. Baizley notes "the women…are the same totemic muses from all of our releases, whose particular meaning and origin I tend to eschew in favor of individual interpretation…I asked all the members of Baroness to give me one symbol, or idea from themselves…[one] that came with some personal difficulty, and that the reason for the symbol not be explained fully to me."
With this admission, no matter how cryptic, we see how Baizley unites both personal meaning and symbolism in his work while maintaining enough mystery to allow viewers to project their interpretations, desires and needs onto his work. He is successfully drawing in the audience on a personal level while maintaining his individual artistic values and pursuits without sacrificing either. Most importantly Baizley has cleverly picked projects that will not only garner international fine art attention, but also encourage a cult like following. Not only do his commissioned commercial works get promoted and purchased by people who do not yet know who Baizley is (new listeners of Pig Destroyer, for example), but he also sells monochromatic prints of many of his works at the Baroness live performances, and only at these live performances. As to not seem too accessible, Baizley's original prints have sold for upwards to $7500, again solidifying him as both attainable to the masses, yet respected enough command fine art prices at his exhibitions.
Though too much album art will undoubtedly stunt Baizley as a "band artist" as opposed to a fine artist, his recent gallery exhibition at Philadelphia's Metropolis has helped secure his place on both sides of the line. He has taken a moratorium on commissioned album artwork, and instead is focusing on building his brand as a fine artist. By choosing to focus solely on his own work, Baizley will continue to grow as an artist without the overexposure he is at risk of reaching. He is a brilliantly talented artist, managing to walk the thin line of which so many artists fall to either side.
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Congratulations go out to my friend and new District of Columbia medical marijuana retail licensee Linda Mercado Greene and her partners for their grand opening of Anacostia Organics. It's always nice to see the good guys (gals) win one and CBE looks forward to watching team AO kick some ass generating revenues, jobs and taxes while serving patients in The District's Wards 8 & 9 as well as other parts of the Nation's Capital.
Anacostia Organics, The First Medical Marijuana Dispensary East of The River, To Hold Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting with Mayor Muriel Bowser and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Washington, DC (January 22, 2019) – Anacostia Organics, a 100% minority female owned medical marijuana dispensary, located in Historic Anacostia at 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE,Washington, DC, will open its doors at a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony with special guests Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on January 24, 2019 11 a.m. Doors will remain opened until 7 p.m. to allow residents and neighbors an opportunity to visit. This is the first medical marijuana dispensary to be licensed by the DC Department of Health in Ward 8, and East of the River. All staff of Anacostia Organics are DC residents with the majority living in Wards 7 and 8.
Owner and CEO Linda Mercado Greene has been a resident of the District of Columbia for 46 years, residing in Historic Anacostia for the past 19 years. An entrepreneur, Greene is the CEO of a public relations/public affairs company, The Linda Greene Group, which has advised and represented local, national, and international political figures in additional to those in business, entertainment, sports, and religion. She also served as Chief of Staff to The Honorable Marion Barry, who was a close family friend since 1972. In 2014, Greene began to focus solely on the burgeoning cannabis industry, incorporating BCG Holdings, Inc., a public relations/public affairs firm focused on the cannabis industry as a specialty with co-founders Sherri Blount, Esq., Yolanda Caraway, and Board Member H. Marrel Foushee. Anacostia Organics is a subsidiary of BCG Holdings, Inc.
"Through our research of license holders and locations, we found that even though an overwhelming majority of medical marijuana card holders resided in Wards 7 and 8 at that time, there were no dispensaries located in their own communities to give them access to their medications. As well, it was discovered that there were no longtime female residents of the District of Columbia were awarded licenses for a cultivator license nor a dispensary license; only 2 people of color and only 2 women were awarded licenses out of 15 licenses granted to operate in the District of Columbia. We brought this data to the Executive Office of the Mayor and to the Council of the District of Columbia, resulting in emergency legislation to reopen the licensing process for at least one dispensary to be allowed to operate in Ward 7 or Ward 8. After a many year process, Anacostia Organics made application and was successful in our bid."
Greene is very active in the cannabis sphere, locally and nationally, on policy, advocacy, equality, expungements, and equity fairness…a constant presence in the halls of Congress and the DC Government. She was recently elected by her licensed colleagues in DC to become the new Chair of the DC Medical Cannabis Trade Association. She is an active member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association serving on its Board of Directors; the Steering Committee of the National Cannabis Festival; a member of the National Cannabis Industry Association and other cannabis affiliated organizations. She was recently retained by the Cannabis Trade Federation as a strategy consultant.
"This is an important and historic day in Ward 8" says Greene. "Anacostia Organics is honored to have the support of our community and the leadership of our great city witnessed by the participation and presence of two strong and powerful women leading the capitol city of the nation, The Honorable Muriel Bowser and The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton. As the owner and CEO, I am committed to bringing our patients access top quality medicine. This opening is also a big step to help ensure that our community will not be left behind as the cannabis industry becomes a larger source of jobs and opportunity around the nation."
For further information, contact Dedra Owens at 202-491-0845.
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The most common fear that incoming college students have is the fear of not being able to make friends. I had this fear myself; I worried about whether I was going to like my roommate, who I would sit with at lunch, what I would say during introductions, and so much more. Fortunately, my initial fear was quickly knocked out of me upon arriving at Whitman due to my implementation of the three following tips.
- Actually attend your section dinners. The first year dorms at Whitman are designed to help you create your first small friend group on campus, so take advantage of your residence community. Go to your weekly section dinners. Do homework in your section lounge. Walk to class with your section friends who also have a class in Olin at 9am. And, last but certainly not ineffective, have small talk while brushing your teeth.
- Get to class 5 minutes early. Even just these 5 minutes on a repetitive schedule allows you to get to know the people who sit beside you in your classes. Before you start singing, turn to your fellow alto and complain about how you can't sing high notes. While you're sitting down in the computer lab, ask your programming buddy if their homework also took them 6 hours. Though it may be hard to believe, small interactions like these with the same people eventually build friendships, which you can eventually pursue outside of the classroom!
- Do things other than eat, sleep, and study. While these three things are certainly all wonderful, they unfortunately are independent and repetitive activities for the most part. Leave your room and join some kind of group—any group. Being part of extracurricular activities regardless of your interest or investment in the activity is a super easy way to make friends. Whether it is a sorority or fraternity, a musical group, the frisbee team, or even the mushroom club, your participation will engage you with the campus and you will thank yourself highly for this engagement, as will your new friends!
While college is a time to grow as an intellectual, it is also just as much a time to grow as a social being. Learning challenging material from books and other resources is a wonderful goal, but is ultimately rendered useless if you do not learn to communicate this knowledge. Find some time to put down your book; go eat dinner with your dorm section, throw a frisbee on Ankney, and spend 5 minutes laughing with your classmate about last night's hilarious passage. Books, though fascinating, can not provide the warm, giddy feeling that making a new friend can.


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SGX - Strong SADV After US Presidential Elections To Persist
- Since the US Presidential Elections in early November, there has been a marked pick-up in SGX's SADV.
- November SADV of SGD1.3bn was 36% higher vs the average of SGD0.96bn from Jul-Oct. We expect the higher SADV to persist, as interest rate normalisation takes place.
- The 5 Dec launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Connect could catalyse more trading of China A50 Index Futures, which account for a high-teen percentage revenue share.
- Maintain BUY with revised TP of SGD9.10 (from SGD9.04, 25% upside), pegged to FY18F P/E of 25x (1SD>1.5-year mean of 23.1x).
Sharp SADV pickup in November to persist.
- Securities average daily value (SADV), which had been lacklustre over the past few months, picked up sharply in November to SGD1.3bn vs the average SGD0.96bn during Jul-Oct. The sharp increase came about after the 8 Nov US Presidential Elections.
- We have assumed FY17F SADV of SGD1.27bn, on expectations of more trading activities – as the Federal Reserve (Fed) raises rates, more funds would switch to equities from fixed income instruments.
More trading volume for China A50 Index Futures going forward?
- For the derivatives business (~40% of SGX's revenue), the 4MFY17 derivatives average daily contract (DADC) of 639,000 was lower than FY16's 732,000. However, with the 5 Dec launch of the Shenzhen-HK Stock Connect, we expect stronger trading volumes for the China A50 Index Futures – where trading volumes account for ~ 40% of total derivatives trading volume. We are forecasting FY17 overall DADC to rise 7% YoY.
Acquisition of Baltic Exchange would also help improve SGX's derivatives business, in our view.
- The acquisition was completed in early November. The despatch of consideration and payment of special dividend to Baltic Exchange shareholders should have been completed in late November.
- Whilst the acquisition would add a small 1% of net profit to SGX, it reflects SGX's aim in expanding into new markets to grow its derivatives business.
SGX remains attractive.
- We peg our TP to a target FY18F P/E of 25x (1SD above the 1.5-year mean of 23.1x). This gives us a TP of SGD9.10, which is slightly higher than our previous SGD9.04 TP, as we roll over our target valuation to FY18.
- At the same time, our DCF methodology leads to a fair value of SGD9.15, which supports our TP. Note that SGX's dividend yield of 4.4% is attractive, compared with the sovereign 10-year bond yield of 2.3%.
- We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.
- The key risk to our call would be global economic trends.
Leng Seng Choon CFA RHB Invest | http://www.rhbinvest.com.sg/ 2016-12-02
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Dan O'Bannon, 1946-2009
My movie was - and is - Lifeforce. Yep. Lifeforce. While the rest of America was watching Marty McFly travel Back...In...Time, I was thrilling to the UK's ravishment by space vampires in a big budget epic that wedded themes from the vaunted Quatermass series to bombastic special effects and laser light shows. Let the rest of the world add money to the coffers of Universal Pictures - I had thrown my lot in with director Tobe Hooper and a man who spent a career unnamed but seldom unrecognized. He would go through life hyped as "the creator of Alien," and indeed, he gave life to Ripley and Ash and Dallas and Kane and the Nostromo and those biomechanical marvels from Monsieur Giger with the cranial carapaces and the acidy spit. He also gave us screenplays for Dead and Buried, Blue Thunder, Invaders from Mars (1986), Screamers, Total Recall and The Return of the Living Dead (which he also directed). I am confident that others will give those films the attention they are due. But he also adapted Colin Wilson's The Space Vampires into the screenplay for the hot mess that is Lifeforce. He may not be very happy with the film that is heading up this tribute from the Jar - he all but disowned the finished product - but it has gone on to cult status, testimony to the other genre junkies who felt similarly defiled and delighted, and for that, this little fanboy owes Dan O'Bannon so very, very much.
Dan O'Bannon died on December 16 after what is described in obits as a brief illness. He is survived by his wife and son.
My first encounter with O'Bannon was not only as a screenwriter, but also as an actor, as the put-upon Pinback in John Carpenter's entry into the world of moviemaking, Dark Star, which I saw in 1975 as the second half of a double feature with The Land That Time Forgot at Wausau WI's legendary Grand Theater. This sequence is often cited by film historians as a low-cost first whack at what was later to become Alien -- that is, if Ripley and company were forced to do battle with an inflated beach ball with Gill Man claws.
Thanks again, Dan. I hope you're home in time for cornflakes.
5 comments:
- Unknown said...
Lifeforce was awesome. I watched it when I was a child and it impressed the hell out of me. Something that has a script, a nice atmosphere and a solid sci-fi background. It wasn't much in the way of production values, but its spirit was strong. Now that you reminded me of it, I must find it to own.
- December 18, 2009 at 8:17 AM
Hell yes. Lifeforce is so far superior than it's reputation suggests. A great throwback to Quatermass and X The Unknown. And what a performance in Dark Star! He will be missed.
- December 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- I Like Horror Movies said...
This really is another great tragedy in Horror, 2009 is ending on a sad note with the recent losses, but O'Bannon left behind a true legacy in film
- December 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM
- Jeff Allard said...
Sad, sad news. O'Bannon was responsible for so many genre touchstones. Horror and sci-fi fans are in debt to him. R.I.P. Sgt. Pinback.
- December 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM
- Jay Watson said...
Everything you say about O'Bannon is much appreciated (and agreed with).. but I have a question: The Grand Theater in Wausua???? Oh my! That was my home-away-from-home from the late Summer of 1967 to the fall of 1971 (I lived in Wausau during my Jr. High years and first 5 quarters of Sr. High). I loved the Grand. Ohh, the memories.
Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend,
- December 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM


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Nearly 900 motorists received fines in the space of just five days after some claimed they were diverted through a bus lane while roadworks were being carried out.
In just one two hour and 45 minute period, between 6.15pm and 9pm on Thursday, April 20, when diversion signs were in place, 151 cars were snapped by traffic cameras heading down the bus lane in Neath Road near Swansea 's Liberty Stadium.
Drivers claimed the diversion signs instructed them to go that way, but Swansea Council has insisted they didn't.
A total of 864 notices were issued over the five days - with diversions in place for three of those days.
Since the camera was installed in March last year, 6,200 people have been fined for going through the bus lane, which means a huge 13 per cent of that total was handed out in the space of just 120 hours - the equivalent of 7.2 every hour.
But so far 224 drivers have filed appeals over the tickets.
Some motorists have threatened to go to court in a bid to challenge the £35 fines.
Driver Wayne Morgan, who lodged the Freedom of Information Act request, said: "I am awaiting appeal and will not pay."
He called into question why it took 15 days to issue the notices and said he was advised it was "necessary to obtain keeper details from the DVLA and then process the appropriate details, so it can take time for the notices to be issued."
Swansea Council claimed the diversion was 'clear' and that drivers were not re-routed into the bus lane.
A Swansea Council spokesman added: "A diversion was put in place during the works to direct motorists along an alternative route. It is clear that many of the motorists did not follow this diversion and drove through the bus gate.
"Our CCTV footage clearly show a number of motorists driving through the gate into oncoming traffic. However, we also recognise that some motorists may have made a genuine mistake by driving through the bus gate and we can look at footage as part of any appeal made to us to establish if this is the case.
"It is important to emphasise that permanent signs at the entrance to the bus gate clearly state the route is for buses only and we would urge all motorists to observe the signs."


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So I got it wrong…….so very wrong……!
Its been a mashed up few weeks, probably the hardest point I have ever gone through because things have actually mattered to me, things have been close and for the first time ever since a child I have felt emotion.
There are lessons to be learnt and a million and one things I could say, but I wont.
I started this blog as a place to come and air my thoughts, away from the world. Its always been about experimentation, a free flow of words and a saftey net to catch my often crazy temper. A place I write stuff, dump some of the crazy crap that runs through my head and escape the rules. Once upon a time I would simply have smashed things up, hurt people and things around me, now I come here and write.
I am letting go now, seeing myself in a new light, I have been missing the point in this emotional rollercoaster and for that I am wrong.
Things happen in life for a reason, the world spins on a dime and fractures like light, splitting angles and makeing new paths, somehow in my bath of vodka and emotional pain, I lost sight of that and lost sight of me.
I sent an email that will never be read an echo of a sharde of life, that was never ment to be.
Now I draw a line in the sand and silently walk away, whats right and wrong no longer matters, the toil and trouble of the last few weeks, closed down.
I lost sight of what was important and wallowed in my own pain, I never knew emotions call, I never let myself feel.
Whats done is done and I know that in my own way I gave my best, for no other reason, than I cared.
I cared more about something than I cared about me, I learnt to care on an unconditional level, to worry over things that matter far more than empty words and a promise of a tomorrow that will never come.
Unread words that fall upon the cutting room floor, once it was all, now it is gone.
I spent my whole life running, though at the time I never saw, never really understood. I kept people at bay, I grew in a world of darkness where love was a black eye or broken promise.
Through the words we dont say, the things we dont do, we say more than we ever knew.
I never thought I could or would do this, but I learnt a new way.
So many things are so very wrong, but it doesnt matter anymore, none of it matters, not the words or the thoughts, not who is right or who is wrong, the world will spin on, time will heal and paths will change.
The time I found these things, that I never had in my life, will always remain a special part, the things I shared, tiny smiles, laughter, climbing trees, I will cherish as new beginings with in me, times that mattered much more than I ever even knew. I wont taint those memorys with the poison of thought, just hold them close and pure, frozen now in amber, held close with in my heart. These are the things that matter.
Goodbye becomes the echo of yesterday, hello the call of today.
I have been missing so much in life, trying to keep myself safe, living in the shadows, never complete. One can not change the past nor would I change any part of the last 3 years, given the choice I would do it all again.
Its that deep burning happiness that matters, thats all I ever wanted for you all.
I need to seek now the happiness, the wholeness that I have been missing, living yet not feeling, lost with in self, I never knew a world that spun outside of hurt and pain. I have basked in the darkness, lost myself with in the wilderness and become so far estranged from the reality of me, that even the fabric of life began to strain.
Outside of my own silent suffering, the pain of my own endless thoughts, trying to battle something that could never be more than image, I missed the changing roads, missed the sign posts and found myself in a new place. I lacked the skills to deal correctly with feeling, I lacked the guidance of life to find the right way and chose to get drunk, reflecting over the negative and missing the light, the real reason I was here.
Through doing nothing, you gave so much.
Truth be told nothing really matters than the reality of the moment, and truth in itself is a flawed concept trapped only in a fleeting second that splits into interpretation. I did this she did that……but the memorys, the smiles, the fun……the tears…….are the only things that matter.
Letting go of thought, the unhealthy negatives, with in the ice, I melted.
I have changed, I came back here to get away from some very bad things that I had done, was doing with in my life, our paths crossed and I tried harder to change and I did, and I saw with in that it no longer had to be how it was and I chose to be your friend. I found feeling and a depth of emotion that I never dreamed possible and I learnt to do what I think is right.
My journey is far from complete, but to become more whole, to become a better stronger person, I need to grow, let love in, let people become close, escape the isolation that I have been living in, shed the image and stand pure and strong as me.
Shed of the negative, the thoughts that have been dragging me down, slip from this skin and breath.
Things are so different now with in my mind, my thoughts are clear and I have broken the spell, through times of suffereing some of the greatest moments are achived. I am finally free of the bonds that held me, finally realising what it is to love something so much, that it actually matters more than anything to me.
3 tiny little lights in the world, each unique, each very special, that will go on to acheive great things and will linger in my memory as the first time I ever cared about anything and I will always care.
As life spins on, as time ticks and paths change I know that she has found her happiness, that the 3 lights will shine away from the shadow that once was me. My time there has passed and I did what I thought was right, because every second mattered.
From darkness comes light, lost in words that were never read.
Its not the end, its just a new begining a new direction and I missed that in my bitterness. I have found that I can love, that I can care, that I can process emotion and that I seek a deeper lasting happiness, the only way that I can find that, the only way I can do that, is to free myself from the shadows that have long since plauged my mind, accept myself for who I am and break free from yesterday.
As I leave work today, I am on the edge of tomorrow seeking me.
As I leave work today, I will slip home open the vodka bottle one last time, but this time I drink not to what I thought was lost, but to what I found and to your happiness, your freedom, your love and your health and wish you all well as a new chapter opens.
One last drink to me, before I lay the bottle down, throw away the ciggerates, cut out the darkness and finally come out, do what I should have done so many years before.
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Or, when a scout is about to leave their section when the CSA is normally completed, ask them to challenge themselves to do something and show the rest of the section when completed. Then award the CSA. It doesn't make that much of a difference!
I remember when the new programme came in hearing a CSL moan that there wasn't an Astronmers badge anymore so they couldn't do the star gazing, night walks, model making etc that her cubs loved doing. I pointed out that there was an astronomy part in the scientist badge, she said yes, but only a small section and not nearly as extensive as the requirements for the old badge. I tried to explain that just because there wasn't a badge for it, it didn't mean that she couldn't still do the night walks, star gazing, model making etc - it was still part of a balanced programme. I think the same applies for the personal challenge.
If you think that the badge requirements have been 'dumbed down' - that does not mean you have to 'dumb down' your programme.
Peter Andrews ESL of Headingley Pirates ESU, Group Scout Leader & Webmaster of Falkoner Scout Group
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Please note all views expressed are my own and not those of any organisation I'm associated with
i do not look at the requirements from one month to the next, I just run a program that amuses me, challenges them and keeps them coming back week after week. Occasionally I look back and tick off where they met a requirement and dish out a load of badges.
I have never done this chief scout award thingy with any of them. Perhaps they miss out because of that... but they do some cracking good stuff with me so it's not much of a loss...
I haven't voted, as being in cubs for a short while and not knowing enough about the current badge system, I am not sure of the effect the change will have.
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Ecamp 2009
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I guess maybe we do already have in hand rewarding those who try, as in each Section we usually have at least one thing for each challenge badge the youngsters have to do at home and we do the same for some activity badges. That way we always have, and will, reward those who put the effort in.
Having said that we do have a few youngsters who are keen but the parents don't seem to be - but it's amazing what "pester power" from a keen Beaver, Cub or Scout can achieve. If we did have concerns that maybe the child was getting upset, parents weren't helping etc then we'd try and tackle it.
We're considering using the Promise Challange (at least in Cubs) as maybe something to finish off with the older Cubs / Sixers / Seconders (a couple of the things would work well for that)- so that those who want to earn their Chief Scout do actually still have to put some effort in, rather than perhaps just showing up.
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i am a bit ambivalent TBH - I like the fact that we have more challenges, but I do find them dumbed down a bit. However, I have struggled to get somekids their challenges in the current format, because if they miss one or two meets..... with only 4 items, and them being so vague, I can see every one getting their badge, which for the average 8year old is excellent news!
I've taken the opportunity to challenge my YL's as part of their Mission 1.
To identify a challenge badge and then to run 3 pack nights so that they can be awarded the badge.
This should give him the opportunity to learn and then plan the meetings etc.
When I next see the other two YL's they get the same Mission
I am disapointed in th loss of the personal challenge from the Chief Scout Gold award.
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A 12-year-old sporting enthusiast was left feeling surprised and humbled after receiving an award last month following her performance at a tee-ball grand final game.
Jaeda Ritchie from Southern River has found enjoyment in a variety of sports including hockey, cricket and tee-ball and South Thornlie Redsox Tee-ball Club president Damian Rose, who was also Jaeda's assistant coach in the team, said she displayed great hitting skills and had always played in a team a year ahead of her age group.
"Jaeda has previously represented Bletchley Park Primary School in the T20 girls cricket competition and also took part in the Pacific School Games in Adelaide representing WA as part of the under-12 girls hockey team," he said.
On February 25 Jaeda was part of the under-13s mixed cup tee-ball team which took out the grand final win over the Forest Lakes Magpies with a 23-12 victory.
After the game Jaeda was awarded the inaugural Matt Keogh Good Sport Award for 2018, which was awarded for anyone 18 years of age who demonstrated teamwork, fair play, respect, fairness and a sense of fellowship to either opponents or fellow teammates.
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It is sweet to wake up at the side of your love. Music and lyrics by Ambrogio Riva. Download [6,6 MB] Choral music SATB audio demo and sheet music in 3 languages (English, Spanish and Italian)
Of a long sleep
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GabZero posted a topic in Help and TutorialsHello. Sorry for this being my first post and I'm already asking for help. But I could not find help anywhere else. I'm studying Spriter Pro those days, I've bought it on Steam and it was really a good deal, the software is awesome. I'm learning with the official youtube channel. It worked really fine, just a little more time and I can say I know all its features. But I found an annoying issue right now. I was following this video: There's no problem with the video but maybe with my computer. I followed step-by-step and created my Character Map. I named it as Armor and linked the character pieces accordingly. Saved. But when I click-and-drag the Armor word from the "Available" to the "Active" painel, nothing happens. Its like something is not right or allowed but I don't get any error messages. I tried a new CM and still nothing. Tried to restart Spriter Pro and still nothing =( What should I do? Thank you very much! EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm using it on a Mac, OSX 10.9.5


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Wakeup: Trump Doesn't Need a Majority
Before You Board That Chopper...
Radio Free Tom's Reality Check
There are some things that you can change and there are things that you cannot change. You look at your personal situation and ask if there is anyone you can help. You ask if you need help. Our ancestors survived bad times and we have their genes. Each one help one. We have people around us who need help. There is always someone in worse shape. We can reach out to people who are energized by helping others. In these times, we do both. We have people around us who care.
I don't text a lot, but I have been texting friends and family about their frustrations and anger. They text me about their anger and frustrations. It is cathartic. I have connected with cousins I only see at family reunions. We are not in this alone.
This is the consequence of Trump's reign of lawlessness, lies, hate, divisiveness, incompetence, obsession with unaccountable power, lack of decency and humanity and his stoking of rage.
Trump ridiculed a pandemic virus and brought us mass deaths and economic collapse. He stoked hate and police brutality and we got the murder in Minneapolis, by a police force represented by a white supremacist union chief. Trump is a sociopath, the biggest looter and miscreant in the nation. He will likely make things worse. He wants blood in the streets, he wants power and domination at any cost. As Scaramucci said, he will, and is, throwing the nation under the bus in the hopes of re-election.
In Phoenix protests last night, where the police force is led by a black female department chief, the crowd was dispersed at the curfew by a black woman from the protestors asking if any of the police will take a knee to support them, a practice vehemently attacked by Trump as hating America when done by NFL players. Three cops did. The protestors went home.
There have been four years of this. He has spoken of shooting unarmed migrants at the border. He has shared violent videos on Twitter. He has put kids in cages, locked sick kids up and let them die alone. He praised a congressman for assaulting a journalist, and often induced crowds to menace the "enemy" journalists in the room. He told supporters to "knock the crap" and "knock the hell" out of protesters, fantasized about punching one, and offered to pay legal defenses of those who did.
These violent sentiments have disproportionately been directed at nonwhites, most famously when Trump said there were "very fine people" marching among the white supremacists in Charlottesville. He told four nonwhite congresswomen to "go back" to the "broken and crime infested places from which they came." He denounced "s---hole countries" in Africa and elsewhere, said Haitian immigrants "all have AIDS," attacked black NFL players, hosted and retweeted bigots, dehumanized Muslims and Mexicans, and much more — back to his embrace of the birther movement and his demonization of the Central Park Five.
Trump's racist rhetoric combines with his violent rhetoric in his encouragement of police aggression. He urged police "please, don't be too nice" when throwing "thugs" into "the back of a paddy wagon," and he suggested not "protecting their head." He said laws were "totally made to protect the criminal, not the officers" — and his administration put such ideas into practice. It rescinded post-Ferguson reforms that kept surplus military weapons from going to local police with inadequate training. And it disparaged the Justice Department's decades-old practice of investigating and remediating police misconduct. link
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and foreign minister Marise Payne have demanded an investigation into the attacks by police in Washington, D.C. on two of Australia's television reporters Monday night. "We have asked the Australian embassy in Washington, DC to investigate this incident," Payne said. "I want to get further advice on how we would go about registering Australia's strong concerns with the responsible local authorities in Washington," she continued, in advance of bringing a formal complaint. The journalists were shoved, clubbed, shot with rubber bullets, and tear gassed.
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https://t.co/U6sYGRcpV8 She address her previous comments and I have nothing but respect for her for doing so. https://t.co/Fv6FcvQxUB— mallory (@acltearjerker) June 2, 2020
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Pro forma sessions were not a problem when President Bush was in office and were encouraged by the LSM.Via TPM The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Monday in a case with potentially dramatic long-term implications for the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. The legal question is whether the president may temporarily appoint people to staff executive branch agencies when Congress is not conducting business but also not technically in recess — known as pro forma sessions. Noel Canning, a business based in Washington State, claims that actions taken against it by the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) are invalid because they relied on the decisions of recess appointees to the board who were put in place during pro forma sessions. A decision against the Obama administration "would overturn the long-settled understanding of the Recess Appointments Clause, upsetting the equilibrium between the political branches created by our Constitution's framers," said Elizabeth Wydra, the chief counsel for the Constitutional Accountability Center, a liberal legal advocacy group. Wydra called the lawsuit "ahistorical and myopic." A ruling against the government in NLRB v. Noel Canning stands to invalidate a series of NLRB actions aimed at cracking down on unfair business practices. Depending on the scope of the decision, government actions taken under previous presidents may also be implicated.Keep reading http://weaselzippers.us/?p=167251
when Congress is not conducting business but also not technically in recess Congress wasn't "not technically in recess". It wasn't in recess period and the appointments ought be null and void.Besides we haven't been functioning under an actual "Separation of Powers" for years (including the Courts) and this is just one more instance of how insignificant Congress has made itself.


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As I've been trying to improve my lifestyle by quitting alcohol, using essential oils and changing my diet, I've also started to take a closer look at the products I use on my body, opting for natural and organic products where I can. One of those products which I've been trialling is natural and safe deodorant including Kind-ly's Armpit Detox and 100% Natural Deodorant.
Previous to using Kind-ly, I have been using a regular brand name deodorant that you can buy at the grocery store. Here is its ingredient list:
Aqua, Aluminum Chlorohydrate, Isoceteth-20, Paraffinum Liquidum, Butylene Glycol, Glyceryl Isostearate, Laureth-7 Citrate, Palmitamidopropyltrimonium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, PEG-150 Distearate, Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Parfum.
Why I am changing to a natural and safe deodorant
The above ingredient list might not mean much, but when I had a closer look and did a bit of research, I was alarmed. The deodorant I had been using had the following:
Parabens – Methyl, ethyl, propyl, benzyl and butyl aren't good for women's hormone balance and, according to this study, can cause breast cancer.
Aluminium compounds – Aluminum chloralhydrate, aluminium zirconium tetrachlorohydrex gly can block sweat ducts and mimic estrogen and are also linked to causing breast cancer.
Propylene Glycol – This is a synthetic liquid substance designed to absorb liquid. It can cause delayed onset of allergic reactions and, it's considered a neurotoxin which is linked to kidney and liver damage. Scary, huh? Oh yeah, see the ingredient Isocteth-20 in the ingredient list above? That's a propylene glycol, too.
PEG-150 Distearate – PEG is short for Polyethylene Glycol, Polyethylene being a plastic. According to a study published in the International Journal of Toxicology, PEG 150 Distearate can contain harmful impurities, including Ethylene Oxide. This chemical is known to increase the incidences of uterine and breast cancers and leukaemia and brain cancer. However, the study does also mention that the chemical is considered to be safe and encourages manufacturers to continue their efforts in removing the harmful impurities.
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone – A synthetic fragrance that can cause allergies in some people. The International Fragrance Association banned it from being mixed into perfumes and colognes.
Parfum – When the ingredient says 'parfum' it could be a mixture of ingredients that you will never know about. Parfum can contribute to skin irritation, allergies and organ toxicity, and if this happens, you'll never know what exactly caused it.
I'm so glad I was asked to try Kind-ly. Here's my experience.
Why use the Kind-ly Armpit Detox?
When I was asked to review the Kind-ly armpit detox, it was the first I'd heard of an armpit detox. But after researching the ingredients of regular deodorants and how they can affect the body, I now know how valuable this detox product is. The armpit detox is designed to draw out toxins from the underarms, like the ones found in regular deodorants, and clear blocked sweat glands, allowing you to transition to natural deodorants.
How do you use the Armpit Detox?
It's designed to be applied daily over seven days, but there is sufficient in the packet to get another week. You get a small amount of the product on your fingers, it's like a clay mask like consistency, and smooth it over your armpit with a thin layer. Leave it on 10-15 minutes and wash off in the shower or with a warm face cloth.
What I love about the armpit detox
I love the idea of this detox drawing out the impurities, and the fact that it does all the elbow grease with 100% natural and organic ingredients; no need for the nasties. The brown clay colour of the detox mask can be offputting, but, the smell is lovely. It was easy to apply, dried after a little while and was easy to wash off. My only qualm was that the detox became quite runny in hot weather (I'm in sub-tropical Queensland). I have to remember to store it somewhere cool on hot days. On cooler days, the consistency was perfect; it simply reversed to a harder form.
Kind-ly natural deodorant
Once my detox was complete, I started using the Kind-ly natural deodorant. I'm so glad I trialled the Rose & Geranium, I look forward to putting it on every morning because it smells fabulous. The 100% natural and organic deodorant is an aluminium free deodorant with no parabens, no alcohol or other nasties.
What I love about this natural deodorant for women?
Apart from the lovely smell, and the fact it's a deodorant without aluminium and other nasty ingredients, I am so excited that this is a natural deodorant that works and lasts all day! Before trialling Kind-ly, I trialled a different brand of natural deodorants. They left me with a bit of a B.O. problem, it was a bit of a hit to my confidence. So, it's nice to experience a natural deodorant that does exactly what it claims to do. Kind-ly also glides on nicely and doesn't clump up like creamy stick based natural deodorants I've used. It is also Australian owned and made.
I also love how Kind-ly has swapped out the nasties with the good stuff, and it does precisely the same thing. For example, they use vegetable-based powders to absorb wetness and remove moisture away from the skin instead of Propylene Glycol. It's also enriched with Probiotics to introduce good bacteria to the skin and to balance the skin's microbiome. Lastly, Magnesium and bi-carb soda are used to neutralise the underarms, so there's less stink!
Oh yes, and if you're Vegan, these products are also vegan-friendly!
There are so many lovely scents to choose from too; you could have two going at a time so you can pick the scent to match your mood. Scents include:
- Rose & Geranium
- Lime & Frankincense
- Lavender & Bergamot
- Cypress & Sandalwood
- Coconut & Vanilla
Australian readers – you can purchase KIND-LY products at the KIND-LY website or amazon.com.au
USA readers – you can purchase most of the KIND-LY products at amazon.com to avoid International shipping.
Here's to happy, healthy armpits thanks to safe deodorant and detox!
Disclosure: I received a Kind-ly Deodorant and Armpit Detox for an honest review. You can read my disclosure policy here. This post also contains affiliate links and will not affect the price you pay; I may receive a small commission.
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solar system. The whole solar system used to be
just a cloud of matter (mostly hydrogen), which
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hydrogen gas collapsed to form a star, which is
our sun; the rockier junk stayed in orbit around
the sun, and over time that junk collided with
itself over and over again until it formed the
rocky planets, including the Earth. In fact, we
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The Earth is 4, 568,000,000 years old. And
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Our solar system formed between 4.7 and 4.5
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1. MVE/NE Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
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Riyadh announced the arrest of 18 Saudis in connection with their investigation and the sacking of two top aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has faced mounting international pressure over the journalist's disappearance.
Riyadh provided no evidence to support its account of the circumstances that led to Khashoggi's death.
Khashoggi, 59, a Washington Post contributor and critic of the petro-state's powerful crown prince, was last seen on October 2 entering his country's consulate in Istanbul for paperwork required to marry his Turkish fiancée.
His disappearance had been shrouded in mystery and tipped Saudi Arabia into one of its worst international crises, with Turkish officials accusing it of carrying out a state-sponsored killing and dismembering the body.
The admission – after persistent claims by the Saudi authorities that Khashoggi had left the consulate alive – appears aimed at distancing Prince Mohammed from the affair.
In the latest version of events from Riyadh, Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said Khashoggi died after talks at the consulate degenerated into an altercation. He did not disclose the whereabouts of the journalist's body.
'Discussions that took place between him and the persons who met him... at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul led to a brawl and a fistfight with the citizen, Jamal Khashoggi, which led to his death,' the attorney general said in a statement.
A Saudi official said separately: "A group of Saudis had a physical altercation and Jamal died as a result of the chokehold. They were trying to keep him quiet."
Deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and royal court media adviser Saud al-Qahtani, both part of Prince Mohammed's inner circle, were sacked.
Khashoggi's fiancée Hatice Cengiz tweeted that her heart was 'full of sorrow' at the confirmation of his death.
Saudi officials have roundly denied that Prince Mohammed had any involvement.
But one suspect identified by Turkey was said to be a frequent companion of the young heir to the throne, three others were linked to his security detail and a fifth is a high-level forensic specialist, according to The New York Times.
International reactions
Some Western governments and politicians gave guarded or skeptical responses to the Saudi explanation, but Middle Eastern allies closed ranks around the kingdom.
Trump swiftly endorsed Saudi Arabia's explanation about the death of Khashoggi and termed it an 'important first step'.
'I do, I do,' Trump said when asked if the Saudis' explanation was credible, while adding: 'It's early, we haven't finished our review or investigation.'
"Saudi Arabia has been a great ally. What happened is unacceptable."
Trump said he would speak with the crown prince, the kingdom's de facto ruler. But Trump again emphasized Riyadh's role in countering regional rival Iran and the importance of a lucrative US arms sales to Saudi Arabia for American jobs.
Trump had previously said Washington could impose sanctions, but his administration had been notably slow to criticize its Persian Gulf ally despite mounting evidence of what happened to Khashoggi.
Britain said it was considering its "next steps", while Australia said it pulled out of a planned investment summit in Saudi Arabia in protest at the killing.
'This was a terrible act and those responsible must be held to account,' the British Foreign Office said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "deeply troubled" by the confirmation of the violent death of Khashoggi, a spokesman said.
Guterres "stresses the need for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Khashoggi's death and full accountability for those responsible," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
Amnesty International said the Saudi explanation appeared to be a whitewash of "an appalling assassination".
A senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Khashoggi.
The critical reaction by Numan Kurtulmus, deputy head of the Justice and Development Party, suggested that Turkey was not prepared to go along with the Saudi version of what happened to the writer.
"It's not possible for the Saudi administration to wiggle itself out of this crime if it's confirmed," Kurtulmus said. He also said that Turkey would share its evidence of Khashoggi's killing with the world and that a "conclusive result" of the investigation is close.
Turkish authorities widened their probe on Friday, searching a forest in Istanbul where the body might have been dumped.
Turkish investigators are likely to find out what happened to Khashoggi's body "before long", a senior Turkish official said on Saturday.
Turkish sources say the authorities have an audio recording purportedly documenting Khashoggi's murder inside the consulate.
Pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak, citing the audio, said his torturers cut off his fingers during an interrogation and later beheaded him.
The state of the body when found, could make it difficult to ascertain whether the Saudi account of the killing is accurate if it has indeed been dismembered.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, an influential Trump ally, said he doubted the latest admission from Saudi authorities.
'To say that I am skeptical of the new Saudi narrative about Mr. Khashoggi is an understatement,' he tweeted.
Democrat Senator Jack Reed, said the Saudis were still not forthcoming with the truth. "This appears to have been a deliberate, planned act followed by a cover-up," he said.
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Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA - Saudi Arabia admitted on Saturday that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its Istanbul consulate, saying he died during a "fistfight', an explanation that President Donald Trump called credible but drew skepticism from top US lawmakers.


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The Wildcat Marching Band, under the direction of Mr. Corey Moore, is working to add a Color Guard unit to their 2019-2020 field show performances. An interest meeting took place last week where several students attended, and it was announced that new uniforms are being ordered for next season. Junior...


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King Windward Nissan and Make-A-Wish Hawaii staff welcomed Kelsie with Christmas cheer!
Kelsie and her family walking into King Windward Nissan.
Kelsie's dad pushes her into their newly modified van!
Kelsie and her family with their new van. "It is such a blessing", Jennifer, Kelsie's mom said.
Happy Wish Day Kelsie!
Everybody cheered as Kelsie and her family walked in!
Make-A-Wish Hawaii President and CEO, Siana Austin Hunt, welcomes Kelsie to her wish reveal!
Kelsie and her family with some of the people who helped make her wish possible!
This gives us a sense of freedom.
Jennifer, Kelsie's mom
What is freedom? Well, it depends who you ask. For Devin and Jennifer, freedom is being able to get around as a family without the assistance of a wheelchair accessible shuttle service. Their daughter, Kelsie, battles a life-threatening respiratory condition that has placed her in a wheelchair, preventing her from doing daily activities that many of us take for granted - like getting into and out of a vehicle.
With doctor's appointments and daily errands to run, the family has been forced to rely on a medical service shuttle for transportation…but not anymore! With the help of her parents, Kelsie wished to have a van modification so she and her family could go anywhere they wanted to – together!
King Windward Nissan saw the everyday hardships this family faced without their own customized vehicle and decided to give Kelsie's family a generous discount on their new van! Getting the vehicle at the low price was a blessing, but there was one more very important piece that was missing – a modification that allowed Kelsie to get in and out of the van smoothly and easily. That's where Make-A-Wish Hawaii and GoldenBoy Mobility stepped in.
The van was sent all the way to California where GoldenBoy Mobility worked to specialize it to meet Kelsie's needs. Then, it was back to Hawaii where King Windward Nissan prepared a grand wish reveal for Kelsie and her family!
Decked out in a large red bow, a red nose and reindeer antlers, the van was ready to present to Kelsie. King Windward and Make-A-Wish Hawaii staff cheered as she and her family walked into the room to see their amazing new van!
Kelsie's mom was overjoyed and so was Kelsie! Although unable to speak, you could see the joy in her eyes – she lit up as people wished her a "happy wish day" and she looked around the room with curiosity and excitement! She knew that this day was special.
So where is the first place the family plans to go with their new van and new-found freedom? "We haven't even thought that far ahead really, this is just such a blessing" said Jennifer.
Surely, there will be many places to go, people to see and new adventures to experience for Kelsie and her family. As Sean Peterson from GoldenBoy mobility said, this van truly gives Kelsie and her family the freedom to "Go. Be. And Live."
Special Thanks: King Windward Nissan, GoldenBoy Mobility, Cookie Corner, Wish granters: Lori Anderson & Tina Fonceca.
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Mobile is the device of choice for consumers today - but content is King! Companies are paying increasing attention - and budgets - on content to engage, attract and retain customers. We have asked Footlocker, CNN and AOL to share their mobile research and engagement strategies at MRMW on July 18-19 in Fort Worth,Texas. See: http://na.mrmw.net
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