text: FItness 6/30/2016 7:00 PM 4/16/2018 1:45 AM About 3 months ago now, I got a job at 24 Hour Fitness. That job changed my life from the instant I walked in there. As we all know, 99% of the time, if you work at a gym, you get a free membership. Well, I haven't had a solid gym membership since I was about 12 because I couldn't afford one. I've always been an athlete so a gym membership wasn't really necessary. But when I was about 14, within the span of 3 months I broke my thumb, almost fractured my spine, and fractured my arm. So I had to take a LONG break. 7 years later, I'm back in the game. Society and the media has done a very good job at making women think that the skinnier they are, the more worth they have. With the help of a terrible ex, I fell for that trap. Within four years I was a stick, and I was always sick. I was unhealthy and my overall view towards my own body was absolutely terrible. I've got a small frame, and a decently sized butt with proportionate legs, but I hated them because I didn't have the thigh gap that the media is so obsessed with. My thighs jiggle and rub against each other when I walk. It's how my body has always been built and I hated it because of the toxic thoughts that were put in my head. SO I DECIDED TO MAKE A CHANGE. I decided that I was going to go back to that athletic physique that I loved so much. Then, with the help of one of our personal trainers and a wonderful friend of mine, I realized where I really wanted to be, I wanted to compete. But that takes us to another part of the spectrum where people think that women who have a lot of muscle are unattractive and "look like men" and blah blah blah whatever. Thankfully I have the most supportive SO in the world and he's done nothing but tried to keep my mind in check during this process. Making sure I'm still eating normally and that I'm maintaining a healthy lifestyle. He's been my rock and I don't know where I'd be without him.Even though I did decide that I won't be competing due to the fact that their diet crash would kill me and put me back into a negative mindset about my body, I've decided that I'm going to train like a competitor. I've already made so much progress in the past three months that even I have a hard time believing it. I'm also here having to tell myself that my pants being too small isn't a bad thing. That I'm gaining muscle mass in my quads and that's good for my overall goal. I can't wait to see where this journey takes me. I can't wait to see how I progress and build from here on out.


text: Didn't find an earlier thread on this so... I moved from Liberty Gingerbread (which I liked but was getting a little laggy) to Cyanogen 7.1 today. Everything is great (very fast) except for some reason my GPS doesn't seem to work. Anyone else having this issue or is this a known bug??? Thanks!

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Resources to plan a cruise with the Healy
Pre-cruise planning meeting for the Healy
Planning questionnaire for a cruise on the Healy
Guidelines for planning helicopter flight operations on the Healy
UNOLS, USCG and US State Department forms for planning a cruise.
Various policies used aboard the USCG research vessels.
Required foreign clearances for planning a cruise.


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The Mask 1994Reviewing: New Line Home Video Region 1 (Us & Canada) | Rating:
When it first came out, The Mask had blown me away with its special effects. I guess back in 1994, what computers could add to a movie was still very new, and all the impossible transformations that took place onscreen were more fascinating. As I look at this film today, there is really nothing else to it: it's a lght entertainment flick based solely on visual effects.
The plot is more than simple: Stanley (Jim Carrey), a shy bank clerk somewhat down on his luck, finds a mysterious mask; the mask happens to be made by the Norse god Loki known as a god of mischief. So when Stanley puts the mask on, he gets supernatural powers and insatiable desire to have fun, mischeaf included. The over-the-top antics of the green-faced creature Stanley turns into are funny to watch, but no longer so amazing as they were back in 1994 when I remember myself stopping and rewinding the film to see the "supernatural" parts once again.
This DVD has four mildly interesting featurettes, two deleted scenes, and a couple of audio commentaries.


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People realize that whoever gets elected into office will in some way take advice from their spouse during their time in office. If there is a disagreement between spouses on a major issue it could cause worry from voters that the issue will not adequately be addressed by the candidate. This issue is a big deal during this campaign, in regards to immigrants and citizenship, so it is important for Donald and Melania to tackle this issue as a unified front.
Although a somewhat embarrassing gaff, I do not believe that Melania Trump misstating Donald Trump's ban on Muslims will be harmful to Donald's campaign. Even if nothing else his current campaign success seems to have succeeded in breaking all the established rules for what will or will not turn voters away from him - in this case any publicity seems to be good publicity.
Although Melania Trump misstated her husband's ban on Muslims, it is not likely to hurt his presidential campaign. Many of his supporters believe Muslims should be banned from the United States. They watch the news and think all who are Muslims believe in terrorism, despite this not being the case.
Donald Trump won't be taken down by his wife. Donald Trump is a master at manipulating the media. He knows exactly what to say and when to say it. He has more time in front of the camera than anybody. The only way he loses is if the voters rally behind only one of his opponents.


text: I just recently purchased the above tablet from Bell. It works well except for two programs. Netflix downloads but cannot open. When I attempt to open it the screen starts to zoom, turns back and then it immediatley reverts back to the screen I was on. I have tried a soft reset, deleting and reinstalling the app, deleting cache and data but nothing works. Android Apps downloads and I can open it. But if I try and pin a video I have purchased or stream it I get a "fail to fetch license error 43" error message. I have also tried the above fixes for it without success (in fact, Android advised to delete cache and data and reboot and when I advised them this did not work, they did not reply). I have no way of knowing if this is true for all Bell Galaxy Tab 8.9 (I know that the 10.1 runs both applications on Rogers). I have attempted to get help from Samsung, Bell and Netflix and they all blame each other. If anyone has any suggestions that would be helpful. Even if you can confirm that the problem is not limited to my tablet, then I know it is a software and not a hardware problem and I can wait for a software fix from both companies.


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The 2018-19 edition of the Queensland Recreational Boating and Fishing Guide is now available. Single copies of the guide can be ordered from the department's Customer Service Centre. Bulk orders of the guide can be ordered direct from the publisher by calling 07 3891 7793 or online at www.transtasmanmediagroup.com (P&H fees apply). A digital copy of the guide is also available for download.
The 2018-19 Queensland freshwater and tidal water fishing pocket guide is also available. Single copies of the pocket guide can be ordered from the department's Customer Service Centre. A digital copy of the pocket guide is also available for download.
The 'Qld Fishing' smartphone app which features fishing rules in Queensland, including size and possession limits, is also available for download from Google play and the Apple App Store.
Anglers do not require a licence to fish recreationally in Queensland, except if fishing in some stocked impoundments. The content below provides detailed information on anglers' responsibilities when fishing in fresh waters and tidal waters. Fishing rules apply to all ages but children should be of an age where they can be responsible for the use of their own fishing gear.
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and such on the C drive. But I want to have a backup external drive that
I can keep away from the main computer. I don't see a way to transfer
from external drive to external drive, tho, since I haven't seen an external
drive with a usb *input.*
Is there some way to do this? It's too much data to transfer back to the C
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Am looking for recommendations on fromageries in Denver - thinking ahead (already!) to a New Year's Eve dinner. This is the first time we'll be cooking the meal in Denver, and the cheese plate figures large in the list of attractions.
Please tell me there's more out there than Whole Foods...
(We are coming from Belgium, so artisanal US/CO cheeses would be ideal.)
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The numbers 5 and 10 were prominent in today's
search for career enhancement articles so I decided to make it this week's theme in regard
to the value of advice offered. 5¢ today buys what 2¢ bought in 1980, per the
Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Inflation Calculator,
and 10¢ is the equivalent of 2¢ in 1970. The idiom about "adding my two cents
worth" of opinion or advice goes way back to Biblical times, but the Inflation Calculator
only reaches back to 1917, at which time 2¢ would buy 48¢ worth of goods. You
can see in the above chart how wildly inflation extremes have swung in the U.S. all the
way back to 1666 (the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620). Note that when a person
adds his 2¢ worth, it is usually unsolicited. Can you remember the old 5&10¢
stores? I can.
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Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi: Even before the row over Army Chief General VK Singh's age was settled, his likely successor Lt Gen Bikram Singh has been hit by a slew of allegations.
Lt Gen Bikram Singh has been accused of staging a 2001 shootout in Kashmir in which an alleged foreign militant was killed. The allegation can mar his chances for the top post.
Bikram Singh is currently the senior most Lieutenant General of the Indian Army and is tipped to be next chief of the 1.3 million force.
With the Defence Ministry rejecting Gen VK Singh`s contention that 1951, and not 1950, be considered his year of birth, he is set to retire on May 31 this year.
A writ petition has been filed by a Kashmiri mother, Zaituna, alleging that the militant killed in the March 1, 2001, South Kashmir shootout may be her son Abdullah Bhat, a resident of Machil border area in North Kashmir.
The Lieutenant General was then brigading the 5 Sector Rashtriya Rifles unit headquartered in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. The shootout took place in Janglat Mandi under Bikram Singh`s control.
The Army had then claimed to have killed Mateen Chacha in a gunfight with militants that also led to the death of two civilians and two Army personnel.
Bikram Singh, now commanding the Eastern Command, was also injured in the cross fire. The police in their report on the shootout had confirmed the Army claims.
But a decade later, Zaituna filed a petition in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court last year claiming the militant was her son. Zaituna`s daughter Jana is a co-petitioner.
The petition seeks reinvestigation of the case and remains of the alleged militant exhumed for DNA test.
"The photographs of the victim (killed militant) taken by police must also be shown to the family for identifying," the petitioners said.
The court in its order on October 13, 2011, asked the state government and the Defence Ministry to file their responses to the petition and sought all records pertaining to the case for perusal. The case has come up for hearing several times in the court but has been consistently deferred to next dates.
It is now expected to be taken up for hearing in February when the High Court re-convenes in Srinagar after a month-long winter vacation.
Asked if the allegations could affect the chances of Bikram Singh for the top job, the Army Chief said: "I have got no clue on this."
"The report (about Bikram Singh) is not with us. When it comes to us, we will let you know," Gen VK Singh said.
Apart from this case, an MP is also reported to have written to the Prime Minister saying it would not be right to promote Lt Gen Bikram Singh to the rank of Army Chief as his daughter in-law is from Pakistan. The intelligence establishment had however given a go ahead for Lt Gen Bikram Singh when sought a view by the PMO.
There have also been anonymous complaints against him regarding his posting in Africa as part of a UN peacekeeping mission, and his alleged failure to ensure discipline among Indian soldiers. Accusations have been levelled against several members of an Indian Army battalion that they had illicit sex with local African women and fathered children there.
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This is my lock screen. I was listening to BAP and said why not. I changed it from the default lock screen to this.
Aaand my wallpaper. Blonde Yongguk was everything. He was so so handsome with blonde hair. I miss it so much.
As for music I have a mixture. Most of my music is on my ipod. So maybe I'll do that challenge next.


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Good Evening:
The same old story–take what you find, throw it all in one pot, somehow make it work. The odd combination here consists of fenugreek and thyme, which to my surprise worked together rather well. I served it with a lemon-rosemary roast chicken and white rice, but this would also make a good vegetarian/vegan main course.
Carrots, Fennel & Olives in Curried Tomato Sauce
Serves 2 as an entree, 4 as a side dish
The Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 cups carrots in half-inch dice
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1.5 cups fennel in half-inch dice
- 30 Kalamata olives, split lengthwise
- 2 teaspoons ground fenugreek
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2-cups tomato puree
- 2 teaspoons thyme
The Process
- Heat the olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat until shimmering.
- Add the carrots, salt and pepper, stirring until everything's coated, then stirring frequently for five minutes.
- Add the fennel, stirring until everything's coated, then stirring frequently for another five minutes. Reduce heat if the carrots cook too quickly.
- Add the olives, fenugreek, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, stirring until everything's coated, then stirring frequently for another five minutes.
- Add tomato puree and the thyme. Stir until everything's coated, then reduce heat to a low simmer for ten minutes, stirring frequently. You will thicken the sauce in this fashion.
Serve piping hot over white rice, brown rice, or couscous. Probably best with a pale ale.
I hope you enjoy this recipe, or ever better, inspires you to create something even better!
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Source: ISNA
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that Iran and Iraq reached an agreement on implementation of Algiers Accord concluded between the two sides on border issues.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari
"We reached an agreement with Iraq on implementation of 1975 Algiers Accord on Arvand Rud River, and it will be signed by the two foreign ministers after the legal procedure is completed in Iraq," Zarif told a press conference with his visiting Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari here in Tehran on Wednesday.
"I should announce a promising news," Zarif said, adding the two sides also agreed on ways of working on the river and implementing the deal.
The agreement has been reached on the level of experts, he said, adding Iran is waiting for Zebari's second visit to Iran after the legal procedure is done in Iraq.
The 1975 Algiers Agreement (also known as the Algiers Accord, sometimes as the Algiers Declaration) was an agreement between Iran and Iraq to settle their border disputes (such as the Shatt al-Arab, known as Arvand Rud River in Iran), and served as basis for the bilateral treaties signed on June 13 and December 26, 1975.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi met Houari Boumediene and Saddam hussein in Algeria at 1975 for register 1975 Algiers Agreement.
Less than six years after signing the treaty, Iraq attacked Iran to invade her border lands. The primary motivating factor behind the Iraqi invasion under deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was to annex and incorporate Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province to Iraqi territory. However, that invasion was quickly countered with fierce resistance by Iranian Armed Forces. The Iran-Iraq War lasted eight years, and finally ended with a United Nations brokered ceasefire in the form of United Nations Security Council Resolution 598, which was accepted by both sides.
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A Russian Documentary (english subtitles) on possibly the most bizarre claim of WW2
If not then what happened to Operation Highjump ?
What made this task force of over 40 Ships turn around and come home ?
they included;
the flagship "Mount
the aircraft carrier
"Philipine Sea",
the seaplane tender "Pine Sea",
the submarine "Senate",
the destroyer
the ice breaker "Northwind",
and other tanker and supply ships.
armed contingent of
1400 sailors, and three dog sled teams were also on
One of the core themes of the film is the alleged existence of 'Base 211', the legendary underground Nazi base in the Antarctica. Drawing upon the pre-war Nazi interest in Antarctica and the creation of 'New Swabia'; the testimony of German U-Boat submarine commanders and the alleged disappearance of thousands of Nazi scientists and engineers at the end of the war, personnel that cannot be accounted for by the Vatican and Odessa 'rat lines' or American 'Operation Paperclip' activities. In addition, the film analyses the actual geo-physical possibilities of an underground base in Antarctica.
What was the Nazi obsession with Antarctica ?
Was it related to the German Secret Societies like The Thules or The Vrils ?
Just watch the first 10 mins if you dont have time.
Something strange happened down there.


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Info for Health Professionals
These are some of the most frequently asked questions about
using our gynaecological cytology service.
If your question is not answered here, try the gynaecological cytology user
guide or contact us or contact the Cytology
Administration and Laboratory IT teams
(Last updated January 11th 2017)
The laboratory will deliver a 12-month supply of kits to each
practice/clinic. If there are any issues relating to the provision
of LBC kits, contact the laboratory on 0161 276 5172.
To order paper request forms, contact us on 0161 276 5172.
The Manchester Cytology Centre processes and reports SurePath®
cervical LBC samples. These should only be collected by trained
sample takers.
Training in sample collection for primary care staff is
available on request from the cytology training leads at the local
Primary Care Trust.
The cytology training lead can also arrange for three-yearly
update training for sample takers so they remain aware of
developments within the cervical screening programme and to
maintain competence.
See instructions on sample collection.
Samples taken from women within the NHSCSP screening age ranges
that have adequate cellularity can be tested for high-risk human
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Women are ineligible if they are below the minimum age for
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as scanty samples may yield a false negative HR-HPV result.
See patient
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Experience gained from the HPV triage pilots, in which the
Manchester Cytology Centre was involved, has enabled the programme
to move forward with HPV triage of borderline changes and mild
Testing will now be introduced to the programme. This means that
any women who have a cervical screening test result of borderline
changes or mild dyskaryosis will automatically have an HPV test
performed on their sample (where HPV triage is implemented).
If HPV is found they will be referred for colposcopy and if HPV
is not found they will be returned to routine screening every three
or five years depending on their age.
In addition to HPV triage, an HPV 'Test of Cure' is being
introduced for women who have undergone treatment for CIN.
This means that HPV tests will be carried out on samples from
women who have a normal screening test result after having
treatment for CIN.
If HPV is not found then the women will not be recalled for
screening for a further three years. If, however, HPV is found or
the screening test does show an abnormality the women will be
referred again to colposcopy.
For more information see the NHSCSP webpage on the
evaluation of Sentinel Sites for HPV triage and test of
Manchester Cytology Centre (MCC) has well-established
systems and several years of experience with direct referral to
We currently operate a direct referral programme to 13
colposcopy units and liaise with LASCA, Manchester and North
Cumbria screening agencies to generate direct referral result
The direct referral policy documents produced by MCC in
collaboration with the colposcopy clinics incorporate a protocol
for the allocation of appointments based on the cytology
This information is provided to the colposcopy clinic by
the MCC, via the screening agencies and allows efficient use of
appointments to ensure women at highest risk get the earliest
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Smear takers can access the CSTD at http://cstd.cmft.nhs.uk and
Practice Managers, Training Providers and Hospital Based Programme
Coordinators can access it at http://cstd/cmft.nhs.uk/admin
User manuals are available for smear takers, practice managers
and training providers. Click here to access the
Visit https://cytoice.cmft.nhs.uk/icedesktop/
Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 in compatibility mode
is required.
Or, if your practice has completed the required paperwork,
through your EMIS or Vision clinical system
Visit https://cytoice.cmft.nhs.uk/icedesktop/
and click on the login button to the left of the screen.
Note on the next page a 'User Guides' section.
Where you see 'For complete guide on how to use this system
follow the link' click on the word 'link' to access a series of
manuals informing you how to use ICE.
Please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with a
list of doctors at your practice along with your practice name and
We will ensure they are added.
In the username and password box please enter either your GMC or
NMC number
Not in this first phase, however, we are going to be working
with pilot sites to build this into phase 2 which will go live
later this year.
Please e-mail email@example.com stating
in the subject heading 'Page not found error in Cyto ICE' with your
practice details in the main text.
We will then bring the CSU together with the network team at
CMFT to resolve your access issue.
Please e-mail email@example.com with your
personal details, including GMC or NMC number.
We will check that you are on the approved list of sample takers
as provided to us by NHS England.
If you are on the list we will ensure your account is created
and a password is e-mailed back to you.
If you are not on the list, we will send this to NHS England for
As you will be aware from prior communications from Pennine
Acute Trust (PAT), a backlog of cervical cytology samples built up
prior to the transfer of work to Central Manchester (CMFT).
Due to the need to report the work already received at PAT staff
only transferred on 18th April following completion of
reporting samples received there. However, samples have been
received by CMFT since 1st April. This delayed transfer
of staff has effectively transferred the already existing backlog
to CMFT, and as a result the current turnaround time
for samples received at CMFT is 3-4 weeks.
Staff are working closely together to ensure the present delays
in turnaround time are temporary and the national 14 day turnaround
target is restored as soon as possible without compromising the
quality and diagnostic accuracy of the service.
Please advise women from whom you take tests of this delay.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Contacts for further queries: Adanna Ehirim/Richard Lambert on
0161 276 5119
We have endeavoured to set up electronic reporting into all GP
systems who have sent back their details.
However, as a failsafe we will also be sending paper results in
all cases initially in addition to any electronic results.
If you have electronic resulting in place you will receive a
letter in due course asking you to confirm that the electronic
results you have received match the paper results, we will
then turn off paper results and paper copy
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Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Parasite Eve sequel set for PSP
Two once mobile exclusives are coming to Sony's portable
Square Enix had some big news for PSP owners today right out of the gate as the DKΣ3713 private event kicked off in Harajuku. The company announced that two games, previously cell phone only, will be coming to Sony's portable.
Most significantly, PSP will be getting Final Fantasy Agito XIII, one of the three known games in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. The title was originally announced at the time of FFXIII series unveiling as being in development for cell phones. Square Enix did not make any announcement at the event about the state of the game on its original target platform.
At the event, Square Enix showed a new trailer for Agito detailing a background story involving a city in ruins and a group of students from a magic school. The trailer also had gameplay footage, although it's unclear if this was from the PSP version of the game or the cell phone version.
The other cell phone game that's now on the way to the PSP is The 3rd Birthday, the third entry in the Parasite Eve series. This title debuted as a mobile-only game in a closed theater presentation at last year's Square Enix Party event where it was announced as being in development for NTT DoCoMo phones. As with Agito, the status of the mobile version was not touched upon during today's event.
A trailer for The 3rd Birthday shown at DKΣ3713 showcased main character Aya Brea in full wedding bride attire apparently getting ready to take part in a gun fight. The trailer made mention of Twisted, the name given to an enemy, and Overdrive, a special power that to which Aya has access.
Releases for both new PSP titles were listed as TBA.
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Blackwell & Wolf: John Bolton Could Be First National Security Chief to Prioritize Religious Freedom
Jake Baker · April 03, 2018 · Faith/Family, Lifestyle, Prophecy, Christianity, Featured, Elections, Obama Regime, Left Wing Ideology, Leftist Bullies, History, God State
Ken Blackwell and former Rep. Frank Wolf write that President Trump's new National Security Adviser John Bolton has an opportunity to promote religious freedom and help persecuted Christians across the world.
The vice president's October announcement that aid was coming gave the Christian and Yazidi communities hope. Now the money has begun to flow. After years of neglect, devastated communities are finally receiving the sort of support the United States has historically provided to those victimized by targeted extermination. USAID and the State Department have committed $55 million, and a chastened, more cooperative United Nations has pledged an additional $55 million to minority groups whose very survival has been in doubt since ISIS swept across Iraq's Nineveh Plain in the summer of 2014.
However, those of us who have labored for years to promote international religious freedom as a top U.S. foreign policy priority, remain concerned whether America's current policy toward ISIS genocide victims will ultimately succeed. We are worried because personnel is policy, and at the moment, there simply is not adequate personnel - at the State Department or the National Security Council.
While staffing at the State Department will take time with the departure of Secretary Rex Tillerson, we encourage newly appointed NSA Bolton to make swift and bold changes when he takes the reins of the NSC in early April. In particular, Bolton should immediately appoint a Special Advisor to the President for International Religious Freedom at the National Security Council.
Article source: http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/04/02/john-bolton-trump-religiou...John Bolton, Civita di Bagnoregio village, Donald Trump, Ambassador Ken Blackwell, Christianity, Christian Persecution, Natioinal Security Advisor, Rep Frank Wolf


text: Written around 1596 and the first Shakespeare to be preformed professionally in America (New York, 1752). A man needs money to pursue a rich heiress (Portia) and approaches his friend Antonio - but unable to lend it Antonio approaches the Jewish moneylender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio because of his Christian contempt for usury so offers a contract wherebty if the money is not repaid he may take a pound of flesh instead. The quality of mercy is not strained as Shylock is foiled out of his pound of flesh by Portia dressed as a man. A dark comedy exploring greed and racism.


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Yes, *that* Paul Walker
It's been an unusually long time since I've been able to use the word "reboot" here, but with the recent Hitman Absolution still fresh on our minds, it's only natural that the term would come up in relation to the popular stealth series. Fox International Productions will be rebooting 2007's Hitman film with Paul Walker as Agent 47, reports Deadline.
I'm just going to let that sink in for a moment. As much as I like The Fast and the Furious for reasons beyond logical explanation, I can't picture him with a fully shaved head. That's not to say it can't work -- I'm just lacking the requisite imagination.
This new movie, titled Agent 47, will be directed by feature-film newcomer Aleksander Bach. For those who saw the original, did you enjoy it? From what I recall, it was entirely watchable, but it must have not been particularly memorable because I'm struggling to recall anything of substance.
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"I honor the place within you where the entire Universe resides; I honor the place within you of love, of light, of truth, of peace; I honor the place within you, where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us" -- Mahatma GandiNamaste is the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us. In Yoga, we use Namaste to begin meditation and to become unified. However, if you stop and think about it, shouldn't we think of Namaste always? Each day we have multiple opportunities to build friendships, help others, strengthen ourselves, and succeed. We cannot go through life alone. We are here on earth to help and support others. By serving others, we in turn receive. We begin to understand who we are we have purpose. We then have the confidence to achieve our dreams and our goals. It builds trust, it brings love, and it unifies us.
I am a girl, and lets face it, there are forces out there trying to bring us down. Telling us we can't, telling us we aren't pretty enough, telling us we aren't skinny enough, and even telling us who we should be. I feel that it is more prevalent in women than in men, but sometimes we all can become down.
I feel that I have been blessed because of the religion that I have had in my life. When I was a young woman I would stand each week with the other women in my ward and say "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love him..." As I think back, I really didn't understand the power in that phrase. I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father. He knows me, he loves me, and I have a divine purpose! So powerful! It gets even better though; it's not just me who is a daughter (or son) of God, it is EVERY person that I meet! EVERY person that I walk by is a child of God, EVERY person I see has a divine purpose, and EVERY person I meet has light and love in them, but do they know that? Do they have the confidence to be themselves and to love life? I am not too sure each person does. It has taken me a while to truly accept who I am and that I don't have to be a stick to be pretty. I don't have to have the latest fashion to fit it. I don't have to be sad when I am alone. I have a purpose. I know I have not even had a glimpse of the potential I have with that purpose, but by helping others, I have found out who I am. I have been assured that I have a divine purpose. I have grown to love others and have peace and be happy!
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we all understood Namaste and used it in our everyday dealings? YOU have a purpose. YOU have potential. YOU are beautiful. YOU are here because others need you. Namaste brings peace, love and happiness to you and others around you.


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Culture as Weapon is on the money, and all at once feels obvious and totally shocking. Every force for good or ill in our lives makes extensive use of culture to manipulate us: not reason, not morality, but culture, meaning the arts and their tools (symbols, story, etc). Culture is coin of the realm, and trying to talk about it suddenly feels like trying to point at air. It surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together, like The Force ™; It sneaks across our borders, steals our jobs, brings down the value of our neighborhoods, with its criminals and rapists [Paid for by 'The Make America Great Again' Committee]. There is no escape from this web (in every sense) of narratives and images. "You're soaking in it right now."
Nato Thompson, chief curator at New York's Creative Time, describes how a few early geniuses figured out that using elements of culture to drill as deeply as possible into hearts and imaginations was a damn effective way to advertise a product (see the "healthful" and "liberating" value of Lucky Strikes cigarettes for Suffragettes, for example). He covers the fascinating development of the method – and of the idea that almost anything can be treated like a product – from those early 20th century proto-Mad Men to brilliant Republican political distortions to Andy Warhol to General Petraeus in Afghanistan to getting lost in the suburban Fantasyland of IKEA. It's all about story and images and bypassing the rational mind to get right at those feels. It's not about facts. At the end, Thompson considers "culture as weapon" in the digital age, when the intimacy of emotions and relationships are almost completely exposed via social media on those slim little handhelds we cannot put down, like miniature Trojan horses.
The forces of good and evil are eyeballing each other, with a digital, worldwide "broken cue stick" at their feet. Only one leaves the room alive, and that one will rule.


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Recently in the U.S., it seems as if partisan rancor has replaced reasoned debate; mainstream media has become contentious and ideological; and discussions of important issues are being dominated by emotion than by facts and analysis. The debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) attempts to change this trend and raise the level of public discourse on the key issues of our day.
Modelled on the British program Intelligence Squared, IQ2US is an Oxford-style debate that is provocative, intellectually rich, humorous, and dramatic. For each debate a motion is proposed. Then, two panelists argue for the motion and two argue against it, with a moderator controlling the proceedings. After the formal arguments, the debate is thrown open to the floor for questions, triggering a lively interchange among the speakers and audience members. Each side attempts to persuade the audience to vote their way. This adversarial context is electric, adding drama and excitement to the proceedings. The live audience will vote on the motion both before and after hearing the arguments, so there is a clear measure of how far people have actually been swayed. Those votes are tallied during the evening and announced at the end with a clear side winning.
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Salisbury, Md.-- The University of Mary Washington softball team dropped two at Salisbury; 8-0 and 9-1 on Saturday. The losses drop the Eagles to 13-12, 6-6 CAC on the year.
Salisbury pitcher Rachel Johnson threw a five inning perfect game for the Sea Gulls in game one. UMW could not get a hit on the reigning CAC Pitcher of the Week. The win for Johnson makes her 16-0 on the year.
Game two saw the Eagles jump out the an early 1-0 lead after the top half of the first. Grace Henry led off the game with a single to center, and advanced to second after a Stefannie Asselanis sac bunt. Emily Briggs was next, and moved Henry to third on a groundout. Erica Falvey drove Henry home on an RBI single to third.
That was all the offense the Eagles could muster as Kathryn Larson shut down the Eagles attack after that inning. Ashton Ferneyhough got the loss, going 1.1 innings giving up seven runs on seven hits.
The Eagles close out the regular season against Shenandoah at home on Tuesday, April 15th. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m.


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8 Layers of Security Every Computer Should Have
The single most important thing to understand is that 99% of all attacks now originate from the Web. When you start a web browser, it starts from a trusted place .... _inside_ the firewall, so that creates a trusted tunnel thru the firewall, and if a victim visits a website of hostile intent, the attack code is able to go right through the firewall, and has a chance of executing on the pc.
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Hmm, they only recommend data backup. I would go one step further and recommend imaging for the system and the data.
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Windows 7 baby ! : D
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I use Acronis True Image Home 2010 for imaging my OS at home. I've also used Macrium Reflect Free Edition as well which does a great job. Even Windows 7 has a built-in "System Image" feature which i have used numerous times without an issue.
As far as my data, I don't image it. I just use robocopy and keep a copy on a pair of external USB hard drives.
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I also use Norton Ghost on Vista. But that is a LOT more complex and slower. Took me a year to really understand it and needs a dedicated 640GB disk.
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Windows 7 64x
I stand behind the recommendation of imaging your system drive. It's also a good idea to have one partition for just the operating system and another for files that should be copied to an external in case of hard drive failure. I use Macrium Reflect and I can have my system back in full working condition in a little more than 10 minutes if something happens.
Once you have all this in place then the security part is not that hard. Just use common sense when browsing and have your normal security apps installed. In addition I would never plug into any device that connects to the internet without a NAT firewall.
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I stand behind the recommendation of imaging your system drive. It's also a good idea to have one partition for just the operating system and another for files that should be copied to an external in case of hard drive failure. I use Macrium Reflect and I can have my system back in full working condition in a little more than 10 minutes if something happens.
Once you have all this in place then the security part is not that hard. Just use common sense when browsing and have your normal security apps installed. In addition I would never plug into any device that connects to the internet without a NAT firewall.
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Windows 7 Home Premium x32 SP1
Regarding to this article I could say - it's not about layers it's about softwares. But If we are talking about layers here is how it should looks (based on this article of course):
1. Prevention (Firewall, Newest version of your favorite browser, Network-based restrictions and user management software and Data encryption software.)
2. Detection (A traditional scanner, such as antivirus, antimalware, and antispyware software, A specialist Web-scanning layer to block most of the attacks immediately, A behavior monitoring layer.)
3. Cure (Online backup system)
Summary, we have 3 layers of protection not 8.
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Have deliberately downloaded and run several gigs of malware samples here using my Sandboxie, Returnil and VM setups on XP, Vista and Win 7 which are installed on different drives that I plug/unplug as to what I feel like using.
The above setups have never been breached but I still create two or three partitions where only system and needed files are on C with data, vm's and images saved on the other partitions.
Data and images are also saved to an external drive as I would be mighty upset if I ever lost my malware samples.
Even have a coupla drives with linux distros but I really don't like using those.
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Vista, Ubuntu, Win7
I have always had separate drives for OS's, data and programs. Not a partition but drives. Operating Systems installed on one drive, programs installed on the next, data on yet another.
The problem I see with a separate partitions for programs/data is that I've had more partition problems than anything else. This is exacerbated by the fact that at any point I have no less than 3 OS's installed and while it requires installing every app twice, I install the same app to the same location. Right now I have Vista and Seven sharing the same apps (where possible) and Linux on it's own drive.
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[toronto] Starbucks Coffee Co. has struck out on its own with the appointment of two ad agencies to produce work specifically tailored to the eastern and western Canadian markets. Until now, Starbucks has used creative from its agency of record in the U.S., Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco. Echo Advertising & Marketing, Toronto, will handle the eastern Canada region. Echo also will handle local store marketing and consult on national strategy. Grey Advertising subsidiary GCI Group, Toronto, has been hired to handle PR. For the Western Canada region, Grey Advertising, Vancouver, has been picked to handle all advertising, marketing and PR.
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[barcelona] Volkswagen-owned SEAT last week was seeing presentations for its Europewide ad account from Bates Germany, Frankfurt; FCB BMZ, Duesseldorf; DDB Needham Worldwide-owned Griffin Bacal, London; and Casadevall Pedreno & PRG, Barcelona. However, no decision is expected before March after the campaigns have been tested.
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[london] Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publishing group, will offer companies that advertised in its hotel and airline directories compensation of around $324 million for overstating their circulation figures. The company announced last September that irregularities had been discovered in circulation claims made between 1991 and 1997. Detailed assessment of compensation has been undertaken since then by independent accountants, legal experts and circulation auditors, in consultation with industry experts, the group said. It added that the cost will have no effect on the terms of its proposed merger with Wolter Kluwer, announced last October. Reed Travel Group will be restructured. Hotel Directories Group and Travel Business Magazines Group, headquartered in the U.S., will be managed as part of Reed Elsevier Business Information in the U.S. Airline Guides Group, with U.K. and U.S. bases, will be managed separately in the U.K.
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[ludwigsburg/brohl] Porsche has signed a deal with German tennis star Steffi Graf. Under the agreement, Ms. Graf will endorse the cars in its advertising activities, while Porsche will support her three-member junior talent team, handled by Steffi Graf Sport. The automaker will continue to promote women's tennis with its Filderstadt tournament. Udo Cervellini, responsible for tennis activities at Porsche, said Ms. Graf's appearance in Porsche ads, while not confirmed, is "likely." Klaus E. Kuster Inc. is Porsche's lead agency.


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Saw this film last night. It's directed by the same guy who did Moon, which is a good thing as Moon was brilliant. For some reason I haven't written about Moon here, but if you haven't seen it watch it, it's on DVD. Anyway back to Source Code, the hero wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, in eight minutes, but he can repeat those eight minutes indefinitely. What follows is a mixture of Groundhog Day style repeating of the same events, mixed in with the soldier's quest to find out where he is and what's happening outside of the eight minutes of source code. I can't go into more detail without spoiling some of the plot, but the interactions between the three main characters are really well done. Definitely one I'd recommend you seeing.


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After locking horns with many filmmakers over certification of films and proposed cuts, CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani is reportedly proposing a new way to promote "clean" films that promote "traditional values". Reportedly, Nihalani is going to propose the introduction of a new category for film certification — 'Q', which stands for 'quality'.
In a culture that rampantly sexualises women's bodies, public breastfeeding in India is often reduced to the fact that a breast is semi-exposed in public. In Nestle India's 'Breastfeeding Song' was released on YouTube earlier this week, many were glad that an organisation that sells baby food and processed milk among other things, is promoting breastfeeding. While one can see that the commercial is urging workplaces to support lactating mothers, the advertisement itself seems awkward and uncomfortable depicting a nursing mother.
A recent video of fitness enthusiast and actor-model Milind Soman's 74-year-old mother running barefoot in a saree made waves on social media. Soman told agencies that though though they have discovered his mother's exploits just then, she has been participating in the 100-kilometre trek for years.
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Srinagar was gripped in tension on Wednesday after a guard at an ATM booth was found dead, with hundreds of pellets reportedly fired from close range. With the death of the youth, the total number of people killed since 9 July has risen to 53.
In a bid to tackle the intense staff crunch at the Ministry of External Affairs, foreign secretary S Jaishankar has suggested that the UPSC should have an additional paper for those candidates interested in joining the Indian foreign service (IFS) and a specially created personality test to assess qualities of future diplomats.
Nepal's parliament on Wednesday elected Prachanda, who led a decade-long insurgency that topped a feudal monarchy, as the Himalayan nation's new prime minister, a week after KP Oli stepped down to avoid a no-confidence motion.
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Indian boxing star Vijender Singh on Wednesday broke into the World Boxing Organisation's (WBO) rankings at number 10 after being crowned the Asia Pacific super middleweight champion in July.
In a curious 'love' story, a Bihar woman fell in love with her son-in-law when she went to visit him at her daughter's house when he was sick. Their affair progressed so further that the husband left his wife for his mother-in-law and they got hitched. The daughter presented the matter in front of the panchayat, and they allowed the man and mother-in-law to stay together. They believed the two loved each other and it was for the best that they stay happily with each other.
30 second, to five minute videos of actual rapes are reportedly being sold across Uttar Pradesh. Dealers reportedly upload videos directly into buyers' smartphones or pass them along in pen drives. Sometimes videos are also shared over social media. Depending on the "exclusivity" of the clips, they are priced anywhere from ₹50 to ₹150.
For the GST regime to be successful, it is important to not only reduce the costs of compliance within the system but also make more effective the costs associated with evasion, writes R Kavita Rao in The Hindu. "There are still a few major decisions to be taken before we can witness the roll-out of the GST. There are still a few challenges that need to be addressed. But given that the first step has been taken, it would stimulate efforts to iron out the other difficulties and resolve the other challenges. At least now, the commentators on the Indian economy would need to think of something else to comment about," she says.
There are many hurdles standing in the way of India achieving glory at the Rio Olympics, from low GDP per capita to barriers to public participation, says an editorial in Mint. "Intangibles like India's often-cited lack of a sporting culture also play a part. In current circumstances, a de-emphasis of sports in culture is understandable. More conventional career choices are better when sporting achievement often doesn't ensure economic security and there is no social safety net to mitigate the cost of failing," it says.
Lokpal amendments underline the resistance of political class to scrutiny, write Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri in The Indian Express. "In Parliament, the relevant minister stated that the amendments were being brought about due to concerns raised by NGOs. This justification is fallacious as two concerns were expressed by the NGO sector — one, that the deadline for asset disclosure was too short; and two, functionaries of NGOs should not be termed "public servants". The government could have extended the deadline without diluting the provisions of asset disclosure. The contentious issue of bringing NGO functionaries under the category of "public servants" has not even been addressed by the amendments. The hasty passage of the Lokpal amendment bill shows yet again the unwillingness of the political class to submit itself to scrutiny and accountability," they write.
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The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction, by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/21/2009
Chapter One
TheToughest Indian in the World
Sherman Alexie
A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Welipinit, Washington, about fifty miles northwest of Spokane, Washington. He is the author of four novels and several volumes of poetry, as well as the story collections The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, The Toughest Indian in the World, and Ten Little Indians. Alexie's young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, received the 2007 National Book Award in Young People's Literature. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two sons.
Being a Spokane Indian, I only pick up Indian hitchhikers. I learned this particular ceremony from my father, a Coeur d'Alene, who always stopped for those twentieth-century aboriginal nomads who refused to believe the salmon were gone. I don't know what they believed in exactly, but they wore hope like a bright shirt.
My father never taught me about hope. Instead, he continually told me that our salmon—our hope—would never come back, and though such lessons may seem cruel, I know enough to cover my heart in any crowd of white people.
"They'll kill you if they get the chance," my father said. "Love you or hate you, white people will shoot you in the heart. Even after all these years, they'll still smell the salmon on you, the dead salmon, and that will make white people dangerous."
All of us, Indian and white, are haunted by salmon.
When I was a boy, I leaned over the edge of one dam or another—perhaps Long Lake or Little Falls or the great gray dragon known as the Grand Coulee—and watched the ghosts of the salmon rise from the water to the sky and become constellations.
For most Indians, stars are nothing more than white tombstones scattered across a dark graveyard.
But the Indian hitchhikers my father picked up refused to admit the existence of sky, let alone the possibility that salmon might be stars. They were common people who believed only in the thumb and the toot. My father envied those simple Indian hitchhikers. He wanted to change their minds about salmon; he wanted to break open their hearts and see the future in their blood. He loved them.
In 1975 or '76 or '77, driving along one highway or another, my father would point out a hitchhiker standing beside the road a mile or two in the distance.
"Indian," he said if it was an Indian, and he was never wrong, though I could never tell if the distant figure was male or female, let alone Indian or not.
If a distant figure happened to be white, my father would drive by without comment.
That was how I learned to be silent in the presence of white people.
The silence is not about hate or pain or fear. Indians just like to believe that white people will vanish, perhaps explode into smoke, if they are ignored enough times. Perhaps a thousand white families are still waiting for their sons and daughters to return home, and can't recognize them when they float back as morning fog.
"We better stop," my mother said from the passenger seat. She was one of those Spokane women who always wore a purple bandanna tied tightly around her head.
These days, her bandanna is usually red. There are reasons, motives, traditions behind the choice of color, but my mother keeps them secret.
"Make room," my father said to my siblings and me as we sat on the floor in the cavernous passenger area of our blue van. We sat on carpet samples because my father had torn out the seats in a sober rage not long after he bought the van from a crazy white man.
I have three brothers and three sisters now. Back then, I had four of each. I missed one of the funerals and cried myself sick during the other one.
"Make room," my father said again—he said everything twice—and only then did we scramble to make space for the Indian hitchhiker.
Of course, it was easy enough to make room for one hitchhiker, but Indians usually travel in packs. Once or twice, we picked up entire all-Indian basketball teams, along with their coaches, girlfriends, and cousins. Fifteen, twenty Indian strangers squeezed into the back of a blue van with nine wide-eyed Indian kids.
Back in those days, I loved the smell of Indians, and of Indian hitchhikers in particular. They were usually in some stage of drunkenness, often in need of soap and a towel, and always ready to sing.
Oh, the songs! Indian blues bellowed at the highest volumes. We called them '9s," those cross-cultural songs that combined Indian lyrics and rhythms with country-and-western and blues melodies. It seemed that every Indian knew all the lyrics to every Hank Williams song ever recorded. Hank was our Jesus, Patsy Cline was our Virgin Mary, and Freddy Fender, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Ronnie Milsap, Tanya Tucker, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, Donna Fargo, and Charlie Rich were our disciples.
We all know that nostalgia is dangerous, but I remember those days with a clear conscience. Of course, we live in different days now, and there aren't as many Indian hitchhikers as there used to be.
Now, I drive my own car, a 1998 Toyota Camry, the best-selling automobile in the United States, and therefore the one most often stolen. Consumer Reports has named it the most reliable family sedan for sixteen years running, and I believe it.
In my Camry, I pick up three or four Indian hitchhikers a week. Mostly men. They're usually headed home, back to their reservations or somewhere close to their reservations. Indians hardly ever travel in a straight line, so a Crow Indian might hitchhike west when his reservation is back east in Montana. He has some people to see in Seattle, he might explain if I ever asked him. But I never ask Indians their reasons for hitchhiking. All that matters is this: They are Indians walking, raising their thumbs, and I am there to pick them up.The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction. Copyright © by Joyce Oates. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.
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Comment ça va?
Or even the shortened version:
Ça va?
Both these phrases translate to, "How's it going?" It's a classic greeting, or the first thing you say right after greeting someone. It's just polite, but also a great way to check in with your friends and see how they're doing.
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The Response
"Ça va?" doesn't demand a big, long answer – in fact, it's answer is itself.
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"Oui, ça va, ça va..."
So when sometime says "Ça va?" you respond, "Ça va."
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Ça va bien. – It's going well.
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Comment ça va? – "KOH-mon sah va?" (the t is silent, and the n is quite nasal)
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If you need to grow cannabis indoors, you might have to decide how best you can set own lights. There are a lot of options out there but different grow lights vary in spectrum color, light intensity and the underlying technology. Choosing between these lights will therefore depend on your grow facility size, the amount of yields you want, time and electrical needs
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- High Density Discharge (HID) Lights
These lights were first invented for huge scale use such as lighting stadiums and public arenas. They are very powerful lights which are now used by many horticulturists and botanists to grow other plants beside cannabis. There are various types of HID lights such as metal halide, mercury and sodium vapor lights. These lights can be used to grow cannabis but they are not the best in this list.
- Fluorescent Lights (CFL)
Fluorescent lights have been used for many years by botanists and horticulturists for indoor growth of plants from germination to flowering stage. These lights can as well be used to grow cannabis as they produce light intensity, wavelength and spectrum that are best for some varieties of cannabis. Unfortunately CFL grow lights are very expensive and require a lot of fluorescents to resemble natural sunlight. CFL growth lights are used by many cannabis cultivators up to date but they require cooling systems and reflectors for cannabis plants to thrive in a perfect environment.
- Metal Halides (MH) Lights
These are grow lights that produce lights by passing electric current through mercury gas in a mixture of metal halides such as sodium iodide and thorium iodide. The light produced has a perfect range of color spectrum that is good for cannabis growth especially during vegetative phase. These lights can as well work for every stage of cannabis growth including flowering stage.
- High Pressure Sodium Vapor Lights
They are grow lights that can be used to grow cannabis as they produce an ideal range of light for cannabis growth. They function similarly to HID grow lights by passing electric current through a tube or bulb containing sodium and xenon gas. They produce a dull pink glow that turns orange pink immediately after warming. These lights have been use to cultivate cannabis throughout the life cycle but works best during flowering stage.
- Light emitting diode (LED) Lights
LEDs have become popular in the lighting world for the last one decade. Though they are not the best for growing cannabis, LEDs offer several advantages.
First of all, they utilize low voltage which means you will spend less electric energy with these lights. In addition to this, they produce little heat which means you don't have to install cooling systems to prevent overheating as it is with other lights such as HIDs. As this is not enough, these lights reduce your dependence on ventilations systems which as well help save energy costs. You might be required to heat your room on cooler climates.
LED grow lights will have a higher initial investment compared to other cheaper options in the market which makes many cannabis growers love using them. They are also very efficient as they utilize less energy provided the grow room is already on right temperatures. LED grow lights lasts for a long time than other grow lights. The manufactures have advertised more than 100,000 hours of life for these special grow lights. This will save you expenses which you would incur buying nondurable lights and also give you enough time of up to harvest.


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As the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, are locked in a trade spat through mutual slapping of tariffs, Indonesia looks set to be dragged into what may escalate into a global trade war. In a bid to address the trade surplus of around $9 billion enjoyed by Indonesia against the US, President Donald Trump reportedly wants to revoke the special tariffs his country applies for Indonesian products, especially textiles.
The move is bound to be detrimental to our economy. What can the Indonesian government do to defend the country's trade interests and minimize the damage a global trade war is poised to do to our exports?
Despite not ruling out retaliatory tariffs, the Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said he would first prioritize trade diplomacy. "We need to lobby [the US government]. We already have sent letters to the USTR [United States Trade Representative] and the US Embassy here."
By contrast, those in the textile industry want to see a more militant approach. Ade Sudrajat, chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), told the Jakarta Globe: "If [a higher tariff] is imposed, it will be a huge obstacle for the textile industry, so it must be countered. If we keep quiet, then we become the losers." He suggested that Indonesia could use its sizeable imports of US agricultural produce as a bargaining chip.
But how realistic would threatening the US with jacking up tariffs for its agricultural exports to Indonesia? Given that China already tried the same thing with its huge imports of soy beans and sorghum from the US, and failed to elicit favorable response, the likelihood of Indonesia's success in so doing is negligible.
China was the US' single largest importer of soybeans before the spat, followed by Indonesia, with one-third of all soybeans grown in the US destined for its shores. US soybeans export to China is worth $12 billion annually, 60 per cent of its agricultural exports to China.
American soybeans have also for years dominated Indonesia's market, making up about 70 per cent of national consumption, with the rest coming from Brazil, Uruguay and Canada. Since soybeans are the main ingredient in national staples such as tempeh and tofu ─ traditionally an important source of protein for the majority of Indonesians ─ imposing a high import duty on the commodity would naturally result in price hikes for its derivative products.
While price hikes are universally unpopular both in Indonesia and China, the latter's government at least does not have to contend with elections as the former. With the national legislative and presidential elections coming up next year in Indonesia, the government will without fail try to curb inflation, especially for daily staples, as best as it can.
Intransigence may also see further complications. Even if both China and Indonesia boycotted American soybeans and diverted their purchase from alternative countries like Brazil, the question remains whether the new source-countries could cope with the sudden surge in demand, further threatening instability in the global price for soybeans.
As inspiring as China's ongoing tit-for-tat tariff spat with the US may be for Indonesia's nationalists, it remains an unrealistic option for the country to take, if we take into account our long-term trade interests and our own economic sustainability.
Yet doing nothing or to be seen so would also spell trouble for the government and is not an option. It is safe to say that the majority of Indonesians would be averse to seeing the country powerless in the face of such a trade assault by the US.
Fortunately, there are at least two avenues of efforts which are readily available to the government: First, our independent diplomatic endeavour to lobby and negotiate with the US government must continue at all levels.
Since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo designated the country's "economic diplomacy" as paramount in the pursuit of our foreign policy, the current trade tension will be testing ground for the metier of Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate action with the Ministry of Trade to find a compromise with the US over trade issues.
Second, Indonesia should also pursue a multilateral effort through Asean to maximize our trade diplomacy with the US.
The current US-China trade showdown is estimated to result in a cascading effect throughout Asia as goods made in China, electronics for instance, often incorporate components manufactured elsewhere on the continent, notably in Southeast Asia — Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. A full-blown trade war between the world's two biggest economies may also see global trade traffic decimated, affecting port cities like Singapore.
In short, it is difficult to imagine a scenario in which the other Asean members could insulate themselves totally from the fallout of a trade war between the US and China. Hence it would make sense that Asean as the region's trading bloc take a unified stance to protect its members and regional trade as a whole.
The upcoming 50th Asean Economic Ministers' Meeting in late August in Singapore will be an ideal forum in which Indonesia can push for a unified stance by Asean on the region's trade issues with the US.
While it is hard to foresee if the ongoing "trade war" will be short-lived or otherwise, the Indonesian government must be prepared for any eventuality. It may be impossible to avoid all its adverse effects but minimizing them is our only option.
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CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is giving late-night comedian Jay Leno his own day.
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is giving late-night comedian Jay Leno his own day.
Quinn proclaimed today as "Jay Leno Day" in honor of the comedian's work with an Illinois-based empowerment group dedicated to helping children and families.
Omni Youth Services of Buffalo Grove provides counseling, mentoring and substance abuse treatment for at-risk youths and their families.
Leno, who is the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," serves as one of the empowerment group's partners.
The late-night entertainer appeared in Chicago on Saturday for a special performance to commemorate the organization's 40th anniversary.
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The discussion over good and healthy foods has been going on for decades yet the common man does not really know whether fats are good or not and should they be avoided altogether! The health and wellness foods industry now offers a plethora of options for the health conscious consumer who is trying hard to fight lifestyle diseases by including healthy ingredients in his diet. Though there is increased awareness about bad fats and foods to avoid, what most people still do not fully understand is that not ALL fat is bad!
The market is crowded with cooking oils professing to be 'zero cholesterol' and 'trans fat free'. However, it's important to know that while all cooking oils are free of cholesterol (found in unrefined animal fats) one must avoid saturated fats and trans fats (found mostly in commercial baked goods) and instead include the GOOD fats in daily diet.
Eating good fats in the right amount does not make one fat. In fact, fat is essential for many of the body's functions and overall good health.
The body needs fats to provide energy and help absorb fat-soluble vitamins. Certain fats are healthier than others and must be consumed as part of a healthy diet.
So just what do these good fats do and why are they considered sacred for good health?
Dr. Aashish Contractor, Head of Department, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai explains the benefits. He says, "Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (such as omega 3 and 6 fats) reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by lowering bad cholesterol in the blood and helping control blood glucose, when consumed as part of a heart-healthy diet. Omega 6 is important for the brain and essential for the growth and development of infants. Omega-3 fat must also be consumed in your diet as it helps protect against heart attacks and strokes."
When talking about fats in the diet, moderation is a key word. It is not advised to avoid fats completely but experts recommend that the total fat intake should be between 25-35 percent of the total calories because:
According to Dr. Contractor, high levels of bad cholesterol can clog arteries but high levels of good cholesterol help protect against heart disease and stroke. He adds, "To stay healthy, use an oil low in saturated fat (which raises bad or LDL cholesterol) and high in monosaturated fats (which help to lower LDL cholesterol). Additionally, the oil should have low or zero trans fats, which too raise bad LDL cholesterol and lower good HDL cholesterol."
Remember it is the type of fat you eat that matters most. The answer therefore is not to cut down on fats completely, but to include the good fats in moderation in your daily diet for staying healthy.
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- ITV Report
Third time lucky for Alex in round the world race
Alex Thomson's main goal was just to finish this Vendée Globe. By finally completing his first ever non stop circumnavigation in third position, the Hugo Boss skipper broke the run of bad luck that had plagued his two previous Vendée Globe attempts. He has failed to complete the course on two previous attempts. His podium finish also shows the British skipper is as quick as ever.
Alex Thomson crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 07 hours 25 minutes 43 seconds after 80 days 19 hours 23 minutes 43 seconds at sea. He finished 2 days 18 hours and 7 minutes behind François Gabart.
His average speed around the course was 12.6 knots and he actually covered 28, 022 miles at the average speed of 14.4 knots. Note: the race's theoretical distance was 24,393.41 miles.
After Ellen MacArthur's second place in 2000 and Mike Golding's third in 2005, Alex Thomson becomes the third British skipper ever to finish on the podium of the Vendee Globe. But his time surpasses that of the Golding's previous British solo race record from 2005 by 7 days 19 hours 52 minutes. After winner Francois Gabart and second placed Armel Le Cleac'h, Thomson has also smashed the previous race record of 84 days 03 hours 09 minutes set by Michel Desjoyeaux in 2009.