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Tag Archives: Miku
"Nandesho?" by Deco*27, English Lyrics
I recently got a request or two for the English translation of one of Deco*27's older songs from his Lovegazer album, "Nandesho?" It is a cute song about love and overcoming difficulties in a relationship featuring several different metaphors revolving … Continue reading
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8/31, The last track from Deco*27's Conti New Album
8/31 by Deco*27 ft. Hatsune Miku -Please enjoy Deco*27's cute ode to Hatsune Miku's Birthday. ねえ君はいくつになったの Hey, how old are you now? Ne~ kimi wa ikutsu ni natta no 今日までをどれほど生きたの How long have you lived this life of … Continue reading
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Let's "Conti New" with "Starlight Girl"!
A story about a guy who fell in love with a shooting star or a metaphor about sharing a special moment with someone whom you may never see again? Pick your poison of beautiful moving sadness and get lost in … Continue reading
Posted in Albums and Items, Other Translations, Song Discussion, Vocaloid Song Translation Tagged conti new, Deco, Deco*27, Descentsubs, english, Hatsune Miku, Japanese, Love, love song, Miku, Miku Hatsune, romaji, Sandness, Starlight Girl, Vocaloid, 初音ミク, 流れ星 Leave a comment
Conti New's here! Let's get started with "Lonely Shit"
Deco*27's New Album, "Conti New" finally got to my house just before my birthday this weekend, and I've of course been on a feels binge non-stop since then. Of course I don't plan on going back on my promise, so … Continue reading
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"Streaming Heart" Deco*27's amazing new song and PV! (English/Romaji/Kanji)
The exciting buildup to Deco*27's new Conti New album continued to build today when Deco*27 released another new song, arranged by kous, and this time collaborating with artists Gagame and Yuma Saito to create one of the best Vocaloid PV's … Continue reading
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Deco*27's "Line" English/Romaji Lyrics from his Decoustic Album
Released about 15 months ago, Deco*27's "Decoustic" album is a beautiful collection of Deco*27's vocals and acoustic guitar covering some of his most famous and catchiest Vocaloid tunes. It features some of Deco's best songs sung in varying styles and … Continue reading
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Happiness Index (幸福指数/Kofukushisuu) by 40mP ft. Hatsune Miku and Gumi
I've owed my friend this one for a long time and thankfully I remembered again so I could do it. 40mP is well known for some of his beautiful duets like Futari Boshi, Hokorobi, and Melody in the Sky, but … Continue reading
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As we all know marketing and exposure are very vital parts of successful businesses, business owners are expected to leave no stone unturned in these aspects especially. While advertising the products and services is a mere qualification for the business existence, making the stuffs available in every possible way and every possible time to the customers is going to be the deciding factor of the heights one's business is to reach.
Food business may take different forms at different ages but is however going to be in the world till mankind. With tremendous growth and heavy competition at present, food business owners and entrepreneurs are almost forced to find a spot for them constantly amongst the huge number of customers.
Possession of smart phones and its application usage has rest its foot in every important field with the people worldwide and hence this seems to be a very effective loop for the food business reach too. The food ordering appused by the owners can be very effective and trendy in all ways. Dine in, delivery, takeaway options provided by the restaurants and food shops all can be used by the customers. Let us see in brief below how the help enhances the take away food system.
Convenient and Time Saving:
Ordering the food we are about take home, even before reaching the restaurant can save a lot of time for the customers and hence the business numbers are likely to increase. The restaurant on the other hand would have sufficient time and less pressure to handle more number of orders and serve efficiently. The app is expected to allow the customer to specify food items, quantity and time of take away from the restaurant. Someone who could be in a hurry or stuck with other commitments and is not finding time for a dine in or able to allot time to call the restaurant for placing order or wait in a queue for his/her order to be served, might very well prefer to get the food from the restaurant in no time. Food ordering app just does the task for them. Here the app very much helps the business person in not losing several customers in such situation, every day.
The frequency of the customers visit for the takeaway service of the restaurant and the food shop have been increasing more than one third since the usage of food ordering app in many parts of the globe.
Simultaneous Multiple Orders:
The food ordering app encourages 'n' number of customers to place the takeaway orders at same time. If a restaurant is to use the phone call ordering system, not more than one customer can be answered at a given time. There is a lot of chance of customers moving to another restaurant after a span of time. But when the restaurant has the option of food order app, it can help the food business owners to take all the incoming orders with zero delay of time and hence not a single customer will be lost to another business provider.
When there are several number of incoming takeaway orders rushing at once, there is also another risk of quality of business being affected. The urgent factor is liable to some miscommunications or unclear data collect on the restaurant side that might cause poor, unsatisfied service at times. This drawback can be easily overcome by food order app usage as the application can be very accurate and clear in collecting details from the customer side. Restaurant staffs are thus free from the complicated manual order taking task and so can work efficiently with other tasks.
Covering all Possibilities:
When your restaurant chooses to shift to the latest tech of food order app, the take away orders can be flowing in from the customers not just through one application or website. The restaurant can pick from widely availablefood ordering apps in order to cover wide range of customers. People ordering for takeaway might use different operating systems for different mobiles like android and iPhone. Business owners are to ensure the restaurant uses application that is supported in every platform or to use more apps to cover every platform available all over.
While using a well-established app can take your shop's name for a wide angle, using developing and new apps will make your shop to appear in a less competent field also so the people who are to place takeaway orders will find your restaurant's name among big names as well as few options and thus increasing probability of business.
Food being ordered for the take away purpose will have customers at few specific situations like returning home, going to work, guest visit, get-together and so on. One can say pretty sure that all these circumstances would not provide sufficient time for pre-planning for both customer and service provider. The food application with its best and optimal features besides providing various facilities, can handle these situations in efficient manner.

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August 01, 2013
Emerging Species @ Boomtown Fair, UK
Gentle Mystics on Main Stage duty on Friday – a selection of EMSP DJs and MCs taking over the Bad Apple Bar on Saturday – it's going to be a sick one!
May 10, 2013
Team Aural featured in Landscape Installation Art Publication
Team Aural's (Tang Ling Nah, atelier | small & myself) work ||| Movement was featured in Landscape Installation Art, a bilingual publication by Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co. Ltd. For more information please click the image above.
March 11, 2013
Jalan Jati Wins Best Sound @ Singapore Short Film Awards!
Zai Kuning and I are greatful to be awarded with Best Sound for our work on Jalan Jati (Teak Road). Congrats to the whole team and many thanks to The Substation and Objectifs for organising and hosting the awards! To find out more about the SSFA click: HERE
March 01, 2013
Solo / Duet @ NUS Arts Festival 2013
I composed a piece of music for Unform, a collaborative work by T.H.E Dance Company, which is one of three pieces in Solo / Duet, featuring in NUS Arts Festival on 9th and 10th March 2013. Artistic director Kuik Swee Boon worked closely with dance-artists Sherry Tay, Lee Mun Wai and Jessica Christina to choreograph a work that questioned the intention behind one's personal artistic journey and dissolve the boundary between performer and audience.
December 31, 2012
Ecuador – A Collaborative Presentation @ GAC Block B Gallery
An Artistic Research Project by diskodanny.com
Project Leader: Daniel Kok
Participating Artists: Kent Chan, Zai Tang, Ian Tan, Patricia Toh, Scarlet Yu
Consultant: Tang Fu Kuen, Chong Li-Chuan, Low Kee Hong
Project Manager: Yap Seok Hui
Supported by Arts Creation Fund, NAC
Public Presentation:
1900 – 2130, 5th January 2013 (Saturday)
Gallery, Goodman Arts Centre
90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053
by invitation, RSVP
The antipode of any place on the Earth is the place that is diametrically opposite it, such that a line drawn from one to the other passes through the centre of the Earth and forms a true diameter. Since most of the earth's surface is covered by water, only less than 4% of the Earth's land is antipodal to land. Ecuador, which in Spanish simply means 'Equator', is Singapore's antipode.
What can a Singaporean learn by looking at / speaking with / thinking about / going to Ecuador?
"Ecuador" raises questions on methodologies of artistic development, using the 'journey to the other side' as a metaphor to design strategies for collaboration and interaction. Daniel Kok has invited five Singaporean artists to define their respective artistic practices vis-a-vis one another. The artists coalesce by orientating themselves collectively to Ecuador. The dialogic process also emphasises difference, such that artists in the working group tap into each other as a resource in order to underscore personal navigational strategies towards Ecuador or a place of self-discovery. Along the way, the artists also ask themselves how the public could be guided to find their own Ecuadors.
July 02, 2012
Drive – Theatre Street
This piece was composed for Drive; an exhibition on wheels that brought the audience on a journey through Singapore's arts & heritage district. 9 Artists were involved in the show, each creating a piece for different parts of the route through bustling city scape. My composition took its inspiration from a particular street in China Town where Chinese Opera in Singapore originated from…
Wayang, a form of Chinese musical theatre, was brought to Singapore by Chinese immigrants arriving in the late 1800's. With it's growth in popularity during this period many theatres were built centred around Chinatown. One such theatre was Lai Chun Yuen which existed from 1887 – 1927, at 36 Smith Street, also known as Theatre Street to the older generation.
The composition you hear sources material from an old Chinese opera record I discovered at Thieves' Market (Sungei Road), combined with various personal recordings of Singapore's soundscape from more recent times. To me the piece functions as a wormhole into the past; transporting the listener through the ambient remnants of a Wayang performance captured on vinyl, to a fleeting scene from the aural memory of Smith Street, re-imagined through sound.
A special thanks to Kent Chan, Mike Hj Chang, Tan Pin Pin, Jeremy Hiah, Singapore Psychogeographical Society, Perception3, Ayano Hattori, Yuzuru Maeda and all of the riders too! I was with you in spirit.
May 10, 2012
Jalan Jati @ Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Over the last year I've been working with Zai Kuning on a sound score for Lucy Davis' film Jalan Jati. Jalan Jati or "Teak Road" is a visual art, science and ecology project tracing the historic, material and poetic journeys of a 1950's teak bed, found in a Singapore karang guni junk store, back to a location in Southeast Asia where the original teak tree may have grown.
The film recently got in to Oberhausen and won the Promotional Award. Congrats to Lucy and the rest of the team!
I'll be featuring a scene or two from the film in my forthcoming showreel – watch this space!
April 22, 2012
Theatre Street – Soundscaping The Past
I've been working on a composition for the forthcoming 'mobile' exhibition Drive, hosted by The Substation, Singapore. The audience will be invited to board lorries and travel around Singapore's arts and heritage distract whilst listening to different site-specific sound compositions en route. The piece I have created was inspired by the history of Chinese opera in Singapore, which was primarily established in China Town in the late 1800's by members of the immigrants community. Lai Chun Yuen was a theatre which existed from 1887 – 1927, at 36 Smith Street, also known as Theatre Street to the older generation.
My composition propels the listener back through time, into a fleeting scene from the aural memory of Theatre Street. I'll be uploading an excerpt from the piece over the next week.
April 01, 2012
All The Lines Flow Out @ Tribeca Film Festival
I reworked the sound design and music for the final scene of Charles Lim Yi Yong's All The Lines Flow Out (2011), just in time for the film's screening at Tribeca 2012. The film was also shown at the Nashville Film Festival this year and won the prize for best experimental short. My congrats goes out to Charles, Lin and the rest of the team! I'm looking forward to future collaborations with Charles!
March 25, 2012
Witness Documentation
I created two compositions for Donna Ong's installation entitled Witness; a piece exploring how we perceive and react to disasters, in particular the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011. The work was shown at The Chapel, Singapore Art Museum from 21st – 30th October. See more images and take a listen here.


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Roxanne Shanté Biopic 'Roxanne Roxanne' Selected For 2017 Sundance Film Festival Competition
by Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) News.
(AllHipHop News) Among the 16 movies chosen for the US Dramatic Competition is Michael Larnell's Roxanne Roxanne.
The biopic portrays the story of Queensbridge representative and Hip Hop legend Lolita "Roxanne Shanté" Gooden.
Roxanne Shanté rose to prominence as a teenager partly due to the 1980's "Roxanne Wars" rivalry between the Juice Crew member and The Real Roxanne.
Roxanne Roxanne stars Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips, and Shenell Edmonds.
Gooden, Pharrell Williams, Forest Whitaker, and Ralph McDaniels are credited as producers for Roxanne Roxanne.
Patti Cake$ is another rap-centred movie screening as part of the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance.
The Geremy Jasper directed motion picture is about an aspiring Jersey rapper named Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle Macdonald).
Nate Parker's The Birth Of A Nation took home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2016.
The Nat Turner-based drama also won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at the festival.
Sundance Film Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort from January 19 through January 29.


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Pound US dollar exchange rate: GBP edges up as investors seek out risk
THE pound US dollar has been trending just below the level of $1.290 as it sees resistance below last week's highs of $1.293. The US dollar's selloff continues today as investors sell 'safe haven' currencies in reaction to news that the US and Mexico have reached a new trade deal.
The pound US dollar has been trending just below the level of $1.290
Pinned back by Theresa May's remarkably chilled approach to a 'no deal' Brexit, with the PMI stating that such an outcome 'wouldn't be the end of the world'.
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A great network of trails around lakes and ponds, close to the city, well used. Can be combined with the longer Lakes trail for a full day of hiking and fishing. There are a number of cross-country ski trails in this area also, that can be used for more hiking and longer ski trips.
From the parking lot go left on the trail that follows the first Hidden Lake. Keep right at the intersectikons at the end of the lake. Go up over a ridge and look down onto the next lake, then follow the trail back to pond and returning to the main trail leading back to the parking, for a nice short loop.
From Whitehorse cross the Yukon river bridge and head into Riverdale along Lewes Boulevard. Take the 1st right(past lights) onto Nisutlin drive and turn left off Nisutlin onto Chadburn Lake road just before the fish ladder. Go about 2km up a steep hill and down alongside Schwatka lake on your right. Take the first clear dirt road on your left and drive until you encounter a parking area at the first Hidden Lake.


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The Kara-dag reserve on the coast of Crimea, between the village of Kurortnoye and the resort of Koktebel, is one of those places where, whatever your religion, you can feel the hand of the Creator at work. Indescribably beautiful, this unique Jurassic landscape is the result of an extinct volcano, which thousands of years ago spewed lava and debris into the sea. The elements have weathered the volcanic rocks into fantastic shapes and produced flora and wildlife unique to this part of Crimea.
Kara-Dag was declared a national reserve – in 1979, and since then careful steps have been taken to protect it. There is a visitor centre with a small wildlife museum, and here you can buy a ticket for a guided walk. Independent walking is not allowed because of fears of fires and erosion, and also because the iron content in some of the volcanic mountains is so high that it generates a magnetic field which can interfere with compasses, so a good knowledge of the mountain paths is essential. But the four-hour guided hike will take you right up into the most interesting parts of the reserve with a ranger who is extremely knowledgeable (but take an interpreter – they don't usually speak English). It's a unique, unforgettable experience!


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The Middlebury women's volleyball team hosted a NESCAC Quad in the Pepin Gym over the weekend. Middlebury did not fare well as they dropped a pair of 3-0 matches to Amherst and Tufts. Lexi Fisher and Lacee Patterson each had 11 kills against Amherst, while Jamie Wong had 21 digs. Patterson's seven kills led the team against Tufts, while Wong had 16 digs.
Laurie Wollin ended the weekend with 987 kills for the season, breaking the previous single-season record of 958 held by Katie Kenney in '00.


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1 oz. beef marrow
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 packet powdered saffron
1/3 cup grated parmigiano
Place the stock over a low flame and keep hot. Over medium heat, saute the onions and marrow in a tablespoon or two of butter until fragrant and soft. Do not allow the onions to brown. Add the rice; stir until thoroughly coated with the fat. Pour in the wine and cook, stirring, on a low simmer until absorbed. Now add the stock, one ladleful at a time, making sure that the liquid is absorbed before adding the next ladle. Continue stirring frequently, but do not add all of the stock. At about 15 minutes, check for doneness by taking a bite test. It takes about 18-20 minutes total cooking time for us but this can vary depending on rice and if your stock was kept hot enough (cold stock is a no-no!). If the grains are still too firm, add a little more stock (an extra 1/4 cup is included in the amount given), keeping in mind that the final consistency should not be soupy, but just a little bit liquid and binding.
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Over the past few months, I've noticed a pattern emerge for gasoline price movements here in West Michigan. Every few weeks or so, gasoline prices seem to spike dramatically higher for no apparent reason. At least not the reasons we've grown accustomed to – geopolitical events, weather shocks, etc. Then, the prices seem to gradually subside – until the next spike higher.
I heard a GasBuddy.com analyst discuss this phenomenon on the radio recently. He suggested that this pattern is simply the natural competitive dynamics of the retail gasoline industry at work, in the absence of any specific driving forces (i.e., the aforementioned geopolitical shocks) for the price spikes. The industry's highly competitive nature causes prices to gradually drop as the gas stations located along the same street battle for market share. Have you ever noticed how one station can have every pump in use while the gas station across the street with prices just a penny or two higher per gallon looks like a ghost town? When you're selling a commodity, price is pretty much all you have to work with. Anyway, the analyst suggested that every few weeks the industry realizes that they can't keep selling gasoline at those decreased price levels and still be profitable, so a price spike ensues and the pattern starts anew.
This caused me to ponder the insurance market and its penchant for soft and hard market cycles. The industry is highly competitive with literally thousands of insurance carriers competing for business, and the insurance product itself is typically perceived by consumers to be a commodity. That's not true as I have previously discussed, but it is a perception that feeds the competitive pressures on insurance premiums. Consequently, insurers battle (predominantly over price) as long as they have capacity that they need to utilize to generate returns, and the result is a soft market cycle of lower premiums, generous underwriting terms, and broad availability of insurance. Eventually, the underwriting losses mount and the industry finds the discipline to raise premiums (prices), tighten underwriting standards, and restrict the types of risks accepted. The hard market arrives. Sometimes the hard market is abrupt and sharp, creating a crisis of availability wherein some insurance buyers suddenly cannot find the insurance they need at any reasonable price. In gasoline market terms, this is akin to the long gas lines and gas stations running out gas in the 1970s.
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Faye said -" I would like to make you aware of some new library resources available on our website. The Office of Minority Health – Knowledge Center has a specialized collection of consumer health and research materials related to minority health, cultural competency, and health disparities issues.
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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Keep Me Afloat by Jennifer Gold, hosted by Comet Readings Book Tours!
Publication date: March 3, 2020
Paperback: 381 pages
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
A moving story about true love and heartbreak, mistakes and redemption, forgiveness and second chances.
Five years ago, marine biologist Abby Fisher made a mistake that cost her everything. Rather than face the consequences, she fled home to start anew—and built the career she'd always dreamed of. But when her research program runs out of funding, she's adrift once again and decides to return to the safe harbor of her family and friends.
Except nothing at home is how she remembered.
Her friendships are strained, her normally affectionate parents seem distant, and her once-great love story is now just a painful memory. What's worse, she keeps running into the people she hurt years ago—and they aren't ready to forgive her.
Abby is determined to atone for her mistakes, but she can't seem to move beyond her guilt for a chance of future happiness. Can Abby learn to sail through the storm, or will she remain lost at sea?
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One of those nights where a fussy child makes comic production tricky - followed by another, last night - results in this late strip. Tomorrow's has been photographed and planned, at least.
Action-strips still have a lot of text for me - and in a way, lots of small bubbles with short "ugh!" and "ow!" declarations take just as long to lay out as my usual wordy bubbles.
In case it's not clear by the re-write, Obidiah Waterhouse (the ice-pick boy) is singing a re-working of Whitney's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" single from ages past. More music coming up soon!
In case you want to revisit any of these long-lost characters: Zodiac first appeared in strip #19; Makepeace arrived as a cat familiar to Newtana in in strip #10, and was changed back into a human in strip #30. All of this gang were dispelled in strip 46 - two strips after Obidiah first appeared.
Thanks. Now that song is stuck in my head. I tried bashing my head against the wall, and now I'm stuck with "The Greatest Love of All."
If I did "Comment of the Week" awards like "The Comics Curmudgeon" does, you'd be the odds-on favourite for that rhyme.
Luckily, there isn't supposed to be more Whitney Houston in the coming weeks, but now I have "I Believe the Children are Our Future" in my head... and just need to find the cadence to fit "Bionicle" in there to scare everyone!
So is Captain Exposition gonna catch Miller then? I guess he's more concerned with Ramsey.
If I get a chance to put together the bonus strip for today, you'll see what happens with Miller and Ramsey. If not, check back on Thursday!
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Taste test: This hexagonal box contained ten chocolate truffle balls, each with a milk chocolate shell and soft chocolate truffle filling.
Each piece was individually wrapped in an orange foil wrapper. They tasted quite good, with a rich and creamy milk chocolate taste. Deceptively, the box had a one inch high cardboard false bottom insert, which made it appear far bigger than the actual product it contained.
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This guest blog post came to me by way of the Twin Cities Attachment Parenting International (API) mailing list, as a thank-you letter to the…
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Tiffany (Tipper) Gallagher, BA, IBCLC, RLC, is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, metro area. In her private lactation consulting practice, she provides in-home visits for families experiencing breastfeeding difficulties as well as prenatal and postnatal education in private and group settings. Tipper melds her passions for writing, advocacy, and sharing evidence-based information by blogging at www.theboobgeek.com, presenting at conferences, and actively participating in professional organizations.
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Birth Charts of People with Sun in Libra, Moon in Virgo
Sun in Libra represents harmonious, balanced self-expression, a natural mediator, graceful articulation and valuing diplomacy, fairness. Moon in Virgo represents emotional refinement, detailed approach to one's moods, a grounded temperament, a cautious, stable approach and seeks clarity in expression.
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How can app developers improve fleet management using smart cars?Krishna Chimalamarri07/04/2015Automotive
According to a study by Berg Insight, which specialises in fleet management research, 4.4 million vehicles across Europe are already fitted with telematics in the last quarter of 2015. With that figure increasing at a compound annual growth rate of just over 15%, Berg Insight predicts it could hit 8.9 million by 2019.
So what is telematics, and how does it benefit fleet management and the millions of individual connected/smart car owners?
Telematics is any device that merges telecommunications and informatics to monitor a vehicle. A crash-resistant black box with a GPS receiver and an electronic GSM device is installed in each vehicle, which then communicates with user and web-based software.
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These systems can locate exactly where a car is and how fast it's traveling, summon roadside assistance, lock and unlock remotely, and much more. Telematics integrates GPS location and vehicle diagnostics data into software applications like dispatching, fleet management, service reminders and asset management. In doing so, fleet managers can streamline data gathering and gain quicker insights that assist their decision-making in real time.
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Telematics systems traditionally allow drivers to access services while they're in the car. However, the rise of smart cars with in-car technology and smartphone apps for telematics is prompting vast improvements in these systems, allowing owners to remotely control their car while they are away.
These features include locking and unlocking the car's doors without having to call an operator, remotely starting the vehicle and locating it in a crowded parking lot by way of a lights-flash and horn-sound.
Remote Controlled Cars
With millions of individual cars loaded with infotainment systems such as Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto, telematics allows owners to control their cars remotely and keep watch over the behaviour of drivers. It would be a great relief for parents, for example, to be able to monitor and control their kids' driving habits.
Now, manufacturers are working with mobile app developers to link telematics systems to smartphone apps, giving owners remote control over some aspects of their vehicles. These apps will record data about an individual's driving style, including a driver's level of aggression, smoothness, anticipation and consistency, which is qualified by information about road types, and driving conditions such as heavy rain and congestions.
Parents can remotely monitor the driving practices of their children, such as speeding, hard braking and rapid acceleration. They can alert and even control them by setting the speed limits remotely, as well as reaching out with assistance in case of emergencies. Soon, they will even be able to drive them back home safely in the event of an accident using a mobile app, with the help of app developers, in-car technology and telematics.
Smart cars integrated with telematics systems may even make travel easier for seniors using mobile technology. The family may come to their rescue with remote assistance in case of medical emergencies.
Over the past few years, smart cars have significantly improved the performance of telematics, to make fleet management easier for car owners. By giving millions of drivers remote access to their cars, they are replacing physical operators with virtual and digital assistants.


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Read press releases from New Net Technologies for the latest news and developments in the IT security industry. Click on a link below to find out more about change & configuration management.
NAPLES, Fl. April 20, 2018 -- New Net Technologies (NNT), the leader in delivering security through system integrity, today announced that it has been awarded by leading security publication, Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), in the InfoSec Awards of 2018. These prestigious awards were selected from among nearly 3,000 organizations around the world and recognize companies who create and offer the most respected, cutting-edge, and innovative InfoSec products and services on the market today.
Combine industry leading Device Hardening, File Integrity Monitoring, Change Control, Configuration Management & Compliance Management into one easy to use solution that can scale to the most demanding environments!
Automatically evaluate and verify the authenticity of file changes in real-time with NNT FAST™ (File Approved-Safe Technology) Integrity Assurance.
Comprehensive and easy to use security information & event log management with intelligent & self-learning correlation technology to highlight potentially harmful activity in seconds.


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Food Funding Health. Every time you make a purchase with us you are supporting the funding of social & environmental projects through grants and donations.
The 2019 Santos Organics Team Grant winners have been announced!
Thanks to team members who salary sacrifice 1% of their wage each week, and with $17,500 matched by Santos Organics, the following not-for-profit organisations have received a cut of $31,500 in support of these worthy projects.
Congratulations to:
Marine and plastic debris clean-up on Moreton Island in aid of ocean wildlife protection $9,000
Nursery development at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens for rainforest regeneration projects $6,500
Equipment for transforming indigenous health in the Northern Territory $5,000
4 regional workshops to improve the mental health and resilience of at risk and disadvantaged girls $5,000
Website upgrade for communication of ocean wildlife protection $3,000
5 surf events for community members with a disability and volunteers $3,000
Connect to the Santos Organics Facebook and Instagram pages to keep updated on project developments as they happen and ways you can get involved.
We look forward to working with these awesome environmental and social not-for-profit organisations throughout 2019 to help them make the world a better place.
For all grant enquiries please contact Annina on email@example.com
Santos Organics is now a 100% not-for-profit organisation!
Every time you buy in store or online you are making a valuable contribution to local not-for-profit organisations doing their bit to make the world a better place.
Here are a few videos highlighting the wonderful work of previous grant beneficiaries.
Rainforest Trust
Future Feeders
Seed Savers
Plastic Free Byron – Byron Borrow Bags
Funded Projects
2018 Investments in Farming, Reforestation and Renewable Energy
Five local organisations have been announced as the recipients of $40,000 in grant funding provided by Santos Organics as part of their ongoing grants program.
The funding sees environmental investment injected into the strengthening of the Northern Rivers Young Farmers Alliance's website platform to support young farmers, infrastructure development at Byron Bay Herb Nursery, materials required to develop the Byron Bay Reforestation Project, and funds to support the Repower Byron Shire project driven by the collaborative effort of Zero Emissions Byron, COREM and Enova Energy.
Further to these projects, local charity and social project Comfort for Kids has gained funding for a two-part program to support 200 vulnerable Northern Rivers children with sleep support, and an online course for the parents and carers to better understand the health benefits of high quality sleep.
General Manager Michael Lyon said "we received a huge number of applications this year and would have loved to support so many of the projects. We'd like to say a big thank you to all the applicant organisations, to all our shoppers for making this grant funding possible and to our wonderful staff whose donations Santos have matched to make this grant funding round possible."
$30,000 awarded to local environmental projects – September 2017
Santos Organics are proud to announce the following projects have received funding made possible by our customers purchases.
Mullumbimby Community Gardens – Kitchen Upgrade $13,096
Byron Hinterland Seed Savers – Perennial Food Hub & Seed Registry $5,000
Mullumbimbees – Amateur Bee-Keeping Resource Centre – $2,900
Federal Childrens Community Centre – Food Forest Rehabilitation and Expansion w/ Training Programs – $9,000
Thank you to all our customer who make these donations possible. Together we are building healthy futures for our future generations.
$40,000 awarded to enhance the environment and the well-being of our community – May 2017
Six community projects were awarded a total of $40,000 from the Santos Organics Staff Charity Fund this year. Fully funded projects include the Byron Hinterland Seed Savers temperature-controlled seed bank, the Byron Youth Theatre's performances, workshops and community evenings promoting healthy eating and living, and the Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre's work supporting our community. Partially funded projects include the Madhima Gulgan Australian Rainforest Foundation's project employing local indigenous staff to undertake bush regeneration in the Byron Hinterland, Future Feeders' development of an urban farm model with training capacity for young farmers, and Plastic Free Byron's Boomerang Bags project, to supply accommodation providers in the Byron Shire with reusable bags for their guests.


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Al Qaeda Margenalized?
We sweep our gaze across the vast political, sectarian and economic expanse that is the middle east. We ladel in the reality of various regional phenomena of the past year: Sunni states criticize Hezbollah in light of the Israeli/Lebanon conflict, Iranian "secret" bases outside of Damascus, Sunni/Shiite "civil" war in Iraq, Hamas pledging partnership with Iran, the Sauds promising financial support for Iraqi Sunni's. A pattern forms...
For all the US flag burning, "Death to America" rallies and Presidential "aparthied" analogies the Middle East seems to be shifting gears away from the "Imperial" dominence of the west. All eyes seem to be turning inward as a region who previously railed against "Western perversion" seems to be increasingly divided. As Sunni/Shia divisions escalate (and they will) and popular disenchantment shifts from foriegn "devilry" to regional sectarian difference what will become of the likes of al quaeda? As wahabist radcicalism shifts from anti-western to anti Shia, will al qaeda meet their requisite recruitment goals from the newly sectarian and consequently fallow fields of the young and passionate? Or will the worlds leading essentially sovereign terrorist organisation be forced to shift their ideology west to the lost continent?
Somalia, Ethiopia, Eretria, Sudan, etc. the unstable central African nations seem the likely target for AQ's next boiling pot. Given that the entire western world maintains a facade of concern but a general ignorance of events in this area, I'd put Africa out front in terms of AQ recruitment as middle eastern concerns turn inward.
The sad bit is such recruitment will occur virtually undercover. As the worlds attention is focused on the Middle East and unstable oil prices AQ might well find a virtual motherlode of recriuts in central Africa as civil structure continues to collapse. The effect may be a temporary margenalization of AQ and their global effect. However, given enough time and ignorance of African strife the wests myopic view of Africa may result in an AQ resurgence more powerful than ever.


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International distribution support
This support scheme aims to increase opportunities for Swedish feature and documentary films to obtain international distribution, while enabling increased revenue made possible by this distribution.
The International distribution grant is available in relation to the release of Swedish films – with a minimum duration of 60 minutes – for distribution outside of Sweden.
The grant is awarded to film distributors who are registered and working in markets outside of Sweden.
December 13, 2019 (for releases starting January 13, 2020)
Regulations and application
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DrVoyageur - Budget Travel Tips Home Page
Southern California has an obsession with death & you will love it! A travel guide
L.A. introduction
Off the beaten track L.A
Visiting Beverly Hills + Century City
The Most Famous Celebrity City in the World
Although Beverly Hills is rather quiet compared to some of its neighbours, you can still sniff money
in the air.
And, although celebrities are more likely to live in places
like Bel Air, Brentwood, Malibu, the and the Hollywood Hills these days,
new money has taken their place in Beverly Hills, and Beverly Hills
remains Beverly Hills.
Rodeo Drive, just north of Wilshire, in the town centre, is worth
a walk day or night. Gucci gulch has become its apt nickname. Be
sure to walk, too, especially during a day visit, along several
of the small lanes that lead off the business section of Rodeo.
This area of Beverly Hills draws wealthy shoppers from throughout
Southern California and the world. Rodeo Drive, by the way, was
named after the original Spanish land grant that included what is
now Beverly Hills.
Serious celebrity groupies will want to check
out the comings and goings at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel,
at the corner of Wilshire and Rodeo, which was the venue of choice
in the movie "Pretty Woman." This truly attracts a jet set crowd. Don't be so uncool to approach them.
The most famous hotel in Beverly Hills, though, remains the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. Its "power breakfasts" attract Hollywood executives to begin their workdays with deals.
The city was built on an oil field. Beverly Hills High School still has an oil well in front, which helps reduce the tax burden on local residents.
You can also reach Wilshire and Rodeo Drive easily by MTA buses.
Century City
Think of Century City as the shopping mall for Beverly Hills.
Also, think of it as one of the media centres of the world.
Century City sits atop what was once a large part of the Twentieth Century Fox studios.
With so much filming done on location or outsourced these days, Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Network are able to use just a small portion of the original studio in back of Century City, a leaner and meaner environment as befits the film industry of today.
high rises of Century City also include the ABC Television west coast production facility, as well as the Century Plaza Hotel, the hotel of choice for American presidents and visiting royalty.
Of most interest to visitors is the shopping mall, where you truly can expect to spot celebrities.
Gourmet Gelson's "the super market" is an especially good place to see celebrities in the very early morning.
There's also a super cinema complex, with serious and usually well-behaved audiences, as can be expected when the
audience includes the film industry itself.
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Go to >> Hollywood Boulevard
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Gutter Installation
If you are looking to build a new home around this area and you don't know who to bring in to take care of your gutters we may just be your best choice. We don't only provide high-quality services, but also going with a local company when building these types of structures can be a huge advantage. For one, you are going to have the comfort of knowing that if anything goes wrong we can be at your door in a short amount of time. Also, we know what the main challenges for gutters in this area are!
Working On New Homes
Most of the times when we have to install gutters for the first time we have to take a lot of things into consideration. We really don't have previous data to fall back on, so both us and your roofing company will need to find out how we want to distribute water flow through your roof. We have been doing this for a long time, so we are pretty confident that we will be able to get through that fairly easily. We also want to make sure that the gutter can adapt to the design of your roof!
Making A Fashion Statement
We also have to take into account that your gutter is going to be an integral part in your roof's overall look. You have probably seen many buildings, where builders never took into account what the building would look like with that type of gutter and just wanted to make sure that it worked. We can adapt gutters in shape, size and even color and design pattern so that they can blend perfectly into your roof. That way they don't look like a completely different structure that was added later on in the building process!
Replacing An Old Gutter
Although gutters are usually built to last a very long time occasionally they are going to need to be replaced. The two main reasons why you may need to replace your gutter are because it is broken, or because you are updating your roof and you need a new gutter to adapt to this new roof. If you just need to replace an existing gutter we can use the same path that the old one followed and just literally make a replica that will do the exact same job but will be less worn down. If your roofing changed we will need to come up maybe with a different design!
Designing A Gutter
When we are designing a gutter the first thing that we need to do is to make sure that is wide enough to handle the amount of precipitation that is going to come its way. Next, what we will do is design a pattern that will be able to capture precipitation and lead it on the right path away from your home for the most part. Finally, we will make sure that all of this can be adapted perfectly to the look and feel of your roofing! Now, for convenient maintenance, take a look at our gutter guards!


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The night also saw the Dame Mary Perkins Award for professionalism and expertise, which was presented to the Specsavers store that has made the greatest contribution to raising awareness in the importance of eye care. It was won by Emma Ginger, joint venture partner at the Exeter store, and her team for their vigilance in detecting cranial hypertension in customer Megan Turner, which was a sight and life-threatened condition which required urgent treatment.
Presented by Rylan Clark-Neal and Oti Mabuse, the awards saw specs-wearing stars take over the red carpet, including Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Dame Joan Collins, Dani Dyer, Curtis Pritchard, Maura Higgins, Georgia Toffolo, Martin Kemp, Tulisa, and Kimberly Wyatt.
A big thank you to the sponsors of the 2019 competition: EGO Eyewear, CooperVision, De Rigo, Jeff Banks, Marcolin, Mondottica, Red or Dead, Safilo, Kelfred, Millmead Optical Group, Ouhai Glasses, Seiko, Specialist, Wenzhou Loverdoor, Wenzhou Weilan Optical Company, An-Ti Design, AVM, Aspex Eyewear, Micron, Optimum, Tiger of Sweden and Zhejiang Tongda Optical Company.
TV presenter and comedian Sue Perkins alongside RuPaul's Drag Race star Michelle Visage were recognised for their inimitable specs style at the 24th annual Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards in London in October 2019.
Sue took home the Services to Specs trophy, whilst Michelle received the Spec Style Star. Also taking to the stage was Tom Read Wilson, who was awarded Best Newcomer.
But as always the main focus of the evening, staged for the fifth year running at 8 Northumberland Avenue, was about celebrating everyday specs wearers while raising more than £100,000 for anti-bullying charity Kidscape.
Overall winner Katarzyna Ring, a 30-year-old from London, said she was completely shocked to have won and that to win the overall Spectacle Wearer of the Year was amazing.
Katarzyna Ring from London is crowned Spectacle Wearer of the Year 2019.
The 30-year-old said: 'I'm completely shocked to have won. My boyfriend put me forward and I actually forgot I had applied to the competition until I received a phone call to say I had been shortlisted by Specsavers. But to be the winner of the overall Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards is just amazing, I can't believe it.'


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I chose my career over my girlfriend and I am sorry now
Tell me about it: I check her social media every day. She recently started dating again
I feel that there is hope for us to reunite, but how do I communicate this to her?
Question: One year ago myself and my girlfriend decided to end our relationship of three years. At the time of our split, she wanted to start saving to buy a house together, she also made it clear that she wanted to start a family. These are things that I also want. But at that very specific time I was offered an opportunity to work abroad in a high-paid position in a very exciting firm. I proposed to her that this would be a great boost for our finances. Alas, she did not agree. I spent six miserable months in my new position, most of the time I spent thinking about her and, eventually, I returned to my previous position in Ireland. I have emailed her and phoned her several times and she has not replied. I check her social media every day and I see that she has just recently started dating again. I feel that there is hope for us to reunite. But how do I communicate this to her?
Answer: You made a decision a year ago and I'm guessing you did not make this lightly. Your girlfriend also made a decision at that time and she seems to have followed that decision and is not looking to re-engage with you. Your relationship was three years old at the time of the crisis and this is a long enough time for both of you to make informed judgements on your future. You chose to go abroad and try out the new highly-paid position and chose at that time to do this without your partner.
If we are torn and constantly questioning ourselves, we cannot benefit from our choices as we are always asking 'what if'
Perhaps you knew in some subliminal way that she would not come with you and by your pushing the move, you forced a decision on the future of the relationship. The difficulty seems that while your body travelled abroad, your mind and heart stayed at home and the subsequent division created misery for you.
Now that you are home again, you are still divided and are trying to live a life that is in your past. Your ex-girlfriend is dating again and you are checking up on her on social media; this has the same effect as when you were away – you are not fully accepting the life you are living and if this continues you will become excellent at regret and rumination.
When we make a decision, the need is to put our whole selves behind that decision and not keep looking to all the other options that we have closed off. If we are torn and constantly questioning ourselves, we cannot benefit from our choices as we are always asking "what if" and this can lead to anxiety and regret. It is always sad when a relationship ends and it is normal to go through a grief period, but the task is to heal and recover and then move on with your life.
You had double the difficulty in that you were not just dealing with the grief of losing your relationship but you were also transitioning to a new country and life that can bring with it its own period of distress. Of course, our response to all this distress is to take action and perhaps you returned to your former life too quickly in the hope that you could slot right back.
All decisions have consequences and yours is now to build a new life and exciting career from where you are in your position right now. You had ambition a year ago and this needs to be resurrected in order to make you feel confident, attractive and hopeful again.
You have suffered enough, let go of the grief and loss and be determined to be happy in the life you have now
You say that you want to have a house and family at some stage and if that is true then you could invest in dating so that this is a possibility down the road for you. Your ex-girlfriend knows that you have been trying to contact her and it can be assumed that she knows the conditions she set down as part of her relationship with you. It seems clear that she no longer wants this future with you and therefore there is no current possibility of this relationship developing.
Your future is yours to make and it seems that your confidence and self-esteem need boosting. Push yourself in your career and make opportunities happen for you; go on dating websites and spend time with women who are interested in similar things to you; imbed yourself in your community and stretch your connections. If you do these things, you will attract lots of attention and become desirable as a partner. Doubt, regret and indecision all pull our focus inwards and the outcome is gloom and sadness.
You have suffered enough, let go of the grief and loss and be determined to be happy in the life you have now.
Start by deleting your ex's social media page (she knows where to find you if she changes her mind) and busy yourself with your career and social life.
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A healthy gut is crucial for optimal thyroid health. The first study of its kind has shown those with SIBO have an increased risk of thyroid autoimmunity. This is good news and suggests that by improving your gut health you can have a healthier thyroid.
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC: Hi, this is Dr. Ruscio. And let's discuss more exciting research being published that connects your digestive health to your thyroid health.
A study was recently published that examined the association between thyroid function, including thyroid autoimmunity, and digestive health, most namely SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). I'll put the abstract up here on the screen. The study was entitled, "Thyroid Function in Patients with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth."
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Thyroid dysfunction in patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- SIBO-D Group TPO 39.9, TPO SIBO – C Group 94.1
- In both groups of patients the levels of ATPO were statistically significantly higher than in the control group
- Not clinically significant enough to take action for TPO but indicates that taking action to improve gut health could thereby improve TPO
- Conclusion: Thyroid function may be impaired in patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth which should be taken into account in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the diseases of these organs.
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DrMR: And the main finding here, I'll quote for you. "In both groups of patients, the levels of—" They're using the abbreviation ATPO, which is anti-thyroperoxidase antibody. So TPO antibodies, the most commonly used measure to assess the severity of thyroid autoimmunity. "—Were statistically significantly higher than in control groups."
And I'll continue to their conclusion. "Thyroid function may be impaired in patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth which should be taken into account in the diagnosis and therapeutic management of the disease of these organs."
Now, let's look at some of the details because the details here do matter. We actually created a results chart from their data. And this is what they found. Now, there's a lot going on here.
Let me just pull you to the bottom row where it says TPO. And if you look at the TPO as compared to the two different SIBO groups, you see that diarrheal-type SIBO had a level of TPO antibodies of 39. And constipation-type SIBO had an antibody of 94. Now, this is compared to the control of 6. So 6 is considered a normal or acceptable level of the antibody. Usually, the cutoff point is about 30 to 35. So we see that the controls are normal for thyroid autoimmunity. Yet both groups of SIBO patients have abnormal levels of thyroid antibodies.
Now, this is exciting because it further substantiates a connection between the gut and the thyroid. We discussed numerous studies in the past that are starting to elucidate this connection.
But I should also be careful to say that the level of elevation of the antibodies here is not highly significant. Usually, for the level of elevation of thyroid antibodies to be significant, we would want to see someone whose levels are—it's debatable here. But I think about above 300 for a TPO antibody is when we would want to start taking action. Above 500 would indicate a stronger action should be taken. And when above 1000, it would really indicate that we want to take some type of strong action.
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So the level of severity noted in this study is not hugely, clinically significant. But it does illustrate the connection between the gut and the thyroid. And it's possible that with more research into this we'll see a stronger association. It's also possible that we won't.
But what this boils down to is we know there's a connection between your gut and your thyroid. And it would be very prudent to take steps to optimize the health of your digestion, the health of your gut in attempts and as part of a plan to optimize your thyroid health. And I can say, here in the clinic, I am just humbled by how many patients who have been floundering in the world of thyroid treatments, when they come into our office and we optimize for their digestive health, they finally see the symptomatic resolution that they're looking to see.
And this is not far fetched. We know, for example, that the ability of someone to absorb their thyroid hormone medication is dependent upon healthy digestion. And so part of the reason why people may struggle with levothyroxine and then they try a T4/T3 combination and they never feel like they've quite gotten there could in part be due to the fact that they're not consistently absorbing their medication because their digestion is not optimized. So that's another angle through which the gut-thyroid connection could be leveraged to improve one's health.
This is a different angle. This hints at the potential of improving thyroid autoimmunity. We do have one treatment study that has shown that the treatment of H. pylori can lower thyroid antibodies.
So we're still new here in our understanding. But we're definitely seeing numerous data points that associate digestive health to thyroid health.
Now, are the data here super strong and compelling? No. However, do we need to have a very strong case to defend the recommendation to optimize one's gut health? I don't think so, especially because when we optimize one's gut health, we oftentimes see other improvements, namely any digestive symptoms go away. And also things like clearer skin, more optimal moods, better energy, and what have you.
So here we're seeing some very exciting evidence showing that small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, a digestive condition, connects to thyroid autoimmunity. And I would speculate that by improving one's SIBO or digestive health in general, we could expect to see an improvement, not only in global symptoms but also in thyroid autoimmunity.
So this is Dr. Ruscio. And I hope this helps you get healthy and get back to your life.
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The Big Picture
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
At least one time a year my wife and I plan a family vacation. If all my children can make it our group has a total number of seven people traveling. I must admit it is getting harder since my oldest four children are all over the age of 21 and have internships and jobs which makes scheduling very difficult. This year we are planning on spending a few days in Utah with some planned hikes, national parks, and various other outdoor items planned. When I look at our agenda it seems very ambitious and I can already see that I am going to have to step back a few times and stop and look at the big picture. I once heard it said that you can take a long hike up a mountain, and there's plenty to appreciate along the way. However, sometimes you must stop and enjoy the view.
I want you to just step back and look at the big picture. The last two weeks of economic news has been dominated by China, President Trump and talk of trade wars. Don't get me wrong it's an important issue and has been one for many years. However, the actual economic news that our government published in late April was that the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, the lowest level since 19691. When you breakdown the unemployment numbers the Hispanic unemployment rate has averaged 4.6% in the last year and the African American unemployment rate has averaged 5.6%, both of those numbers are at record lows. The unemployment rate for those with less than a high school education has averaged 5.6% in the last twelve months2. In addition, wage growth has accelerated with the average hourly earnings up 3.2% from a year ago3. Our local privately funded economic development corporation is Southwest Michigan First. The motto of this dynamic organization is "The most powerful force for change is a well-paying job". It looks like that metric is being met on a national scale.
Let me go back to the news of the day. Since hitting new all-time highs two weeks ago, the S & P 500 has fallen about 4% as trade negotiations with China had a bump in the road.4 There is no doubt in my mind that tariff increases will not help the US economy. Back to the big picture. In 2018 the United States exported $180 billion in goods and service to China, which is 0.9% of our GDP. China exported $559 billion to the United States, which is 4.6% of their economy.5 If this turns into an extended US-China trade battle please know that US companies will shift their supply chains out of China into other countries such as Vietnam, Mexico or even back "Made in the USA". It may be a small hit to our economy, but it will have a huge impact on China's economy. I have been hearing our government officials and business leaders for the last twenty years telling us that China has been violating trade rules, stealing intellectual research to the toon of hundreds of billions of dollars. Now that our current President is trying to do something about it, the same people are now crying foul.
In my humble opinion, China is more dependent on the United States and our economy than we are on China's economy. Just step back and look at the big picture. Does China want to trade with the West or does China want to trade with North Korea, Russia and Venezuela? Don't let the hysteria of the "Financial News Networks" or the media drive your decision-making process when it comes to the long term.


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Visitors can enjoy the Sermon Church (Predigtkirche), the Baptismal and Matrimonial Church (Tauf- und Traukirche), the Hohenzollern family crypt, the Cathedral museum and a walk around the Cathedral's dome seven days a week. We open our church daily to tourists from all over the world. Our opening times can change due to individual events.


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It's always about Harvey and Mike. The season premiere of Suits I mean, is always centred around Harvey and Mike. The first season was about Harvey hiring Mike as his associate. In the second season, Harvey has to save Mike from getting fired after Jessica comes to know that Mike has never been to law school. The third season was about Mike redeeming Harvey's trust. In the fourth season, Mike had moved on to be an investment banker and the question was will he have a change of heart and ally with Harvey again. But this season is different. It's about Harvey and Donna.
I had always believed that the writers will never touch that chord. Because Harvey and Donna are pristine. The series is filled with analogies on Mike and Harvey's equation. That our Batman cannot function without Robin. But the one person that truly drives the man that Harvey Specter is, is Donna. Maybe, they are going to be an analogy for other fictional characters. Because, it is Donna's departure that has shaken Harvey to the core. He has panic attacks every time she turns him away. He begins to see a shrink for keeping them at bay. For the first time in the series, he looks vulnerable and needy. So needy that he begins to introspect and share his feelings to a complete stranger. If this is not love, I don't know what is.
Suits is a great show. Among other reasons, because it makes you care about every character deeply. It is difficult to decide on the character you'd want to see having the last laugh. Because it will be at the expense of another's feelings. You see Harvey struggling and you want Donna to return. You want her to resume being the oxygen-esque force that gives life to him. But then you think of Donna, about how Harvey left her on a cliffhanger when he said 'You know I love you Donna' and walked out. He revived an emotion in both of their lives that they had mutually decided to ebb. He had fired her in season two because the situations and Jessica demanded so. She was stung because she felt that he did not fight enough for keeping her. That is what has earned Harvey her abandonment, him not fighting for her, him not acknowledging how lucky he is to have her. Then there is Louis, who always is jostling in the middle of shifting dynamics. In the third season, just as Mike accepts to be his associate, Harvey walks in to announce that he has forgiven Mike and they hi five their way out of the room leaving Louis empty handed. He was wounded, rightly so, because he had sought Harvey's consent before approaching Mike to be his associate. And if Donna leaves him, his dejection will take the best of him. It will be a reaffirmation of his insecurity that all the greatness is exclusively for Harvey and he is just a pawn in the bigger picture. That he is the one to be mocked at. He is that child in the family with all the hand me downs.
Harvey keeps on repeating throughout the episode that it won't last. Maybe, he is right. Donna might not walk out on Louis on her volition, he might eventually force her to do so. We've seen it time and again that Donna's existence forges Harvey's individuality. He can swagger around the city because Donna feeds him with the right information at all times and dextrously manages his clients. What has been ignored though, is that Donna can be Donna only because Harvey lets her be. He allows her to have her way. He never asks her to do things she just does them. He never questions her authority. But Louis is a different breed of boss. He likes to take control of his subordinates. Gradually when his euphoria over landing Donna wears off, he might interfere with her decisions. Needless to say, it will not go down well with her.
In the next episode, Harvey is going to hire another Donna, who he will not allow to become Donna because he cannot stand being invested in another person at this point of time. The internet is abuzz with questions on the potential romantic arc between Harvey and his shrink or his new secretary. I don't see a future to that. In an article about Friends, it was said that if any of the six characters grew closer to a supporting character, the writers went to inordinate lengths to break them apart. The ones they were meant to be with were the other friends. Such is the case with Suits as well. At the end of the day, it is only Jessica, Harvey, Louis, Donna, Rachel and Mike in the pack.