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Julian Dautremont-Smith, chief sustainability officer at Alfred State, recently contributed to a book project of Widener Law Distinguished Professor John C. Dernbach that supports the national movement for more sustainable products, practices, lifestyles, and policies. The project is the only nongovernmental effort in the U.S. to comprehensively assess the nation's sustainability activities.
In "Acting As If Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability," Dernbach advocates for accelerating sustainability efforts in the United States. Dautremont-Smith and 50 other contributing authors, mostly hailing from U.S. universities and law schools, provided input. The book, published by the Environmental Law Institute, is currently available in digital format, and is slated for print by early July.
Dautremont-Smith was one of the collaborators asked about what progress the United States has made over two decades, why it has occurred, what the obstacles are, and how we can accelerate progress and overcome those obstacles. Specifically, he contributed an assessment of higher education's efforts to advance sustainability and identified barriers that are slowing progress.
Dernbach searched for patterns in the answers of all the collaborators. The result is a book that explains how to make sustainable decisions more appealing, how law can facilitate a more effective environment for sustainability, and how both the public and leaders can spur the movement forward. "This is a manual for getting to sustainability, based largely on the knowledge and expertise of the contributing authors," he remarked. This is the third book project Dernbach has led that comprehensively assesses U.S. sustainability activities and makes recommendations for future actions.
Dautremont-Smith is a long-time leader in the campus sustainability field. He co-founded the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and served as its associate director for five years. While there, he played leadership roles in the creation of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment as well as the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System (STARS). Dautremont-Smith has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in natural resources and the environment from the University of Michigan.

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ACT's Bursary Program
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Anyone attending an ACT workshop is eligible if the cost is a barrier preventing attendance. Priority is given to BC residents and to parents and participants who are low income. We rely on your honest appraisal of your situation. If you cannot otherwise pay for the workshop please contact us. You are not required to provide documentation to support your request. You will receive a response within a week. The earlier you apply, the more likely you are to receive a bursary.
- We cannot grant a bursary request AFTER you have already registered for a workshop.
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Published by St. Martin's Griffin Strange Brew on July 7th 2009
Genres: Mystery, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic!
In Charlaine Harris' "Bacon," a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. In "Seeing Eye" by Patricia Briggs, a blind witch helps sexy werewolf Tom Franklin find his missing brother--and helps him in more ways than either of them ever suspected. And in Jim Butcher's "Last Call," wizard Harry Dresden takes on the darkest of dark powers--the ones who dare to mess with this favorite beer.
For anyone who's ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who's imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection of short stories!
Strange Brew is an anthology that features and is edited by P.N. Elrod. It also features other prominent authors such as:
Patricia Briggs
Jim Butcher
Rachel Caine
Karen Chance
P.N. Elrod
Charlaine Harris
Faith Hunter
Caitlin Kittredge
Each week I will do two reviews from two short stories in the anthology. They will feature in alphabetical order as above.
Seeing Eye by Patricia Briggs
Seeing Eye features Moira, a witch who is forever clouded in darkness. Moira is blind. Lately she has been having nightmares, but she knows better. They are visions. The visions are coming closer to becoming real when a werewolf comes knocking on her door. Tom needs help, and help comes in the form of Moira. A coven of witches called the 'Samhain' have kidnapped his brother for their own purposes. To save his brother, Tom demands Moira' help but as events start to unravel and truths come out, will Moria and Tom survive?
Seeing Eye is a classic Briggs story, though we see the witches in the forefront as we haven't seen before. Moira is a white witch. She is basically a good person and witch but she has seen and done things which have been pretty brutal, although she did it as a sacrifice of herself and not against others. I had compassion for her, but I didn't pity her as she was very self-reliant and was able to take care of herself in an independent manner.
With short stories there is only so much that fits in and for me I didn't see much of Tom's personality. It's hard to get a feel for a character when you have limited words. I did like him though. Very much. He and Moira worked very well together and the title of the story is very apt for this couple. The information that was provided about the witches was very insightful, especially the sacrifices. I can't wait to see more about the witches in future books and hopefully Tom, and Moira. I give Strange Brews 4 out of 5.
Last Call by Jim Butcher
OK, I've never read the Harry Dresden Files by Jim Butcher before, but after reading this extremely funny short story, you can bet I'm going to get the first set of books. Soon. *grins*
Last Call features Harry Dresden. Harry enters Mac's bar wanting a beer but gets more that he bargains for and without his beer. Most of the customers are lying on the floor unconscious, bloody and beaten. Harry finds Mac behind the bar who is looking very much the worse for wear. Harry, along with his assistant and Detective Murphy, must find out what happened to Mac and the others before it can happen again.
This was a pretty awesome short story. Harry is a funny character, yet he has a dark edge to him. All he wanted was a god-damn beer. Can't blame him! I found Harry to be very funny, though he can be rude and crude. There was one line where I snorted with laughter and it takes a lot to make me snort with laughter in a book.
The story flowed effortlessly and I wasn't left wanting more from the story as the resolution was unfolded in a timely and satisfying manner. The characters were fully fleshed out and I want to learn more about Harry and the world he lives in. I get the sense that people know about magic and know who Harry is, along with his magical rod which I'm very curious about. I give Last Call 4.5 out of 5


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A blogpost which accompanied my story on the Kaladan highway.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
A new gateway to the North East runs into – and jumps over – a corruption roadblock
Can one road change the fortunes of a state? Mizoram is hoping so. Once ready, National Highway 502A, the road it is banking on, will connect the state to a port in Myanmar from where ships will ply to Kolkata and beyond. Not only will this create an alternative to the narrow Siliguri Corridor which connects India's mainland to the seven north-eastern states, it will also slash the 1,500 kilometre distance between Kolkata and Mizoram by half.
Announced in 2009 under the United Progressive Alliance government's Look East policy, land acquisition for the highway began in 2011. By the end of October that year, about 227 landowners affected by the project had been identified and compensation had been awarded. However, in the following months, another 800 people turned up, claiming they too were affected, said an official of the state Public Works Department.
They furnished land titles as proof, which had been issued by the Lai Autonomous District Council. The highway lies entirely in the area managed by the council which was formed in 1972 to address the development needs of the minority tribal Lai community.
Puzzlingly, several of the land titles overlapped. Hmunhre Chinzah, the vice chairman of the Planning Board in the Lai Autonomous District Council, agreed that something had gone wrong. In the run-up to the previous council elections, he told Scroll, "Eight senior officials in the council were found making fake land settlement certificates."
An inquiry was ordered to identify the genuine landowners. In the meantime, land acquisition could not proceed. However, work on the road has continued. The state department official said, "Once the investigation is completed, we will proceed with land acquisition for the payment of compensation."
It's an extraordinary admission: the highway is being built without formal land acquisition.
Reporting for this story was done a long time ago — while travelling in Saiha, Lawngtlai and Chwangte for the stories on the autonomous district councils. It finally fell into place much later — after travelling to Champhai district to see how Indo-Myanmar trade was shaping up. In other news, the stay in the north is drawing to an end. We have filed 11 stories so far and a bunch of blogposts. It has certainly been a very educative experience.
On why the 14th Finance Commission is bad news for Mizoram
In early April, PC Zosangzuala lost his job. About three years ago, the 28-year-old had been hired by an Indian government programme which supports India's middle schools – Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. The job contract signed by "Peecee", as his friends call him, suggested the programme would run till 2017. However, on April 4 or April 5 – he doesn't remember the exact day – he got a letter from the department saying the part of the programme that employed him had been closed.
Peecee, with an earnest mien which makes him look much younger than 28, was not the only one axed. In all, 366 staffers, mostly lab technicians and clerks, lost their jobs. The job cuts have followed a budgetary squeeze in New Delhi….
…Faced with less funds, the central government officials overseeing the programme retained teachers but axed clerks, lab technicians and counsellors…. Since jobs are hard to find in Mizoram, the sacked employees – mostly between 25 and 35 years old – panicked. Some of them had married recently. Others had become parents. Some others had taken bank loans they were still repaying. Peecee had taken a loan to pay for the treatment of his grandmother who died of cancer.
In late April, 70-80 of them went on a hunger strike. They went without food for 12 days, calling the fast off only after the state education minister assured them that whenever the state finds funds, they will be the first to be hired.
In the weeks and months ahead, Mizoram is likely to see many more such protests. Mainly due to the 14th Finance Commission. This story explains why.
Seoul-stirring soaps in Aizawl: How South Korea's soft power is changing Mizoram
Stay for a while in Mizoram's capital Aizawl and you start catching glimpses of South Korea. Travel around the state and the images emerge repeatedly ‒ in the clothes, the hair styles, even the furniture.
In Champhai, the district that conducts most of the trade between Mizoram and Myanmar, business in fairness creams and hair colour is roaring. At her cosmetics shop which stocks both Indian and imported cosmetics, J Lalremruati says most customers favour foreign products. People here think they are not fair enough, she explains. "If the idea is to be more like the Koreans, then why would they buy Indian creams?"
While teenagers in Delhi and Mumbai mimic Jennifer Aniston's hairdo in Friends, Mizoram's young people are looking east. "A girl in one of a Korean serial wore her hair as a bun to one side of her head," said Marina, who works at an Aizawl restaurant. "My friends and I copied her for some time." Periodically, she and her friends look for clothes like those worn by the actors in the serials.
Even the furniture in people's homes is changing, says Lalnghinglova Hmar, joint editor of the largest-selling Mizo daily Vanglaini. People are buying furniture that resembles the sets they see in the Korean soaps. The state even has a store called Gangnam Style.
The immediate trigger for these changes is well known. In the last eight years or so, Mizoram, like the rest of the North East, has seen a large South Korean wave. Korean movies and television serials, dubbed in Mizo and broadcast every day by around 10 local TV channels, are the most watched programmes in the state these days.
What is less clear, however, is how this interest in Korean culture started.
In Mizoram, Facebook groups take readers where newspapers fail to tread
"Have you seen the papers here?" asks PC Zosangzuala.
The 28-year-old and I are sitting in a tiny tea shop off Aizawl's old Zodin theatre. It is Saturday evening. The city is slowly shutting down for Sabbath. And I have just asked him how he accesses news.
He doesn't answer immediately. Instead, Peecee, as his friends call him, asks the young girl behind the counter if she has a copy of the day's paper. She doesn't. No matter. He leans forward on the table, blinks earnestly, and says, "Have you seen the papers here? The first page has local and state news. The second page is national news. The third is notifications. The fourth has articles by Mizo writers. The fifth is ads. And then the last three pages are sports. Why should I read a paper like that when I can get much more news on the internet?"
Out today, my story on the facebook discussion groups in Mizoram!
Will India's recent coal block auctions actually burden banks and skew the fuel market?
The first part of Scroll's analysis of the coal block auctions took a close look at the auctions for the steel, cement and aluminium sectors. It found an extremely wide divergence in the winning bids. Some blocks went for twice the notified price of coal, or the price at which the bulk of India's coal is sold, while others fetched a quarter of it. A similar divergence is also visible in the auctions of coal blocks for the power sector. Here, the concern is over the viability of the some of the bids. In a report published on March 16, which analysed the second round of auctions for the power sector, stock brokerage firm HDFC Securities said, "We believe there is a high probability of end use plants becoming unviable, even after factoring in merchant sales."
the second part of our two-part story on the ongoing coalblock auctions. See previous post.
Are the coal block auctions as successful as the Modi government claims?
At a gathering in Paris last month, drawing attention to the coal block auctions that have taken place under his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi boasted, "Twenty coal blocks out of 204 have been auctioned so far and we got more than Rs. 2 lakh crore from them." The factual error in the statement – 31 blocks, not 20, have been auctioned in two rounds – might be the least of the problems with the government's triumphal sentiment.
To start with, as a report in Business Standard explains, the Rs 200,000 crore is not a one-time payment flowing into government coffers, but revenues that are likely to accrue over the lifetime of the mines. These revenues include royalties that states would have earned regardless of whether the mines had been allotted or auctioned.
While auctions are an improvement over the discretionary allotments of the past, and the government has shown swiftness in moving ahead with them, what isn't well understood is that the design of the auctions has a significant impact on their transparency and outcomes. Competitive auctions are meant to provide a market-based mechanism to discover the value of a resource. But poor design could impede price discovery.
As the government prepares for a third round of auctions, Scroll in a two-part series, takes a closer look at the first two rounds. Our analysis raises worrying questions about both the design of the auctions and their outcomes.


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Oh, never mind. No evidence of price gouging.
Washington's attorney general's office said in a report last week that its more recent investigation of today's high prices "has not found any evidence so far of illegal activity among gasoline retailers or producers in Washington."
Together, the two reports show that it is hard for authorities to prove consumers are being ripped off even in times of extraordinary price increases. . . . .
Of course, this article implies that "price gouging" is occurring, it is just too difficult for the government to prove. Still, there is NO EVIDENCE proving that price gouging is occurring. Of course, there was a report put out after Katrina by the FTC that found the same thing.


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Norweigan pop star Sigrid has today announced the release of her debut album, 'Sucker Punch'. The album will be released on March 1 via Island Records. Sigrid, who won the BBC Sound of 2018, said the experience of the last year will form the backdrop of her debut. Speaking about the album, Sigrid added: "I figured out early on that it's gonna be difficult for me to try and be anything other than who I am. I always said if I'm gonna do this it's easiest to be myself and look like myself, where I can recognise myself". In November, the star was also announced as one of the first headliners for Øya Festival 2019, with the acclaimed Norwegian event celebrating its 20th year. The title track from Sigrid's debut album was released in October following the release of this summer's 'Raw' EP. - NME, 7 December 2018 [https://www.nme.com/news/music/sigrids-long-awaited-debut-album-sucker-punch-released-next-spring-2417661]


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We were made perfect to walk in fellowship with our Lord. Everything we need we have through His providence. So too do we have the loving gift of freedom to love, freedom to choose. With this freedom comes great responsibility and a call for obedience to our ever loving Father in Heaven.
Nothing from the outside defines who we are or what we do. We are all children of God our Father. Who we are and what we are about individually is determined by the choices we make. Hence we can live and love as children of God or not.
Lord Jesus come dwell in me, that I may always live in Your love according to Your Will. Amen
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Genesis 2:4-9,15-17
At the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth, nor was there any man to till the soil. However, a flood was rising from the earth and watering all the surface of the soil. The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being.
The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden. The Lord God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it. Then the Lord God gave the man this admonition, 'You may eat indeed of all the trees in the garden. Nevertheless of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat, for on the day you eat of it you shall most surely die.'
Mark 7:14-23
Jesus called the people to him and said, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from outside can make him unclean; it is the things that come out of a man that make him unclean. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this.'
When he had gone back into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, 'Do you not understand either? Can you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot make him unclean, because it does not go into his heart but through his stomach and passes out into the sewer?' (Thus he pronounced all foods clean.) And he went on, 'It is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean. For it is from within, from men's hearts, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within and make a man unclean.'


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Donna is crowned as the new Tipp Pride
Donna Breen from Bansha has been crowned the 2013 Pride of Tipperary.
The 21-year old has just received her degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy from the Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences in Limerick. Her proud parents, Anne and Jim are originally from Dromline between Bansha and Rossadrehid and her father and brother James work for the ESB.
Donna received a first in her degree and will be returning to college in September to do her Honours. In September 2012 she started working one day a week as a counsellor for the students in the Shannon College of Hotel Management. "I absolutely love it and I find the counselling is great for the young students who are away for the first time studying. They need to be able to talk to someone because I know how difficult it can be away from home. When I was 17 I went to college in Dublin but I dropped out because I found it really difficult to adjust. It's very important for students to have support and I really enjoy that aspect of my job."
Donna has just returned from voluntary work in an orphanage in Africa. Donna's favourite part of participating in the Pride this year was dressing up in the vintage gear. "I have just loved the festival, the dressing up and the coming together." Her aim for the year ahead is to get more people involved in the festival and other events happening around Tipperary Town. She has her eye on fund-raising events and close to her heart is the charity Pieta House, due to a family bereavement and also the Irish Cancer society.
"My uncle committed suicide when I was ten years old and that's what led me to counselling as a career and at present a member of my boyfriend's family has cancer so I want to do as much as I can there."
The Nationalist wishes this well-rounded beautiful young lady all the best for her year as Pride of Tipperary.


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"Just hours before it ended, the Republican-led 109th Congress sent U.S. President George W. Bush legislation early on Saturday to normalize trade with former enemy Vietnam, renew popular tax cuts and open the Gulf of Mexico to new oil and gas drilling."
"Permanent normal trade relations" (PNTR) approval was very important, given the need to move beyond remnants of history (both psychologically and economically) It also shows that:
Other Activity before the Congress exchanges:
The House approved $289 million over five years for states to train volunteers and provide services to the estimated 50 million families caring at home for adults and children with special needs. The sponsor, Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-N.J.
-Congress on Wednesday did send to the president a measure to renew the $2.1 billion-a-year Ryan White CARE Act for the prevention and treatment of AIDS.
-A plan to open 8 million offshore acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling.
-An abandoned coal mine bill, estimated to cost $5 billion over 10 years.
-Three dozen mostly non-controversial bills (and more)
-House and Senate lawmakers were also working on renewing tax breaks that affect millions of people. The breaks include deductions for research and development, for college tuition and for taxpayers whose states do not have an income tax.
(The end of tax-cuts is near!)
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BEI has been named a 2019 Best of Reston Honoree. This award is given each year to organizations and individuals that have demonstrated significant contributions to the greater Reston/Herndon area through their philanthropy and volunteerism. Our volunteer efforts have included Reston schools, sports and scouting, Reston Swim Team Association, the Northern Virginia Maker Faire, Artemis House, and the Reston Planning and Zoning Committee. We also provide IT services to the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Reston Arts Center.
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Two years in a row BEI has been voted to be one of the Best Places to Work in Washington D.C. in a survey of our staff that was run by the Washington Business Journal. The award recognizes the best workplaces and company cultures based on employee reviews, looking for companies that go beyond the norm to foster an enjoyable and meaningful work experience. We were very happy to learn that our staff feels valued by the leaders of BEI, that "Professional" was the top word used to describe our work environment, and that "Client First Mentality" really has meaning within our organization.
In 2019, we are very proud to be #5 on the Best Places to Work list!
Reston Chamber
Member of the Year
Ellen Jennings was nominated for Reston Chamber Member of the Year. BEI has been a member of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce since 2003. Ellen volunteers with the Resourceful Women Committee, which involves Chamber members in educational, philanthropic and social activities. She is also a co-chair of the Innovation Committee, which is focused on using innovation to better serve Chamber members.
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BEI was named as a Best of Reston finalist in 2018. Nearly three decades ago, Cornerstones and the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce came together in a unique collaboration that demonstrates their mutual commitment to the guiding principles of the community established by Reston founder Robert E. Simon and a shared philosophy that the collective contributions of individuals, businesses, civic and community institutions and organizations are necessary to build and sustain thriving and enriching communities. This partnership is celebrated each year in a community awards celebration.


text: I have decided to update my hartke/home built (know an engineer) eminance cabs rig, and have been looking at getting a Fender Bassman 300 - I have played one of these recently and loved the sound i got out of my Bongo and my Ergodine basses. For the kind of venues we are playing i need to use either two cab's (115 % 410 or 2x410) or on 810 cab. Would the fender be able to power an 810 (prob arround 800 watts 4 ohm) with out risk? The other option is to get the Bassman 1200 and and an Ampeg 810 - but i haven't been able to find one of these in a store to play yet and i doubt it would sound exactly the same as the 300. Would the 300 be able to power a 810 box, or would I be risking damaging the head? Also could you guys recomend any specific speakers (810s or 2x410 or 2x410 + 115 combos) that the 300 would sound great through? Also could i jsut ask a technical question the guy at the store wasn't able to answer, if the two speaker outs on the 300 are parallel does this mean it can run two 410 8 ohm boxes at 4 ohms output?


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This page aims to help you remove AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware". Our removal instructions work for every version of Windows.
In the next lines we will be focusing on a PUP (potentially unwanted program labeled AutoFixer Pro 2018. It is a system-optimizer that seems to have the tendency of showing exaggerated or outright fake system scanning reports in attempts to persuade the user into buying its paid version. Below, we will give you outlook on this matter so that you can decide for yourself if AutoFixer Pro 2018 is something that you'd like to keep on your PC or if you'd rather have it removed. In case you opt for the latter variant, we have prepared a guide for you which will help you uninstall the PUP and ensure that there's nothing left from it on your computer.
Do you want your PC to run faster and operate smoother? Naturally, most users would answer with an "Yes" to such a question. Precisely this has lead to the development of a lot of software programs that are supposed to optimize the users' computers. You can call them system-optimization tools or computer-health programs or something else but the fact is that such computer applications seem to be everywhere. Of course, it is good to know that there are programs out there that can make your computer perform better, right? Well, the answer to this question might not be as clear-cut as you might think. The thing is that a lot of software developers actually tend to create pseudo system-optimizers that might or might not be useful for you. AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware" is one example of such a software tool and in this write-up we will tell you more about why many researchers actually consider this program to be unwanted and undesirable.
According to its description, AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware" is supposed to clean your PC off redundant Registry Keys, Startup entries and Adware programs that might be causing you disturbance and slowing-down your computer. So far so good. However, a number of cyber-security specialists have reported that this app might actually give false positives after scanning your PC as well as detect certain elements such as Registry keys as problematic while that's not actually the case . The scanner aspect of the program can be downloaded and used for free but in order to get the removal/cleaning feature of AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware", the user would have to purchase the license for the program. With all that said, it really seems like the scanning results might be getting intentionally exaggerated just so that the user would be more prone to buying the license for the paid version of the tool. As you can see, this can be regarded as a rather dishonest way of getting more customers to purchase your products by misleading them into thinking that their computer has more serious issues than it actually has in reality.
AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware" Uninstall
Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.
Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don't know how to do it).
Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab. Try to determine which processes are dangerous.
Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner:
This scanner is free and will always remain free for our website's users. You can find its full-page version at: https://howtoremove.guide/online-virus-scanner/
Scan Results
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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.
Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn't flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections.
Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them. If you see a screen like this when you click Uninstall, choose NO:
Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:
Startup —> Uncheck entries that have "Unknown" as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.
- Remember this step – if you have reason to believe a bigger threat (like ransomware) is on your PC, check everything here.
Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:
If there are suspicious IPs below "Localhost" – write to us in the comments.
Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Once inside, press CTRL and F together and type the virus's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random
If the guide doesn't help, download the anti-virus program we recommended or try our free online virus scanner. Also, you can always ask us in the comments for help!
Another point we need to make here has to do with the nature of Registry cleaner tools in general since there really are a lot of such apps out there. There is actually little to no evidence that cleaning the Registry off supposedly redundant entries would actually improve the performance of your PC in any noticeable way. On the flip side, however, if a such a Registry-cleaner app accidentally deleted an important Registry key, the PC system might become unstable and a variety of issues might occur that weren't present beforehand. There is in fact an official write-up by Microsoft, where they state that they do not support Registry cleaners and that such apps might actually sometimes lead to severe issues with one's computer. With all of this in mind, one should probably consider just how much they really need such a program on their computer. Still, though, we must mention that despite the the ambiguity surrounding the actual effectiveness of AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware", this is a legitimate piece of software with an official site and many users worldwide. Therefore, it is up to each individual to decide for themselves whether or not they need this program on their machines.
Distribution of PUPs
You can download AutoFixer Pro 2018 "Malware" from its official site but there are some other methods that might get used for distributing this and other similar programs that users need to be aware of. For instance, a lot of such optimizers tend to get bundled with other programs and get installed alongside them when users opt for the Default setup options. We advise you to not do that and instead use the Custom setup menu so that you can opt out of the installation of any bundled software that you might not want on your PC. Another thing that's worth mentioning is that many PUPs and other similar apps tend to get promoted by various web ads so be careful with what you click on and interact with while browsing. Spam e-mails are another possible distribution technique for potentially unwanted software so be on the lookout for that too.
|AutoFixer Pro 2018
|Danger Level
|Low (it isn't a harmful program but it could persuade you into buying its full license without you actually needing it)
|Warnings about issues with your PC that need to be resolved by purchasing the license for the full version of the program.
|Distribution Method
|The official site of the tool as well as file bundles (potentially)
|Detection Tool
parasite may reinstall itself multiple times if you don't delete its core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to scan for malicious programs. This may save you hours and cut down your time to about 15 minutes.
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REGINA—Quarterback Kerry Joseph completed just five of 16 pass attempts for 71 yards and a one-yard touchdown run in two quarters of play as the Saskatchewan Roughriders snapped a five-game losing skid with a 24-17 victory over the short-handed Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday.
The Roughriders (10-8) finished third in the West Division and will travel to Edmonton next Sunday to face the Eskimos (12-6) in the West semifinal. It'll be the fourth time in the past seven weeks these teams will have met. The winner will face the host Calgary Stampeders in the West final the following week.
The Eskimos hold a 2-1 advantage in the head-to-head divisional series.
It was the first win for Saskatchewan since Joseph joined the team nearly a month ago and just the second win for the Riders since quarterback Darian Durant was injured on Sept. 7.
Tino Sunseri relieved Joseph to start the second half and promptly threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Rob Bagg to give the Riders a 23-4 lead. Sunseri completed both of his pass attempts for 59 yards. Bagg had three catches for 65 yards.
Korey Williams had an 18-yard run for a touchdown in the first half for Saskatchewan. The Riders churned out more than 200 yards rushing on the night, led by Anthony Allen's 81 yards.
Having already locked up second place in the division and a home playoff game, the Eskimos did not dress quarterback Mike Reilly, running back John White and receiver Adarius Bowman. Matt Nichols started in place of Reilly and threw for 240 yards, rushed for a touchdown and was intercepted twice.
Hugh O'Neill kicked three field goals for Edmonton, including two in the second half. The Eskimos' lone touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on a two-yard run by Nichols. The score was set up by a fumble recovery inside Saskatchewan's five-yard line.
John Chick finished the regular season with a league-high 15 sacks. He was the first Riders player since Vince Goldsmith in 1983 to lead the CFL in that category.


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About NISEP
NISEP is a organization involving stakeholder representatives from the nuclear power generation industry. The goal of NISEP is to ensure that those vendors that provide goods and services to the industry meet the highest standards of quality and comply with applicable regulatory requirements. NISEP provides an effective supplier evalation process that allows for recognition of compliance throughout the industry.


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You don't even seek to understand me.
To be the followers of Christ
Do you ever wonder Jesus asks
Do you seek to understand the will of the Lord?
~ Tojiru Yoshiko
Inspiration On: Saturday, 8 August 2015
Most of the time, people love to pass their own judgements without understanding someone. The feeling of bring misunderstood is extremely painful. Thus produce such quote. It is a quote seeking to be understood. All the time I spend time to understand others yet many choose to pass their own judgements onto me. If I'm not depressed, then I'm not human. However, I thank the Lord to understand my sense to be understood. God bless you all for reading my poetry to minister.


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Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware definitions are now available via Windows Server Update Services.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a core anti-malware service for consumers and home-based small businesses that Microsoft released in September of 2009.
This was done because academic institutions around the world, particularly in Asia, provide students with low cost or free internet access and provide students with update services through WSUS. Many students are protecting their computers with Security Essentials, and the universities requested that the definition updates be provided via WSUS.
With this change, there is a new product family, Microsoft Security Essentials, and product name, Security Essentials in the admin console.
Do note that the addition of this product family and product name is only to accommodate the definition updates for Security Essentials. This is not a replacement or a rename for any current Microsoft anti-virus product.


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Psychophysical indices of visual cortex functioning
Our thoughts, emotions and decision-making are all based on neurophysiological processes. The neuronal underpinnings of these complex psychological phenomena are, however, difficult to investigate. This is more feasible in the case of basic sensory functions. Psychophysical paradigms allow investigation of neurophysiological processes without measuring brain activity. In MEG-Center we implemented several psychophysical indices of visual cortex functioning that are listed below.
Motion direction discrimination: Spatial suppression and facilitation
Spatial Suppression (SS) and Spatial Facilitation (SF) are the phenomena of deteriorated (SS) or improved (SF) motion perception with increasing stimuli size (Fig.1). These two phenomena critically depend on E/I balance in the visual cortex. While SS dominates at high contrasts, SF is evident for the low contrast stimuli, due to the prevalence of inhibitory contextual modulations in the former, and excitatory ones in the latter case.
Fig.1 Stimuli used to study the phenomenon of Spatial Suppression.
We found that the SS was atypically reduced, while the SF was abnormally enhanced in children with ASD, pointing to increased E/I ratio in the visual cortex. In addition, the SF index in children with ASD correlated with severity of their autism symptoms and their poor registration abilities. A strong direct link between abnormally enhanced SF and autism symptoms suggests importance of the enhanced excitatory influences observed at the low levels of the visual processing in the ethiology of ASD (Sysoeva et al., 2017).
Line orientation discrimination: The 'oblique effect'
People can discriminate the orientation of a line very precisely in relation to the cardinal (vertical and horizontal) axes, while their orientation discrimination sensitivity along the oblique axes is less refined. This difference in discrimination sensitivity along cardinal and oblique axes is called the "oblique effect." The oblique effect is a basic feature of visual processing with an early developmental origin. It is to a great extent based on the experience-dependent tuning of orientation sensitive columns within the visual cortex. Local (lateral) inhibition in the visual cortex plays a major role in this tuning.
Fig.2 Stimuli used to study orientation discrimination and the 'Oblique Effect'.
We found (Sysoeva et al., 2016), that oblique effect is reduced in children with Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) as compared to their typically-developing peers. This reduction was explained by poor orientation sensitivity along the vertical axis in children with ASD, while their ability to discriminate line orientation along the oblique axis was unaffected. This deficit in sensitivity to vertical orientation may reflect disrupted mechanisms of early experience-dependent learning that takes place during the critical period for orientation selectivity. The disruption of such basic function in ASD might cause the problems in further steps of visual analysis and be indicative of general problems in inhibitory functions in ASD.


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Title: Called to Stay
Author: Caleb Breakey
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
"But what if your church desperately needs love and truth because it doesn't know what it's doing? What if others in your church feel the same way you do but are too afraid to speak up? What if your church is a good thing waiting to happen?" Caleb Breakey asks in his book, Called to Stay – An Uncompromising Mission to Save Your Church.
At one hundred and eighty-seven pages, this paperback book is targeted toward Christians generally ages late teen to early thirties but any mature person can grow and learn from its recommendations regarding attending church. This reader wishes all pronouns of God were capitalized for reverence.
Breakey breaks the book down into three parts: Why You Shouldn't Abandon the Body, If You Want to Serve Your Savior and Age of the Infiltrator. With a total of ten chapters with bold headings, small inserts of famous quotes and ending with What Now and What Next paragraphs, the book concludes with a note and conversation with the author, Twitter hashtags listings and reference notes.
Keeping in mind that the author is a youthful Millennial, it is his plea that young people rethink their relationship to God first before deciding how they interact with their church. He inspires the readers who are either frustrated or sieged at churches to become infiltrators by loving the unlovely and forgiving others through unity, depth and purpose.
Reiterating that churches and those who attend can easily wander away from their first love, he pleads that God is truly our only audience and the focus should be on intentionality, not results or growing memberships.
By getting right with God before infiltrating churches, reading the Scripture, praying and examining motives are pivotal to responding to the call, enduring the heartache and sharing the good life. He suggests infiltrating a church by going to conferences, reading and experiencing the process with others who are profiled to promote love, obedience, trust and knowledge.
Although the young author correlates his staying in his church to fictional scenarios, readers can see how important it can be to decide to stay or leave a particular church. However, he vaguely factors in when a church collapses, a pastor leaves or in-fighting destroys relationships at no fault of the church-goer.
With so many Christians either wanting to leave their church due to apathy, lack of spiritual doctrine and non-Biblical teaching, Breakey promotes taking a stand, becoming outspoken and changing the church from within to how God wants it to be.
This book was furnished by Harvest House Publishers for an unbiased review.
This review will be posted on DeeperShopping, Bookpleasures, and Amazon with links on Bookfun, Pinterest and LinkedIn.


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Lt Col Narayan Singh Pun left the Royal Nepal Army to start his own helicopter business and join politics. Today, Karnali Helicopters is one of the foremost companies in Nepali aviation. Last year, Pun helped Necon Air out of a difficult patch. His most recent assignment was to be on a committee to decide on the future of Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation
Nepali Times: What is actually the problem at RNAC?
NS Pun: It has three major problems: too much political interference, weaknesses in ownership, and management problems.
In what way is ownership weak?
To operate an international airline you need money, there has to be capital injection. That was far short than what should have been. Up to now HMG has invested only Rs 370 million, and that too not as equity. That is not enough to run an international airline. So, either the government should inject capital as needed or sell off part of its ownership. The weakness is in financing.And who is interfering?
Every time there is a change in government, the airline's chairman and board are changed. The effect trickled down, as every new chairman shuffled staff. This affected staff morale. The end result is weak management.
Did your team see a way out?
The solution we have come up with is to reorganise the corporation under the Company Act. Let HMG keep a minimum percentage of shares, and sell the rest to financial institutions, tourism-related organisations and the general public. Let them run the show. We hope HMG takes a decision as soon as possible.
How much is the airline running in the red?
Its assets need to be re-evaluated. If you are to go in terms of its book value, then you can say that the company is bankrupt. It has no assets because the value of its depreciated assets is zero. If you look at its market value, then things are not as bad as we think. Total assets could be valued at around Rs 6-6.5 billion with its two Boeing 757, seven Twin Otters, ground equipment, spares and tools, and real estate and buildings. It also has intangible assets: flight operation permissions, traffic rights and even goodwill. Its loans are in the range of Rs 3-3.5 billion. So it is not facing real losses. However, in the past six-seven years it has had operational losses every year, and it has been forced to dig into assets to pay bills. If it continues to lose money, its assets will be eroded, the positive net worth we see today will become negative, and the airline will collapse. The government needs to step in before that happens.
You were junior minister of tourism once, just how bad is the political interference?
The management had become subservient to the minister and to ministry officials. That is the major problem RNAC faces. In the course of the study, I asked them why they did not resist orders that were not in the interest of the corporation? I told them it was their fault because a minister is a political person and does not know what goes on in an airline. The only way to change that would be to take the professionals out of the sphere of influence of government and politicians.
How have RNAC staff reacted to your proposal?
They agree on most issues. But there is corruption within the airline as well, and during the course of the study top officials admitted that it was also a reason for the state the airline is in today. Even the directors say they are unable to control corruption within. We have mentioned that in our report. So, investment alone may not be the solution, management needs to be good, there has to be motivation, a work-plan. All this is only possible through a professional approach.
You went to the rescue of Necon last year, and then opted out. What happened?
I left the army after 22 years to work in Nepal's civil aviation sector because I believe that tourism is key to our development, and aviation is critical to develop the tourism industry. Necon was having major financial problems, and my friends there wanted me to come over and help.
So why did you leave?
They needed money immediately, which I put in. But for that, the airline would have been in a very bad situation. I stayed there for three or four months and went to the US to negotiate with Beechcraft to add two aircraft the fleet. I went to France and re-negotiated the lease rate with ATR. I was able to get it down from $72,900 per aircraft per month to $60,000. I also negotiated with the insurance companies and took some steps to raise the morale of the employees. But I am a politician now, and could not stay there forever. I left on my own account, but still have my investment there. I have not even taken a receipt.


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The best team in baseball
Who is the best team in baseball? The Cubs? No. Angels? No. Red Sox? No. Yankees? Ha ha ha, NO! It's the Tampa Bay Rays. Who would have thought that come September 2nd, the Rays would be the best in baseball? Well other than me. I've known this team was good for a long time. I knew it in Spring Training. You could just feel the difference…everywhere. It was just a vibe. You knew something big was on the horizon. Those first few months everyone kept saying "Yea you're doing good, but talk to us in October." Well folks, October is 28 days away. I'll be more than happy to talk to you then!
We're taking on the New York Yankees tonight. I expect it to be a great series. The Yanks are 12 games back, but I don't expect them to go down without a fight. After that we're on the road, facing off vs. Toronto, Boston, and NY again. Our September includes 6 games vs. the Yankees, 6 games vs the Red Sox, and 4 vs. the tied for first place in the AL Central Twins. Nothing will be easy, and I know the Rays won't take anything for granted. We have what it takes to win big and battle back. Our pitchers are solid, our in and outfield is unbelievable, and the bats have finally woken up. We haven't missed a beat dispite missing three All Stars (Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, Troy Percival.) You should join the Ray-vilution.
Other than being awesome, I got a chance to take a vacation. I was just up in Chicago for the weekend scouting out the Cubs and White Sox. The Cubs…blah. they don't even have a mascot. Just some dork in a rented bear suit begging for tips. Get a job! Wrigley is a cool field though. I had never been there before. It was neat to get to hang out with baseball fans from all over the country who were not Cubs fans but checking out Wrigley. On Sunday I visited SouthPaw at the White Sox game. He was having his mascot day, but yours truly wasn't allowed to participate in the festivities. The Sox weren't too keen on having the opposing team mascot on th efield. I know they didn't want to expose their fans to an awesome mascot like me, so I understand. I'm sure Ozzie had something to do with my ban. He hates me! All in all it was a good time, but I just have to say A.J. Pierznski was out!!!!!!


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Episode 01:Lilian Darmono
Weathering The Ups & Downs of Life as a Freelancer
As freelancers, we have to live with the fact that work often comes in waves. We might be really busy for stretches of the year and then face a lean month or two. Learning to predict and work through these cycles is a big factor in creating a successful freelance career.
Lilian Darmono is an Art Director who's made a career spanning both the freelance and corporate worlds. In this, the first of a 2-part series, we dive deep into Art Direction, Graphic Design, and Animation. Lilian studied graphic design at University in Singapore, worked as a graphic designer in Australia before finding her niche in the world of art direction. We speak in depth about the path she took to become an art director, the importance of passion projects, the benefits of being a specialist vs a generalist. Plus, we get into the pro's and con's of climbing the corporate ladder and what it means to be an art director vs a creative director. How do you handle your downtime between projects or when the slow season hits? Are you a Jack (or Jill) of all trades or do you choose to specialize? Leave a comment below!
In this episode
- What is the distinguishing differences between Art Direction and Creative Direction?
- The benefits of both freelance and office work
- The pros and cons of climbing the corporate ladder
- How should you be spending your time when work is scarce?
- Some strategies to find work during slow seasons in your business
Related links
- Lillian Darmono's website
- Lillian Darmono's graphic painting "Dusk"
- Joey Korenman article for Motionographer
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* By Bishow Parajuli
It was an honour to end the year with a reflective dialogue between the UN team, representative from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and editors and journalists from public and private media houses, Zimbabwe Union of Journalists as well as national and regional media associations, practitioners under a befitting theme "#ZimMedia4SDGs: UNiting for Human Rights".
Last year around the same period the United Nations launched a yearlong advocacy on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights together with the media and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.
After a year, this week, to be specific on 10 December, the UN joined national and local commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
As part of the advocacy, the Declaration has been translated four of Zimbabwe's local languages and the UN is working with Government and the Human Rights Commission to complete translation of the document into the 16 languages recognized by the Constitution.
Over the past seven decades, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has become a set of standards that has permeated virtually every area of international law.
In 30 crystal-clear articles, the Universal Declaration shows us the measures which will end extreme poverty, and provide food, housing, health, education, jobs and opportunities for everyone. A world where every human has the same worth as every other human, not just at birth but for the duration of their entire lives.
Human rights are relevant for all of us, every day. Human rights include our rights to freedom from fear and from want, freedom to speak up, rights to health and education; and to enjoy the benefits of measures to advance economic and social justice.
In the joint endeavour to promote, protect and uphold human rights, rights to development, the UN System cherishes the role of media as fourth estate and a force for good.
The Zimbabwe media's progressive and consistent coverage of development and humanitarian issues, results and challenges have increased in frequency, number of stories and consistency over the past years. This is commendable.
As the country gears to turn around the economy and lay the ground for socio-economic transformation, the role of the media in rebranding the country with hopeful and positive message cannot be overemphasised.
The ongoing Government's media reform will provide for an open yet responsible information sharing, guaranteed by law, and is an essential characteristic of a people-centred democracy and development.
In May 2017 at the UN-Media workshop held in Nyanga, the media houses, editors and journalists committed to becoming SDG champions - at least to track and report on the progress of one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Some chose to champion Climate change, others poverty and others Gender equality. The list goes on. As the UN will continuously work with you as you track, report and analyse progress of the SDGs.
As we move into 2019, I would like the UN and Media fraternity to renew our resolve to the commitment to keep the SDGs in the national discourse. In this regard, let's be always innovative and relentless and keep in the public discourse – the struggles, resilience, and triumphs of the people of Zimbabwe, highlight ongoing Government reform initiatives and policies, and particularly in uplifting the spirit of the youth and women.
If the Government, UN, Development Partners, the private sector and the Media all jointly gear our efforts towards uplifting and supporting the youth and women in Zimbabwe, I have no doubt that Zimbabwe will achieve its vision 2030 of becoming an upper-middle income country.
The media has critical role to play by giving the youth and women a voice and by providing them with a platform where they can freely share their stories and voice their opinions. Furthermore, media must continue to play an information-bridge between the public and policy makers to inform national budget allocations and development programmes.
The media should also consider profiling successful youth and women in the public and private sector to build role models of progress and success- including those in government Ministries, Commissions and Parastatals as well as financial institutions, service and manufacturing industries, agri-businesses, mines and tourism.
In addition, media should shed light on how the policies and practices of public and private institutions provide young people and women with equal opportunities.
On a final note - as you may know, the United Nations has also been undergoing through rigorous reform process. The UN Secretary General has embarked on a grand reform of the United Nations System since he took office last year to ensure the UN provides more coherent, agile and strategic support to Member States in their quest to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals.
This reform Agenda will take effect across the board where there is UN operational presence. The UN reform, at the request and support of Member States will streamline the whole UN System Development operations with focus on results, value for money and wide-system approach to partnership including with private sector.
It is good to note with appreciation, the Government of Zimbabwe's consistent commitment in the ongoing UN Development Reform agenda and its solidarity and support to multilateralism.
I look forward for continued media engagement and partnership in 2019 and beyond. The UN stands for Media freedom and freedom of information. You can count the UN as partner for development and social transformation in greater freedom.
Bishow Parajuli is the UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe - 13 December 2018


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To a man that inspired The Imitation Game and gave us computers as we know them today. Alan Turing, I'm glad you're name and story are getting told, We should pour one out for all the rich discovers you could have made had hatred and bigotry not ended your life.
And in memory of the great Robin Williams.
Thank you for all the characters but mostly for showing people how amazing human kindness can be and that growing up can still be silly.
I'd like a tissue now thanks.


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You Review: Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
Reviewed by Oona Juutinen
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much is about what the authors call a "science in the making": the science of scarcity, the shortage or lack of something, and the effects it has on us. The book touches on so many topics that it's simply impossible to sum it up shortly and the authors, Mullainathan and Shafir (an economist and a psychologist, respectively), have chosen to tackle several very big questions. Like why is it so difficult to fight poverty? And why do we keep doing things at the last minute? Amazingly enough, the explanations to both question have to do with scarcity.
In order to explore and and eventually explain the exact effects of scarcity, Mullainathan and Shafit introduce several new terms. One of them is "tunneling" – the intense focus created in our minds by the lack of something. Tunneling is the reason someone with financial trouble might not make the wisest decisions when trying to come up with the money to pay the next bills. It also explains the way we might completely neglect a project or a paper for weeks, only to finish it in one feverish flurry once time is about to run out. (Admit it, we've all been there.)
And though tunneling can momentarily pump up our productivity, it also harms us. Such a preoccupation in our mind "taxes our bandwidth", making us unable to think of much else. This renders us less capable of seeing the big picture and thinking ahead. And so, in order to pay the next bill, the poor might take a loan with a too-high interest; the busy are likely to push other important projects aside in order to finish the one with the pressing deadline. Tunneling and taxed bandwidth make us all act in a shortsighted way.
Already the idea itself is fascinating, but the most important chapters of Scarcity are the ones where these concepts are connected to poverty and improving the lives of the poor. With their numerous examples Mullainathan and Shafir clearly illustrate how things like the poor taking ill-advised loans or performing worse in certain kinds of IQ tests are not caused by the poor being somehow less able, let alone stupid. Instead it's a matter of scarcity: worrying about money has severely taxed their bandwidth and for the time being affected their cognitive capacities. So why are such things not considered when planning social programs? And could this failure be one of the reasons why poverty persists so?
Scarcity is very interesting in general, but it would be worth a read even for these chapters alone.
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Korea will launch a multipurpose satellite equipped with a high-resolution camera that can provide detailed meteorological observations of the earth from a Japanese space center next week, the government said Tuesday.
The Arirang 3 satellite is scheduled to lift off at 1:39 a.m. on May 18 from the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center located south of Kyushu Island, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.
The satellite has an electro-optical camera with a resolution of around 70 centimeters that can give Seoul the ability to take precise pictures of weather front developments and the planet's surface. The satellite is expected to stay operational for four years and can also be used to enhance national security, cope with natural disasters, better manage resources and monitor the environment.
The 980-kilogram satellite will be placed in a low orbit 685 kilometers from earth's surface by Japan's H-IIA rocket.
The ministry said the Arirang 3, to be operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will be the country's first high-resolution "sub-meter" satellite. At present, only a handful of countries in Europe and the United States have commercial satellites with such high resolution.
The government spent 286.6 billion won (US$252.3 million) on the satellite building project that began in 2004. Korean Air Lines Co., Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., Doowon Heavy Industrial Co and Hanwha took part in the construction.
Seoul currently has the Arirang 3 multi-purpose satellite with a one-meter resolution camera in orbit along with the Chollian geostationary communication and ocean observation unit.
The country plans to put five other satellites into orbit in the future such as the Arirang 3A, the Arirang 5 and Science and Technology Satellite 3. (Yonhap)


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In my opinion, an Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad is SUMMER ON A PLATE! It's a simple little salad to put together, but the key is to find the freshest ingredients you can to make it taste amazing!
Organic tomatoes, freshly-picked basil leaves, high-quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar, buffalo mozzarella, as well as sea salt & freshly ground pepper all make a difference.
We planted tomatoes a little late in the season this year, so the ones I used today are beautiful fresh local heirloom tomatoes from our local market. I'm SUPER excited that I HAVE BASIL in my garden this year!! We didn't plant any basil last year, but this year we have 3-4 plants that are doing well. I LOVE going out & picking out a few big, fragrant leaves to include in my summer salads. Ahhhh, summer on a plate for sure!
For the past several years, I have enjoyed going out to my garden and picking beautiful heirloom tomatoes and basil to make this salad. I have experimented with different cheeses over the years, but this is my favorite version.
- 3-4 large heirloom tomatoes (I used yellow & red ones above)
- 8-10 basil leaves, chopped
- Buffalo mozzarella, sliced thinly
- Extra-virgin olive oil (best quality you can afford — you only need a couple of capfuls)
- Aged Balsamic Vinegar (again, good quality makes all the difference)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Sea salt
- Slice tomatoes and arrange on a plate. I find that a big serrated knife does the best job slicing tomatoes.
- Add a thin slice of mozzarella in between each tomato slice. Sprinkle the chopped basil leaves over the salad, then add a little sea salt & freshly ground pepper.
- Using the cap from your bottle of olive oil, add a capful to each row of the tomato combo on your plate.
- Finally, drizzle a small amount of balsamic down the center of each row & you are ready to feast!
This salad serves 3-4 people. I always serve with a sweet French baguette. Enjoy!! ?
What are your favorite summer salads? Do you grow lettuce, tomatoes, and other herbs/veggies in your yard?
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Everyone knows that Valentine's Day is on February 14. And maybe a third of us know that Sweetest Day is sometime in October, but it's confusing because it's not always on the same day every year, and honestly, who celebrates it anyway?
But did any of us know that National Proposal Day is on March 20? Someone had better tell Jason Mesnick from 'The Bachelor.' Maybe if he proposes to Molly Malaney on this day, his third proposal in less than two years will have a better end-result than the last two.
Cityscape Bar on the 15th floor of the Holiday Inn Merchandise Mart is honoring this dubious holiday with some martini specials designed to either supply liquid courage to the proposer, or to help persuade the person on the receiving end of the proposal. Choose from the Skyyline Proposal Martini ($7) made with Skyy or Skyy Citrus Vodka, Triple Sec, fresh lime juice and cranberry juice, or the Wedding Bell Martini ($7) made with Absolute Vanilla, amaretto, white crème de cacao, pineapple juice and cranberry juice. Not into martinis? Enjoy the $20 champagne special – a bottle of Frexinet Blanc de Blanc Secco bottle.
The diamond is not included in any of the specials. You're on your own there.
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Four-term Rep. Kendrick Meek defeated real estate billionaire Jeff Greene in Florida's Democratic Senate primary, the Associated Press reported. Meek will go on to a general election fight with Republican Marco Rubio and Republican-turned-Independent Charlie Crist.
Meek and Greene candidates have been relentless in criticizing each other, and the vitriol is unlikely to end with Tuesday's primary.
Meek has called Greene a "bad man" who earned his wealth on the backs of the working class; Greene made his money forecasting that the mortgage market would collapse. Greene called the congressman corrupt and criticized his mother, former Rep. Carrie Meek, saying she got money and a Cadillac Escalade from a developer seeking federal money for a project.
The nomination was supposed to be a lock for Meek, a one-time Florida Highway Patrol trooper and son of the former congresswoman in the north Miami congressional district. But on the last day possible, Greene entered the race and immediately began spending millions on television ads.
Meek has been substantially outspent in the race. He estimates Greene has written checks totaling $26 million, a number the Greene campaign won't confirm.
"I'm encouraged by the numbers that we see right now, that we're even being considered after $26 million. Usually it goes to the guy that runs the most television commercials, putting the mail in the most mailboxes. In this case people are looking at the grass-roots campaign we've run in the last year-and-a-half," Meek said.
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Greene's television ads have far outnumbered Meek's and the real estate mogul has blanketed the state with direct mail pieces and robocalls, including one recorded by television personality Star Jones.
But Meek has outworked Greene on getting around the state.
Meek seemed to be thriving on recent momentum. He had a big smile on his face most of the day, including a 50-minute interview with Bubba the Love Sponge, a popular Tampa-based radio talk show host with a statewide audience. Bubba, who legally changed his name to Bubba the Love Sponge back in the 80s, told his audience he has already voted for Meek and strongly encouraged listeners to do the same.
Greene stuck to the theme he's had since entering the race in April on the last possible day to qualify for the ballot: he's an outsider whose created jobs and Meek is a career politician.
"It's been a great day and it's been a marvelous four months. I have to say four months of traveling around Florida, what I'm seeing is the unemployment keeps getting worse. I'm the only jobs creator who's running for United States Senate in Florida. Hopefully, the people of Florida will give me a chance to represent them," Greene said.
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