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Mets GM Sandy Alderson said last season that he wouldn't hesitate to make a trade with the crosstown Yankees. And with Jacob deGrom's name swirling around, the idea of a blockbuster between the two teams has been kicked around.
But it doesn't seem the Yankees have the stomach for what it would take to land deGrom.
One Yankees person told FanRag's Jon Heyman that the team would never trade Gleyber Torres or Miguel Andujar. If accurate, that should pretty much end any Mets/Yankees/deGrom fantasy. That same Yankees person also said the Mets would never trade deGrom across town.
Consider this: For roughly two months of Aroldis Chapman, the Yankees acquired Torres, Billy McKinney, and two other pieces from the Cubs. For nearly 2 1/2 years of Andrew Miller, the Yankees acquired Justus Sheffield, Clint Frazier, and two other prospects from the Indians.
Yes, Torres was only a prospect when he was dealt, but he was one of the best prospects in baseball -- acquired along with three other pieces for two months of a reliever. DeGrom is worth far more than that. He's worth Torres or Andujar plus other elite prospects.
DeGrom, who is under team control through 2020, is one of the five-best pitchers in baseball, making just $7.4 million this season. And he'll get paid far below market value each of the next two seasons as well.
If the Yankees want deGrom, their offer can start with Torres or Andujar. Anything less, and the Mets should laugh and hang up.
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Like Heyman, I've heard that the Mets are in theory willing to do a deal here with the Yankees. Like Heyman, I'm profoundly skeptical that deGrom will ever wear pinstripes, at least before free agency.
With teams clinging to their prospects and young players nowadays, I'm also skeptical that the Mets could get a return for deGrom from any team that would justify moving him.
Could I be wrong? Wouldn't be the first time. But here's an idea: Enjoy that you have one of the best pitchers in baseball and continue to build around him.


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Alberta Health Services have clearly stated that it is time to take the Influenza seriously as the death toll is already up to five. The breakout of influenza in Alberta has already resulted in the death of a kid as well in the past one week. The Alberta Health Services has asked the people to keep themselves at bay from the disease. At this point, it is not just about protecting one's own self or his or her close ones. It is basically about protecting everybody near you.
Five people dead, including a kid in a span of a week is a quite a reason to take things seriously. According to a statement released by the Alberta Health Services, "We're in the early stages of the outbreak and it's not too late to get your vaccine". According to the reports, there are more that 280 confirmed cases of influenza. This cannot just be a mild flu season. If the required steps are not taken, things might just turn nasty in the future.
Senior Medical Officer at AHS, Dr. Predy said on Thursday, "Not only are you protecting yourself, you're protecting those around you plus you are helping people access the health care system because during our annual influenza outbreaks, hospitals get busier, emergency rooms get busier, and it is a preventable illness."
The doctors at AHS believe that it is high time to take into consideration the act of vaccination of the people of Alberta, guarding them against the influenza. AHS has acquired approximately about 1.8 million doses of the vaccine and is looking forward to vaccinate the individuals around the region soon. The vaccines are available at all AHS clinics and people should take the vaccine just to stay on the safe side. In case of such outbreaks, an average death toll is 300 individuals, which the AHS wants to change this time.

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The holiday season is here and it's the time for giving…or time for asking people to give you things, because you're actually too broke to get them for yourself, you know, whatever works. So, here's a compiled list of timey-wimey Doctor Who presents to either give to a Whovian friend or family member instead of that itchy sweater—or to request from a distant relative who may still not know you are no longer a toddler in diapers and has no idea what present to give.
Adipose Toys
The Adipose are cute. Since these little balls of fat (literally) started popping off people in "Partners in Crime," they've been a fan favorite. Here I give you two Adipose gift options:
- Option A) Adipose Stress Toy – because sometimes you just need to squeeze your worries away, and then smile because it's just so darn cute.
- Option B) Adipose Plush Toy – similar idea to A, only it's bigger and cuddlier.
Series Seven on DVD and Blu-Ray
Winter is coming (no reference intended), and that means you may have snow days. Or just days where it's too cold and the idea of venturing out into the world past your living room is really not all that appealing. Sitting on your couch and binge watching Series Seven, however, is always a good option. Plus, with the coming regeneration of Eleven to Twelve, what better preparation is there than getting or giving the gift of Matt Smith's final season, cuddling up your Adipose plush, a nice hot chocolate, and crying through the Ponds' goodbye?
Now that we've established you should never leave your house in the winter, here's a game that you can basically devote your entire day to playing. Probably one of the most popular and beloved board games, Monopoly, has honored the 50th anniversary with this new Who edition of the game. Battle against your friends (or foes) to build up your intergalactic empire as you race around the board with the help of UNIT and Torchwood.
Doctor Who: The Vault by Marcus Hearn
Just recently published in lieu of the anniversary, The Vault is chock-full of 50 years worth of post-production memos, scripts, photos, letters and more tracing all the way back to 1963 when Doctor Who started, making it the perfect present for the most avid Whovian enthusiast.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collection
A perfect gift, or gifts, for your Whovian bookworm is this fantastic anniversary collection of eleven novels. The books were written by some of our favorite Who writers, such as Mark Gatiss, feature classic tales, such as "Remembrance of the Daleks," and are covered in beautiful new artwork.
You can find the books by Doctor here:
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven
The Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote(s)
Though I'm saddened to tell you that it cannot assemble cabinets, these sonic screwdrivers can, however, control all your electronic devices.
First we have the Eleventh Doctor's sonic which can control up to 39 infrared signals for entertainment devices, which is pretty cool. Plus it also has 13 different wibbly-wobbly sound effects and lights up and pulses while in standby. Get your Eleven's sonic remote here!
Next we have the Tenth Doctor's sonic, which is an exact replica of the one David Tennant used during his reign. This clone is a gesture-based remote that is made to look, work, and feel as authentic as humanly, or alien-y, as possible. Get your Ten's sonic remote here!
Sonic Screwdrivers
Now, if the remote control is a bit more than you were hoping to give, or if no one is willing to buy if your you, that doesn't mean you still can't get a sonic and at least pretend to be able to assemble a cabinet. There are a plethora of sonic screwdrivers available to choose from that make great stocking stuffers!
A prime gift choice would be the Customized Sonic Screwdriver – this set comes with all sort of different parts and allows you to create your own, personal sonic to fit your very own Doctor personality. Get creative with 80 possible combinations!
If you prefer a specific Doctor's sonic, though, do no fret, those are available too! Here you can get the Eleventh Doctor's, here the Tenth, and here you can get River Song's—red settings and all! Hey, maybe if you get them all you can program the formula to dissolve a door—you know, in case you get locked away in the Tower of London and don't bother to check if the door's locked.
Yep, that's right, an inflatable TARDIS. First of all, this puppy can be opened, meaning you can set up a little seat and hang out inside. Second, it makes for a very distinctive decoration piece, and probably a really great conversation starter when you have guests over. Third, it's a really
obvious good hide-and-go-seek spot, so the kids will love it. Overall, this is just really cool, and I'm sure many a Whovian would be really excited to get one.
Probably the most memorable costume piece in the history of Doctor Who is the scarf Tom Baker wore as the Fourth Doctor. It's long, colorful pattern is easily recognizable by any fan, even those who haven't watched the classic series. Now, I know some people prefer to receive or give clothing items, so this is for you guys! Plus, with the cold coming in, you'll need something to wrap up in to help tread the arctic climates. And even if you don't live in a place that gets particularly cold in the winter, the scarf can simply be worn as a fashion statement, or to cosplay, or really you can just get one because you want it. It's the holidays, we don't need reasons for why we want our presents, hmph!
Also, there's a shorter version of the scarf if you find the 12′ to be a little too long or intimidating and that can be found here.
What Whovian presents are on your wish lists? Comment below!
See more:
The Best Eleven Items In the Doctor's Wardrobe
The Complete 'Doctor Who' Library: 12 Must-Own Books


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Magneti Marelli and SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd., through its subsidiary Shanghai Automobile Gear Works (SAGW), have signed a joint venture agreement in China aimed at the production of hydraulic components for the AMT (Automated Manual Transmission) made by Magneti Marelli (Freechoice™).
The agreement provides for equal shareholdings by the two companies, Magneti Marelli and SAGW. The joint venture will be located in the area of Shanghai and is set to be operational starting in the second half of 2009. At full speed, the new industrial entity will be able to produce components for about 350,000 gearboxes a year.
These hydraulic components, which will be integrated with the electronic control unit of the Magneti Marelli system, are intended for the Freechoice™ automated transmission applications in China's automotive market. In China, the use of the various types of automatic transmissions (conventional automatic, CVT, Dual-clutch and AMT), already significant today, is expected to grow even further: a market share of about 35% is expected for 2014, (source Global Insight).
Magneti Marelli supplies this product throughout the world, to 27 customers in more than 60 different applications.
Freechoice™ is an electro-hydraulic automation mechanism of the manual transmission, managed by an electronic control system, that combines comfort of use with a reduction in both consumptions and emissions. It can be fitted on any kind of gearbox, consequently with lower production costs compared to other types of automatic transmissions. Magneti Marelli's Freechoice™ comes directly from the Formula 1 world, and features adaptable characteristics and performances that have allowed it to be effectively applied on both high-performance sports and top cars and on many small and medium-sized automobiles produced by various carmakers world-wide.
As for the partner to the agreement, SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. is one of the leading automotive groups in China, also thanks to its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen, and it is one of the leading carmaker chosen by the Chinese government to develop the automotive market in that country. Magneti Marelli already supplies navigation systems to ROEWE, an important brand owned by SAIC Motor.
The subsidiary Shanghai Automobile Gear Works (SAGW) is instead the main Chinese manufacturer of transmissions for the automotive sector.
"With this joint venture, Magneti Marelli confirms its development plans in the emerging markets" - stated Eugenio Razelli, CEO of Magneti Marelli. "Specifically, after having completed our footprint in the Indian region, this agreement further enhances an already significant presence in China, which dates back to 1996 in the following sectors: powertrain, lighting, electronics systems, exhaust systems. The agreement also confirms Magneti Marelli's strategy to invest in solutions and systems that are both innovative and competitive in terms of costs for the final customer, like, for example, advanced navigation and green navigation devices, on-board telematic devices (telematic-boxes), powertrain control technologies aimed to the consumptions and emissions reduction, and like the Freechoice™ automated transmission "


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The flu is perhaps one of the most common reasons why so many days are missed at school and work each year. There is no cure for the flu as viruses cannot be treated with antibiotics or other drugs. Only the symptoms can be treated to make your time with the flu be more comfortable (as if that were possible!).
While there are flu shots and even a new flu mist nasal vaccine, these are not always successful in helping your combat the flu. In fact, many people get the flu anyway even with the flu vaccine. However, there are some things you can do to avoid getting sick from the flu this season:
1. Get some restful sleep! Many people get sick simply because they are tired. When your body is fatigued, this lowers your immune response to germs which in turn makes you sick. The flu is particularly sneaky and get past your defenses if you are not more diligent about rest.
2. Get your daily dose of garlic. Garlic has long been touted as a "miracle†for colds and other illnesses and it also helps fend off the flu. Fresh garlic has anti-fungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties which makes it an awesome defense for your immune system. Do not bother with garlic pills as only fresh garlic provides these beneficial properties. Mix crushed fresh garlic in with your vegetable juice or just hold your nose and eat a spoonful, the equivalent of several cloves a day.
3. Exercise is a great way to boost your immune system response to infection. With exercise, your blood flows better and circulation increases, thus allowing your bodys defenses to better find an illness in your system and fight it. If possible, do some of your exercising in the fresh air outside as indoor air tends to trap germs and be drier.
4. Washing your hands is a main factor in preventing the flu. Do not use an antibacterial soap as it can hinder your ability to fight off later infections if you get one that is resistant to a particular antibiotic. Instead, use a chemical-free, natural soap and vigorously lather up for at least as long as it would take to sing the happy birthday song. You will be killing those viral germs that can cause both colds and flu.
5. Keep your hands away from your face. If you are not in a position to wash your hands, keep them away from your face. You can easily pick up viral germs off most surfaces like a shopping cart, door knob, telephone and more. Germs are easily absorbed through moist and mucosal tissues so that means your eyes, nose and mouth should not be touched or rubbed with your hands unless they have been washed thoroughly.
6. Vamp up your diet to include a healthy selection of vegetables and fruits. In addition, try to cut out as much sugar as possible. Sugar is known to reduce your immune system response so choosing foods low in sugar or avoiding those laden in the sweet stuff can help boost the effectiveness of your immune system.


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By RICARDO WELLS
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NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday the substantial role of commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services will be filled at some point in 2019, this as several "transformative" moves are being finalised as the facility moves towards its proposed parole scheme.
Mr Dames also said officials were working to transform the BDCS from a penal facility to a correctional one; a move that will also feature a new commissioner and executive team that will place an emphasis on "rehabilitation and parole integration".
According to the Mount Moriah MP a tremendous amount of work has already been done with respect to reviewing the proposed Probation Bill, its implementation and the structures and systems that would be needed to have it fully operational at some point in 2019.
"The Bahamas Department of Corrections is going through a transformative period that will certainly change it for the better," Mr Dames told reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a symposium.
"We are pleased with the direction in which we are taking the Bahamas Department of Corrections and next year will be a very special year for them. We will have a new commissioner, a new executive team in place. That will be a transformative team, a team of individuals who understands the business of rehabilitation and parole integration."
The Ministry of National Security is expected to close out its two-day parole symposium later today. The forum brought together key stakeholders and personnel in discussion on ways to best implement a parole system in The Bahamas.
The $20 million Inter-American Development Bank's Citizen Security and Justice Programme is helping to fund the development the proposed system.
Under the Christie administration, a Parole and Re-Entry Steering Committee was established to examine the matter. The recommendations of that committee have not been made public to date.
As part of a 2016 study, which involved 350 inmates, researchers examined a range of factors, including prisoner psyche, conditions at the BDCS and the country's legal system.
Proponents of the implementation of a parole system have used aspects of this study to aid their calls for an immediate overhaul of the entire system.
However, in an attempt to balance public views on what BDCS presently represents, Mr Dames yesterday asserted that the culture highlighted in discussions on the facility is often void of all the facts.
Mr Dames went on to use Monday's double homicide as a point of observation, lamenting that there are people in the system that just cannot be helped. The male victim was reportedly a prolific offender, who was shot just months ago in a gang-related incident.
According to Mr Dames, when given the chance to help police solve that matter, the victim offered little to no assistance.
As such, Mr Dames said the country's reform system features more pragmatic components than are not often discussed, namely the country's criminal, social and child rearing cultures.
"Well, yeah, when we talk about the system, it is more than just the system; it is all of us," he said. "Those persons who are responsible for these cowardly acts are our kid, they have a mother and a father, and love ones."
He later added: "As you know, a number of months ago, we would have signed a contract with BTVI where a number of inmates who are actually going through the BTVI training are about to graduate very shortly.
"We had the Ministry of Labour in the facility, along with businesses from throughout New Providence meeting with inmates and they are looking at (some as) prospects to hire.
"We are moving along that path, but is that the panacea? I think for the mass majority of the inmates it is, but we are talking about that element, that very small element, that continues to believe that they can use a gun to change somebody's life. That is what we are talking about.
"And we will find them where ever they are. And those are the type of individuals I honestly do not know what you can do to help them. The only place for them is permanently behind bars. It is unfortunate."
The recidivism rate at the BDCS has long been an issue. In October, acting BDCS Commissioner Charles Murphy said the rate was at an "unacceptable" high.
While he stopped short of giving an exact figure on recidivism at the correctional facility, he pointed to programmes like the BTVI initiative and the Department of Labour's programme as elements helping to address the rate.
Twenty prison officers were trained in the BDCS's inaugural parole programme, which was supervised by Canadian correctional service experts earlier this year.
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rawbahamian 1 year, 5 months ago
Recidivism at Fox Hell Prison has got to be about 85% !!!
OMG 1 year, 5 months ago
Its amazes me how these huge sums (20 million) can be found for reports and consultations and evaluations yet there is no money for basics like fixing school roofs, maintaining the roads and so on.
geostorm 1 year, 5 months ago
The $20 million Inter-American Development Bank's Citizen Security and Justice Programme is helping to fund the development the proposed system.
Based on the article, the money came from a programme through the IDP. They don't hand out money for fixing school roofs etc. Go look them up, read up on how they lend money.
stillwaters 1 year, 5 months ago
How long have we been hearing this old line again???????????????
TheMadHatter 1 year, 5 months ago
Exactly. Some people no longer children of God.
sheeprunner12 1 year, 5 months ago
Just build a Max on a cay and have the sharks as security ........ any problem on the cay, just feed them to the sharks .............. There will be no more problems with crime.
birdiestrachan 1 year, 5 months ago
perhaps Dames does not know. but this is a old story.


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The future of the boutique hotels
While boutique hotels, also called independent or lifestyle hotels, were possibly written off 10-15 years ago, it's undeniable that these hotels are back in favour. In fact, boutique hotels are on their way to becoming the fastest-growing segment in the lodging industry.
According to recent data, the supply of lifestyle hotels grew by over 7% in 2012, but in 2017, growth for this sector was recorded at an impressive 11.5%. Between November 2015 and October 2017 bookings at boutique hotels in the US grew 43%, according to 1010data.
Female business travellers: A demographic you can't risk ignoring
About a year ago, the corporate world, government and the movie industry (especially in the United States) were caught off guard and stunned by revelation after revelation of sexual misconduct by well-known figures. The world today is more aware now about improper behaviour by men, particularly by those in positions of authority or power, and many courageous women are to thank for vocalising their experiences through the #metoo movement.
Now, we're not getting political in today's AP Voice, but it is timely to think about the needs of the female business travellers (some of which relate to safety) and how independent hotels can meet the needs of this rising demographic.
Independent hotels must invest in social media
It won't come as any great revelation that social media plays a crucial role in today's competitive hospitality market. You know this already.
However, for many independent hotels, social media is at best a peripheral activity that is paid attention to on an ad hoc basis. Social media does not form a key pillar of the sales and marketing plan for these hotels, and they are more likely to voice concerns about how difficult it is to measure return on investment in social media marketing. We're sympathetic to this. It's natural that when you're working with a limited budget and smaller resources than larger hotel chains that it would be difficult to justify the investment – both in terms of time and money – into social media.
Business travellers are spending more and paying for their own extras
A big part of our job is to make sure that we are on top of the latest news and insights that matter to your independent hotel. So sometimes it might feel like we're sharing a lot of data here on AP Voice but we want to help you understand your clients to identify the best sales and marketing strategies to attract them and encourage repeat visits.
With that in mind, there are two recent business travel insights we wanted you to be aware of.
1) Increase in ****** business travel spending
Airbnb enters the meetings market: Should you worry?
We recently read a stat in WIT that after corporate travel, the meetings market (or MICE as it is called) is the next most lucrative sector for hotels and is the slowest in tech adoption. So it's unsurprising that disruptive travel companies are shaking up the market. For independent hotels, this means both opportunity and increased competition, and we are keen to work with our hotel partners to identify how they can best promote their hotels' meeting space.
Artificial Intelligence: How can it help your hotel?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world. Every week we read reports about the how AI will fundamentally change the nature of work, replacing numerous jobs and leading to the creation of jobs that don't yet exist. However, for many of us, AI seems to belong to a distant future rather than today's reality. But independent hotels should be fully cognizant of the capabilities of AI and how it can help streamline processes, improve customer retention, deliver a better customer experience and provide valuable insights.
AP Digital – Technology which is integral to the Amistad Partners business
AP Digital is not just a CRM tool, it's a client portal, agent portal, professional services automation platform, contract manager and a virtual assistant. AP Digital is delivered via a web and app-based experience.
AP Digital is not a bolt-on or after thought, it embodies how Amistad Partners (AP) does business, engages with clients and delivers value.
Our client and agent portals are designed with the captive audience in mind, at AP, we embrace digital transformation, we know and value the importance of transparency and time-critical delivery. Our portals are designed to engage its audience and provide all information or feedback required in real-time. Our digital journey focuses on machine interaction, augmented by our capable resource of individuals delivering value by proactively engaging in client value-add activities.
TripActions: What is it and how will it change corporate travel?
While there have been rumblings about Airbnb's disruptive impact on the corporate travel market (a topic we will delve into in a later article), we have been paying close attention to another technology company, TripActions. In today's AP Voice, we examine what TripActions is and how it can be a sales and marketing asset to independent hotels.
Never heard of it? Started in 2015, TripActions describes itself as "a technology-enabled corporate travel management platform that combines data science, user-friendly design, and world-class service, to bring businesses and their employees the most rewarding travel experiences possible." The start-up boasts that "now, for the first time, businesses can track their travel spends like never before while keeping the focus on employee happiness. So business travel is no longer a pain, it's a perk."
The Middle East: How to target Millennials, Generation Z and the Silver Tourist
Today's AP voice is from our VP of sales for the Middle East and Asia, Zohaib Haider.
Tourists are learning that there is a lot to see in the Middle East. The view from the top of the Burj Khalifa, the architectural beauty of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, swimming in the Dead Sea, wandering around the archaeological city of Petra, just to name a few.
Boom in Chinese tourism: Trends for 2018 and beyond
Today's AP voice is from our VP of sales for China, Rachel Mao.
Tourism in China is showing strong growth and is becoming a powerful contributor to the country's economy. The country expects to receive more than 140 million inbound visits in 2018, higher than the number of inbound tourists in 2017 and 2016.
Independent hotels in China, and their sales and marketing teams in particular, should consider how their hotels can be positioned to attract the interest of inbound travellers.
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Google Intros Android One Smartphones for Emerging Markets
Google's Sundar Pichai, senior vice president at Google, introduced their new Android One initiative at their annual Google I/O developer conference in California today. The new Android One hardware platform is designed primarily to assist OEM's who are selling entry level smartphones into emerging markets. Selling the next billion Android phones depends on this initiative taking flight.
Google Introduces the Android One Initiative for Emerging Markets
For emerging markets, Google introduced their new initiative called "androidone." OEM's serving emerging markets all have to reinvent the wheel every time that they want to bring a new smartphone to market which takes on average nine months, claimed Pichai.
So Google is now working on a series of hardware reference platforms where they identify the components going into a next generation smartphone and they qualify vendors that will build turnkey systems for OEMs so it's easier for them to build new smartphones.
In addition to hardware, Google is also working on software for androidone (or Android One – another way they present the logo). The big news here is that Google will be providing these OEMs under Android One with automatic software updates. But Androiders should get too excited here because there are strings attached for the updates to work.
Google's well known Android software updating problem was a huge point that Apple's CEO Tim Cook made during his keynote to Apple developers in June. Android One is a baby step in the right direction, but it's for a very limited market: phones for emerging markets and maybe for super bargain basement phones around the globe (though don't hold your breath on the latter for 2014).
That means that there isn't going to be an updating software solution for premium Android smartphones anytime soon, if ever. For software updating to work, premium smartphone OEM's would have to comply to a common set of hardware with little to no room for original components.
That isn't going to fly in the foreseeable future because Apple continues to lead the way with ever new features and hardware components to keep the competition jumping. Android smartphone OEM's like Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony will continue their fight to compete for the higher-end user which will leave their Android customers without the ability to get timely software updates to keep their devices safe from new viruses and security breaches.
So, in the not-too-distant future, Android smartphone buyers will have two choices: They'll either have to choose between buying a very low-end device that will automatically receive software updates to stay safe or chance it with a higher-end device that will be at a much higher risk of running into every new virus and safety breach imaginable. Wow, what a choice.
Noted in Google's I/O slide above is the first Android One smartphone from Micromax India. It currently has features that matter to a country like India, claims Google's Sundar Pichai. It will come with a dual SIM, a removable SD Card, a 4.5 inch display and an FM Radio. The unit will cost $100, though Pichai wasn't clear as to whether that was the cost to Micromax to make the smartphone or that it will retail for that price. If I'm correct, it'll be the latter.
Three Indian OEM's (Karboon, Micromax and Spice) will kick start Android One with smartphones shipping this fall. These kinds of phones are to address the threat from Microsoft's Nokia X smartphones which start at US$136 retail.
Below is an "emerging market" map illustrating where Google is aiming their Android One initiative for. Android One will fill an area in the market that Apple is currently avoiding and likely never to address.
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(25/10/2013) THE man who engraves the Rally de Espana winner's trophy hasn't had much variety in his work for the past eight years, but that's guaranteed to change after the 2013 event this weekend.
Citroen and Sebastien Loeb have dominated in Spain since 2005, with the French combination notching up a remarkable eight consecutive victories. Now, three weeks after Loeb's WRC retirement at the all-asphalt Rallye de France, there are plenty of contenders eager to take his place.
The 2013 World Rally Championship will switch to gravel and asphalt roads for the 12th and penultimate round.
Based in the seaside resort of Salou on the Costa Daurada, the itinerary has reversed the 2012 order of the asphalt and gravel stages so that after starting out as a classic asphalt rally on the first two days, it will turn into a loose-surface event on Sunday.
Friday night's opening section also has had a revamp. The popular ceremonial start in Barcelona stays, but this year it will be followed by three asphalt stages run in darkness and without a service break.
After 15 stages and a total of 355 competitive kilometres, the winning car will cross the finish ramp in Salou on Sunday afternoon.
Top of the contenders list must be Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier, who will start his first event as World Rally Champion. Ogier is the only driver except Loeb to have won on both gravel and asphalt this season, so he's unlikely to be fazed by Spain's mixed-surface format.
Ogier's closest challenger could be local hero Dani Sordo, winner of the 2.5 km shakedown on Thursday afternoon. After taking his maiden WRC win in Germany, the Spaniard finished second at the Rallye de France.
He arrived at his favourite round of the championship determined to continue this excellent run of form and can count on fanatical support from his Spanish fans.
Jari-Matti Latvala has an opportunity to fight for victory free from Volkswagen team orders. With Ogier's drivers' title in the bag and Volkswagen needing just six points to wrap up the manufacturers title, team boss Jost Capito has assured Latvala and team-mates Ogier and Andreas Mikkelsen that they can each fight for the win.
The 13 World Rally Car drivers on the entry list include New Zealand's Hayden Paddon, who will make his outright-class debut at the wheel of an M-Sport prepared Fiesta RS.
Paddon, 26, the 2011 FIA Production Car World Rally Champion, has driven a Skoda Fabia S2000 on three rounds of the WRC 2 championship this year.
At Coates Hire Rally Australia last month he retired on the opening day with an electrical problem, but after re-joining went fastest on all but one of the remaining stages.
"Ultimately we do want to be in a WRC car next year and with this one-off chance we need to show we can be fast in a WRC car as well to try and open those doors," Paddon said.
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December 2004 Letter from Dan
Greetings Readers, Friends, and Other Visitors:
This is a December letter so I will wish you all a Merry
Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and joyous salutations for whatever
other winter-solstice-time holiday you choose to celebrate.
But while Christmas is a pleasant topic, what I think I want
to discuss with you this time around is Shakespeare and Negative
Capability and strategic opacity and disinterestedness. Not
exactly a holiday-theme, I agree, but one that I'm interested
in. (In other words – I'm interested in distinterestedness.)
We've all just survived one of the toughest political
years in living history, and one of the few things we might
all agree upon is that toward the end there, it was becoming
very tiresome being told what to think. From that professional
vulgarian Michael Moore's ham-handed propaganda to the
resurgence of the Swift Boat Veterans (headed up by the same
man chosen by Richard Nixon 34 years ago to be sicced on a
young John Kerry,) the media pros and pols had a palpable
design upon us.
you recognize that last phrase. John Keats wrote those words
to his friend Reynolds after reading Wordsworth's "Hymn
to Pan" and after coming away from the experience with
some doubts about the poet's greatness, especially when
compared to Shakespeare. "For the sake of a few fine
imaginative or domestic passages," wrote Keats (and
perhaps he meant "dramatic" there instead of domestic
– his letters were wonderful but very hurried), "are
we to be bullied into a certain Philosophy engendered in the
whims of an Egotist – We hate poetry that has a palpable
design upon us – and if we do not agree, seems to put
its hand in its breeches pocket."
There's a lot of that going around today – that
peddling of poetry, or more commonly of film, fiction, non-fiction,
and personal opinion, that has a palpable design upon us and
which puts its hand in its breeches pocket in a sulk if we
don't instantly agree with its all-too-obvious prejudices.
(Mark Twain used to say that the rarest of things was a lawyer
who kept his hand in his own pockets, but I digress and we
aren't here to gang up on lawyers. Not yet.)
It's possible that Keats's sensibilities here
had been influenced by a lecture he'd heard just days
before by William Hazlitt criticizing what he later called
"the wordsworthian or egotistical sublime," but
we also know that Keats had been trying for some time to work
out an explanation for the peculiar genius of Shakespeare
– what he was later to call "Negative Capability."
Six weeks before this note to his friend Reynolds, young Keats
had been walking to town with his neighbor Dilke to see a
Christmas pantomime and Dilke – who was an opinionated
so-and-so – had held forth on various topics during
the entire walk to town.
"Several things dovetailed in my mind," Keats
wrote to his brothers, "& at once it struck me,
what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially
in Literature & which Shakespeare posessed so enormously
– I mean Negative Capability, that is when
man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts,
without an irritable reaching after fact & reason."
A lesser poet like Coleridge, Keats goes on to explain, "would
let go by a fine isolated versimilitude caught from the Penetralium
of mystery," because a lesser poet (or novelist, or
filmmaker, or visual artist) insists on – well, actually
has no other choice -- impressing his own limited interpretation
on reality. Keats recognized Shakespeare's almost unique
ability to suspend judgment in viewing all things human and
natural – Keats called it Shakespeare's "capacity
of submission" – and realized that, in artistic
terms, it went beyond mere submission into the unheard-of
ability to "annul self."
This sounds a little esoteric, vaguely Buddhist, but it's
not – it was a literary strategy and the very real and
compelling secret to why Shakespeare stands alone not just
in the pantheon of English playwrights but among all men (pardon
me, persons) of letters. Keats explained to his brothers
that the tiresome neighbor Dilke was "a man who cannot
feel he has a personal identity unless he has made up his
Mind about every thing."
Sound familiar? Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers, the
Car Guys on NPR, point out that we men have to answer every
question put to us – whether about cars, sports, directions,
politics, or the origins of the universe, regardless of whether
we have any knowledge on the subject at all – because
we suffer from MAS* (*Male Answer Syndrome.) More and more,
it seems, novelists and filmmakers – and not just the
men – suffer from Male Answer Syndrome, shoving their
puny little opinions ahead of them like hostages in a botched
Hazlitt once said of Shakespeare – "He was nothing
in himself, but he was all that others were, or that they
could become." Keats developed this idea of artistic
self-annulling into his theory of Negative Capability, a poetic-creative
attempt to empathize and understand others – other human
beings, the sparrow pecking at gravel outside his window,
a nightingale, Nature, the living and the dead – through
the cool lens of what Keats and other Shakespeare-admirers
of his era called disinterestedness, (which means,
of course, a passionate interest in the behavior and character
of these others, but analysis without judgment, observation
without opinion, and perception without preaching.)
In the last couple of years I've begun to read Shakespeare
in earnest – really read him – and I'll
be damned if I can find the man's opinions on such issues
as religion, marriage, royalty, revolution, politics, money,
sexual orientation, love, hate, women, war, fate, happiness
– little things like that. I look forward to making
my next decade, if I'm allowed a next decade, into the
Simmons-Delves-Deeper-Into-Shakespeare Decade, but I have
little doubt that I'll emerge not much the wiser about
the Bard's personal opinions.
On the other hand, in an enjoyable discussion with my daughter
Jane last night over dinner and a good cabernet, she made
a strong argument that the reputedly invisible William Shakespeare
left plenty of footprints in his 37 plays, and that his opinion
on certain things -- including his enchantment with the green
wood, his skepticism about marriage, his celebration of powerful
female personalities such as Beatrice and Rosalind, his aversion
to tyranny (even of that of the mob) but preference for authority,
and his attraction to real estate – all come through
clearly enough.
Perhaps so, but in this age of the bestselling Left Behind
Series peddling its predigested pablum to fellow believers
and of "serious fiction" like Franzen's
Corrections being hailed as the Great American Novel
for beating us about the head and shoulders with obvious opinions
and posturings, not to mention the most recent obscurant proselytizing
from whichever unknown Marxist that's just been awarded
the last Nobel Prize for Literature, a little breeze of disinterestedness
would be a welcome relief.
I've just finished a fascinating book by Stephen Greenblatt
called Will In the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare.
(If you have any doubts as to whether Shakespeare is the Writer
Among Writers and will remain so for millennia more, read
this book along with Harold Bloom's Shakespeare:
The Invention of the Human and perhaps Park Honan's
Shakespeare: A Life and – for the sheer fun,
energy, and speculation of it – Anthony Burgess's
amusing and sensual novel about Shakespeare, Nothing Like
the Sun.)
Greenblatt – also the editor of the great annotated
Norton collection of Shakespeare that has, with its 20-pound
heft, put a permanent crease in my abdomen – has been
criticized for speculating too much, but with a personality
as elusive (historically and opinion-wise) as William Shakespeare's,
some informed speculation is called for and Greenblatt's
is wonderfully informed.
Greenblatt suggests that the playwright's "annulment
of self" came about not just because of artistic reasons,
but out of shrewd calculation as to the best way to keep his
head and body connected. We know that the young Shakespeare
had left Stratford-on-Avon at the height of the persecution
of closet Catholics and commando-Jesuits sneaking into newly
(and fanatically) Protestant England – Shakespeare's
own father left a secret testament after his death asking
for Masses to be said for him. The first sight to greet young
Will as he crossed the amazing London Bridge into the city
would have been the heads of at least 37 men on pikes on that
bridge – and not just any men, no common thieves or
pickpockets or murderers, but the rotting, mummifying heads
of men of importance, including nobility. Traitors. Heretics.
Men who had SPOKEN OUT.
Christopher Marlowe – a man exactly Shakespeare's
age and the playwright we know had the most impact on the
budding author, even if much of that impact was negative –
met his end with a knife through the eye, and while many thought
it was just over a "reckoning" of a bill in a
bar, we know now that Marlowe was a spy and died in a house
filled with spies and informants. It may have been an execution.
Kit Marlowe was a man of strong opinions. He was a man who
But perhaps the most interesting element of Greenblatt's
book is a look at another aspect of Shakespeare's persistent
Negative Capability, a different sort of lacunae. It's
the analysis of the leap of genius in the Bard's work
when – in Hamlet and never abandoned after
that – Shakespeare learned what to leave out of
his narrative. Which logic not only to abandon but to
defy. Which backstory (in ugly Hollywood parlance) not to
tell. Which motive not to make visible.
In Greenblatt's words –
found that he could immeasurably deepen the effect of his
plays, that he could provoke in the audience and in himself
a peculiarly passionate intensity of response, if he took
out a key explanatory element, thereby occluding the rationale,
motivation, or ethical principle that accounted for the action
that was to unfold. The principle was not the making of a
riddle to be solved, but the creation of a strategic opacity.
This opacity, Shakespeare found, released an enormous energy
that had been at least partially blocked or contained by familiar,
reassuring explanations.
In real terms, Shakespeare was trusting the audience to exert
the same Negative Capability – the same talent at allowing
diametrically opposed tensions to remain unresolved –
that he himself used in his writing. In this sense, no writer
before or since has ever demanded so much from an audience
or had an audience receive so much in return. We are all gifted
collaborators when we enter deeply into one of Shakespeare's
creations from Hamlet on.
But what are these "strategic opacities" that
Shakespeare dares to place between the audience or reader
and the play? In Hamlet they are legion – Why
does the young prince feign madness when it only draws attention
to himself at a time when he should be invisible to the king
and court so as to plot his revenge? Why does he not take
his revenge – why does he become sidetracked into his
own expansion of consciousness, obsessed with his own overhearing
of himself? How can a basic revenge plot – the Hamlet
plays were a theatrical cliché even before Shakespeare
wrote his version – evolve and grow into the ultimate
experience of consciousness?
In Othello, the "strategic opacity"
is precisely the lack of a motive for Iago's scheming
and hatred. Iago never does reveal his motive – in fact,
he revels in having no motive – and vows to remain silent
until his death as they drag him off to torture. In King
Lear, the plot would make sense if told as previous versions
of the play had been written – with the old king demanding
his "test of love" from his daughters before
he divided up his kingdom. But Shakespeare starts his version
of the play with the map already drawn, the three segments
of equal size. The test of love that ends up killing Cordelia
and driving Lear himself into nihilistic madness and death
makes no sense whatsoever.
I'm currently working on a screenplay version combining
my novels SUMMER OF NIGHT and A WINTER HAUNTING, and every
time I get to one of these necessary flashbacks or bits of
dialogue which exist to shore up internal logic and show motivation,
I rebel. (Some screenwriters call these "rubber ducky
scenes." As in the movie Pretty Woman where
Richard Gere and Julia Roberts are in the bathtub and Gere
explains – in essence – that he's become
a cold-hearted corporate raider because his unloving father
used to come into the bathroom when he was a little boy and
sink his rubber ducks. The gorge becomes buoyant writing these
scenes . . . strike them out!)
But I am no Shakespeare – I'm not even a Shakespeare
wannabe. Such genius of lacunae and Negative Capability is
almost beyond my ken, much less beyond my talents. I am, at
best, one of the Coleridge types who "would let go by
a fine isolated versimilitude caught from the Penetralium
of mystery."
But consider how breathtaking it is to have had a writer
among us who not only could apply such disinterestedness to
his observations and writings but who could bring characters
alive who – unlike most of us who live and breathe –
became "free agents of themselves."
What courage it took not only to develop this Negative Capability
into the heart of one's art, but to trust living audiences
and generations not yet born to enter into such daring collaborations
with him – to exalt such willing suspension of disbelief
into the most subtle and powerful of psychological insights.
In a real sense, the energy released from Shakespeare's
placement of "strategic opacity" which demands
the full use of Negative Capability – in the audience
as well as the tale -- was the literary equivalent of triggering
the device at Trinity Site.
Nothing has ever been the same since.
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This challenge is all about making 3d models of Sound Systems. Your Sound System model includes 2 parts as follows-
1) 2.1, 5.1 or 7.1 Speakers, Woofer, Tweeters multi System
2) Disk player
Don't make boxes, use modern organic designs. Make your own designs. Research study on what you going to make. Think on it and make sketches on paper then start modeling in SketchUp. Texture use is not allowed.
3D Warehouse tag : 3d challenge 094


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VIMW - Creating Musical Community
If you're looking for somewhere to get started in music, hone your musical skills or kick start yourself back into music after a period of time away from it, you've found the right place in the Vancouver Island Music Workshop.
VIMW Spring Retreat May 8-10, 2020
VIMW Fall Retreat Sept. 11-13, 2020
Covid 19 update. Hello friends, the spring retreat May 8-10, 2020 is cancelled . We hope to see you all in September . Please check back in August. Stay safe.Play lots.
Seven Springs Retreat Camp & Centre
1888 Kaye Road, Nanoose Bay BC
After 15 years of organising the workshop we have decided that we will simplify things a bit and do 2 retreat events. There won't be any paid instructors doing formal lessons. The participants are encouraged to offer or request workshops, as has happened at the retreats for the past years. We always really enjoy the freedom of the retreat weekends when the timetable over a whole weekend is relaxed. A special kind of spontaneous magic seems to develop, with lots of jamming and sharing.
We, (the organisers), are excited at the prospect of participating more fully in the fall event. The workshop weekends are a huge undertaking for a few of us, and we are looking forward to the new format for 2020
We would also like to advise that we have a strict "no pet policy" for our events at Seven Springs and that all smoking or vaping of any kind should take place at considerate distance from all campers, especially away from the main lodge.
VIMW Spring Retreat is a great place to get your Jam on, meet some new people and play lots of music... without worrying about cooking, emails, phone calls and the rest of our busy world. Step outside of the daily grind into a space of creativity and community. Ad hoc workshops and Hat bands are offered by fellow campers and the jamming just never stops.


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Dear Ask a Lesbian: I have tried several times to date mothers and it just hasn't worked out for me. I have no kids so it's hard for me because I'm used to not having to think about someone who depends on an adult. Being childless, I am selfish, at least that is what I am told. But why be angry with me because that is what I'm used to? I don't like being last in my partner's life.
I feel that if you invite someone to become a part of your life as your partner, be prepared to put that person and that relationship FIRST. Stop making that person wait on you while you're busy doing 130 other things, including kids. I understand mothers have responsibilities to their kids and they must be taken care of. But I also feel it's wrong to invite someone into your life and put them LAST. What was the point?
If you put me last, I will act out against you and your child. In my opinion, don't bother getting in a relationship if you are really expecting that person to accept being last on your priority list because it makes no sense.
Dee's Advice: I am a 49-year-old stud with no kids. Kids always come first. She just has to be more organized with her time. Why don't you help her with some of her chores so she has less to do? I didn't hear you say that you did that! I have dated a few women with kids and it was fun! I kept Friday nights as adult night and the other six days you do what needs to be done and have family time! It's a lot of fun for me. I miss it sometimes.
The kids are all grown up and on their own now and it feels good to know that they love me and still keep in touch with me. And their memories are incredible. They remember everything I have done for them. So there is good in a family life. But as for you, don't be in that family life. From what I am reading you are selfish and you can't be that way when there are kids involved!
Johari's Advice: I swear this had to be written by my ex!! I had no idea that there could be someone else in this world just as incredibly selfish and clueless! Our relationship is over and guess what? I AM STILL A MOTHER!
Monique's Advice: I feel for you! My girlfriend has two teenagers. And if it wasn't for the fact that I already invested 10 years with her, I would never do this again.
Regina's Advice: I think it's about time management. Some don't know how. Some think spending time with their partner is taking away time from their kids. I don't get that way of thinking. You have to make just as much time with your partner if you want the relationship to actually work.
Tomiko's Advice: I've been dating my girlfriend for three years. I don't have any kids; she has three. I never expect/expected to be put before her kids. Hell, I think about making sure they're good before myself. I would never put my girl in that position. She wouldn't go for it anyway.
I knew what I was getting into when we got together. I can't love or want to be with her and not love and want to be with her kids. Those are my kids now. Their father is active and a big part of their lives, which in no way has an effect on my relationship with her. By all means do what you want.
But mothers deserve to be in loving relationships too without having to choose between her mate and kids.
Ask a Lesbian, is a column where Zamara Perri and other members of the Black Lesbian Love Lab community answer letters from black lesbians looking for help with their relationships. You can send your questions to email@example.com.


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Are you thinking about buying or renting at Fallsgrove?
Learn the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding living at Fallsgrove.
Afterwards, check out Fallsgrove condos for sale, Fallsgrove condos for rent, Fallsgrove townhomes for sale, Fallsgrove townhomes for rent, Fallsgrove homes for sale, or Fallsgrove homes for rent.
Fallsgrove - The Basics
Fallsgrove is a large, planned community between Shady Grove Road and route 28 in Rockville.
Similar to communities like King Farm and the Kentlands, it has a mix of condos and homes, as well as its own shopping center (boasting a Safeway, multiple restaurants, and other stores).
It falls under the 20850 zip code and was built in 2002.
There are approximately 347 garden-style units with an average size between 1300 and 3100 square feet.
Bedroom and Bathroom options include 1BR/1BA, 2BR/2BA, 2BR/2BA/1HB, 3BR/2BR, 3BR/2BA/1HB, and 3BR/3BA varieties.
Fallsgrove - Daily Living
Both outdoor parking and garage parking is available for residents, depending on the type of unit.
Additional details are unconfirmed.
Pet Policy
The community is pet-friendly, but additional rules and restrictions are unconfirmed.
Metro Accessibility
Shady Grove is the closet metro station but it is not an easy walk.
Fallsgrove is on the bus route, however, and also boasts a set of bike rentals for use.
Additional details are unconfirmed.
All units contain washers and dryers.
Details are unconfirmed.
Fireplaces and Elevators
Some condos are equipped with fireplaces; most units do not have elevator access.
Cable and Internet
Details unknown.
School Districts
Students residing here are served by the Ritchie Park, Julius West, and Richard Montgomeryschool districts.
Other Notable Amenities
None noted.
Fallsgrove - Cost of Living
Condo fee details are currently unconfirmed.
If a specific cost question or concern with regards to living here, please contact us.
Fallsgrove - Recreation
There is an onsite fitness center, as well as an outdoor pool for residents' use.
There are also tennis courts and playground/tot lots available within the vicinity.
We've made every effort to verify all of the information in this blog post and believe it to be correct.
If you believe any of the information above to be incorrect, please contact us through this website or give us a call at 240-338-8355.
In addition, we encourage you to always double-check with the condo management regarding any circumstance that may influence your buying/renting decision.


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A few weeks ago I sent this text to a friend…
"If my life were a Hallmark movie, yesterday was day when the lead character learns the ropes of farm(ish) life from her dad. The montage would include her learning to drive a tractor. Red of course. Pruning lilac, weigela and rose bushes. Dropping off loads of brush at the burn pile. Wrestling a giant blackberry bush and losing. Giving the neighbors dog a bath. Said dog shaking off bath water in the kitchen. Laughing on the porch with her dad. Dad losing his balance and falling. Resetting dad's dislocated pinky. Girl driving to town to grab dinner for the family and randomly running into her love interest where they banter and grab a quick drink."
You read that right. I RESET MY DAD'S PINKY! FINGER. It was no longer parallel to his hand. It was perpendicular. And turning purple by the second. So I channelled my inner Doc Martin and yanked that bad boy back into the socket. (Side note: It had happened to him once before a few years ago. But I didn't know that)
This is a genuine snap shot of my new life (minus the love interest and the grabbing the drink and all) But hey, if my life were a Hallmark movie there would definitely be a love interest. How do I know? I have watched EVERY SINGLE ONE curled up on the couch with my mom. That's how we roll on Saturday nights here at Green Pastures. That and SEC football. And bull riding. And baseball. Throw me in the briar patch.
Just to catch you up: Four months ago I moved back home to Tennessee to take care of my parents. Indefinitely.
Due to some health issues, they needed a little (or a lot of) extra help, depending on the day. So I volunteered. Why? Because I love them. Because I watched them take care of their parents. Because I'm a homebody at heart and loved the idea of being back with my family. Because the Bible tells us to honor our parents. And because, honestly, I really like them. A lot.
Every day has been different. Unpredictable. Unprecedented.
At least for me.
Everyday has been filled with laughter. Grace. Adjustments and apologies.
Growing up I dreamed of caring for and nurturing a family of my own. God in his kindness has answered my prayer. Just a little more creatively then expected. And I am loving it.
But I'm not going to lie. There have been some growing pains.
Going from a full-time career to a full-time caregiver was a huge mental shift. I've had to redefine productive. Often. Upright, medicated and well-fed are the new #squadgoals.
In so many ways, this new season is giving me repeated opportunities to live out what the Lord has been teaching me over a lifetime. He's so sweet like that. In fact, I feel like I am taking a final exam. "Ok Les. We've been learning and studying and walking through some big concepts. It's time to put it all together and see what stuck." Some days I get an A. Some days, I get another chance. Like the day I flicked my dad in the forehead at the Walmart check out line. Whoops. Try again.
I miss you guys. And getting to catch up over coffee. But life looks very different these days. SO I'm going to work harder at writing more faithfully. So we can stay connected. I wish I could fly to you and sit face to face and we could have long meaningful conversations.
But I just tiptoed past my parents bedroom and I think they are up.
Time to make some coffee!!
I would love to know what the Lord is teaching you this season… drop a line in the comment box if you feel like it.
Love, Love, Love,
The Girl Who Lives in My Head.
PS. This picture is from Engaging Father Christmas which is just one of the MANY Hallmark Christmas movies I can't wait to see this season.
PPS. It it based on my friend Robin's Christmas novella which you can check out here.
PPPS. She talks about what it was like for her book to become a movie in her book I like to call Ask for the Moon!!! but it's really called "How my Book Became a Movie". It is one of my favorite books because it fills me with hope. Not about writing or movies. But that God loves us, hears us and NOTHING is wasted in His Kingdom.


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The initial lease that Mel Friesen got with the Island Company was renewable but only for one year at a time. Because we had no long term guarantees from our landlords, donors were hesitant to give money to the camp. As a result, many of the buildings we created were temporary structures. In addition to cabins designed by Paul Byer, we had tent cabins that included a wooden frame covered with canvas from Army surplus.
In the early years, the camp was open only during the summers. Our caretaker, Harry Troop, watched over the property during the rest of the year. Before month camp for student leaders from around the West Coast started in mid June, we had to open and restock our supplies. That included unpacking and setting up all the tents, putting the dock back in the water, purchasing and transporting provisions to the island, and clearing all the weeds and brush for fire safety. Water was supplied by a spring up the canyon. Pipes ran from the spring to a big 10,000 gallon wooden water tank. Winter storms and mud slides frequently washed out the pipes that had to be replaced.
There was no electricity so we used Coleman lanterns to provide light in the Main Deck, our primary meeting and dining area. After dinner each night we had a worship time and then a speaker. We had to pump the lanterns before the worship but the lights would dim before it was time for the speaker. So each night we took the lanterns down and pumped them again. After the evening session, students took the kerosene lanterns back to their cabins. We purchased propane gas for the stove, refrigerator, and later the lighting system in the Main Deck and transported it to camp by boat in 200 pound cylinders. Those were then floated to the beach and rolled up the fairway to the boat house. Mel later found an old tractor that we could use to carry stuff.
Laundry was done in a Maytag wringer washer run by a gas engine. In those days Jeanne had pig tails and one day her hair got caught in one of the wringers. Thankfully she was able to reach the release valve before something very serious happened.
On another occasion some students wanted to watch a movie. Paul Byer found a 16mm projector and powered it with an old gas generator. But the generator was so loud that no one could hear the movie. To solve that problem, we attached a very long extension cord and put the generator far away.
One summer one of the guys found a used Renault four- cylinder engine and that we hooked up to power the refrigerator. But in the middle of the summer the bearings wore out and the engine died. We couldn't find a replacement part in town. Bob looked around at lumber that had washed up on the beach and found a good piece of hardwood. He carved a bearing out of the wood and the engine ran another three or four summers.
Overall the work was physically demanding—moving supplies, digging pits, constructing buildings. In fact we used to have a saying. "If there is a harder way to do it, we are looking for it." But we loved it. We returned each fall to USC looking tan, fit, and rested.
Every August the Island Company sponsored a Marlin Fishing Competition in Avalon. Game fish cannot be sold so fisherman who caught a fish had two options. They could stuff and mount it as a trophy and stick it on their living room wall (over the objection of their wives) or they could give it to a non-profit group like Campus by the Sea. So every once in a while we received a marlin. One summer someone caught a 350 pound sea bass and delivered it to our dock. We had to manhandle that huge creature from the dock into a boat; from the boat to the shore; from the shore up the fairway to a large tree. Using block and tackle, we then hoisted the behemoth and hung it from a limb. We didn't have knives large enough for the job so one of the fellows used a saw to cut giant sea bass fillets. We then packaged the meat into smaller portions, kept some for ourselves and delivered the rest to folks in Avalon.
In the early years, Campus by the Sea was very fortunate to have Betty Fletcher as our Administrative Secretary. She worked closely with Mel Friesen and Paul Byer to facilitate the work in the region. Her husband had died suddenly and she raised her young son Paul on her own. I vividly remember walking through the camp late at night and seeing a kerosene lantern on in the office. There was Betty hard at work.
She was also a dedicated prayer warrior. One day we all hiked up Toyon Ridge. Bob had not yet seen a Buffalo on the island and he was eager to find one. I told Betty and she said she would pray. Well, when we got to the first ridge, there was a buffalo waiting for us. When we got to the next ridge, there was another one. As we neared the third ridge, I said to her, "Betty you can stop praying now!"
In 1969 Betty discovered that she had ovarian cancer. She was very sick and not able to continue her responsibilities at Campus by the Sea. She had served the camp for fifteen summers in a row and was very sad to leave. In all those summers she never saw a dolphin, so when we got on the boat to travel home for the last time, she prayed that the Lord might let her see one. About half way across the channel a whole school of dolphins suddenly appeared. They surrounded the boat taking turns diving in front of the bow—first one group and then another. It was as if they were escorting us home. I have never seen anything like it. Betty was delighted and we sensed that it was the Lord's special gift to her. She died the next year but the memory of that moment has been a source of encouragement to me every since.
We used boats to haul supplies and transport passengers. Mel found an old fishing boat, The "Pirate," which we used to haul supplies from Avalon. Over the years we acquired an odd collection. Mel also bought a number of used wooden row boats. Every morning my kids had to bail them out. Someone else gave us a used twenty-five foot yacht which we christened "The CBuS". Later the camp bought an old shore boat.
On two occasions private boats crashed on our beach. In one situation the sailor had set his boat on automatic pilot and fell asleep. When he collided with the Rock Jetty, he awoke. We patched him up and sent him off again the next day.
On another night a great big sail boat pulled up to the dock. The captain, who was a rookie seaman sailing alone, told us the yacht belonged to his boss. His first question was, "Where am I?" When we said, "Catalina Island," he was dumbfounded and replied, "That can't be. I was trying to sail from Long Beach to Santa Barbara." He was out of gas so we gave him enough to get to Avalon where he could fill up. Since he didn't understand nautical terms, when I sent him off I said, "Sail that way for a couple of blocks and look right. You will see Avalon." His reply was, "You're sending me to my death!" We found out the next day that he made it safely.
Then there was our adopted son Michael Peters. He loved boats and while at CBS he learn how to build and repair them from one of the volunteer staff Bill Waldon and his brother Dick. Bill was a high school shop teacher and Dick was a boat builder. They taught him to use all the tools. Michael then built a small dingy on our back porch in Los Angeles. He later went on to study engineering and naval architecture. He now designs award winning yachts and power boats in Florida.
Late one night I walked back to our cabin on the beach. Bob was in the hospital in Avalon being treated for staph infection at the time. As I got near the water, I could hear the row boats banging on the rocks—their tether lines untied. I yelled for Paul Byer who was staying in the cabin right above us. He came roaring down the hill and the two of us plunged into the water up to our knees, grabbed the boats and pulled them to safety on the shore.
While standing there in the moonlight on the beach, we looked up the canyon to see the only other light on in camp—the office lantern. As usual Betty Fletcher was hard at work. Paul, who I affectionately called Boss Man, said, "Now we know who cares most about Campus by the Sea—you, me, and Betty." Next to my husband Bob, Paul Byer was the greatest guy I ever knew.
One fall the Island Company contacted us requesting permission to use the Gallagher's Cove as a movie set. This was after World War Two and the film was to depict the Japanese invasion of a South Pacific Island. The movie company arrived and painted all the rocks on the beach green. They installed a giant green screen as a backdrop to create the impression of a heavily forested island. Actors were dressed as Japanese soldiers. The only clues that the setting was not the South Pacific were the leaky Campus by the Sea row boats used by the Japanese soldiers to paddle to shore.
During the 1960s young men were being drafted and sent off to an unpopular war in Vietnam. Student unrest on college campuses was at its height. InterVarsity was struggling to adapt to a new generation of Baby Boomer students. Attendance in the campus groups fell and as a result attendance at CBS dropped accordingly. A very small team of InterVarsity staff were struggling financially to keep the camp open in addition to fulfilling all of their on campus responsibilities. 1968 was a time of crisis. After much deliberation the InterVarsity staff in the region decided that to move forward they would need to close down CBS and give up the lease.
Others of us, however, felt that the location was just too good to give up. So InterVarsity alumni and a few staff gathered to think and pray about the situation. To relieve the burden on the InterVarsity staff we decided to form a committee to operate the camp. We wrote a proposal to the InterVarsity Board of Trustee saying that if they agreed to maintain the lease, we would take full fiscal and operational responsibilities for the camp. An agreement was reached. The original committee is pictured below.
We got so far in the hole financially that first year that we couldn't quit. 1969, 1970, and 1971 continued to be difficult. In 1971 I was appointed Dean of Students at USC and suddenly I was no longer free in the summers so I had to leave the committee. But I am grateful for those friends who courageously stepped in the gap during those crisis years. They sustained the ministry of Campus by the Sea for several years until InterVarsity was strong enough organizationally to assume responsibilities again. And during that time InterVarsity figured out, especially with the help of Paul Byer, how to minister to the baby boomer generation. Chapters began to grow again and in turn attendance at Campus by the Sea increased dramatically. God is good.
The original CBS committee consisted of Bob Sharpless, Betty Fletcher, Jim Rutz, Walt and Dottie Herbst, Jim Perry, Bill Waldon, and Bob and Jeanne Mannes (Chair)
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Faith can have a powerful impact on the quality and longevity of a relationship. Couples that share religious beliefs and practices are happier than those that don't, according to a study by University of Virginia, University of Texas and Florida State University researchers, published in August 2010 in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Arriving at those shared beliefs and practices involves communication, the core element of a healthy relationship, and a willingness to learn from each other and together, while respecting differences.
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With 43,000 Christian denominations globally, don't assume that your partner's beliefs mirror your own. Some denominations take dramatically different positions from others on important issues, often based on differences in reading and interpreting scripture. Approximately 33 percent of Americans believe the Bible "is to be taken literally word for word," according to a Gallup poll, while others favor more figurative interpretations. Find your shared beliefs by setting aside time together daily or weekly to read and discuss the Bible. As a couple, decide what Christian practices you'll bring into your relationship to share. In specific terms, talk about how your shared Christian beliefs shape your expectations of each other and the relationship. Coming to a clear, mutual agreement on the ground rules and guiding principles of your relationship is important to keeping it healthy and strong, helping to reduce conflict and increase relationship satisfaction.
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Shared goals are essential to a couple forging long-term emotional connections, according to psychotherapist Barton Goldsmith. Goals help keep a couple on the same path, actively engaged. Effective goal setting begins with knowing what you want. Brainstorm together to make a 10-year life plan, a five-year plan and one for the next year. Be detailed and specific, breaking big goals down into bite-sized chunks – small goals -- achievable in a single unit of available time, such as an hour or an afternoon off. Celebrate each accomplished goal. Make your goals about more than just the business of life. Nourish those long-term emotional connections by setting interesting, productive goals to achieve together, such as completing a Bible study course, learning how to garden, or improving physical fitness. These achievements can deepen intimacy, strengthen your relationship and make you an even better couple.
Pray Together Each Day
Make time daily to pray as a couple. This shared activity in particular was associated with stronger, more satisfying relationships in the study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Focus on the Family suggests that couples hold hands during their prayer session and start with a few minutes of silent prayer. Then, the couple should pray aloud together, perhaps opening with each partner praying for the other. Making it a priority to pray together daily offers important benefits that extend beyond the spiritual. This daily ritual builds intimacy and highlights shared values, both essential to healthy, strong relationships. Praying together is a powerful affirmation of a couple's commitment to God, their relationship and each other.
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Anything of value needs maintenance if it's going to last. A relationship is no different. Growing apart is increasingly cited as a cause of divorce, according to Susan Heitler, a relationship expert with a doctorate in clinical psychology. Heitler describes growing apart as a gradual shifting of energy out of the relationship and into other things. Superficial pleasantries offered in passing take the place of meaningful exchanges. Emotional connections weaken and fade. What keeps emotional connections healthy and creates new connections is the energy of active, engaged interaction, the energy of growth. Do meaningful, adventurous things together, such as missionary work or participating in a humanitarian aide program. Go to religious retreats and seminars together to infuse your faith with new energy, too. Explore life, grow together and stay connected.
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- Bible Study Magazine: What's in Your Bible?
- Gallop News Service: One-Third of Americans Believe the Bible Is Literally True
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KUWAIT CITY, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) held firefighting drills on Saturday on its construction site in the desert region of central Kuwait.
Nearly 40 newly-recruited overseas workers of CGGC participated in the drills under high temperature.
The workers completed the drills in an efficient and orderly manner in a short time, winning praise and applause of the audience.
Kang Hai, head of Occupation, Health and Safety Department of CGGC's infrastructure construction project in Kuwait, said that safety training is a compulsory course for every overseas worker of the project.
"We have turned the theory into practice by organizing such firefighting drills and other activities. We strive to make everyone in the project gain fire emergency response capabilities," he said.
Abdul Rouf, director of overseas labor of the project, said that CGGC attaches great importance to fire safety of the project.
"Our company regularly provides fire safety training for overseas workers through training and drills. Our workers have improved safety awareness and operational firefighting ability," he said.
CGGC's infrastructure network is part of the Kuwaiti South AL Mutlaa Residential Project and is the largest project for CGGC in the Kuwaiti market.
The construction area for the CGGC is nearly 30 square km and started officially at the end of April 2017.
The South AL Mutlaa Residential Project is an important welfare project in Kuwait. The total construction area of the project is 100 square km, and it will accommodate 400,000 people after completion.


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GlenDronach has recently built a solid reputation with its new OB's and yearly single casks. Independent releases are scarce under the new owners but Malts of Scotland has proven it knows how to acquire special casks.
A similar cask #197 was released shortly after as an official bottling – it was available at the distillery only.
GlenDronach 14 yo 1996 (57,2%, Malts of Scotland 2010, oloroso cask #195, 287 btl.)
Nose: very thick and heavy. Chocolate coated raisins. Toffee and balsamic syrup. Prune jam. Lots of nutty aromas (walnut, hazelnut butter, Nutella) and bread crust with honey. Milk chocolate. A few herbal (Maggi) notes as well.
Mouth: also very heavy – sweet and sticky. Mocha. Roasted nuts. A little pepper. Stewed fruits and prunes. Dark chocolate. Dates and figs. Walnuts.
Finish: Quite long, totally on dark cherries and chocolate sauce.
This is thicker than a'bunadh… thicker than other GlenDronach as well. It's not bad (not at all) but I think it's slightly over the top and too focused on the sherry. It is probably great as a sauce for vanilla ice cream, I will try that as soon as I have the chance. Around € 60.
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Victor Hugo Gómez Vasquez is alleged to be a senior member of the Gulf Cartel.[1] Dominican Republic prosecutors suspect he was the mastermind behind the shooting of David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox.[2] Ortiz was visiting his friend Sixto David Fernandez, they were visiting the Dial Bar and Lounge, in Santo Domingo, a bar where Fernandez was a regular.
- ↑ Rachel Sandler (2019-06-19). "Hitmen Who Shot David Ortiz Meant To Kill His Friend, Authorities Say". Forbes magazine. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/06/19/hitmen-who-shot-david-ortiz-meant-to-kill-his-friend-authorities-say/#6ddb5d5a61a9. Retrieved 2019-06-19. "Officials believe Victor Hugo Gómez Vasquez, a fugitive who is a member of the Gulf Cartel, is the mastermind behind the alleged hit. The Gulf Cartel is a major drug trafficker in Mexico, according to the Associated Press."
- ↑ James Wagner (2019-06-19). "David Ortiz Was Not Target of Shooting, Authorities Say". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/sports/david-ortiz-shooting.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage. Retrieved 2019-06-19. "Jean Alain Rodríguez, the country's top prosecutor, said Ortiz, who was shot in the back and underwent emergency surgery that night before being transported to Boston, was wearing similar clothing to a friend, Sixto David Fernandez, who was the intended target of the shooting."


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Under the High patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Environment, and thanks to a generous contribution from Microsoft, Beeatoona organized a NGO connection day/Workshop, on Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, at the Radisson Blu Martinez Hotel- Ain Al Mreisse.
The workshop was launched in an official ceremony at 11 am, with the presence of Eng Sanaa Sairawan, representing the MoE, Captain Nader Abdallah, representing the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, a representative of the Australian Embassy and representatives of Tyre Municipalities Union.
First, Mr Maroun Charabati, President of Beeatoona Organization greeted the attendees, speaking of the organization's journey towards a the best management of E-waste in Lebanon and the region, and praising Microsoft's efforts and collaborations with the civil society for a better environment.
On the second hand, Ms Leila Serhan Salem, Lebanon Country Manager in Microsoft, spoke of the corporation's green initiative and the support it provides to the civil society through technology. Also, she portrayed the environmental policies applied at Microsoft's buildings worldwide.
As for Eng Sayrawan, she praised the joint efforts of the workshop organizers and declared the importance of taking things in hand when it comes to the environmental issues that we face today, instead of waiting for the solutions to be provided to us from the government.
After two presentations respectively moderated by Mr Ghassan Chahine, DPE Lead in Microsoft and Ms Patricia Khoury, Director of Beeatoona, the workshop began.
The diversity of the participants endorsed the efficiency of the workshop:
Eng Sanaa Sairawan, representing the MoE
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Representatives of civil society organizations, such as: Makhzoumi Foundation, Fondation Saradar, DPNA, Terre Liban, IOCC, the Lebanese Scout Association, and many others…
Representatives of AUB.
As the sessions began, each participant was asked to describe the scope of work of her/his institution. This helped the group define what was there in common: "Education, Youth and E-learning". Then, the purpose of the workshop was described to them as such: "Our goal is to set an action plan which helps provide the public with a realistic and sustainable solution for the E-waste problem by making use of technology; hence, we would be forming responsible E-generators through our educational activities". The participants were then divided into 4 groups (A, B, C and D). Each group had 45 minutes to come up with an action plan, write it down on two papers, and then chose a spokesperson to describe it to the rest of the participants.
Then, A&B switched plans, and so did C&D, as a form of peer to peer review: this helped fill in the gaps of each action plan by the participants themselves; the second activity was also followed by a presentation.
The participants integrated technology in their action plans, e.g.: 1 group suggested the creation of awareness software that can be transferred via mobile phones.
As a result, a network was formed: "Responsible E-learning through E-waste Best Management" NGO network. It gathers around 20 NGOs and institutions, willing to diffuse awareness on the hazards of E-waste. Beeatoona will act as a hub for the network and maintain the communication and exchanges, which will be sustained electronically. Therefore, a database was formed and the 1st E-mail was sent on the day that follows the event.
The network shall collaborate further via E-mailing, in order to come up with the ideal action plan in the near future.
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