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It's lack of economic opportunity that is dooming more Americans to "diseases of despair."
The devastation to struggling small towns and cities of Appalachia and the Northeast unleashed by the opioid epidemic has brought renewed attention to the connection between the physical health of individuals and the economic health of their communities. Indeed, the opioid crisis is an especially pernicious example of the many national-scale public health challenges that disproportionately affect economically distressed places throughout the country.
Our organization, the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), works to shed light on the socioeconomic fault lines dividing American communities. We recently cross-walked county-level measures of economic well-being from EIG's Distressed Communities Index (DCI) with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), finding that distressed counties have drug death rates that are on average 37 percent higher than well-off places and opioid prescription rates that are nearly 56 percent higher.
Such gaps are, unfortunately, typical across a remarkably wide array of measures of health and physical well-being.
For example, the connection between place and life expectancy is unmistakable. People residing in prosperous counties—the one-fifth of counties that score best on the DCI—live on average nearly five years longer than their neighbors in economically distressed ones. The average life expectancy in distressed places, at 75.2 years, is nearly four years below the U.S. average of 79.1 years.
Overall, life expectancy among counties varies by nearly 20 years, from 86.8 years in prosperous Summit County, Colorado, to only 67.6 years in distressed Union County, Florida. The relationship is a strong one: Of the 10 percent of counties with the shortest life expectancy, nearly 74 percent rate as "distressed" on the DCI while only one of those 313 counties is prosperous.
A number of other negative health outcomes, from obesity and diabetes to mortality and substance abuse, all become both more prevalent and more threatening as economic conditions in a community deteriorate. Mortality rates are more than 25 percent higher in distressed counties than in prosperous ones, and mortality rates specifically from mental and substance abuse disorders are 64 percent higher. In some particularly desolate corners of the country, mortality rates from these "diseases of despair"—including suicide, alcohol abuse, and drug overdose—reach more than four times the national rate. The remotest corners of Appalachia and the most isolated Native American reservations of the West are worst affected. Such place-based disparities in mental and physical health are yet another demonstration of the widening gulf between America's thriving communities and those being left behind as the economy evolves in the 21st century.
The causes of poor public health may be manifold, but community economic conditions clearly play a role. The struggle to find work or meet your family's basic needs can take a heavy physical and psychological toll. People surrounded by economic distress are less likely to lead healthy lifestyles, such as engaging in regular exercise or refraining from smoking. Geography compounds the problem: In our increasingly urban age, most economically distressed counties are sparsely populated places where access to quality healthcare facilities is limited.
Particular demographic groups suffer disproportionately under the nexus between poor health outcomes and economic strain. Minorities constitute 72 percent of the population living in distressed ZIP codes, and those most likely to live in distressed ZIP codes—namely blacks and Native Americans—register lower life expectancies than whites. Not coincidentally, the only demographic group for which life expectancy has started to deteriorate in recent years is also the only group for which economic circumstances have significantly deteriorated: the white working class (specifically those without some college education).
Academics studying the plight of this group, which the opioid epidemic has hit particularly hard, have established a strong connection between their newly strained economic circumstances and the incidence of diseases of despair. Princeton economist Angus Deaton, one of those academics, summed his research up in testimony before Congress earlier this year: "Heavy drinking, obesity, increasing social isolation, drugs, and suicide are plausible outcomes of [these] cumulative processes that deprive white working class lives of their meaning." His statement underscores a broader truth: Much of the country's public health challenge is rooted in deeply uneven access to economic opportunity from one community to the next.
The human suffering associated with economic distress weighs on society as whole. In the short-term, a failing local economy translates into higher benefits outlays and increased healthcare spending—burdens borne by all taxpayers, regardless of where they reside. (Two times more public medical assistance spending flows to distressed counties than to prosperous ones.) In the longer term, the tragic waste of human capital in struggling communities reduces our nation's economic growth potential and erodes its social fabric.
What can be done to address the underlying causes of these disparities? Tackling them at their roots requires a greater focus on place-based policymaking. We should start with innovative public policies that spur investment, empower entrepreneurs, encourage mobility in the labor market, and restore economic dynamism neighborhood by neighborhood. Most such solutions must be enacted at the state and local level. However, the Investing in Opportunity Act, currently being considered in Congress, is one promising federal concept to democratize access to capital and encourage private investment in low-income communities nationwide. Policymakers should be far bolder in pursuing new ideas designed for the current landscape—and stop trying to solve 21st century economic challenges with whatever is left of the 20th century policy toolkit.
Republicans and Democrats alike recognize problems like the opioid epidemic require urgent intervention. But to fully address deep-seated public health challenges nationwide, our leaders must apply that same sense of urgency to an economic re-connection agenda that puts struggling communities on the road to rehabilitation.


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California cities threaten to challenge census, which shows little growth
Some Southern California cities might challenge the U.S. Census after data showed their communities saw little growth in the last decade -- or actually lost residents.
The census shows that the population in Santa Ana declined 4% from 2000 to 2010. As a result, Santa Ana lost its ranking as Orange County's largest city to neighboring Anaheim, which recorded a population of 336,265, up 2.5% over the last decade.
But Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido believes the city is still growing and thinks that many Santa Ana residents who are immigrants refused to participate in the census for fear of deportation or other factors.
"We didn't shrink, and these numbers indicate that we shrank," Pulido said. "In June, we're going to file a protest with the Census Bureau."
Some in Long Beach were shocked to learn that from 2000 to 2010 the state's seventh-largest city added only 735 residents -- a growth rate of 0.2% and far below the national average of 9.7%.
Long Beach is considering a challenge, along with San Jose.
City officials in San Jose, who expected the count to show a population of more than 1 million but were disappointed when it fell short by more than 50,000, said they were starting to meet with lobbyists to discuss the data because funding was at stake.
"That could be a huge impact for the funds that are due to the city of San Jose and to special public agencies," Deputy City Manager Deanna Santana said, noting that grants and other funding were often doled out based on population counts. "The worry is to make sure San Jose gets its fair share based on its population," she said.
-- Ari Bloomekatz
Photo: The Long Beach skyline is reflected in the Los Angeles River. According to the latest census, Long Beach grew at a rate of only 0.2% in the last decade. Credit: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times


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Opened in July, the W is part of Al Habtoor City in Dubai, incorporating three hotels and residential towers. The W looks out to the soon-to-be-completed Dubai Water Canal. It's a 20-minute drive from Dubai International Airport and a 10-minute drive to the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall.
The hip sister to fellow Starwood neighbours St Regis – which opened last November, and the yet-to-open Westin – this 33-storey hotel fits the W Hotel ethos of mixing fashion, design and music perfectly. The check-in lounge on the 30th floor features a DJ booth and is where Dubai's hip set sip cocktails on the miss-matched couches in the multi-level adjoining bar.
Poolside, known as the Wet Deck, is set up for partying. There's another DJ booth there and champagne popsicles are served but, at the moment at least, there's little shade from the Dubai sun. The good news is you can walk through a gate to the shaded pools of the St Regis, which anyone staying at W has access to.
There's a 24-hour gym on site or guests can opt for a private in-room session with the hotel's yoga instructor.
White leather, stick lighting, mirrors and curves give the rooms a futuristic feel, while pops of brightly coloured artworks break the minimalist colour scheme. The bathroom is open-concept, that is there is no door, the bath being a key feature of the room's design. The W signature bed with a pillow-top mattress is extremely inviting after a long flight.
Their presidential suite, known as the Extreme Wow Suite, offers two levels of decadence, including a giant round bed, a DJ station, dance floor and even a catwalk ramp. Musician Flo Rida had just partied there the week before I arrived.
At the W, they pride themselves on the "Whenever, Whatever" service. Anything you like (within reason) will be brought to your room. Before arriving, I was asked via email from the "Welcome Experience Team" what my "poison of choice" was. The drink was waiting in my room upon arrival and, knowing I was from Australia they added a touch of Down Under to the room (photos of koalas and roos) as a welcoming surprise.
The hotel's destination restaurant, Namu, offers a mix of Japanese and Korean cuisine. Guests can choose a seat overlooking the canal or one at a station where chefs perfect their works of art. Service is excellent, even the head chef visited every table to offer his recommendations.
The market style eatery, Level Seven, where all meals are served, offers Mediterranean flavours and hosts a "Feed Me" brunch every Friday.
While the hotel is a short taxi ride to most of the malls and attractions of Dubai, the beauty of this complex is visitors can fly and flop. Everything is there, including access to the facilities and restaurants of the St Regis (and soon The Westin), which makes the W a good option for a stopover stay.
Farther afield, the hotel can help organise a "Heritage Desert Safari with Stargazing" to whisk visitors out of the built-up area.
The vibe is hip, the design is, at times, a bit showy (catwalks, an abundance of mirrors and neon) which works well in these days of selfies. This is a good option if you want to party with Dubai's hip set or just enjoy good food and stylish surroundings.
The special opening rate with prices starting from AED899 ($329) per room, per night includes early check-in from noon and late check-out until 5pm, complimentary W Lounge welcome beverage upon arrival, breakfast, and complimentary WiFi access. See wdubaialhabtoorcity.com
The food and service is excellent, and access to facilities at St Regis is welcomed.
Arriving after a long flight is slightly confusing, once you get past all the lights and stripes on the ground floor you realise the check-in desk is actually 30 flights up.
Andrea Black was a guest of the W Dubai Al Habtoor City.


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Thursday, November 16, 2017. 1 - 2 pm
Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St, Spokane
You may have seen Simon at Art Walks, Farmer's Markets, Love our Local Fest, and other places in the Northwest, including Valleyfest in September in Spokane Valley. "In 2002, while still in high school, I moved to Australia to follow my dream of playing rugby. After my third game of the season, I was injured in a scrum which left me with C5/6 quadriplegia. After graduating from The Evergreen State College, I spent most of my time volunteering with preschool children who inspired me to write about 'The Adventures of Frank and Mustard.'
"The book features Frank, a dog who uses a wheelchair and his best buddy Mustard. I wrote this book series so that I could share my experiences of living with quadriplegia. I also created it to spread more disability awareness in children's books to inspire kids to have a positive mindset, and to empower students who are facing tough challenges. During my presentation, which will be via Skype since I live in Olympia, I share my personal story by using videos and music, and allow time for students to ask me questions about my disability."
Ages: All ages.
Cost: Free if you show up. There is a $10 registration fee per family that will be fully refunded after the presentation as long as you show up.
Payment is required in advance via credit card, debit card, check, or cash. There is no "Pay at the Door." Your reservation is confirmed when payment is received. Payment is due 3 days before the event. If payment is not received by then, your reservation will be cancelled.
Cancellation Policy: You can have a full refund if you contact Exploring Families 3 days before the event. There is no refund if you cancel 3 days before the event.


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No other safes can compare with John Tann's "New Security" Safes for enormous protection a low expenditure. For the safe-keeping of cash and valuable property in shops, private houses and other establishments they are ideal.
John Tann's "New Security" Safes resist attack by all forms of mechanical drilling, cutting and fracturing tools, and they are provided with a light form of the unique JOHN TANN ANTI-BLOWPIPE AND ANTI-EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, which hold the door secure even if the lock is entirely destroyed or removed by the oxy-acetylene blowpipe or by high explosives.
These safes are provided with a light form of JOHN TANN'S ANTI-BLOWPIPE AND ANTI-EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (which hold the door secure even if the lock is entirely destroyed or removed by the oxy-acetylene blowpipe or by high explosives). When desired, the locks of these safes can, without additional cost, be so constructed that the keys cannot be removed unless the bolts are locked. Keyless combination locks can, if desired, be fitted in place of, or in addition to, the keylocks.
DOORThickness over lockwork 1 3/8 in. Thickness over other vital parts 1 1/8 in. Constructed of Siemens Martin tough steel and drill-proof and unbreakable compound steel over the whole area, with extra thickness of drill-proof and unbreakable steel over the lock. Compound drill-proof and unbreakable stranded-steel rivets are used in the construction of the door, riveted under a hydraulic pressure of 30 tons to each rivet. Lock-chamber constructed of solid steel angle-bars.
LOCK AND BOLTWORKThe door is secured by 1 1/2 in. dia. round bright-drawn steel bolts at the back and 1 1/2 in. dia. round bright-drawn steel sliding bolts at the front, which pass through the solid-flange lock-chamber into bolt-holes in the solid frame of body, and are protected by drill-proof and unbreakable compound steel plate. The boltwork is controlled by John Tann's patent unpickable 10-lever lock (with stainless-steel keys in duplicate). The lock and bolt mechanism is so arranged that if blows or pressure could be brought to bear on the sliding bolts no strain would come upon the lock but would be transmitted to the solid angle lock-chamber.
BODYThe whole area of body and back is protected by drill-proof and unbreakable steel, with a minimum total thickness in any part of 1/2 in. of steel. The outer body and the inner body, though incorporated into one infrangible unit, are each of strong, burglar-resisting construction and form two powerful lines of defence. The outer body is of Siemens Martin tough steel plate 1/4 in. thick bent at all twelve corners and welded into one complete and jointless member; it is reinforced at all edges and corners by saw-proof, drill-proof and unbreakable steel and the front is strengthened by a solid welded steel frame.
The inner body is constructed of drill-proof and unbreakable compound steel 1/4 in. thick, extending also over the ends of the sliding bright-drawn steel bolts so that the safe is protected on all sides and over the whole area of the door against attack by any form of mechanical drilling, cutting and fracturing tool.
FIRE-RESISTING CHAMBERSThe space between the inner and outer bodies is filled with John Tann's patent moisture-generating, non-conducting fire-resisting composition, the finest known to science, forming chambers of a total thickness of 3 in. to 4 in. (See John Tann's monograph " Scientific Protection against Loss by Fire" for description and particulars of tests.)
FITTINGSThe steel drawers and cupboards are secured by strong 6-lever locks (with stainless-steel keys in duplicate), and all shelves, cupboards and drawers are strongly constructed of heavy steel plate. Special fittings can be supplied if required.
FURNITURE AND FINISH The safe-handles, drawer‑handles, keyhole etc. a re heavily chromium‑plated. Painted with three coats, enamelled and varnished in a handsome modern finish. (Safes can be painted in selected colours if desired.)


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A blog that explores cooking with garden food during the off-growing season.
Friday, September 2, 2011
The woes of the dry weather
When even the weeds in the garden are drooping, you know it's bad.
I returned from a few days away to find most of the squash vines in the garden dried up. I've already harvested plenty so I'm not concerned about that but the tomatoes are just now starting to produce well, as are the peppers.
When I get concerned about feeding my garden, I do have a sprinkler to use. But I also use the method gardeners have employed for generations. Put a tub or bowl into the kitchen sink and save the wash and rinse water from the dishes. I have three large pitchers that I fill then out I go to find a faithful, growing friend to reward.
Another gardener who I know puts a bucket into her shower to catch water as well. It must sound crazy to the victims of Hurricane Irene along the East Coast, but yes, we're searching for water while you're dealing with its aftermath. I do send out prayers of support for the farmers who have lost acres and acres of crops to that storm.
Dry days also remind me of the benefit of mulching. Mulch in the garden helps the soil retain moisture rather than allowing the sun to suck it dry. So don't forget your mulch. If a storm isn't so severe that is carries it away, it can be a huge benefit.
Time to eat lunch, then wash the dishes, then water again.
Posted by Beth Dotson Brown at 12:06 PM
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Do you use a particular kind of dish liquid? Don't know why because we use it on our dishes but I thought with dish liquid might not be good for plants......bath water......that's a whole new thing for me to ponder!ReplyDelete
No, I don't use a particular kind. I tried making some myself, like I do my home cleaning solutions, but it didn't work well. I suppose this means my garden isn't truly organic, but I haven't seen negative consequences from the dish liquid water.ReplyDelete
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Anti-Coal Protest Gives Congress a Kick in its Coal-Fired Butt
Photo Kate Davison via Capitol Climate Action @ flickr.
At a demonstration yesterday at the Capitol Power Plant, USA Today estimates several thousand Washington protesters turned out to block the gates to the facility and tell the members of Congress (whose main buildings are heated and cooled by this coal-fired facility in the middle of D.C.) to further eschew coal and mountain-top mining, and not reneg on their promise to go carbon neutral. According to Bill McKibben @ Grist it was the biggest anti-coal U.S. protest to date.
No one arrested
The protesters at Capitol Power Plant, including actor Susan Sarandon, NASA climatologist Dr. James Hansen and Robert Kennedy Jr., were flanked by a ring of police, but no one was reported arrested. Fox News reports that many protesters stayed home due to the snowstorm that hit DC on Monday and the demonstration itself was "frozen out" while CNN said hundreds made it to the plant.
The above video by the Coen brothers for the non-profit Reality.org is a hilarious send off on the entire oxymoronic idea (at least currently) that coal-fired generation can somehow be quickly and economically retrofitted to be clean. Carbon capture at the Capitol Power Plant had been previously deemed unrealistic due to location.
House drops carbon offset purchases
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced plans to convert Capitol Power Plant to fully run on natural gas by the end of this year (currently it is less than half coal-powered). However, while that move might reduce particulates and lower greenhouse gas emissions somewhat, in the meantime the House announced that it was abandoning its goal to become climate neutral by purchasing offsets. If the House can't do it, why should the rest of the world? What's the use of gathering in Copenhagen at the end of this year to firm up post-Kyoto commitments if, as the House is implying, buying offsets isn't worth it? Via: Environment News Service
Read more at TreeHugger
There Is No Such Thing As Clean Coal
Avoid Reliance on the Evil Sun With Clean Coal
Uncovering Energy Elephants in the Room? Nuclear, Hydrogen, Clean Coal
Lester Brown: Time's Up, Coal


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WARNING! – The following blog post is not based on Professional Critic points but purely opinion based. If you are looking for movie-critics, this is the fucking wrong place.
Also, this list is based on movies that I have seen and does not include films I have yet to see.
Worst Movies of 2014 (Released till July 2014)
#10 – Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Now, before the internet explodes in a rage unlike any other – I have nothing but utmost respect for the great late Tom Clancy and work (books, games and movies).
However, everyone has his own personal taste and I don't know what is with this story – but for me it was simply BORING. That is my problem with this movie, the only and most serious problem. It's just so fucking boring I wasn't even paying attention to the dialog or plot! I wanted it to end!
I know, this movie technically counts as a 2013 movie but I did not know about till the DVD Premiere earlier this year, so to me this movie did not exist beforehand.
The only credit I give to this movie is for its low-budget and indie vision. They did the best they could I guess and that is why it's not much lower on this list.
However, I will be blunt: the movie is just shit. There is no suspense. The freaking poster is about the best thing – ouch.
Again – I know they did the max they could but it was not enough. Nothing surprised me or shocked me in this film, it just fucking sucked. I hope that if they keep doing films – they better step up their game like a fuck ton a lot.
Ah, another of those movies based on a book or book series for teen girls about Vampires!
Well, IT'S JUST FUCKING BULLSHIT! The only true fact about this movie is the tagline – THEY SUCK AT SCHOOL.
Yes, the movie sucks ass and balls and not in a good way. I don't think the fans of the book/books enjoyed it. If they did then kudos to them. The only good part is that they did not make these Vampires constipated, sparkling bitches.
However, as Vampires, they stink. The movie stinks, the whole thing stinks and I rather watch that other movie VAMP U or whatever the fuck it was: at least it was stupidly funny.
This one is just a pile of junk, waiting to be tossed into the incinerator.
Another garbage found footage film.
This genre has been killed off a long time ago by other shitty movies and this one is no fucking exception.
The only good part – that fucking viral video with the devil baby scarring the shit out of pedestrians. Seriously, that is the only good thing this movie birthed – no pun intended. Revealed as a commercial in the last 10 seconds! Cut those 10 seconds out and keep it as a funny viral vid.
The rest is just pure crap.
Did we need a sequel to the first part? It was nothing that spectacular. It was an OK flick ( way worse things and movies were out there during the first Rio movie).
Rio 2 –well, it's a pointless and stupid product placement and rehash of stuff they probably had on the cutting floor and that is where they should have left it. It's not even funny, and in a ton of scenes I think it just terrifies the kids (main target audience).
It started on an OK note, but then it kept going down and down minute after minute till it reached the bottomless abyss where it should remain!
There is nothing original in this movie, especially the premise. However, it's not one of the worst product placement offenders on this list. We will get there! (Note – Not even loved by kids!)
#5 – Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
These movies are dead to me. The first one was done on a similar budget like the Invoking, however it made so much money in the cinemas so it was re-released. Credit for the first one that tried something new and it worked. After that, it just got worse and worse and worse.
For me by the 4th one it was over. Then I saw the poster – the statue of praying nun with a skull face – and thought: – hmm, this might be different, they finally changed the theme of the cover!
Was it different? It was fucking terrible! Not scary, every moment predictable. When they took the guns out of the trunk in the end of the film like it's nothing – FUCK – that moment killed the franchise completely. And the twist at the end was just added to connect to the previous parts – somehow.
Please stop making these movies – the notion died a long time ago.
#4 – Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
FUCK ME! There are many things people enjoy in life. Funny classic cartoons? Yes. You may enjoy other forms of entertainment. Sometimes, – just sometimes I think to myself: how great it would be if they combined them and there are others around that think that too!
Well, this is the WRONG COMBINATION. Original Movie? (It's written on the cover) – THIS IS INFURIATING FUCKING CRAP.
If this was a Scooby mystery it would have been OK, but they added WWE and so much fucking SHAMELESS PROMOTION. Rio 2 was subtle compared to that.
FUCK – this movie made me so angry. People that wear T-shirts with logos of their companies or something to advertise themselves are MORE SUBTLE THAN THIS PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT!
You guys fucking ruined Scooby-Doo so fucking hard that even the live-action movies shake their heads in fucking shame. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BIRTHED THIS MONSTER!
This movie is the worst remake anyone could ask for. It makes RoboCop 3 look like a Knight in shining armor that should rescue us from this filth.
The only good scene, the only ONE FUCKING GOOD SCENE IN THIS ABOMINATION is when they take RoboCop apart to show, what they did to him. A great emotional scene.
Other than that scene I just have to say: FUCK YOU WHO WROTE IT, FUCK YOU WHO PRODUCED IT, FUCK YOU WHO THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA, FUCK PG-13 RATING AND FUCK THIS WHOLE MOVIE.
Watch the original movies if you want the real RoboCop. This one makes a pile of horse shit look amazing.
Worst. Horror. Attempt. EVER!
Unlike Invoking which did not have a budget or crew – this had so much and yet it fucking ruined it. The story was uninteresting, the movie appeared dull, and the characters annoyed me. Scary? Far from that.
Worst offence though? THE FUCKING EDITING OF THE SOUND. The movie is so quiet it fucking hurts and then they flip the volume up to an 11 in moments when they want to scare you. NO, THAT DOES NOT WORK! IT STARTLES A LITTLE AND THEN IT JUST ANNOYS THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF PEOPLE.
I can imagine this could have been something much better. But this fucking garbage needs to be avoided at all costs just like the other movies on this list.
No, not the CAMERON DIAZ movie SEX TAPE. I have not seen it and won't either since it's just a big IPad Commercial and these types of comedies are not interesting to me.
I am talking about the horror movie SX_TAPE. Well, they tried to make a kinda found-footage film.
The result is a fucking disaster I did not even finish. I don't know how it fucking got to me. Must have been a prank from someone who though it be a gift.
At – like 10 minutes – I started skipping forward to see if something interesting would happen and – nope- it's just a horrible flick. Up there with movies like DEAD GIRL etc. I can't even finish them, I rather watch that WWE/Scooby-doo abomination – SERIOUSLY.
These kind of movies are someone's perverted fantasy that they should have kept away, far, far away from people. This movie exists purely to satisfy some perverted dementia of people who should be locked away in dark places where the light don't shine (not because the story sucked but because they made it into a movie – could have used the money to feed the hungry and homeless).
Ok, before I pop a vein or something I am going to end this post here and prepare another one, this time about some of the best movies released till now.
And yes – I know there are many horror movies in this list but I can tell you where to find better entertainment – RIGHT HERE and HERE!


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Bag. MSRP was $3.49 for a $0.09 Price per Piece.
Parts. Plenty of Tires and Rims, a couple Axle Plates, some Hinge Plates, Grille Tiles, Bar Clips, Studless Slopes, Clip Plates, Plates, a Brick, a Hinge Brick, a Motor Brick, a Minifig Ice Cream Cone, a Minifig Chainsaw Blade, and that weird Bar Tile.
Build. Another wheeled vehicle. 2Rh/2Y/1B/1Gd8/2W.
The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? No. (-5)
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This reminds me of the old quote (can't remember who said it just now), "For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like." It sounds like a real hoot for Avengers fans and it sounds like you count yourself in their number. It's great that you enjoyed it.ReplyDeleteReplies
I certainly count myself in their number. I love the quote; it is fitting.Delete
I second Dorothy's comment. I have yet to enter this universe. Maybe someday. Excellent review as always.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Judy! ;-)Delete
I admit I don't watch the Marvel / Superheroes stuff but maybe when they come out with Aquaman (which I think they are) -- I'll see it. Don't ask me why -- just something about an underwater kingdom interests me.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'll be interested in seeing yet another superhero. Is Aquaman from the Marvel Universe, do you know? I have the feeling that he is from DC (like Batman, Superman, and most recently Wonder Woman). Whatever its provenance, I'll probably watch it.Delete
Maybe Aquaman is not Marvel ... I looked it up on Imdb.com and it says it's slated for 2018 and is DC Comics/ Warner bros. hmm.Delete
I thought so. I'll watching it anyways, though I don't know anything about Aquaman.Delete
I really enjoyed this too, although I think the film before, The Winter Solder, just edges it as my favourite.ReplyDeleteReplies
It took me a while to warm up to The Winter Soldier, but after a few viewings I ended up liking it a great deal.Delete
It's great that you enjoyed it, Carmen. Honestly, I don't watch this type of stuff. Have a great week ahead :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
I know it's not for everybody. You too have a great week.Delete
I was surprised at how much I liked this one. I've sort of grown tired of the Avengers franchise so I almost considered just skipping this one, but it was actually really good. Though this is one incarnation of Spider-Man too many if you ask me. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It was done well, just as it's predecessor. I agree with you about Avengers overload and Spiderman; I liked Toby Maguire as Spidey, the franchise reboot not so much.Delete


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The Internet Explorer team described how to slipstream IE 8 Beta 1 into a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 image using the process described at http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/06/20/slipstreaming-ie8.aspx. Here's the same basic process with MDT 2008:
- Download the needed version(s) of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1.
x86: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3C6E8C1-BD91-490B-86F5-F3652DD691DE&displaylang=en
x64: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D399733E-D4A9-44FD-821B-1C52D3C677E3&displaylang=en
- Extract the updates from the downloaded self-extracting installer files (into separate folders if you downloaded both platforms in step #1).
x86: IE8-WindowsVista-x86-enu.exe /x:c:\temp\ie8x86
- Import the IE 8 updates into Deployment Workbench (right click on the "OS Updates" node and choose "New") by pointing it to the subdirectories you created above.
- Deploy an OS 🙂
x64: IE8-WindowsVista-x64-enu.exe /x:c:\temp\ie8x64
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For carrying this change into effect on a sufficiently large scale to accomplish the complete abolition of cottier tenancy, the mode which most obviousiy suggests itself is the direct one, of doing the thing outright by Act of Parliament; making the whole land of Ireland the property of the tenants, subject to the rents now really paid (not the nominal rents), as a fixed rent charge. This, under the name of " fixity of tenure," was one of the demands of the Repeal Association during the most successful period of their agitation; and was better expressed by Mr. Conner, its earliest, most enthusiastic, and most indefatigable apostle,* by the words, " a valuation and a perpetuity." In such a measure there would not have been any injustice, provided the landlords were compensated for the present value of the chances of increase which they would be prospectively required to forego. The rupture of existing social relations would hardly have been more violent than that effected by the ministers Stein and Hardenberg, when, by a series of edicts, in the early part of the present century, they revolutionized the state of landed property in the Prussian monarchy, and left their names to posterity among the greatest benefactors of their country. To the enlightened foreigners writing on Ireland, Von Raumer and Gustave de Beaumont, a remedy of this sort seemed so exactly and obviously what the disease required, that they had some difficulty in comprehending how it was that the thing was not yet done.
This, however, would have been, in the first place, a complete expropriation of the higher classes of Ireland : which, if there is any truth in the principles we have laid down, would be perfectly warrantable, but only if it were the sole means of effecting a great public good. In the second place, that there should be none but peasant proprietors, is in itself far from desirable. Large farms, cultivated by large capital, and owned by persons of the best education which the country can give, persons qualified by instruction to appreciate scientific discoveries, and able to bear the delay and risk of costly experiments, are an important part of a good agricultural system. Many such landlords there are even in Ireland; and it would be a public misfortune to drive them from their posts. A large proportion also of the present holdings are probably still too small to try the proprietary system under the greatest advantages : nor are the tenants always the persons one would desire to select as the first occupants of peasant-properties. There are numbers of them on whom it would have a more beneficial effect to give them the hope of acquiring a landed property by industry and frugality, than the property itself in immediate possession.
* Author of numerous pamphlets, entitled "True Political Economy of Ireland," "Letter to the Earl of Devon," " Two Letters on the Rackrent Oppression of Ireland," and others. Mr. Conner has been an agitator on the subject since 1832.
There are, however, much milder measures, not open to similar objections, and which, if pushed to the utmost extent of which they are susceptible, would realize in no inconsiderable degree the object sought. One of them would be, to enact that whoever reclaims waste land becomes the owner of it, at a fixed quit-rent equal to a moderate interest on its mere value as a waste. It would of course be a necessary part of this measure, to make compulsory on landlords the surrender of waste lands (not of an ornamental character) whenever required for reclamation. Another expedient, and one in which individuals could co-operate, would be to buy as much as possible of the land offered for sale, and sell it again in small portions as peasant-properties. A Society for this purpose was at one time projected under the aus. pices of the Tenant Right League, and on the principles, so far as applicable, of the Freehold Land Societies which
have been so successfully established in England, not · primarily for agricultural, but for electoral purposes.
This is a mode in which private capital may be employed in renovating the social and agricultural economy of Ireland, not only without sacrifice but with considerable profit
to its owners. The remarkable success of the Waste Land Improvement Society, which proceeded on a plan far less advantageous to the tenant, is an instance of what an Irish peasantry can be stimulated to do, by a sufficient assurance that what they do will be for their own advantage. It is not even indispensable to adopt perpetuity as the rule; long leases at moderate rents, like those of the Waste Land Society, would suffice, if a prospect were held out to the farmers of being allowed to purchase their farms with the capital which they might acquire, as the Society's tenants were so rapidly acquiring under the influence of its beneficent system.* When the lands were sold, the funds of the association would be liberated, and it might recommence operations in some other quarter.
$ 2. Thus far I had written in 1856. I have not changed any of the opinions I then expressed. But I feel that they are no longer susceptible of practical application. The new state of things created in Ireland by the vast decrease of her population, and by the effects of that greatest of boons ever conferred on her by any Government, the Encumbered Estates Act, has rendered the introduction, on a large scale, of the English agricultural system for the first time possible in that country. The present population of Ireland is now not greater than can be supported on that system in a state of comfort probably equal to the average lot of English farm labourers. The general improvement in agriculture is already most striking; and the improved scale of subsistence which is now becoming habitual to the people, together with the familiarity they have now acquired with the resource of expatriation, will probably prevent them for a considerable time from relapsing, through improvident multiplication, into their former degraded state. Ireland, therefore, is not now in a condition to require what are called heroic remedies. The benefits to that country of peasant proprietorship would be as great as ever; but they are no longer indispensable; a prospect has opened to her of making a great advance in civilization without that aid. But though she can now do without peasant-properties, she cannot do without the total extinction of cottier tenancy. Unless that is rooted out, the whole fruits of the improvement now in course of being effected, will be and remain precarious. The lapse of another generation will show whether the landlords of Ireland, now weeded of the reckless and bankrupt portion who formerly held so much of the land, and recruited by the substitution of a more moral and intelligent class, will improve the opportunity by the successful accomplishment of this the only real, permanent, and radical reform in the social economy of that long-suffering country.
* Though this society, during the years succeeding the famine, was forced to wind up its affairs, the memory of what it accomplished ought to be preserved. The following is an extract in the Proceedings of Lord Devon's Commission (page 84), from the report made to the society in 1845, by their intelligent manager, Colonel Robinson :
"Two hundred and forty-five tenants, many of whom were a few years since in a state bordering on pauperisrn, the occupiers of small holdings of from ten to twenty plantation acres each, have, by their own free labour, with the society's aid, improved their farms to the value of 43961.; 6051. having been added during the last year, being at the rate of 171. 18s. per tenant for the whole term, and 21. 98. for the past year; the benefit of which improvements each tenant will enjoy during the unexpired term of a thirty-one years' lease.
"These 245 tenants and their families have, by spade industry, reclaimed and brought into cultivation 1032 plantation acres of land, previously unproductive mountain waste, upon which they grew, last year, crops valued by competent practical persons at 38961., being in the proportion of 151. 18s. each tenant; and their live stock, consisting of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, now actually upon the estates, is valued, according to the present prices of the neighbouring niar. kets, at 41621., of which 13041. has been added since February, 1844, being at the rate of 161. 19s. for the whole period, and 5l. 6s. for the last year; during which time their stock has thus increased in value a sum equal to their present annual rent; and by the statistical tables and returns referred to in previous reports, it is proved that the tenants, in general, improve their little farms, and increase their cultivation and crops, in nearly direct proportion to the number of available working persons of both sexes, of which their families consist."
There cannot be a stronger testimony to the superior amount of gross, and even of net produce, raised by small farming under any tolerable system of landed tenure; and it is worthy of attention that the industry and zeal were greatest among the smaller holders ; Colonel Robinson noticing, as exceptions to the remarkable and rapid progress of improvement, some tenants who were "occupants of larger farms than twenty acres, a class too often deficient in the enduring industry indispensable for the successful prosecution of mountain improvements."
I have concluded a discussion, which has occupied a space almost disproportioned to the dimensions of this work; and I here close the examination of those simpler forms of social economy in which the produce of the land either belongs undividedly to one class, or is shared only between two classes. We now proceed to the hypothesis of a threefold division of the produce, among labourers, landlords, and capitalists; and in order to connect the coming discussions as closely as possible with those which have now for some time occupied us, I shall commence with the subject of Wages.


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Type: Bug
Status: Open (View Workflow)
Priority: Major
Resolution: Unresolved
Component/s: script-security-plugin
Environment:Jenkins 2.89.2
Script Security Plugin 1.39 and 1.41
Pipeline build calling methods that are not whitelisted by default.
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TL;DR: It appears that pressing the "Approve" button on the .../scriptApproval/ WebUI has no effect until after Jenkins has been restarted.
Full story:
I defined a pipeline build that contained the code:
final snapshotPropertiesReader = new java.io.StringReader(snapshotPropertiesAsString)
final snapshotProperties = new Properties()
discoHostedSnapshotName = snapshotProperties.getProperty('productUnderTest.SNAPSHOT')
First time I ran this pipeline code, I was using script security plugin version 1.39 and the pipeline code failed because "Scripts not permitted to use new java.util.Properties" (as one would expect). So I approved that method using the UI at http://myjenkinsserver/scriptApproval/.
However, the second time I ran it, despite having "approved" the code, the pipeline code failed with exactly the same error at the same point. Taking a look at the UI at http://myjenkinsserver/scriptApproval/ , I saw that "new java.util.Properties" was in the "Signatures already approved" list, but was also listed as needing approval. That shouldn't happen - a method can't be both "already approved" and in need of approval...
Pressing the "approve" button (again) made no difference to the list of "Signatures already approved" but did make the "pending approval" entry go away ... until I re-ran the build when it came back again.
Updating the plugin from 1.39 to 1.41 (and restarting Jenkins) initially appeared to fix the issue in that the build went on to the next line (where it's calling method java.util.Properties load java.io.Reader) ... but approving that had no effect on the build, only on the UI.
...until I restarted Jenkins, at which point I was able to progress to the next line (where it's calling method java.util.Properties getProperty java.lang.String).
i.e. It appears that signature "approval" only takes effect after a Jenkins restart.
At this point, I took screenshots - "scriptApprovalUI.png" shows that the method java.util.Properties getProperty java.lang.String is approved, but it also awaiting approval - the same method should never be in both places at once. "buildFailure.png" and "console_output.txt" show the build that failed (despite getProperty(String) being approved) and "pipeline.groovy" shows a (somewhat redacted) version of the pipeline code.
Are you seeing this for any classes other than java.util.Properties? I have some vague memory of weirdness with that class in script-security before.
I'm not seeing this for any other classes other than java.util.Properties, but this was the only class whose methods were being flagged up by my code.
i.e. it was affecting 100% of all method signatures I saw ... but they were all to do with java.util.Properties.
As mentioned above, the issue continued after upgrading from 2.39 to 2.41 ... which was the point where I started taking screenshots. Could it be that 2.39 writes the configuration in a manner than upsets 2.41 causing the unwanted behavior to continue, but a "clean" 2.41 has no such problem?
As it turned out, my testbed was on 2.39, everything worked fine, I upgraded to 2.41, and everything worked fine. So that's just weeeeeeeird.
Hmm, yes, that is odd.
OK, if it's not reproducible for you then you're going to struggle to "fix" it, so I'd suggest we call a halt here, otherwise you'll just be chasing shadows.
If this issue hits me again and I can get a reproducible test case then I'll get back in touch.


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Hlavní strana » English Pages » Introductory remarks to the…
English Pages, 8. 12. 2017
Let me, first, express my gratitude to Ambassador Gandalovič for the organization of this early morning gathering. And, let me thank all of you for accepting his invitation and for joining us here.
I would like to use this opportunity for saying a few words about my short book "Migration des peoples" which was published this year by Harmattan. I wrote it together with my long-term colleague Jiří Weigl. This book, originally published in Czech, has already eight editions in foreign languages. I am very glad that in France as well.
The book tries to fight the misinterpretations of the current European migration crisis which are based on an aprioristic, progressivist, politically correct assumption of the European political and intellectual elites that migration is a positive social phenomenon, that it is normal to migrate. I strongly disagree, I am convinced that it is normal not to migrate. It is normal to accept the country one was born in, to identify oneself with it and to take it as a highly respected homeland. Migration is only an extreme solution of one´s existential problems.
I would like to be well understood. I don't speak about an individual migration, about the slow, non-disruptive, sufficiently humble and non-aggressive procedure known for centuries and millennia. I speak about, and our book is devoted to, the issue of mass migration, about the contemporary – as politically correct considered – artificially stimulated mass migration.
Mass migration creates necessarily substantial cultural, social and political conflicts, shocks and tensions. It undermines the – for centuries and millennia gradually developed – structure of society in individual countries, their culture, habits, customs, behavioural patterns, ways of life.
We should be – in this era of confusion – very clear and straightforward. Some people want to "manage" migration. No, the only relevant effort should be "how to avoid mass migration" or "how to minimize it".
The current conflict about migration shouldn´t be misinterpreted as a conflict between humanism and xenophobia, or as a conflict between solidarity and egoism. It is something else. It is a conflict between those who believe in freedom and in a nation state and those who don´t share such a belief. Mass migration can be justified or defended only by means of the failed doctrine of multiculturalism. For countries to function, they need a minimum (which is not low) degree of homogeneity and unity, not a maximum of heterogeneity (and diversity). The ideology of multiculturalism tries to deny this.
The European politicians probably still believe in the half-baked and ill-conceived utopian idea of Schengen which has proved to be fundamentally wrong and untenable. Borderless society can´t exist. The current migration wave to Europe has been made possible by the fact that the EU borders have been open and unprotected for a long time and remain open even after all what has been happening since 2015.
I suppose you look at it in a similar way. There is, however, a difference of a perspective. I am from Central Europe which has a long experience with communism. We do not forget totally failed communist experiments similar in nature to the current migration project – including an unauthentic solidarity forced from the outside, the calls for self-sacrifice in the name of the future, and the attempts to create a new species, a new, truly European, man.
We are convinced, as relatively new-comers to the EU, that it is connected with the post-democratic EU. The current migration wave is a by-product of the already long time existing European crisis, of the systemic errors and misconceptions of European policies, of the built-in defects of EU institutional arrangements, and of the ideologic confusion and prejudices of European multicultural political elites. I criticise them, not the migrants. I criticise them and us.
Václav Klaus, Introductory notes at the book presentation, Café Le Procop, Paris, France, December 8, 2017.
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Spoils Before Dying Author Eric Jonrosh Opens Up About Banned Books and Playboy Bunnies
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The Spoils Before Dying was the book the government didn't want you to read.
The sultry pulp-noir murder mystery was banned in 73 countries and burned in even more, was thought lost to the ruins of time and the small-mindedness of man, but one copy remained. Starting on July 8 at 9p, writer-turned-director Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) will bring his masterpiece The Spoils Before Dying to IFC, kicking off an epic three-night event.
The epic tale of sin and lust bubbling beneath the Los Angeles 1950s jazz scene, will transport viewers into the gritty underbelly of the music world through Jonrosh's words and the skills of stars Michael Kenneth Williams, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen and more.
To help prepare the world for the wonders of his masterwork, Jonrosh opened up to Playboy about love, lust, jazz and The Spoils Before Dying:
PLAYBOY: Where have you been all these years?
JONROSH: In Hollywood mostly. I keep a low profile—not like my younger days when I seemed to make it into the gossip rags every time I got into a car or a young starlet. [Chuckles.] Now I'm confined to a few semi-welcoming watering holes and the guesthouse of an old lover. I get out for a steak or a lobster or a plate of eggs, but for the most part I park myself at my favorite booth in Billingsley's, drink the house wine and wait for the wine to run out or my heart to stop, whichever comes first.
PLAYBOY: Are you excited about the release of your long lost masterpiece, The Spoils Before Dying?
JONROSH: I am. I really am. It was banned in 73 countries, you know. You have to remember this was the late '50s and Americans were even more idiotic than they are today. After the war, people feared everything, and that fear level drove people insane. The Communists, the homosexuals, the drug addicts and jazz musicians—America feared them all. Fear led to repression and repression is the enemy of art. Thus the film of my novel The Spoils Before Dying was pulled before it was ever seen. All copies were destroyed and I was brought before Congress to defend the book and the film.
PLAYBOY: How did that go?
JONROSH: I was exiled to Europe for 15 years. It went splendidly.
PLAYBOY: What's the film about?
JONROSH: A jazz musician is accused of murdering his old girlfriend and he has three days to clear his name. It's a pretty simple mystery really. The best stories are simple. I fool around a bit with the genre. I was always a bit of a showman. I play with the conventions. It's not really done anymore but I challenge the viewer. Not like today. Filmmakers today serve up nothing but chocolate Johnnycakes and cotton candy. Old Eric likes to throw a handful of flies into their complacent soup and let them eat that.
PLAYBOY: The Spoils Before Dying covers a wide range of subjects: homosexuality, commercialism vs. art, drugs, sex and racial equality. Do you now see why this movie was banned in 1958?
JONROSH: Did I understand why some people thought it was too dangerous for the American public? Sure. Did I agree with those people? I was blacklisted. I couldn't direct a cat food commercial… well, that's not true, I was hired to direct a cat food commercial. I stole the money and shot Hard Ride the Spoils in New Mexico in eight days, a motorcycle picture with lots of action and lots of big-breasted women shot in the style of Ozu. It flopped. The cat food company was furious. [Laughs.]
PLAYBOY: You never really played the Hollywood game.
JONROSH: No sir, I did not. For that reason I was forced to finance most of my films myself. I wrote them. I directed them. Hair and makeup, effects, stunts? All me. Remarkable really. I suspect if I had learned to play the game a little better I wouldn't be living in a guest house miles from the nearest glass of Beaujolais.
PLAYBOY: In The Spoils of Babylon you used a mannequin as a main character. Will we be seeing more mannequins in The Spoils Before Dying?
JONROSH: I cast the best person for the part. If that person is a lifeless hunk of plastic then so be it. That lifeless hunk of plastic could act circles around most of the talent in this town. But, yes, she does make a brief appearance.
PLAYBOY: What's next?
JONROSH: I'm to be interviewed by PLAYBOY this afternoon.
PLAYBOY: Um, yes? Are you familiar with PLAYBOY?
JONROSH: Don't be an idiot. I dated Bunnies in the '60s. I was a Key Club member. In those days they had clubs, Chicago, New York, Des Moines, Kansas City, all over. I basically lived in the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Playboy Club from '72 to '74.
PLAYBOY: Thank you, Mr. Jonrosh.
JONROSH: What? Hey, wait a sec. There's no wine with this meal?
PLAYBOY: I'm sorry this isn't a meal.
JONROSH: Come on, guy. Seriously? No wine? Who are you? The junior varsity version of a man? Okay… can I get a ride somewhere?
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Last week, CMB and VIVALDI released the results of our watershed study: Business Transformation through Greater Customer-Centricity: The Power of Social Currency. In the report, we share insights from 18,000 consumers, about 90 brands, across 5 industries (beer, restaurants, auto, airlines, and fashion).
The genesis of this research was VIVALDI's Social Currency concept. Introduced in 2012, Social Currency is a framework for understanding brands' ability to fit into how consumers manage their social lives in today's social, digital, and mobile context. This year, CMB partnered with Vivaldi to refine the concept and offer fresh insights into a changing marketplace.
One of the most powerful lessons from our research is that today's customers don't see themselves as serving brands as the traditional "influencer" or "brand ambassador" was thought to, but instead act in service of themselves. We see people looking for brands that help them represent who they are and what they believe. Today, the brand is in the hands of the customer and brands that facilitate experiences and behaviors that help consumers explore, develop, and express their identities are the brands that outperform their competitors. This level of performance difference includes high levels of Consideration, Loyalty, Price Elasticity, and Advocacy.
So, how does Social Currency come together? There are two parts; one is an overall score that is a weighted average of the 7 core factors or dimensions (shown below) that influence brand success. Topping that list of dimensions are two important forms of Identity—Personal and Social. Our research shows that identity is a key driver in people's relationships to brands. The other piece of this framework is a Social Currency Assessment that helps brands develop truly customer-centric activities – messaging, advertising, content development, and digital media that align with customers' needs and wants. It's important to note that we're not just talking about brands being good at social media campaigns—it may be that customers express their needs and wants quite often in social media channels, but they also express themselves in many other social situations, and capturing that full spectrum is of vital importance.
The Case of Under Armour
Let's dig in! One of the stellar performers we uncovered was Under Armour. Founded in 1996, Under Armour is a relative newcomer in the sports apparel space, especially compared to well-known brands such as Nike (1964) and Adidas (1949). Without question, UA founder Kevin Plank had his work cut out for him when he began carting around his unique moisture-wicking T-shirts from the back of his car. It's hard to imagine how a company with such humble beginnings has risen so quickly to take on many other well-established competitors.
As customer influence has grown, we can see patterns in the performance of those brands that create and nurture the activities that allow customers to identify and share their interaction with the brands. This concept was borne out very clearly in our study, which showed how Under Armour has eclipsed Adidas in its overall ability to deliver Social Currency, and edges closer to the top performer across all industries—Nike. Despite Under Armour's size, it has done a masterful job understanding its customer and its customer's needs, and through messaging, shareable content, and the linking of its customer's Personal and Social Identities to the Under Armour brand, it has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the sports apparel space. You can see in the diagram below "The Under Armour Success Story" that Under Armour scores particularly well in Personal Identity, Information, and Conversation dimensions.
How does Under Armour achieve these high marks of Social Currency and build its brand?
The Misty Copeland example:
From our report: "Like Nike's "Just Do It" tagline, Under Armour's "I Will" messaging, is empowering, inspiring, and inclusive. Under Armour's messaging also celebrates the underdog with the competitive spirit embodied in its "I will what I want" campaign, featuring Misty Copeland, the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history. The campaign produced $35 million in earned media and was particularly effective with women with a reported 28% increase in women's sales. This success is supported by our research, while overall men's Social and Personal Identity scores are higher across all sports apparel brands, Under Armour's Social Identity scores among women (44.5) coming closer to those of men (48.1) than any of the others we tested in the category (Reebok, Adidas, Nike)."
The Michael Phelps Example:
You know we wouldn't let this post go by without an Olympic reference, and neither would Under Armour. The Michael Phelps featured "Rule Yourself" campaign (part of the "I Will" strategy) and video has grown to become one of the most shared Olympic videos of all time. What's so appealing? Why are so many people identifying with the message of "Rule Yourself" as put forth by Under Armour?
Katie Richards, writing for Adweek: "For one, it's striking the right emotional chord with its target audience: millennial men between the ages of 18 and 34. The dramatic nature of the Phelps spot (with a killer track from The Kills) and its ability to take viewers through the swimmer's intense training process elicited a sense of inspiration among 47 percent of overall viewers, and 68 percent of millennial men."
"Droga5 co-head of strategy Harry Roman echoed Prywes, adding that the Phelps ad is so shareable because it's able to convey the sacrifice that the swimmer makes each day to prepare for Rio."
As someone who grew up playing every sport imaginable as a kid, and continued to do so through high school and beyond, I can relate to the "Rule Yourself" idea. I've now converted to low-impact sports to save my aging knees, but there is part of me that identifies with that idea of not letting go, of taking one more shot. It's a natural bent of athletes, elite or otherwise. Under Armour has made it easy for me to identify personally, join the conversation through the videos created for the campaign, and express myself regarding the brand. A pale comparison it may be, but I can see that small bit of Michael Phelps in myself, the person who says "I will."
One final note about the "Rule Yourself" campaign. According to Adweek, to date, 56 percent of the spots' shares are coming from Facebook, followed by Twitter at 28 percent. You'll also notice, in the chart below, that across the social spectrum, people are expressing their personal and social identities in virtually every type of social environment.
It's clear, after studying the 90 brands, that those brands that facilitate digital, socially-driven experiences and behaviors that help consumers explore, develop and express their identities are clear winners. Under Armour, in particular, has done an exceptional job in this regard. They have built on the experiences of Misty Copeland and Michael Phelps and made them identifiable to their customers, and hence identifiable with their brand. Under Armour has then made it possible to share great content and express oneself as a function of that brand. Anyone, dominant athlete, former athlete, weekend (or weekday) warrior can see that underdog, and know that "I Will" also!
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WWE unveils "historic" Womentercontinental Championship
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) made another "historic" stride in its ongoing march toward full equality and inclusiveness today by unveiling its "super-historic" Womentercontinental Championship.
The championship, presumably to be contested by women within North and South America, is the women's equivalent of the Intercontinental Championship, which has been renamed the Himtercontinental Championship.
"History is being made today," said WWE executive and equal-rights pioneer Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley during a press conference at the company's Connecticut Headquarters.
"The historic Womentercontinental Championship is so historically historic," added Mrs. McMahon-Helmsley, "they'll have to rewrite the history books, quite frankly."
The first Womentercontinental Champion, Ruby Riott, was crowned during a tournament last night in Rio De Janeiro, though no footage of the event has yet surfaced.


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About La Raine
Born in New York and raised 8,800 miles away in New Zealand, Laraine moved to Atlanta in the late 70s with her husband, Bill, and their three children. She started working in the fashion industry soon after and her love of bringing happiness to her clients runs deep. Her creativity and catering to her customer's needs is what has driven her success. LaRaine opened shop in the Virginia-Highlands area in 1996 where she sold designer clothing and a small collection of wedding gowns.
The Evolution of La Raine's Bridal Boutique
La Raine's Boutique became known for their wedding gowns and exceptional one-on-one service. Eventually, the need for a new location grew. Staying apart of the Virginia Highlands neighborhood was important to LaRaine, and there were no questions asked when the La Raine's decided to relocate to 853 North Highland Avenue.
The Historic House at 853 North Highland Avenue
The historic house is over 100 years old, and it is full of history! The original owners, Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander Cook, held their daughter's wedding in the house. It was only fitting that this house would end up being a wedding boutique. The house was also a hot tub store (fun!), and it was Harvest restaurant for many years. Renovations to restore the warm and "homey" atmosphere started and a few months later La Raine's Bridal Boutique opened with new dressing rooms, parking lot, a living room, and most importantly, (lots) more wedding gowns!


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Monday, June 24, 2013
A love letter to Thimphu
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It's the most beautiful love letter I ever read in my life. Perhaps it's because I myself seldom received and read love letter before hehehe...ReplyDelete
Although you wrote it to Thimphu, it's as if you wrote it to a special someone, your lady love. It's so touching. How lucky Thimphu is :)
I hope you could find someone that you love and loves you back as much as you love Thimphu or even more.
- AnonymousJune 25, 2013 at 12:32 PM
A charmer at words you are! Beautifully crafted and worded playfully,a teaser it is and it gives you that heights of enchantment in Thimphu.ReplyDelete
Oh how lucky indeed is Thimphu to have received such a lovely love letter (Envious here wink*.) A land of milk and honey it seems to you.
Only you can come up with such a beautiful craft, keep writing and keep living! I'm mesmerized with this beauty :).
I am very much happy with your words, both of you. Thanks a lot!ReplyDelete
sir that lovely note indeed...and i can't stop myself envying 'THIMPHU'...lucky lady huh...got such pure and wonderful love of you...ReplyDelete
and as always i love your writing...
Writing love letter was the art in the past that improved children's expression. Now, it vanished and our children lack expressions. Your love letter would help our kids, I would like to recommend your Blog to my kids. I enjoyed reading it and it reminded me of my schooling days.ReplyDelete
Thimphu is lucky to have you write to her. Its beautiful and you are very good at it. I bet you wrote love letters for your friends in school. Keep on writing.ReplyDelete


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Podcasts are a growing form of entertainment and news. Here are a few suggestions to listen to on the way to work, at the gym or while you cook and clean.
(1) The Read
Radio/TV personality and writer Chrissle along with YouTuber/actor Kid Fury dissect celebrity gossip and pop culture with bite and humor. They stan for all things Beyonce, they champion social justice and they celebrate black excellence. I'm all the way here for it. I've been a loyal listener for years. Get involved.
(2) Pod Save America
This is exactly who the "right" talks about when they say "the liberal media". Part of the Crooked Media Company, this group of former speechwriters, journalists, strategists etc. come together to unpack and explain the importance of the week's political headlines. They joke with each other throughout creating a lighthearted but informative environment designed to rally their "leftist" base of listeners.
(3) Lovett or Leave it
Comedian and political speechwriter Jon Lovett hosts a live show, recorded at a comedy club. The weekly live show features interviews, panel discussions and hilarious games. His panels are normally engaging political figures, witty writers and well informed entertainers. I can't wait for them to come to Atlanta to record.
(4) Bodega Boys
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero rep BX all day. The podcast is not about anything in particular. It is just two friends in a recording studio talking. To get to the hilarity, you'll have to get through the intro, the drop and their MILLIONS of aliases which take approximately 15 minutes. Yes, the introduction is long and confusing for newbies, but the show is overall hilarious. In addition to their podcast they are actually the hosts of the hit Viceland tv show "Desus and Mero". The brand is strong.
(5) The Thick
Plus size model Tabria Majors and friend Mindy J. discuss dating, love, beauty and more in a raw, unfiltered way. For me it's refreshing to hear black women keep it so real about sexuality, finance and dating. Plus can I just point out how they celebrate their curves and other full-figured bodies.
(6) On One With Angela Rye
Angela Rye is an Ivy League educated attorney and political activist, come political analyst. She is probably best known for her lively, straight-shooter commentary on CNN in the wake of the Trump election. Her podcast quickly recaps the news of the week and why it matters. She shares important stories for African-Americans to follow. But I live for her no-holds barred conversations with some of the the best and brightest in politics, philanthropy and journalism. She refers to herself as "sophisti-ratched". I actually love the descriptor.
(7) The Gary Vee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuck is a master salesman, marketing guru, entreprenuer, motivational speaker and all-around hustler. He has a "Watch" Facebook talk show and a YouTube vlog. The podcast tends to be audio clips from speaking engagements, interviews on his talk show, advice given on his YouTube show. These quick bytes tend to work for those who are seeking business advice or motivation.
(8) EW Game of Thrones Weekly
Yes, I know this podcast is seasonal and coming to an end along with the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which it is the companion. But if you EVER decide to go back and watch the series from the beginning– these would be so great to listen to in between each episode. They talk about the episode itself, the making of and more. They have insights from the show runners and actors. And they frequently compare the show to the book series. It just makes the show more amazing. I'm definitely going to relisten when I rewatch!
(9) Insecuri'Tea
This companion to the HBO hit series "Insecure" features two of my favorite internet personalities who are real-life besties. If you watch Insecure, which you should, they break down the episodes delving into sexuality, mental health, relationships, friendships, careers, morality, social justice and more.
(10) Steele & Ungar
In short, Michael Steele is an interesting figure. You may know him as "the Black Republican Spokesperson", but he's so much more. Former Luitenant Governor, former Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and now a politcal commentator. On the SiriusXM radio show he hosts with Rick Ungar, they try to present "Rational Republican Radio". They try. But I sometimes enjoy the excerpts they share on the podcast.


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Like every year, this year too the services of Delhi Metro Rail will be cut down on Holi. The services will remain suspended until 2.30 PM on all the lines of Delhi Metro including its Airport Express line.
As per a spokesperson of Delhi Metro, the services of Delhi Metro will start at 2.30 PM on Holi (24th March) instead of the usual 6.00 AM. Also, the feeder bus services will not be available throughout this day.
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If you are vegetarian, or contemplating going vegetarian, then acquiring adequate vitamin B12 should be of concern to you. Vegans have a clear, distinct and decisive preference for vegetarian food and some vegans even abstain from consuming eggs but they do supplement their diet with a range of dairy items produced from cattle, goat and buffalo milk. It's thought that when red meat is cooked, carcinogens are developed which could result in the elevated danger of colon cancer. Some individuals chose to exclude grains from their diet regime as effectively or steer clear of consuming seeds as they include future plants. Digesting meat requires a lot more hydrochloric acid and pancreatic enzymes to digest the protein and the fat. For a lot more bananas weigh shed info you can verify it out on links that I offered under. If the insects do not consume the fruit, it is probable not healthier for human consumption.
Some of these people had strong ethical positions about eating animal goods, and I would in no way ask a person to consume animal foods if they had spiritual convictions against carrying out so. However, other individuals have been just confused about this problem, and thought being a vegetarian was the healthiest choice. Study has shown that a well-balanced meat free diet program has numerous well being advantages.
Chances are if you adopt a healthful vegetarian diet, you will naturally shed some weight or body fat – this is typically great news. No, I'm not talking about being sexually deviant right here = What a lot of new vegetarians don't realise is that vegetarian food doesn't have to be flavourless and unenjoyable. If you are concerned about eating flavourless vegetarian meals, attempt utilizing a lot of tomatoes in your cooking, or whipping up a wonderful dressing for that lunch-time salad. It really is also interesting to note that the information on Einstein being a vegetarian (he was not a vegan) is not all that reputable.
Due to the fact chickens have a smaller sized effect than cattle and pigs, the consumption of eggs is permitted for ovo-vegetarians. Protein demands are the identical as in the course of the second and third trimesters of pregnancy (an added 25 grams per day over pre-pregnancy requirements). That food has now changed and includes a little meat (a few %), but the bulk of the bag is nonetheless vegetable protein. Every single time I attempted low-fat diets I named upon all my inventive culinary capabilities in attempts to preserve the joy of eating, but there merely is not a lot of satisfaction to be had from meals devoid of fat. Numerous recipes call for vegetable broth, and I have however to locate a shop purchased vegetable broth with out garlic or onion, but I found a fantastic recipe & I make a lot of it and freeze so I have it when recipes get in touch with for it. I am vegan again and gaining the spiritual rewards that are spoken about here.
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In my post on Jordanes I mentioned Theodoric the Great (451-526), the Gothic emperor of the Italy. He was a successful ruler, praised for his cleverness and his support of Roman culture, but there is one very black stain on his life: he was responsible for the death of the philosopher Boethius (480-524 or 525). Boethius was of high Roman descent with good connections with the Roman upper-class. He was a Platonist with a great knowledge of the logic of Aristotle. He wrote various treatises on logic and music and though a layman, he was also asked to write treatises on various aspects of the Christian faith, especially on such difficult topics as the Trinity, because of his deep knowledge of logic. He held a high position at the court of Theodoric, but in 523 he accused of having a treacherous correspondence with Justian 1, emperor of the Eastern Roman empire with whom Theodoric had bad relations. Boethius disputed the charge, but was not believed and was put into prison. It was under such circumstances that he wrote his De consolatione Philosophiae , The consolation of Philosophy. It would become one of the most wide read texts of the Middle Ages, being translated in various languages such as Old High German and Anglo-Saxon. The latter translation was made by Alfred the Great (849-899), king and scholar, in order to introduce his people into philosophy..
What is remarkable about this work is that – facing death – Boethius seeks consolation in philosophy, not in Christian faith. It is possible of course that philosophy is an allegory for Christianity and indeed since it was published, or rather copied, readers have sought all kind of allusions to Christianity.
There are, but living in a Christian culture and Christianity being explained within the concepts of Neo-Platonism , this is not surprising. Somehow I have the feeling that Boethius turned away from Christianity or maybe he was more platonic than Christian all his life and with his execution imminent, he sought consolation with his true love…
There are, but living in a Christian culture and Christianity being explained within the concepts of Neo-Platonism , this is not surprising. Somehow I have the feeling that Boethius turned away from Christianity or maybe he was more platonic than Christian all his life and with his execution imminent, he sought consolation with his true love…
Boethius was executed and according to one version a rope was attached round his head and tightened till his eyes bulged out, but this seems to me more belonging to hagiography, than to historical truth, but you never know.
The De consolatione Philosophiae consists of both prose and poetry, a form known as the mennipean satire. Don't misunderstand here the word satire: it comes from Latin satura, dish with various ingredients offerd to the gods and hence a literary work with both prose and poetry. The modern word `satire' comes from Greek Satyr,
In the beginning Boethius complains about his situation, but then a woman appears to him, at one moment a normal woman, but at the other of infinite height with her head reaching the stars. He recognizes her as Philosophia and she tells him that he has always been a faithful pupil and she will not let him down in these moments of distress and misery. Ah yes, but what does it help me that I am innocently imprisoned and waiting for my execution? And Boethius starts complaining about the injustice in the world. He addresses the maker of the universe accusing him of having made laws for everything, but not for human behavior:
O stelliferi conditor orbis,
qui perpetuo nixus solio
rapido caelum turbine uersas
legemque pati sidera cogis, 5
ut nunc pleno lucida cornu
totis fratris obuia flammis
condat stellas luna minores,
nunc obscuro pallida cornu
Phoebo propior lumina perdat 10
et qui primae tempore noctis
agit algentes Hesperos ortus
solitas iterum mutet habenas
Phoebi pallens Lucifer ortu.
Tu frondifluae frigore brumae 15
stringis lucem breviore mora,
tu cum fervida uenerit aestas
agiles nocti dividis horas.
Tua vis varium temperat annum,
ut quas Boreae spiritus aufert
revehat mites Zephyrus frondes, 20
quaeque Arcturus semina vidit
sirius altas urat segetes:
nihil antiqua lege solutum
linquit propriae stationis opus.
Omnia certo fine gubernans, 25
hominum solos respuis actus
merito rector cohibere modo.
Nam cur tantas lubrica uersat
Fortuna uices? Premit insontes
debita sceleri noxia poena, 30
at peruersi resident celso
mores solio sanctaque calcant
iniusta vice colla nocentes .
Latet obscuris condita virtus
clara tenebris iustusque tulit 35
crimen iniqui.
Nil periuria, nil nocet ipsis
fraus mendaci compta colore.
Sed cum libuit viribus uti,
quos innumeri metuunt populi 40
summos gaudent subdere reges.
O iam miseras respice terras,
quisquis rerum foedera nectis!
Operis tanti pars non vilis
homines quatimur fortunae salo. 45
Rapidos, rector, comprime fluctus
et quo caelum regis immemsum
Firma stabiles foedere terras.
The poem is in anapestic dimeters, but let's not worry about that.
stellifer, - feri: star-bearing, starry
conditor: this word does not necessarily refer to the Christian god
orbis, orbis: circle
nitor, nixus sum: here: to rest
solium: throne
turbo, turbinis: whirl
verso (1): keep turning
patior, passus sum: undergo, endure
pleno lucida (luna r.8) cornu: the shining (moon) with full horn (i.e. with full crescent)
obvius: exposed
fratris: the Sun. In Latin the sun is masculine, whereas in Germanic languages it is feminine (German: die Sonne) and the moon is masculine (German: der Mond). Latin sol, English sun, Greek helios, Sanskrit svar all go back to the same Indo-European root *séh2u-l with originally a root n in the oblique cases. This explains the variance between sol and sun. In Sanskrit l and r are interchangeable in some cases, so therefore svar. The complexity of this word indicates that it belongs to the earliest strata of Indo-European. The difference in grammatical gender between Germanic and the other languages is unexplained.
condo (3): to hide
nunc obscuro pallida cornu Phoebo propior lumina perdat = nunc (luna), Phoebo propior, obscuro cornu pallida lumina perdat
Phoebus: the sun. Originally an epithet for Apollo, who was from the 4th century BC regarded as the sungod.
propior + dat.: closer to
obscuro cornu: with dark crescent
pallidus: bleak
perdo (3): to lose
et qui…Hesperos = et Hesperos, qui. Hesperos is Venus as Eveningstar and is a Greek nominative.
agit algentes ortus: brings cooling risings = who brings coldness, when she rises.
Solitas iterum mutet habenas: The idea is that Venus as Morningstar halts her car (mutet habenas: brings her reins to silence. The conjunctive is because it is still dependent on ut in line 5) when the sun arises. Solitas (usual) and iterum emphasizes that this is all in tune with the laws of the Conditor.
frondifluae frigore brumae: wintertime
frondifluus: leaf-falling
frigor, -oris: cold
bruma: the shortest day
stringo: draw tight, compress
breviore mora: into a very short interval (mora: lapse of time, interval)
fervidus: glowing, burning
venerit: conjuntive of the perfect where classical Latin uses the conjunctive of the imperfect.
aestas, -atis: summer
agilis; quick, agile
vis, viris: power
varius: changing
tempero (1): to regulate, arrange
ut quas Boreae spiritus aufert revehat mites Zephyrus frondes = ut frondes, quas Boreae spiritus aufert, mites Zephyrus revehat
Boreas, Boreae: the northern wind
spiritus, -us: breath, air
aufero (3): to take away
reveho (3): bring back
mites, is: soft
Zephyrus: a gentle west wind, western breeze, zephyr
quaeque Arcturus semina vidit = et semina, quae Arcturus vidit
Arcturus: The brightest star in Bootes,, whose rising and setting was supposed to portend tempestuous weather.
semen, seminis: seed
Sirius: the Dog star
uro (3): to burn
seges, segitis (f): corn, crop
nihil antiqua lege solutum linquit propriae stationis opus. (asyndeton) = nihil antiqua lege solutum (est et) (re)linquit propriae stationis opus.
solutus + abl.: free from
linquit propriae stationis opus: and leaves the work of it proper position (i.e. the work it is ordered to do)
finis, -s (f): limit, boundary
solos… actus: solos is predicate: the acts of mankind as the only.
respuo (3): to dislike
merito: justly
rector: predicate: as ruler
cohibeo: to confine, contain
lubricus: slippery
vicis, -is: change, alternation
Premit insontes debita sceleri noxia poena = noxia poena debita sceleri insontes premit
poena: punishment
insons, -ontis: innocent
debita sceleri: which ought to be given to a wicked deed (scelus, sceleris (n))
perversi with mores
celsus: high
calco (1): trample, tread on
vice: instead of
collum: the neck
nocens, -entis: wicked (noceo: to hurt)
Latet obscuris condita virtus clara tenebris = virtus clara (in) obscuris tenebris latet
lateo: to lie hidden
tenebrae. -arum: darkness, gloom
tulit: fero ferre tuli latum: to bear, carry
iniquus: wicked, evil (person)
periurium: false oath
noceo + dat.: to hurt
fraus, fraudis (f): fraud
mendax, -acis: cheatful (with colore, adjectives with a consonant stem have the ablative in i, though e is also possible.)
comptus: adorned
libet, libuit: it pleases
utor + abl.: to make use of
metuo (3): to fear
subdo (3): to subdue
respicio: to look down
quisquis, not qui: whoever that god might be.
rerum: genitivus obiectivus: for the world. Res has her the meaning `material world', cf. De Rerum Naturae
foedus, foederis (n): treaty, but here more or less equivalent with lex. Also in line 48.
necto (3): bind, fasten
Operis tanti pars non vilis is apposition to homines: we human beings, not the meanest part of such a creation, etc.
quatio: shake, break, crush
salum: open sea
comprimo (3): press together, restrain
fluctus, -us: wave, tide
quo: where, in what place
regis: verb!
firmo, to make firm, strengthen
stabiles: resultative adjective: in order that the world is stabile ..
In a school edition I have from the German catholic publishing house Aschendorff, the editor wants to see in the last two lines a rephrasing of fiat voluntas tau, sicut in caelo et in terra from the Lord's prayer, but I am not so sure…
In one of the next posts I will give Philosophia's answer.
Boethius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius
On the Consolatione: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolation_of_Philosophy


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One more to go!
Craig got the box truck finished today and tomorrow he will load the van! We have more stuff than we thought! I'm actually feeling really good about this load! And I'm getting really excited about getting to Texas! I look forward to this show for 6 months, we call it our working vacation.
I am also looking forward to
It's a lot of fun and you get to meet people you have only blogged with! She even has some famous guest sometimes! Don't miss it! You'll be sorry!
I can't wait to see all my friends!
Texas here we come!