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Conflagration 1793 is a short historical fiction which takes us back to a little-known episode in the history of Albany, the state capital of New York. The story begins with the drive-by shooting of three African American teenagers near the State Capitol in December, 2016. Two die on the spot but one girl, Dinah Valker, awakens in the distant past. She discovers that not only is she a slave of the local merchant Volkert Douw but that her friends Pompey and Bethany are also living in that other world.
NYS Capitol, site of the hanging
of three young slaves in 1793
Here's the moment of Dinah's awakening after she was shot on Elk Street behind the State Capitol:
"Girl! Come here, I say, girl!" Mistress Douw turned in exasperation to her husband. "Meister Douw, do ye see what I be saying? The wench has gone daft."
"How long is it that the wench is so bespelled?"
"Above half an hour, I ken. She was able and cheerful as ever when she woke and 'sisted with all the morning chores. Then of a sudden she is in such state as this, stock still and staring as if stricken with an apoplexy."
"I doubt it be an apoplexy, mistress mine." Volkert van Douw took the clay pipe from his mouth and went up close to the girl, waving his broad hand before her face. "She has scarce fifteen years."
"Ye said the Ulsterman you bought her of said she was hale n' hearty."
"He did." Volkert pinched the girl's arm with getting any reaction. He pulled both her ears. She did not move.
"The dusky ones are said to be prone to sickness."
"I've as oft heard the contrary to be true. My father was fond of saying that the darker the hue, the sturdier the stock." He sat down at kitchen bench and re-lit his pipe. "Tho I will confess, my heart, that the Ulsterman did drop his price without much cavil."
"I've always said you were too quick to take the lowest priced goods."
"Oh, tush your self, my dear Anna, we've had good service of this wench for near two year. Perhaps if you slap her soundly?"
"In the face?"
"Try the rump. "Twill not leave her marred.
"And wherefore should I be the one to chastise the wench?"
"I'd take it as a favor, for I'm too kind-hearted to strike the maiden meself, black as coal tho she is."
Mistress Van Douw reached down a wooden spoon from a peg on the wall and stepping behind the apparently frozen girl, proceeded to strike her first once, then twice and three times. On the fourth blow, the girl yelped and gave a little jump.
"Fuck! What'd you do that for, lady?"
Ten years after the end of the Revolutionary War, New York had not yet taken any legal steps toward the abolition of slavery the enslaved population of the Hudson Valley was the highest of any state north of the Mason-Dixon line. The greatest number of slaves worked on the large plantations owned by the Livingstons, Van Rensselaers and other wealthy families, but well-to-do families in Albany, New York and other towns relied on slaves as their household servants. Slave masters, however, were uneasy at newspaper reports of the bloody rebellion that had broken out in Haiti two years earlier. It was in this climate of fear that a fire broke out in Albany on the night of November 17, 1793, destroying the central section of the town, bounded by Market Street, State Street, Middle Lane and Maiden Lane. The primitive fire-fighting methods available, principally a bucket brigade to the river, did nothing to stop the blaze until a sudden sleet storm put out the fire.
Maiden Lane at the present time
Dinah finds herself implicated in setting this fire, which in my version of the events, is part of a planned slave uprising instigated by two men, Sanders and Bessbrown, who played a mysterious in the actual 1793 fire but were never charged:
"Lemme ask you both somethin," Pompey looked from the one man to the other. "Why you come to Albany to start this here uprisin? Ain't there a lot mo slaves down South?"
"We've done our research, Pomp, and the Hudson Valley has more slaves than any place north of Virginia. These old patroons have very large plantations over in Kinderhook and Claverack. Hundreds of slaves, all chained up. But here in Albany, you people have a lot of freedom to traipse about on your own. If we can get fifty men to rise here, set fire to the town and march to the plantations, those slaves will soon join us and we'll seize the city of New York. From there, we'll gather thousands to advance into the deep bastions of slavocracy in Maryland and Virginia and the Carolinas."
"But what do ye think all the other whi' men be doin whilst you lead the black folks off to war?" Pompey asked them. "They gonna jus sit by and watch?"
"But don't you understand, Pomp. I told you all about France, didn't I? How the poor whites rose up and tore down the king and all the rich people?"
"Aye, ye tole me all that," the boy muttered sullenly. "Back when I was yo family's slave. Before I got sold to Vischer."
"You know that I did not want my family to sell you, Pompey. I would have surely freed you as soon as I came into my inheritance."
"So you say, but you went to France and yo mother sold me lickety-split. When I tole her you promised me my freedom, she had me whipped. That ain't right."
"I apologize, Pompey, for my mother's actions."
Bethany nudged her friend. "Now I seen everythin! A whi' man apologizing to a nigger." Dinah shook her head, still unable to believe the incredible racism even Black people took for granted here.
"Why'nt you buy me my freedom now?" Pompey complained.
"I would if only I could come into my inheritance," Sanders tried to excuse himself. "But Judge Ten Eyck won't budge. It's all in the way my father's will was written."
Bessbrown was clearly growing impatient. "Listen, sanders, enough with all this palaver. If your boy can't raise the men he promised, we need to change our plan to another town. Kingston perhaps."
"No, no, Pomp can do it. And these brave girls will perform their part." For the first time Sanders looked at Bethany and Dinah. "Are you primed to strike for your freedom, lasses? You should have seen the maidens of Paris when they rose up, kitchen knives in hand. I swear, Marat and Danton would have had no revolution at all without les femmes de Paris behind them!"
He reached out and took both their hands in his own. "And comely wenches such as you are surely capable of inveigling stout men to join the cause, are you not?"
They each nodded uncertainly. "Is we to be paid?" Bethany dared to ask. "Paid?" laughed Sanders.
"You'll be paid with the finest coin of the realm, liberty itself!"
As they descended the hill back toward the sleeping town, Bethany asked Pompey if those white men were crazy. "It sound like they want us to burn up Albany town and kill all the other whi' people. That don't make no sense."
"First of all, Mr Bessbrown, he a nigger too but he gotta act like he Mr. Sander's slave. So they's only one whi' man, Mr Sanders. He kinda stupid but he truly want all niggers to be free."
"All I know is they both stupid if they think us niggers gonna get free by doin what? Burning down all the whi' people's houses? What that gonna do 'cept get us hanged?"
"Yeah," added Dinah. All this time she had been watching Pompey and saw no signs that he had any memory of the other world. She laughed out loud at the strangeness of it all and her friend smiled at her.
Simeon DeWitt's 1793 map of Albany, from the NYS Archives
Much like the contemporary inclination to immediately suspect Islamic terrorism for any act of mass violence, the white people of Albany assumed that their slaves were responsible for the fire. The immediate reaction can be found in an 1830 newspaper account quoted by Joel Munsell's in his 1854 Annals of Albany:
The fire was so plainly the work of an incendiary, that not only were several slaves arrested upon suspicion, but subsequently a meeting of the common council was held and an ordinance passed forbidding any Negro or mulatto, of any sex, age or description whatever, from walking in the streets or lanes after 9 o'clock in the evening, or from being in any tavern or tippling house after that hour, under penalty of twenty-four hours confinement in the jail. At the expiration of such confinement they were to be brought before the mayor, recorder or an alderman, when they were at liberty to show, by their master or mistress, that they were out upon lawful and necessary business. If they established this fact, they were discharged upon paying the jail expenses; but if they failed, they were further punished by fine and imprisonment. The municipal authorities were active in ferreting out the perpetrators of this high crime, which, according to the English law, was punishable with death. It was then the law of this land, and as punishment was more summary than it is now, the guilty parties knew that hanging would follow conviction, proceedings in court which followed this fire attracted much attention, particularly among the colored population, in consequence of several of their number having been arrested upon suspicion of being implicated in the arson. [The above taken from the Albany Evening Journal which began publication in 1830]
Predictably, three slaves were quickly arrested. In the state archives in Albany is a very old legal document, the confession of one of the three, a slave girl known as Bet. The ancient paper bearing her mark, the signatures of three aldermen, Abraham Ten Eyck, Joseph Lansing and Durch Ten Broeck is the primary source for my fiction.
The final page of "Bet's confession"from the NYS Archives
Her confession, written in the third person by her interrogator, outlines the role of two other slaves, Pompey and my main character, Dinah. The document also indicates a key role of two white men in instigating the fire, a man named Sanders from Schenectady and a mysterious figure named Bessbrown. According to Bet, Sanders had offered a gold watch to Pompey if he would set fire to the property of Peter Gansevoort, and Pompey inveigled the girls to join the plot.. According to her account, Sanders was angry because Gansevoort had blocked his courtship of his daughter. Bessbrown's role is less clear, as is the role of a third white man, a jeweler named Murray.
Since 1788 slaves were entitled to a jury trial but I could find no record for the trial of Bet, Dinah and Pompey. What is known is that none of the whites were charged but after some delays, all three of the young slaves were hung at Pinkster Hill, now the site of the State Capitol building.
from NY History Blog
The history of slavery in Albany, and the fate of these three young people, has not been completely ignored in recent years. In 2015 Schuyler Friends, an education project sponsored by historic Schuyler Mansion produced a dramatic recreation of the events which can be found on You Tube as The Accused: Slavery and the Albany Fire of 1793. The Friends of Schuyler Mansion also developed a set of lesson plans on slavery and the 1793 fire for elementary, middle school and high school levels.
There have been significant efforts to make sure that new generations do not forget the tradition of the Pinksterfest, Albany's Dutch-African Spring Festival which was once held on the same hill where the three slave children were executed and where the State Capitol now stands. (See reference in this article to "the merchant prince" Volkert Douw, who features in my story as the owner of the slave girl Dinah.)
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Mooting is the presentation of a legal issue that you have worked as a team to prepare, against another team of students in front of a judge. Skills that you will learn from taking part include excellent team building, communication and research skills, a more rounded approach to law, networking with like-minded students and legal professionals, time management, and of course public speaking. Mooting is not however only for those who have experience of public speaking, we have new first and third years taking part every year who have never had any experience of public speaking.
Students are encouraged to get involved not just because they may have aspirations of practicing at the Bar, but to acquire skills that will be beneficial to them in whatever career they choose. Any public speaking opportunity is great preparation for interviews in whatever pathway you seek to follow upon graduation.
Mooting has been extremely popular at Lancaster in recent years, with more people than ever before signing up. With strong ties with local Solicitors firms and Circuit Judges in both Preston and Manchester, a student at Lancaster has never been more able to take a valuable experience from getting involved in mooting. These ties are only strengthening and travelling further with our final this year having taken place in the Supreme Court London in front of barristers and solicitors from elite firms and chambers.
Main Competition
This competition is open to those who have been involved in Mooting before at Lancaster University Law Society, or those prepared for a challenge. Problems will cover a wide variety of areas including those that law students are unlikely to have come across in too much detail in their degree studies.
Beginners Competition
This competition is open to those who have not been involved in Mooting before at Lancaster University Law Society. Problems will cover an easier spread of topics which are likely to have cropped up during first year degree studies. The Beginners Competition we hope will offer an enjoyable, educational and challenging experience to all who take part, setting them up in good standing for any future mooting they choose to take part. All teams will be supported by an allocated mentor who will be experienced at Mooting and will be able to offer support and guidance to each team.
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Over the course of the year, there are certain external competitions which will take place under the remit of the External Officer, and participation in the Main or Beginners' competitions will stand candidates in good stead. Certain other external mooting competitions may arise on an ad hoc basis, and where possible Lancaster will prepare and send teams through the cooperation of the Mooting and External Officers.
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The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Ms. Lauretta Vivian Lamptey, said she will resign her role as a Board member for GCB (Ghana Commercial Bank), but won't allow the legal advocacy group to file a suit against her at the Supreme Court to set the pace for her resignation.
She added that she already wanted to quit GCB (Ghana Commercial Bank) as a board member in March, and not because the advocacy group criticized her dual role as a CHRAJ boss and also as a member of the GCB board, and that she violates the constitution as a public office holder.
Meanwhile Madam Lamptey still insists she hasn't done any wrong in occupying the two roles as an office holder.Speaking on Accra based radio, Joy fm, Ms. Lamptey made it clear that her resignation from the GCB board has nothing to do with the violation of the constitution as claimed by the advocacy group, and that it was a decision she took in December, and communicated to her colleague directorates, and was based on time constraints and responsibilities at CHRAJ.
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Managed Care Kills a Provider's Reputationby JC, MD | October 5, 2008
One of the difficult things about having a career in medicine is that reputation is paramount. It is quite precious and is easily shattered. There are not many industries where interpersonal interaction is more important. From interactions between a provider and his patients, nurses, ancillary staff, and other providers, the professional reputation of a doctor is made. Sometimes it is fair, sometimes it is not. It's an industry where subjective opinions of others dictates the volume and quality of referrals a doctor can get.
Whether the technical or intellectual skill of a physician is good or bad often does not matter. If the nurses on a floor like you, they will undoubtedly tell their friends and help develop your reputation in that institution. Similarly, the way you treat patients will directly affect what they say about you to their families and colleagues. In this day and age of online reviews of doctors, you can never be sure whether what you say or do will show up online.
In this era of managed care where providers cannot spend much time with patients, it is even more important for physicians to develop good rapport with patients. Unfortunately, the system is set up so that a provider cannot make ends meet unless he sees patients at least every fifteen minutes. If you have ever visited a doctor, you know that fifteen minutes is barely enough time to go over one complaint, let alone multiple things that will likely affect you as you age. Thus in order for physician's to stay financially solvent, they must limit the time they spend with their patients. As you can imagine a doctor's reputation declines from this type of behavior. Thus it is the rare physician who is able to make his patient feel that he has spent adequate time with the patient when the reality is that he has not.
There have been many efforts to rate doctors objectively. Those have all been failures. There are no good metrics by which to compare physicians. Those measure that have been used have been formulated by insurance companies aimed at cutting costs.
One could argue that managed care kills a provider's reputation. Perhaps it has already killed a provider's reputation so much that doctor's are going to work for Kaiser or other managed care organizations where reputation does not matter. In those organizations a patient does not have much choice and thus the doctor's reputation is not at stake. He will have patients to see no matter what.
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Sleeplessness, depression, anxiety… these are common symptoms of the burnout that often accompanies living with a loved one who has experienced some kind of traumatic stress. It's well known that the loss of a child, a life-threatening injury, sexual assault or combat experience can affect the victim in traumatic ways, but what's often overlooked is how this trauma affects those closest to the victim - the family.
Burnout in Families focuses on the emotional vulnerability of families exposed to the chronic or acute stress of one of its members. Editor Charles R. Figley brings together seven psychologists from around the United States to take a closer look at what's now known as secondary traumatic stress disorder - the burnout that occurs when family members care for or just live with other family members who have undergone a traumatic life event. The authors provide a comprehensive review of the available literature and offer solutions for treating and preventing family burnout and the marital and family discord that inevitably follows.
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"It never ends": John M Armleder takes over the Showroom of KANAL - Centre Pompidou.
KANAL - Centre Pompidou is pleased to announce its next experimentation before the opening of the renovated garage (2023). Swiss artist John M Armleder will take over the Showroom of the former garage on Place Sainctelette from 2 April until 1 November 2020 before KANAL is closed for renovation work.
For this new experimentation, John M Armleder will design both extensive devices and a multidisciplinary programme that will occupy all the storeys of the Showroom, which will remain accessible while the renovation work starts.
Covering 6,000 m2 and six open storeys, this device, somewhere between sculpture, architecture and installation, will accommodate works of visual art as well as performances, concerts, conferences, screenings, etc. He will present over several months a series of encounters and invitations imagined by the artist who, since the 1970s, occupies a central and multiform place on the European scene.
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Special guest for this episode is Mo Holkar, one of the organizers of The Smoke. An international larping festival that is being held in London between January 6th 2017 and January 8th 2017.
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As you can imagine we were very interested to hear about an international event in London. We spent time talking to Mo about his plan to cause a cross pollination of larping ideas between countries. One of the ways he's doing this is to give attendees the opportunities to try out a number of Larps. Since there are going to 20 larps played at the event in total we believe that if you go then there is a good chance of finding something that is both new and interesting to you.
Of course going could be difficult as we also learned that the event is now fully booked.
The good news is that a second festival next year seems likely.
We had a really good interview with Mo. So thank you Mo.
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I want to test the cell viability by PI.
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"I just recently went on several dates with a man who had smoother legs than me. The weird thing about it was that it wasn't that weird! This got me thinking about how feminine men have become. I can't tell you how many men I have dated that spend more time grooming than I do.
"Terms like "manscaping," and "manzillian" are becoming commonplace words in our society. I have seen more than one of my boyfriend's cry. And not a single one seemed embarrassed about the fact. Men seem to be evolving from their caveman days and turning into metrosexual creatures more readily in touch with their feelings than some of us are comfortable with.
"It's undeniable that women's roles in society have changed drastically in the recent years. Women are no longer expected to remain in the kitchen rearing young. Instead, college enrollment demographics are generally at least 50% female. Women put off having children longer and longer in order to focus on their careers. More and more women are simply not having children at all.
"Many families have a woman who brings home the biggest paycheck; many also have a woman as the only working partner. With women taking on what is traditionally viewed as a more "masculine" role in society, it's no wonder that men are becoming more like women.
"All of a sudden, males are the partners arriving late to a date because they were busy grooming themselves. New toiletries are being marketed exclusively to males, not to help them get clean, but to help soften their skin, make them smell good, or simply make them prettier.
"The past few decades have seen a surge in divorce rates. This by default means that there are more single-parent households than ever before. Many psychologists post that this rise in males being reared without a male role-model present in everyday life lends itself to a rise in a more feminine male. Children learn by example from those around them. Thus, young males in the sole custody of their mother's tend to view relationships from the female point of view.
"During their formative years they see their mother react to various dating situations and process these reactions internally. Thus, when these boys are older perhaps they tend to adapt their behavior in order to conform their actions and feelings with what they observed from their mother, giving rise to a more feminine style of dating.
"Even Hollywood is embracing the feminine-male trend. Long gone are most of our previously commonplace testosterone driven action heroes. The Arnold's, Sylvester Stallone's, and Chuck Norris' have been replaced by the pretty, more mild Brad Pitt's, Johnny Depp's, and Zac Effron's. This drastic evolution in the masculinity of our leading men makes one wonder how today's youngsters are viewing their male role models and consequently their expectations for themselves later in life.
"Are these youngsters more in touch with their feelings than the past generations? Will they "get" women once they're old enough to date? Or will relationships continue to be a "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" situation? Will these metro men of Hollywood create a generation of boys who cry when their peers make fun of them, rather than "taking it like a man?"
"It's hard to determine whether the metrosexual trend will continue into the coming decades. But one thing's for sure. Most women are no longer turned off by a date who waxes some portion of his body, or wants to dive into a deep exploration of his feelings. It's all par for the course now."
I saw this posted on a forum, and I had to share it with you.
What do you think about this?
Are men becoming more feminine?
What I see that's most disturbing about this gender swap that's going on in the background are two things:
We're making it okay to mix up the "masculine" and "feminine" - the very things that make attraction work between the genders.
This is simply dangerous, as you may have experienced yourself when dating a guy who was too "sensitive" or soft.
Which is why so many women discover that dating the "pretty, emotional, new-age guy" is ultimately unfulfilling. The relationships take on a cerebral overtone, that - to me - feels a little creepy.
It's like emotions become clinical rather than real things we embrace and experience. (I also live in Northern California, the home of somewhat touchy-feely, intellectual approaches to life.)
The same is true for men. If guys turn into a wuss and choose to be with a more "masculine" woman, that may SEEM like it's okay. After all, it's their choice, right? And "it's all good!"
But the reality is that neither person is being TRUE to themselves. The wuss needs to man up. And the woman needs to embrace her feminine side. The authentic parts of who they are remain elusive and waiting to be rediscovered.
Sure, there are exceptions to this rule. And the reality is that if you pay attention to the dynamics you see in relationships (your friends & family), you'll see which dynamic works the best over the longest period of time.
As they say, success leaves clues.
Just because we see a change in what we're sold in ads and movies doesn't mean that's what we truly desire in our lasting relationships.
Oh, and please don't get me started on Hollywood, and empowering them with telling us what works and doesn't in relationships. Stories are stories.
But real life, and Real-ationships™ are not subject to theory and speculation.
But what I see happening is a constant excusing of men for not living up to their masculine role (which is the ultimate Aphrodisiac), and compensating for it elsewhere.
If you look at the relationships that work - and the ones that have had the most energy and passion to them in your own life - you'll see a pattern.
I know I'll get barbecued for this one, but you even see this in gay couples. There's a gender polarity even there.
Because it's necessary for us to feel sexual passion and attraction. It's not good or bad.
It's not right or wrong. It even has nothing to do with your politics or your religion.
It just IS.
And that's okay!
And it's not going to change in one or two generations, just because men lost their dads and Hollywood lost its balls. We don't evolve a whole new sexual attraction template in just a few short years of 'bad behavior.'
Talk to any man about "manscaping" and the various trendy little things some guys do these days - as I do, and you get the same eye-rolls and comments of "Yeah, I guess... Whatever floats your boat."
We men know on a gut level that even though it's up to every guy to do what he wants, embracing his inner woman is usually a misguided and empty pursuit.
I'm not judging these guys at all. I simply believe that women resent having to take over the masculine role in a relationship.
When they do, it creates a kind of neutralizing energy on the sexual passion. Women want men to take the initiative, and when she is forced to do it instead of him, she feels ripped off and disappointed.
What do you think about this trend?
Am I just a dinosaur?
Is this gender blurring good?
Both? Neither...?
Have you ever had a non-traditional gender role relationship that worked really well? I'd like to hear about it.
Yours In Perfect Passion...
- Carlos Cavallo
Just go here and watch this short video, and discover the 3 questions that make any man open his heart, adore you the way you deserve, and make him yours forever...


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Award Winning Latitude Residential House
White Corporate Demonstrates The Latitude Residential House
White Corporate, the project leader of the displayed project Award Winning Latitude Residential House spells out, The design concept for this 3,000 sqf four-bedroom apartment, located in the central district of Singapore, is derived from pools of ribbon unraveling itself, translating into design, movement, dance, music and art. The living room was design based on the interlacing of ribbons forming diagonal weave patterns. This is being applied onto the TV feature panel that continues up to the ceiling. Each of the bedroom is customised to suit the individual occupier and yet with a common theme of the ribbon..
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posting to social media from CMS Builder
6 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: April 17, 2017 (RSS)
By Deborah - April 7, 2017
I have a client who would like to have CMS Builder blog post entries automatically post to Facebook, Twitter, and possibly Instagram.
I see the "Twitter Post" add-on in the list of available add-ons... okay, one down!
What solution would we have for integrating posts with Facebook or Instagram? I am not seeing any add-ons, but maybe there's a shortcut method that will at least save the person some steps? I found older online articles about setting up an RSS in the Facebook "Notes" feature, but then read in more recent articles that the functionality of that no longer allows for RSS feeds.
Any suggestions, anyone?
~ Deborah
By Toledoh - April 7, 2017
Hey Deb.
I had Greg custom code something for me a while ago which is really like a "share" function built in to CMSB. The user has to be logged into their accounts, as they would if they used share buttons on any other site. It also uses bitly to shorten the URL for twitter posts. (see attached). Maybe he could modify for your needs.
It's pretty simple, but to integrate into facebook and twitter API's etc was outside of my budget. Although it's something that I would love to progress if there was a collective of people willing to pay for development.
Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
By Deborah - April 11, 2017
Tim, I appreciate the information and screenshot. I'm curious as to how the plugin functions for the user and will contact Interactive Tools support to find out.
Thanks again!
By Djulia - April 15, 2017
Hi Deborah, hi Tim,
You can perhaps consult this page. The tutorial is simple and you can use a filter (listRow_actionLinks) to add a button of publication (as in the screen shot of Tim). https://adamboother.com/blog/automatically-posting-to-a-facebook-page-using-the-facebook-sdk-v5-for-php-facebook-api/
I hope that can help you.
P.s.: Thank you Tim for your contributions on the forum.
By Toledoh - April 15, 2017
Djulia, I think you were the first of many to help me in these forums many years ago. Thank you!
Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
By Deborah - April 17, 2017
That helps me to understand the process better. Thank you!


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Monday, July 18, 2011
Top 6 Tools to Engage Literally Any Audience
Your audience needs you to be skilled at earning, managing and maximizing their attention. Whether they pay attention to you and/or retain your message or not is primarily your responsibility. The following six tools are invaluable resources for highly effective trainers, speakers and teachers needing to engage any audience of any demographic - students or adults. Especially in today's noisy world, just asking your audience to sit and listen is not enough. If you want them to hear, process, retain and take action on your material, you must be skilled at getting them actively involved in the experience of the moment, not just the content of the message.
6 Audience Engagement Tools
1. Turn to a partner and...
(Social and physical engagement)
The audience members interact with someone next to them. This interaction could involve talking about a content piece or doing a two-person activity. Remember to allow groups of three if necessary, give clear instructions on what they are supposed to do and be extra clear on how they know when their interaction is supposed to end.
2. Have you ever...
(Emotional engagement)
High-level interaction doesn't always mean getting up and moving around or doing an experiential activity with a partner or a team. Engagement can also be emotional. When you tell stories they can directly and emotionally relate with, you are painting them into the picture of your message instead of simply asking them to watch you paint it.
3. When I start the music...
(Social and physical engagement)
Obviously an effective method for getting them engaged in your presentation is to lead an activity. Always have music available to set the mood of the activity and to intensify the experience. Two of our favorite resources you can access to find great activities to lead are: The Activator book - includes our top 50 activities with instructions, material needed, debrief options and more. Thesource4ym - this site includes a search query that lets you quickly filter through their hundreds of activities and games.
(To access the music we play at our programs, just search "YourNextSpeaker" in the search box in the iTunes Music Store.)
4. Take a second and write down...
(Emotional engagement.)
We don't learn at a high level by just hearing something or doing something - we learn by talking, reflecting, processing and/or writing. These are the elements that allow inputs to sink in and become part of who we are. If you can, have your audience members take notes or do reflective writing during your presentation. This also gives your message legs as they take their notes back home.
5. Raise your hand if...
(Physical and emotional engagement)
Similar to "Have you ever...", this technique involves the audience actually responding to you as you ask questions or run through a list. Getting the audience to physically demonstrate their connection to your message or a portion of it also serves to break down any barriers between you and the audience.
6. This is difficult to say, but...
(Emotional engagement)
When you are bold and transparent and share a personally moving story (tragedy, failure, etc.), you earn a load of attention points from the audience. Make certain it is the right time and place for it though. This is difficult to read, but there are certain venues or events where it isn't professional to share deeply. However, if you believe in your heart it is the best way to get your message across and it fits the venue, go for it. When you risk big, the audience can win big.
If you read this post thinking, "These techniques would never fly with my group because this is not how its always been done," it is probably because your group has historically been subjected to presenters who either simply talk at them or talk at them while also talking to a PowerPoint. These are safe, acceptable and, most of the time, horribly boring experiences. Be better than most, include some audience interaction, watch your presentations turn into turbo-charged learning machines and your way will become the new "this is how its always been done." Good luck!
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stifel Nicolaus downgraded ADT (ADT) - Get Report to "hold" from "buy" on Friday.
ADT fell 2% to $30.76.
The analyst firm removed its price target for the security company, which was previously set to $55. The firm says ADT's growth thesis has come under question.
The downgrade comes one day after ADT posted its quarterly earnings that missed analyst estimates for earnings.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates ADT CORP (THE) as a Hold with a ratings score of C-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate ADT CORP (THE) (ADT) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed ? some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the growth in the company's net income has been quite unimpressive."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- ADT's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 5.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.2%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- ADT CORP (THE) has improved earnings per share by 12.5% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. This trend suggests that the performance of the business is improving. During the past fiscal year, ADT CORP (THE) increased its bottom line by earning $1.88 versus $0.40 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.08 versus $1.88).
- ADT has underperformed the S&P 500 Index, declining 17.61% from its price level of one year ago.
- When compared to other companies in the Commercial Services & Supplies industry and the overall market, ADT CORP (THE)'s return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The company, on the basis of net income growth from the same quarter one year ago, has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and greatly underperformed compared to the Commercial Services & Supplies industry average. The net income increased by 2.1% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $94.00 million to $96.00 million.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: ADT Ratings Report


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Blast Processing Gag Reel
June 19th, 2014 by Greg Giddens
Blast Processing Episodes 14, 15 and 16
June 12th, 2014 by Greg Giddens
The final episodes of this series of Blast Processing are here in this triple release. How will the adventure end?
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Blast Processing Episodes 12 and 13
June 5th, 2014 by Greg Giddens
The NPCs and Players fight, joke and lose their memory in another hilarious double episode.
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May 29th, 2014 by Greg Giddens
Witness the Aftermath of the portal on Greg, and Player 1 meets someone new.
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May 22nd, 2014 by Greg Giddens
A portal gun threatens to get the NPCs in trouble with another group of Players.
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Finally the adventure continues. Join your four favourite NPCs on their quest to find a new home whilst Player 1 tries to destroy them.
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Blast Processing Returns on May 15th. Until then check out this recap video of the story so far.
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November 22nd, 2013 by Greg Giddens
Technical issue resolved, episode 7 of Blast Processing is finally here.
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Steve can't stop killing people and a new NPC is found in a strange area of the forest.
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Part Eleven of the Fifteen Part series about making your own Little Black Dress with Angela Wolf!
This episode is all about Inserting an Invisible Zipper!
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In this episode, Angela discusses the process of inserting an invisible zipper including:
- Buying the right length zipper
- Adding Fusible Interfacing
- Pressing your zipper open
- Using an Invisible zipper foot
- Using an Adjustable zipper foot
- Starting point for zipper
- Marking your zipper placement
- Making sure you don't twist your zipper
- Trimming and covering the bottom of your invisible zipper
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Over the next 4 weeks, Angela will continue to help us on our journey, building our Little Black Dress making skills including tips and discussions of hems, back vents, sleeves and more! Stop by next Tuesday for the next chapter!
Have you made anything with tips or techniques from this Little Black Dress series? Be sure to tag us on Facebook and Instagram at #StitchingSewcial and @BrotherSews so we can see what you've been up to!
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Episode 2 – Notions, French Seams & Pressing
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Episode 4 – All About Princess Seams
Episode 5 – Altering the Neckline
Episode 6 – Pockets – Bonus Segment
Episode 7 – Scooped Necklines & Easing Curves
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Episode 9 – Necklines, Collars & Bias Tape
Episode 10 – Attaching Your Bodice
Episode 12 – Adding Sleeves to a Dress
Episode 13 – Attaching Lining at Armhole – Bonus Segment
Episode 14 – Finishing the Back Vent
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A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR ENTHUSIASTS OF JOHN CONWAY'S GAME OF LIFE O OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO O OOOOO O O OOOOO O O O O O O OO O O O O OOO OOO O O O O O OOO O O O O O O O OO O OOOOO OOOOO O OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO O O OOOOO Number 9 MARCH 1973• Editor and Publisher - Robert T. Wainwright •
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This issue of LIFELINE brings the newsletter back on schedule again and I am pleased to report that even more new and exciting discoveries have been made in this incredible game. We welcome the several hundred new readers who responded to Martin Gardner's recent column in Scientific American mentioning this endeavor.
As in previous issues, I will attempt to present a cross-section of the many new findings still being made and sent in.
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I wrote an article on the Flow blog a while back about my attempts to follow an agile approach to software development and how some of the Flow tools can help you do that.
I also ran a live project recently with what I would classify as a semi-agile methodology. In some ways, it ended up biting us in the ass. Sign-offs were not forthcoming without a lot of pressure, despite our attempts to avoid holding the project hostage to get them, and things got pretty chaotic at times with constant demonstrations.
However, a lot of those issues would have been mitigated with proper infrastructure (amazingly, our dev server was also our UAT server!) and additional defined process.
Would be interested to hear others' experiences. Have you ever tried to run a TM1 project using an Agile methodology, and how did it go?
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Finding Everyday Happiness
Happy Monday friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend. If you don't mind I'd like to get a little personal today and talk about happiness. This is a personal reflection, I am not a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist, just sharing my journey.
I'll start by telling you that for the majority of my life I have struggled with depression. Not the kind of depression that keeps you from daily activities because I have always been motivated to keep working. But instead the kind of depression that makes you sad daily and wondering why do I keep waking up every morning? My depression has never been debilitating which I am thankful for. I no longer struggle with depression but I do get little depressed inklings every once and a while. Thankfully, I have learned (with help) how to adjust my outlook and my lifestyle so that it does not turn into a full on state of depression.
I've never had high self esteem to begin with, then when I was in junior high school there was a large group of popular kids who taunted me for looking like a monkey. I was the only brown girl in an all white school and yes my face does have monkey-like characteristics. Nowadays when I look at my monkey-like face I think that is the prettiest, cutest monkey ever! But as a pre-teen it was rough. Around the age 18, I developed a serious case of body dysmorphia and then got into an unhealthy relationship at the age of 21 which only amplified it. These were the larger moments in my life that caused me depression which are common and similar to moments in most people lives. I won't go into the single moments of depression, because really, who needs to hear about that. But I would like to share with you how I manage to find everyday happiness and keep depression at bay. This task was not an easy one and required a lot of help from my family, friends and a couple professionals. My mother is a happy person by nature and I am so incredibly lucky to have her in my life as role model. It took me about 20 years to learn how to maintain everyday happiness but I am thankful for my path and happy I have learned so much (read more below).
Let It Go
This is the hardest lesson of all to implement. Letting things go can relate to so many aspects of life. I like to start with the present and work towards the past. Let it go, forgive yourself, move on, make amends, if need be. If you live in a world where you can not let things go it will devour you. It's hard to explain 'letting it go' because it is such a vague topic but I can give you an example. When I was 12 years old and the other kids were making fun of my monkey face I could have (maybe should have?) focused my attention away from their taunts and towards an outlet that would make me feel stronger and more content. Often people looks towards sports, arts, crafts, writing, music, or a job, anything to direct your attention away from what is seemingly unbearable. When it comes to letting go of the past I try to focus on what I have learned from any given situation.
Even if you can not find a positive about a situation of the past it's important to reflect and put it to bed. Say to yourself "I am am done with that". Let it go.
Realize Your Worth
You are worth it, you are smart, you are beautiful... does this sound something like that mantra from the movie 'The Help'? Well, it's true. It's good to take inventory, maybe write it down... 'these are my good qualities' and focus on them. They are what's important about you. And one day, when you are strong enough, write down your bad qualities and try to address those. But if you are struggling from depression today, it is important to focus on the good and turn those good qualities into even better ones. These qualities don't define you but they can help build you as a person and realize your worth.
Stay Present and Be Grateful
Stay present and do not compare your life to your neighbors. Trust me, what your neighbor has doesn't look as good as it truly is. I use the term 'neighbor' as meaning the people in our lives that we compare ourselves to. Whether it be someone you know or an Instagram feed full of photos of people traveling the Amalfi Coast. They are not you. Don't focus on them and what they have or what they are doing. Instead, focus on the present, what is making you happy right now. Just to give you the simplest example, I get happy if my feet are warm. My feet are always cold, so warm feet is a win. I guess I am to saying simplify things. Warm feet, that's pretty simple. Maybe that's too simple. Ok, you may not be traveling to the Amalfi Coast this year but maybe you put it on your bucket list. I recently read a study shows that planning a trip can make you as happy as actually taking a trip. It's important to also be grateful for these moments. Being grateful for every moment of life seems like yet another mantra, but it is true. Life is fleeting. One way I like to stay grateful is by gratitude journaling which I wrote about here. It's obvious that I'm a simplistic person so I try to keep daily gratitude simple. A lot of 'thank you's' and many 'I appreciate that' to those in my life, including co-workers. These words simple words that express my gratefulness, really help improve my daily relationships and my daily outlook.
If you are struggling from depression and experience ideas of suicide please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
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Waffle fries made from uber-fresh Idaho potatoes, above, were just one of a dozen ways we experienced the harvest. We food bloggers gladly devoured our way through the 2012 Idaho Potato Harvest via (1) salty chips, (2) baked, (3) O-Brien, (4) waffled, (5) three types of salads at the home of Hoffs Farms (four generations of potato growers), and a few more by the tour's end. But to break up the spud lovefest for a sec, at the end of this post is a killer corn recipe.
Thank you, Idaho Potato Commission for teaching us what goes into growing and harvesting America's favorite veggie. During a whirlwind four days of travel and tour, we were also treated to a fun side adventure with a delicious outcome. Corn maze! Anything green (in photo below) is tall stalks of corn, anything beige is dirt. The goal is to wander aimlessly and find the area in the shape of the state of Idaho (see it in the top of the maze?), then get back out again. Safely. Which we did, but apparently Sara of Average Betty got a bit lost and uploaded Instagram photos for some help. Hilarious.
Once everyone safely reconvened, we devoured the most delicious corn I've eaten in my life, roasted and slathered with Secret Ingredients, revealed below….
Killer Corn Recipe. Step (1) – get some corn freshly picked from Idaho stalks. I think that was probably the magical beginning. Roast whole cobs of corn in their husks over a hot fire – grill, pizza oven, whatever.
Step (2) pull the husk off while hot (wear thick gloves) and poke a hole in the bottom, put it on a stick.
Step (3) – smear the hot, cooked corn with mayonnaise.
Step (4) – sprinkle liberally with Parmesan cheese.
Step (5) – EVERY SO GENTLY, sprinkle with chile lime seasoning/spice blend. Too much and your mouth burns for hours. Too little and you miss the awesomeness. Go light and you can always add more.
Step (6) – ENJOY, as did fellow food blogger Dorothy of Shockingly Delicious. Meagan of Scarletta Bakes was right behind her.
This familiarization trip was compliments of the Idaho Potato Commission as an educational experience for food bloggers to attend the 2012 potato harvest. Opinions expressed in my posts are wholly my own.


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Driving towards Segamat, Johor, a family of four, consisting of a husband and wife, along with two of their two children, were killed in a horrific road accident over the weekend.
Authorities believe that a trailer coming in the opposite direction, in heavy rain, skidded while approaching the family's Honda Stream, and collided with their car head-on, Saturday afternoon.
Fifty-one-year-old Nizam Othman, along with his wife, 37-year-old Nur Fazlin Jamalluddin, and their two young children, aged seven and two, died upon impact. Only their nine-year-old son survived the accident, after he was flung from the vehicle — a consequence of the impact that would counter-intuitively save his life.
Police confirmed that the trailer driver also survived the accident.
Fire and Rescue were able to remove the victims from the tangle of steel within 90 minutes of having arrived at the scene.
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One should first start by constructing a landscape design or plan that show exactly what needs to be done. All finish grading should be done then we can come in and install the irrigation. After that all plants, sod, and bed material can be brought in and installed.
One can usually always add onto a system after it is installed. It is a great idea to know where other irrigation was run before adding on. It is also very helpful to have enough extra wire and space in the controller for additional zones. If adding more to your system is a possibility at installation then something should be said so we can plan for that now instead of later
We install mainly Hunter products but if a customer has a personal preference we can install any brand that they choose to have in their yard.
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We offer Lifetime Warranty on all systems as long as we maintain the system for turn on and winterization every year.
Drip Irrigation is a form of irrigation that does not spray but drips for a long period of time say an hour near each plant base that you have. This saves you water and money.
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It all depends on the season but you should water your lawn in the morning. If you water in the afternoon most of the water is evaporated and then in the evening you are more prone to diseases because your grass never has a chance to dry out. On new lawns you should water once early in the morning and again in the late afternoon until the lawn has rooted.
The damage should be minimal on the day of installation. We have a motto that says to make the lawn look like you were never there but you are disturbing the ground so we try our best. Where the lines will be pulled it will look like a little mole hill. Then if you have large trees the roots might make it difficult to pull the pipe underground.
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If you know me well, like my best friend Michelle does, you know that I have always had issues with squatting to pee in the woods. I'm from a small town in New Brunswick where there are camps, hunting, fishing, four wheeling, not to mention the adventure of potato picking at harvest time, so peeing in the woods is not a new thing for me.
I think my issue with it started when I was about 5 years old. My Grammy and Grampy Chapman were taking me for the day to my Great Grandmother's farm. I told Grampy I needed to pee, so he pulled over and Grammy helped me. In the process of helping me, I somehow managed to pee all over her foot. EWWW! I'm sure I don't actually remember the situation as much as I remember being told the story, but it is something that I will never forget!
Since then, I've always had issues going to the bathroom in the woods. Come on ladies, it isn't a fun task at all and I know you are all uncomfortable just thinking about it. I worry about peeing on my pants, on my foot, falling over … I mean really … squatting to pee just isn't something I ever want to do.
So far on our Peru adventure I've been pretty lucky. Most of the washrooms have been at hotels. I go before I leave the hotel and when I return … I thankfully haven't been sick, so I haven't needed to make many stops along the way.
My first experience with a true 'squatter' was in Luquina Chico. When we were at the community centre I wasn't feeling very well and had to find a washroom. Monika and I ventured over to the two outhouses, looked at each other and in we went, separately. Well, here it is .. a 'potty shaped' hole in the ground and the smell of … well, I'm sure you know what it smells like. I looked at it … and looked at it …
There are two, foot-shaped cement spots where you are supposed to put your feet. I put my feet on 'the spots', pulled down my pants, squatted and held my pants away from me. Now what?
Um … hello? Please come out …. (I'm cracking up right now writing this) … Yes, I squatted and then had to talk my self through actually allowing pee to leave my body. Come on ladies … you've done it. Men – I hate you right now for being able to stand up and aim!
Ok, so the first little stream comes out, but I've missed the hole! Wait, stop, lean differently … start again … nope, still missing….
Pause, readjust feet to a spot other than where is marked, start again … yup, hit the pot, but I was pretty much done by this point.
Monika and I each left our outhouses, gave a quick high-five for our great achievement, got out our hand sanitizer and headed back to the community centre.
Was I ever glad that my homestay that night had a toilet with running water. Even better, it was right off our room, we didn't have to go outside. It was pure luxury in comparison to the squatter at the community centre.


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When you are ready to move in to your new north Dallas apartments, there are certain things that should be taken into account. Painting, turning on all the utilities and getting the cable installed are just a few of them you have to do before you make a move. However, there are some other things that are less obvious and people often overlook them and have to face problems at the end.
The first thing you need to do is to change the toilet seat. You may think it to be squeamish but don't you think it's time to get started with new seat? The old throne needs to be replaced with new one and, when doing this, the bathroom should also be given good scrubbing.
The next thing to do is to change your locks. This is one of the most important things to do as you don't really know if old tenant had shared any keys and how many of them.
Also check for the bugs and rodents and have an exterminator in. At any place where humans live, bugs are always there and rodents can be found often as well. It is important that get the exterminator spray and check for any bugs that are present in the apartment. You should also plug in the rodent holes that may be present in the apartment. You should also leave the windows opened allowing the place to air out prior to making a move.
Cleaning the apartment before moving in is also important. Though it is likely that you will be moving into the place which has already been cleaned over and over again but it is better for you to do it again on your own. It is quite likely that your cleaners will smell things better than any paid services that may be used by the landlord.
The fridge should be cleaned and disinfected as well before you make a move into your new apartment. Assuming that the new apartment you are mobbing to will come with the fridge, it should be cleaned out and allowed to sit with the disinfectant before filling it up again.
When it comes to condiments, you should start with the fresh ones. It is not necessary that you should use that old ketchup that you normally do. Also don't take those pickles with you as well.
The outlets should be considered as well. As soon as the heavy furniture pieces are in place you will not find it easy to move these out for putting in the multi-plug plug. So, it is always advisable to do all the necessary things related to outlets first.
The last thing to do before you make a move to your new apartment is designing the space. The new space should be properly measured and planned in order to allow your movers to move heavy stuff.


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Investing in developed markets rarely involves high levels of political risk; over the long term markets are driven by the path of corporate earnings. However, today UK investors need to contend with some major unknowns, the outcomes of which may well significantly impact returns.
The EU and UK have agreed that the first stage of the Brexit negotiations have been completed and talks can now proceed to discussions about trade. This has come at quite a cost for the UK Exchequer. The €50bn figure banded about is rather adjacent to the higher end estimates of what the divorce would cost. So much for the negotiating skills of Davis and May. On a gross basis, the separation cost will probably exceed €100bn, which puts the £350m per week on Boris's bus into perspective. It will take years before the NHS begins to see its bounty. Brexiters are right to be thinking how the hell the nation committed itself to such huge sums so surreptitiously.
Fortunately for the NHS, Hammond's November budget contained more immediate relief, though this is scarcely a surprise given the Tories political predicament. We should expect more bungs to squealing constituents over the life of this Parliament. The downgrade in the OBR's growth forecasts has severely crimped the Chancellor's wriggle room that he had previously engineered for himself. I
last year that I considered the UK growth forecasts optimistic. The date for balancing the books has been pushed back to the back end of next decade. Let us not forget that George Osborne in his first budget in 2010 had promised to bring it into balance by 2016. The public finances are only part way on their long uphill journey.
Any mother knows the power of fables; an elf on the shelf (apparently, it's a Santa surveillance operative) or tales of trolls under bridges have all been employed to keep her brood from straying. Fortunately for Theresa May, she has an ogre extraordinaire to help keep her MPs in check. Regrettably, for investors Jeremy Corbyn is no fantasy. In general, I avoid taking political stances (my grouch on Trump is more about his personal deportment), however, Corbyn is an unapologetic anti-capitalist. Worryingly, he appears moderate when compared to some on his front bench.
This fragile government could collapse at any moment. Already the cabinet is stuffed with has beens and never wasers in an attempt to satisfy every faction within the party. Competency no longer seems criteria for high office and the list of blunders will mount. Misconduct is a further worry. It sounds fanciful to suggest something such as bottom pinching could be enough to unseat a government, but it might. We need to keep a constant eye on political matters. Paddy Power is offering a 50/50 odds on a General Election sometime in 2018 and 5/2 in the following year!
Thankfully at 4/1 against, Corbyn isn't attracting much punter interest as the next PM. This despite Labour's slender lead in recent polls. The thought of a Corbyn Premiership is not a pleasant one, and the All Share is acutely vulnerable to his promised hike in corporation tax. We live in hope that the electorate will see sense and, or the Tory's next election campaign won't be quite as inept as the last. However, as HL Mencken said, no one ever lost money underestimating the average intelligence of the general public.
The UK is trading at a discount to global markets. Deservedly so.
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Yes, Battle for Terra is just another a CG-animated, science-fiction action fantasy. But hey, at least it's from a small Canadian company you've never heard of and not Pixar or Dreamworks! And yes, it does belabor its allegorical insistence that human beings are stubbornly imperialist and environmentally rapacious. But hey, we are! It even has a Planet of the Apes sort of twist, except in this case it's more like Planet of the Cute, Saucer-Eyed, Gravity-Defying Tadpole People. But hey…oh, actually, that's just weird.
Anyway, said planet-dwellers are pretty much minding their own business, living peaceably and harmoniously (and of course cutely) among the treetops of their world, swimming/flying with the sky-whales and generally celebrating life, when one day a huge object appears overhead, ominously eclipsing one of the many moons. Some folks think it might be "a new god," but most indications suggest otherwise. Indications such as the battalion of invading, abducting, war-mongering aliens.
When one rather feisty young native named Mala (voiced by Evan Rachel Wood) sees her kindly father (Dennis Quaid) kidnapped, she can't help but put up a fight, downing a hostile ship, and then–because she's a good-hearted sort–rescuing its pilot. Now comes the big reveal: The pilot is human.
With help from the man's mannerly onboard robot (David Cross), Mala supplies him with a needed oxygen tent, learns his language, and gets to know a little about him and his people. A military man since birth, Lieutenant Jim Stanton (Luke Wilson) descends from a crew that set off from a war-ravaged Earth generations ago in search of a new home for humanity. By now, with their mother-ship falling apart and their commanding general (Brian Cox) entirely out of patience, the humans are more than ready to move in by force.
So Mala will help the man fix his ship and get out of here, sure, but not without delivering a short lecture first. "The elders say a long time ago we were apart from nature," she begins, and we understand that the lieutenant and his entire race are in for a good finger wagging. Of course it was the same elders who responded to the humans' first appearance with public-address announcements of "Everything is all right" and "Go back to your homes," exuding just enough antsy authoritarianism to make you wonder whether this organic, peace-loving utopia really is all that.
As Mala discovers, it isn't. Turns out the tadpole people have a less than peaceable past. And they'll need to dredge it up in order to defend themselves. Thus, the occasion of war between their races will afford Mala and her new human friend a chance to learn what they have in common–aside from the irrepressible impulse to annihilate each other, of course.
Director Aristomenis Tsirbas, co-writing with Evan Spiliotopoulos, can't be accused of excessive finesse in matters of story (seeing one of those sky-whales caught in crossfire is upsetting, yes, but also shameless), yet the movie's knack for atmosphere and architecture goes a long way toward mitigating the persistent artificiality of computer animation. Battle for Terra ultimately is forgettable, yes, but reasonably well-stocked with wonders while it lasts.


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text: Shooting nails at well over the speed of the very best major league pitchers, nail guns are both one of the most common and most dangerous tools found on many construction sites. According to the CDC, nail guns account for 37,000 trips to the emergency room annually with 68% of those trips involving construction workers. OSHA reports that nail guns result in more worker hospitalizations than any other construction site tool. Clearly, more extensive training on handling these powerful tools is needed to keep workers safe while on the job. Here are a few training resources you may find helpful when training new workers or refreshing old ones on nail gun safety. Keeping workers safe on the job is not only the right thing to do, it can also save your business in insurance and legal costs associated with worker injuries. Straight Talk About Nail Gun Safety – An illustrated cartoon-style training booklet developed by the National Institute of Health and Safety on how to safely operate nail guns. Easy to use and put into practice. Nail Gun Safety – A nail gun safety guide developed by OSHA for construction contractors. Written by those who work daily in the field, this guide is practical and comprehensive. If you have questions or if you'd like help making your site safer, please give me a call at (864) 905-7835 and we'll schedule a time to talk.


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