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The summer basho is underway and I, an American woman who has never been to Japan, am so excited.
Will Asashoryu finally display both the strength and hinkaku worthy of his rank?
Will Hakuho clinch this tournament and, in his likely promotion to yokozuna, provide Asa with the ballast and humility he needs in order to become not just a good or great yokozuna, but a legendary one?
Will Kotooshu join the ranks of the consistently strong or will he become an elevator rikishi, waxing and waning along the swirling calligraphy of the banzuke?
And who will be the next great hope of sumo?
Will he come, as so many of us desire, from the sport's motherland?
Yes, I am a sumo fanatic. And that's not an easy thing to be in America. You have to work at it.
I can't access NHK's broadcast, a fact the drives me crazy. ESPN occasionally runs grotesquely edited versions of matches with color commentary by someone who, in my opinion, has no idea what he's talking about.
I often wonder, if the Japanese can so fully embrace our national sport, why can't Americans embrace theirs?
I know this probably won't come as a surprise, but Americans — at least those living in the 48 contiguous states — know nothing about sumo.
When I tell people I love Japan's national sport, they laugh and say something ugly-American-esque such as, "Yeah, right."
Once we get past the question of my sincerity, they ask something moronic such as, "What man got such a pretty little thing like you watching fat men in diapers?"
"Firstly," I snap, "they are not fat men in diapers. And secondly, it wasn't a man who got me interested. It was the culture. I first fell in love with sumo when I began reading about the Shinto religion."
If that doesn't convince them, it at least stops their prattle.
But the truth is, as I troll the Internet, looking for scraps of news about my beloved rikishi and the upcoming tournament, I find myself questioning the source of my devotion.
From what strange well does it spring?
After some serious head-rubbing, I think I have the answer.
In these early, fractious moments of the 21st century, I think a lot about honor, dignity, truth.
I live in a country where the top-rated shows are "reality" fare in which people get handsome financial rewards for shaking their booties and calling each other names.
We have a cowboy president whose tragic — some would say criminal — foreign policy has propelled a sovereign nation into civil war and chaos.
I think it is not unreasonable that given the current dearth of honor and leadership, some of us search for outlets that exemplify what we believe is currently lost in the American oeuvre but find present in sumo's steadfast traditions: courage, strength, discipline, dignity.
I'm not saying that the current state of sumo is without blemish.
Even I am concerned about the imbalance between native and foreign sekitori.
I refuse to believe that Asa paid off anyone to throw a fight and when I have my doubts, I look at old footage; my faith in him is renewed each time I witness for myself his enormous fighting spirit.
I worry about how much outside pressure the insular world of sumo can withstand because without a healthy insularity, sumo fundamentally changes, I think, for the worst.
Despite the challenges it faces, I find in sumo a guidepost as to how to live in the budding maelstrom of this new century.
The grace and honor that define the sport are the same characteristics that should define us individually.
So, even though I'm half a world away and asleep when the bouts begin, when I wake up in my own little corner of the world, I will rush to my computer to read the results from each day.
With steam rising from my tea, I will, with a watchmaker's eye, scroll though the stories, searching for signs of something sorely lacking in this new world: hinkaku.
I hope, given sumo's many changes, I still find it.


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Started in 2008, Generation XYZ caters to writers of fiction – generally speculative fiction – in the Rockhampton region. We meet at the Walter Reid Cultural Centre, in the open space on the first floor
Orange Grove Writers are a friendly group which meets every week. We offer each other constructive criticism, support and encouragement and also exchange information about competitions, opportunities and events. Sometimes topics are suggested but members mostly prefer to work on their own projects (mainly short stories, plays or novels). New members are very welcome. We do not charge any fees.


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La La Land — with its record-tying Oscar nominations and record-breaking Golden Globe wins — is certainly a cinematic triumph but, for those of us who struggle in creative pursuits, it's likely to leave us as frustrated in its fictional depiction of our crafts even as it succeeds at its own. Damien Chazelle's previous film Whiplash also used the setting of a creative pursuit (a conservatory jazz band) to tell a a story unrelated to creativity. Whiplash was about an abusive relationship, not how to make good art. La La Land is about finding and losing love, not how to pursue art.
Mild plot spoilers will follow so bounce now if you haven't seen the movie and want to remain pure of heart.
In the middle of the movie, Mia and Sebastian — an actor and jazz pianist, respectively, who have fallen in love and moved in together — have a fight that is so avoidable that it is likely to pull any musician or actor right out of the suspension of disbelief. At issue in this fight is Sebastian's touring schedule. The two met in a moment of road rage as she was headed to an audition; they met again as he was getting fired from a gig playing Christmas carols; they met again when he was playing keytar in an 80s cover band. Their meet-cute was all about their individual struggles with their art. As their relationship grew, Sebastian urged Mia to quit her job and put on a one-woman play. In the meantime, he landed a gig playing keyboards in a modern jazz-fusion band (that is somehow popular, but that's another discussion).
Their entire relationship has been intertwined with their creative struggles. Why then, when Sebastian flies back from tour to have dinner with Mia, would they have such a pointless fight?
In this moment, the movie takes a turn that so much drama does when depicting creative pursuits: it reduces everything to a caricature of what we actually go through in that pursuit. Why would Mia — who has quit her job as a barista to do produce a one-woman play — be upset that Sebastian has landed a gig making music for a huge audience that will keep him fully employed for years when she has seen him fired from a restaurant and humiliated in a cover band? And why would Sebastian — who has finally been granted a chance to make a great living as a musician — be so bitter that he lashes out at Mia whom he encouraged to quit her job?
The themes of "not selling out" and being a "starving artist" are tropes that haven't aged well. When this fight occurs, we're supposed to draw on decades of watching other films portray these themes, not what has been establish in La La Land so far — which up to that point had been mostly realistic about artistic struggles (except for the jazz-fusion band being so incredibly popular, but whatever).
The entire fight could have been avoided with one simple conversation before Sebastian left on tour, or when the band started selling a bunch of records, or when they heard about the next tour. It is just impossible to imagine that Seb and Mia didn't discuss what his life would be like for the next few years. And if we assume Ryan Gosling is playing a character close to his actual age (which it certainly seems he is), that character would have had enough experience in musical fortunes to explain to Mia (who is presumably around 26), "I have to ride this out for a while."
When film and television drama reduce musical (and all creative pursuits) to unrealistic dreams of bitter "sold out" musicians and starving actors, they do us a huge disservice by not showing the resolve and tenacity it takes to be a working or middle class artist. It is not all-or-nothing. Most of us are somewhere in between. Those who won't accept a gig as a hired gun because the project doesn't pass their purity test aren't going to make any art professionally. Those who quit their minimum wage job to pursue a crazy fantasy aren't going to be able to do it for long.
This is not to say that La La Land is an irredeemable movie. It more than makes up for this shortcoming. But the moment of that fight is a signal that the film — even with its song and dance numbers — has switched from a realistic portrayal of artists to a metaphorical one. It will later take more shortcuts with Seb and Mia's professional journeys but the ending makes it all worthwhile.
Just don't follow its lessons. If you get the chance to make a lot of money playing music in someone's band, talk about it with your partner before you leave on tour.


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The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that the Department of Defense has withdrawn its appeal of a district court order compelling it to turn over images depicting detainee abuse by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The Defense Department will identify which public images come from the contested trove and release any additional images in its possession.
The group's release, issued to RAW STORY, follows.
"A picture is worth a thousand words, but we have yet to hear one word of acknowledgment from Secretary Rumsfeld and other top officials that their policies and actions were responsible for the torture and abuse seen in these notorious photos," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "The ACLU will press on with its lawsuit to hold high-level officials accountable for creating policies that resulted in the abuse of detainees. If the American government wants to restore faith in our commitment to human rights, we must hold high-ranking officials accountable for their actions."
Today's developments mean that an earlier district court decision concerning the photographs will stand. That decision, written by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, held that "Publication of the photographs is central to the purposes of FOIA because they initiate debate, not only about the improper and unlawful conduct of American soldiers, 'rogue' soldiers, as they have been characterized, but also about other important questions as well -- for example, the command structure whose failures in exercising supervision may make them culpable along with the soldiers who were court-martialed for perpetrating the wrongs."
The government has not officially informed the ACLU as to how many images in its possession have not been published on Salon.com, but they are believed to be few in number. The ACLU has not seen these images


text: NYSE:YUMCYum China Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Yum China Holdings Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $49.72 +0.11 (+0.22 %) (As of 06/5/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$49.41Now: $49.72▼$50.5050-Day Range$43.57MA: $46.48▼$49.9152-Week Range$38.33Now: $49.72▼$50.74Volume1.83 million shsAverage Volume2.73 million shsMarket Capitalization$18.72 billionP/E Ratio34.77Dividend Yield0.97%Beta0.79 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Yum China Holdings, Inc. owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in China. The company operates in two segments, KFC and Pizza Hut. It operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, East Dawning, Little Sheep, and COFFii & JOY brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, hot pot cooking, Chinese food, Mexican-style food, and coffee categories. The company also provides online food delivery services. As of December 31, 2018, it operated approximately 5,900 KFC restaurants; 2,200 Pizza Hut restaurants; 280 Little Sheep units; 14 East Dawning restaurants; 4 Taco Bell restaurants; and 13 COFFii & JOY units. Yum China Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingYum China has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $50.26, Yum China has a potential upside of 1.1% from its current price of $49.72.Amount of Analyst CoverageYum China has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.4 Community Rank Outperform VotesYum China has received 364 "outperform" votes. (Add your "outperform" vote.)Underperform VotesYum China has received 388 "underperform" votes. (Add your "underperform" vote.)Community SentimentYum China has received 51.60% "underperform" votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Yum China and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe YUMC will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe YUMC will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipYum China is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 0.97%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthYum China has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Yum China is 25.53 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Yum China will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.74 % next year. This indicates that Yum China will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Yum China insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.45% of the stock of Yum China is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions83.14% of the stock of Yum China is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Yum China are expected to grow by 79.63% in the coming year, from $1.08 to $1.94 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Yum China is 34.77, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.01.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Yum China is 34.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 43.76.Price to Earnings Growth RatioYum China has a PEG Ratio of 4.85. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioYum China has a P/B Ratio of 5.88. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.3Community Rank: 2.4Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.11 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Eating places Sub-IndustryN/A SectorRetail/Wholesale Current SymbolNYSE:YUMC Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1673358 Webwww.yumchina.com Phone86-21-2407-7777Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.01 Current Ratio1.38 Quick Ratio1.17Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio34.77 Forward P/E Ratio46.04 P/E Growth4.85 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$8.78 billion Price / Sales2.13 Cash Flow$3.08 per share Price / Cash Flow16.12 Book Value$8.45 per share Price / Book5.88Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.88 Net Income$713 million Net Margins6.72% Return on Equity17.46% Return on Assets8.11%Miscellaneous Employees450,000 Outstanding Shares376,430,000Market Cap$18.72 billion Next Earnings Date8/4/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable YUMC Rates by TradingView Receive YUMC News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for YUMC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) Frequently Asked Questions How has Yum China's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Yum China's stock was trading at $41.78 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, YUMC shares have increased by 19.0% and is now trading at $49.72. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Yum China? 6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yum China in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Yum China. When is Yum China's next earnings date? Yum China is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Yum China. How were Yum China's earnings last quarter? Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.25) by $0.41. The business had revenue of $1.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.56 billion. Yum China had a net margin of 6.72% and a return on equity of 17.46%. The firm's revenue was down 23.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.59 EPS. View Yum China's earnings history. How often does Yum China pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Yum China? Yum China declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, March 25th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 3rd. View Yum China's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for YUMC? 6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Yum China's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $54.60. On average, they anticipate Yum China's share price to reach $50.26 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Yum China. Has Yum China been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about YUMC stock have been trending positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Yum China earned a news sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutYum China. Are investors shorting Yum China? Yum China saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 10,470,000 shares, a decrease of 12.8% from the April 15th total of 12,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Yum China's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Yum China's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Yum China include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Aramark (ARMK), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Jack in the Box (JACK), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) and Arcos Dorados (ARCO). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Yum China own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Yum China investors own include Yum! Brands (YUM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Alphabet (GOOG), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Visa (V), CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (CIM), Walt Disney (DIS), PepsiCo (PEP) and AT&T (T). Who are Yum China's key executives? Yum China's management team includes the following people: Ms. Joey Wat, CEO & Director (Age 48)Mr. Muktesh Pant, Vice Chairman & Sr. Advisor (Age 64)Mr. Jacky Lo, CFO & Treasurer (Age 42)Ms. Shella Ng, Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec. (Age 54)Ms. Xueling Lu, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer (Age 45) What is Yum China's stock symbol? Yum China trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "YUMC." Who are Yum China's major shareholders? Yum China's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Invesco Ltd. (9.97%), BlackRock Inc. (7.68%), Primavera Capital Management Ltd (6.34%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.98%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (3.82%) and State Street Corp (3.41%). Company insiders that own Yum China stock include Aiken Yuen, Alice H Wang, Angela Ai, Danny Tan, Jacky Wei-Jye Lo, Joey Wat, Muktesh Pant, Riu Sun, Shella Ng and Ted Lee. View institutional ownership trends for Yum China. Which institutional investors are selling Yum China stock? YUMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BlackRock Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Vontobel Asset Management Inc., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, and Deutsche Bank AG. Company insiders that have sold Yum China company stock in the last year include Aiken Yuen, Angela Ai, and Muktesh Pant. View insider buying and selling activity for Yum China. Which institutional investors are buying Yum China stock? YUMC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Schroder Investment Management Group, Somerset Capital Management LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, and Broad Peak Investment Holdings Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity for Yum China. How do I buy shares of Yum China? Shares of YUMC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Yum China's stock price today? One share of YUMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.72. How big of a company is Yum China? Yum China has a market capitalization of $18.72 billion and generates $8.78 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $713 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.88 on an earnings per share basis. Yum China employs 450,000 workers across the globe. What is Yum China's official website? The official website for Yum China is www.yumchina.com. How can I contact Yum China? Yum China's mailing address is Yum China Building No. 20 Tianyaoqiao Road, Shanghai F4, 200030. The company can be reached via phone at 86-21-2407-7777 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/6/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff


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The 20+ Best PC Real-Time Strategy Games on Steam
Real-time strategy is one of the defining genres of PC gaming. If you know the pains of patiently building up an army, leading them across an unknown plain to surprise your enemy, only to find out they have spent that time on defenses and they effortlessly destroy your army in an instant, then you are probably a RTS gamer. You can relive those feelings all over again with this list of the best RTS games on Steam, and we're letting you vote on which you think are the best PC real-time strategy games that are worth playing.
From fantasy real-time strategy games like Dungeons 3 to Sci-fi RTS games like Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, you should find at least one good Steam RTS game on this list that delivers what you're looking for. There are even classic RTS games on Steam like Age of Empires II HD, as well as brand new PC RTS games like They Are Billions.
We've found the best PC real-time strategy games on Steam, and put them all on one list so you don't have to go through the hassle of searching the Steam store. If there are any real-time strategy video games on Steam that we forgot, go ahead and add them to the list for others to discover.


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One of the fun way to welcoming your baby born is by preparing the baby room. And choosing a nursery theme can be both exciting and frustrating. With thousands of ideas that we can find, it end up makes you feel overwhelming with the options if you don't know where to begin. Just remember this, the key is to create an exciting nursery theme that both you and your baby will enjoy.
Selecting the best theme for your nursery room may seem difficult. And to make it easier, consider to start by choosing a focal point, focusing on color, or drawing inspiration from your personal interests. For example, if you love animal, you can choose an animal theme for your nursery room. To inspire you, check out these 46 popular baby boy nursery room with animal designs below.


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To access an online account you need to sign in. Traditionally, this requires you to enter a username and password. Typically, these are different for each service you have access to. In a business context, it makes sense to centralise the management of both user accounts and the services they are authorised to access. This has given rise to a form of federated identity management, where users sign in to one single central identity provider. This identity provider usually also manages the user authorisation and seamlessly logs the user in to the desired service. The advantages are obvious: the user only needs to remember a single username and password, and the business manages service authorisations in a single place.
Unfortunately, this federated model of identity management is used more in more in a consumer setting as well. Examples are services like Facebook Connect which: "makes it easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on what they're doing. You won't have to create separate accounts for every website, just use your Facebook login wherever Connect is available". This is an incredibly bad idea.
It is like you are living in a large apartment building and instead of having a key to your house, the janitor owns the keys to all apartments in the building instead. To enter your house, you ask the janitor to open the door for you. It's even worse: the janitor also holds a key to your safe, your car, etc…. In real life we wouldn't ever trust a janitor and endow him with this much power. He might be bribed, or simple forced to cooperate… Then why do we trust Facebook with similar powers in the online world?
Especially if we know that intelligence services like the NSA can request all your Facebook account data (possibly including authorisations for other services)?
And it's not only Facebook. Schemes like OpenID, SAML, even certification authorities (like Verisign) in a public key infrastructure (PKI) have similar powers.
A strong authentication mechanism relies on public key cryptography. A user creates a key pair, and gives the public key to the service provider when signing up for an account. To access the account, the user needs to prove it owns the corresponding private key using a challenge response protocol. To prevent the need to maintain a large database of public keys for user accounts locally, the service provider could decide to use a certification authority (CA) to issue certificates that bind a public key to a user account instead. Then users receive a certificate for their public keys, and the service provider only needs to store the public key of the CA to verify all certificates it receives. However, this gives the CA the power to access any account, simply by generating a key pair and issue a certificate that binds the key to the desired account. In other words, it becomes as powerful as the janitor in the apartment building. In fact, any PKI delegates control from the leaves of the hierarchy, accumulating power up to the root.
In real life, we have different keys to open the front door of our house, open our safe or start our car. We may have a spare key, and a locksmith who knows the serial number of the key (or the lock) may be able to produce a new one. But never would a locksmith be able to create a new key that magically fits on our lock (excluding the possibility of master keys for the sake of argument) without such information. Using separate keys spreads the risk.
Again I wonder: why do we accept such a drastic change in trust assumptions in the virtual world?
Any authentication mechanism that does not require the service provider to store something specific for each user account runs the same risk. Trusting the janitor is but one example of the current Identity Crisis.


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On Wednesday, November 7, Dyn is joining with our co-sponsors Infusionsoft, Flite and Zendesk at the Zendesk HQ in San Francisco, CA, for our 2nd Culture-Con event.
Culture-Con is not like a lot of conferences where you show up to listen to a writer or consultant tell you about an interesting case study or two. That would be too easy. Instead, this one-day event is all about bringing people and companies together to share ideas and discuss the challenges and successes we're experiencing.
The importance of a strong company culture, and the effect it has on employee morale, is gaining steam across the country. While that mentality is very popular within tech companies, one of the goals of Culture-Con is to bring this way of thinking to the mainstream.
We don't have all the answers. But we do know which questions to ask.
Our panel (including speakers from not only our sponsor companies but Dyn client Box) will discuss how to design and maintain an engaging culture in a fast growth environment. This is a great topic because it is one thing to develop a cool culture for your startup but it is another challenge entirely to scale it as your company grows.
Here's a few of the other topics we'll talk about in our breakouts:
- Leading with a vision and mission
- How to make transparency/open communication part of your culture
- Understanding the tribes within your organization
- How to measure employee engagement (and how NOT to do it)
- Recruiting and selecting culture fits for your organization
All of the companies involved believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. We believe that investing in our people is a key ingredient in the recipe for growth and success. We have a great list of attendees that share this belief and we look forward to learning and sharing with them.
If you are in the Bay Area, we'd love to have you join us. We have limited spots still available to sit alongside and contribute with some of the biggest web brands on the Internet. See you in San Fran!
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Enzerink, Mirjam The Day the Sun did not Rise and Shine. Lemniscaat USA, 2015. $17.95
With dawn approaching, a little owl is so sleepy that he mistakes an opening into a dark attic for his bed. Expecting the sun to rise, so he could go to sleep, the Owl is surprised when it stays dark. After a search he discovers the "sun" in the attic and tries everything to convince it to rise and shine, so he can go to bed. What will it take to show the sun how important it is?
This is an extremely hard picture book featuring an adorable owl. The story is kind of sad, lonely, and dark. I found myself just feeling bad for the little owl. I could buy in that the owl was confused that he was in an attic (the illustrator did a great job with this), but then the owl knows how to turn on a light switch, what!? The illustrations are creative but have a dark undertone that I found quite dreary.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Have you ever wondered what to do with . . .
. . . old Christmas cards? I have saved mine for years, and have never used them for anything. I have the best of intentions. Well, this morning I found a cute, easy project on paper-source.com. You can make monogram tags with their Free Template, and you can adhere them to old holiday cards or scrap paper, so the back is cute, too.
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- Trish said...
Great idea! I save every card everyone ever gave me EVER! Now I have a use for them, which will make lots of people very happy. I love your blog -- I know I've said that before, but really -- every time I click on over and hear the music and see the pics, I know I'm in a happy place and that's why I love to visit!
- November 20, 2007 at 8:50 AM
- Melissa said...
What a great idea! My husband gives me a really bad time about all of the cards I keep, but you just never know when they can be re-purposed!
Thank you for the heads up on that website too!
- November 20, 2007 at 11:04 AM
- kari and kijsa said...
How fun....what a clever idea....we are working on an idea for monogrammed gift wrap!
Have a blessed day!
smiles, kari and kijsa
- November 20, 2007 at 6:12 PM
- Hillcrest Acres said...
I stopped by to say thank you for a wonderful blog site. I have enjoyed viewing your site with all the wonderful pictures. And by the way, Paper-Source is one of my favorite places to shop. I can never leave there empty handed.
Thanks again for such an inspirational site.
- November 20, 2007 at 7:39 PM
- Elle Jay Bee said...
Oh my goodness, you are so much more ambitious than me!
Maybe I'll send you mine, so I don't feel so guilty...
Happy Thanksgiving!!
- November 21, 2007 at 9:50 AM
Great idea! I saved mine forever and a day and finally threw them out! That always happens to me, as soon as I throw something out I figure out what I could've done with it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Russian A.L. Polenov Neurosurgical Institute
The diagnostic importance of phase transitions in liquor at a craniocereberal trauma
Heading: Neurology Article type: Original article
Authors: Ivanova N.E., Shadrin ąĢ.ąÆ., Vaskova N.L.
Organization: Russian A.L. Polenov Neurosurgical Institute
Purpose. The purpose of the work is an investigation of biophysical properties of liquors of patients with a craniocereberal trauma. This investigation has been directed on definition of a degree of a brain defeat, the forecast of the further current of disease and development of methods treatment. Materials and methods. Liquor was undertaken from 62 patients with the diagnosis of an craniocereberal trauma. Research of thermo-impedancemetry of liquors was made with the help of equipment for measurement of temperature dependence of an electric impedance of ditches with a researched liquid. On the -shaped site?function of dependence of a full impedance from temperature the was observed. This site is due to globule-ball phase transition in liquor albumens. Result. It is shown, that numerical values of parameters of phase transition correlate with albumen concentration in liquor. Values of correlation factors are directly proportional to concentration of albumen. Conclusion. It is established, that numerical values of thermo-impedancemetry parameters of curves are directly connected to a degree of a brain defeat and can be used as diagnostic and prognostic criteria.
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ML Seminar: Geometry and Regularization in Nonconvex Low-Rank Estimation
Recent years have seen a flurry of activities in designing provably efficient nonconvex procedures for solving statistical estimation problems. The premise is that despite nonconvexity, the loss function may possess benign geometric properties that enable fast global convergence under carefully designed initializations, such as local strong convexity, local restricted convexity, etc. In many sample-starved problems, this benign geometry only holds over a restricted region of the entire parameter space with certain structural properties, yet gradient descent seems to follow a trajectory staying within this nice region without explicit regularizations, thus is extremely computationally efficient and holds strong statistical guarantees. In this talk, we formally establish this "implicit regularization" phenomenon of gradient descent for the fundamental problem of estimating low-rank matrices from noisy incomplete, rank-one, or 1-bit measurements, by exploiting statistical modeling in analyzing iterative optimization algorithms via a leave-one-out perturbation argument.


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As their publicity literature shows, the group is now on world tour, promoting a "new season of dialogue" and creative dissent. The parish priest of Saints Simon and Jude, where the group is being hosted locally in Metro Detroit, Rev. Gerard V. Bechard, is apparently personally facilitating the event, as his email and phone number are given as contact info.
To be "fair," I suppose one should acknowledge that these priests are all doing what is right in their own eyes in order to address what they view as the crisis in the Catholic Church, including the "shortage of priests" and "necessity of reforming church governance."
The Book of Judges also refers to a time "in which there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes" (Judges 17:6, 21:25). The context, however, suggests anarchy rather than remedy. Dissent holds the attraction of autonomy, but its fruit is rebellion and dissolution. If this group had its way, there would soon be no need for priests at all, since, despite all its talk of the Holy Spirit, it would soon see to it that the supernatural task of the Church in the world is completely abrogated.
The correspondent who brought this event to my attention wrote, simply: "Disgraceful! I thought nonsense like this was put to stop years ago! I hope Fr. Bechard has a change of heart about hosting this scandalous group."
Amen to that.
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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, "Austrian dissident priest not allowed to speak at Boston parish" (WDTPRS, June 27, 2013).
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Keaton Simons
September 23, 2008 by Heather Kobrin
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With the release of "Can You Hear Me," Los Angeles native Keaton Simons shows that perseverance has its rewards.
Simons possesses an impressive resume. He's shared a stage with major players from across the musical spectrum, including Coldplay, Gnarls Barkley, Snoop Dogg, and frequent writing partner Josh Kelley. His unique brand of bluesy, soulful rock has been featured in film and television multiple times. Yet Simons has struggled to make a name for himself on a national scale, and had to endure the collapse of his former label, Maverick Records. After the frustration of recording an album for Maverick that was never released, Simons is now enjoying a new beginning with CBS Records.
Currently, he's on tour in support of "Can You Hear Me," with a set that features songs like the irresistible, upbeat "Good Things Get Better" and the ballad "Without Your Skin," a versatile track that's remarkably affecting either plugged in or acoustic.
TWRY caught up with Simons before a recent show to talk about this new chapter in his career.
Interviewed by: Heather Kobrin | September 2008
You've been described as a "triple threat" because of your singing, songwriting, and guitar skills. Is there one element of your abilities as a musician that you most closely identify with?
You know, it's always different. Ask me any day, and I'll probably give you a different answer. The times when it all locks into place, that's what I like the most.
In college, you studied Ethnomusicology. Looking back, how do you feel your education has impacted your sound today?
It's had a massive impact on my sound. Studying music from around the world taught me to open my ears and to hear music that was so unfamiliar and so different from what I was used to. There's music in the world that some people will hear and laugh, or say "Ah, that's terrible." But to be able to study it and understand it and love it is a really powerful experience. I also learned that music is an ingrained part of human nature, and that everywhere there are people, there's music. Even the most isolated, remote areas have people who play music. And they do it because they love it. They don't do it because they make a lot of money or because they get on the covers of magazines. So it helps to really remind me why I do it — the core of why I do this.
Over the years, you've worked with a pretty interesting range of artists. I mean, consider the musicians you've appeared with on "The Tonight Show" — Snoop Dogg and Josh Kelley. Do you think there's a common denominating factor amongst the people you find yourself teaming up with?
Not really (laughs). It's hard to say. I mean, they all love music. Even Snoop. You wouldn't necessarily think it from his persona, but that guy knows music. He knows what feels right and what sounds right, and he knows when something is even slightly off. He gets into it and he feels it. And for me, I've been fortunate that the people who I've played with and who have played with me all love music, and they know why they're in it. I guess that could be a common denominator, but it's not intentional. I just hope that my love of music attracts other people who feel similarly.
In talking about the collaborative process, you've been quoted as saying, "When you co-write a song, you're able to create something that neither person would have been able to create on their own." Who would you like to write with that you haven't yet, whose style you feel would complement your own?
Joni Mitchell or Paul McCartney. That would be amazing. I would've loved to have written with Jimi Hendrix, if he were still alive, because I love his guitar playing. I've been really influenced by him.
Ok, let's talk about the album. What's the significance of the title, "Can You Hear Me?"
Well, it's meant to be humorous and also just appropriate. I've been doing this for a while, and it's amazing how much a person can do and still not reach everywhere. I've done so many tv shows and movies and radio, and played shows all over the place, and opened for this person and that person. And there are still a lot of people who don't know who I am. So it's kind of my way of saying, "All right, well here's my debut record." I made a record four years ago that never came out. Now finally, I'm able to put this record together and put it out properly, and it's like, "All right, can you hear me now? Here I am." (laughs) So that's what it's all about.
Do you feel like the record has an overarching theme lyrically? The complexity of relationships is an element that seems to be present in many of the songs.
Definitely. But the lyrics explore all different types of relationships. I'm fascinated by the way one thing relates to another. We're all connected, but how are we connected? How is one thing connected to the next?
Can you take me through a few of your favorite tracks from the record and share something about the inspiration behind each?
"Without Your Skin" is one of my favorites, for sure. It's definitely inspired by that idea about the way things relate to each other — the duality of people being unique and independent and autonomous, and then also being completely interconnected. The idea of where one ends and another begins. That was really inspiring to me when I started writing that song. And "Misfits," I love the way it came out, I love the way it feels. That was inspired by my sister and our experiences growing up. "Unstoppable" is one of my favorites too. With that one, I was kind of forlorn. I think I started writing it at 3:00 in the morning on February 14th. I was alone in Maryland on tour, and it was snowing. My girlfriend at the time was back in Los Angeles, and they had just had this weird freakish snowstorm in Malibu. And so that song was about finding ways that we could feel connected. The inspiration was love and yearning. As much as my songs may sound like it, that's not usually the inspiration. Usually it's something a bit more cynical. But in that case, I was just really missing my girlfriend. It was late (laughs).
You've said that your writing process is different depending on the song. Can you take two tracks from the album that came together in different ways and tell us a bit about how each was composed?
Well, for "Without Your Skin," when I started off, I had those lyrics. I had written the first verse as a poem, and I was experimenting with putting it to a song and figuring out what kind of melody I wanted. Then the idea of "Without your skin, I'm naked" kind of came, and then the song just came together that way. Another song, "Nobody Knows," I co-wrote with The Matrix. I had written the verses a few years before, and I had the song set up a very specific way with all of these chord changes. I played the song for them, and they said they wanted to finish it and really shape it. So we got together and threw lyrical and melodic ideas back and forth. The way it came together with them — the fact that the actual production of the song was a part of the writing process — that was something I hadn't really done before. Usually, I would write a song, and then if I had the chance to record it, great. But with this, we were in the studio, reshaping the song around the production, which was really cool.
You've noted that with this record, you wanted to focus on "the strength of the songs and not the added embellishment of the arrangements." Do you feel like that's a problem inherent in a lot of the music we see on the charts today?
Oh yeah, absolutely. The issue is that a lot of people need that stuff. But the better the artist, the less crap around them I want to hear. I used to overproduce stuff all the time, because I'm used to myself. For me, there was no novelty in just hearing myself sing. I hear that all the time (laughs). So I wanted to get into the production aspect of it. But the more I did, the more I realized that what I really want to hear when I listen to great artists, is just them. That's all I want to hear. I'm one of those annoying guys who says to my friends, "I like it better when it's just you and a guitar." I never thought I'd be that guy. And I realize I'm starting to want that from myself. I want my real self to shine through, and the more you layer on top of that, the harder that is to achieve.
Keaton Live in Boston – Photo by: John Bellavance
Clearly, you've faced a lot of challenges getting to this place in your career. Given this, what does it mean to you to have created this record, to have label support for it, and to be able to share it with such a wide audience?
It feels amazing. It's wonderful. And I also have the perspective of having gone through it all. I get it. There are a lot of people who get opportunities very quickly, and either take them for granted or they don't understand things. And they fizzle away. For me, I know the angles. So I'm really excited and wiser for all my experience, and that really increases my confidence. Because I get it now. I know what to do with it.
What's the most satisfying part about playing live? How do you know when you've genuinely connected with a crowd?
You know, it's when I connect with myself that I connect with the crowd. Because it helps build the same type of energy. If I'm up on stage, and I'm thinking, "Oh, there's not enough people here," or "I had a bad day," or "My voice doesn't feel so good," then that's not a show. Even if I sound great. But when I'm up there, and I'm thinking about how much I love music, and how much I love performing, and how thankful and grateful I am for every single person out there, whether its ten people or a thousand people, that's when it starts to connect. When audiences are great and attentive, I shower them with compliments, because it feels so good, and I know how it feels the other way. It is so much better when people are listening. I say to people, if you want to see the best show you can, listen. If you want to get what you paid for, you can contribute to that. You can make the show better by being in it, and by being involved as an audience member. When Josh Kelley and I toured together, we used to say to the crowd all the time, "Aren't you guys glad you didn't stay home and watch tv tonight?" They might have had that moment of thinking they didn't want to go out, but once you're there, no one's standing there saying, "I wish I'd stayed home and watched tv." They think, "Yeah, I am happy. I'm glad to be here, and I'm here for a reason."
You've said you don't want to turn into "just another guy to pick up a guitar." Where do you seek inspiration in order to continually set yourself apart?
Here's the thing – When I said that, it was before I had this epiphany, this moment of realization, when I realized that it's not about trying to be something else. It's about trying to be myself as much as possible. The one thing we all have that nobody else has is our true self, and that's it. I might be another guy holding a guitar and singing songs. I might be one of hundreds of billions of people who have done that over the course of time. But it's the only time I've ever done it. And if I can really bring my whole self, that's what I have to offer that's unique. Of course, I always try to bring uniqueness to my music. But I don't sit around saying, "Oh, this sounds too derivative, or too clichéd, or too blues." I lighten up on myself a lot more, because I'm just going to be me and let it come out the way it comes out. I'm just doing the best job of showing myself and letting that shine through, and allowing that to be what sets me apart.
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Since the 1970s AUMUND has been supporting customers in the cement industry all over the world in plant design and layout. It has particular expertise in conveying equipment for the section of the plant from the clinker cooler to the cement mill.
The consultation includes consideration of optimal conveying flows, design and capacity of the clinker storage, space and ground considerations and the capital and operating costs involved. Another important factor is to consider the best way to incorporate existing plant and structure into the project.
In the lime and gypsum industry, AUMUND is one of the leading international specialists for conveying and storage technology. Customised equipment lines from quarry to dispatch are designed, manufactures and installed.
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Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education.
The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives.
Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal's high academic and ethical standards.
The journal employs a double blind peer review process for all submissions and its current Impact Factor is 2.442 making it one of the leading nursing education journals (2018 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics).
Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments, that is both in the University/faculty and clinical settings. It is supportive of new authors and is at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.
Nursing is a discipline that is grounded in its practice origins - nurse educators utilise research-based evidence to promote good practice in education in all its fields. A strength of this journal is that it seeks to promote the development of a body of evidence to underpin the foundation of nurse education practice, as well as promoting and publishing education focused papers from other health care professions which have the same underpinning philosophy.
Case studies and innovative developments that demonstrate how nursing and health care educators teach and facilitate learning, together with reflection and action that seeks to transform their professional practice will be promoted.
The opportunity to stimulate debate is encouraged as is the promotion of evidence-based nursing education internationally.
Clinical education
Papers which focus on nursing education in the clinical practice environment, from clinical staff involved in the education of student nurses in practice, as well as educators involved in the development of the workforce through post-qualifying education and training initiatives, are welcomed. It is essential that, as in other areas of nursing education, the evidence-base to education in the clinical environment is developed, where student nurses learn to become nurses; and professional caring practitioners develop and maintain their own knowledge and skills in order to transform the way they develop and deliver quality care to their patients and clients. One field that this is especially visible is known as Practice Development.
Midwifery Education
In keeping with the overall aims and scope of the journal Nurse Education in Practice (NEP), the midwifery section focuses upon education at an international level. The editorial team wish to encourage submission of papers that relate to midwifery which demonstrate:
- Innovation and development of education;
- Creativity in teaching and learning strategies;
- Advancement of practice-based education;
- Collaborative education initiatives between women and midwives;
- Delivery of education within the maternity services.
The current Impact Factor of the journal is 1.665 (2018 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics).


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Starting May 5, 2015, Google Apps for Education accounts should start to receive the recently announced Google Photos in their Google Drive for iOS, Android, the web. Now teachers and students can easily back up their photos and videos to Drive! Read on for an explanation of this new feature and some practical classroom uses.
Back on March 30, 2015 the +Google Drive blog announced Google Photos for Drive. If you use the Google+ mobile app, then you may already be familiar with the option to automatically back up your photos and videos to Google+. With Google Photos, you can now automatically back up your videos and photos to a folder in Google Drive, but until today it was only available for personal Google accounts. Now +Google for Education accounts have access to Google Photos as well!
Google Photos will automatically appear in your Drive when its ready. And you'll see it in the Google Drive mobile app for iOS and Android as well, without the need for an app update.
Setting Up Google Photos
There are a few things you need to do in the beginning to really put Google Photos to work.
|Turn on the Google Photos folder from the Settings menu in Google Drive for the web.
|Google Photos settings from the iOS app.
On your mobile device you can also turn on Auto Backup and Full Size Backups. I recommend sticking to Wi-Fi only so you don't kill your mobile data plan.
From my experience, only one Google account will back up media from you mobile device. If you have several accounts connected, you can only choose one primary account for the back up.
The Benefits for Teachers & Students
- This is a quick and easy way to set up ePortfolios.
- Students can have a shared folder for a project and they can move any backed up project images into that folder for everyone to use.
- Have your students create a subfolder for your class (named "subject - name", and whenever an image or video related to your class is backed up, they can immediately move it into that folder. You will always have access to student work this way!
|Have students create sub folders based on subject, class, or project groups.
2. If space is becoming an issue with students and their tablets, then the culprit might be their excessive use of selfies. If students have Auto Backup turned on, then they can remove the photos from their device as soon as it is backed up to Google Drive. Those images and videos can be downloaded back on to the device later on if needed for a project or assignment.
3. Did you know that all Google Apps for Education accounts have UNLIMITED storage in Google Drive? So it's not going to hurt your student's storage space to have all those photos and videos backed up to Drive.
Give Google Photos a try on your device first. Everything that is backed up is kept private until you decide to share it. And if you need any assistance, check out the help center!


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Sharing a whirlpool bath with a partner can be very relaxing, very sexy, very romantic and intimate. Here are just a few ideas to help set the mood.
Traditional Romance
Dim the lights and turn on some very soft music. Barry White is always a good choice. Find as many candles as you can and put them all over the place. Tealight candles work great and are inexpensive. The more candles you have, the better the effect will be. The light will bounce off the water and the shadows and movements are beautiful. Be careful not to place the candles where you will start a fire and remember to leave room to get into the tub!
All in the Nose
Go for the sense of smell. Start with flower petals in the water and around the bathtub. Find some bath salts and essential oils like rose or lavender to put in the water. After that, get some potpourri and put it around the room. Tiny pretty perfume bottles, placed stategically all over the bathroom along with candles, will glow and glisten in the candlelight. Be careful not to mix scents that don't go together or are too strong. Too much of a pretty perfume can be overpowering.
Pamper the Princess
Make a spa day or night out of your whirlpool bath. In addition to romantic scents, add plenty of bubbles to the bath. Arrange for a pedicure or manicure. Buy some facial masks and do facials. Don't forget the back rub and the foot rub!
Wash Each Other
Make sure you wash each other! From your head to your toes--having someone else wash you, like a sponge bath, is very intimate. Washing someone's hair for them is relaxing. Dry each other off when you are done too. Bathing together in itself is very intimate and personal, so take it one step further and do the work yourself.
Splurge Away From Home
Find a nice hotel with some great suites with whirlpool tubs. This is an extra treat for your special someone, knowing you spent the money on them, just for the two of you. And what's better--no interruptions! Sybaris Suites has great suites specifically just for couples, some even with swimming pools.


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This short article examines how helpful a web-based e-commerce solution could be o your company, what alternatives you will find and what is usually incorporated in this package. Through the finish of this article you need to be more confident on causeing this to be decision for the business and a bit more informed the next time you make contact with a design company representative.
The rapid growth and recognition from the internet has witnessed many companies not just grow and strengthen online but be completely developed from nothing. There are many prospective customers waiting online regardless of what your field and tapping that vast market becomes the hurdle.
When online stores first made an appearance they frequently labored on the phone or catalog shopping system that was basically very little dissimilar to getting a real customer inside your store. Nowadays shopping online is about speed and convenience. If you're serious about selling online you will have to take a look at investing money into an E-Commerce website. As lengthy while you obtain the right team an E-Commerce package should contain all you need to transfer your company online however it you can examine the package has the following
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Search Function: Many people won't wish to browse your website if they have an item in your mind. Together with a search function not just keeps these folks happy but causes it to be simpler for shopper to locate exactly what they need. Keep in mind that not everybody on the planet will accept your category structure now matter just how it's.
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There must be many, a lot more features incorporated inside a the best value ecommerce package and that i hope this summary of a few of the more valuable ones can help you decide what's the right action to take for the business.
Remember if you don't have the money available you need to a minimum of consider a smaller sized static site showcasing your product or service to prospective customers, in certain, more exclusive niches this is often just like effective.
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Maybe I read too much, or not enough. Or, maybe I think too much. Or, you know, not enough. I'm not sure.
I'm seeing much out there these days about the challenge of church (however you define that) to meet the needs of people, mainly young families. Most of the stuff I'm seeing is talking about church as a local body of believers who gather together for worship on Sunday mornings. Traditional, corporate church, I suppose. Sermons and Sunday School.
And the stuff I'm reading is about how hard it is for families with young children to participate in these settings. Kids fuss, make messes, clap, cry, squeal, misbehave. Parents struggle with the dilemma of keeping them in the assembly or taking them out. Or even, staying home till the kids are older and more cooperative.
I get it. I really do. I remember it, clearly.
I remember the time I was asked to bring toy cars instead of toy dinosaurs for my boys to play with, as the dinosaurs bothered an older woman who sat behind us.
I remember the Sundays upon Sundays when my husband was at work and I spent my time wrestling with a toddler and a baby and who knows what the sermon was about.
I remember leaving early, in tears.
I remember bringing hot dogs and potato chips to potluck.
I remember chasing a defiant two-year-old through the empty pews at the front of the church, in full, humiliating view of the watching worshippers on the back pews.
I remember being asked not to bring Cheerios into the sanctuary, and to take my dirty diapers home with me, and to please come and get my crying child from his toddler class.
I remember sitting in the cry room, zombie-mom, while my toddler systematically emptied the toy box and my baby nursed, and how disconnected I felt from whatever I thought church was supposed to be. I remember getting up, and leaving the mess, and walking out the door of the building, strains of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms growing faint behind me.
It's a ridiculous time, this time of raising small children. Ridiculous and challenging and exhausting, and church can seem like an insurmountable Sunday morning mountain to climb, week after week.
Climb, climb up sunshine mountain, faces all aglow … not.
So, what is a church to do?
Here's the thing. Here's the hard reality. There's not much a church can do. I mean, there are children's programs and the cry room and all …
But, just like in the grocery store, or on a plane, or at your house, if your child is upset or loud or fussing, there's probably little I can do to help you.
I can shoot you sympathetic eyes. I can offer to take your baby. I can smile at you as you take the screaming toddler to the back of the sanctuary, and I can put my hand on your shoulder as I walk by you on my way to the bathroom as you are walking the halls with your kid who can't sit still.
I just don't know what else I can do, except to say, I understand. I love you. I love your baby. I love that you are trying. I love that your children are making noise, and mess, and being cute, and talking in the quiet, and shouting Amen at the end of every prayer.
Bring all the toy dinosaurs you want. And fishy crackers or Cheerios or apple slices. And those toys that ding, they're okay, too, if that's what it takes. And if you are in and out of the room a hundred times, it's fine.
And know that church, like anything, is challenging for all of us. Trying to be family. It's hard. As a mom of teens, or a single person, or a young adult, or a widow, or the pastor's wife. There are mountains to climb, whether you are wearing a baby sling on the journey, or riding a skateboard, or using a walker.
I don't know what to tell you, except to hang in there. Like parenting in general, parenting at church is a day-by-day, messy, mistake-making, grace-requiring, hand-holding journey.
And when we fail you, and we will, know that it's hard for all of us at times. And we're all doing the best we can.


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The premier Blog devoted to current developments of Puerto Rico's franchising and distribution laws and jurisprudence, including the Dealer's Contract Law 75 and Sales Representative Law 21. © since 2009 Ricardo F. Casellas. All rights reserved.
Friday, May 19, 2017
"Litigating Dealer Termination Cases in Puerto Rico" article for publication in the Franchise Law Journal
CAB's senior associate Carla Loubriel and I co-authored the article "Litigating Dealer Termination Cases in Puerto Rico" scheduled for publication in the Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4, Spring 2017.
Our article provides a top to bottom coverage of the substantive, procedural, and strategic considerations of litigating claims brought under Puerto Rico's relationship statutes from discussing the most appropriate forum to prosecute or defend the claims through jury trials in the federal court. The article explains the substantive elements of the relevant claims and defenses, discusses the interaction with the Civil Code, examines the differences between Puerto Rico's relationship statutes and the common law, and delves into pin pointing the implications of litigating these claims in Puerto Rico's local courts versus the federal court. We provide an overview of jury trials in Law 75 cases and conclude by sharing practical considerations that influence the litigation of distribution cases in Puerto Rico.
Feel free to contact Carla or this author for an advance copy of the article before publication.
The Franchise Law Journal, the quarterly scholarly publication of the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising, seeks to inform and educate lawyers and other interested readers by publishing articles, columns, and reviews concerning legal developments relevant to franchising as a method of distributing products or services.


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Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts Announces Launch of the Indian Affairsc2016 Student Leadership Summer Institute for Native Students
WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama's Generation Indigenous ("Gen-I")initiative to remove barriers to success for Native Youth,Acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence S. Roberts today announced the launch of the 2016 Indian Affairs Student Leadership Summer Institute, a paid 10-week summer internship program with the agency that begins in early June. The Institute will provide American Indian and Alaska Native post-secondary students with a unique opportunity to learn about federal policymaking and develop management and leadership skills within high-profile offices throughout the Indian Affairs organization. Roberts made the announcement at the National Congress of American Indians' "Tribal Nations Legislative Summit 114th Congress Executive Council" meeting.
"Indian Affairs is excited to offer the Indian Affairs Student Leadership Summer Institute, which will provide opportunities for Native students to gain experience and leadership skills to help serve Indian Country," Acting Assistant Secretary Roberts said. "Under the President's Gen-I initiative we are privileged to provide learning opportunities for the next generation of Native leaders, and believe that this program is a chance to help our young people gain valuable experience that will serve them well throughout the rest of their careers."
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Did You Miss the February 23 Social Justice Tuesday on Overcoming Implicit Bias? Attended but Would Love Access to Resources and Slides?
Once we recognize that society repeatedly exposes us to unconsciously absorbable stereotypes, what can we do to counteract these biases? Check out the overview of strategies for groups and individuals seeking to move beyond the hidden assumptions, judgments and uncomfortable behaviors that flow from implicit bias. Presented by Joy Williams, Diversity Program Manager and Interim Co-Associate Director of the Washington State Bar Association Advancement Department.
Continue reading here (Joy Williams Overcoming Implicit Bias[1])
This year, Equal Justice Works' National Advisory Committee is presenting awards to law students at Equal Justice Works member schools in eight regions who have a demonstrated commitment to public interest law and pro bono work.
The Equal Justice Works Public Interest Awards seek to identify and honor law students who have provided extraordinary service through law school clinics, volunteer work, internships, and/or extracurricular projects. Recipients will be honored during an Award Ceremony with a commemorative plaque and $250.
Applications are currently open through March 31, 2016. Please find the application here as well as a list of our member schools divided into eight regions. If you have any questions, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Toolkit on the Inter-American human rights system for indigenous women
In order for the Inter-American human rights system to adequately recognise, protect and fulfil the human rights of indigenous women, it is necessary for indigenous women to engage with the system, to make their voices heard and to tell their stories with all their complexities. This toolkit, which contains a series of information notes explaining different aspects of the Inter-American system, is designed to help indigenous women and their advocates to use the system effectively.
It is the result of a collective effort by indigenous women from Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay, among other countries. They have worked together for many years to raise awareness about the opportunities offered by the Inter-American human rights system with regard to the rights of indigenous women.
Continue reading here (http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/inter-american-human-rights-system/publication/2015/toolkit-inter-american-human-rights-syste)


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So sassy! This is a wonderful vintage apron... with an embroidery girl in profile on the front. There is nothing I don't like about this apron. I found her packed up with my stack of aprons that came home with me from my Grandmother's. These were either made by her own Mother or Grandmother.
What an amazing floral print used for this apron. Lots of pale pink and orange!
I didn't realize that I had not gotten a decent picture of the face. She has a blue eye... and her finger tips are done with red. Which seems kinda of scandalous for a belle. So with that thought... lets take a peek up her skirt!
The skirt on this belle is wide and full... and sweeps across her legs. And for the age of this apron the black thread has really held up. I rarely get lucky and have the black thread still in good shape on these old linens. It is the first color thread to rot normally.
I really could not capture all the detail that went into this apron. The trim all the way around is puckered. And the material maintains a nice crisp feeling. So I am assuming it has not made many trips through the washer. Even the vintage lace remains fully intact.
So here is one last look at this wonderful apron. I have a few more of these hand me down aprons to show off, that I found with this one. Just need to find the time to get the pictures and posts done.
Be sure to check out all the fun pink things at...
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Hidden in the woodlands of Glen Cove, visitors wandered the grounds of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve during the annual Native American Feast last Saturday. Each year, the weekend before Thanksgiving, the museum invites patrons from near and far to take part in a variety of activities that celebrate Native American life.
"Being a museum, education is our No. 1 goal," said Veronica Natale, the museum's director. "So we like to bring education through hands-on activities. People get more out of learning when it's hands-on and visual."
Guests applied tribal face paint made from red shale, which was ground at a stone-drilling station. Children weaved in and out of wigwams in the interactive woodland village, and visitors sampled fare from Native American food displays, which featured four types of popcorn, cranberries and boiled corn soup. In the pottery studio, patrons used natural clay deposits from Hempstead Harbor beach to sculpt bowls and vases.
Marianna Ferrari, who came from Queens, said she enjoyed the exhibits, which she said realistically portrayed life in native tribes. "The multisensory aspect of it [is more interesting than] just reading about it in your book," she said. "My kids are at that age where they're old enough to understand and appreciate some of the local history."
In front of the museum, visitors took turns scraping into the trunk of a tulip tree with natural tools like seashells and sticks, forming a dugout canoe. In a clearing behind the building, patrons launched spears across the sky using an atlatl — a tool that pre-historic tribes used for hunting.
Visitors trekked through the trees and explored the natural surroundings on the preserve's numerous walking trails. A flight of leaf-laden stairs led down to the beach, where red shale rocks stood out on the shoreline. A family of four, squatting near the surf, molded small hills from the sand.
"It's a great place," said Dimitri Bourianov, who had come from New York City with his family. "It was great to walk around on trails and see the ocean as well. My kids love it — all of the magic behind the trees."
Bourianov said the feast offered them a chance to engage with an ancient way of life. "I think it changes the scenery," he said, "and it gives you a view of the culture and history as well."
Down a different trail, the aromas of flame-broiled rainbow trout and roasted acorn squash floated through the forest, enticing guests who gathered near a crackling campfire. The flames were tended by Ted Strickroth, a.k.a. "Teepee Ted," from the Traveling Wilderness Museum in Aquebogue, in Suffolk County. With assistance from his helper, Ryan Clemente, of Seaford, Strickroth showed patrons how to cook over open flames. The skill, he said, helps "renew a connection with people and Mother Earth."
"It's about remembering that everything comes from the Earth," Teepee Ted explained. "I'll ask children where their computers come from, and they say the factory or the store. Computers used to look like a rock. Thousands of things have been done to that rock to make it a computer."
That sentiment served as a unique reminder of the Native American tribes that once inhabited the region, and what they did in order to survive. Strickroth's demonstration also illustrated how society once socialized, he said — around a cooking campfire.
"I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a campfire," he said. "It's hypnotic."