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The Unix file system hierarchy has been used for decades and remains the model for most of today's modern Linux systems, but one distribution, GoboLinux, is making software management easier with an innovative directory structure.
Speaking at this year's Linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in Wellington, New Zealand, GoboLinux developer Michael Homer said the standard Unix directory structure has survived for many years, but sometimes it is not optimal for contemporary computing.
"One of the first responses we get is :'Is there a reason for the directory structure in Unix', but the problem is a lot of those reasons are not needed anymore," Homer said.
Homer, also from Wellington, has been a GoboLinux developer for four years and is beginning to communicate the benefits of having each program installed into its own separate (and versioned) directory, which also represents the package database.
An automatically-maintained tree of symbolic links keeps the program contents accessible "without a large overhead in search time" and another set of fixed links maintains compatibility with the original Unix tree.
The end result for software administrators is that any application can be installed using GoboLinux's binary packages, the Compile tool (which accesses an online database of "recipes") or manually, giving equal results.
"The advantages are with manipulability, parallelism and unpackaged software," Homer said.
"It is possible to do most package management tasks using the standard file system tools and that's quite handy. For example, you can remove a program using the rm command, but we have our own tools that wrap up the commands, and they are more efficient." Regarding "parallelism" it is possible to install multiple versions of the same program at once and switch between versions without any system changes.
"You can take a source package and you can build and install it with all the package management features and you can easily uninstall it later," Homer said.
"A lot of enterprise software is shipped as a giant tar [archive] ball. You can move it later on in a clean fashion. And you can upgrade to a new version and remove the old version."
Another advantage of this architecture, Homer says, is the ease in which a system can be rescued in the event of an error.
"With a liveCD we can rescue an entire system no matter what has gone wrong and most people will never need to do a full re-install," he said. "The administrator knows what is going on all the time. There is no database that gets out of date so if you have broken a system you can always fix a situation. What is fatal to other distributions is stable here."
Another feature is the ability to have an application in any location without using union mount.
"You can also easily install software to your home directory without root [administrator] access," Homer said, adding non-standard directories are sometimes used at sites for custom needs.
The GoboLinux project is online at www.gobolinux.org.


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Welcome my friends. So rather than continuing to accumulate various thoughts on theology in my brain and hijacking the Saturday Ramblings entries over on Internet Monk to discuss them, I have decided to try out WordPress once again. I can't promise that I'll post with any sort of regularity, but if I do happen to think of something and possess the time to write about it, I will do so. I may also post about music, my college experience, baseball, or the WWE if I feel like it, so be prepared for those sort of off-topic posts as well.
As far as the title of the blog is concerned, there are a few different meanings to it. It does not indicate a transition to atheism like one may assume. It refers to my journey from evangelicalism to what one could potentially describe as more "liberal" viewpoints. (Although I personally despise applying the left/right spectrum from politics to religion.) Many evangelicals would probably say that I'm straying from the faith, becoming lukewarm, or perhaps that I'm not nor was I ever truly a Christian. Hence, in their eyes, I am desanctified and I'm glad to be so.
In case you're not familiar with me from elsewhere, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Vega Magnus. I'm a twenty-one year old accounting student from South Carolina. I was homeschooled for my entire life and while I won't say anything against the concept of homeschooling, I have issues with the cult-ish far-right aspects of it, part of which I saw through my use of A Beka curriculum. I never really saw myself as a fundamentalist at the time and I saw a lost of their beliefs for the insanity that they were, but I actually absorbed more of their views than I realized at the time. It all went bad in early 2012 when I took their beliefs on total depravity to their rational conclusion; if the world is hopelessly screwed up and if humanity is mostly hopelessly screwed up, then what really is the point of living? Once you've avoided hell by becoming a Christian, you might as well just end it all. One doesn't exactly develop a healthy view of other people either because one is constantly sin-sniffing and judging the hell out of people when in that culture as well. I eventually dealt with the mental anguish I was going through by just trying really hard not to think about it and that worked for a while, but in February 2013, I decided I was uncomfortable with that and began seeking out more answers, which led me to The Christian Monist and Internet Monk. I was incredibly relieved to finally find some theology that I could identify with and acquire some degree of peace of mind through. Since then, I've become what could almost be considered a Christian agnostic, I suppose. I don't claim to have the all of the answers, but I do trust that God will sort everything out as well as it can be sorted. I still have some issues that I'll discuss in time, but that is a decent overview of who I am, what I come from, and where I am now.
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The sound is great and some of the presets are really, really well crafted. The ironic titles give away the kind of sound that they should recreate, and I was surprised to see how many actually nailed it. I think that Guitar Rig is an amazing tool because of its simplicity. I've tried other guitar software before, but I've only stuck with GR and... [read more on Audiofanzine]julian_r7 rated this unit on 2014-09-19.
Sound quality? EXCELLENT. I used to have the GR3 and I find this one better in every single aspect. At first it may sound a little bit synthetized, but with a few adjustments works great. The more you use it, the more you learn from it, and the more you love it. It's a great product, and although it can be used as a stand-alone software, it's al... [read more on Audiofanzine]Dargor rated this unit on 2014-07-25.
I was a little skeptical about getting Guitar Rig 4 because I was using IK Multimedia's Amplitube Fender, which I was enjoying a lot. When I got it though, it was great. Not only was I getting great results routing Music Lab's Real LPC through it I was only sing it on every other instrument. Piano's and strings sounded awesome with the creative ... [read more on Audiofanzine]Wedges2 rated this unit on 2011-12-31.
Back in the day, Guitar Rig was the first Amp simulator that I?ve tried. Since its first release, the guys at Native Instruments worked really hard in these years to implement features and improve the sound quality. I?ve used it in different genres, recorded a few demos with and it was a good software (even on other sources like drums and voice ... [read more on Audiofanzine]synfactory rated this unit on 2011-07-21.
Guitar Rig 4 is probably the most comprehensive plugin in terms of consolidating plugins and effects. I find that the sonic possibilities are rather endless with Guitar Rig 4 and the advertised purpose, guitars, isn't skimped upon at all. To be perfectly honest, I do prefer IK Multimedia's Amplitube over Guitar Rig for when it comes down to g... [read more on Audiofanzine]Kierkes rated this unit on 2011-07-14.
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"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight." 1 Corinthians 3:19
In the wake of the deadly tornadoes that decimated Moore, OK, a popular comedian and noted atheist mocked those who prayed for the tornado victims and challenged people to actually do something for the ravaged community. Many people expressed similar sentiments, questioning the usefulness and power of prayer. In their minds, why pray to an entity that allowed such a tragedy to happen in the first place? To them, it just didn't make sense.
I'm glad I live in a country that embraces free will and the right express one's opinion. In the spirit of exercising this basic right, I will say that, as a Christian, I find this type of thinking foolish and dangerous. To me, prayer and belief in God gives one the strength to withstand life's inevitable storms. Belief in God does not mean you will not face worldly tragedies or disappointments. Belief in God helps you react to such circumstances with the hope, knowledge and comfort that He is with you and will see you through according to His will. That, in itself, seems to be the biggest hurdle many face in their faith- God's will versus our will. When God's will supersedes our will – which it always does – one's faith can become rattled especially if there isn't a full understanding of Scripture. Those with no faith place their hopes within themselves or upon other people. The problem with this is man's abilities are limited; placing one's faith in him will leave one empty. The man of faith prostrates himself before the Lord and receives the comfort and answers that give him the strength to accept and persevere. God's power and mercies are limitless. He does not leave us, even when we are facing unspeaking hardships, pain and losses.
Praying to God is doing something. For it is during these moments that we receive instructions placed upon our hearts, not to be seen and praised by men but to please God. Doing something may be more than donating to a charitable organization. One may be prompted to also give their time, spiritual gifts or talents to help rebuild lives and communities up close rather than from afar.
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Gubernatorial hopefuls address municipal issues at Hartford forum
HARTFORD -- The not-so-well-known candidates for governor on Tuesday got a chance to offer their visions for Connecticut, during a forum before about 40 people sponsored by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
While the frontrunners, Democrats Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy and Republicans Tom Foley and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, did not attend, seven others including Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi and Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura gave their pitches to the group of local officials.
Boughton, a Republican former member of the General Assembly who believes the state has to sharply curtail its spending, set the tone of the event by telling the officials that he doesn't support cuts in municipal aid.
But he called for a "fundamental redesign" of state government and a real plan for how it will look heading further into the 21st century.
"We need to free up municipalities to be more flexible, more agile in the way that they generate revenue and the methods they use to do that," Boughton said.
"There also needs to be a larger, broader discussion about property-tax reform, because we all know that the property tax is one of the most oppressive taxes, particularly for our seniors, to pay," he said.
"They're typically land rich yet cash poor and they can't afford ever-escalating increases to their property taxes," Boughton said. "The primary driver of property taxes is education funding. Specifically, we have to have access to other revenue streams besides property taxes."
Marconi, who is running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, agreed that municipal aid should be protected as the state faces a multibillion-dollar deficit in the summer of 2011. "One of the issues that I have been going forward with over the last several months is the fact that cities and towns seem to be playing less and less of a role in state government and that's a great deal of concern to me," Marconi said.
"We know at the municipal level how difficult it is to make a change and correct that ever-growing deficit," Marconi said. "I personally feel that it's not going to come from municipal aid and we need, as chief elected officials, to stand together more than ever before." He fears that future cuts in state spending will be felt directly by towns and cities.
"We just can't stand for that and one of the ways of helping to reduce the amount of cuts that have to take place, because I firmly believe that there's absolutely no way we're going to be able to cut our way out of a $3 billion-plus deficit, we need to look at the revenue side," Marconi said, adding that tolls on state highways represents a sensible source of new revenue.
"Do I want tolls? Absolutely not. I'd rather not do it. But it's a source of revenue that's going to help decrease the amount of cutting we have to do," Marconi said.
Jarjura, another Democrat and former long-time member of the state House, said he believes a "disconnect" has developed between state and local government.
"We're all in this together and I think the state of Connecticut is only going to be as strong as its weakest link," he said. "So OK, we have 169 municipalities under the umbrella of the state of Connecticut. Most first selectmen and mayors that I've worked with in the 10 years that I've been mayor of Waterbury, they agonize over very, very small appropriations." He said that the looming state budget crisis -- with a shortfall in the fiscal year that runs through June 30 and an estimated $3.5 billion deficit in the two-year budget that starts July 1 -- is "a crisis of monumental" proportions.
"We have got to be prepared for ugly things happening, up and down the line," Jarjura said.
Other candidates who attended the forum included Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman, a Democrat; Larry DeNardis of Hamden, a Republican; Juan Figueroa of Meriden, a Democrat; and First Selectman Thomas Marsh, a Chester Republican.
Others who did not make the event included Republicans R. Nelson Griebel of Simsbury, Newington Mayor Jeff Wright and Christopher Duffy Acevedo of Branford.


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A Caterham spokesperson once asked if I had an agenda, referring to my reporting of matters concerning the marque. I told him I did.
When people's livelihoods are at stake, I think it's right to ask difficult questions, and likewise provide truthful answers. I suspect this is where Caterham's current management and I disagree.
Yesterday, we understand further redundancies were made within Caterham Group (at Caterham Technology and Innovation), while there are threats of this now spreading to Caterham Cars in Dartford.
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To be absolutely clear, this is not as a consequence of Caterham's disastrous failure in Formula One (where the entire team faces a bleak and uncertain future). Neither is it due to any particular adverse event impacting on the day-to-day business of building and selling sports cars. As far as I can see, the order book is healthy and the Seven still stands proud as a testament to simple yet great British engineering.
So my guess is that Caterham's chairman Tony Fernandes has finally realised that the Caterham brand (that he so heavily relied on to access industry partnerships) is now so badly damaged that he has little option other than to 'abandon ship' before his failures impacts on his core businesses, Air Asia and Tune Group.
READ MORE: How to decimate your brand – a case study by Caterham
Hurried glances across dusty ledgers will tell him what 'housekeeping' needs to be performed, and in Caterham's case, this will most likely result in many of those who were led to believe in 'the dream' waking to find that the life rafts have already sailed, and that just like J Bruce Ismay before him, Fernandes is now heading swiftly eastwards, back to dry land.


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These don't have to be just 'our games' - anyone can play
On Gaelic Games:Maybe it sounded a bit fanciful but GAA President Liam O'Neill's speech to the GPA dinner in New York last Thursday hit on what may well turn out to be one of the most radical developments in the association's history.
The target that there may eventually be more people playing Gaelic games outside of Ireland than at home is fairly aspirational at the moment: current figures show a disparity of 16,000 to 250,000 (or a ratio of about 16:1).
But the vision encompasses a major departure for the GAA – a playing membership that would have to become less Irish and more international, as local populations in the overseas territories became more involved and blood lines to Ireland dilute.
As O'Neill acknowledged: "It's no longer about the emigrant going abroad and growing up in the GAA. It's about the emigrant who has gone abroad whose child is now playing games. That's where the growth is going to be."
Writing in an essay collection to mark the GAA's 125th anniversary in 2009, UUJ's Dr Paul Darby, who played championship football with Antrim and is the author of Gaelic Games, Nationalism and the Irish Diaspora in the United States, remarks:
"Many feel the future of the GAA in the US will be predicated on reaching out to young people, not necessarily of Irish descent, born in America. As a consequence, considerable energies are being invested in youth programmes and competitions aimed at building a sound grassroots for both football and hurling.
Familiar themes
"For those involved in this process it means selling the ludic and aesthetic qualities of Gaelic football and hurling to a broader constituency rather than packaging or promoting them as a resource for the expression of Irish national identity, as was the case in the past."
Talking to Larry McCarthy, from Cork and a long-time administrator for the GAA in New York, at last Saturday's All Star match in Gaelic Park it was striking how the familiar themes of Gaelic games had transposed from the parishes of home to the world's uber-metropolis.
Even though acquiring property is far more challenging that at home, the local GAA are slowly developing an infrastructure, which caters for much the same needs as in Ireland – community focus and thriving juvenile sections.
For a long time, Gaelic Park in the Bronx fitted with a particular version of the diaspora experience: sentimental attachment to the old country spiked with resentment at forced economic exile.
There was also in decades gone by the squabbling between the New York board and Croke Park and the disjunction between it and the rest of the North American GAA, still reflected in the current association structures.
New York GAA seemed at times to rely on importing the home experience with the apparently ceaseless traffic of inter-county players to play in the local championships. But times have changed.
It used to be said the GAA in New York and North America in general thrived when Ireland was doing badly but unlike previous recessions, the current economic calamities haven't been amenable to the traditional remedy of exporting our unemployed there. For a start the US economy has also been affected by the 2008 global meltdown but more tellingly, the intensified security of post-September 11th America has made undocumented immigration a much less viable option than in previous decades.
Impressive statistics
The GAA has had to become more adept at reaching out to the local populations and in that regard the statistics are impressive. Around 700 children involved in a juvenile programme in the suburb of Rockland was one of the examples used by O'Neill. There has also been the increased representation of non-immigrants on New York teams.
For so long the concept of the GAA abroad has been about importing the games and providing a home from home rather than reaching out to the local populations.
In recent years the European board model of recreational involvement has been notably successful. Established by largely voluntary emigrants whose jobs took them to the continent, it often attracted Irish people who had no previous involvement in Gaelic games but who saw them as a way of recognising their cultural identity as well as providing a sporting and social outlet.
It was here that the great appeal of women's football was identified and at the weekend Liam O'Neill spoke of how it was that game, rather than the men's, which had the greatest potential to attract overseas communities to participate in GAA activities. As the president emphasised the growth of the women's game adds urgency to the task of removing the barriers between the sports so that the GAA is formally open to all.
With the New York GAA modernising and hoping to celebrate its centenary in 2014 by redeveloping the facilities at Gaelic Park and also by staging a national league final, the old model of the GAA projecting a self-absorbed nationalism is giving way to a more inclusive form of expansion.
These don't have to be just 'our games' – anyone can play.


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Michal Sobotka
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Michal Sobotka has pitched in the Czech Extraliga.
Sobotka debuted in 2008, hitting .233 for Draci Brno. He improved to .315 at age 16 in 2009 but was only 2 for 16 in 2010. In the 2010 World Junior Championship, Sobotka was 0-1 with 16 runs in 11 2/3 IP for the Czech entry, though his four appearances did tie for second in the event. In the 11th/12th place game, he allowed 5 runs in the final 3 1/3 IP to take the loss against France as the Czechs finished last. In 2011, he became a pitcher for Draci Brno and went 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA. During the 2012 European Cup, he gave up 5 hits and 2 runs (one earned) in four innings of work.
He was 5-0 with a 1.38 ERA in the 2012 Czech National League (a minor league), finishing second in ERA to future Reds signee Jakub Ižold and tying for the best winning percentage. He was 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in the European Under-21 Championship. In the Extraliga, he had a 4-2, 4.15 record then threw three shutout innings in the playoffs. He really impressed in the 2012 European Championship. Facing the Dutch national team, Europe's top power, he pitched 8 shutout innings and led 1-0 going into the 9th before he walked Quintin de Cuba and hit Wesley Connor. Marek Minařík relieved and was unable to close it out. Sobotka also dominated Sweden, with two runs in six innings (the second scored on an inherited runner after Leoš Kubát relieved). The youngster led the Czech staff in innings in those Euros and was arguably their top performer. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, he was not as sharp, giving up 3 runs in the first, two on a Max Kepler triple, then he blanked Germany for three but gave up 4 in the 5th while only retiring one. He led the Czechs in innings in that event as well, though. For the year, he won Talent of the Year, presumably an award for the best up-and-coming young Czech player.
The towering right-hander made it into the Draci Brno rotation for 2013, going 7-4 with a 4.28 ERA. He tied Martin Drong and Jason Daniels for third in the Extraliga in wins and was 8th with 48 whiffs. He was 0-1 with a 6.14 ERA in the postseason. In the 2013 European Cup, he allowed two runs in six to beat host CB Barcelona. He was 3-3 with a 5.09 ERA for Draci Brno in 2014 and had no decisions and a 5.25 ERA in the postseason. In the 2014 European Cup, he blanked the Templiers Senart for four frames but allowed two hits and four walks before Jeremy Filipek relieved.
During 2015, he improved to 7-1, 3.88, tying for third in the Extraliga in wins. He was 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA as the top Draci Brno hurler in the postseason but their run of three straight titles came to an end. He was 0-1 with a 6.14 ERA in the 2015 European Cup, losing to Curaçao Neptunus. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in March 2016, he was on the Czech squad but did not get into a game.


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I tried all the detoxes in the world. Curiosity is my name...or it should be anyway! Do you want to know my conclusion regarding detox diets? Some work, some don't...mostly don't to be perfectly honest. Just lately I realised that there is nothing wrong with my body. I don't need to neutralise any toxins in my body cos there are none. If there is something I need to detoxify that would be my thoughts Let me just tell you how I realised that.
Weekends can be boring when is pouring rain. I know that the weather man on the telly said that there would be some sporadic showers this weekend, but he got it wrong...as per usual! Raining cats and dogs has nothing to do with showers. Anyway, raining kept me inside...bored and tired of doing absolutely nothing. So I thought that downloading a new game would keep me occupied. I turned on my dear Apple and the first game that came up in the Apps store was...no, you won't guess this. "Kim Kardashian: Hollywood". Seriously? Since when children (no, not like me!) would enjoy a game like that? And what's that game about anyway? You tell me if you find it out because I feel no urge to download it!
YouTube may save me I though. Bing picked just for me the latest "miracle", a very useful video about "How to talk like a Kardashian". I know that you may have some doubts, but have a go and find out for yourselves if I'm right or not. I can assure you I am. Anyway, I had no desire to lean a new language, not even a kardashian one, so, I said what I had to say (you don't want to hear what!) and jumped to another thing that may have battle with my boredom.
It's called Facebook of course. Now with Facebook there is a story to be told. I have many friends...hundreds of them and I follow their activity on my News Feed...where in between my friends' posts there are some random announcements made through and by some unknown pages. I never liked them, I don't know who created them and still don't understand who gave them permission to bother me! They have legit names and their posts are tempting. Some about Ellen and her face (nothing wrong with her face by the way!), others about JLo and her weight gain (nothing to be worried about: she is still a hot latino!) or just about a poor Aussie girl who had no money to spend on losing around 50kg (just to be clear here: the photo is super stretched). Maybe you have them on your News Feeds too...don' open them if you do! They would all take you to a miraculous pill that promises to help you lose 10kgs in 10 days. I would lose my job if that would be true! However, I opened the videos, one by one today, just because I was bored and then I said...what I had to say...again! Still on Facebook, I check what's that deal about the wrinkle free face of a 52 years old woman. Wait a sec! Same face, different post, this time the woman is 62. And then another post of another scammer I guess, with the same photo of the same woman who is now 72. At least the person behind the page, cos I assume there is only one, kept the number "2" running. Decent, nice guy I guess. If you get them on your pages, accompanied by "you won't believe that", don't open. Same detox pill that doesn't work. How do I know that? I tried it....I told you I tried them all!
The cherry on the top of my weekend was that call from IRD. Don't jump to conclusions just yet! The guy, who had nothing to do with the tax department, may have been threatened me with court cases, but, even if I am a blondie, I still can recognise a scammer! By the way, the real IRD was happy when I reported the phone call and the details the scammer gave me over the phone.
So, now at the end of the weekend, with a more colourful language, I realised that some people may have to detox their brains....cos they are quite sluggish. I may have a blonde brain, but I would never create a Kardashian game for children, a new nasal affected language or believe that a pill can help one drop weight overnight. And I wouldn't definitely believe what a guy with a strong Indian accent pretends to be. Blonde or not, my brain is perfectly fine. I don' have to detox it as well as I don't have to detox my body. But I really have to detox my thoughts about some people somehow. Help! Any meditation groups around? :)
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"Without Henry we were bunched" - former star Paddy Buggy
Paddy Buggy, All-Ireland medal winner in 1957 against Waterford, and rising to the highest office of President of the GAA, could not be in Croke Park on Sunday, and it broke his heart, writes Barrie Henriques.
Because of ill health, he was unable to travel, but it certainly didn't impinge on his enjoying the game on television. Down in Maryville in Ferrybank, Paddy Buggy sat in the silence of his own sitting room and watched, analysed and concluded.
As agreed, we made contact with the great man on our return, and in typical, uncompromising rhetoric, Paddy Buggy gave his opinion based on what was presented by the wonderful world of technology.
"I told you on Saturday night that we would need a fast, winning start against these Galway lads if we were to turn them up," he opened. "As it happened, it was Galway who made the start, and after ten minutes, we were behind by 1-2 to a single point. After 31 minutes we were behind by 1-4, having scored just four points.
"Our backs were all over the place, and they were shapeless. I saw JJ.Delaney, in my opinion one of the greatest defenders this game has ever seen, out around the midfield area, following Joe Canning. Tommy and young Joyce were spending a lot of time in the full-back line, and Brian Hogan was having his hands full with young Burke.
Terribly exposed
"Hogan was left terribly exposed, with nobody around to give him a hand, and not the sign of cover in front. At that stage we had only scored three points from play. That was never going to be enough. Our backs were in terrible trouble, and our midfield was non-existent."
Paddy felt that the concession of frees was anathema to a winning performance.
"When you have such outstanding hurlers, with superb accuracy from placed balls from all angles, like Henry Shefflin and Joe Canning, the last thing you need to do is afford them easy opportunities. Now I didn't care, in fact, I welcomed every one of the silly frees that Galway presented us with, but it infuriated me to see some of our lads presenting easy frees to the likes of Canning, a superb hurler.
"Canning shot five frees over our crossbar in the first half, and at least three of them were what I call lazy frees. Galway gave away a few stupid frees too, and Henry slotted over three in succession just before half time, and they were valuable to us at the time, because we were six points adrift before then."
Paddy's first visit to Croke Park in 1952 when he was a sub on the county senior team.
"You mean you had never been near the place before then?" but I had never been there before 1952
"What is so extraordinary about that," he asked.
Dublin was a long way from Slieverue in those times, and transport, especially private cars, were not so plentiful. Country people rarely went to the capital in those time, he reminded.
Was he worried at half time?
"Not so much worried as anxious," he said. " Our forwards were not functioning as we know them to do. There was no flow to our game with the smoothness that we have admired. Henry Shefflin was carrying us on his back, with little or no help from any quarter. T.J. Reid was very average. Eoin Larkin was no better, and Richie Power and Colin Fennelly were really struggling.
"Cohesion and team-work were missing. We were dropping balls, and missing the pick-up regularly. There was no great unity of purpose in our play. Yes I was terrible anxious as they went in for the break. Henry's three points between the 33rd and 35th minutes were vital. That's what I'm saying really. But for Henry we were bunched."
Surely he must have been impressed in the second half?
"Whatever Brian (Cody) said to them at the break seemed to make a difference. My little notes tell me that the game was tied six times in the second half. But again we were trusting to Henry to work the miracle. In the 50th minute he levelled matters, and four minutes later he fired us in front for the first time in the match, I think.
"I thought we had a great chance of winning from there, because the momentum was with us."
Niall Burke's goal in the 55th minute surely gave you cause to worry?
"Ah sure that should never happen," he said. "Our two defenders got themselves in an uncharacteristic mess, and young Burke skipped in to slam the ball to the net. I'm still going back to the unity of purpose. Those things should not happen with top-class hurlers. But Henry got us back on an even footing with two frees."
One of those frees was a penalty. Would you have advised to pursue a different ambition?
"No way," he insisted. "The man himself is the best judge of what is required, and he obviously felt that a certain point was better than a chancy goal. Yes, he was right."
Paddy was certain, as Shefflin laid the ball off to Colin Fennelly in the 57th minute, that a match-winning goal was about to be fired home. James Skehill made a magnificent save. Chance gone, although Henry slipped the free over the bar.
Had he an opinion on the officiating?
"I thought the referee made a couple of bad decisions on both sides, but he was consistent," he felt. "I thought that he had a reasonable game. From where I was looking, I felt that he was fairly balanced. There could be an argument made about the last free, but I felt that Richie Power's free at the start of the second half was equally questionable. These things balance themselves out in the end."
His final word?
"We need to get to the pace of the game quicker, and we need one or two others to share the work-load with Henry. He is a priceless talent. We should be thrilled to say that we saw probably the greatest hurler ever playing our magnificent national game. It was a pity he didn't get the ninth medal, but it is not gone yet."


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Each of the three gorgeous women, singers by profession, had a long nourished wish to play an instrument, but never had the time and occasion to start with it. They came up with the idea of starting a band together and decided they needed a singer and writer
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A recent post of mine offered clear, simple and powerful words to substitute for jargon. Some of the comments and people who shared the post on Twitter and other social media sites questioned whether replacing jargon with shorter, more straightforward words would dilute meaning or even undercut the credibility of a company's message.
I disagreed. But, I figured I should back up that assertion with examples drawn from real life.
So I trawled real corporate press releases sent out last week. Quickly, I found several examples that crossed my eyes and muddled my brain. (And I spent more than a decade as a financial journalist.)
Below, I've reprinted snippets from eight of those media releases. In each case, I rewrote the wordy phrases and trimmed the jargon and extra stuff. I used active verbs and shorter sentences. Each example is different, but the concept is the same.
The idea is to show how to strip away unneeded or fuzzy words and distill meaning. And this isn't relevant for just PR professionals. This habit is essential for bloggers or others who want people to share their posts, buy their services or products or do something else they urge. In today's economy, that's pretty much all of us.
If our audience has to spend much time figuring out what we mean, they will move on and we will lose out. Why make it hard for them? And that's what the eight press releases had in common: it was harder than it should have been to get the message. Great content is easy to read.
Sentences from real press releases
In these eight examples, the original phrasing from the release appears first, in gray italics. Then my rewrite appears below that, in black.
I kept each rewrite to just one phrase or sentence. For some of the rewrites, adding another short sentence might have helped convey the meaning more precisely. Nonetheless, the rewrites are definitely clearer. And they are jargon-free.
You can judge for yourself whether you think anything gets diluted.
1. Original: "The website is now fully operational with the ecommerce functionality all set up."
1. Rewritten: The company has launched its website.
2. Original: "We are continuing our efforts that we began last fiscal year to pursue patent infringers in an effort to monetize the value of our extensive patent portfolio."
2. Rewritten: To protect our many patents and the income they bring, we pursue violators.
3. Original: "In the fourth quarter we paced our promotional activities to avoid the holiday season promotion clutters in the market."
3. Rewritten: We ran holiday promotions earlier this year to increase their effectiveness.
4. Original: "The new company and its management team has invested a substantial amount of their time and effort in laying the groundwork for the company's unique value proposition to its potential customer base while setting the stage for developing its brand of products."
4. Rewritten: The new company is developing its marketing plan.
5. Original: "We believe the confusion associated with our warrant accounting has caused some potential investors to eschew the company due to the complexity of our earnings calculations."
5. Rewritten: Investors want simpler accounting for our warrants.
6. Original: "The company's customer-centric business model provides a strong value proposition to consumers."
6. Rewritten: Customers like the company's prices and service.
7. Original: "We are cognizant that we must address our debt situation and our pending line of credit maturity but we ultimately believe striving to improve our core business is a fundamental component of a solution for all parties in this regard."
7. Rewritten: We will cut the company's debt as we build business.
8. Original: "Questions may be poised* to management by participants on the call and in response the company may disclose additional material information." (* yes, the release used the word poised instead of posed)
8. Rewritten: Executives will answer questions during the call.
Here's another post about how to make writing clearer and more direct.
Two pointers to keep in mind whether you are writing or editing:
- Avoid phrases and prepositions wherever possible
- Use active, strong verbs
Often, legal or other executives will resist simple language. It's as if they take comfort in the convoluted. If you find yourself feeling that pressure, show this list to the jargon-pushers. Ask them which version they'd rather read. They might be surprised. You might get more cooperation in your quest for clarity.
Like any habit, scouting for extra words and jargon that clutter writing takes practice. Yet, it is a skill that can be learned. And mastering it will help you sell, persuade, reach and prompt action.
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Final funding push as Lincoln Bomber Command centre receives £700k grant
A grant of £700,000 has brought the International Bomber Command Centre project on Canwick Hill in Lincoln a step closer to completion.
The trust behind the project is hoping others will be inspired by the momentum of the donation to raise the remaining funds.
The final push to raise the £2 million needed to fund the eagerly anticipated International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC), received a boost through the grant from Biffa Award.
The project will ensure that the million men and women who served or supported Bomber Command during WWII are honoured and remembered in the heart of what has become known as "Bomber County".
The visitor centre, named after Roy Chadwick the designer of the Lancaster, will with the support of the Biffa Award house state of the art interactive and immersive exhibitions based not only on the history of the Command but on the first-hand testimonies of those involved.
Video: Lincoln Bomber Command centre rising to the skies, but £2m still needed to finish the project
In 2015, the UK's tallest war memorial, the same height as the wingspan of a Lancaster Bomber (31.09m or 102ft), was unveiled to an audience of 3,000 people including 312 "Bomber Boys", the largest gathering of the Command's veterans since 1947.
At that stage only the first phase of the Walls of Names were in place. This award ensures that all 58,000 men and women, who lost their lives protecting the freedoms we enjoy today, will be honoured, as their names are added to the memorial walls.
The centre will be the only place in the world all these losses are memorialised. This figure equates to the number serving in today's RAF and Royal Navy combined.
The IBCC project has already created the most comprehensive, free-to use database on the Command's losses in the world, with almost 3 million individual pieces of information. The database, which was launched on the web site on the 4th May 2017 has already seen over 3,000 users searching for information on family members and ancestors.
The Centre is due to open in December this year and will be officially unveiled on April 12 2018, commemorating not only the completion of the project but the 100th anniversary of the commissioning of the RAF.
Gillian French, Biffa Award, Head of Grants said: "We're really pleased to be able to support the International Bomber Commany Centre. The centre will pay respect to those who served at Bomber Command and allow visitors to explore the personal stories of the men and women who played such a vital role in our history."
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Note: This is an excerpt from a draft of my thesis, A Computer Model of National Behavior. The introduction and table of contents are also available
4.3.4 Nations-in-Places (NPs)
NPs are considered next. An NP is not a true entity type because it is really the relation between a nation and a place. However, it has its own attributes and because of the important role it plays in the model, it typically is viewed as if it is an entity. Like the other entities it has a UID, but because it is a relation it has foreign keys that correspond to its nation UID and place UID. Similar to the nation UID and the parents of nations is national history. This list tracks the nations of which this nation in place has been part. National history like parents does not affect the simulation, but it makes the model more useful by letting the system rapidly determine the history of a NP, and where it fits in the great march of nations.
The rest of the NP attributes are subjective. They are the familiar foursome of assertiveness, aggressiveness, health, and magnitude, plus density. Because NPs can be thought of as inheriting from both nations and places, care should be taken to ensure that the precise purpose of these attributes is not confused and that every attribute adds something valuable to the system.
Specifically both magnitude and density are needed, in spite of similar definitions. The common thread of both nation magnitude and place magnitude is that it indicates the importance, with a value of zero making that thing irrelevant. The differences are pretty clear after explanations, however. The problem is a result of the originality of this thesis, meaning there is little established jargon to fall back on.
Density is a measure of a NP's existence, or put another way a nation's existence in that particular place. It is analogous to the density of an electron in a region of space. A density of one shows that the nation completely and definitely exists in a place, while a density of zero shows that a nation in no way exists in that place. The NP will struggle for more density if it has any will to live. The density index affects calculations for the nation, because it serves as a weight in the weighted average.
Magnitude shows the importance of a place for a nation. This can be seen as the emotional bond between a nation and a particular place. An example of this is Split, Croatia, which early in this century was very important to Italian politicians while being little cared for by anyone else, including Croatia. Magnitude is set to an appropriate value at the beginning of a run, and factors such as the effort a nation has put into securing a place and its length of occupancy there may affect this variable.
The final three attributes, assertiveness, aggressiveness, and health, operate just as they did with nations. Assertiveness and aggressiveness directly affect competition, while health tells if the NP is in decline in the given place. The striving between NPs occur entirely within a place, so a NP in one place cannot affect a NP in another. So while a NP may be super aggressive, it is only super-aggressive to other NPs in its same place.
It has been mentioned, but the other purpose of these attributes is to affect the weighted averages of the nation to which the NPs belong. Assertiveness is the weighted average of assertiveness, magnitude is the weighted average of magnitude and density, etc. So another reason why so many attributes have to be analogs of those in nations is that they are need to keep the model coherent.
Visually, the NPs entity type can be visualized as follows
Entity 3 (Nations-in-Places)
- Place ID
- Nation ID
- National History
- Density
- Name
- Parents
- Assertiveness
- Aggressiveness
- Health
- Magnitude
Figure 9. Nations-in-Places Relation


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So much has happened in recent months, in the Western Rite of our Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, that I will attempt only the briefest update.
Following the synodal decree which invalidated the controversial ordinations at Beacon, New York, a number of those who were ordained on that fateful day have now received a canonical ordination in the Russian Orthodox Church. Some are serving in the Western Rite.
There was, at the time the synodal decree came out, the departure of one clergyman from our church.
Within the past two weeks, one or two more clergy have departed, which is cause for prayer and is a loss to our Church.
On a brighter note, on Sunday, November 17, 2013, retired OCA Metropolitan Jonah and Bishop Jerome (ROCOR), together with some seminarians from our Jordanville seminary, visited the W. Rite parish of Christ the King in Tullytown, Pennsylvania. There, Fr. Bernard Andracchio was awarded the dignity of Archpriest. Pictures are available at http://rwrv.org/news.html. Axios!
The 2014 Western Rite Conference was canceled, and we still await word about the scheduling of a future conference.
The Commission established by the synodal "Beacon" decree has not produced so far any specific instructions for WR clergy. The Metropolitan is deciding matters from day to day, when issues come up. An internet discussion group was set up for the W. Rite clergy and there clergy may ask questions of two of the Commission members, Archpriest David Straut and Archpriest Anthony Nelson. A group was also established for the wives of WR clergy.
The W. Rite continues to flourish in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and continues to operate under the omophor of the first hierarch, Metropolitan Hilarion, who issued a comforting clarification soon after the synodal decree, which clarification remains the last official word on the W. Rite. More and more, our W. Rite clergy are coming to realize that the E. Rite clergy and people of our Church are going to be a source of support, encouragement, and blessing, and that suspicions about the motives and humanity of E. Rite brethren have been, in many cases, excessively pessimistic. W. Rite clergy have been concelebrating with E. Rite clergy more and more, including on the territory of the Chicago diocese (e.g., at my own parish on the edge of Austin, Texas), even as concerns regarding how W. Rite clergy were vetted under the former vicariate structure, are allayed. Our Church Abroad still has at least one bishop (His Grace Jerome) who has celebrated in W. Rite in the recent past and could do so in the future.
In sum, the W. Rite of the Russian Church continues. What of its vitality and viability? These will be determined by none other than the fruits of its own activity, whether missionary, parochial, or monastic. After the passage of two or three decades, there may be sufficient information to allow one to hazard a guess at how well our W. Rite is doing. May God be with our W. Rite clergy and faithful every step of the way, and may He guard and keep them by His Grace, through the prayers of the most holy and most pure Mother of God and of all the Western Saints.
Dear W. Rite brothers and sisters, we love you, we respect you, and we hold you up constantly and steadfastly in our prayers.
Hieromonk Aidan, cell 512 915 0667
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The Dothan Eagle reports the 10-day festival that ended Sunday benefitted from unusually dry weather this year. Typically the festival gets at least three nights of cold, wet rain. But hardly any rainfall was felt this time around.
Jason Rudd, the festival's board president, says the impact of the weather "can't be overstated." And while organizers are still crunching attendance numbers, Rudd says the 2017 event is "shaping up to be the biggest festival ever."
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Iron ore is any rock or mineral from which iron can economically be extracted. It comes in a variety of colors, including dark gray, bright yellow, deep purple, and rusty red. The iron comes in the form of iron oxides such as magnetite, hematite, limonite, goethite, or siderite. Economically viable forms of ore contain between 25% and 60% iron. In the old days of mining, some ores, known as "natural ores," had 66% iron and could be fed into iron-making blast furnaces directly.
The three primary sources of iron ore are banded iron formations, magmatic magnetite ore deposits, and hematite ore. The most metal is extracted from banded iron formations, geological structures laid down mostly between 3 and 1.2 billion years ago. Blue-green algae released oxygen in the days when the atmosphere and oceans were very oxygen-poor, binding together with dissolved iron in the world's oceans. These iron fixation events went through cycles as the algae had alternating blooms and busts, leaving the characteristic bands seen in banded iron formations. This ore is in either the form of magnetite or hematite. Banded iron formations are found on all continents, but especially rich deposits are found in Australia, Brazil, and the United States.
Another prominent source of iron is found as magmatic magnetite iron ore deposits, formed during ancient volcanic eruptions that released large amounts of magnetite which later crystallized. Granite-associated deposits have been found in places like Malaysia and Indonesia and require very little post-processing to extract the iron. Titanomagnetite, a special class of magmatic magnetite ore, also serves as a source of titanium and vanadium, which is extracted via specialized smelters.
A third source is in hematite ore deposits, which are found on all continents, but especially in Australia, Brazil, and Asia. Most hematite originates from banded iron formations that have undergone chemical alteration over billions of years due to hydrothermal fluids. The world's largest producer of iron ore, Vale, located in Brazil, produces it from hematite ore. Vale produces 15% of the entire world's iron supply. In total, worldwide ore production is about one billion metric tons.
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It's going to be interesting to see if we ever run out of iron deposits. I've heard the estimate that at our current rate it will last for another sixty years or so, and others say it will be twice that. I don't know if they take into account the fact that you can recycle iron (something that will hopefully be done more and more as time goes by) but it is a sobering thought.
I guess I probably won't see the consequences to this in my lifetime, but I'd hate my kids to suffer if it came to that.
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I never realized that hematite was iron ore. I've always liked it as a stone for jewelry. It has a lovely sort of metallic sheen and is a little bit different. Supposedly it's good for your health as well, since it's got magnetic properties, although I'm not sure if I take that seriously or not.
I guess I should have realized it had something to do with iron, because of the magnetism and because of the name. Hema must mean iron in Latin or Greek since it is used in "hemoglobin" as well and that's the iron part of your blood.
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In spite of what appears to be lukewarm market reception towards the Surface RT, Microsoft does not seem ready to let up its promotional efforts just yet. This week, the tech giant announced it will be opening six more stores in the US, the new locations being Utah (City Greek Center), Texas (The Shops at La Cantera), California (Westfield San Francisco Centre), St Louis (St Louis Gallerina), Ohio (Beachwood Place), and Miami (Dadeland Mall). This brings the total number of "official" stores up to approximately 40, effectively furthering Redmond's expansion plans as well as its goal to increase first-hand consumer exposure. If Microsoft is indeed serious about reproducing the success of Apple's "retail store" model–as the promotional efforts increasingly suggest it will—it is not farfetched to expect that store count to increase substantially in the years to come. (As of today, Apple has already established about 390 official stores worldwide).
One other equally intriguing, although less confirmable, piece of news concerns Microsoft's plans to release a possible Windows 9–or Windows Blue– platform during Summer 2013. The new system, according to an alleged "alpha tester" from Taiwan's PCBeta forum, is designed to provide a much more a "customizable" experience, feature "resizable" tiles, and will impart on the traditional Windows interface the trademark Metro-style appearance. Currently, rumor has it that Microsoft may charge little to nothing for the upgrade, and may even offer updates on a much more regular basis, according a report from mobilenapps.
Even without considerable evidence, there is little question as to the benefits regular Windows upgrades will serve for Microsoft. Since the initial launch, one of the major gripes reviewers had with Windows 8, other than the considerable lack of downloadable app content, has been its unnecessarily steep learning curve. Regular user friendly tweaks and fixes, coupled with continually increasing app numbers, are among the many elements Microsoft will need to provide if it wants to accelerate the adaptation to its new platform.


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Joonas4c3 had een nieuw webpagina ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit42 ontwerpen ingezonden door4 freelance designers.
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we provide a social media platform for the end-user to seek, find and play around in his/her nature just outside the doorstep. We will build an AdventureMachine, that will make all more excited about their daily commuting and other trips around.
see also attached document.
mainpage welcomes the user. there need to be matter orinted feel and an apetite to enter must be created. room for "todays site" and location based listing and location based map.
the spot page is a card type that fits to different delivery channels. Something like forsquare, but more on nature, environment and fun of finding. nearby other sites (maybe closeby geogatching -sites)
the user page is for the endusers own things. listing of visits, credentials (stars, badges, coupons, etc..) linkage to the facebook stream, twitter stream...
this is about nature spots, not about fauna. our poi's are stones, rocks, cliffs, gaves, trees, views etc.
this is an adventure for all ages, but it can be really fun and addictive even. spots are in the heart of this. even they present nature, they are just (commercially interesting) poi's. spots can be visited also virtually, so not only records of visits.


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Leader of the Jewish Home Party, Israeli Economy and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, threatened that his party would withdraw from the government coalition with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of the Likud Party, should Israel ŌĆ£grant any concession to the Palestinians in peace talksŌĆØ.Israeli daily Maariv said that Bennett, who leads one of the largest coalition parties, said that granting concessions to the Palestinians would pose what he called ŌĆ£a serious threat to IsraelŌĆØ, and that his party ŌĆ£will not allow that to happenŌĆØ.
Bennett also stated that his party will not only withdraw from the government, but will lead ŌĆ£a political battle at the Knesset to stop any agreement and any concession provided by the government, starting with foiling the Poll Law that the Knesset intends to vote onŌĆØ.
He told Party leaders in the north of the country that his party would not stand idle ŌĆ£while the government concedes to the PalestiniansŌĆØ.
Yet, he added, ŌĆ£Without peace, the Jews cannot fulfill their dream of a Jewish and a Zionist stateŌĆØ, but added that achieving peace must be based on Israeli standards, and should first serve Israel and its security interests.
He also claimed that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Authority, are trying to strip Israel of its international legitimacy, by filing applications at the United Nations, and its affiliated organizations.
Bennett further said that peace for Israel is based on boosting both Israeli and Palestinian economies, without making any political concessions.
He believes that peace can be reached by granting a better economy to the ŌĆ£self-rule area of the Palestinian Authority without giving the Palestinians more landŌĆØ, and without establishing an independent Palestinian State.
PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (21 ŌĆō 27 May 2020)


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Vegan ARA will protest Yale University's cruel animal testing
Fri, September 14, 201812:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
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Event hosted by The New Haven Vegan Meetup Group.
• What we'll do
Yale Lab Protest this Friday, April 6, 12-3 pm .. met at Amistad Park.
There have been monthly protests starting again the past few months and we need to get the attendee numbers up to continue ..
Vegan ARA will protest Yale University's cruel use of animals in their labs for testing. Protesters will have signs and pass out educational leaflets. We will meet at Amistad Park by one of the main labs and walk to Congress and Cedar Streets , then to near the main entrance of Yale hospital.
for more info contact event organizer Violet Firth
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Symbios.pk is one of the first online shopping portals in Pakistan and claims to be the pioneer in the field. It has been serving online shoppers since the past 5 years. Not only delivers products in the big cities of Pakistan, but also in rural areas of the country. A wide range of products are displayed at the store for viewing and retailing and it covers almost all product ranges right from apparels to footwear to watches to cameras to electronic products to kitchen appliances to computers to mobiles, all of these from various popular brands. The store sells almost 20,000 products on a daily-basis to its users in Pakistan. The top brands, the products of which are listed at Symbios.pk, are Apple, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Sony, Panasonic, Casio, Canon, Acer, Nikon, Dell, HP, Blackberry, Toshiba, Lenovo, Philips, and many more.
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It is well known and well documented that Americans do not have healthy diets. But what is probably more shocking is the fact that a recent study discovered that less than 15% of American adults are eating enough fruit and vegetables everyday to meet federal suggestions. Even fewer are eating enough greens to meet suggested requirements for a healthy life.
However, the number is increasingly lower in Southern States were, like in Tennessee, the number of people eating sufficient fruit and vegetables is almost at 7.5% of the adult population which is absolutely shocking.
Not eating your fruits and vegetables seems to be a trend, however, the risk associated with not eating enough of them are enough to make you want to more of them.
People who do not eat sufficient fruits and vegetables are prone to vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies. You need the B-vitamins to help you use energy efficiently, you need vitamin C to assist with wound healing, vitamin A to assist in keeping your skin and eyes healthy, and vitamin K to support blood clotting. Avoiding foods that so easily give them to you is a huge disservice to you. Not eating sufficient foods to help this will also affect your calcium, magnesium, iron and potassium levels which can result in feelings of lethargy, affect muscle gain, and just generally not feeling awake and ready to handle the day.
Fruits and Vegetables are also high in fiber, which the traditional American diet does not seem to be high in. Fiber is great for you, it helps by improving your digestive health which ensures that the waste in your large intestines moves through your system to prevent constipation and hemorrhoids.
Additionally, with the obesity epidemic, more and more people should be turning to fruits and vegetables as they are generally low calorie, full of fiber and water which can help you lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
So all in all, there is no more excuses for not eating your fruits and vegetables!


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Beautiful Creatures – Novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
As a huge fan of young adult fantasy, I was disappointed to find such a well-talked about novel to be so boring. "Beautiful Creatures" was really nothing to write home about. I found it quite erratic, the characters underdeveloped, and the plot line muddled. When I first read the synopsis, I really felt this concept had potential but it was a story perched up on a fence, teetering one way and then the other. Basically, I felt Beautiful Creatures was doomed to fail in general.
One issue I really had with this novel was the various story lines that all were supposed to "come together" in the end. The problem was, they didn't. The way each plot line written seemed very processed and artificial; from the Civil War flashbacks, to Casters and Seers, and secret libraries, there was nothing truly concrete about it. Each character was lacking depth and was so cookie cutter and stereotyped I just couldn't get into it. The character of Ridley in particular was most disappointing; when she first shows up in her sexy outfit, blonde and pink hair, and sucking on a lollipop I couldn't stop my eyes from rolling. It took a lot for me to even finish Beautiful Creatures and I was totally dissatisfied.
When it comes to Young Adult series, skip this one. There are so many better series out there to read (Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, even Divergent and the Matched trilogy) and Beautiful Creatures will just leave you disappointed and feeling like you've wasted your time.
"Beautiful Creatures" – Directed by Richard LaGravenese
My expectations for the "Beautiful Creatures" film were somewhat in the middle. I felt that there was a standout cast here and sometimes a good script is all you need to amplify a story. Specifically, I was looking forward to seeing Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, and Jeremy Irons and their portrayals of Amma, Ridley, and Macon, but I was well aware that the movie could be a total bust.
Frankly, the movie could have been a lot worse. I'll start by saying Emmy Rossum totally put Ridley in a new light, rather than just the sexy Siren who is so stereotypical and far fetched in the book, she was attractive and sultry in a much more realistic way in the film. I was shocked to find myself smitten with Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan Wate; he was incredibly charming and adorable – everything the character in the novel was lacking. However, I couldn't say the same about Alice Englert as Lena. She was just so…. blah, for a character that was supposed to be so powerful.
Truthfully, there wasn't much that could have been done to make the movie amazing given the story line, but I found they did a good job. Taking away all the little sub-plots that seemed pointless (the "Sixteen Moons" son, Ethan's Dad, etc) really helped focus on what was important with the story. But even with all that the story was just ok. In light of the recent franchise movie surge, I doubt "Beautiful Creatures" will really take off. There is too much competition out there, and this story is just too contrived and artificial.
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Overview of BizSchool
BizSchool – Refusing to give up on South African youth
Many young people in South Africa today emerge the day after completing matric or a tertiary institution , with no idea of what to do next – they have no plans to study and little knowledge of what the world of work entails. Too often they give up on themselves, and wider society gives up on them leaving them to drift.
At BizSchool we believe that it is not too late to help such disadvantaged young people. BizSchool's mission is to equip young people with the attitude, skills and knowledge required to excel and be fulfilled. Our programmes assist young people in navigating their career paths through career testing and counseling as well as ongoing mentorship. The participants are also taught small business and entrepreneural skills as well as life skills and work readiness skills. Steven Covey's seven habits for highly effective people are used as a framework to aid the life skills component. Some work readiness and personal skills include how to write a CV, interview skills, job searching on the internet, managing personal finances and self-management.
Core to the programme is an Apprentice-style hands-on experience of being a young entrepreneur. Our December programme participants have to prepare a business plan and earn a loan which we provide to make and sell a quality product at a local market, hopefully break-even or make a profit and pay back the loan.
And even after the initial 2-week programme – attended by over 700 young people since 2008 – we continue to support them through mentoring, alumni events, and additional programmes. They become part of a BizSchool on-line community which gives them access to job advertisements, internships, study bursaries and enterprise opportunities. Follow up in 2015 showed that of those who had been attending Bizschool, 85% are now working, studying or creating their own businesses.
All of this is delivered at an exceptional low cost because of the time that highly-skilled volunteers give as lecturers and mentors and the assistance of other donors.
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Omega-3 fatty acid may improve sleep and reduce depression in people with lupus
Higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids seems to improve sleep quality and decrease depressive symptoms in people with lupus, according to research presented at a recent international rheumatology conference. The study adds to the growing body of evidence highlighting the benefits that omega-3 has for people with rheumatic conditions.
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease in which an unknown trigger causes the body's immune system to attack its own healthy tissues.
Omega-3 fatty acids may act as an anti-inflammatory within the diet whereas omega-6 fatty acids may act as a pro-inflammatory. Western diets are often much higher in omega-6 fatty acids, and they are suspected to contribute to chronic diseases.
The best source of omega-3 fatty acid is oily fish, but it is also in some nuts and seeds, soya products and green leafy vegetables. Foods high in omega-6 fatty acids are most vegetable oils, poultry, eggs and cereals.
The new findings
A total of 456 people with lupus completed dietary questionnaires. Analysis of the results found that increasing omega-6 to omega-3 ratios in the diet were associated with lupus disease activity (ie those who had more disease activity ate a diet higher in omega-6 and lower in omega-3).
And intake of omega-3 fatty acids improved sleep quality and decreased depressive symptoms.
"Many systemic lupus erythematosus patients suffer from symptoms such as poor sleep, fatigue and depression," said Prae Charoenwoodhipong, who led the work. "While current treatments have been wonderful at addressing pain, we haven't been able to offer therapies that really help with these other symptoms. Eating more foods that are high in omega-3 and avoiding a lot of foods that are high in omega-6 could be a low-toxicity intervention that is easily available for systemic lupus erythematosus patients to help address these symptoms."
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IMPORTANT: Church is Cancelled for 1/22/2012 Due to Icy Conditions
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We will not be having either the evening or morning services at Brushy Fork tomorrow (1/22/12) due to our parking lot being a solid sheet of ice. We do not want to risk any injuries tomorrow. Please be careful if you intend on getting out tonight or tomorrow. We look forward to continuing with our normal schedule starting Wednesday night for Prayer Meeting. Come out and join us.


text: 2 The World's Biggest Bird-a-thon comes to India! During the four days between 17 and 20 February, more than a thousand birdwatchers throughout India will come together to document as many birds in as many locations across the country as possible. Over one lakh birdwatchers globally participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), and last year India was the… read more » GBBC India 2017 Press Release10 Feb 2017 Events & Activities Bird Count India


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Life in an Organic Farm in Taiwan 2017
日期: 07/04/2017 - 12/04/2017
An six-day study tour collaborated with the Yamana Garden was successfully held during 7-12 April, 2017 in Taiwan. Yamana Garden is an organic, permaculture farm located just outside of Tapei on YangMingShan Mountain. It covers approximately 3 acres and grows a variety of vegetables, fruits, and grains. During the study tour, our students learned how to plant crops, harvest edibles and how to cook them, produce homemade fermented foods, bake fresh food, interact with the farm animals, and much more.


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Thanks to JR at JustRecently's Weblog for this excellent follow up on a previous discussion about the Rio Tinto spy scandal. For those who intend to do business with China, please take note of the various case studies quoted in JR's post. You ignore it at your own peril.
Today, a Bloomberg report suggests that the spying charge against Rio Tinto staff is related to a set of internal meeting notes of the Chinese negotiation team that Rio staffs have allegedly obtained through illegal means. As a result, Rio Tinto would be able to know the "bottom line" of the Chinese companies in the talks. What do you think has been cited as "sensitive information"? Let me surprise you: financial data, production schedules, stockpiles, raw-material costs, gross margins and other details of the Chinese steelmakers, the report said.
For heaven's sake, am I correct in suggesting that most of these so-called "sensitive information" can be obtained through many other public and legitimate means as well? But then of course the "ultimate crime" is that "Rio knows our bottom line". Big deal! Chinese steelmakers are known to be willing parties in "informing" the media about their 33% cut bottom line. As a matter of fact, many small to medium size steelmakers in China are unhappy with the inefficient way CISA is going about with price negotiation, which only benefits a few large steelmakers of so-called "high-end" products.
Some Chinese sources I consulted today suggest that the evidence against Stern Hu will be confined to his role in the 2009 price negotiation. The fact is: Mr Hu has been negotiating prices for Rio for almost ten years. Why is it that there is only evidence of wrong doing in 2009? In the meantime, Chinese government owned online financial publications such as China Security Journal has suddenly published a large number of Chinese articles elaborating on Mr Hu's "alleged crime and corrupt behaviour". I have a horrible feeling that the poor guy has been set up to take the blame.
Meanwhile, according to an ABC Radio report, Stern Hu's detention is testing the limits of Australia's relationship with China. Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has expressed exasperation that he's had to glean information about the allegations from public sources – a foreign ministry media conference and a state security public website. Its information he says should be coming through official channels, where many requests have been and continue to be made.