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5 Ways to Raise Your Vibration Every Day
Have you ever felt too tired to do the things you WANT to do (as well as those things you HAVE to do)? Have you found yourself trying to come up with creative solutions to a problem, but instead, feel like you are circulating in the high-spin cycle of a washing machine with no end in sight? If so, you're not alone, but what can you do in those circumstances? In the wise words of Dr. Suess, "un-slumping yourself is not easily done."
That is why it is so important to know what you can do on a regular basis – every day – to raise your vibration. You know when your vibration is low when you feel hopeless, fearful, angry, depressed, or just "out of it". And you also likely know when you are operating on higher vibration when you feel uplifted, "in-tune" with others and your surroundings, aware, and fully present.
As a student of Fellowships of the Spirit's School of Healing and Prophecy, I know first-hand the importance of keeping my energy in a place that best allows me to serve others and maintain my own physical and spiritual health. It is vital to operate on this higher vibration in order to offer spiritual and energy healing to others, conduct accurate readings, and make heart-to-heart connections with those around you. Raising your vibration will also help you be creative at work, home, and with your interactions with friends, family and all those you connect with throughout your day.
Here are just five ideas for how you can raise your vibration:
1) Fresh Air: This is a plentiful low-cost therapy, close to your home, and available every day. I recently saw a storefront that advertised an oxygen bar, just after I had been hiking in a wooded path for over an hour. During the walk, I thanked the trees for taking all the carbon dioxide I exhaled (and I do lots of exhaling going uphill!) and converting that gas into the oxygen that sustains and energizes me. Walking, biking, gardening or just deep breathing outdoors will help oxygenate your cells and raise your vibration!
2) Appreciation: So much has been written in recent years about the importance of gratitude for our mental and emotional well-being. I was inspired recently when watching the 2018 documentary about Fred Rogers (creator of Mister Rodgers), "Won't You Be My Neighbor". At a 2002 Dartmouth college graduation speech, Fred Rogers asked everyone in the audience to take a silent minute to think about those who have helped you become who you are today, whether they are living or in spirit. The expressions on the students' faces reflected pure gratitude, joy, smiles and…increased vibration. Try it now!
3) Service to Others: Quite simply, service to others is the key to happiness. Every time you reach out to help someone else, you become more unified with your true nature that is love. When you give from your highest and best self, you receive love. And the result of this love, is that your vibration attains a higher frequency.
4) Exercise: While all exercise may be beneficial, physical exercise that is specifically designed to move energy, can be a great way to raise your vibration. These include Qigong, Yoga, and Tai Chi – with courses, books, and videos available at Fellowships of the Spirit, online, and in many communities.
5) Meditation: As a topic that could (and has) filled volumes, meditation is a profound practice with multiple benefits that include physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual upliftment. There are many ways to meditate ranging from years spent studying Transcendental Meditation to downloading a meditation app on your electronic device for 5-minute sessions.
What are some of your ideas for raising your vibration?
Margit Brazda Poirier, M.S., Associate Metaphysician, is a student at Fellowships of the Spirit's School of Healing and Prophecy, and has a passion for science and all things seen and unseen.
© 2018 Margit Brazda Poirier


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Let's say you have a checking account with First Imaginary Bank. One day First Imaginary Bank wants product feedback because they are thinking of extending their product line. They might ask you to answer this question:
How do you feel about your checking account?
a) It's great! I really like it.
b) It's sufficient for what I use it for.
c) It's sufficient, but I think I could find something better.
d) It's awful, and I am planning on closing it as soon as possible.
The biggest problem with this kind of market research is that it only gathers information about the status quo, and only for one product. It does well by talking to the consumer, but it is so narrowly focused that we only find out about the preferences surrounding a particular checking account. It's useful but only as far as the checking account is concerned. It gives First Imaginary Bank very little information about future products.
First Imaginary Bank might try another method, this time looking at the checking accounts that other banks offer. "Ah!" they might say, "Clearly there is a high demand for checking accounts that come with a pony, because a lot of people are using that account from Second Imaginary Bank." But unless First Imaginary Bank is going to try to get all of its clients from people who already have the pony accounts, it needs to get information about the people not using those accounts.
That's the problem with our pre-Global Findex world. We had a lot of supply-side data and a lot of product and institution-specific data, but very little demand-side data. This limitation had a felt effect on the way we proposed policy, developed products, and analyzed the financial inclusion space.
No more.
The Global Findex leaves us with no excuses to continue to do market research like we were doing it before. This new data give us a very important reality check.
For example, we used to think that proximity to a bank was the main reason that someone wouldn't open an account. But now, we know that the biggest barrier to not having a bank account is not actually having the resources to open one.
We used to make a rhetorical distinction between the "banked" and the "unbanked," assuming that there was a solid line between the two. Now we know that we should be talking about degrees of financial inclusion rather than banked versus unbanked. Someone who has a bank account might only use it to receive payments. Conversely, someone who does not have a bank account might find informal methods of saving to be just as effective.
The Global Findex raises our standards for information, and gives us a starting point to discover how people use products, what some of the nuances of national markets are, and where the financial inclusion industry can fit itself to the unique needs of its customers. First Imaginary Bank will certainly be asking far more informed questions now.
What have you found surprising about the Global Findex?
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Ben Purkert on "Before I Go"
Before I Go
first let me thank my sneakers
for raising me an inch, freshwater
for always being there, even
in cubes, I have so many
T-cells I'm afraid of forgetting
their names, really gasoline got me
where I am today, the sky also
made an impact, I truly
can't say enough about space,
so many families of galaxies
gathered around, a few footprints
on the moon & earth but none
between, like an unworn
patch of ice & once I step off
this stage you'll clear me
from your mind, you'll enter
delete in one sense water
takes the shape of anything,
in another it simply rests
its head forever
On "Before I Go"
I gave myself a simple prompt: Write a poem of thanks. Like I'm delivering an acceptance speech at the Oscars or something, but the only "award" I've received is the gift of being alive. How would I convey my appreciation with that red light blinking, urging that my time is almost up? How would I rush that unspeakable gratitude into words?
As poets, gratitude is in our DNA. After all, the ode is one of the genre's oldest forms; we've been singing the praises of this world since the beginning. But while some contemporary poets thrive in this register (I'm thinking of Ross Gay and his brand of "unabashed gratitude"), it's challenging to pull off. It's safer to write from a place of ironic distance, riskier to heap praise on something and mean it.
In this poem, I'm both serious and not. The sneakers giving me a little extra bounce, the freshwater keeping me hydrated during the day: these are mundane, almost comically minor details. Or are they? If footwear and potable water seem trivial to me, it's because I'm privileged enough to take them for granted. Poetry teaches me to praise everyday blessings and not overlook them. As Rilke writes in The Book of Hours, "No thing is too small for me to cherish / and paint in gold."
An earlier version of this poem appeared in Narrative Magazine.


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Zandtao Plan
This is the health part of Zandtao Personal Development discussed in "A Treatise on Zandtao". In Zandtao I developed three tenets for personal development as follows:-
Improving the mind
Harmonising our energy
Taking care of our bodies
[NB Please note I am not a medical expert.]
To begin with the plan focusses on healing the body but that is part of a wider Zandtao approach. This healing takes place through drinking, eating and detox. Our bodies consist mostly of liquid, and so it is in our liquid intake where healing begins.
Drinking:- Here is a liquid intake calculator. I start my drinking at meditation. My routine is a glass of water, then another with supplements, and a glass at the end. Then I have my liquid breakfast – green juice and yellow juice. I also have green and yellow juice in the evening.
Green juice depends on what leafy-greens area available. I use pak bung (because I grow them), but gwang tung or kanaa are equally fine, and I put the leaves in the blender. Because of the health benefits of maa raa ki noo, I add 5 of these (very) bitter gourds to the blender. Then nam minao (lemon juice), king (ginger) and nam peuan (honey to taste).
Thais know yellow juice as yaa rabaai. You take two packs of makham (dried tamarind), and put the dried fruit in water (this water should be half your blender volume). Once the water has become hydrated you break up the pack so that more of the makham is released into the water. After half a day strain off the nam makham (tamarind water), and then cover the remains with the other blender half of water. At the end of teh day strain this liquid and put both portions of water in the blender. Then add two heaped teaspoons of kamin (turmeric powder); I also add a teaspoon of ground organic flax seed – this drink has such a strong taste you don't notice the flax. I then add honey to balance the flavour of the drink – not a small amount of honey. Blend and drink.
There is one other important drink and that is kombucha tea. This is difficult in Thailand. The purpose of the kombucha tea is chouai yooi – probiotic, so if you take your probiotics differently – see below – you don't need the kombucha tea. The problem with kombucha tea is the scoby, this is a rubbery-type substance that ferments the tea. Basically you make a large pot of tea, 2 litres of water, 4 spoons of your favourite green tea, and 4 table spoons of white sugar (yes white sugar, I know, but the sugar dissolves in fermentation). Let the tea cool to room temperature and then put it in a container for a WEEK with the scoby. After the week you have (fermented) kombucha tea, and I drink a glass a day.
I drink a glass of water with my meals, and then other drinks to make up your calculated liquid intake. In Thailand there are many healthy drinks available, a wide selection of green teas, sesame drinks, matuum (chrysantehmum), king (ginger), and grajiap (rosella/hibuscus). In fact there are far more than this. I drink 5 grains tea and add ginger, but with Thai drinks you have to be careful because they add a lot of sugar. Black coffee is OK, preferably organic, but in Thailand that can be difficult because they sell 3-in-one (sugar and dairy); I sometimes have one cup on a busy day but more than one stops me sleeping.
Eating and Detox
Eating needs to be plant-based. In Thailand there are many veg available in the market but to be 100% organic is difficult. I go to my local organic sources and then buy the remainder of my veg in the market. In Thailand you can get the best rice in the world (I am probably biased), and that rice is organic gaba brown rice (brown rice organically grown slightly fermented (gaba) to bring out all the nutrition); ordinary brown rice is available in most supermarkets – you choose how good you want your rice to be. In health stores you can also find brown rice noodles. The larger supermarkets now stock healthy bread – wholewheat etc., and I get online buckwheat flour – I used to use polenta but she has stopped selling it. I try to have two different grains every day. The rest of the meal is mainly vegetables, but I eat fish once a week (sometimes more) and as I am getting old I eat hoi (shellfish) – and prawns. To begin with I only had animal protein once a week. Dairy is not good so bang go the pizzas – as well as milk, use sesame to build up your bones.
For most people considering a change of diet it is to cope with a lifetime of damage done to their system, and key to this is the damage done to the liver. The function of the liver is to get rid of the toxins in the body so if your lifestyle is standard, cakes, alcohol and even cigarettes your liver has been overworked. And if you live in the fumes of the city even more so. The best intake for your liver is kamin (turmeric) so Zandtao healing has the liver covered, but you first have to cleanse the liver – detox is essential.
Healing can have five stages, although beginning with a liver detox is essential:-
Natural Eating
Acid-Alkali balance
Bacteria balance
Stress Free
In the detox you follow this 10-day plan:-
Day 1 – Food and drink with no toxins. Brown rice, vegetables and fruit – no processed foods or processed drinks. Water green and yellow juice OK.
Day 2, 3, 4 – 1 fruit only. Drink from same fruit or water. No green or yellow juice.
Day 5,6 7,8,9,10 – Fruit and vegetable only – no grains. Water green and yellow juice OK.
When I first followed this detox I thought the idea was to clean out the liver only – a good enough idea in itself as most people's livers are highly toxified because of the diets we eat. But only recently I discovered that the focus on fruit and vegetables helps clean out the lymphatic system as well. Now the lymphatic system detoxes at the cellular level, the blood circulates providing nutrition for the cells and the lymphatic system cleans them out. So this detox cleans both the liver and the lymphatic system.
I recommend you do this detox regularly, say every 6 months, and the measure of how healthy you are is whether you notice any difference during the 10 days, whether your body still has toxins to remove.
Natural Eating
After your detox then you need to eat healthily – natural eating. I kind of say natural eating is food that comes out of the ground but of course GM foods come out of the ground, tinned foods that are processed with chemicals also come out of the ground, so I need to be more specific when describing natural eating. There are four groups for me:-
Grains, legumes, fruit and vegetables – within this I encourage herbs and spices but in a balanced way. That means no processed foods, tins – definitely not, packages check the labels clearly. Ideally all of these would be organic, if available, as I have no doubts that vegetables somehow retain some of the toxins in pesticidies. But what is organic in the supermarkets might be a labelling con. Where I am, in the supermarket you can buy hygenic vegetables. Nowhere can I find a definition of hygenic vegetables on the company's website so I don't buy them.
Dairy is out, it is not natural for human's to eat COW's milk. When I started this healthy eating, I stopped eating dairy. Then in the balancing bacteria phase I started milk fermented by kefir, and eventually I got headaches every Sunday, when I stopped milk kefir the headaches went. So for me no dairy, you choose.
At this point it is important to stress that you become your own "doctor". You have to know how you feel, you have to grow your own sense of assessing your well-being. Throughout my life migraines have been an issue, headaches at the drop of a hat – as with the milk kefir, but now no headaches. Don't take my word for anything, work it out for yourself. My guide was always meditation. Once I started the healthy eating, something would come up in meditation that said I need a change, and I changed – that is how the next phase started.
Acid-Alkali Balance
I believe this approach to eating will help with cancers but I offer no medical evidence for this claim. It is just common sense that if you don't introduce toxins into your body then it will help the body fight cancer. And if you are removing toxins from the body this has got to help as well. There are people who make claims that cancers grow in parts of the body that become acidic. Whilst I believe that, I have no authority to make such a claim. Nor is this the place for scientific reference. Whether you believe cancers grow in acidic parts of the body or not, having a good pH balance is good for healing. Ask a gardener. The land has good pH for natural growth for particular vegetables – for human life that pH is 7.2; if you're acidic it can be a lot less.
What causes acidity? The usual culprits – drugs, alcohol, antibiotics and sugar especially white sugar. White sugar of course is processed so I never buy it, but on the road access to products with no sugar or fructose excludes you from most purchases. White sugar is everywhere, and it is addicitive; and it is hard to get off it. But it creates acidity in the body, and is very dangerous.
For most people this balance requires making your diet more alkaline. Here is one chart of the acid-alkaline balance of foods but there are many on the net. I mention 2 foods. Watermelon is very alkaline, and when I was rebalancing myself I ate much of this. The other product is sodium bicarbonate – baking soda. now I started with this but very quickly stopped. Yes, it is very good for making the body alkaline – but I found it too quick. It helped early on, but then I stopped. I bought a pH meter to test my urine but human-spectrum litmus strips are fine – I just couldn't find any where I am.
My final step was that I bought a water-filter system that gave a pH higher than 7.2. Water is the basis of life, and I believe it is worth paying money to have the best water possible.
Balancing Bacteria – Chouai Yooi.
Here the dreaded migraines told me that I had a bacteria balance problem. I was on the road and found some wonderful wholemeal bread and gorged on it. I had such a bad night with headaches, all night – usually the pain makes me drop off but I couldn't sleep either. I took this to mean my body telling me I was not paying attention to candida – yeast excess. Yeast should exist in balance but if you have developed an imbalance at some stage it can expand throughout the body. In my case it gave me the ubiquitous headaches. I decided that the yeast balance was connected to bacterial imbalance in my digestive system, and that meant fermentation.
I have done much with fermentation and feel comfortable at the moment with it. I have already mentioned the kombucha tea. Next I made kimchee, I preferred it to sauerkraut. Then I got into beetruit kvas with ginger drink. Check the fermentation page for recipes for all of these fermented foods.
Before I realised that I needed to chuai yooi, I was making rejuvelac. This stuff is wonderful – so good for bowel movements. In my case it guarantees regularity and a healthy stool. Changing to the above plan for drinking and eating should make you regular but if not try the rejuvelac.
Apparently cells and organs regenerate, and "they" sat it takes 7 years for this to happen. Following these 4 steps of Zandtao health will go a long way to that regeneration. In Thailand these steps can be followed quite well with some limitations. The scobies and kefir grains are not available in Thailand – please write and prove me wrong – I will always reference it on this site. Mainstream Thai food contains much that is healthy, herbs and spices are so beneficial. Beware of the ubiquitous pong chuu root (MSG) and white sugar – but I have always found restaurants willing to comply with "mai sai pong chuu root and mai sai nam taan". Getting brown rice in restaurants is a big problem, but restaurants let me bring my own rice with barely a second glance.
Stress Free
Stress is a major contribution to health problems so making your life stress-free has to be part of your health and well-being, however you manage it. For me the other two tenets of Zandtao provide that:-
Harmonising our energy
Improving the mind
Firstly energy through Chi Gung etc. is essential – without forgetting the need for some aerobic exercise every day )a 20 minute walk suffices), and I wonder how some people claim health without meditation. For me meditation is the first priority. Thailand has one final advantage. If all of the above don't work there is always the Thai traditional medicine – the herbal doctors.
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Cheap Eats: York Street Treat serves ice cream from morning until night, plus burgers...
If you've ever wanted a banana split at 6:30 a.m., you can find one at York Street Treat in Penn Township.
It's not a common occurrence, said Michael Bair, president of the company. But it is possible.
What's more likely is that at 8 p.m. on a Tuesday, you'll stand behind eight people for a frozen treat.
And what some customers might not know is that York Street serves more than ice cream. A kitchen staff in the back starts each day by making breakfast sandwiches — the real reason why York Street opens so early. An egg sandwich costs $1.55.
The grill and fryers stay hot throughout the day serving sandwiches, subs, soups and more, all ordered from a window on the building's side. You can also order baskets — including shrimp or chicken tenders — complete with fries and your choice of coleslaw, applesauce or macaroni salad. Or pieces of honey-dipped chicken, which Bair described as deep-fried chicken with a sweet breading.
Bair said the Treat Burger is one of the most popular items on the menu. For $3.85, it's a double burger with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, fried onions and cheese. But if that doesn't suit your fancy, there are 28 other sandwiches to choose from — and about 30 subs.
I tried the crab cake sandwich for $4.35 and topped it with lettuce (20 cents), tomato (20 cents) and tartar sauce. Then I splurged on the macaroni and cheese wedges for an extra $3.50. The crab cake arrived on a fresh kaiser roll, and the macaroni and cheese wedges — in all their fried goodness — were in a basket.
Tip: York Street Treat only accepts cash. After placing an order at the kitchen, the cashier hands you a slip of paper with your number. As you wait for your number to be called, you could 1) sit on a picnic table behind the restaurant, 2) sit in your car, or 3) head to the front of the restaurant and order ice cream.
I chose option No. 3, and my number was called over the loudspeaker just as I got my thick and creamy chocolate milkshake in hand.
York Street offers only soft-serve ice cream. You can always find chocolate and vanilla, but raspberry season returned last month. And judging by the number of raspberry cones I saw young and old patrons holding, there's a clear flavor winner, which Bair confirmed. He said the raspberry is made on premises by using vanilla ice cream as the base, and it'll stay through November.
Although three ice cream flavors might sound limiting, they're not when you're choosing between sundaes, milkshakes, dipped cones and flurries.
It's kind of fitting York Street Treat sells soft-serve: Bair said the building started as a Dairy Queen sometime around the 1940s. It was Farley's Drive-In before Bair's parents purchased it in 1985. They ran it until they incorporated the business in 2005, making Bair president.
"I've been here like forever," Bair said, remembering growing up with the business and helping as a kid.
Over the years, the building has been spruced up, a Facebook page has been created. But Bair said the Treat Burger remains a menu staple.
Email Jess at email@example.com or find her on Twitter @JessKrout.
York Street Treat
Location: 881 York St., Penn Township
Cuisine: American
Jess's pick: Crab cake sandwich with lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce, $4.35; macaroni and cheese wedges, $3.50; small chocolate milkshake, $3.20
Parking: Lot
Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays; kitchen closes at 9:30 nightly
Price range: 90 cents for a small applesauce, coleslaw or macaroni salad to $14.45 for 12-piece honey-dipped chicken
Alcohol: No
Smoking: Yes, on parking lot
Accepts: Cash only
Takeout: Yes
Kid's menu: No
Details: Find York Street Treat on Facebook or call 717-637-4165


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Not only did Ichigo got a redesign but his Super Machine, the famed Cyclone also gets a pimpin' new look. And once again, Hiroshi Fujioka will return to reprise his role as Hongo Takeshi/Kamen Rider Ichigo who's tasked to protect Tachibana Tobei's granddaughter, Mayu
Kamen Rider Ichigo will fight 2 terrorist organizations in the movie: Shocker, who is lead by Ambassador Hell and Nova Shocker which is lead by former Shocker monsters Igura, Urga and Buffal.
Kamen Rider 1 The Movie will be the first Super Hero Year presentation and is slated to be released in Japanese cinemas this March 26th.
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Anonymous Says:
I like the belt and the concept of what they were going with with the design, but I'm not liking how it actually came out. This is way too buffed up. They should've just done a simple re-design into something like Sango or the Ichigo/Nigo remakes, not turn it into an armored giant. You can barely see the "grasshopper" or agile wind warrior/biker in this.
Anonymous Says:
Still not warming up to the new design, it may take a while for it to sink in. But to keep up with the times, the redesign is a fresh new take on Ichigo. But yeah, they could have used the design of Sango which is slimmer. I can understand if this was Nigo since he relies of brute force, compared to Ichigo which is an all-rounder fighter.
e Says:
It looks like she's buffed to the core, it's stupid
Ramior Says:
He look bulky.
Kamen Rider Chip Says:
You know, I kinda like the new look. The only thing I'm not so big into it that chest plate. I know he's meant to be a cyborg with metal armour, but the chest plate that moves like that just looks odd to the right of his lower torso.
Still, when I saw that picture of Hiroshi Fujioka, I got super excited!
Anonymous Says:
I like the design. And I feel like this will be a super power-up form
Anonymous Says:
Uhhhh...Super Saiyan Ichigo?
Anonymous Says:
Please let this be better than Kamen rider taisen. also will shocker just fucking die already!!!
kinda looks like a kamen rider parody.
Anonymous Says:
So, toei dont wanna continue their KR THE FIRST project again?
Anonymous Says:
I kinda like this suit I think its power up form but who knows. although I really want to know is WHOSE the writer for this film.
It's look like John Rambo in kamen rider version, btw,It's awesome�� and I love it the Kamen Rider 1 movie��
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I suppose they needed to make the suit bigger so that Hiroshi Fujioka can fit in it to do his own stunts... ?
The bike I actually like. The costume... Eh. Can't comment much more than that.
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It looks like John Rambo in Kamen Rider version,btw it's awesome ����,and I love it the appereance Kamen rider 1 Movie ��
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FUJIOKA-SAN RETURNS?! This is gonna be awesome! :D
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This looks like he went through the 90's "extreme" process that superheroes went through at the time. It's like they took a step backwards in design and functionality, Ichigo is supposed to be all about technique, in this suit he looks like he can't even pull off his rider pose properly. This form would be more suited for Nigo than Ichigo since Nigo is all about power. I would rather he get the suit from Kamen Rider the First, it looks more modern, functional, and sleek version of his suit compared to this. I hope it's just a typical one-off movie power-up.
the og suit is gonna be back soon
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@Medski Slaski The man is 70 years old I doubt he's doing in suite stunts at that age.
My biggest question about this redesign is will it be a permanent upgrade like all of Ichigo's redesigns in the past or will it be a form change like we see in modern rider shows?
I more interested in kamen rider 1 the first
I totally love this new redesigned Ichigo except the abs is just overkill.
Finally, my life is kinda complete!!
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@mangakid: Well, not saying that Hiroshi Fujioka will do ALL his stunts as Ichigo, but it sure does look like the new suit is designed to match his current body build than the slimmer one that we saw in past crossover movies. It's not that hard to believe that he might at least do some of the in-suit action himself if only for old times sake. And don't write him off as being too old yet, this guy is still a multiple martial artist expert.
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My art comes from an urge to explore. I like the countryside. I like a good view. And once I'm face to face with a lovely scenery, I feel immediately tempted to find out what it's concealing. The dark goings-on behind the façade of nature, you might say, or the hidden machinations of the animal kingdom.You've been warned. Link. [He's also on Flickr.]
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by Ron Dawber (Pentax K100)
Towpath near New Springs.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 00:02
I dont know why they have mile markers like this, theres one in between Parbold and Buscough thats 100 1/4 miles
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Ken R
on 28th November 2014 at 00:28
Nice one Ron, how many times have you seen that marker, I bet it's more than a few.
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Neil Cain
on 28th November 2014 at 07:01
What a lovely shot to be greeted with this morning
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on 28th November 2014 at 08:18
Great photo Ron.
Mick, I have also wondered about the significance of such detail on a mile marker.
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on 28th November 2014 at 08:29
Lovely photo Ron.
Mick, the mile sign or marker is very important. The sign could be two or three years old, remember the canals were our first real form of transport after the horse and cart.
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Fred Mason
on 28th November 2014 at 08:43
Nice shot, Ron.
Autumn shots can be just as pleasing to the eye as Spring and Summer shots.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 08:55
lovely colours of Autumn!
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on 28th November 2014 at 09:04
What beautiful colours..thank you Ron.
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John Morris
on 28th November 2014 at 09:20
Lovely shot Ron. Mick on the other face is the distance to Liverpool, I don't know if that is an exact number of miles or not.
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Ron D
on 28th November 2014 at 09:57
Mick. The boaters would not have been able to afford a sat nav.
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on 28th November 2014 at 10:18
Sorry at 08:29 it should have read two or three hundred years old. I would think the mileage is almost correct.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 10:23
I suppose the distance markers are just like signs on the road saying how far it is to the next town.
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on 28th November 2014 at 10:52
Great pic Ron!
If the EU have their way, those miles will be replaced by kilometres!
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on 28th November 2014 at 11:28
Here in the UK we still say MPH, miles per gallon, yards, tyre sizes still in inches, pint of bitter/Larger/milk and so on, Sounds good to me.
Nice shot Ron.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 11:46
They helped the barge - carrying goods - to keep to schedule. Good photograph.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 12:01
I know what the mile markers are for Im on about the actual numbers on them, this one is 89.1/4 miles why did they not put the markers further up the canal bank so the distance could be 90 miles.
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on 28th November 2014 at 13:29
AW, the next town is...Adlington, Chorley, Leyland and so on.
What it means is the next City which is Leeds, the start of the Canal.
Comment by
on 28th November 2014 at 13:54
If it's further up the canal Mick, it would read 89 miles not 90. Leeds is that way.
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on 28th November 2014 at 14:58
Mile markers are very interesting. there are also half and quarter ones too, in places. The L&L was originally 127 1/4 miles long.
As the markers effectively start from the Liverpool end, No1 is 1 mile from Liverpool and 126 1/4 miles from Leeds etc etc. Surprisingly, the one at the pier is wrongly placed. It should actually be near the Pagefield lock
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on 28th November 2014 at 15:35
Thanks Dostaf for the information, that has cleared things up. The photo has certainly been of interest, credit to Ron
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on 28th November 2014 at 16:51
Maybe when the canals where being worked the bargees got paid by the yardage covered per day
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on 28th November 2014 at 17:04
It is indeed a nice photograph.
You may find this interesting also, Aubrey.
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on 28th November 2014 at 18:18
Thank you Dostaf, it would appear the milepost photographed by Ron is a new replacement for the one on towpath treks.
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on 28th November 2014 at 19:03
It may just have been spruced up, Aubrey, as they aren't recent pictures.
Though some at the Leeds end are replacements from around the turn of the Millennium. I presume they were painted brightly in their day, so as to stand out as clear as the one in Ron's pic jumps out at you.
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I can't think of another town that offers so much, like Wigan.
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on 29th November 2014 at 17:13
Beautiful Ron.
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The first phase of an extensive programme of investigation tests on Single Bore Multiple Anchors has now been successfully completed. This first phase was carried out by specialist anchor contractor Kasktas and the second phase will be completed by specialist anchor contractor Keller in the coming weeks.
During an intense week of activity Dr Devon Mothersille advised on the implementation of a single hollow ram jack used to stress and test multi-unit tendons. Dr Mothersille also presented the initial results to representatives from the clients' and main contractor's organisations. In addition, a special training seminar was delivered to site operatives from Kasktas.
Figure 1 Application of a single 500Tonnes capacity hollow ram jack on a four unit SBMA
Figure 2 Dr Mothersille joins the Kasktas team on site to witness the successful completion of a 12 hour long investigation. Clockwise from left to right; Mr Erdin Azak, Mr Anıl Helvacıoğlu, Mr Senol Adatepe, Dr Devon Mothersille, Mr Alp Gokalp, Mr Hakan Kaya, Mr Talha Genccan and Mr Kubilay Karaman (HSE)
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Bandy was a popular sport on North Carolina's college and school campuses prior to the Civil War. The sport, which closely resembled modern field hockey, featured two teams of varying numbers using a curved stick to knock a ball into a goal. The likelihood of a player having his shins hit with the stick led to an alternate name for the sport: "shinny." It was unorganized, without the printed rules, designated teams, or other features of modern sports that developed after the end of the war in such campus sports as baseball and football. The popularity of the latter sports resulted in the decline of bandy.
One particularly good description of an antebellum bandy contest came from J. R. Cole, a student at Trinity College (later Duke University). Describing games involving as many as 40 students, Cole wrote: "as the big hard ball is thrown up or down, see them rush up to it with uplifted clubs, and strike right and left crying 'shin on your side' and see them jump into the air to avoid a savage blow, and the ball is knocked whirlin, and all rush for it, and sticks fly, and hands are hurt, and limbs are bruised, and heads are struck." Not surprisingly, bandy did not meet with much favor with school officials across the state. Occasional attempts were made to ban the activity.
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Rules of Shinny in the American Boys Book of Sports and Games (1864) [p. 104-105]: http://books.google.com/books?id=x5UMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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McConnell, J. (1864). The American Boy's Book of Sports and Games: A Repository of In-and-out-door Amusements for Boys and Youth, p. 104. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald. Available from http://books.google.com/books?id=x5UMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed July 6, 2012).
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To suggest that the solution is giving already alienated users a vote on which outlets are most trustworthy suggests that Facebook may not yet be ready to acknowledge its responsibility - and their consequences. JL
Will Oremus reports in Slate:
A Pew Research survey found that Fox News ranked as the go-to news outlet for a plurality of Americans during the 2016 election. As described Facebook's system might well rate Fox News as more trustworthy than the New York Times. That might sound OK to Trump voters, but would be shared by hardly anyone with a grasp of journalism.(And) a ratio of trust to familiarity rewards partisan outlets that are familiar to people of one political bent or another.
How do you fight fake news, misinformation, and sensationalism on Facebook? One way might be to try to somehow distinguish between reputable and sketchy news sources within the news feed. On Friday, Facebook announced that it will attempt just that—fraught as the endeavor is certain to be.It's a risky stand for a company that has long resisted any action that could open it to claims of political bias—especially at a time when the credibility of mainstream news sources has become a polarizing issue in itself. And, at least philosophically, it seems like a step in the right direction. Now we have to hope that Facebook's implementation turns out to be a lot more thoughtful and nuanced than CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes it sound.Starting next week, the company will test a change to the news feed ranking system that aims to prioritize links to "broadly trusted" sources of news over those from, well, less-broadly trusted sources. And how will it determine that? Here's how Zuckerberg explained it:The hard question we've struggled with is how to decide what news sources are broadly trusted in a world with so much division. We could try to make that decision ourselves, but that's not something we're comfortable with. We considered asking outside experts, which would take the decision out of our hands but would likely not solve the objectivity problem. Or we could ask you—the community—and have your feedback determine the ranking.
We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective.Specifically, Facebook will begin asking respondents to its ongoing user surveys to tell it whether they trust various news sources. From that data, it will rank news outlets based on the ratio of the number of people who trust the source to the number who are familiar with it.This is the first of a series of changes, Facebook said, intended to make sure that the news people see on the social network is "high quality." This tweak is designed to address trustworthiness; subsequent changes will aim to prioritize news that's "informative" and "local."At first blush, it looks like Facebook is doing exactly what I and other critics have long been calling for it to do: acknowledge that its algorithm plays a crucial role in determining what news people read, and take some responsibility for its profound effects on the media and the spread of information. It's about time, right?So far, Facebook's approach to a notoriously difficult problem looks painfully simplistic and naïve.Except that, based on its announcement, Facebook's approach to a notoriously difficult problem—figuring out which media to trust—appears to be painfully simplistic and naïve.Let's acknowledge first that it's possible the company has a more sophisticated system in mind than Zuckerberg let on in his announcement.
Facebook has become much better at communicating changes to its algorithm over the years, but it's still careful in most cases to avoid tipping its full hand. It wants to give high-level guidance to good-faith actors without handing hackers, clickbaiters, and trolls a detailed blueprint of just how to exploit the system. The company's head of news feed, Adam Mosseri, told the Wall Street Journal that "no one signal that we use is perfect," which could be read either as a commitment to future improvements or a copout. Let's hope it's the former, and that Facebook's trustworthiness rankings will ultimately rely on something more than a pair of yes-or-no survey questions.Otherwise, it's all too easy to imagine how "a ratio of those who trust the source to those who are familiar with it"—Zuckerberg's description of the survey data's output—could go grievously awry.President Trump has spent much of his campaign and presidency trying to persuade larger and larger swaths of the American public that the nation's serious, established news sources are actually "fake news." A Pew Research survey last year found that Fox News ranked as the go-to news outlet for a plurality of Americans during the 2016 election. As described, then, Facebook's system might well rate Fox News as more trustworthy than the New York Times. That might sound OK to Trump voters, but it's an opinion that would be shared by hardly anyone with a strong grasp of how journalism works.Another problem: A simple ratio of trust to familiarity seems destined to reward deeply partisan outlets that are familiar mostly to people of one political bent or another. If more conservatives than liberals are familiar with, say, the Independent Journal Review, then it might rank much higher on Facebook's list than would a publication with a more diverse readership. (Knife twist: The success and proliferation of such partisan outlets, on all sides of the political spectrum, is in large part due to Facebook and its algorithm's long-standing bias toward content that plays on gut emotions such as anger and solidarity.)This is what happens, of course, when you try to optimize for subjective qualities such as "trustworthiness" while remaining deeply committed to "objectivity"—a favorite word of Facebook's higher-ups when it comes to anything resembling an editorial judgment. Terrified of exhibiting any kind of human value judgment, the company throws up its hands and holds a popularity contest.The frustrating thing is you can see exactly why Facebook acts this way. Remember what happened when Gizmodo revealed that the social media company employed human news editors who in some cases might have had—gasp—political leanings? It dumped them in favor of an incompetent algorithm faster than you can say "but algorithms have biases too."The best hope at this point might be that the rankings prove to be so self-evidently screwed up in early testing that the company's product managers are forced to confront the system's flaws before it ever reaches a full public rollout. One obvious way to improve it would be to add a layer of human oversight to the algorithm's raw output; another might be to develop more illuminating survey questions than just, "Are you familiar with this outlet?" and "Do you trust it?"Facebook has taken an important step toward accountability by making credible news an explicit goal of the news feed algorithm. But to judge by Zuckerberg's announcement Friday, it's still a long way from figuring out how to achieve it.


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"I don't care if he is a pro assassin... The Heavens Arena is my stomping ground!! I'll show him who rules atop this stone platform!!"
Riehlvelt (リールベルト, Rīruberuto) is one of the three fighters who challenge Gon and Killua on the 200th floor of Heavens Arena.[1]
Riehlvelt is a man of average size, he has purple spiky hair and often wears a yellow colored head gear. Due to becoming paralyzed from his "initiation", he is seen moving around in a large big wheeled motorized wheelchair.
Riehlvelt has a ruthless personality, resorting even to kidnapping and blackmailing to get his way. He is intent on becoming a Floor Master in order to live off the money and fame of the rank despite lacking the necessary strength, for which reason he only fights opponents weaker than himself. He was nonetheless brave enough to face Killua in combat despite the ease with which the former assassin threatened him. He seems to have a sadistic side as well, bursting into laughter when electrocuting his opponent. However, when faced with the prospect of being electrocuted, he passed out from the fear of it.
At some point in his life, Riehlvelt reached the 200th floor of the Heavens Arena without knowing Nen. He was thus "initiated" by an opponent whose malicious aura attack paralyzed him from the waist down.[1] Prior to fighting Gon and Killua, he totalized five wins and two losses. None of his opponents ever succeeded in catching his whips.[2]
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By the time Gon and Killua learn how to use Nen and reach the 200th floor, Riehlvelt, Gido, and Sadaso confront them, waiting for them to register[3] to pick them as their next opponents.[1] Two months later, after Gon has recovered from his fight against Gido and restarts his Nen training, the trio confronts the boys again but Gon refuses to fight before June 10th.[4] To force his hand, they kidnap Zushi but immediately run into Killua, who accepts to give each of them a free win. They set Zushi free, and Killua departs with him but warns them not to break their promise. However, against Killua's terms, they blackmail Gon into arranging a fight against each of them. Killua discovers the fraud, and, on May 29th, the day of his match against Sadaso, threatens to kill him if he does not leave the Heavens Arena.[5]
The following day, Sadaso contacts Riehlvelt from outside Heavens Arena to inform him of Killua's warning. Riehlvelt insists on not giving up, speculating Killua did not come to him because he does not know his ability. Killua, however, reveals to be in the room with him and Gido, stating that is not the case and proving he can surprise them anytime. When he leaves, Riehlvelt resolves to fight fair and square.[6]
On June 6th, he prepares to fight Killua.[6] Despite being intimidated by Killua, Riehlvelt is confident the rules of the Heavens Arena give him the advantage. As soon as the match begins, Killua disappears from his sight, and he manages to avoid a sneak attack from above by propelling himself away with Aura Burst. He tries to push Killua out of bounds with "Song of Defense", but the boy easily catches his whips. Riehlvelt thus electrocutes him with "Thunder Snake", but Killua, who has been trained to withstand electricity, flings him high in the air. Riehlvelt begs Killua to catch him, which he does while holding "Twin Snake". Riehlvelt ends up being electrocuted and falls to the floor, unconscious. Six days later, he faces Gon. He starts the match with "Song of Defense", but Gon forces him to interrupt the attack by hurling a flagstone at him. Riehlvelt propels himself away, which Gon exploits to stop his wheelchair and break his wrists. He coils the whips around Riehlvelt's neck and turns the electricity to the max before pretending to press the button. Riehlvelt faints from the fear. Having totalized four losses,[2] Riehlvelt is disqualified from the Heavens Arena.[1]
Wheelchair: Riehlvelt uses a motorized wheelchair as his primary means of locomotion, through which he can also channel his Nen ability.[2]
Two-Headed Snake-Twin Serpents (双頭の蛇, Twin Snake): Riehlvelt's main weapons are two black whips whose tips are reminiscent of a snake. On each of their long handles is a switch that, when flipped, discharges 1,000,000 volts of electricity. He keeps them stored in the back of his wheelchair.[2]
Abilities & Powers
In the past, Riehlvelt must have been a capable martial artist, having reached the 200th floor of the Heavens Arena without knowing Nen[1] and without the use of weapons.[7] However, after his injury he fought only opponents new to Nen, and he was easily defeated by Gon and Killua when they had only mastered three of the Four Major Principles. His fighting style is centered on his weapons and Nen abilities and capitalizes on the restrictions in place at the Heavens Arena. His reactions are quick enough for him to evade a sneak attack from Killua, although the boy admitted he had jumped too high.[2]
Proficient Weapon Specialist: Riehlvelt is adept at using two bullwhips as his primary means of offense. He exploits their range to cover a large portion of the ring and push the opponent out of bounds. He considers his lashes too fast to keep up with, although Killua caught them with ease.[2]
- Serpent Duet—Song of Defense (双頭の蛇による二重唱, Song of Defense): Riehlvelt rapidly swings the two whips in the area around himself while slowly approaching the enemy, forcing them to back away lest they be hit. It also prevents them from attacking him.[2]
- The True Snake Revealed—Thunder Serpent (双頭の蛇の正体, Thunder Snake): If the opponent grabs "Twin Snake", Riehlvelt can electrocute them with 1,000,000 volts of electricity with the simple flip of a switch.[2]
Riehlvelt is a skilled enough Nen user to have developed one Nen ability,[2] which presumably makes use of Emission.[8]
|Riehlvelt's Nen Abilities
|Type: Emission
|Aura Burst (爆発的推進力 Explosive Thrust)[note 1]
|Riehlvelt propels himself forward at high speed by releasing a burst of aura from the back of his wheelchair.[2] Given the similarity of this technique to one of Biscuit Krueger's Emission exercises,[8] it presumably falls under the latter category.
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Awww ... here's a bit of very happy news to kick off the day! TODAY coanchor Hoda Kotb just announced that she has adopted a second baby girl, and she's named her Hope Catherine. Hoda clearly did a good job of keeping the news hush-hush until this morning, as even her fellow TODAY anchors couldn't hide their tears after she spilled the beans during a phone interview.
Hoda teased the news with this message yesterday on Instagram.
How fitting! And so incredible that nobody caught on!
The phone call was just so heartwarming. Warning -- get tissues before watching this.
Sniff, sniff! How wonderful is this news? We were so thrilled for Hoda when she adopted her first daughter, Haley Joy, back in 2017, so hearing that she's now a mom of two couldn't be more special.
The well-wishes from fans are pouring in one after the other.
Viewers at home were crying right along with the TODAY staff.
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In the video on TODAY's website, Savannah Guthrie went on to ask Hoda how Haley is adjusting to being a big sister.


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Saturday, February 9, 1918
A cloudy day. Ben finished sawin wood this morning. Josie ironed most of the day. She got dinner and supper. I sewed a little.
Made up the bleach that I got from Charles Williams Store.
Ben has gone to Strait Stone to night.
Henry is well enough that he has gone to bed in my room a gain.
10 oclock
Sunday, February 10, 1918
A clear nice day. We all staid at home most of the day. Just at night Ben went to Charless to get his team to go to Long Island after guano.
Mr Owen come to day wants to move to morrow. He will move in the house that Mr Bailiss moved from.
Kate Harvey come to see us to day. Josie got dinner. She fixed every thing very nice. I think all of us enjoyed dinner.
I have not seen any of Carries folks to day. Paul sent me his gloves to mend. I guess I will mend them tomorrow if nothing happens.
9 40 oclock
Monday, February 11, 1918
A good day. Ben went to Altavista with Owen. They will stay allnight some where over there. Mr Mayhew went with them. Ben carried my calf. Frank Mays went to the Island for Ben.
Josie washed a big washing this morning. She finished a bought twelve oclock.
We all went up to Carries this evening.
A bout all of the snow has gone and it is so muddy that it is most impossible to travel at all.
8 40 oclock
Tuesday, February 12, 1918
A good day. Some clouds but no rain. Ben moved Sam Owen here today. Mr Mayhew brought one load for him. Ben is up at the cabbin now helpin fix up his things.
Carrie and Paul, Roy and Hazel was with her. Reese was at school. They intended to make some candy but could not get what they wanted to fix it with and did not make any. Some man come today and got the Wooding cow. Hope he wont be sorry that he got her.
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Wednesday, February 13, 1918
A good day. Ben went for a load of plunder for Owen. They got home a bout three oclock in the evening. He brought his cow. Ben went to Mr Laynes this evening to pay some money that Charles owed him. They are fixin to have a gatherin at the School House to morrow. Carrie and Josie made candy this evenin. They had good luck with it. I do hope they may do well with their sales.
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While wandering the streets of Marylebone Summer Fayre yesterday, Pola and I spotted Jac. We both loved her very relaxed and yet elegant style. She oozed class! Sadly we weren't quick enough to catch her as she entered the crowded bit of the fair. I felt I missed a great opportunity.
Well, sometimes life throws you another chance. We bumped into her later in another area. Pola later admitted that as she was watching me approach with the photo request, she was convinced I was going to get a 'no'. It turns out though that Jac is the loveliest person ever. What a great smile!
Jac is a therapist and Tai Chi instructor. She definitely has the disposition for that.
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Yusuke Kamiji, more commonly known simply as Yusuke, has announced the birth of his first child.
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Below are just a few highlights of the past 33 years, and please don't even begin to think we've wisely used our time rescuing small animals and pondering the mysteries of the universe. No, we've always had much more important stuff to do!
Dallas, 199? - An irish bar, a martini bar, and one last Irish bar, and the misjudged height of a bar stool.
Austin, 199? - a phone book on the receiving end of Susan's rarely displayed anger.
France, 199? - final night of a 10 day trip with an impromptu group dinner involving a Frenchman, his ex-wife and her new British husband. Oh, and Susan using her own cork screw to pop open a bottle of wine. Needless to say the waitress was, how you say, furieuse!
Fort Lauderdale, 2000 - she met Roger and I, along with Nicole and her friend, in Florida to celebrate Nicole's 21st birthday. We all trekked down to Aruba's one evening to celebrate properly. However, Roger wasn't feeling well so he returned to the hotel leaving us 4 ladies behind which turned into a rather raucous evening to say the least. Closing time found the four of us, for reasons unknown, waddling home like ducks, only to encounter Roger who came looking for us as it was well past midnight.
New Orleans, 1985 - this trip trumped everything before and after. Here a some highlights.
Discovering Bryan Lee, a blind blues singer who played at the Old Absinthe House. Same name as my brother, but very different people indeed! (http://www.braillebluesdaddy.com/bryan_lee_biography/)
Susan "tipping" a cab driver with something other than cash, and we'll leave it at that.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
A Treasure Trove of Fun & Adventure
Susan and I met in 1980 at the beginning of our sophomore year in college. We lived in West Hall, a dump of a dorm, located adjacent to what is now the University of North Texas.
She had the room next door to me, Carol and Jane, and had one heck of a personality conflict with her assigned roommate. Fortunately, her roommate had her fill of all of us, so she moved out mid-semester, which made room for Robin, another from Everman, to move in with Susan. From then on it's been one adventure after another with my sister from another mister, and well, another mother!
A trip by taxi to an awesome restaurant where 2 things went horribly awry. One, they didn't accept credit cards and we had no cash. Two, the neighborhood was so dicey we could not get a cab to pick us up so we had to walk to the French Quarter. After hooking up with a posse of hookers, as there's always safety in numbers, (right?) we were rescued by a woman in a cab who yelled at us to get into the cab "right now!" and she had us safely transported to the quarter.
All of these adventures aside, and there's many more that will never be shared publicly, she's been there through thick and thin, always willing to lend an ear, share a beer, and just gab the night away. Many a times the three of us would sit long into the night on the front porch of our home in Richardson waiting for even the slightest of a cool breeze.
Now, it's mostly long conversations on the phone when we chat about everything and chat about absolutely nothing, going so far as to take the phone to the bathroom to continue on. Yeah, we're that close!
We love you, Susan and I'll see you in February on Aer Lingus for that 6 hour flight to Dublin!
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Lauryn Hill has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, according to reports.
The Associated Press says that although the singer did not speak at the scheduled court appearance in Newark, New Jersey yesterday (June 29), her legal representative Nathan Hochman entered a guilty plea on her behalf.
US Magistrate Michael Shipp agreed to delay the sentencing from October to late November in order to give Hill enough time to pay back the taxes she owes. The singer is accused of three charges of evading tax payments from 2005 – 2007, a three-year period in which she earned an estimated $1.8 million (£1.2 million) from music and film royalties. Each count holds a maximum penalty of one year in jail as well as a $100,000 (£64,000) fine.
Previously, Hill had spoken about the controversy in a rambling, 1,300 word statement on her Tumblr page. She explained that she "left a more mainstream and public life" during the period to remove herself "from a lifestyle that required distortion and compromise as a means for maintaining it".
The singer went on to claim that she had placed the "safety and health of my family first over all other material concerns" and revealed that she had "conveyed all of this when questioned as to why I did not file taxes during this time period".
The former Fugees star also insisted: "My intention has always been to get this situation rectified."
Hill, 37, played her first UK show in over five years at London's IndigO2 in April. Her long-awaited second album, 'The Return', is expected later this year, though no release date has been set. The singer's 1998 solo debut, 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill', won five Grammy Awards and sold an estimated 15 million copies worldwide.


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Servings: 6
Prep Time: 50 min.
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Total: 1 hr. 45 min.
Few dishes are as homey as chicken pot pie. This version adds the autumn flavors of ginger and apples to the table.
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Calories 346
Calories from Fat 147 (42%)
(26%)Total Fat 17g
(48%)Saturated Fat 10g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
(26%)Cholesterol 77mg
(26%)Sodium 615mg
(10%)Potassium 365mg
Total Carbohydrate 30g
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First Retail Tech Hackathon organized by Delhaize Serbia and ICT Hub
Monri Payments decided to participate in the first Retail Tech Hackathon organized by Delhaize Serbia and ICT Hub. The Retail Tech Hackathon will last 48 hours (29 June – 1 July) and it will be held in ICT Hub Belgrade. Expansion to new geographic markets is a logical step in our business growth. We believe that this event is an ideal opportunity to get familiar with the particularities of the Serbian retail industry and to share our expertise acquired through a long standing experience in the retail industry of Croatia. Monri Payments will be represented by a team of four developers lead by our CTO, Borna Novak.


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Halloween Party Pressure
There's a lot of pressure to throw a good party, but that pressure is quadrupled when it is a holiday party. Halloween is quickly approaching and many of you who are considering throwing a bash may not know what to do to differentiate yours from the thousands of others that will undoubtedly be thrown on the day in question. So what should you do?
Party Basics
As with most things it is best to start at the beginning. First, let's determine who will comprise the bulk of your guests. Is it going to be a child's party? Will it be adults only? Maybe you plan on having a mix of children and adults. In that case do you want something to distract the little ones so that the grown ups can enjoy the "real" party, or will it be a fully integrated event?
It's been my experience that adult only parties don't require much in the form of entertainment. Food, music, and lots of alcohol tend to be sufficient if adequate is your goal. If, instead, you want to throw a party that brings more folk back next year the first step is to go top shelf, or as close as you can afford, with the three basics that I just mentioned.
Party Music
Music is the soul of a party. Anyone can plug an iPod into some speakers and hit play on Pandora. On the other hand a good DJ will interact with the crowd and get them involved. How many events have you been to where there's great music playing and the dance floor had tumbleweeds rolling across it?
A quality DJ can make the difference. I say hire a DJ instead of a live band for several reasons. First, a DJ can cost a fraction of what a band will set you back. While that shouldn't necessarily stop you. This is a top shelf party about which we are speaking after all. However, a really good DJ can do more than a band. A band tends to consume the party and it really becomes about them. Whereas a good DJ facilitates interpersonal interaction. It's a different vibe and, in my opinion, a superior one for a party.
As an alternative to a DJ, you may want to add karaoke to your party. Now, I know what you are thinking, and you're right. Bad karaoke can be torturous and nothing makes for bad karaoke like people who have had too much to drink.
No worries though, because I have three suggestions that can make your karaoke party awesome instead of awful. The first suggestion is to hire a professional to run it. He, or she can manage and maintain a flow while helping to get people started before they are too deep in their cups. Also, a professional karaoke DJ will most likely have a wider selection of songs from which to pick. Next, limit the run time of the karaoke. Start it after the spirits have begun to flow but before your aunt ends up on the table singing "I Kissed A Girl" and swinging her bra. Finally, if you go the professional route, see if you can't find someone who has a Super Karaoke that corrects pitch and makes everyone sound better. This can help lower everyone's inhibitions earlier in the evening which equals more time having fun and less awkward silence.
Party Food
Food is an incredibly important component of a high quality party. It is also arguably the most personal. For this, more than any other thing about party, know your audience. To quote Brother John Lydgate,"You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time." With nothing is this more true than when it comes to the party's repast. Undoubtedly, it will be your hope to please all of your guests. The trick is having a wide variety of treats. If you have it within your budget, outsource outsource outsource. If it's not possible for you to higher a caterer, think highly targeted treats. Go ahead and order pizza or a giant sandwich, and instead wow your guest with the sugary offerings. The inverse is also a viable option, but take my advice and only pick one. You'll have enough on your plate and don't want to overwhelm yourself.
Entertainment is the next item on our list. You've taken care of the music and you've added pitch correcting karaoke, but that won't sustain most parties throughout the evening, especially if there are children in attendance. More than that, the right entertainment will do more to set your party apart than any other component. Different and engaging are the words upon which you should base your entertainment search and decision. Rides and games can be a big hit, but anyone can rent them. Instead consider something that can be more of a show, like mechanical bulls. The right company can provide bulls and a professional MC and transform a ride into an event. Dueling Mechanical Bulls add an extra dimension to differentiate your soiree drastically.
Out Of The Box Party Entertainment
Something else that's a little more out of the box is a Game Show. A professional game show rented for your event will make it the talk of the town all year. There are party rental companies out there that have professional game show equipment with game show hosts and everything. They can turn bobbing for apples into Minute To Win It, or they can use questions that you provide and have a custom made trivia game specifically for you and your guests. The possibilities are endless.
Location Location Location
Penultimately, we come to location. I saved this until nearly last because all the other aspects mentioned will dictate the size of the venue that you need. If you rent a bounce house, or rent an obstacle course, you'll need quite a bit of room. If you rent a game show, space will be less of a factor. Choose the aforementioned and then select a location that can comfortably accommodate it all. Try to pick a place that keeps everyone together and has ample parking (preferably paved so your guests don't have to step in mud).
Party Decorations
Finally, you must choose your decorations with care. Decorations are more about first impressions than anything. They set the mood and give your guests subliminal clues as to what will be expected of them for the evening. Do not chince out with these.
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Minutes of meeting of May 24th
Another really good meeting. Thanks to all of you who came along for your energy and commitment. We broke up into working groups for the first part of the meeting, and then had a general meeting, and these are the … Continue reading
Minutes of meeting – 17th May
Thanks to everyone for coming along yesterday – it was another great meeting, and there's a general feeling that we're making really good progress and things are starting to take shape. We split up into working groups first, and then … Continue reading
next Queer Social Centre meeting: this Saturday, 17th May!
Hi all, hope you're enjoying the high volume of emails and blog posts coming out of Brag HQ at the moment! our next meeting to plan this year's Queer Social Centre and alternative pride event will be this Saturday, 17th … Continue reading
Update on Alternative Pride: Dates, Names, Working Groups
What a brilliant meeting! It was really productive and fun, and really great to see so many new, keen people. We decided that this year we would run a 2 week social centre, with an alternative march and a family-friendly … Continue reading
Alternative Pride – an Update
Our first planning meeting for the alternative pride will be this Sunday (11th May) at 5pm at LARC (http://www.londonarc.org/) 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 1ES. For those just tuning in, there is a collective of people dissatisfied by the politically … Continue reading


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Raven Cliff Falls is one of my favorite Georgia hikes. It was a good workout and on the way into the trail I made a couple of stops to take some photos.
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Is a CU better than a bank? Jack Otter of CBS Moneywatch weighs in…
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The credit union idea arose centuries ago as people worked under a common effort without thought of profit – they put out fires, harvested crops, and avoided high-priced loans by lending to one another.
In the 1850s, hard times hit Germany, and people turned to each other for help. They removed small savings from under mattresses and made reasonably priced loans to one another, forming the original credit unions. In the 1920s, Edward Filene took cooperative finance to the next level in Boston, as a means of lifting working people out of debt and creating a better life.
On January 17, 1927, the Credit Union League of Massachusetts celebrated the first official credit union holiday. January 17th is the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, America's "Apostle of Thrift," who credit union founders believed to symbolize the purpose and spirit of credit unions. During this time, the credit union movement was new and spreading. People involved only began to recognize the celebration's significance and were unable to devote the time required for sufficient planning. Credit Union Day quietly faded away.
The U.S. Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and CUNA Mutual Insurance Society initiated a new national Credit Union Day celebration in 1948. The third Thursday of October was set aside as the national day of observance. This occasion brought members together to promote the credit union philosophy nationally and reflect upon credit union achievements and history. Members raised funds for the movement and paid homage to loyal supporters and pioneers.
The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), established in 1971, assists credit union movements and supports their development around the world. WOCCU observed the first International Credit Union (ICU) Day more than 30 years ago, and continues to endorse global celebrations. The credit union movement has grown to 188 million members in 100 countries. Celebrate the credit union difference during this year's ICU Day – October 18, 2012.
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While cybercriminals focus on making a fast buck with email, texting, and phone frauds designed to capture consumers' account numbers, other cybercrime trends are worth noting. Several new ones are featured in the Internet Crime Complaint Center's (IC3) August 2012 scam alert. They include:
Hopewell Federal Credit Union is committed to preserving your privacy and security. Please remember…Hopewell Federal and its affiliate partners will NEVER request your sensitive account information via text, phone or email. We are here to assist you if you have questions or feel you have been victim of a cybercrime.
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