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Isn't it great that all the authenticity, flavour and plain down-to-earth fun of country racing is only just outside Melbourne. It's also great that there is a staggering number of things you can do to make sure your weekend has it all. Take yourself to the stunning views of the hills at Yarra Valley, for the easy drive to Pakenham, to the state of the art facilities at Werribee or to the country charm of Balnarring. Wherever you go country racing in Victoria you'll find the same charm, openness and that bit more informality, in a setting where you can easily make a great weekend.
• Look for treasures in the Antiques Tram at Sommerville.
• Do some winery hopping in the beautiful Yarra Valley.
• Throw yourself into the free tastings at The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice creamery.
• Check out Rye or Portsea back beach.
• Ride horses on the beach at Boneo.
• Don't miss lunch at the foodie haven, the Healesville Hotel.
• See the incredible collection of aircraft at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook.
• Steep yourself in luxury at the RACV club in Healesville.
Click on the clubs to find out more about Accommodation, Dining & Attractions
Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977
58 Coolart Rd, Balnarring VIC 3926
109 Healesville-Kinglake Rd, Healesville VIC 3777
2-10 Bulban Road, Werribee VIC 3030
The Great Ocean Road region has its fair share of great racing clubs. It's a region that spans from Grampians all the way down to the coast
Running from the top corner of Victoria from Hanging Rock to Donald, Echuca to Kerang and Swan Hill through to Mildura.
High Country is home to Victoria's snowfields spanning 12 clubs from Seymour to Mansfield, Merton to Tatura and Wangaratta to Wodonga.
Relax and rejuvenate in Victoria's spa country in the Grampians, which is home to 13 racing clubs. It's time to pick your Grampians Racing Escape.
Head out to the Eastern coast of Victoria, where Gippsland encompasses Woolamai and Drouin, Moe through to Sale, and Bairnsdale up to Omeo.
From the history of the gold rush to relaxing spas of the Macedon Ranges, the diversity of experiences to be had in this region is immense.


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A three in one special this week from your intrepid reporter. I was away across the merry pond having a merry time with limited vpn and limited time to spend on my usual pondering over the intricacies of this show. Was going to skip writing about Season 2 Ep. 9, 10, and 11 entirely, but once I returned home and caught up, the muse came rushing back and here I am with my bits on "Sic Transit Imperium", "With or Without You", and "Golden Frog Time."
The circle of story around the unfortunate little upstate NY town gutted by Axe and used by Chuck for preliminary campaign photo ops has closed. Axe did what he had to do in Sandicot, and Chuck responded with whatever he could do, given the fact that his hands were also not entirely clean in the deal. Both Axe and Chuck come out the other end relatively unscathed. The only real casuality of the story is Bobby's relationship with Bruno, his childhood father figure of sorts. But as Lara succinctly says: Fuck Bruno.
A delicious bit of continuity in Dollar Bill's character in these episodes. Last season we saw him exchanging a bag of loot for inside information about the status of a company's inventory. This season we see him working a similar track, getting information from ex-Axe employee Victor, who got his information from reconstituted shredded documents, about Belgian Klaxon car brakes gone bad. There is no question here, this is insider information, and given that the source is a justifiably disgruntled ex-employee, Axe is justifiably wary. But Dollar Bill, the unapologetic vehicle for illegality in this joint, is not uncertain. So much so that he accuses Axe of losing the well-earned stripes of an outlaw for showing any hesitation. As we learned in Season 1, Dollar Bill is Keyser Mother Fucking Soze. He'll blow it all to smithereens before giving any of it up. In these few episodes we can confirm, the guy is consistent. (Does anyone remember that episode of the Brady Bunch when Bobby idolizes the legend of Jesse James, until he has a nightmare that the outlaw guns down his entire family? No one? Okay, I'll save that analogy for the next time Dollar Bill displays his disregard for the law, and, mark my words, there will be a next time.)
Axe takes Bill's words to heart, but before he jumps in with both feet to short Klaxon, he gets his people to run the numbers on the company. No one, not Ben Kim, not Mafee, and finally not even the seer of all, Taylor, sees justification for shorting what is shown by all data to be a nice strong car company. Taylor does see beyond the metrics of sales that everyone else targets to assess strength in an auto company. They take the analysis to Klaxon's finance department and do see some weakness there. Still, Taylor knows there must be something else that is making Axe push for and want justification for a short.
Axe's response to Taylor's insight? Good work, let's make you the boss of all other analysts. Taylor is charmed at the prospect but also aware that now their name will be written on the short, which, again, isn't entirely justified by data alone. Taylor's name on the order to short makes them complicit in the crime, should it ever come out that the order was placed on the basis of insider information.
Meanwhile, Steph Reed has given Taylor's name to Bryan and Kate as someone who'll readily wear a snorkel for any deep dives necessary for winning investments at Axe Capital. Bryan approaches Taylor with a plea to spill on her boss, but without going the aggressive route that Ed Harris went on Tom Cruise in The Firm. Fortuitously, Taylor has seen the same film, and, before signing the Klaxon papers, they appear to take the bait for a sit-down over cookies in the DA's office. There, Taylor sees that, unlike Ed Harris, Bryan has nothing. Taylor then goes back to Axe now fully confident in signing the order to short Klaxon.
Prior to this move, Taylor wavered on hiring a private jet to attend a wedding in time to also attend Axe's birthday party. Axe convinced them with the argument, if not you, then who.
You get one life, so do it all.
Now with the Klaxon deal, Taylor has stepped one step closer to overwriting the disk space previously reserved for their conscience. They pocketed a cool 500K mid-semester bonus, upgraded from the Lower East Side to a sweet condo in Sutton Place, and got a seat closer to the bimah, typically an altar and center of attraction in a synagogue or church, but here, obviously, a place closer to the altar of the church of Axe Capital.
I don't believe in the soul not in the way it's traditionally used nor in the more modern meaning which connotes connected-ness and being spiritually awake.
What I do believe in are actions, purpose, purity of vocation, and the challenges that come along with all those things, the things that make me feel alive.
Interesting use of the word "purity" here. As if having a soul is a black mark, an unnecessary smudge of dirt, on the purity of the work.
So, that's the Klaxon story. Running in parallel is the Ice Juice story.
Chuck's lawyer, Ira, has had enough of law and wants to go into the anti-aging juice business. He comes to Chuck with the Ice Juice binder and a plea for investment. Junior sends Ira to Senior whom he believes to be more liquid and less conflict-prone to invest.
Meanwhile, nothing is at it seems.
Junior lets Dad sink his blind trust into Ice Juice. He even tells Wendy that he's bagging a winner. Ira gives notice at work, and Senior himself loads up on shares as they watch the graph climbing the minute the opening bell rings.
How do any of them know it's a sure winner? They don't, but that they make it so.
The idea starts when, from Kate, who gets the info from Steph Reed, Chuck learns that Axe bought up his Churchill books.
Chuck: How the fuck do you compete with something that powerful, that swims around for days on end, just waiting for the faintest smell of blood, so it can attack without warning, and with all the ferocity and half the conscience of a goddamn bull shark? You can't. Unless you can anticipate where it will strike and match its strength when it does, which you can't.
Kate: I can see books are a trigger for you.
Chuck has used Ice Juice as that very weapon, to anticipate and strike, maniacal strength against strength. He seeded incarcerated janitor Lawrence Boyd, previously of Spartan Ives, with information about Ice Juice to give to Axe in exchange for a commuted sentence. Axe takes the bait and runs with it, involving all manner of characters in the scheme to first elevate stock in Ice Juice, then bring it crashing down.
It's blatant manipulation of a product leading to manipulation of the market. The Ice Juice story is like a full season's worth of hijinks in one episode.
Now, Ice Juice is the poison tipped arrow in Axe's side, giving returning agent Dake newly emboldened FBI surveillance, leading to evidence galore on Axe's manipulation of the stock, from start to finish.
Now, lest we forget, Chuck and crew are also aware of the Klaxon thing. Spyros gathered them all together to lay out the fact that Axe was the only one to short in advance of the news of the brake failures. They may have a case there, right? Not so much. Again, it's a matter of proving criminality. Axe may have been the only one to short because he had some insider knowledge or he may shorted simply because he felt like it, or the sky was a particular color that day, or his coffee was a certain way. Nearly impossible to prove causality, unless someone on the trail of information from shredded documents to de-shredded documents to Victor to Dollar Bill to Axe spills the beans. And that's a long play, not assured at all to end the way Chuck and the Super Sleuths would need it to.
Ice Juice, on the other hand, is a sure thing. Does it even go so far as to be entrapment? I have no idea if such a thing is possible in this world. A cop posing as a prostitute to catch johns? That's entrapment. A hedge fund coaxed, goaded, provoked to break a law? One they wouldn't have broken had they not been fed information? Not sure. Something for the season finale to tell us, I imagine.
Another open thread is Axe glancing back at Boyd as he left after getting information about Ice Juice. Boyd took a swig of that 20 year old Scotch or Bourbon or whatever it was awfully quickly and desperately, didn't he? And we saw that Axe saw that desperation. It was the swig of a man who may be really sick of waxing floors or of a man sick with guilt over something else entirely. Why did Axe believe Boyd's information so easily? Tune in next time to find that answer too, I hope. So, while Chuck has landed on top now, who knows what the future holds.
Now, for the relationship drama running through these three episodes.
Chuck lands on top on this score as well, so to speak. Wendy likes him again. A lot. Him telling Wendy about the Ice Juice play, leaving out the specifics obviously, but giving her just enough to elicit a smile from her when he says he's backing a winner. Then the juice itself, chock full of antioxidants as it is, shared with Wendy, Wendy finding comfort in talking to him, telling him about her guilt over hurting someone (without, of course, naming names or getting into specifics).
Finally, Wendy finding out that the boys at Axe Cap are rooting for a short on Ice Juice, her then running over to Chuck to let him know he needs to get out, only to find him standing his ground, firm in his belief that he's got a winner (which, of course, he does, but not in any way that Wendy or anyone at Axe would know), calling her out so firmly for doubting his ability to call a winner. A firmness that gets her to scurry back to her office and make her own contribution to the short, effectively betting against her husband, but still sort of turned on that he didn't give in to her.
I have a feeling Wendy will not be upset to be left out of the loop on this one. Chuck owes her nothing as far as getting to Axe goes. And she knows that. Nope, I think the Rhoades relationship has hit a new strength here, and will likely not falter again…for now.
Booty calls. I feel I'm finally a man of my time.
As for the Axelrods, it's something so simple you wonder why no other show creators have thought of it before. The thing that sets Bobby off from every other anti-hero is that he doesn't lie to his wife and he doesn't cheat on her. He rattles off what his peers do – the prostitute yacht 500 feet behind the family yacht – everything he could do, i.e. everything we've seen other power players depicted on screen do. Those money shots that make premium cable such a vicarious thrill for a lot of men and women alike. What a stretch, what a risk, really, to take all of that away from your main character, make him a black swan, and not give the audience what they are used to getting, what they think they want. But, alas, they took that risk, and it worked. (Fun fact: Wags calling Bobby a black swan, like Taylor's allusion to the anti-fragile, may again be a nod to Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
In Billions, just as we don't get boys being boys, we also don't get the typical women characters being catty manipulative bitches to their men and to each other.
The acrimony and scheming between Lara and Wendy has a different feel to it than what we're used to. We saw Lara's cattiness to Wendy about good marriages, clearly meant as a low blow and delivered as such. And Wendy, in these episodes, gets her revenge. But, remember Wendy never wanted to go to Axe's party, she didn't want to be social with Lara, until Lara insisted. Maybe Lara's persistence was so she'd have the opportunity to hammer home the point that Axe would be off limits to Wendy, to let Wendy know that Lara knew the caveat to Wendy's return to Axe Cap because she had Axe's confidence.
Wendy did not hesitate a bit to disabuse her of that notion. She did it matter-of-factly, not with overt viciousness, not with contempt. Wendy didn't exhibit any of that undisguised clawing manifest so often in the so-called "bitch face" you see women characters deliver.
Maggie Siff's delivery, of course, works wonders in making Wendy Rhoades such a strong non-cliche character. Wendy conceding that she knew she was returning barb for barb and actually feeling bad for doing it also makes a heck of a difference. It's a brand of intellectualized cattiness where the writing isn't assuming that a woman's natural, subconscious state is one of manipulation and low blows. These are characters who wrap their brains around their actions. And that makes all the difference.
Indeed, the relationship between Lara and Bobby hits its biggest bump yet: the fact that Axe lied for the first time ever. It may all be on tenterhooks, but the writing here ironically adds significantly to what we know about their relationship. The history, the story, the marriage itself, is all strengthened in our minds by Lara's absence and Bobby's panicking at her absence. There is less Lara but more about her and what she means to Bobby. It's a story told thru voice messages. And, we see (could it be for the first time?) how beautifully skillful Damian is at what essentially amounts to a series of monologues.
Axe wakes up to find Lara gone with the boys. She knows about the lie he told her about it being his idea to no longer have sessions with Wendy. And he goes into panic mode. Here's all his panic, some word for word, some paraphrased.
msg 1: Call me. You can't just….Just call me.
msg 2: "Not trying to make an excuse…I was trying to protect you, I know you weren't happy with Wendy coming back and I was trying to respect that, I was trying to give you comfort. Maybe I could've done it different…but you could've done this a different way too."
msg 3: Gloves coming off. Taking my boys, what the fuck? Whatever you think of Wendy Rhoades, she's good for Axe Capital and what's good for Axe Capital is ultimately good for you. You used to know that.
msg 4: Anger is gone, giving way to sweetness as Bobby recalls how it all began. The memory of being hit by the thunderbolt, being drunk on each other, going deep. Not sappy, not needy, just sweet and honest words, providing our first real picture into what drew them together. More of a picture than any interaction or conversation we'd ever seen them have on screen. So, yeah, just as well she didn't pick up the phone for this one.
After this message, Bobby's history with Lara, what he saw in her, is affirmed some more when he talks to Wendy about her. Wendy gets it, and Bobby knows she gets it, but then a switch is pulled in that brain of his, and he sees Wendy as another commodity open to transaction.
msg 5: I'll kick Wendy to the curb if that's what it takes to bring you home.
msg 6: Back to anger, this time with sinister threats. "You think I can't control this, or you? That you're teaching me some fucking lesson? I teach the fucking lessons." Phew, very lucky indeed for Lara to not have picked up the phone this time. Harsh! He may have even scared himself with this one.
msg 7: Drunk. Equal parts angry and sad. If I was any other guy, the things I could have done, could still do. If you don't come back.
Lara does come back but it's not the same. The full gamut of messages, from sweet to sinister, from glaringly sober to wildly drunk, all disappear with a touch of a button.
And there we leave it…for now.
Another really big thing we got here and worth noting was the fear Bobby Axelrod elicits in both the women in his life. The women are as bad-ass as women can be, but, still, when in a moment of vulnerability with an alpha male like Bobby, there is fear. This is something else you don't really see in other drama.
In most other things we've seen, when a woman is meant to kick the ass of a man, she does it, and it's done, no hesitation, no repercussions. Both Wendy and Lara know there are repercussions to crossing Bobby. This renders every interaction between them and Bobby more real than anything we've seen before in other shows.
Like, when Wendy is ushered by creepy Hall into Bobby's car, Wendy is genuinely scared, right? When Lara gets into the car with Axe as they skip out on his party, and, then, after she's come back home, and he wants to gets closer, Lara is genuinely unsure, and, despite the caviar-laden pizza, let's face it, she's scared. I hope I didn't just imagine seeing this fear in both of them. Because if it was purposeful, i.e. purposefully written and portrayed, then it's frankly a brilliant thing to show.
Women, no matter how powerful, are still, STILL, at some disadvantage, however incremental, in relation to a powerful man. Quite a big thing to acknowledge. Kudos to Billions for doing it.

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It's that time of year again where I like to take a quick look at my favorite country music songs of the year so far. We're just about at the halfway point so now is as good a time as any, right?
Now, let me preface this list as I always do.
- I'm not a professional music reviewer.
- I don't get paid to promote artists.
- I don't go by Billboard or radio airplay charts.
This list consists of the top 50 songs that I like so far in 2016. The songs that I wanted to come on my radio while driving to and from work, on a road trip, or when I was just sitting at home. Note that not all songs may be "traditional country". I listen to all genre's of music, so I have no issues with country artists who play "non-traditional" country. To me…music is music. If I like it, I'm going to listen to it (and enjoy it).
Also, you'll notice that a lot of mainstream, radio hits by major artists are not included. No reason except for the fact that my list is not based on how famous you are. Simple as that. It's the songs that I love (but please feel free to sway me in your direction if I left a song off).
You probably heard some of these songs every hour (on the hour) on your local country station. Others may not have been played much (if at all) when they should have been, in my own, personal opinion. Also, while some of these songs may have come out in late 2015, and may have even landed a low spot on my wrap up of the year, they were ones that were predominantly played (if they made the radio) so far in the 2016 calendar year.
Others may be primed for success later this year so keep your ears open!
Either way, I'm sure that I'm going to leave quite a few songs off this list that could have easily made it. I know this going in and expect each and every one of you to say "hey, what about this song…or that song." Please do. Fight for the music and artists that YOU love!!!!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go through each entry and provide detailed background on the song, reasons for it's placement, etc…But, feel free to leave a comment and I'd be happy to respond.
And now, Without further ado, let's get this party started with a three-way tie at #50.
(T) 50. "California Grown", Tyler Rich
(T) 50. "Paradice", Michael Beck
(T) 50. "Middle of Nowhere", McKenzies Mill
49."Ice Cold Summer", Trailer Choir
48. "Make You Mine", High Valley
47. "Drunk on Your Love", Brett Eldredge
46. "Shut Up and Fish", Maddie and Tae
45. "Suitcase", Steve Moakler
44. "Running for You", Kip Moore
43. "June", Runaway Angel
42. "Wasted Time", Keith Urban
41. "If the Boot Fits", Granger Smith
40. "Bluebonnets", Aaron Watson
39. "Livin' the Dream", Drake White
38. "Mind Reader", Dustin Lynch
37. "Better in Boots", Tyler Farr
36. "American Country Love Song", Jake Owen
35. "Hurtin' on the Bottle", Margo Price
34. "Shake it Like a Hillbilly", Hillbilly Vegas
33. "Record Year", Eric Church
32. "Someone to Take Your Place", Tara Thompson
31. "It All Started with a Beer", Frankie Ballard
30."Rock On", Tucker Beathard
29. "Sooner Than Later", Jacob Davis
28. "Wasn't That Drunk", Josh Abbott Band w/ Carly Pearce
27. "Outskirts of Heaven", Craig Campbell
26. "Think of You", Chris Young w/ Cassadee Pope
25. "You Look Like I Need a Drink", Justin Moore
24. "Long Live Tonight", LANco
23. "Mayday", Cam
22. "American Outlaw", Halfway to Hazard
21. "I Know Somebody", LOCASH
20. "You Should Be Here", Cole Swindell
19. "Parachute", Chris Stapleton
18. "Girl Next Door", Brandy Clark
17. "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw
16. "Snapback", Old Dominion
15. "Break Up in a Small Town", Sam Hunt
14. "Saltwater Gospel", Eli Young Band
13. "21 Summer", Brothers Osborne
12. "Vacation", Thomas Rhett
11. "Southernality", A Thousand Horses
10. "It Don't Hurt Like it Used To", Billy Currington
9. "Mr. Misunderstood", Eric Church
8. "From the Ground Up", Dan & Shay
7. "H.O.L.Y.", Florida Georgia Line
6. "Dance With Ya", Drew Baldridge
5. "Backroad Song", Granger Smith
4. "Head Over Boots", Jon Pardi
3. "Beautiful Drug", Zac Brown Band
2. "My Church", Maren Morris
1. "Die a Happy Man", Thomas Rhett
Well that's it. My Top 50 of 2016…so far!
Where did I hit the nail on the head? Where did the arrow miss the mark?
Let me know in the comments below!


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• Otterbein was led by Katy Williams scoring four goals on the evening with four additional players each scoring three goals apiece. Wilmington was unable to get into an offensive flow in part to a great defensive effort put forth by Otterbein
• In the second half Wilmington was held scoreless again and struggled to get anything going on the offensive end while Otterbein continued the offensive attack.
• Defensively, freshman Kara Griffith (Lebanon, OH/Lebanon) was able to cause three turnovers and pick up two ground balls.
• Sophomore goalie, Megan Wieloch (Canton, MI/Plymouth) allowed 17 goals while totaling 12 saves on the afternoon.
• "Otterbein was a tough team tonight and defensively they did a good job of keeping us in check," said Coach Bree Galloway.
• "I was proud that the girls continued to work hard all evening despite the score," said Coach Galloway.
Wilmington (1-11) returns to action 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 14th, competing at home against Heidelberg in a conference game.


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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
No Valley
From the Fresno Bee:
For the first time in decades, no one from the San Joaquin Valley is serving on the University of California's 26-seat governing board – perpetuating local concerns that some of the state's neediest areas are not well-represented.
"This is another example of the governor essentially dismissing Central California as a flyover area," said Assemblyman Jim Patterson, R-Fresno. "It's inexplicable to me to have the region utterly ignored like this, with an appointment of this magnitude. It raises all kinds of questions about whether this region is really getting its due."
Patterson plans to take the issue to the San Joaquin Valley Caucus – a bipartisan group of legislators formed in 2015 – and says that Gov. Jerry Brown would not neglect other big cities in such an appointment. None of the 18 governor-appointed members on the UC Board of Regents are Valley residents, with most based in the greater Los Angeles area. The other regents are ex officio members, which include the governor himself and the state superintendent of schools, plus a student representative...
Fred Ruiz, co-founder of Dinuba-based Ruiz Foods, was the last Valley representative on the board, but was not re-appointed when his term ended in 2016. While Ruiz, 73, said the decision was voluntary, he urged that another Valley resident be appointed – sending a list of about 20 potential candidates to Brown's office this year.
But when Brown appointed four new members to the board on June 2, none were from the Valley...
"Regardless of where appointees were born – or currently live – we expect them to represent the entire state and its students," said Evan Westrup, the spokesman for Brown.
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Image Remarks: Pahlavi era famous Iranian politician Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh in Hospital visited by Dr. Hossein Fatemi, Minister of Foreign Affairs. A close associate of Mosaddegh, Fatemi proposed Nationalization of Oil and gas assets.
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text: Background to the Project We need to protect supplies and meet our duties to connect new sources of power to the grid. The electricity transmission network in Dumfries and Galloway is near the end of its operational life and needs to be updated for the benefit of future generations. In 2015, after careful analysis, we consulted people about plans to modernise and expand it. The proposals were called the Dumfries and Galloway Strategic Reinforcement Project (DGSR Project). The DGSR Project consisted of: A new 400,000-volt (400kV) west-to-east overhead line from the South Ayrshire coast to Cumbria in England Four new high voltage substations New 132kV north-to-south lines between Kendoon and Tongland Since then the future needs of the transmission network have changed. Following a cost-benefit analysis with National Grid, the GB Transmission System Operator, to make sure our proposals were the most efficient and economical, the scope and scale of our original project was reduced. The DGSR Project will not go ahead in its original form. However, we still need to build the new 132kV overhead lines to replace old infrastructure between Kendoon and Tongland and guarantee local electricity supplies. To avoid confusion, the reduced project was re-named the Kendoon to Tongland 132kV Reinforcement Project (KTR Project). The feedback we received helped us to verify our proposed route alignments for the KTR Project. This includes potential locations for the steel towers and wood poles which support the lines, along with temporary construction accesses and working areas. Our third round of public consultation ran from Monday November 20, 2017, until Friday January 26, 2018.


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Malaysian Mainstream Media Quiet on Terrible FDI News
True enough. When there's a terrible news on Malaysia, the mainstream media will go silent about it. Gagged by the current govt administration? Why dare not report about it? They will tell us about good news and the bad news??? The existing govt is afraid of the public lambasting them and want to hold on to power no matter what.
I have just blogged about Malaysia's bad Foreign Direct Investment for the previous year on 20 July 2010 and was waiting for the UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2010. The outcome was really terrible this time ...........
Comments made during the year 2009 on the FDI weren't correct? A total cover up has happened?
Malaysia, as a whole, has only garnered a FDI investment of up to RM4.43 billion. If compared to year 2008's FDI investment, it's a terrible 81% nosediving situation.
Malaysia is the only South East Asian nation that has recorded a negative FDI flow (outflow exceeding inflow). Foreign investors are leaving the country more than those that are coming in?
Why hasn't the mainstream media reported about this? So quiet till you could hear a pin drop on a carpet.
What was reported by Idris Jala that the nation will be bankrupt by year 2019 if no concrete remedies are implemented is true after all? But it was denied and swept under the carpet by many ministers and politicians from the current government? Who's telling the truth?
Can the public get some explanation on this situation?
The government's ambition is to achieve a high income nation status and also to hit 6% annual growth for next 5 years (this is in order to achieve the developed status by then). Is this FDI an indication to us that the ambition will be affected?
Reading: Parliament Should Discuss FDI Slide - Khoo Kay Peng
Reading: Not only politicians but investors draw battle lines in Malaysia - Malaysia Today
Just by reading the newspapers nowadays, the current government is only interested in jailing a person who is deemed to have committed sexual relation with another man, hyped on the illegal sand mining whether true or not and target to win over a state lost to the oppositions in the last general election.
Reading: 10th Malaysia Plan: Going forwards or backwards? - Centre for Policy Initiatives
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Raptors will face Houston, Portland and Phoenix in three scrimmages
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) gets fouled by Brooklyn Nets forward Wilson Chandler (21) to get the game-winning basket during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Toronto Raptors will face their first competition in more than four months when they play the Houston Rockets in a scrimmage on July 24.
The NBA released the scrimmage schedule on Saturday ahead of the July 30 restart. Each team will play three exhibition games at Disney World in Orlando.
The Raptors will also face Portland on July 26, and Phoenix on July 28.
Toronto opens the eight-game seeding round on Aug. 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The NBA shut down March 11 due to COVID-19. The 22 teams playing in the seeding round are scheduled to arrive in Orlando next week.


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I've recently been playing with a crochet flower pattern from Lucy in Attic24 and have come up with another playful lampshade.
Take one tatty lampshade (bought for 50p at a local jumble sale!)
Strip it back to its wire frame.
Cover the wire in strips of fabric. It doesn't need to be perfect, in fact raggy and tatty rather adds to its charm in my opinion
Now sit back and crochet a pretty selection of roses using up all those odd ends of wool. You can find the pattern here or if you would like to learn how to make these you can join me on a 2 hour crochet workshop and I will teach you everything you need to know!
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No picture because too lazy to find a good picture of Remember11. And I haven't read it yet so picture hunting might lead to spoilers or something.
Remember11 is an entry in the Infinity series, which includes other VN titles such as Ever17, Never7, and 12Riven and is produced by KID. Weird titles I know. None of the other titles have been translated other than Ever17, which received an official translation by Hirameki studios, which I now believe is defunct. Ever17 was a wonderful visual novel which gave me one of the hugest mindscrews I have ever received from any medium of entertainment, and that's with me figuring out a good chunk of the plot before the ending. I'm hoping that Remember11 will give me a similar experience, although I hear that Remember11 has a crap ending while everything else is amazing. We'll see.
Translation patch can be found on TLWiki.
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Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 29th, May. 2014 Under News
Ubisoft's Watch Dogs may be suffering from its fair share of bugs and problems – including the return of restrictive DRM via UPlay – but it's been a roaring success for Ubisoft. On the UbiBlog, the publisher reported that Watch Dogs had set a new record for day one sales in the company's history.
This means that the game's day one sales managed to outsell that of Assassin's Creed, which itself has been seeing phenomenal sales records for Ubisoft. Concrete sales figures have yet to be revealed by the publisher though so we'll need to wait and see how they stack up to other properties like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Call of Duty.
Watch Dogs is currently available on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. It follows the story of Aiden Pearce as he seeks revenge on those who took his niece's life. He does this by taking control of Chicago's ctOS and hacking it to his advantage. Let us know what you think of the game's success in the comments below.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Paris' 222-year-old "Menagerie", one of the world's oldest zoos, is calling for help to restore one of its historic buildings, home to endangered Przewalski's horses.
Opened in 1794, the zoo, located in the Jardin des Plantes park (Garden of Plants), houses over 1,000 animals and 180 different species.
Several of its buildings were classified as historic monuments in 1993, including the thatched building that is home to the Przewalski's horses. However, the roof is now leaking and the interior gutter system is damaging the building, according to Bruno David, president of the National Museum of Natural History, which runs the zoo.
"There are lots of original buildings constructed in the time of Napoleon I, between 1805 and 1815. And this one here is a little more recent, dating from 1890," David said.
"What's special with a building like this is the quality of its construction ... There's a thatched roof, brushwood ... so it's a very original, pretty building, but at the same time it's very fragile."
To restore the building, the museum and the independent Fondation du Patrimoine (Heritage Foundation), which also supports the zoo, have launched an online fund to pay for a refurbishment estimated to cost 88,000 euros ($94,000) — but it has collected only 480 euros so far.
Przewalski's horses, characterized by a stocky build and an erect mane, are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list, having been extinct in their native Asian steppes until 1992. The zoo was involved in the effort to reintroduce the species into the wild.
"We've participated, in a small way, in saving it in its free state in Mongolia," said Gerard Dousseau, head of animal care at the zoo, said. "Today, we need to save the building that houses them." ($1 = 0.9381 euros)
Reporting By Julien Hennequin; Writing by Tatiana Chadenat


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When I was a little girl living in Hawaii my parents sent my brother and I on an airplane, alone, to spend summers with my grandparents in Northern Minnesota. I dreaded those summer getaways… all I could think of was spending my summer with "old" people, out in the middle of nowhere, with absolutely nothing to do. It was time spent in the garden, stealing apples from old man Marco's apple tree, dirt road rides in search of wild critters, hanging out at the lake diving for clams, and walking down the street to the corner store to buy penny candy. Oh, and, yes, going to the annual polka festival. A night out to eat was to the local Bonanza, where all I longed for was the lollipop at the end of my meal.
To top it all off, I was somehow taught, led to believe, that growing your own food or buying local was embarrassing, going beneath yourself. I vividly remember my grandfather coming home one day with local strawberries. All I could do was laugh at the thought that Minnesota strawberries were so much better than a strawberry from elsewhere (like I was some expert that strawberries from a tropical island were so much better). I also remember being so critical over a fireworks show in town, thinking how could such a local celebration be so much better than seeing one in a huge city like New York City?
As I write this blog I am amazed at how much I disliked those times. How could I not have appreciated and enjoyed all that I did, and learned? It's so sad.
Here I am today living in a simple home, with a few acres, out in the country in Maine. The life I have today is actually is no different than my grandparents. Gardens, fruit trees, fishing, hunting, buying local, and supporting community efforts. I have come full circle. Everything old is new again. The passion I have for this lifestyle, for me and for my family is deep. It is important to myself and to my husband. Shouldn't our kids know that locally grown food is so much better than food grown thousands miles away? Shouldn't our kids know the importance of where our food comes from? Shouldn't our kids know basic outdoor skills? Shouldn't our kids experience green trees and fresh air?
I wish I could go back in time and enjoy my Minnesota visits more. I wish I could tell my grandparents how much those visits influenced who and where I am today. I only hope that both are looking down at me from above smiling… and, of course, shouting, "I told so"'!


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After a long winter, the Twin Cities regularly reward patient fans with a plethora of top-notch festival shows. The Bachelor Farmer's Kräftskiva festival led in 2013. In addition to the copious amounts of crayfish, fine beer, and aquavit, the music lineup was as perfect as the weather. Justin Vernon's bluesy side-project the Shouting Matches were the surprise headliner, along with the Cloak Ox, Joey Ryan and the Inks, and DJ Jonathan Ackerman. It was a glorious day in the North Loop, as the sights and sounds elevated the mood of the crowd packing the Bachelor Farmer's cobblestone side street. The serene setting and Scandinavian flavor of the Kräftskiva festival gave the event a European feel. A high percentage of the attendees donned the yellow party hats provided, which made Kräftskiva feel like it was a birthday party for several hundred people.


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The Swedish CIC, Lieutenant General Karl Nathanael af Klercker decides to give the Russians a blow trying to annihilate the Russian column. The Russian CIC , Friedrich Wilhelm Count von Buxhoevden , has been alerted by his Cossacks scouts about the concentration of Swedish troops and hurries with a division to the rescue. Klercker , aware of the Russian main force, turn the bulk of his army to slow down the Russian advance, while the jäger column is dealt with.
The dice decided.: Ronny as Swedish CIC, Siegfried as commander of the force dealing with the Russian jäger column, Adrien as Russian CIC, Dirk as commander of the Russian jäger brigade, and one regiment of the Russian main force.
The jägers deployed around the column.
But the crossfire of the Swedish jägers, the finnish regiments and the artillery was lethal for the Russians.
In no time, two battalions were destroyed. another one isolated in front of the column, were I had no other option than to go into the offensive attacking a Finnish unit in woods, and pushing them out and now having themselves the cover of the woods. But, now completely surrounded, it was just a matter of time before also this unit was gone.
Pavlograd Hussars
In the meanwhile, With the dense woods, Adrien was struggling to organise his troops before going into the offensive. Ronny, tried to create a defence line.
I had to try to sent my line regiment in support of the battered jägers.
But Ronny hurried his Swdish jäger battalion to my side of the table, giving flank fire and frustrating my advance.
I had to use my grenadier battalion to drive of the Swedish jägers, but it took a few turn. Time my Russian jägers hadn't, and it gave Siegfried the time to urge part of his troops towards my advancing line battalions.
The first encounters of the main Swedish and Russian forces in the middle.
At first the Swedes stood firm.


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Centreville resident Jeff Chen, 17, a rising senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, is one of 51 of the nation's brightest high school students and 28 international students who will begin an intensive six-week program at MIT from June 24 to Aug. 4.
THE SON OF Ning Chen and Lan Ge of Sully Station II will be taking part in the 24th annual Research Science Institute, a selective program offered tuition-free to 90 high school juniors every summer. Held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, RSI is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education, a nonprofit in McLean, that nurtures young scholars to careers of excellence in science and technology. It includes college-level classes and graduate-level research led by top scientists.
From June 24 to Aug. 4, RSI students — dubbed "Rickoids" after the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy and co-founder of the Center — will take one week of courses at MIT and then spend four weeks in internships under the mentorship of scientists and mathematicians at Boston-area universities, hospitals and research facilities.
"I was pretty excited," said Jeff upon hearing he was selected. "It's an important opportunity. In my school we have a senior research project, so generally our research projects tend to be of high quality."
At Thomas Jefferson, Jeff maintains a 4.02 GPA, takes part in the Varsity Math Team, Senior Computer Team, Civics Team and National Honor Society. He also ran track for TJ in his sophomore year and he hopes to double-major in math and engineering at MIT.
"The Research Science Institute provides a unique opportunity for the nation's best students to engage in high-caliber research and connect with like-minded peers," says Joann DiGennaro, president and co-founder of the Center for Excellence in Education. "For many of our students, RSI is a jump start to venerable futures in science."
Students are selected for RSI based on their PSAT scores, high school records, essay submissions, teacher recommendations, research experience and math and science honors. For more information about the Center and its programs, visit www.cee.org.


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Blooming tea
Blooming or flowering tea is made by sewing tea leaves around different flowers like for example amaranth, carnation, jasmine, chrysanthemums, rose and marigold. Different tea leaves can be used – green tea, white tea, oolong and black tea. The leaves are sewn into a ball-shaped object. Such a ball is then dried.
Blooming tea is a Chinese invention. The best one is from the Chinese Yunan province According to tea experts this form of tea exists since 1980's. But there are people claiming that it is much older.
Blooming tea is very easy to prepare. Put a flower tea ball in empty glass and pour some boiling water over it. It will then slowly open or let's say "blossom". Tea balls can be reused 2-3 times.


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On some sailboats after a refreshing swim or Scuba dive boarding can be difficult depending on the length of the boarding ladder. On my Nonsuch the ladder is fine if you are boarding from a dingy but, much more difficult after a swim or dive. So I built an extension for the boarding ladder using 12 inch lengths of 1-1/2 inch PVC and fittings, PVC glue and some dock line. The set up has been in use for over three seasons and has been tested to weights of 350 pounds.
Ladder extension when viewed from behind the boat. Notice the four way PVC fittings at the top and bottom of the ladder. These allow rapid draining of water when stowing the extension and also rapid sinking when deployed.
SIDE VIEW: Notice how the extension lifts away from the rudder. The ladder extension only contacts rudder when a person is on it. The rudder keeps the extension vertical when boarding. Instead of slipping under the hull.
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Sunday May 25, 2014
Portland OR (location TBA)
Please email newnarratives2014 at hotmail dot com to register, or for more information
New Narratives 2014 is a trans woman-only discussion about the ways in which current trans theory harms trans women, and reconciling the goals of gender abolition with the reality of the gendered world we are currently living in.
In this day-long workshop, we will discuss our experiences at Radfems Respond, talk about how our conceptions of trans existence have changed over the course of time, develop new narratives of transition that are healthier and more ethical, drink craft beer, and make new friends.
Some of the topics we will cover include:
- the difference between sex and gender
- how and when can we set boundaries around our community?
- healing from the trauma of being gender-nonconforming
- victimization as validation – and how to get past it
- viability of identity politics in real life
- what if you don't pass? what if you do?
- removing the bullying from trans activism
- ways trans women would benefit from gender abolition


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|Site At, 76C Carmegrim Road, Ahoghill
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Excellent site on the outskirts of Ahoghill with plans for a 3120 sq ft one and a half storey dwelling and garage. Wonderful elevated views of Lough Beg can be enjoyed from this site. The property will comprise six bedrooms, three with ensuite, two reception rooms, kitchen/dining room, utility room and family bathroom. Garage footings have been installed. The site is accessed by a right of way over a lane (shaded green on map) and the vendor reserves right of way over proposed remaining lane (shaded blue on map). The area shown hatched in red on planning map is excluded from sale.
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(CNN) – President Barack Obama did not respond kindly Friday to an interruption during his Rose Garden announcement of new immigration rules, telling the man shouting that it was neither the time nor the place to field questions.
The reporter, who was wearing a temporary press badge, was identified as Neil Munro from the conservative website the Daily Caller. He later told CNN, "I have to ask the questions you all won't ask," referring to the reporters gathered who regularly cover the White House.
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"Excuse me sir, it is not the right time for questions sir," Obama said as Munro shouted questions. "Not while I'm speaking."
"The next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask your question," Obama said later in his remarks. "I didn't ask for an argument, I'm answering your question."
Munro asked Obama, "What about American workers who are unemployed while you employ foreigners," suggesting the policy change would lead to the employment of illegal immigrants.
- Immigration shift sparks reaction from both sides
"Here's the reason: because these young people are going to make extraordinary contributions, and are already making contributions to our society," Obama replied at the end of his remarks. "I've got a young person who is serving in our military, protecting us and our freedom. The notion that in some ways we would treat them as expendable makes no sense. If there is a young person here who has grown up here and wants to contribute to this society, wants to maybe start a business that will create jobs for other folks who are looking for work, that's the right thing to do."
When the president finished his comments, he turned and headed back into the Oval Office ignoring any further questions.
In statements published together, representatives for the Daily Caller portrayed the incident in several ways. Munro wrote that he miscalculated the ending of Obama's speech, while the site's editor-in-chief and publisher praised their reporter for his dogged attempt at an answer.
- Romney: Obama immigration move makes long term fix harder
"I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president," Munro wrote. "I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the President of the United States. I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium. When I asked the question as he finished his speech, he turned his back on the many reporters, and walked away while I and at least one other reporter asked questions."
Tucker Carlson, the conservative cable news pundit who in the Daily Caller's editor-in-chief, said his organization was proud of Munro.
"A reporter's job is to ask questions and get answers. Our job is to find out what the federal government is up to. Politicians often don't want to tell us. A good reporter gets the story. We're proud of Neil Munro," Carlson wrote.
- Obama interrupted: Disrespectful or latest in 'era of incivility'?
The Daily Caller's publisher said Munro's questioning was not intended to be "heckling."
"The President today announced a very controversial policy and does not want to answer tough questions about it," Neil Patel wrote. "Neil Munro is a veteran Washington reporter who today tried his best to time his question to be first as the President was wrapping up his remarks. He in no way meant to heckle the President of the United States."
are you kidding me? That reporter had every right to be disrespectful! Obama is thinking only of politics and not the people. Obama is destroying this country and you people only care about how he is being disrespected? You people are jokes.
Is this interruption on World Television designed to stifle the president, show superiority over the president, show the world lack of respect for leadership, pronounce presence of discontent, or is this man only willing to respect a white leader? If the White House were on the west coast these types of people would have to travel much further to promote disrespect and intolerance the civil war mentality is abolished not thriving like in Union County Georgia
I think its a good decision! They are young and deserve a chance.
You cannot disrespect the office of the president with impunity because he happens to be a black man. Pathetic!
It reminded me of an old saying the old folks said about 75 years ago. – "There is an @sshole in every crowd and today the right-wing blogger was the @sshole.
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"I turned 68 today, and in all my years on earth, I have never seen the office of the president so rudely disrespected by the populace. It is especially crude that most of these folks hide behind first amendment rights that have previously been denied to people of color. This sort of action would have led to arrest and ostricision."
Idk about that. Bush went through a lot....and the attacks on him were quite personal at times.
Really? Was Bush ever described as "uppity", as Phil Gingery of GA called him? Did a governor wag her finger at him? DID he have his patriotism questioned, his humanity questioned? Please, Bush got off easy.
Am very proud to an American. We have a good and sincere president
Conservatives, Republicans, Tucker Carlson, Neil Munro are an embarrassment to the American People.
It is not respectful of the reporter or his organization to interrupt Obama. But some of you who say Obama is the first to be interrupted are wrong. Bush II was continuously verbally interrupted, burned in effigy, hanged, and even a movie depicting his death, all wrong and absolutely disrepectful of the man and his office at the time.. How quick you libs forget and deny that you are grossly guilty of far worse. The offending reporter and his organization are being roudnly criticized, even on Fox recommending he not be allowed back into the Presidential Press Corp.
Once again it proves you cannot ignorance.
Obama got off lucky... Bush had a shoe thrown at him.
If someone did that to Bush, the republicans would be outraged.
I would say this is rude but after ever since I saw how you liberals treated Bush it's just fine......you get what you give....so deal with it.
Go ask Mr. Hit and Run Romney those fake questions, if you can find Mr. Hide and Seek. Ask him tough questions like why, didn't at least on of your five sons serve in the armed forces during that crucial time of Bush war on WMD? And why are you hiding your money over seas. And why are you begging like a dog to be the next president of these United States? Yeah, Start with those.
More disrespect has been shown to President Obama than any other sitting president...how sad it was to watch what occurred today...it almost took away from the purpose of the speech. Munro got his 15 minutes of fame and will get accolades for being rude! Its obvious what the right wants and will make sure someone is always in place to create controversy as this journalist did today. Embarrassing for the U.S. as the whole world witnesses the decline in our values everyday. The majority factors in Congress are holding back progress to assure that Mr. Obama is a one term president at the risk of republicans and democrat alike...especially those without jobs at this time. Its a good thing that most voters are intelligent and can see through the BS. Everyone who has a job today (citizen and non-citizen) is contributing to the financial health of the country...we pay taxes everywhere we go! Another reason we can't save!
"I'm sure all liberals applauded this kind of crap when Bush was president, just as all you crazy conservatives are appluading this idiot for disrespecting Obama"
I don't recall a single incident of a credentialed member of the press openly disrespecting the office of the president during President Bush's time in office. Perhaps you can correct me if I am mistaken in that?
How dare a reporter ask a question of our Supreme Leader. He does not know his place. Round up his entire family and to the leftist re-education camp with them. Obama's Supreme God status must never be questioned.
The reporter was deliberately rude. He not only interrupted once but repeatedly as seen on the video.
The president ignores the rule of law, yet again, and a reporter asks a question at a press conference. The liberals and complicit media react like it's the wreck of the Hindenburg. Oh the humanity!!!!
>The Real Tom Paine – The idea that somehow, real, high-paying jobs are being taken by illegals, is ludicrous.
You don't know what you are talking about sir. I work in the IT field and there are thousands of foreigners here as contractors (mostly Indian) taking very high paid jobs that Americans could fill. It makes me sick as I know Americans in the IT field that were laid off while these people raked in well over $100K a year, much it going back to India.
@ Bill...Apparently you don't know what you are talking about -please don't confuse legal immigration with illegal immigration. There are many foreigners in the U.S. who work in both low and high-paying professions. Believe it or not, there are americans in foreign countries who are also high-paying employees. The movement of people (across borders) legally cannot be stifled just because some one like you is angry because "these people" i.e. foreigners with the neccessary educational background are able to immigrate and earn a good living in the U.S. .
Lots of folks saying it but I'll say it again. So disrespectful. I don't recall ever seeing a President interrupted by a member of the media during a speech like that. How rude! Obama answered his question and it comes as no surprise that member of the press came from a conservative media outlet. He should be removed from all future initiatives.
With this policy Obama just combined being a socialist with fitting the definition of a facist dictator.
The reporter, Neil Munro, was wearing a temporary press badge. That should tell you his lack of reporting courtesy. People against the Dream Act lack educational knowledge and always turn it into a political situation. The Act is needed to support the hard work teachers play in making a difference on all of their students and communities.
He probably saw the O'reilly interview before Superbowl 45 and thought he could disrespect Obama.


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Comedy Central has confirmed that it has ordered up a new batch of Futurama episodes to air on the cable channel beginning in 2010. Twenty-six episodes have been ordered, and Billy West and John DiMaggio have both signed to return to the long running on again off again animated series.
"It's sweet, and basically everybody who has worked on the show wants to come back," Matt Groening said. "I choose to believe it's more than the economic situation. People had a good time working on this show."
While Comedy Central may look to be sitting in the cat-bird seat, 20th Century Fox does have the option of turning the first broadcast rights to the new episodes to a broadcast network (i.e. Fox) if the series takes off, or becomes financially viable again. Seems like a crappy deal for Comedy Central, but in this case, its the fans that win as we're able to get more Bender/Fry action real soon.


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The Southern Queensland Flying-fox Education Kit provides schools of southern Queensland with an opportunity to study flying-foxes in the classroom while achieving outcomes (particularly Biological Sciences) under the Australian Curriculum.
Each unit consists of three lessons that contain a variety of activities. Teachers may choose to complete more than the suggested lessons e.g. a teacher may choose to recap some of the year 5 activities or proceed to year 7.
These activities use a range of different learning media to provide an all-round learning experience for their students. This includes printed materials, PowerPoint presentations, YouTube videos and sound files that are all found on the All About Bats website.
The final section of this education kit provides contact details for professionals (e.g. wildlife carers, scientists and council staff) to come and talk to students about their role in looking after flying-foxes and their habitat. It also provides a list of easily accessible excursion locations if teachers wish to take their students to expereince the sights and smells of a flying-fox colony.
Year 4 The life cycle of the flying-fox
This unit introduces year 4 students to flying-foxes and their importance in the environment. It introduces flying-foxes as mammals and familiarises students with the life cycle of flying-foxes and native trees. From this, students will... Read More
Year 5 Adaptations of flying-foxes
Year 5 students are introduced to how flying-foxes have adapted to their environment. It allows students to explore the bat wing and compare it to the human arm. It looks at how the mega-bats and... Read More
Year 6 The flying-fox habitat
This unit has been designed for year 6 students to increase their understanding of the habitat of flying-foxes. Students will look at how the flying-fox habitat has been destroyed and how that has led to... Read More
Year 7 Where do flying-foxes fit in?
This unit introduces year 7 students to the classification of micro-bats and mega-bats through the use of a classification tree and distinguishing characteristics. It then introduces them to the food chains and food webs of... Read More
Year 8 Specialised flying-foxes
This unit introduces year 8 students to the digestive and reproductive cycle of the flying-fox and compares them to the human systems. It encourages students to explore how these systems have evolved to ensure their... Read More
Year 9 Flying-fox ecosystems
In this unit, year 9 students will explore the ecosystem of the flying-fox and the abiotic and biotic factors that can influence the health of the ecosystem. They will have the opportunity to explore the... Read More
Working with Bats
The following organisations can be contacted for more information about bats, or individuals may be willing to speak to your class about what they are doing to help conserve our wildlife. Bat Conservation & Rescue... Read More
Excursion ideas
The following locations can be used to viist a flying-fox camp where there is interpretive information to learn more about the local camp. There are many more sites out there that have not been represented... Read More
WebQuest – My Favourite Bat
What is a WebQuest? "A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to... Read More


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3026 HYMNS & CLASSICS FROM MOORINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NAPLES, FLORIDA With special guests Susan McDonald, harpist and Phil Alongi, Tenor, Diane presents Hymns & Classics from the Moorings Presbyterian Church in
Florida. Music includes: Phil Alongi singing "Amazing Grace" & "How Great Thou Art"; Susann McDonald "Children of the Heavenly Father/Jesus Loves Me" and Diane performs her arrangements of "The Spacious Firmament" and "Jesus Shall Reign".
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A stay of the FCC's privacy rules that would take effect on March 2nd is a smart first step toward rolling back asymmetrical regulation that is at odds with consumers' privacy expectations, deters innovation and causes marketplace distortion. Applying different privacy rules to the same online data by saddling only ISPs with new regulations doesn't make sense.
For the previous two decades, the internet flourished under the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) evenhanded, flexible privacy approach that applied to all companies across the internet and ensured strong consumer privacy protections. Chairman Pai's plan to abandon the FCC's fragmented privacy framework and restore a uniform set of privacy protections will give consumers the true sense of security they deserve, while spurring innovation, investment and new services.


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Mistake #1 – Understand The Shipping Settings In Amazon Seller Central
This was not such an easy task. I, and my partner, James, thought we had updated the shipping settings correctly and that everything was cool, until we got an order from Canada, and Amazon did not charge the customer international shipping.
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We would never have figured this out by ourselves and we thought the "old" shipping settings were working just fine. Apparently not.
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To Handling Time
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I got chocked when deciding to look at our account health and noticed our late shipping rate was 16.67 percent. Amazon's target number is 4 percent, so this did not look good.
When you add a new product in seller central, do not forget to add a carefully calculated handling time.
The Amazon Support representative also gave us the advice to set the handling time to an additional few days if shipping from China with for example e-packet, and it may take 12-20 days to deliver, but still want to offer free shipping.
When offering free shipping, Amazon automatically assigns the standard domestic shipping, which has a delivery time of 2-8 business days. It is not especially fun to get frustrated messages from customers asking where their products are after believing they were going to receive their items within 2-8 days.
This issue can also lead to bad reviews, which in turn can get your account suspended.
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Not in this world had I expected the prices to fluctuate as drastically on Amazon as they do. The prices goes up and down more or less on a daily basis, and not by cents, I am talking dollars.
Being without an auto reprising tool that senses the price changes and automatically adjusts the prices of your product listings have been challenging. We experienced a few setbacks with minus sales because of this before we invested in a system that manages this for us. It is highly recommended.
To give an example:
We were dropshipping "item1" from Amazon for $7.08 with free shipping and sold it on eBay for $14.50, also offering free shipping (free shipping is always a good marketing and selling tool). When removing the eBay costs for listing "item1" we got a small, but okay profit.
This worked fine for 2 days, but all of a sudden the seller we were dropshipping from on Amazon raised the price of "item1" to $38 – a price increase of $30.92! To continue dropshipping from this seller was now out of the question.
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To try and save our skin we had to search for other sellers of "item1" and see if we could find the product to a lower price again.
We did not feel like losing $30.92, plus the eBay fees, and canceling an order is NOT an option. At least not in our opinion. We do not want to be seen as unreliable, whether we can deliver or not.
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Luckily, we managed to find other sources to dropship from, but unfortunately not to such a low price. We lost money on some sales – just not as much as we would, if we had not found alternative sources.
Next piece of advice: Always make sure you have more than one source per item to dropship from.
Mistake #4 Trusting eBay
Sellers To Deliver
Let me put it like this… you are not the only one dropshipping on eBay! And unfortunately, some sellers do not have the same morals and eager to deliver (even to a loss) to ensure good customer satisfaction and company reputation.
At several occasions, the eBay seller has cancelled our order with a blunt excuse that they are either out of stock for the moment or have an issue with a defected product.
To me it is obvious they cancelled because they did not find any low price deal to dropship from that day, and also lost track of price fluctuations. These sellers might be in need of an auto-reprising tool?!
This contributes not only to the double amount of work finding other sellers to dropship from, but also makes the delivery time longer for the customer, which is not good for business.
My third piece of advice: Try to stay away dropshipping from other eBay sellers.
Sometimes it may be the only good solution available, and at that point the best thing to do is hope for a seller that actually keeps inventory and will deliver.
Mistake #5 Dealing With
Unexpected Delays
This issue came to the surface 3 days ago when dropshipping from AliExpress. I found a good seller for the item we just got an order on from one of our listings on Amazon. I paid and shipped the item to our customer, got an email confirmation informing me the order went through, and then, some minutes later another setback appeared.
There is always a BUT when things go too smoothly.
From nowhere, after many pain-free orders from AliExpress, they decide to put in an appeal to check my credit card and billing info. What a pisser. They instructed me to upload a photo of my credit card, bank statement and DL (which does not feel totally safe btw) in order for them to check my credentials.
This is supposed to take 1 to 3 business days, but since it is now weekend, it has already been 4 days without any answer. Our business never closes on weekends, so when things like this happens, it is a problem.
We solved this issue by cancelling this order and placed a new order with another credit card, but these are still unexpected events that can be a setback for any dropshipping business.
Other Reflections On Dropshipping
I now understand what the experienced dropshippers, or those who actually put dropshipping behind them meant, when they said; "that you constantly have to work to make an income as a dropshipper".
You Are Constantly Forced To Be Online and Ready To Process An Order
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Otherwise you will not make a daim on this eCommerce model. When customers make their orders they expect to get their products fast. Amazon and eBay also put demand on sellers to live up to fast enough responses to have the privilege to sell on their platforms.
I plan to continue as I have started – to be active as an Amazon FBA seller, private labeling our own products, combined with dropshipping. Dropshipping is a great way of testing the market to see if a product is worth private labeling, and sell on Amazon, with the FBA program.
It has been 1.5 years since I started my eCommerce business journey, and wrote this article. I have learned so much during this time! From experience, I would add a 6th and 7th mistake to also prevent.
Mistake #6 Do Not Dropship From AliExpress On Amazon!
Yes, avoid AliExpress to all costs, if you do not know the supplier very well. They have a way of scamming you on AliExpress, and dropshipping without first seeing the inventory is a BIG NO NO!
If you check out the article below, you can see what happened to us when doing this:
⇒ Do Not Dropship From AliExpress On Amazon!
Mistake #7 Do Not Even Dropship
On Amazon
It can be risky to dropship on Amazon. If you are unlucky, you may risk being reported for trademark infringement, and have your account suspended. Amazon do not like dropshippers, and does not want to be seen as a retail arbitrage site.
You can read more about the trademark and counterfeit infringement issue, that many sellers are faced with on Amazon, in my recent article:
⇒ The Confusion About Trademark And Counterfeit Infringement Is A Hot Topic For Amazon Sellers – What Is The Deal With It?
They may also demand proof of your purchase history – that it is coming from an authorized supplier. eBay, Walmart and AliExpress are definitely not seen as authorized suppliers.
The Best eCommerce Business Model
Is Online Retail
Online retail is basically regular retail online. The whole idea is to buy low and sell high. The extra "flava" to this business model is to only sell brand products that are already a high demand for, and are selling good. Learn more about this business model in prior article:
⇒ eCommerce Lessons Learned – Online Retail Is The Way To Make The Big Bucks Selling On Amazon!
Thanks for reading this blog post. If you have any feedback, own experiences, or good advice on dropshipping or eCommerce in general, please give me a "hola" in the comment section below. I would appreciate your help tremendously when moving forward. I will return any favor I can.
Let's make this a year of prosperous business!
Stina Pettersson
Founder – The Future Is Your Creation
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About The Author
My name is Stina Pettersson. I am the founder of The Future Is Your Creation and Get Happy e-Deals. I am the author of the articles on this site. Originally from Sweden, but love the warm weather in Florida where I now reside.
I help people create the life they desire, whether it is to earn a full-time income online, and work from home, or increase their spirituality. I am especially fond of helping people interested in eCommerce – Amazon FBA, Dropshipping and Online Retail to get started and make a good living from home.
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