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How the fiduciary debate between SEC and DoL is shaking out
WASHINGTON – Is the SEC offering an olive branch to the Department of Labor regarding its handling of the controversial fiduciary rule?
In comments at the fall SIFMA conference, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton emphasized the need to respect the Department of Labor's authority. At least one industry watcher saw the gesture as a peace offering amid tough negotiations.
"They have their process. We have our process," he told Wall Street executives. SIFMA has sued unsuccessfully to block the fiduciary rule.
Clayton's remarks come at an uncertain moment for the future of the regulation. The Labor Department has partially delayed implementing aspects of its regulation while the SEC is in the process of considering its own rule.
"He's being respectful of their authority, which has been challenged in the courts," says Denise Valentine, senior analyst at research firm Aite Group.
Valentine adds: "I think he's giving the nod to a peer group that he hopes to work with. That may be the best solution, which is the two of them coming together."
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Still, getting the two sides to match up could be challenging, Clayton acknowledged.
"The idea that there is a silver bullet, one account type [or] one relationship type that solves this, is not something we should pursue," Clayton said. "The reason I say that is because you can't deliver everything that everyone wants that way."
The SEC has been authorized to create such a regulation since 2010, but it has yet to do so.
Though Clayton and Secretary of Labor Acosta may want to work together, they'll undoubtedly butt up against barriers. The two agencies are tasked with administering very different laws, says Duane Thompson, senior policy analyst at Fi360.
"For example, state insurance laws do not mandate a fiduciary standard for insurance producers, only a suitability standard, and only for certain insurance products. The fiduciary standards under the administration of the SEC and DOL also vary considerably. In other words, there is no one-size-fits-all fiduciary standard in the marketplace," Thompson says.
He adds that the process could take longer than the 18-month implementation delay the Labor Department has proposed for the remaining elements of the fiduciary rule.
The Labor Department could recognize an SEC rule as providing an exemption under ERISA, which grants the department authority to oversee retirement assets, says Barbara Roper, director of Investor Protection at the Consumer Federation of America, which has advocated for a strong fiduciary standard. Expectations are that they will adopt such an approach.
"That means, of course, that the Secretary of Labor has to find that the SEC rule adequately protects plans, plan participants and IRA investors, in keeping with the standards in ERISA," she says. "Under the circumstances, it is going to be hard to justify deferring to a weaker rule where the conflicts are greatest, and they'd be on shaky legal grounds if they tried. That could create an incentive to adopt a more stringent rule than they might otherwise contemplate under the '34 Act."
Although Clayton called for regulatory consistency across client accounts, he didn't drop hints as to how regulators might get there.
"I believe the SEC has the authority and expertise to be a leader in this space. But the DoL has its authority and so do the states," he said, nodding to nascent efforts by states such as Nevada to craft their own fiduciary standards.
That latter movement is complicating regulatory coordination while also stymieing fiduciary critics' bid to roll back the rule.
Fiduciary advocates, meanwhile, are unrelenting in their efforts to preserve what they see as a necessary investor protection. Still, critics appear to have the momentum on their side, given the Trump administration's overall push toward deregulation.
Indeed, that theme was ever-present at the conference, with multiple speakers alluding to it.
"I don't think there is any doubt that, as well-meaning as they might have been, that our current regulations have stifled growth and capital formation," Warren Stephens, CEO of investment bank Stephens, said during a talk about financial markets and his work to tout capitalism's benefits.
Timothy Scheve, CEO of Janney Montgomery Scott, repeated criticism that the fiduciary rule, though "well-intended," was driving up costs and restricting client choice.
He applauded SIFMA "for remaining focused on this rule and what is at stake."
The industry trade group has sued the Labor Department along with other business groups to block the fiduciary rule from going into effect. On Tuesday, SIFMA repeated its call for a uniform regulatory standard.
"SIFMA has long supported a best interest standard for brokers, for all accounts where advice is provided, established under the federal securities laws," a spokeswoman for the trade group said.
SIFMA's conference drew several regulators, including FINRA CEO Robert Cook. He did not take questions from reporters on the regulator's stance on a fiduciary standard or how an SEC standard, which would presumably apply to brokers and advisors across all types of client accounts, might affect FINRA's operations.
A FINRA spokeswoman was not immediately available for additional comment.
Clayton wasn't the first SEC chair to speak at SIFMA's annual conference. His predecessor, Chairwoman Mary Jo White, spoke at the Wall Street trade group's conference multiple times. Both White and Clayton made similar comments about prioritizing a fiduciary rule, while noting that it's a complicated process.
While head of the SEC, White cited the enormous task list the agency had under Dodd-Frank in addition to divisions among commissioners over the fiduciary rule.


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Unlikely Friendships
For the last year, there's been a calendar on my bedroom wall which I've adored. Each month features an "unlikely friendship" between two animals – a dog and cat, a tiger and pig, or a cat and mouse. Often they are natural enemies but somehow life has brought them together, and they are bonded despite their differences.
I bought it because it's an extremely cute calendar, but also because Lyle and I are unlikely friends. We are opposite in many ways, but a common faith and love has brought us together despite all the odds.
Somehow, every time I look at each month's picture, my heart melts just a little. Whatever is conflicted inside me remembers that a new day is coming and that reconciliation, not division, will be the last word.
There's a scripture verse that expresses what my calendar is all about, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid." (Isaiah 11:6) As our church was preparing for the second Sunday of Advent, I realized that the calendar fits the hope of Advent perfectly.
The verse was announcing a time when harmony will reign supreme, and when places of enmity will become places of friendship. Looking at all the war and conflict in the world and at our doorsteps, it seems ridiculously impossible. Isn't the way of the world all about predator and prey? The strong overpowering the weak and vulnerable? Yet the prophet was saying the time was coming when the natural order will be turned upside down. Jesus turned things upside down when he became a king who kept his attention on the sick, the marginalized and the broken people.
Our friends Arthur and Debbie invited our house church to celebrate Hanukkah with them last Saturday. Arthur has been coming to our Wednesday night Bible studies for over 2 years and we have all enjoyed his friendship immensely. He is curious about Christianity, and as he's gone through so many studies together with us, I'm beginning to suspect that the effect for him has been to deepen his own Jewish faith. He has helped us deepen our own faith as well, and as our friendship grows, we realize how little our "differences" matter.
This year we decided to give his family an "invisible gift" of a song. We learned the Hebrew prayer and the 3-part harmony and sang it for the circle of people gathered around the menorah last Saturday. It was one of those moments in life I will always remember. "Life doesn't get richer than this," I thought as the beautiful harmonies and strange but wonderful words filled the room.
The experience of practicing the song during the week was a gift to me, and steadied my heart which is so prone to doubt and fears. Just like Jesus came to prove, the lion of my fears began to lie down with the lamb of peace as we practiced during the week. Time stopped and the words seemed to come to life as we sang. Translated, the words said,
"You've kept and sustained us in this season and time,
Blessed are You Adonai, Who makes the soul of the world shine."
I couldn't stop humming it to myself all week, and it had a calming effect on me. Like the pictures in my calendar which melt my heart, the song helped keep my sights on hope amid darkness.
Sometimes we get so used to our individual and collective monkey minds that we begin to think it's normal. We get used to an outlook tinged with cynicism. It's become normal to hear of murder rates in the North End. Of the homeless who fill up the shelters. But like Bruce Cockburn sings, "The trouble with normal is it always gets worse." At our Advent service yesterday, we were reminded that Jesus came to bring us a "new normal". A world that is "detoxified", where every form of hurt and fear has been overcome. Like me looking at my calendar, all our hearts melted again when we saw ourselves the way God sees us, and remembered this unlikely friendship God invites us to.
Often it's hard to truly see this "new normal". Scripture says we see this new world through glasses that are foggy and dark, but that we are to trust that it is much more true than our fears tell us. I'm reminded of this new world when I see pictures of predators inexplicably befriending prey.
And when I sang words of faith with my friends around the lights of the menorah, the world Jesus brought felt so close. Like the Grinch, my heart grew three sizes that day.

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The Trump-Kasich spat is more than a sideshow. It's at the very heart of the presidential campaign. Of the various ways, none of them easy, for Trump to win the White House, the most direct is: Win all the states Mitt Romney won in 2012, and then, on top of that, win Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Any other path starts to get really complicated. So a Republican who loses Ohio loses the presidency.
This fall, and especially in October, the GOP presidential candidate will need a huge assist from the Republican power structure in Ohio. He simply has to have it. And at the moment it looks very much like that won't happen.
"The governor has said that the nominee has to have a positive, inclusive vision, and unless there is a Saul-on-the-road-to-Damascus conversion, he is not going to support [Trump]," Kasich spokesman Chris Schrimpf told me in a phone conversation Tuesday. "Whatever happens in Ohio for Donald Trump is a choice that Donald Trump will make, based on how he chooses to campaign."
The feud started as bad blood during the primary campaign. It continued after Kasich dropped out and refused to support Trump. And now, Kasich has made history by boycotting his own party's convention in his own state. Finally, on Monday, came the shots from Team Trump.
"He's embarrassing his party in Ohio," Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort said of Kasich during at a breakfast meeting, reported by the New York Times. "Negotiations broke down because John Weaver thinks that John Kasich will have a better chance to be president by not supporting Donald Trump."
Weaver, once a Republican, and then a Democrat, and now a Republican again, is Kasich's campaign guru, widely thought to be encouraging Kasich to run for president again in 2020. After Manafort slammed Weaver, Weaver hit back, zeroing in on Manafort's lucrative international lobbying career. "Manafort's problem, after all those years on the lam with thugs and autocrats, is that he can't recognize principle and integrity," Weaver told the Times. "I do congratulate him though on a great pivot at the start of the convention after such a successful vice-presidential launch. He has brought great professionalism, direct from Kiev, to Trump world."
Weaver, whose candidate won 37 fewer states and 9,135,191 fewer votes than Trump in the primaries, also called the Trump campaign a "clown show," run by "knuckleheads."
Trump himself shot back. Calling in to Fox News on Monday night, Trump said of Kasich, "I beat him very, very soundly. And you have to understand, this was a contentious, some people say the most contentious primary they have ever seen in either party. If I were him and gotten beaten that badly I probably wouldn't show up either. He has a problem that he signed the pledge. And from a standpoint of honor I think he should show up."
Team Kasich maintains the governor himself is not trying to cause a conflict. "He is keeping a low profile," Schrimpf told me, "trying to be a good host, trying to be polite, trying to stick to his principles. It's not us who said anything this entire week."
Weaver's remarks, Schrimpf said, were "a mild response to what the Trump people have done."
Whoever is really to blame, what makes Trump's handling of the Kasich problem so ill-advised is the fact that Kasich is truly popular here in Ohio. You know those moderate women suburban voters Republicans always wish they had more of? Kasich has them.
Yet at the same time, there are hints here at the convention that Kasich's supporters, many of whom voted for him in the March 15 Ohio primary, aren't happy with Kasich's decision to boycott the convention. Before the convention started, I received a note from a source who talked of unhappiness in the Ohio delegation ranks.
"They don't take Kasich's opposition to Trump as principle, but rather petulance," the source wrote. "One older man told me that whenever it's his guy who loses a Tea Party candidate or a more conservative primary challenger he's always been told that after the primary you have to fall in line behind the nominee, even if you disagree with him. Now, the same people who said that are telling him that they can't vote for Trump out of principle."
At a rally Monday for Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman on the campus of Cuyahoga Community College, some Kasich voters said much the same thing. Several told me Trump wasn't their first, or their second, choice, but now that he is the nominee, they're going to support him. They believe Kasich should, too.
"He signed the pledge," said one, referring to Kasich's promise to support the choice of GOP voters. "He ought to live up to it."
"I think [Kasich] should be gracious," said another. "Instead, he's being a little bit petty."
"For years we were told to get behind the nominee," said a third, "to work hard and get behind McCain, to get behind Romney. And we did. So now, we're being told we don't have to."
Kasich is famous for having a difficult personality. But as far as Trump is concerned, Kasich is the governor of a swing state Trump cannot afford to lose. Kasich controls political resources in that critical swing state. So it really doesn't matter that many see Kasich as a sore loser after the GOP primaries. Winners have to manage losers wisely. Or, at a minimum, not attack them publicly.
"The best way to handle that is, you're the victor be gracious," said GOP strategist Karl Rove in a conversation Tuesday. "And when [you're] asked about it, say, 'Well, we're disappointed, because the delegates would love to hear from the host state governor… We're confident he would be warmly received at the convention. But that's his decision, and we understand that, and we respect that, and we've adjusted the schedule accordingly.' And move on."
Rove thought back to the 2000 Republican presidential primary race that ended with a lot of hard feelings among John McCain supporters. The George W. Bush campaign had to try to bring those supporters into the fold. Not attacking McCain was a start.
"[Kasich] has got feelings hurt because Trump has said ugly things about him," Rove said. "People are people, and it's sort of hard to put some of that behind you, and I guess that's why he's not [attending the convention]. But if I were him, I'd come [to the convention] and say what I want to say, which is welcome to my great state, where we're doing so many magnificent things."
Insiders in both parties believe Trump has a chance to win Ohio. "He's going to kill it" in some key blue-collar areas of the state, the strategist told me. Some of Trump's weaknesses, like his low standing among Hispanic voters, won't be a big factor in Ohio. And dislike of Hillary Clinton is strong; the millions of dollars in ads she has aired in Ohio haven't made a huge difference, at least so far. It's probably fair to say that few would be surprised if Trump does better than Romney, who lost Ohio by three points in 2012.
But Trump has to do better than just out-perform Romney. He has to win Ohio, or lose the presidency. Which makes Trump's feud with Ohio's Republican governor more than just a quarrel left over from some tough primaries. It is a dispute that could determine the outcome of the entire national race.
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Mac and Cheese is a pretty big staple in my life for numerous reasons 1) it's super easy to make, 2) it takes 10 minutes tops and 3) it fits right in the college student budget. But eating mac and cheese on it's own can get pretty boring. Here's my 5 ways to spruce up your mac and cheese without dropping serious cash by going to places like S'MAC. All you're going to need is a box of mac and cheese and a few extra ingredients.
1. Sweet Red Pepper Mac and Cheese
Prepare the mac and cheese according to the box instructions. Dice some bell peppers into bit size pieces. Once the mac and cheese is ready, toss it with the bell peppers. The red bell pepper will give your mac and cheese a sweet, juicy crunch as well as some vitamin B6, K, A, C, and E! What better way to enjoy mac and cheese than to add something healthy to somewhat balance out your meal? I definitely want to add in some sausage to this and make it a sausage and peppers mac and cheese.
2. Bacon and Mushroom Mac and Cheese
Prepare the mac and cheese according to the box. While the the macaroni is boiling, slice up some bacon and mushrooms into bite size pieces. Cook the bacon on medium high heat until nice and crispy (about 5 to 6 minutes). Drain all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat and quickly cook the mushrooms. Salt and pepper your mushrooms and cook on medium heat until tender (about 3 to 4 minutes). Toss the bacon and mushrooms with the prepared mac and cheese. The bacon adds a saltier, meaty tang to your mac and honestly, why say no to bacon?
3. Gruyere Cheese and Tomato Mac and Cheese
While you're preparing your mac and cheese, grab some shredded gruyere cheese and a tomato. Dice the tomato into bite sized pieces. When cutting a tomato, it's best to use a serrated knife so you don;t end up with a pulpy mess. Mix the shredded gruyere with the mac while it's still warm (it's probably best to not use the cheese package in this one) and add in the tomatoes. Gruyere and tomatoes always go really well together. The juiciness of the tomato cuts the gruyere and keeps it from being too sharp, but doesn't completely over power it (you can definitely use this combo for a grilled cheese too!)
4. The Four Cheese
If you like really cheesy mac than this one is for you. Simply go to Trader Joe's and buy the mixed cheese pack (I used the Mexican mix which had American Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Queso Blanco and Asadero cheese). Prepare the mac and cheese according to the box and while the noodles are still warm, mix in the cheeses. Easy, simple and oh so very cheesy
5. The Faux Hamburger Helper
As the title for this one suggests, you're just going to mix some cooked ground beef into this mac and cheese. While you boil the macaroni noodles, simply cook the ground beef until it's no longer red in a pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and some salt and pepper to taste. Dice some onions and caramelize them (cook them on low heat until nice and brown) in another pan. Once the mac and cheese is prepared, add in the beef and onions and mix until incorporated. It's like eating a burger, but instead of a bun you have mac and cheese!
I hope you have some fun with these recipes! Comment below if you have any favorite mac and cheese recipes, I'd love to hear what you guys like!
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Last year I filmed five couples to create the Celebrate the love video for Valentine's day, which celebrated how love doesn't discriminate. This blog catches up with some of the couples one year on to find out how they are doing.
Daniel and Sarah
Daniel and Sarah have great news, they are on an extra-care housing list and are hoping they can move in some time this year. It is still being built at the moment so no one quite knows when it'll be ready to move into. They are very excited. They have bought each other presents for Valentine's Day and are going out for a meal together at a pub they like.
Celia and Adrian
A huge congratulations is in order for Celia and Adrian because they got married this year! Happy Valentines Day to the newlyweds.
Tom and Ailis
We have moved north to sunny Leeds and into a lovely house and are super happy! We have upgraded to a dishwasher, but now instead of complaining about my dishwashing technique it's my dishwasher stacking technique that winds Tom up! There's no pleasing some people!
Bryan and Carol
Carol celebrated her 60th birthday this year so she is planning a trip to Benidorm with Bryan. This Valentine's day the couple are joining the rest of their house to go out for dinner. Their house has recently changed to a supported living model, which means Carol is better off financially.
Elsie and Adam
Elsie and Adam have some very exciting news ... they are expecting a baby, due in June! Congratualtions Elsie and Adam.
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Rains are always welcome in summers. Everyone eagerly looks forward to the arrival of monsoons. They bring cheer into our lives.
It was the month of July. It was very hot during the day time. Hot winds were blowing all the time. People were in a bad way. They were tired of heat and dust. Everyone was praying for the rains to come. Suddenly clouds begin to appear in the sky, and once morning people woke up to a totally overcast sky. There was a sudden drop in the temperature. Soon it was drizzling. It began to rain steadily soon after. Within a few minutes it begun to rain heavily. There was beautiful smell of the earth in the air. People were mad with joy. They were dancing in the rain. They were all getting wet. At times there was lightening and thunder.
Rain water was filling the streets and the drains. They soon began to overflow. Roads were looking like small canals. Children and elders were moving about in the rain and getting wet. They were walking in knee deep water. Vehicles cycles and scooters were splashing water on the pedestrians.
Children were having fun in the rain. They were splashing water on one another some were making paper boats others were chasing pieces of straw and paper that were flowing in the gutter.
The rain stopped on the afternoon. The weather became cold and pleasant. The nature looked fresh. Tanks and ponds were filled with water. Trees looked green and fresh. Frogs croaked in the ponds. People were standing outside enjoying the cool breeze. Rain had brought a welcome relief from the hot summer days.


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DAY 1, Saturday - Depart for Germany
Depart for Germany.
DAY 2, Sunday - Cruise Embarkation in Passau
Arrive in Munich. The port is a 2 hour drive from the Munich airport. Embarkation will begin at 2:00 pm. After arrival formalities, time to relax on board. Tonight, meet your Cruise Director and enjoy a gala welcome dinner as it sets the mood for your delightful river cruise. (Dinner)
DAY 3, Monday - Full Day in Passau
This morning, join a guided walking tour in Passau, known for its pastel patrician houses, cafés, cobblestone lanes and riverfront promenade. Passau is a Bavarian city with a mix of Roman, Italian Baroque and Gothic architecture. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
DAY 4, Tuesday - Linz City Tour
Begin the day with a guided city tour of Linz. Founded by the Romans, Linz has cultivated a strong artistic tradition, especially in the field of music. Take in the sites such as St. Mary's Cathedral, Old Town Hall and Linz Castle. Perhaps, join the optional full day tour to picturesque Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart and setting for the Sound of Music. The walking tour will include some of Salzburg's most historic sites including the Mirabell Palace, the Abbey, Salzburg Cathedral, and St. Peter's Cemetery. After lunch at a local restaurant, there will be time to discover Salzburg on your own before returning to the ship. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
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DAY 5, Wednesday - Melk Abbey
Disembark in Melk this morning for a guided tour of the historic Benedictine Abbey, considered one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Europe. View the Abbot's chambers, the Kaiser's walk and the lavish library. Then, return to the ship and continue cruising through the scenic Wachau Valley. This Afternoon, arrive in the village of Durnstein, one of the prettiest towns on the Danube. Free time to stroll this quintessential village in the heart of the Wachau wine district. Walk along medieval cobblestone streets revealing 16th-century town houses and wine taverns. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
DAY 6, Thursday - Vienna City Tour
Your morning tour of romantic Vienna introduces you to this Imperial city with its legendary opulence and elegance. Drive along the famed Ringstrasse, Vienna's main boulevard lined with magnificent Baroque palaces, parks and monuments. View the lavish Hofburg Palace, and the impressive Vienna Opera House. Continue to majestic St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Parliament building. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure, or, join the optional tour to the magnificent Schonbrunn Palace, once summer residence of the Hapsburgs. Visit the gorgeous baroque apartments and stroll through the world-famous manicured gardens. Tonight, perhaps take the opportunity to attend an evening of Viennese culture in the "City of Music" at an optional concert performance of the classical masterpieces of Mozart and Strauss, two of Vienna's most famous citizens. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
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Qubool Hai 7th April 2014 Written Episode Update
Qubool Hai 7th April 2014 Written Episode, Qubool Hai 7th April 2014 Written Update
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Location: Ayan's residence
As zoya shuts the door, asad tries to take her hand and she jersk it off instead. While asad apologises for the misunderstanding, but she is too hurt to listen to what he has to say. Asad says that he accepts that he has made a huge mistake, but situations forced him to believe so, that her father killed his father, as he was under the trauma of his father's detah and hence went on ranting whatever he felt like, without wondering how is affected her. Asad says that she doesnt want to forgive him, so that he is at peace, as he wants his zoya, his life back. Asad profusely asks for an apology, for mistrusting her and torturing her like that. Zoya says that she would forgive him on one condition, that he would never again talk of leaving her, and distancing himself. Asad promises that nothing would seperate them ever, not even death. They hug each other tightly.(MITWA)
In haider's room, while he is changing, humaira comes and starts staring at him. he asks why is she doing so. when she says that its nothing, he coaxes her to say. She says that wrong time influences someone's thinking, as she thought that she might have been wrong due to his bad behaviour, but then thought that only he was to be blamed, but never realised that he may have a motive behind it. He says that what he did wanst a mistake but a crime. He refuses to forgive himself as what he has done with her who was absolutely innocent, is beyond forgiveness. She composes him and then asks him not to get angry at what she is about to ask. She asks what happened to his parents, as he had stoppped midway while talking to zoya, as she feels that he knows about zoya's past and asks him to tell the truth. He says that he would tell her everything but after some time, as thats best for all, and asks her to have faith in him. she says that she has faith on him more than herself. She hugs him, while he gets emotional.
Meanwhile, while tanveer is lying around, and wakes up the next morning, razia puts a knife around tanveer's neck, and tells her to beware before she plans and plots anything against her and tells her that she has no right anymore to her, her husband and her jewellery. tanveer asks her what has he done. Razia reminds her about how she had stolen the property papers, and how she has finally retrieved it again. she feigns innocence and says that she had taken to keep them safe, so that only they both can have it. razia smiles at this and says that she shouldnt even think that she would share land and property with her. tanveer tells her that she has shared the husband already. tanveer reminds her that she is the other woman, and mamu's second wife. razia tells her that she is sadly mistaken as she doesnt remember that she has divorced mamu. tanveer is confused. She shows tanveer the divorce papers that she manages to implicate, by forging. Tanveer is shocked. Razia tells hner that she had married mamu due to asad and now divorce him due to asad also. She asks tanveer not to eye tghe property as her concentration is on asad right now. razia warns her that she would tell everyone that she had killed rashid. She finally releases the knife. Tanveer composes herself and says that if she can warn her about her past, so can she about razia and her secrets. Razia is unfazed and says that she is always in the game and has the ace ready always to sace her in the game. She leaves while tanveer is amused.
Asad and zoya and humaira are waiting for their plan to be implemented, and are happy to see tanveer coming down the stairs, thinking whats razia upto now, and that she should get rid of zoya asap, so that she can marry asad and settle abroad. Asad and zoya pretend to have a huge fight in order to be able to get tanveer in their trap, by arguing about her defense for mamu, and asad telling her that she can leave the house if she continues. they both genuinely fight to show tanveer that they are at loggerheads. tanveer smiles evilly as asad leaves with a victorious smile, while she is in oblivion that she is being befooled.
In his room, asad understands that its tanveer on the other end of the door, and pretends to think that its Zoya. tanveer comes in saying that she was concerned about him after the fight with zoya. Asad asks her not to take zoya's name, and says that he is destined to stay alone. tanveer sympathises with him, while he is amused that she is taking the bait. He asks tanveer to leave him alone and not start it all over again. Tanveer extends the hand of friendship, but he reminds her what had happened. she asks him to give her one chance, saying that she had changed but the reason she did was him, as even if he didnt have her, she always wanted him, in the hope that one day she would be forgiven. She says that he needs a friend right now, especially when zoya left him. She begins to go away, but as planned, asad refers to her as Tanu. She is overjoyed to hear that after such a long time. She turns around happily while he asks if she actually is his friend. She vehementky says yes, and says that he cant even imagine what she feels right now, being referred as Tanu. she says that their past is again here, as if nothing happened in the middle. she takes his hand while speaking. He too reciprocates. Asad takes her hand and says that he indeed was in need of a friend, while she is surprised. tanveer hugs him and says that now he would never miss a friend now, as she would always be with him and never leave him, and even if he wants her life, she would give it to him. Asad says that when the time comes, he would comply to her wishes. tanveer is surpised, while he says that in friendship even death doesnt matter. Tanveer hugs him back, while the screen freezes on his determined face.
Precap: Haider, humaira , zoya and asad are sitting together, planning their next step. haider tells asad that he shouldnt have said no to marrying tanveer, as she wont confess otherwise. Asad says that if he says no, then she would leave rightaway. zoya is tensed. Asad decides that there must be some other ways to get her to confess the truth. He says that their mission was unaccomplished uptil now but not anymore. Meanwhile, in their room, razia tells tanveer, that they both are linked by mamu, and since their husband is in jail right now, hence they dont have any need to share the room. tanveer is surprised when razia says that she has shifted tanveer's stuff in the guest room. while tanveer is frustrated, razia is amused. She wonders if there's anything in the almirah kept in razia's room that she could use against her, what razia was threatening her about earlier.
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Kahuku has dominated the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls water polo scene since the sport was introduced into the league in 2003, but a dynamic duo at Kapolei has the Hurricanes thinking this is the year the mighty Red Raiders will fall.
Seniors Nicole Hagi and Ashlie Salas-Selem didn't see eye-to-eye when they first began playing water polo as freshmen on the varsity team. In the three years since then, however, they have not only become best friends out of the pool, but one of the most dominating duos in it as well.
Hagi and Salas-Selem are in the top five of the OIA in goals scored, and have the Hurricanes (9-1) off to their best start in school history. Kapolei and Kahuku, which has never lost an OIA game in school history, square off April 28th at BYU-Hawaii.
Without a pool to practice in on the Kapolei campus, the Hurricanes have found a home at Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park, where they practice in the Hurricane Bay wave pool after the park closes. And yes, sometimes they even practice with the waves on.
"It's definitely a lot tougher to swim, but we make the best out of it and have fun with it," Salas-Selem said.
Water polo is still a relatively new sport at the high school level, but more and more schools are beginning to offer it as a sport as interest continues to grow.
KAPOLEI seniors Nicole Hagi and Ashlie Salas-Selem weren't exactly the best of friends when water polo season started during their freshman year.
"We actually used to have this hate each other thing," Hagi said.
Water polo was just being introduced as a new sport at Kapolei, and swim coach Dexter Lee was in charge of the water polo team as well. Hagi, like most of the kids trying out, swam for Lee since she was in elementary school, but Salas-Selem was the new kid on the block.
"Most of the kids had been on my team for a while, but Ashlie swam for a different coach," Lee said. "I think they were just scared of each other."
Now, as seniors, they call each other best friends, and are the two main reasons why Kapolei (9-1) is in second place in the league and hoping to become the first team in the five-year existence of girls water polo in the OIA to defeat perennial champion Kahuku.
The two schools will battle for first place in the league on April 28 at Brigham Young-Hawaii in Laie.
"I think we can give them rubs this year," Hagi said. "Physically and mentally we're better, but we're also just so much more of a team this year."
A lot of it has to do with the maturation of both Hagi and Salas-Selem, who together combine to form the most potent goal-scoring duo in league history. Last season, Salas-Selem led the OIA with 43 goals and Hagi finished third with 36. This season, Hagi leads the league with a stunning 40 goals, averaging four per game, and Salas-Selem is tied for fourth with 23 goals.
"We know how each other plays and we're able to figure out where each other is and how we want the ball," Salas-Selem said. "It takes a long time to build, but the fourth year really shows a difference."
Even though Kapolei didn't have an official team yet, Hagi jumped in the pool and practiced with the older players playing club water polo when she was in seventh grade, allowing her to be one of the only players to enter high school with some form of playing experience. Salas-Selem, however, was only a swimmer, and trying out a new sport for the first time.
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What is Google In-Page Analytics
What is Google In-Page Analytics
Ever visited a webpage, couldn't see what you were looking for, so just hit the back button? That's a situation we´re all probably familiar with. When visitors arrive at your website you want them to stay, so it makes sense to make sure they can easily find what they are looking for.
Fortunately, there is some great free software out there to help. One package is Google Analytics and it offers the ability to analyse traffic to your site and provides some really useful insights. One tool it provides is the relatively under-used In-Page Analytics.
What is In-Page analytics?
In-Page Analytics is a tool which you can use to improve the user experience of your site. It shows which links get the most consideration on each page and how visitors interact with your site pages. It provides you with some extremely useful metrics such as page views, unique page views, average time on page, bounce rate and percentage exit.
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You can quickly and easily see which links are most popular with your visitors.
Be aware that in order to use Google Analytics, Google first has to know that you own the website. You can verify your site using another useful analytical software package – Webmaster Tools.
Using In-Page Analytics
In-Page Analytics can be found by visiting the Google Analytics website and searching under the Behaviour heading on the sidebar. It works best with current versions of Chrome and Firefox and with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later.
When loading In-Page Analytics, it is common to get the following error message:
This isn't actually a problem – if you don't load in full view, your web page is shown within the Google Analytics page and you will need to scroll up and down to access the whole page. Full View means you see the web page live and as visitors would see it but with the analytics data superimposed and, as such, it is much easier to use.
Unfortunately, one thing that is missing in Full View is the "clicks below" feature which gives you information about drop-off as you go down a page. This can be a useful piece of information when determining your page layout.
If your page loads directly in Google Analytics without the error message, don´t worry, you can still get Full View if you want to. You will need to download the Page Analytics (by Google) Chrome extension. This adds a button to the right-hand side of the address bar on the Chrome browser.
If you go to your web page normally and then click on the Page Analytics button, the data will be overlaid on the existing page. When you click through to other pages, the relevant data will appear. Obviously, this means you will have to use Chrome as your browser.
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The first thing to do in In-Page Analytics is to set the date range over which to run your reports. You can compare different time periods such as month-on-month or year-on-year – a really useful reporting tool. The data is provided for all sessions, but this can also be customised.
It is worth running reports for every category that is relevant to your business needs. This may be time-consuming, but if you are carrying out a website review, it needs to be thorough.
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Whilst In-Page Analytics gives you a really good understanding of how visitors use your site, there are a few notable weaknesses:
• It shows the number and percentage of users who clicked through a link to another page. If there is more than one link to a page, this is not differentiated and the pop-up shows the clicks all of the links combined. Every link to a page will have the same information in its pop-up box. This means that you cannot tell which link is best used. This problem can be dealt with by updating the Google Analytics tracking code and enabling Enhanced Link Attribution.
• Hovering over a link brings up more details about the link, but it can pp up in unhelpful places and can be irritating.
• It does not track "Submit" buttons, only links to other pages. To get this information, you need to set up Goals instead. This puts the data somewhere else in Google Analytics and creates more work. As well as this, the number of goals that can be created is fixed and may not be adequate for some businesses
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Less than two weeks ago, Creative Commons Salon kicked off for the first time in Beirut, and it is still rocking the city with an energizing effect.
Artist Maya Zankoul, who published many of her comics works under CC BY, designed some very cool car stickers for car parking and published them under CC BY NC SA inviting people to use and remix.
The story made a buzz and was covered by national newspaper Al Ahkbar .
The same newspaper announced, during the Beirut Salon -held at Obross last 16 April- to start releasing its web content under a Creative Commons license.
Mansour Aziz, the web and IT manager of Al Akhbar newspaper, who presented at the Salon, said they were hoping to switch to CC for their printed version in the next future.
The Salon also saw Al Jazeera releasing footage specifically on Lebanon for their Creative Commons Al Jazeera repository.
CC Beirut Salon featured Lebanese creativity at its best.
Filmmakers Cyril Aris and Mounia Akl presented their "Beirut I love you I love you not"
singer Tony Yammine and his rock band Meen rocked all over the place with their music
fBassel Safadi gave a very useful CC for filmmakers talk
Jessica Dheere from Social Media Exchange highlighted the use of CC in the Ngos environment
photographer Lara Zankoul delighted the audience with her super stylish CC pics
artist Rania Saghir showed how copyright could be not that boring through her illustrated book
and comics magazine Samandal remixed almost live other Lebanese artists` works under CC to create an interactive mash up
Not to mention the wonderful works presented by Maya Zankoul and Naeema Zarif who were also part of the Beirut Salon`s organizing commitee together with Smex`s Moham Najem and Yamli`s Habib Haddad.
They made a great job in putting together the first showcase ever of CC Lebanese creativity and organized a live interactive contest with the audience to create the first CC purely Lebanese slogan. @dashkoun won the competition with his slogan"3tiya men albak"
(I won the second place with my "copyright 3la keifak" immediately remixed by the Lebanese for being too much Syrian!).
Hopefully the winner slogan will be printed on the next to be designed CC Lebanon Tshirt, something as cool as the first one that Maya and Naeema designed and co-remixed for this first Salon (and which I proudly wear!).
And also the official poster for the event was designed by the two Lebanese artists using the same technique of remixing each other`s work
A big thanks to everybody who joined, to @sdarine who was the nice host of the evening, to Beshr Kayali who filmed it (and also presented his podcast under CC), to Joulane from Obross who hosted the Salon, to the slogan competition jury, to the wonderful volunteers` team headed by Maya, Naeema, Mohamed and Habib who organised and to the vibrant Lebanese people who attended and showed their great talent and energy.


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So what's different?
I mean now that you've healed. Now that you're no longer addicted to exercise, obsessed with your body, feeling a deep sense of repulsion and despair every time you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror.
What's different is everything. And also nothing. For on the surface the only behaviour change really noticeable to the outside world is the fact that I no longer exercise several hours every day.
The everything remains mostly invisible to those around me. Things like;
I no longer panic when I gain weight.
My brain is not on a constant loop of calculating the amount of exercise I've done and the amount I still need to do each and every day.
When I look at myself in the mirror, I see beauty. I see a whole person with a soul rather than fragments of too big, too jiggly, too soft.
When I exercise, it is about the pleasure of movement. There is no longer any level of punishment involved.
My weight has stopped swinging erratically 25-30 lbs at a time because there simply is no "diet and exercise wagon" to be on or off. Things are level. More balanced.
I no longer vilify rest. I embrace it. And I do it a lot.
I inhabit myself and my body more fully than I ever have.
I am at ease when I walk into a room. Free from the anxiety of the constant comparison of my body to others and the judgements I once placed in their heads.
So while its true I no longer exercise obsessively and in many ways it may not seem as though not all that much has changed, in reality nothing is the same. Much like an iceberg, of which you see only 10 percent of it's overall mass emerging out above the water, the majority of my substantial transformation remains hidden.
What's palpable to you when you read the statements above?
Does resistance show up? Do you scoff? Or can you feel a sense of peace? Maybe even a small drop of freedom? Is there somewhere deep inside you where it also might feel like the truth?
These feelings, this expansion of consciousness, this dropping of the emotional and mental weight of using exercise to correct something you believe to be wrong…it's available to all.
And with this note, I just want you to know that it's possible. That there is a different way to invite movement into your life. A different way to inhabit your body and a different purpose for exercise that's far more expansive than simply attempting to change the shape of your body. And it's where the real juice is.
It's where almost nothing but mostly everything can change.
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Lori Race is a healer, health clinic owner and writer with a passionate message to share from her past as a fitness instructor suffering from compulsive exercise disorder.
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Little Arrow release their 4th album, Old Ink, on the 12th July 2015 through Bubblewrap Collective as a limited edition print Zine with digital download. Following on from the expansive, grunge-folk of last year's Furious Finite, Old Ink sees the band return to the roots of acoustic music, tracing long-buried pathways in ancient soil. The resultant, relatively minimalist sound is comprised of plucked guitar, ukelele, percussion, bass and cello, with the soaringly powerful vocal of William Hughes in the foreground.
1. Ain't That A Shame
2. Sun Sky
3. Worth A Winter
4. Defining Climbing
5. Bills
6. Labours In Making
7. Train Worker
8. Hiphopstrumental
9. Falling Hills
10. Again Grow Green
11. Rope
Furious Finite
'Furious Finite' builds upon the Pembrokeshire-reared folk foundations of its predecessors to explore unchartered genre-blending territories. Inflections of grunge, ambient, storytelling, rock, psychedelia and prog permeate the soundscapes, demonstrating the growing influence of the full band backing William Hughes' songwriting. 'Furious Finite' is availble on Vinyl, CD and Digital Download formats and was mastered by the finely tuned ears of Hafod Mastering (Islet, The Gentle Good, Euros Childs).
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03. Pier Mountain
04. Lossum
05. Diamond Shy
06. Flat Earth
07. War Drones
08. Holding & Knowing
09. Ha Ha Happiness
10. Spider
11. Hedgerow
Poetically > Ogre
These tracks will be familiar to any of those who engaged with the pastoral grunge-folk of the Wild Wishes LP. These versions, however, feature the full Little Arrow band encompassing the complementary guitars of Dan Messore and Ben Sharpe, Callum Duggan's soaring bass lines and the percussive power of Richard Chitty alongside frontman William Hughes. Studio recordings Poetically and I Man Ogre are now bigger, bolder and more epic than ever before, while Paddy Fields, recorded at Green Man Festival, showcases the band's fully evolved live sound.
1. Poetically
2. I Man Ogre
3. Paddy Fields (Live Green Man Festival Session)
Wild Wishes
(12″ Vinyl / CD Album 2013 BWR012)
Recorded in picturesque Pembrokeshire, and mastered at hafodmastering.co.uk (Sweet Baboo, Racehorses), Wild Wishes' warm sound immerses the listener in a world of swirling soundscapes and haunting melodies carried forward by frontman William Hughes' powerful vocals and accompanied by a talented cast of family and friends.
Wild Wishes will be available in a limited edition vinyl run, a laser cut and screen printed cd package and from all the usual download avenues.
1. Our Taste is Violence
2. Oh Life
3. State of You and Me
4. Ancient
5. Earth Skin
6. I Man Ogre
7. Red Sky
8. Your Catch is Silver
9. Wash
10. Paddy Fields
11. Lead Us Now
Music, Masks & Poems
(CD Album 2011 BWR009)
William spent much of 2010 in the wilderness of West Wales where, inspired by his surroundings, he continuously wrote and recorded songs with friends and family members. The result is this rich and enchanting debut album, which exhibits an accomplished, enigmatic artist at work.
From start to finish, 'Music, Masks & Poems' is full of uplifting, eclectic modern folk and gospel songs which make the spine tingle with its rugged quality. For music fans who appreciate big organic vocal songs surrounded by cleverly crafted instrumentation, 'Masks and Poems' is an essential listen.
1. Bitten Blues
2. Aeroplane
3. Vessel of Fear
4. People of the Volcano
5. Dear Old Diary
6. The Viewers Are All Human
7. Tap Lighter Loop
8. Poetically Diseased
9. One Helium Balloon
10. Boat
11. Beneath The True Blue
12. Easy Now


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Cosmic Heart
Your Heart is the Universe.
You can play and explore forever in its vast, open spaces.
There is always more.
There is always more.
Whatever you're looking for, it is there.
There is nothing you won't find
In this endless, eternal, infinite Love that
You are, that We are, that Is.
Know your Heart, and you know God.


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fleet management system- YB02
Product name : fleet management system
Category : Vehicle GPS Tracker
Product No. : YB02
Quick Details
- Type: car tracker no monthly fee
- Model: YB02
- Weight: 50 grams
- GSM frequency: Global commonly used 4 frequencies
- GPS accuracy: 10 meters, 2D RMS
- Network bands: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz
- Radiation: very lower than the national standard
- Network: GSM/GPRS(class 12,TCP/IP)
- Packing size: 13.3* 9.8*5.5 cm/piece
- Operating system for phone APP: Android 2.3 & higher, IOS 5.0 & higher
- Brand: YUEBIZ Technology
- Type: car tracker no monthly fee
- Model: YB02
- Weight: 50 grams
- GSM frequency: Global commonly used 4 frequencies
- GPS accuracy: 10 meters, 2D RMS
- Network bands: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz
- Radiation: very lower than the national standard
- Network: GSM/GPRS(class 12,TCP/IP)
- Packing size: 13.3* 9.8*5.5 cm/piece
- Operating system for phone APP: Android 2.3 & higher, IOS 5.0 & higher
- Brand: YUEBIZ Technology
Packaging Details
20 pieces/carton(0.31*0.31*0.2 meter)
Delivery Time
Within 3-15 days after 100% payment(less than 1,000 USD) made
|Packaging Details
|20 pieces/carton(0.31*0.31*0.2 meter)
|Delivery Time
|Within 3-15 days after 100% payment(less than 1,000 USD) made
Vehicle GPS tracker YB02 is one of the independently researched and developed GPS products from YUEBIZ Technology Co., Ltd. which adopted imported high gain GPS module and unique dual mode design, global commonly used GSM receiving antenna, with the lowest power consumption design, so it's a most suitable and easily hidden and installed GPS tracker in car because of small type and light weight.
|YUEBIZ Technology
|GSM frequency
|Global commonly used 4 frequencies
|GSM module
Quad band(GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz)
|GPS accuracy
|10 meters, 2D RMS
Hot start
1 second(all data is valid, start within 2 hours since the last positioning)
Warm start
32 seconds(initialization data loaded, start after 2 hours since the last positioning)
Cold start
38 seconds
(first start, ephemeris cleared and then start, move out about 1,000 km and then start)
|GSM/GPRS(class 12, TCP/IP)
Very lower than the national standard
50 grams
|Working voltage range
|Working temperature
|-20 to +70 ℃
|Working humidity
|Working current
|22 mA(12 V DC), 12 mA(24 VDC)
|Operating system for phone APP
|Android 2.3 & higher, IOS 5.0 & higher
Length: 87 mm
Width: 43 mm
Height: 14 mm
Packing size: 13.3 × 9.8 × 5.5 cm/piece
GPS indicator light (Green)
When GPS isn't working, this light will be twinkling.
When GPS works normall, the light will be always lighting.
GSM indicator light (Blue)
When GSM receives signals normally, this light will be always lighting.
When there are no GSM signals, the light will be twinkling.
Power indicator light (Red)
When the tracker connects the power of DC 9 - 24V, this light will be always lighting until 5 minutes passed. Once the trackers receives calling, it lights again, and will be turned off after 5 minutes.
|Power connector
|To connect the car battery.
|GPS antenna
|GPS accuracy: 10 meters, 2D RMS
|SIM card slot
|1 unit
1*charging cable
4*dust plug
1*instruction handbook
|Gas & electricity remotely cutting/recovering
|By messaging or Web platform/IOS & Android APP operating.
|Low voltage alarming
|A warning message will be sent to Web platform & phone APP if the voltage is too low.
|Vibration alarm
|A warning message will be sent to Web platform & phone APP if the vehicle is shaking.
|A Geofence can be set and the warning messages will be sent once the tracker was out of the geofence.
|Historical route replaying
|The historical moving route of the latest 3 months of the watch can be replayed.
|Base station auxiliary positioning
|Residual energy display
|The residual energy of the tracker can be displayed on the Web tracking platform and phone APP.
|Low power consumption mode
|It'll stay automatically if it moves less than 200 meters within 10 minutes
|GSM blind port storage
|Positioning data will be saved when there is no GPRS signal until the signal is found and the data uploded.
|ACC feedbacking
|The situation of ACC can be checked on the Web platform & phone APP.
|Out of electricity supplying alarm
|A warning message will be sent to the Web platform & phone APP once the tracker is out of electricity supplying.
|The interval of time of uploading positioning data adjustment
-It's cheaper than same type product for at least 20%.
-It's easy to hide in car because it's small & lightweight so It can be used for anti-theft.
-It can remotely cut(or recover) the gas & electricity and can be rested(or started) remotely by SMS/android APP/IOS APP/web page.
-It binds phone number, which means, text message will be sent to another phone number when its voltage is too low and it was out of the geofencing.
-It supports inspection of its position and residual energy by Android /IOS APP.
-It supports base station auxiliary positioning so the accuracy is high.
-It has internal shock sensor and movement recognition system so the warning message will be sent when the vehicle is shaking or some situations happened.
-It can feedback the realtime position information by sending messages.
-It has global commonly used quad band.
-It has a function of GSM blind port storage which can save the positioning data when there is no GPRS signal until the signal is found and the data uploded.
-It'll feedback if the ACC is on or off and the user can check it on the Web tracking platform and phone APP.
-It'll send a warning message once it out of charging.
-It'll stay automatically if it moves less than 200 meters within 10 minutes so it's very power-saving.
-Its integration level is very high so it's easy to install.
-Its time interval of automatically uploading positioning data can be set.
-It's dual-mode so the accuracy is high.
-Electric motorcycle
-Reffited vehicle
-Checking the moving route of family car
-Tracking the car which was lent or stolen
-Monitoring the government cars which was privately used
YB02 GPS vehicle tracker web tracking Check location information via SMS and GPRS
The main functions of YB02:
1 Real time tracking by Android&IOS APP,and PC also.
2 Do the Master setting
3 Cut off oil& electric function
4 Waterproof IP65
5 Over-speed alarm
6 Vibration alarm
7 Low battery alarm
8 Cut Off Alarm
9 Geo-Fence Alarm
The specification of YB02:
GSM:850/900/1800/1900 Quad band
Working Voltage:9-90V
Waterproof of Grade:IP65
Setting static and movement upload timing interval
Only three wires; Power supply grounding cut off petrol/electric
GPS static closed enter power save mode
Setting management number
Cutoff (petrol/electric)only speed less than 20Km/H
Backup Battery:100mAh Standby time: 2 hours
Real Time GPS Tracking
Asset's position, speed, direction and route can be monitored in 'real-time' and displayed on a user-friendly map user interface. The user interface also display all other related data like address and Geo-fence name, and sensor status like engine status, digital input status and temperature.
History Playback
Through a sophisticated web-based user interface, user could load and replay vehicle track on the past. This enables user to see and analyze the position and route taken by the vehicle.
Fleet Management
Each asset or vehicle could be grouped into fleets based on its location, function, project or other criteria. Administrator can assign each user to monitor some specified fleets so he/she could not be able to see other fleets which are not assigned to him/her.
Trip Analyzer
YueBiz Track analyze vehicle's trip automatically based on engine start and stop location. The Trip Report include start-top location, distance, travel time and average speed of each trip.
For mixer truck, YueBiz Track can also analyze it's trip based on loading and unloading location.
Vehicle Security
Real-time monitoring make our customer know where is their vehicle, where it goes and what it do, anytime. This certainly make the vehicle much more secure, especially from thefts threat.
As other option is to install an ignition cut off module which can be activated remotely using our system. This can be very useful when a vehicle is stolen and we want to make sure the vehicle cannot be turned on when it stop. Panic button can also be installed to enable driver alert central office when he/she get a trouble.
Driver Safety
YueBiz Track automatically record and analyze every driver performance and behaviors based on vehicle speed, harsh acceleration and harsh breaking event. This information could be helpful to monitor and to educate every drivers to make they drive more safely. when a vehicle exceeding a maximum speed,will activate the over-speed alarm .YueBiz Track can automatically send alert to supervisor via SMS or email when a vehicle is over-speeding.
Use our Vehicle Tracking Devices and get Valuable Protection in the case of Vehicle Theft and Recovery. With the help of Vehicle Tracking , you can track bus, auto, car or any other vehicle .Live tracking in real time means being able to view your vehicle or asset with an exact location and GPS co-ordinates. Not only is this a powerful tool allowing you and your business to be more efficient but you have access to this service from your smart phone, tablet or computer.
The system is designed as an automatic fully electronic logbook, which will record every journey a vehicle makes, where it started from, the route travelled, at what speeds, where it went to and for how long it had stopped before starting the next journey. The system includes PC software and mapping, so it is not necessary to login to a slow and tedious website, as all the calculations, routes, maps, graphs, reports, printouts etc are done right here on your own PC.
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Chicago Boyz fancy themselves as hard-nosed, free-enterprise economics sorts of guys (as opposed to capitalists — but let's not let Texas education politics muddy the waters). It seems to me, too often people who self-label themselves as skeptics are not, and those who label themselves as "just give me the facts" sorts of people don't really want to look at the facts at all.
A recent Chicago Boyz post expresses excitement about Republican investigations into corruption, which would indeed be news were it directed at corruption among Republicans in Congress, and good news at that. Despite the hopeful ambiguity of the statement, I gather the author favors investigations into corruption in the UN, as if that were one of the top problems we face in the world today.
Corruption is not pretty. Corruption should be prosecuted. Corruption is not the target of the Chicago Boyz and their fellow travelers, however — the UN itself is.
Do they know what they're talking about? I have my doubts. James Rummel complains about UN corruption in humanitarian missions after 9/11. Um, don't look now, boyz, but you're confusing things. The UN is located in New York, but didn't carry out humanitarian missions there after 9/11. Of course, that's not what they meant to imply — Rummel was complaining about the Oil for Food program in Iraq, which was set up in 1996 to allow Iraq's people to get needed food and medicines from foreign suppliers, food and medicine that had been cut off as a result of Gulf War I, putting Iraqi citizens in dire straits. (The mention of 9/11 was just gratuitous red meat to the conservatives, probably.)
Ultimately the program was found to be riddled with fraud. The UN shouldered blame, but a careful reading of the Volcker Report on the incident shows facts we should consider: The fraud was contrary to UN guidelines — that is, not caused by the UN — and the UN could not monitor the program adequately because it was underfunded. Why was the UN program underfunded? In 1996, all UN programs were underfunded because North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms successfully cut U.S. funding because of his allegations of fraud and waste — allegations that didn't bear out. In addition, political considerations pushed operations to high-cost contractors. In particular, the U.S. didn't want Swiss banks to be in on the operation at all.
So, the last time the Republicans went after the UN for fraud and abuse, the Republicans' actions caused fraud and abuse. And if we look to pin blame for the problems, fingers point to the U.S.
I don't think a new investigation and cutting funding to the UN makes a lot of sense, now.
Rummel also complains that UN sanctions didn't seem to affect Saddam Hussein after 9/11. This is astonishingly selective memory. All evidence we have now indicates that there were no weapons of mass destruction — and, consequently, the judgment must be that the UN sanctions worked, and worked well. This is a continuing embarrassment to the United States, and while we wish it were ancient history and could be forgotten, we do so at great peril as we deal with every other nation on Earth who well remembers that the U.S. invaded Iraq to stop the spread of "weapons of mass destruction," only to find there were none. Don't embarrass the U.S. further by looking dotty in foreign relations. (Were I feeling snarkier, I'd put in a link to Bush's "humorous" show at one of the Washington correspondents association dinners, where he feigned searching for WMDs in the Oval Office, under White House beds, etc.)
But then, in comments, the truth starts to get smoked out in comments at Chicago Boyz. One commenter complains about all the socialist nations sitting on the human rights commission, including the U.S. One commenter complains about how ineffective the UN has been in making peace in Korea, Vietnam, and Israel.
Oversimplifying, but no more so than Chicago Boyz, we should note that the truce in Korea has held for more than 57 years, even without a formal end to hostilities. That sounds rather successful, to me. And Israel's existence since 1948 seems to have caught hold, even if to the chagrin of major Arabic groups in the region. Israel is generally considered the great power in the area. Not exactly a failed enterprise on the UN's part, on that score.
Vietnam? That was never a UN project. Much as it pains me to point it out, it was the U.S. who stopped elections in Vietnam in the 1950s (1956?), and it was the South Vietnamese government whose corruption so often derailed attempts to make a lasting peace that would have kept any part of Vietnam noncommunist. (Investigations into corruption, anyone?)
So, of the three so-called "failed" UN peacekeeping projects, two really were very successful, and the third had nothing to do with the UN. Is this the accuracy and level of analysis that calls for an investigation of the UN now?
A complete set of facts might be useful before going off half-cocked. Since 1948 the UN was called in for 64 peacekeeping operations — the UN has no troops, and so cannot wage war nor force war-waging nations to stop. If we conceded the two operations, Israel and Korea, as failures, that would leave 62 other operations unstudied. Most of those missions ended years ago, and without making an actual count, I'll wager most of them ended successfully. We don't regard Guatemala anymore as a hotbed of unrest and civil war, for example. Angola isn't perfect, but neither is there a civil war there fueled by Cuban assistance, for another example.
One commenter complaints about a "fantasy world" about the UN that the left occupies:
One of the big differences between the Left and Right is that the Left is more controlled by fantasy narratives and can't separate the real world organization from the one that Leftists would like to have. In other words, they can't separate the real world U.N. from the noble goals it is supposed to achieve.
Quite the opposite, it's the right who occupy a hallucinogenic world with regard to the UN, unable to count accurately even the peace operations of the UN, and unable to accurately state the history of operations they wish to criticize. Fantasy narratives in this case reside almost completely on the right. Rightists can't separate the real world UN from the ignoble beast they wish to crucify.
They hope to take the UN hostage to begin the crucifixion, soon.
- Download copies of the UN Peacekeeping magazine, and other peacekeeping group publications
- Successful UN peacekeeping missions in Guatemala, Sierra Leone, and East Timor, for example
- UN Peacekeeping operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, will cost $7.26 billion — less than one-half of one percent of total world military spending in 2009; United States pays over 27% of the total cost; EU pays more than 30% of the total cost
- U.S. State Department blog, Dipnotes, salute to UN Peacekeepers, 2009
- UN Peacekeepers take flack for planting trees (Scientific American)


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Micro- and baby greens are tiny, tender, flavorful seedlings of vegetables and/or herbs. Microgreens may be harvested for their youngest leaves, while baby greens are harvested at 2"–4". Both pack a big punch when it comes to nutrients. Studies show they can be up to 40 times richer in vital nutrients than their mature counterparts.
Why grow them?
Microgreens and baby greens are not just for chef-inspired plates anymore—these nutrient powerhouses can grow right on your windowsill. Quick and easy to grow indoors, sow micro- and baby greens in successions for a continuous supply at your fingertips.
Grow your microgreens and baby greens in our Kitchen Garden Kit. Kitchen Garden Kit has everything you need to grow delicious and nutritious microgreens and baby greens in a reusable growing system which includes: a clear plastic dome, a perforated growing tray, a solid drip tray and two sowings worth of specially formulated Wonder Soil Organic Seedling Mix (which is made from coco fiber, a sustainable alternative to peat), and a detailed instruction booklet with recipes. Carrying tray also available!
How to Grow Micro- and Baby Greens*
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2. Fill with half a bag of Wonder Soil® Organic Seedling Mix. Slowly add 2½–3 cups of water until expanded into a light and fluffy sowing medium. Stir to aerate.
3. Sow according to each packet variety's seed depth and spacing recommendations.
4. Water from the bottom by adding water to the solid drip tray, or from above by using a mister to avoid splashing soil. Check the drip tray a couple hours after watering and empty if there is still water in the tray.
5. Place the clear plastic dome over the growing tray to maintain humidity, moisture, and consistent temperature.
6. When seedlings emerge, remove dome and continue to water (using a mister or bottom watering; reducing soil splashing on leaves) as needed to keep media moist.
7. Keep indoors on a sunny windowsill or underneath grow lights. This can be as simple as a shop light with cool white fluorescent bulbs, or a mix of cool-white and warm-white tubes placed 1"–2" from the top of your plants, and run for 14 to 16 hours per day.
• Optimal air temperature is 65°–75°F.
• Fertilizer isn't necessary for microgreens, but for baby greens, you can apply either an organic or half-strength, balanced, liquid fertilizer once true leaves appear.
• Good air circulation is important to help prevent fungal disease.
• For a continual crop, sow every 14 days.
*These directions are for using the Kitchen Garden Kit. If you are repurposing a container, read the following and then return to step #5.
Use a shallow container with drainage holes, such as a recycled plastic clamshell container, like those used for berries or cherry tomatoes in the grocery store. Make sure to first wash the container in warm soapy water to remove debris and then sanitize in a 1:9 ratio of bleach to water for 30 minutes. When the containers have finished soaking, rinse them in clean water prior to use. Fill your container with 1 to 2 inches of pre-moistened seed starting media.
When seedlings emerge, the first leaf or pair of leaves to show are the cotyledons, which can look very different from the leaves that follow, called "true" leaves. Microgreens are ready to harvest in about 7 to 14 days after sowing, when they have cotyledons, and baby greens are ready in about 20 days, when they have true leaves at 2"–4". Once cut, microgreens will not regrow, although if some leaves are left intact on baby greens you may see regrowth. Cool growing temperatures (below 65°F) may slow germination and growth. Harvest by cutting just above the soil line. Rinse and use, or store dry micro- and baby greens in the refrigerator in a sealed container. See individual seed packets for more information about growing and using each variety.
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