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TomTom and HTC go hand in hand for GPS navigation
Oct 21, 2010 android, gps navigation, gps software, htc, tomtom
TomTom and HTC just announced that they are combining forces to deliver a new GPS navigation and location solution on HTC smartphones. It will be called HTC Locations and will have TomTom's maps preloaded so you won't have to rely on OTA (over the air) maps to load. We already have seen Sprint Navigator and Bing Maps on board in HTC Arrive.
HTC Locations is already available on the new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z in Europe and Asia but will be expand to rest of the universe in a short while.
Real news is Maps and location content will be preloaded with HTC Locations but you'll have to pay for turn-by-turn navigation. Now if you live in the US or have unlimited data you're probably saying "why bother when Google Maps are free?" but in some parts of the world data charges are expensive and relying on locally stored maps maybe the cheaper option.
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T-Mobile G2 by HTC
Sep 9, 2010 android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, t-mobile
Finally the successor for T-Mobile G1 is out. It is simply called T-Mobile G2 and is designed by HTC. It was just officially announced by T-Mobile and it will be available later this month. This is the first phone in the U.S. to support HSPA+ network, a version of 4G connectivity. T-Mobile claims their 4G network covers more than 100 million people in 55 major metropolitan areas.
Back to the phone. T-Mobile's G2 has a 3.7″ screen, full slide out keyboard, 5MP camera with LED flash, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS of course, Adobe flash support, Android 2.2 OS, 1300mAh battery, and a 800Mhz processor.
Some other features include the ability to record HD videos, 8GB microSD card (supports upto 32GB), and 4GB internal memory.
It should cost the usual $200 with a 2 year contract.
Tags: android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, t-mobile
HTC Wildfire
May 22, 2010 android, geotag, google, gps navigation, htc
HTC Wildfire is a brand new mid range Android powered smartphone from the company - targeting young folks who may be going mobile for the first time. HTC Wildfire will be running Android 2.1 Eclair operating sytem and will come with a decent set of hardware features for a mid-range device.
Take for example the 3.2″ QVGA capacitive touch screen with pinch to zoom; or the 512MB ROM and the 384MB RAM, and even microSD card for extra storage. 1300mAh battery should give you more than 400 hours talk time but not sure how much that would translate if you were to browse the web the whole time. HTC Desire has a 5MP camera with auto focus and flash and can geotag your photos if you choose to. That means Wildfire has a GPS receiver and a few other sensor such as the G-sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor, and the ambient light sensor.
Some other stuff includes Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio, WiFi, 3.5mm audio jack, and a micro USB port. And the processor of course: Qualcomm MSM7225 buzzing at 528 MHz.
No word U.S. release just yet. HTC Wildfire will be out in Europe and Asia in third quarter of this year.
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myTouch 3G Slide is here
May 4, 2010 android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, mytouch, t-mobile
T-Mobile just introduced the next generation myTouch 3G phone called myTouch 3G Slide from HTC. One of its biggest highlights - different from the original myTouch 3G is the fact that Slide carries a slide out qwerty keyboard. Pricing on myTouch 3G Slide is not announced yet but we have a decent list of specs on this now mid-range Android operated smartphone. Slide will have a large 3.4″ screen, come with the latest Android 2.1 OS with Swype preloaded, and carry a GPS receiver. Other decent software enhancements include myModes which can take away say work related apps when it is the weekend. Another is the Genius Button (from Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications) which allows use of voice commands for things like making calls, composing and sending texts and e-mails, searching the Web or even your surroundings. It can also read text messages aloud, and lets you dictate responses naturally as if you were speaking directly to a person.
Camera is also better on myTouch 3G Slide; 5MP camera with autofocus and flash. It comes out in June and will be offered exclusively by T-Mobile in red, black, or white.
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Verizon Droid Incredible
Apr 16, 2010 android, google, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, mytouch, verizon
Why try to pick a fancy name for a phone… Just call it "Awesome"… too much. How about "Incredible"… that's better. That's what Verizon is calling their latest Android powered handset from HTC. Droid Incredible. Droid Incredible will be available beginning April 29 and will cost $200 after a 2 year contract and a $100 mail in rebate.
Droid Incredible will come with HTC Sense user interface, integrate with Exchange ActiveSync, carry Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and an 8MP digital camera.
Here are the detailed specs for the device:
- Android 2.1 with HTC
- 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- 8 MP camera with dual LED flash
- 3.7 inch WVGA (480×800) AMOLED capacitive touch display
- Optical joystick
- Proximity sensor, light sensor
- Digital compass
- Integrated GPS
- Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
- 3.5 mm headset jack
There are many ways you can get GPS navigation on this phone. The easiest of course is Google's own Google Maps with Navigate feature.
Tags: android, google, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, mytouch, verizon
Kyocera Zio M6000
Mar 25, 2010 android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, sprint
Looking for a new Android powered device with GPS capabilities? There's a lot out there. Kyocera Zio M6000 is yet another one. It was announced yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2010 trade show and it supports CDMA2000 1xEV-DO rev. A 3G band.
There's nothing too spectacular about the specs, especially compared to Sprint HTC EVO 4G we mentioned yesterday but they're still pretty decent.
You've got the 3.2MP camera, 512MB memory, digital compass, microSD card slot, A-GPS of course, 1130mAh battery, 3.5″ touch screen, 3.5mm audio jack, bluetooth, WiFi, and more… then why is this exciting? The price: It is going to sell for something around $200 - with no contracts. That's the cheapest Android phone we've heard of so far. Thanks Kyocera.
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HTC EVO from Sprint
Mar 24, 2010 android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, sprint
Look at this beauty. This is world's first 3G/4G handset from Sprint. It is made by HTC and it is called HTC EVO 4G. It is coming out this summer for an unannounced price. We'll have to wait and see. This would also be world's first Android phone supporting WiMAX (4G) connectivity.
We'll mention a few other highlights such as the 4.3″ display, HDMI out, and the 8MP camera, and then will go more into detail for the long list of features:
- Android 2.1
- HTC Sense interface
- 1Ghz processor
- 1500mAh battery
- WiFi/3G/4G/
- 1.3MP for video conferencing
- 8MP main digital camera
- GPS navigation
- stereo bluetooth wireless
- microSD card slot
- 3.5mm audio jack
- proximity and motion sensor
- digital compass
- kickstand
- 4.3″ display (WVGA capacitive touchscreen)
Read more about it at Sprint's press release page.
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TeleNav now works with no wireless coverage
Mar 22, 2010 gps navigation, gps phones, gps software, htc, t-mobile, telenav
TeleNav GPS Navigator just announced a new version of their GPS Navigator - now it's Version 6.0. It has some pretty decent new features but the most important of it all - according to Navigadget - is that now your entire route, maps, and maps of surrounding areas are downloaded to your phone so navigation will still work when you're out of wireless coverage area.
Other exciting features are speech input (voice recognition), audio alerts for intersections with red light cameras, warnings when driving over the speed limit on freeways, and lane assistance.
On other TeleNav related news T-Mobile HTC HD2 is out and it comes preloaded with with TeleNav Navigator (60 days free, then $10/mo). Here is the demo video:
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HTC Desire
Feb 16, 2010 android, geotag, google, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, nexus one
HTC Desire is one of the latest phones introduced by the company just today. It is pretty much an "HTC version" of the Google Nexus One, except the optical joystick. HTC Desire will be headed to Europe and Asia starting this March. Here is everything there is to know about HTC Desire:
- 3.7″ AMOLED capacitive touch screen
- 1GHz processor
- 1400mAh battery
- 5MP camera with face detection, auto focus, flash, and geotagging
- 3.5mm audio jack
- micro-USB
- Android 2.1 Eclair OS
- 512MB ROM, 572MB RAM, microSD card slot
- 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1
- G-sensor
- digital compass
- proximity sensor
- ambient light sensor
- and of course A-GPS
We've included two HTC Desire videos here:
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Nexus One $530, or $180 with T-Mobile
Dec 29, 2009 google, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, nexus one, t-mobile
We've been quite conservative about our Nexus One coverage here at Navigadget compared to other people. We only talked about it when we first heard of Nexus One, and then again we found out about the specs. We couldn't skip what we just found though. We now have news from Gizmodo that nexus one will cost $530 with no contract, unlocked, from Google. And a much bearable price of $180 with a two year T-Mobile contract.
A few more facts were also revealed. T-Mobile's plan is $80/month which gets you on the Even More plan they've got going. Nexus One is manufactured by HTC, not Google. We already suspected this. You can buy five Nexus One's per Google account.
I guess this was their announcement they had scheduled for January 5th. So there, you don't have to wait for it now.
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Community Called Upon to Help Design L.A. River Veteran Tribute Park in Van Nuys | KCET
Community Called Upon to Help Design L.A. River Veteran Tribute Park in Van Nuys
Just south of Victory Boulevard near the Sepulveda Basin in Van Nuys, I found one of the sites where Los Angeles River's soft-bottom gives way to indomitable concrete -- and it sat unremarked and unnoticed at the back of the Van Nuys National Guard Armory. The contrast between the natural river and man-made flood protection structure is a precious educational opportunity the Los Angeles Conservation Corps and DakeLuna Consulants is hoping to capitalize on when designing the future Los Angeles River Veteran Tribute Park.
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The park -- one of more than 240 projects outlined in the Los Angeles River Revitalization Masterplan -- sits on a J-shaped two-acre plot of land hugging the Van Nuys National Guard Armory, a facility that aptly runs a program that sends care packages to over 150,000 U.S. service personnel every year. The land is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"We wanted veterans to have a place of respite, but also have it be a multi-generational facility that benefits the people in this community," said Larry Smith of the L.A. Conservation Corps.
To achieve this goal, the L.A. Conservation Corps and DakeLuna are setting up three workshops, starting February 15, to determine what the community wants to see in this new park.
"Everything is fair game with caveats," explains Smith, as we walked around the future site of the park. The park is meant to be a place of rest, so much of it will be dedicated to passive elements (i.e. no sports facilities). It should also include restorative elements that could help smooth a veteran's transition to society. Finally, all the features should be appropriate for all age groups, considering that neighboring facilities include families with children, the elderly from OneGeneration, and personnel working at the Armory.
The site offers some provocative possibilities. One is an educational element featuring the L.A. River's natural and man-made features (as explained above). Another possibility is adding an L.A. River-adjacent bike path, similar to the one in Elysian Valley. Smith explains that even water conservation features are possible, if they are able to come to an agreement with the city's Department of Recreation and Parks, who oversees the triangular, empty lot right beside their proposed site.
The community's inputs will be taken into consideration to make a blueprint on how to develop, and then operate and maintain, the park. "It's such an important part of the process," said Smith. "In our experience, a project is dead in the water if you don't get support and you're not able to outline how to make it sustainable."
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Alongside these community meetings, DakeLuna is also running a design program in the charter school High Tech High Los Angeles. "We're getting the students interested in the planning process," said Miguel Luna of DakeLuna. Over the school year, the students have developed about 14 designs for the park. Student representatives will be attending the community meetings to gauge how useful their proposals are and how they could improve it further. The L.A. Conservation Corps and DakeLuna are also consulting with veterans groups all over the city to understand what their needs are.
The project is still in its very early phases, and it could take anywhere from three to five years to materialize, but Smith says it's all part of laying a good foundation for the future.
Join the community workshops starting February 15, 9-12:30 p.m. at the Van Nuys National Guard Armory, 17330 Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys.
Photos courtesy of L.A. Conservation Corps and DakeLuna Consultants
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After weeks of hard work, we finally made it… or should we say, our contestants made it. It was finally their chance to shine in front of a live arena audience at Wembley AND in front of MILLIONS of people on the telly. This week, they were tasked with the daunting task of truly "expressing themselves" with their song choice. Who shined and who ultimately was sent packing? Our friend and X Factor finalist, Ché Chesterman breaks it all down for us.
We were all flipping over 5 After Midnight after they kicked off the show with another brilliant song and dance performance.
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Explaining Why the Universe Can Be Transparent
New model developed by UC Riverside scientist for the universe's reionization is based on a galaxy's dust content
Reionization as illustrated by data from the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes. Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Two papers published by an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside and several collaborators explain why the universe has enough energy to become transparent.
The study led by Naveen Reddy, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Riverside, marks the first quantitative study of how the gas content within galaxies scales with the amount of interstellar dust.
This analysis shows that the gas in galaxies is like a "picket fence," where some parts of the galaxy have little gas and are directly visible, whereas other parts have lots of gas and are effectively opaque to ionizing radiation. The findings were just published in The Astrophysical Journal.
The ionization of hydrogen is important because of its effects on how galaxies grow and evolve. A particular area of interest is assessing the contribution of different astrophysical sources, such as stars or black holes, to the budget of ionizing radiation.
Most studies suggest that faint galaxies are responsible for providing enough radiation to ionize the gas in the early history of the universe. Moreover, there is anecdotal evidence that the amount of ionizing radiation that is able to escape from galaxies depends on the amount of hydrogen within the galaxies themselves.
The research team led by Reddy developed a model that can be used to predict the amount of escaping ionizing radiation from galaxies based on straightforward measurements on how "red," or dusty, their spectra appear to be.
Alternatively, with direct measurements of the ionizing escape fraction, their model may be used to constrain the intrinsic production rate of ionizing photons at around two billion years after the Big Bang.
These practical applications of the model will be central to the interpretation of escaping radiation during the cosmic "dark ages," a topic that is bound to flourish with the coming of 30-meter telescopes, which will allow for research unfeasible today, and the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's next orbiting observatory and the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
The research ties back to some 400,000 years after the Big Bang, when the universe entered the cosmic "dark ages," where galaxies and stars had yet to form amongst the dark matter, hydrogen and helium.
A few hundred million years later, the universe entered the "Epoch of Reionization," where the gravitational effects of dark matter helped hydrogen and helium coalesce into stars and galaxies. A great amount of ultraviolet radiation (photons) was released, stripping electrons from surrounding neutral environments, a process known as "cosmic reionization."
Reionization, which marks the point at which the hydrogen in the Universe became ionized, has become a major area of current research in astrophysics. Ionization made the Universe transparent to these photons, allowing the release of light from sources to travel mostly freely through the cosmos.
The data for this research was acquired through the low resolution imaging spectrograph on the W.M. Keck Observatory.
The collaborators of this research are Charles Steidel (Caltech), Max Pettini (University of Cambridge), Milan Bogosavljevic (Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade) and Alice Shapley (UCLA).
The papers are "Spectroscopic Measurements of the Far-Ultraviolet Dust Attenuation Curve at z~3" and "The Connection Between Reddening, Gas Covering Fraction, and the Escape of Ionizing Radiation at High Redshift."
Mario De Leo Winkler, a postdoctoral researcher in the UCR Department of Physics and Astronomy, made significant contributions to this article.
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Moment of truth
Sen. Barack Obama was hardly the first one in modern American politics to observe that voters who are embittered that prosperity passed them by would "cling to guns, or religion, or antipathy toward people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment, or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustration."
All you need to do as look at recent history to realize there are political points to be scored by playing to fears that have little or nothing to do with the underlying economic stresses of people's lives.
Politicians from the right and left pander to these anxieties. They go into towns reeling from lost jobs - and watching their young people go off to an aimless war in Iraq - and the politicians focus on concerns about gun control, same-sex marriage, abortion, an immigrant "invasion" or the horrors of globalization. Whether it's Mike Huckabee flashing "Christian leader" or President Bush lacing his speeches with code words to assure Christian conservatives that he is one of them, religion is invoked in an open appeal for votes.
So if it's "elitist" or "insulting" to note that voters who are otherwise left behind in the global economy sometimes have misdirected frustrations - which can be exploited for political gain - then Barack Obama has plenty of company.
Naturally, Obama's principal foes, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, are exploiting the remarks for all they're worth. Who could blame them? It was a rare misstep from a candidate who has been frustrating his adversaries with his deftness at identifying and articulating the electorate's craving for a message of hope and inclusion.
The fact that Obama said those words in San Francisco - in an off-the-record setting with his contributors - was an "aha!" moment for those who are suspicious of a Harvard-educated lawyer with a gift for the soaring oratory. For his critics, the setting itself proved the context was of condescension.
But the preface to Obama's "bitter" quote conveyed a clear strain of empathy with such frustrations. "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, a lot of them - like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said. "And they've gone through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate, and they have not."
Obama erred in assuming that a "private" fundraising event was truly private. He also was wrong to try to give perfunctory treatment to something as nuanced and treacherous as characterizing a wide swath of voters.
It was, as he acknowledged, a "clumsy" moment. But it's neither elitist nor insulting to observe that fear and prejudice too often carry the day in modern American politics.


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July was a tough month for us as it seemed our money didn't go as far as we would have like it to. We all feel that way from time to time, I'm sure. This is the first month since we moved back into the house where we really felt it, however.
I was blessed and grateful that all of our monthly bills were paid well before their due dates. I really like it that way and hate to be late paying any bill. I also paid the mortgage as usual, two weeks ahead. It is truly making an impact on my principal balance doing it this way and I am seeing results.
Instead of waiting until my gas tank was empty I refilled it while I still had nearly a quarter of a tank so it was less money to fill up this time. I also used my rewards card and saved 10¢ a gallon. I read an article in the news that gas prices should be going back down this fall and here they have dropped 2¢. Lower gas prices will be nice.
On the 1st my oldest got her braces put on and I used funds, as planned, from my savings account to pay for that visit. Unfortunately I wasn't able to put any money back into savings this month and I never like that. I always want to put something into that account, even if it is only $10. I am hoping to do better in August.
I did contribute funds to my retirement fund and received my quarterly statement in the mail showing my progress so far. Looking good!
I also took some funds from savings to pay off another bill I've been working on all year. I was so close to having it paid off so I went ahead and decided to take care of it. One big check mark on my debt elimination checklist. One down, two to go. I'm smiling about that!
To save some extra money I did not renew anyone's phone service in June or July. We are being very sparing and using our rollover minutes in hopes of making it until the middle of August so we can renew for school starting up again. Our phone service isn't too terribly expensive but it has saved me $75 so far.
With my oldest daughter's help I listed some items on eBay to try and generate a little more income. We took some old eyewear inventory from our shop and listed it using free listings I was offered. I was able to sell everything I listed and used all of that money to pay on my interest free PayPal account. In fact, I was able to make two payments on that account this month.
I re-opened my Etsy store and listed several handmade items for sale. Mostly crocheted crib size baby afghans and some handmade embroidered tea towels. Each item cost me 20¢ to list and I will pay for these listings using money from my eBay sales. I plan to continue to make items and add them to my store each month through Christmas. Hopefully I'll be able to sell some of those items and use the money for my debt elimination goals or the orthodontist.
We did not dine out this month. In fact, we didn't spend any extra money at all for entertainment. We did manage a few fun family outings, however. We attended our friends annual 4th of July barbecue complete with water balloon fight and fireworks. It was a ton of fun (albeit wet fun) and we had a blast. We invited friends over for dinner and then played a game of dominoes afterward. One day I packed a homemade poor boy sandwich and some water bottles and we ate our lunch at the park and enjoyed the MK Nature Center on a Sunday afternoon for free.
We watched TV shows on Amazon and YouTube. We also borrowed a lot of books from the library and read quite a bit. I read two books I already had from a great sale I came upon at a thrift store well over a year ago. I spent around $3.00 for a grocery bag full of paperback and hardback mystery novels I had selected. As I finish them I have been passing them off to my next door neighbor to read. When she is done her son takes them to the thrift store to be donated again.
I sewed and crocheted a lot. I was able to finish a Christmas gift, two birthday presents, a wedding present, make my youngest a set of bedroom curtains (finally) and two skirts for my oldest out of recycled clothing items. I really tested my creativity on those skirts and it was a lot of fun. I also managed to stitch a few items for my Etsy store as I had hoped I might.
I took advantage of back-to-school sales and bought the last items we needed off the supply list. Fortunately they were loss leader sales items and I spent less than $3.00. I also used my credit card to purchase a tent on sale and with a coupon as well as a set of drawers for my sewing supplies that was on sale for half price. I will pay that off next month so I do not accumulate any interest.
So while it felt that funds were extremely limited I do feel I managed to be fairly resourceful and productive and also still managed a few fun things for us to do as a family. It doesn't necessarily take a lot of money to have a good time and in our case, this month, it didn't take any. We made it just fine.


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Serious Artists Cannot Miss the Summer Course jointly offered by ESE & The Florence Academy of Art
An extensive program to learn the visual arts and the art of business to establish a successful brand in the world of Art
[Florence, Italy] – This summer, the European School of Economics (ESE) and The Florence Academy of Art (FAA) have come together to forge an unconventional partnership to offer students of the visual arts a truly unique learning experience. They will be offering a 4-week summer intensive programme and an optional 3-month internship that will help students learn about the creative as well as the business aspects of art.
ESE and FAA are both reputed institutions of excellence renowned for training professionals who are not just nuanced artists, but also innovative leaders, with the potential to revolutionize the art market. It is a lovely coincidence that this programme will be conducted at the heart of the Renaissance city of Florence, itself. It's only befitting since this is another revolution in the world of art.
The summer program has been carefully designed to touch upon on all the important components of visual arts and business management. In this program, FAA is the partner responsible for taking students of all levels through a series of exercises aimed to develop their skills in visual art, while ESE will help the students see the business side of things.
FAA will offer program students the following fine art workshops:
Figure Drawing, the Academic Method
Painting the Figure in Oil
Portraiture, Techniques and Traditions
Still Life Painting
Figurative Sculpture
Landscape Painting human anatomy
Students will take inspiration from the masterpieces around them by exploring museums and galleries in Florence. The course will push students to visualize life as art. Their creativity will be stimulated, and they will gain confidence in expressing their artistic sensibilities. There is no greater skill for an artist than to learn to think freely and give form to his or her ideas.
The FAA university credits that students will earn upon completion of the course are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
Once the students have honed their art skills, the summer programme switches the focus onto their business acumen. This is where ESE comes into the picture. Through its sessions, ESE offers students a taste of the art market. The subjects offered by ESE include:
Art Marketing & Business
Cross Cultural Communication
E-Business & E-Commerce
Leadership and Philosophy
For more information about the summer programme, write a mail to <[email protected]>
About ESE & FAA: ESE and FAA are highly esteemed European institutions that offer that offer highly coveted courses in a wide variety of disciplines. They have committed themselves to the cause of quality education through modern teaching techniques and practical experience. For more information on the courses, faculty or the admission process at ESE, please visit <www.europeanschoolofeconomics.com> and for FAA, please visit <www.florenceacademyofart.com>
Click Here to download the Bookler of the Summer course in Art Business and Visiual Art


text: Yep, the time has come to venture forth into the desert and dance the days away! GPS is set to Indio, CA and only 9 hours stand between us and the infamous festival. Ready to be sweaty and happy along some of my dearest friends. I'm certain I will come back with an arsenal of festival pictures, can't wait to share with y'all!


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PUBLICATION: Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #6, IDW Comics, October 2012
CREATORS: Scott and David Tipton (writers), Gordon Purcell and J.K. Woodward (artists)
STARDATE: Unknown (follows previous issue).
PLOT: The captain of the Potemkin is turned into Conduit, a Borg voice-box who helps the Enterprise figure out how to stop the Cybermen who have shut down, and will soon absorb, the Collective. They first go get gold (poisonous to Cybermen) from Naia VII (issue 2), then the Doctor and his companions go back in time to the Battle of Wolf 359 to get a copy of the Borg executive library wiped by the Cybermen.
CONTINUITY: See previous issues (Borg, Cybermen, Delta IV, USS Potemkin, Wolf 359). Wolf 359 reminds the Doctor of "Bad Wolf" (Doctor Who Series 1). Rory believes you can cross your own timeline based on the events of The Christmas Carol. The Doctor comes face to face with Locutus right in the middle of The Best of Both Worlds.
DIVERGENCES: None, except the anomalies from the Whoniverse that have appeared in the Star Trek universe.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Paying tribute to the studio.
Labels: Comics, Doctor Who, Star Trek
3 comments:
- Craig Oxbrow said...
I imagine the executive library having wood interiors, plush leather armchairs and art deco reading lights...
- October 29, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Siskoid said...
It's what the Borg are reading when they ignore intruders on their ships.
- October 29, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Craig Oxbrow said...
Another vital plot point explained!
- October 31, 2012 at 8:26 AM
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A/N: Sorry this one is a little short guys. I hope you enjoy it and be sure to check out my Letter Fanfic. Read & Review :3
Eren lay on top of Reiji staring into his eyes. Suddenly she spoke up, making Reiji jump, 'I love you' she had a soft smile on her face as Reiji replied, 'I love you too'. After a few moments of silence, Eren started to rub up and down against him. She carried on as he penetrated her and made love to her. After they had finished, she curled up to him under the thin bed sheets and held him close, 'That was amazing'. Reiji looked down at the beautiful girl and replied, 'I am very glad you enjoyed that'. They lay in the bed for what seemed like hours upon hours. Eren was getting bored of just sitting there, so got up and re-dressed herself. What she did not notice was the handgun Reiji had slipped out from underneath the pillow. He sat up quickly, clenching his fist around the handle and pointed it against Eren's head.
Mr McCunnen arrived back at the manor house a few days later. This time his driver stood next to him, wanting to see what all the fuss was about. 'This place brings back so many memories' he smiled as he said it, thinking of all the good times. The driver quickly replied, 'Of what Sir?' McCunnen stood there for a few moments, thinking about the many memories, and finally replied 'My family. They all were born here and grew up here, including me'. The driver said nothing and he carried on with what he was saying, 'I was born in secret here, a love child of my mother and an assassin'. The driver had a curious look on his face, and asked, 'Would you mind telling me who the assassin is sir?' Mr McCunnen turned around with a somewhat, evil smile upon his face, 'I am the love child of Claudia McCunnen and Reiji Azuma'. The driver was taken aback, and almost went into shock, 'Azuma...you say?' Mr McCunnen still had the smile upon his face as he drew out a small blade, 'Is that a problem for you?' He quickly replied with, 'Nno Sir, of course not' and went back into the car.
Sweat dripped down Reiji's brow whilst he had the handgun against Eren's head. He was acting on impulse, but why? What had he seen that made him want to shoot Eren? He glanced over her body again, and then saw something. Or rather, didn't. Eren had scar on her back, from a gunshot wound. But as Eren had stood up to get out of bed, he noticed it wasn't there. Eren simply turned around to him and smiled. A plain, simple and happy smile. Reiji was confused by her action, and still pointed the gun at her. 'You're not Eren…' he was broke off by her simply laughing at him. She walked over to him and took the gun away. 'What's the matter Reiji?' He looked at her and thought to himself, It is Eren, those same familiar eyes. But where's the scar?


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It's been a while since I've made a post directly related to both dance and heathenry, and I think it's time for another one.
I read an article a few weeks ago from the Washington Post about the future of Modern Dance. It can be found here. There is one part in particular that I haven't been able to get out of my head, and that has me thinking again about what kind of a place dance could have in heathenry. "Look at this indigenous but fragile American art form, and you see a fundamental change. There has been a downsizing, a redefining, a splintering into countless small niches. As a result, the future feels very precarious."
It's almost as if that sentence is simultaneously talking about the two major movements I participate in, and it makes me fear a bit for the stability of my future. Will I ever be able to "make it big" as a dancer? What does making it big even mean these days? As the article says, there is no longer the funding or the place for modern dance to have a major audience. Will my career consist almost entirely of performances to an audience of fifty?
But the same kinds of questions can be asked of heathenry. Our numbers are probably growing, or at least that's the sense that I get, but with it, there's an increased individualization of the movement. It's moving more out of kindreds and into individuals. There are the Asatruar, the Vanatruar, the mystics, the anti-mystics. There are those who consider the movement to be primarily a reconstruction as closely as possible to the ancient ways of doing things, and those that would prefer to capture as closely as possible what seems to be the spirit of the ancient ways of doing things. But if we keep breaking down into smaller and smaller groups, will our religions ever consist of anything greater than an audience of fifty?
Of course, these problems don't only relate to modern dance and heathenry. All over the place, Americans are splintering into increasingly specific subcultures. And when the internet gets as involved in the supporting of these minor subcultures inhabited by people who live hundreds of miles apart, subcultures can become pretty lonely.
Not that I'm looking for us to be a major world movement or anything. But heathenry is a lonely religion these days. And so is modern dance.
A couple months ago, I was at a dance rehearsal in a large cafeteria style room. At the other end was a Baptist group having an after-Church food reception. At that very moment, I felt a nostalgia for my Christian days, when religion was a source of community for me, when it gave the the friends to drink sodas and visit twice a week. When I could have a sacred activity shared with other people. And then I laughed at myself because I realized that I was thinking all that at my weekly dance rehearsal, which I consider a community-driven, sacred experience.
It's a common and well-known point of contention in heathenry that some people want to resurrect the past and some people want to focus more on bringing the gods into the twenty-first century. For what it's worth, I tend to fall more into the latter group, seeking to find a place for the gods in an environmentalist vision of today's future. Religion, I think, has utopian undertones, and I don't want to go back to the ancient ways of doing everything. As much as I love the land, I would prefer not to have to make every single thing I own from scratch.
But, as that section from the article I quoted above reminded me, we don't worship anachronisms, we worship the indigenous. The Parliament of the World's Religions this year discussed renaming and redefining "paganism" to "European Indigenous Traditions." While the name change would be problematic for many reason, including the ones that Jason from the Wild Hunt numbers in the linked post, it does make some sense for Heathens. Many of us purposefully distance ourselves from "paganism." I don't, personally, because I feel that us mostly-polytheists have common political aims that can best be achieved through banding together. Besides that, what we do isn't indigenous. But I think that a distinction among heathens between the more-indigenous interested and the more new religious movements types.
But that begs the question of my own that lead to this post: what is indigenous? I have to agree with Sarah Kaufman and her Washington Post article that modern dance is an indigenous American art form. So is jazz. And America has indigenous religions. But if a religion grew out of the American spirit in the same way that modern dance and jazz music have, would that not be an American Indigenous religion? Does a religion have to be practiced for thousands of years before it can truly be considered indigenous?
Conservative Asatru, I would say, it more an indigenous American religion than an indigenous European one. So is the religion of every heathen who has lived their entire lives in America. Those practicing Forn Sed in Iceland, the heathens from Europe,they practice an indigenous European religion. And my version of heathenry–grown in the life of a woman who has never been to Europe and who identifies so strongly with modern dance, the dance that is the heart of my religion–is it an indigenous European religion? I would certainly think not. My religion has grown out of the land in America as I discussed in my last post. Despite taking a particular interest in a mythology that grew on another continent, is it unAmerican? If the influence of other continents and their histories, their ancient ideologies and folk tales in unAmerican, then this entire country, with its identification as a melting pot is unAmerican. My religion is not an indigenous European religion. I live in America, a country founded on Enlightenment ideas that were founded on Renaissance ideas that were founded on Ancient Greek and Roman ideas. The part of the country I live in was originally populated (I speak of immigrants here, not the Natives) by the Dutch and Germans. My neighborhood was founded by the Irish. The books I have read are European, African, Asian, American. There is nothing more American, more indigenous to this country, than taking ideas from many different places and throwing them together. That's what modern dance is, and that is what my religion is.
Our heathen ancestors did not worship anachronism. They worshiped the gods and the lands as they were, they danced in the style that made sense to them. And so I imagine that a future heathen dance form would be less of an intentional reconstruction of European folk religion, and more an indigenous art. To me, to dance is to dance Modern Dance. To me, do dance is to dance Ballet. To many these days, to dance is to dance Hip Hop or to sway your hips in a club. The jumpy, footsy European folk dance does not feel natural to the American dancer, and so it should not be our dance of worship.
Our dance of worship in this indigenous religion should be our indigenous dance. So let's sway our hips and contract our torsos. Let's dance into the ground in the African styles that have informed our ideas of dance. Let's jump and tap our feet in the Irish style that has informed our ideas of dance. Let's love the ground and then leave her like ballet. Let's dance how we feel, how it is natural for us to dance, in our own indigenous manner. Let us make a New American Indigenous religion that worships the gods of our ancestors, to bring the old ways from far away into a new land in a new way, just as our ancestors would have, just as our ancestors did.
On a different note entirely, I will be offline for the next week or so, as I take an annual internet fast for seven days leading up to Walpurgisnacht, so there won't be any posts at least until May Day.
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The London Dojo trains at three locations. Club membership entitles you to attend sessions at any one - Finchley, Euston 1 and
Euston 2.
Euston I
St Pancras Church House
(First Floor Hall)
Lancing Street
London NW1
19:15 - 20:45 (Adults)
Euston 2
The Place Dance School
(Studio 5)
16 Flaxman Terrace
London WC1H 9PY
19:30 - 21:00 (Adults)
St Mary's Church Hall
(Small Hall)
26 Hendon Lane
Finchley N3 1TR
13:30 - 14:30 (Kids & Family - parents can also join the class)
14:45 - 15:30 (Tournament Preparation Class)
Training Schedule
London Dojo's Kyokushinkai Karate trains weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at the locations above unless notified otherwise. Changes to regularly scheduled training times will be listed in advance on each location page.


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Google has lost another key member of its Android team. Hugo Barra, vice president of product management for Android, will leave the search giant to join Chinese mobile firm Xiaomi.
In a note posted to Google+, Barra said he wanted to "start a new career chapter." At Xiaomi, he will serve as vice president of Xiaomi Global, where he will "help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally."
Barra will not be leaving Android behind completely. He said he is "particularly excited about the opportunity to continue to help drive the Android ecosystem."
Barra's departure comes shortly after he took the stage to introduce the new Nexus 7 tablet, and several months after he chatted up developers at the firm's annual I/O conference. He joined Google about 5.5 years ago and has been working on Android for almost three years.
The Android team has been in flux this year. Back in March, the firm combined the Google and Chrome teams, removing Andy Rubin as head of Android and giving control of both teams to Sundar Pichai.
Today, Barra thanked Rubin and Pichai as well as engineering vice president Hiroshi Lockheimer and engineering senior vice president Vic Gundotra for "an amazing ride," as well as their "phenomenal support and mentorship over the years."
As for where Barra's headed, the New York Times noted last year, Xiaomi's first smartphone only hit the market in Sept. 2011, but it was poised to reach 7 million in sales by the end of 2012. The firm's CEO, Lei Jun, appears to mimic Steve Jobs down the signature ensemble. "Xiaomi's marketing strategy has been to ride on the back of the 'cult of Apple' and of its creator," the paper said.
Xiaomi president and co-founder Bin Lin confirmed that Barra will join the company in a post on Chinese social network Sina Weibo. Lin previously worked at Google as an engineering director from 2006 to 2010.
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Lockleaze & Horfield Strollers Autumn walksOctober 1st, 2019
Date(s) - 01/10/2019 - 02/10/2019
All Day
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Lockleaze & Horfield Strollers Autumn walks
Tuesday 1st Oct Peaceful inner city walk
Horfield Leisure Centre 10:00 Bus 506
A walk from Lawrence Hill to Greenbank along the Bristol to Bath Cycle track. Enjoy the quiet of Royate Hill Nature Reserve then through Eastville Park for coffee at Tesco. Leader Sheila
Tuesday 15th Oct Views of Georgian Weston-Super-Mare
Bristol Bus Station 9:45 Bus X1
A look at the Knightstone buildings, the Art Deco theatre and the Jill Dando Garden. Leader Joan
Tuesday 29th Oct Clevedon Woods
Bristol Bus Station 9:45 Bus X7
Walk up Strawberry Hill woods to Dial Hill (steep) then down the famous 'zig zag' path to town for coffee. Leader Julienne (Tel 0117 924 1398 for more info)
Tuesday 12th NovVictoria Park Bath
Bristol Bus Station 10:00 Bus X39
From the park to Royal Crescent then down to the river Avon and across the bridge for a riverside walk to the Old Midland line railway station. Coffee in Manvers Street. Leader Joan
Tuesday 26th NovFrom top to bottom in Clifton
Horfield Leisure Centre 9:45 Bus 505
Starting at the Suspension bridge we will walk down the hillside to the Underfall yard. Leader Sheila
Tuesday 10th DecBristol Bridges
Horfield Leisure Centre 10: 00 walk down Wessex Ave for bus 73
Starting at Temple Meads and walking over all the bridges as we make our way back to the City Centre. Leaders All
Tuesday 17th DecMince Pie Jolly
Neptune's Statue, Bristol City Centre 10:30
A gentle walk to the 'M shed' to look at the Bristol Exhibition featuring some history of Lockleaze. Then a Christmas coffee and mince pie. Leaders All


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One of the challenges facing the singer-songwriter, voice and guitar driven song is how to sound big. Not big in the bombastic, U2 stadium rock sense but in knowing how to take these simple elements and lift them off the musical page, make them sound robust and accessible, set them apart from the pack. Some do it by deft and intricate guitar work, layering vocals, production tricks and other gimmickry. Scott Kirby does it simply by writing great songs and delivering them with competence and confidence.
It seems pretty obvious really, why dress a song up to create some sort of pretend elegance when you can strip it back to actual eloquence? And Love Is Just is eloquent, in a solid and dependable sort of way, a combination of keeping things simple, though far from simplistic, and that fantastic voice of his. Letting the music breath and the vocals soar, a vocal which seems to blend romance and honesty and a soulfulness with a delivery that most rock singers would kill for.
Get the basics right and sometimes the rest will just naturally fall into line.


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I love the number of accessories these guys come with. Pizza in every box. Weapons galore. Don't forget about the pets, Ice Cream Kitty and Spike. What a great set of Turtles and secondary characters. All of the figures come with a stand and a key chain. I had so much fun taking pictures of these guys that I had way more pictures than I wanted to post here. Check out the special album on my Flickr account for looks at the head swaps and more.
Leo comes with his standard head, along with scared face and Pizza Mask. Take off the pizza mask, and he has an unmasked face underneath. He also comes with his two Katana as well as a grappling hook. He also comes with a pizza box.
Splinter has his cane and katana blade.
Casey and Mikey come with so much fun stuff. Casey comes with all of his sports gear including two hockey gloves, two hockey sticks, a baseball bat, and his scary mask. He comes with a painted face alternate head with his bandana wrapped around his head. If you take off his mask, you get a clean face Casey. You also get a set of hands to allow Casey to walk around in his normal street clothes.
Mikey comes with his nunchucks, happy face, smiling face, full pizza, skateboard, and Ice Cream Kitty.
Donatello come with a bladed version of his bo staff, as well as a grimacing face, love face, two slices of pizza, a mutigen finder, and a mutigen storage tank.
The Krang comes with a Krang, and a Krang's gun. When you remove the Krang's suit jacket, it reveals the Krang painted on the torso underneath.
This Donnie is the same version as the full color version, but you can see through him. He comes with his staff, but is missing the rest of the accessories.
The Krang in the set is the same as the Krang that comes in the standard set, but really, you need more than one Krang. It is a must for more bad guys.
Raph comes with his grimace face (standard for Raph), as well as a startled face. He also comes with two sais, three throwing stars, two slices of pizza, and Spike (before he went and got giant and mean).
Anton Zeck is decked out in his pre-Beebop gear. Someday he will be an ugly pig, but not quite yet. He does not come with any accessories, but he sports his awesome see-through mohawk.
I really like how they are all slightly different shades of green with different colors for their shells. Even their pads and wraps differ.
Lots of good guys, some bad guys, and a lot of pint sized fun.
If you are looking for more pictures of these great figures, visit my TMNT Flickr Album Here. Click on my Flickr folder on the right menu bar for even more pictures.


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Established in 1992, Sahajidah Hai-O Marketing has been leveraging on a strong partnership with its distributors. Since then, Sahajidah Hai-O Marketing has been rewarded with continuous and robust growth. Today, the company is one of the leading local multi-level direct selling companies in Malaysia.
In addition to an established corporate brand name, the success of Sahajidah Hai-O Marketing can be traced to its proven fair and reliable system offered to distributors. The company strongly believes in and is committed to providing a comprehensive support and reward program.
With highly attractive rewards, dedicated support and quality product offered to our distributors, Sahajidah Hai-O Marketing has witnessed an increasing number of new distributors and the rapid growth in their productivity.
To date, Sahajidah Hai-O Marketing Sdn. Bhd. is synonymous with high quality and safe products offering wide range of outstanding items such as water filter, beauty lingerie series, beauty products, household products and long renowned wellness product series.


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Accept no Substitutes
I wonder when it was that you last read the 10 commandments?
Most people remember the 'Do not' statements, but the first commandment, and in many ways the most important one, is a positive statement. God says 'I am the one who has brought you out of the land of Egypt – out of slavery'. In effect God is saying 'look it was me who rescued you—make no mistake about it'. Because it is when we look to other things in the place of God, that we find them wanting. God wants us to know the full extent of his love.
This is why God sent Jesus, so we could know his love fully and not put our trust on the weak things of the world. Jesus summarised the commandments this way: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength (i.e. everything) and love your neighbour as yourself (i.e share this love with others).
To understand God's love we have to begin to understand the cross and why and how Jesus died there for us – how in doing so he saved and rescued us completely.
To paraphrase the famous Christian Evangelist J John, if you call yourself a Christian then know that it is Jesus who saves you, for if you take Christ out of Christian you are left with Ian—and he can't save you.!
I am the Lord your God—accept no substitutes!


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Right away I clicked with the supervisor. Warm, welcoming and so easy to talk to, I found myself feeling comfortable and able to open up to her from the moment we began talking. A great supervisor makes the difference when you're looking for a centre, and here at Kids' Campus Whitby I found a lot of signs that this was a caring and professional centre.
My guess is that the supervisor is experienced and has worked here for some time based on the few processes I noticed within this centre. Small but important touches like a colour-coded cleaning cloth system was one of the first of these that I noticed, and this system is visible to anyone within the classroom. The reason for this system is to maintain their high standard for health and safety. A cloth used to wipe a kitchen surface is never used to wipe a bathroom surface, and this colour coding system helps reinforce this. As a parent, I appreciate their efforts. It demonstrates transparency, effective management and safety.
Another touch I really liked was that the daily schedule for the children is adjusted for each season. The staff take into account the weather temperatures and the best times of day for sunshine to make sure the children get the best out of their time outdoors. Another reason for this adaptive approach is because Kids Campus Whitby is situated within West Lynde Public School. These adaptive schedules take into account busy periods in the day for the elementary students (like pick up after school) and times when the elementary students are on break, like in the summer.
- Accepting infants and older.
- The infant rate is $243 full time or $199 part time, weekly.
- The toddler rate is $223 full time or $179 part time, weekly.
- Parents are required to provide $100 upfront upon registration. $25 is a non-refundable administration fee and the remaining $75 is a deposit fee.
- Centre is open from 6.15am to 6.30pm.
- Located close to the 401 and Whitby GO Station.
- All laundry is handled on site.
- Follows an emergent curriculum approach to learning.


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You've all been there in one relationship or another. You see your significant other every day, and all you ask for is one night of solitude with the boys. A boys night out. But as soon as you're out of her sight, she seems to evolve from semi-crazy to admit-her-to-the-nearest-hospital crazy. Your phone starts ringing uncontrollably with calls and texts from her: "Where are you?", "Who are you with?", "When are you coming home?" Or maybe she's a stealthy attacker and waits for you to come home before inflicting you with the 3rd degree.
Either way, what should have been a relaxing boys night out turns into a scene from the Law and Order interrogation room. She's not playing the nice cop, and, unfortunately, her rendition of the bad cop is nowhere in the realm of sexy; it's just downright scary. She gets to have time with "the girls", so why can't you do the same with your guys?
There are ways to make her understand the importance of such nights, but first you need to understand why she freaks.
Steps to help her deal with your boys night out.
First, without realizing it, many men make it seem like a night away from their significant other is like seeking refuge away from a war-filled nation. This may be true. If you spend most of your free time with her, it's good to spend time on your own away from her. Too much time together can make you resent one another, and she doesn't want that, right? Before going out with your boys, don't say things like, "I need some time away from you", "It's been a long week; I just need to unwind—without you", or "You're crazy, woman!" Of course, none of you would say anything so idiotic (although it may be true), but the idea is to not make it seem like your time with friends is a form of escape from her—rather, it is an addition to your life with her.
Second, if she seems to take the form of the Hulk every time you go out with friends, take a step back and look at the situation. Are you giving her the same kind of time you give the boys? Some men, especially young men or men in new relationships, want to make sure their friends know that they aren't "whipped" and that they're still "one of the guys". In the end, though, they over-compensate, forgetting to give their significant other any time. If you see this is the case, plan one night a week where the two of you do something romantic or fun—or really just any time spent one-on-one is good. For example, make dinner together and watch a movie. Even if you end the night doing something as mundane as sitting in front of the fire and reading books (two different books, that is), if you're doing it together, you're golden. The most important thing is that you and your girlfriend or wife enjoy your time with one another. Imagine how it must look to her if she sees you laughing and bubbly with the boys, and then when you're with her you mimic the personality of a rock. Make sure she knows that you have fun with her, too, and that, even though you may not want to have a passing gas or beer chugging contest, you enjoy time with her.
Lastly, if you've done everything you can, like making her aware that you are not escaping her to be with the guys and that you make time for her on her own, and she's still behaving neurotically, it's time for another reevaluation. Have you done anything to breach her trust? If not, it's time to ask her for a little faith in you. We all need lives outside of our romantic relationships in order for them to survive and be enriched. Sit down with her and ask why she worries so much about you being out with the boys. Maybe she thinks you drink too much with them, or that they're bad influences on you. Maybe she's worried about other women wherever you are or that you'll be unfaithful. If you're committed to the relationship, listen to her thoughtfully. Take everything she says into consideration. Please, please, please don't say anything along the lines of, "I'm a grown man! I'm capable of making my own decisions!" Just listen. And when you're done listening, explain why it's important for you to see your friends and why it bothers you that she goes into panic mode every time.
If the problem persists, your relationship may have problems beyond the territory of boys' nights out—she may be suffering from serious trust issues. Trust is vital for any relationship to survive and often stems from personal insecurities, with no reflection of reality. Make sure she realizes how her lack of trust is hurting the relationship, and, most importantly, I promise that there is nothing wrong with a boys' night out (usually)—it's healthy for both of you to have friends and lives outside of your relationship (just not secret lives, okay?)!
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What your body doesn't think it can do, your mind has already done. – Elliot Hulse
Your mind is everything. It is the control center for every single thing you choose to do in life and can have a profound effect on what you think you can do and what you actually are capable of doing. Exhibit A. You just failed an exam, got bitched at at work, and your girlfriend broke up with you. But you still go to the gym feeling depressed and run down. Your workout sucked, right?
Turn this situation around. Today is your lucky day, you aced and exam, got a promotion and your girlfriend gave you morning head. Sounds like the life. You go to the gym and hit a new PR. This is the cherry on top. Notice the difference in your mind?
The same thing can be done with tricking your mind into a optimal state for lifting, going out, whatever really. I'm reading Extraordinary Healing: The Amazing Power of Your Body's Secret Healing System
by Art Brownstein, M.D. and he too has example after example of patients, just by believing and having the mindset of "I will get better", "I will recover" or "I will not allow this heart disease to kill me" and it works. Cancer patients have seen miraculous recoveries just by telling themselves they would get better.
In his sophomore year of college, Josh was diagnosed with a rare, malignant brain tumor. His type of tumor carried a poor prognosis. Fewer than 12 people in the entire world had had this type of tumor, and no one had lived longer than a year after the diagnosis was made, even with the best treatment that conventional medicine had to offer.
Although Josh was initially devastated by the news, something in his mind refused to buy into his death sentence. He believed in his heart that his body could heal itself. He did not say much to others, but, secretly inside, Josh vowed to defy the statistics. As he set about changing his diet and lifestyle, reducing his stress and taking the time to listen to his intuition, Josh took a leave of absence from school to concentrate on his deeper healing. After just 4 months a CT brain scan showed that his tumor had indeed grown a little smaller. His doctors were amazed and told him to keep doing whatever he was doing.
After 9 months, the tumor had shrunk to less than one-third of its original size. After 18 months, 6 months after he should have been dead, Josh's tumor was no longer detectable on the CT scan. Three years later, the tumor still had not recurred. Josh was elated, but he wasn't surprised. Now a doctor himself, Josh counsels his patients on their attitudes while he educates them about their mind and the power of their beliefs to improve the quality of their health. Josh is not against conventional medical treatment to increase the odds of a successful outcome when a patient is faced with a difficult diagnosis, but he believes into positive, healthy ones is imperative. He is living proof that a optimistic beliefs can activate internal healing mechanisms and overcome incurable diseases.
Extraordinary Healing. Art Brownstein, M.D.
The mind truely is incredible.
I, myself used to believe creatine was more of a stimulant to get me amped up before my lift. (There wasn't even caffeine mixed in this particular blend) and I would get red in the face and start to shake if I didn't get to the gym within 30 minutes of taking it. I would take it and a few minutes in I would just listen to my workout jams lil jon… and fuckin lose it on the car ride there.
Even academic pyscology departments are creating special areas just for the study of "positive psychology" or the power of the mind.
Now I'm no expert but, I would encourage you to read As You Think or Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
to really dive into the power of positive thinking. Essentially a placebo, nothing has been given to you besides a powerful mindset. Although I found Think and Grow Rich invigorating when I first read it and gives some insight on business ventures, I read As You Think soon after and the same info without the personal stories can be found for free in As You Think online.
Next time you find yourself looking for that extra something in basically whatever you're doing in life, try that simple mind trick.


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Hosea 8-14
John 10-12
II Timothy 1-2
Monday, August 3, 2020
The Books of the Law
Numbers 13-16
I Chronicles 20-24
Psalms 105-107
Proverbs 22
Numbers 13
The LORD said to Moses,
"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them."
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Sham'mu-a the son of Zaccur;
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun'neh;
from the tribe of Is'sachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
from the tribe of E'phraim, Hoshe'a the son of Nun;
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
from the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Gad'diel the son of Sodi;
from the tribe of Joseph (that is from the tribe of Manas'seh), Gaddi the son of Susi;
from the tribe of Dan, Am'miel the son of Gemal'li;
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
from the tribe of Naph'tali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
from the tribe of Gad, Geu'el the son of Machi.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshe'a the son of Nun Joshua.
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country,
and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,
and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahi'man, She'shai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zo'an in Egypt.)
And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.
That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down from there.
At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
The Amal'ekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jeb'usites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."
But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it."
Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we."
So they brought to the people of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Numbers 14
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry; and the people wept that night.
And all the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Why does the LORD bring us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?"
And they said to one another, "Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt."
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephun'neh, who were among those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes,
and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
Only, do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them."
But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs which I have wrought among them?
I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
But Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for thou didst bring up this people in thy might from among them,
and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou, O LORD, art in the midst of this people; for thou, O LORD, art seen face to face, and thy cloud stands over them and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if thou dost kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard thy fame will say,
'Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to give to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.'
And now, I pray thee, let the power of the LORD be great as thou hast promised, saying,
'The LORD is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.'
Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word;
but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD,
none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice,
shall see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; and none of those who despised me shall see it.
But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
Now, since the Amal'ekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea."
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron,
"How long shall this wicked congregation murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and of all your number, numbered from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephun'neh and Joshua the son of Nun.
But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.
But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.
According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day a year, you shall bear your iniquity, forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.'
I, the LORD, have spoken; surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die."
And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,
the men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by plague before the LORD.
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephun'neh remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land.
And Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
And they rose early in the morning, and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, "See, we are here, we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised; for we have sinned."
But Moses said, "Why now are you transgressing the command of the LORD, for that will not succeed?
Do not go up lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.
For there the Amal'ekites and the Canaanites are before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following the LORD, the LORD will not be with you."
But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD, nor Moses, departed out of the camp.
Then the Amal'ekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down, and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.
Numbers 15
The LORD said to Moses,
"Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I give you,
and you offer to the LORD from the herd or from the flock an offering by fire or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing odor to the LORD,
then he who brings his offering shall offer to the LORD a cereal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil;
and wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a cereal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil;
and for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing odor to the LORD.
And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD,
then one shall offer with the bull a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil,
and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD.
"Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each of the male lambs or the kids.
According to the number that you prepare, so shall you do with every one according to their number.
All who are native shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD.
And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or any one is among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to offer an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD, he shall do as you do.
For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before the LORD.
One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you."
The LORD said to Moses,
"Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land to which I bring you
and when you eat of the food of the land, you shall present an offering to the LORD.
Of the first of your coarse meal you shall present a cake as an offering; as an offering from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.
Of the first of your coarse meal you shall give to the LORD an offering throughout your generations.
"But if you err, and do not observe all these commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses,
all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations,
then if it was done unwittingly without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the LORD, with its cereal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; because it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error.
And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the error.
"If one person sins unwittingly, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the person who commits an error, when he sins unwittingly, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native among the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.
But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him."
While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
They put him in custody, because it had not been made plain what should be done to him.
And the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."
And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.
The LORD said to Moses,
"Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue;
and it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and remember all the commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly.
So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God."
Numbers 16
Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abi'ram the sons of Eli'ab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,
took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men;
and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?"
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face;
and he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the LORD will show who is his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him; him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him.
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
put fire in them and put incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!"
And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
and that he has brought you near him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also?
Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together; what is Aaron that you murmur against him?"
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abi'ram the sons of Eli'ab; and they said, "We will not come up.
Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?
Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up."
And Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from them, and I have not harmed one of them."
And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, before the LORD, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow;
and let every one of you take his censer, and put incense upon it, and every one of you bring before the LORD his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer."
So every man took his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron,
"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
And they fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?"
And the LORD said to Moses,
"Say to the congregation, Get away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abi'ram."
Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abi'ram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
And he said to the congregation, "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins."
So they got away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abi'ram; and Dathan and Abi'ram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited by the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD."
And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split asunder;
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all their goods.
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"
And fire came forth from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense.
Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Tell Elea'zar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze; then scatter the fire far and wide. For they are holy,
the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives; so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD; therefore they are holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel."
So Elea'zar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered; and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,
to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no one who is not a priest, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become as Korah and as his company--as the LORD said to Elea'zar through Moses.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the LORD."
And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
and the LORD said to Moses,
"Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone forth from the LORD, the plague has begun."
So Aaron took it as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had already begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped.
Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
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The tour will coincide with the 50th anniversary of Taylor's breakout album Sweet Baby James
Concert announcement: James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt play Vancouver in April
Singer-songwriter James Taylor will embark on a Canadian tour next year that will include a April 15 stop at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.
The Coast-to-Coast tour, which kicks off April 14 in Victoria, includes 12 stops across the country ending in St. John's, N.L. on May 5.
The tour will coincide with the 50th anniversary of Taylor's breakout album Sweet Baby James which spawned the classic hit Fire and Rain.
Opening for Taylor on the cross-Canada trek will be 10-time Grammy Award winner Bonnie Raitt.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 6 through Ticketmaster.
American Express card members will have access to a pre-sale on Dec. 3.
Coast to Coast Canadian Tour Dates:
- April 14 Victoria, BC, Save on Foods Memorial Centre
- April 15 Vancouver, BC, Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
- April 17 Edmonton, AB, Rogers Place
- April 19 Calgary, AB, Scotiabank Saddledome
- April 21 Winnipeg, MB, Bell MTS Place
- April 24 Ottawa, ON, Richcraft Live at Canadian Tire Centre
- April 25 London, ON, Budweiser Gardens
- April 27 Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
- April 29 Montreal, PQ, Bell Centre
- May 1 Halifax, NS, Scotiabank Centre
- May 2 Moncton, NB, Avenir Centre
- May 5 St. John's, NF, Mile One Centre


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