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Stephen Elop, Microsoft Business Division president, is stepping down to take the CEO reins at Nokia. According to a note on the phone maker's Website, Elop will assume his new position Sept. 21. His resignation from Microsoft, where he spearheaded the release of Office 2010, is effective immediately.
Nokia's current president and CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, will step down Sept. 20.
"I am writing to let you know that Stephen Elop has been offered and has accepted the job as CEO of Nokia and will be leaving Microsoft," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a Sept. 9 e-mail to company employees. "Stephen leaves in place a strong business and technical leadership team, including Chris Capossela, Kurt DelBene, Amy Hood and Kirill Tatarinov, all of whom will report to me for the interim."
Ballmer added: "I appreciate the way that Stephen has been a good steward of the brand and business in his time here, and look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role at Nokia."
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Microsoft's partnership with Nokia extends back to August 2009, when the two companies announced that mobile versions of Microsoft Office would be preloaded onto Nokia smartphones, followed in time by other applications such as Microsoft SharePoint. Nokia had also begun work on optimizing Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for its devices, allowing more streamlined direct access to e-mail and personal information.
But the two companies' smartphone operating systems also compete on the broader market. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone Sept. 1, with the first devices widely expected to hit the market in either October or November. Nokia is also apparently prepping new smartphones for release this fall, including the Nokia N8.
Despite its strong international position, though, Nokia never managed to gain a beachhead in the United States that would allow it to seriously challenge the Apple iPhone or Google Android, considered the top two franchises in this country's consumer smartphone space. A September research note from IDC suggested that Nokia's share would continue to dip through 2014, even as the company maintained its position as the world's No. 1 smartphone platform worldwide.
"I am extremely excited to become part of a team dedicated to strengthening Nokia's position," Elop wrote in a Sept. 10 statement. "I am confident that together we can continue to deliver innovative products that meet the needs of consumers."
Nokia's own statement hinted that Elop will be driving a larger transformation.
"The time is right to accelerate the company's renewal; to bring in new executive leadership with different skills and strengths in order to drive the company's success," Jorma Ollila, chairperson of the Nokia Board of Directors, wrote in that Sept. 10 missive. "The Nokia Board believes that Stephen has the right industry experience and leadership skills to realize the full potential of Nokia."
In addition to Microsoft, Elop has also held positions at Adobe, Juniper Networks and Macromedia.


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This week students prepared for their travels in Myanmar. From ballooning in Bagan, to exploring Inle Lake by boat, the shipboard community truly experienced Myanmar culture. Stay tuned for pictures and […]
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As the MV World Odyssey nears the coast of Japan, 12 days after departing Honolulu, the shipboard community is finishing up midterms and finalizing their plans for Japan. High seas did […]
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Downtown's Gallery Row district is an example of what's happening to downtown these days: New restaurants, expensive luxury lofts, and like the name implies, art galleries. But there's one business that's at the heart of the neighborhood: The Last Bookstore. Reporter Colin Berry has more.
For years Josh Spencer made a decent living selling books on eBay. In 2009, however, he decided to open what he named the Last Bookstore in downtown L.A. at Fourth and Main -- a modest shop of just 1,000 square feet. The neighborhood has been enjoying a renaissance lately, particularly its Gallery Row district where, besides new lofts and restaurants, a thriving creative community has sprung up.
"I've always been into science fiction and post-apocalyptic things," Spencer says, "so I always wondered what a cool 'last bookstore' would look like for some future civilization."
But in 2011, at a time when five big bookstores were closing in L.A., Spencer was offered a new location a couple blocks away: the ground floor of a 99-year-old Art Nouveau building at Fifth and Spring — the original headquarters of Crocker Citizens National Bank. With its 25-foot ceilings and massive columns, the new space was 10 times bigger than his existing store.
"I've never really paid attention to the book industry before, because I never saw myself as a bookstore owner," Spencer explains. "So when this opportunity arrived, I didn't think about the economy or how bookstores were doing. It was like, 'Oh, well there's a space, I can do something with it.' "
The result could be out of a neo-Victorian sci-fi novel. As Spencer has imagined it, the Last Bookstore is more quirky than stuffy, with bicycle-wheel chandeliers, a huge mural made of paperbacks, and sculptures made of books that literally fly off the shelves. The store trades in new and used titles, and upstairs you'll find a massive labyrinth made from used books that sell for $1 apiece. One section is organized inside one of the bank's old vaults.
"I kept getting images of Indiana Jones at his university in the 1920s, and like fantastical movies like 'Hell Boy,' " Spencer says.
Store manager Katie Orphan says the plan to open a new store at a time when others were closing was actually one of the smartest things they could have done. "There's still a lot of people who want the physical experience of holding a book, of smelling a book, of reading from pages instead of an e-reader," she says.
Besides hosting live and community events and offering a selection of zines, small publishers and vinyl records, the store draws customers with the breadth of its inventory. Alexei Calvin, a student, believes it's the best bookstore in L.A.
"The depth of selection is amazing," he says. I've been here for a total of several weeks and still haven't delved into everything I'm interested in."
Wendy Werris is a West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly. She says that, besides its setting, the store's choice to specialize in previously read titles was one of its keys to success in a down economy. "Josh saw the potential in selling used books not only because of the lower prices, but because the good indies can't afford to keep a well-stocked store anymore," she says.
Since the heyday of great writers such as Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion, things have been pretty quiet on the Southern California literary scene. But with a handful of new journals and small presses appearing on shelves and the increasing visibility of Latino and Asian writers, the Last Bookstore seems to be bringing it back to life.
"It'll be a while before we can fully challenge New York to the literary crown," says Orphan, grinning. "But it's great to be a bookstore that encourages and participates in that.


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I ordered some clay faces from Etsy last week – I had this idea for a canvas painting that contained a clay face – BUT, I am not very good at sculpture. I found a great shop, Earthshards. The artist, Lyn Belisle, owns the shop. It was hard to choose from them all, but I selected some.
The package came today – and I was so excited. The presentation of my ordered items was so special that it ended up making a lousy gray disappointing day into a special event. I love getting mail – but when I see the envelope decorated with a raven AND a dancing woman – I know it's going to be special.
I opened the envelope and found two brown tissue packages wrapped in pink ribbon – with a sprig of rosemary slipped into one of the knots. Lyn's two business cards also were included – they are works of art themselves. I unwrapped the packages and the clay faces were individually wrapped in bubble foam. I love them. I spent some time sketching them into my idea for my canvas.
How wonderful it is when an artist loves what they do to the extent of making the packaging memorable and enjoyable. And the faces! Go see them and dream of what you can do with them.
No, I am not getting anything for this – I was having a pretty difficult day when this package arrived and it changed my day all around. I am thankful for the small things that mean a BIG DEAL to me. Thank you, Lyn!
Then I was enlisted to help pull wires through our living room wall to the basement. My canvas plans are still in my head, but what a start I have!


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I recently installed a GeForce 9800 GT video card but no sound is coming through the HDMI port. I went to cnonect the SPDIFcable but the listing for spdif out on my motherboard has no pins. Do i need to purchase a pci card with the pins or is there some way I can use the MB pins from my 8 channel HD audio? I also am unable to stream video through the HDMI as well. I can surf the web and play flash videos with no problem but when I start a pc game or attempt to stream video, it just shows a black box. Any help on these 2 subjects would be appreciated. =)
HDMI is nothing more that DVI & audio sharing the same cable. You're not going to get sound thru the HDMI port until you connect the sound to the video card. HDMI is generally used with home theater systems. It's main advantage is to cut down on the cabling.
What are you connecting the HDMI cable to...a monitor? with cheesey monitor speakers? If that's the case, don't bother trying to run the audio thru the HDMI. Just plug your speakers directly into the audio jacks on the motherboard.
Have you installed the latest nvidia drivers for your card?
It's actually being connected to my Sony television in another room and yes, I've downloaded the latest drivers. As I said, I realize I need to connect the audio to it. But there are no spdif pins on my motherboard. My question was not IF I needed to connect the audio cable but a different possible option from the norm.
You gotta tell the whole story, dude...we're not mind readers. You already know what you've gotta do.
I feel like I did explain my situation and you obviusly didn't read my original post as you only touched partially on 1 of the 2 issues I inquired about. Also, if your answers aren't going to be even halfway respectful, I'd appreciate you not responding to any more of my posts.


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Now, the typical household income is in the low- to mid-$20,000s, and unemployment is high. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, the population dropped 26 percent. Neighborhoods are pockmarked by vacant lots and crumbling homes, with conditions varying widely from block to block.Interestingly, the police department notes in the P-D story that while murders were up (fifteen in 2014, a number that obviously has only continued to climb), other violent crimes "showed a 56 percent drop since peaking in 2009 ... the biggest drop of any ward."
The alderman, Sam Moore, said there are 1,242 vacant buildings in the area, a number he repeats for emphasis. Five schools sit empty. There are 1,700 vacant lots. Some entire blocks are just overgrown grass. "I've torn down over 600 buildings," Moore said. "I can't tear down all of them."
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Female Soldiers to Endure CBR Training in a Gas Chamber on "Real Men" Female Soldier Special
On the upcoming August 31 broadcast of MBC's "Real Men's" Female Soldier Special, the cast members including Kim So Yeon, Hong Eun Hee, Ra Mi Ran, Girl's Day Hyeri, G.NA, Maeng Seung Ji, and Park Seung Hee will go through an extremely tough CBR training, which is chemical warfare training completed in a gas chamber.
This specific training was a huge struggle for the female soldiers, as the male soldiers also suffered through it in the past as well.
During the training, G.NA cried out to the sergeant, "Please save me! Let me out!" while Hyeri and Maeng Seung Ji even attempted to escape the training room by physically fighting with the 'muscle man squad leader.'"
On the other hand, Hong Eun Hee and Kim So Yeon surprised the rest of the members by completing the CBR training through their hardcore willpower.
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LOS ANGELES — Empirically speaking, geologists are not a particularly irascible group. But those who make their living studying rocks, minerals and gems in California — and increasingly those scientists beyond the state's borders — are enraged over a bill in Sacramento that would knock serpentine, the official state rock, off its mantel.
The lawmaker and others who would like to see serpentine stripped of its title say the olive green rock found all over the state is a grim symbol of the deadly cancers associated with asbestos, which can be found in the rock. Geologists, who have taken to Twitter on behalf of the rock, assert that serpentine is harmless and is being demonized by advocates for people with asbestos-related diseases and possibly their trial lawyers, too.
The bill to defrock the rock — which recently passed the full State Senate and is awaiting a vote in the Assembly — is sponsored by Senator Gloria Romero, a Los Angeles Democrat, with the strong support of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.
Declaring that serpentine "has known health effects," the bill would leave California — one of roughly half the states in the nation with an official rock or mineral — without an official rock. (According to the bill, California was the first state, in 1965, to name an official rock.) Asbestos occurs naturally in many minerals, and indeed some serpentine rocks do serve as a host for chrysotile, a form of asbestos. But geologists say chrysotile is less harmful than some other forms of asbestos, and would be a danger — like scores of other rocks — only if a person were to breathe its dust repeatedly.
"There is no way anyone is going to get bothered by casual exposure to that kind of rock," said Malcolm Ross, a geologist who retired from the United States Geological Survey in 1995. "Unless they were breaking it up with a sledgehammer year after year."
Dr. Ross and other opponents of the bill are concerned that removing serpentine, which is occasionally used in jewelry, as the state's rock would demonize it and thus inspire litigation against museums, property owners and other sites where the rocks sit; they cite the inclusion of a letter of support from the Consumer Attorneys of California with the bill as evidence.
"If they keep the asbestos issue bubbling," Dr. Ross said, "it means money for politicians, more money for lawyers and money for scientists to investigate."
J. D. Preston, a spokesman from the consumer lawyers group, said the group had nothing to do with drafting the legislation and was just responding to a request from the awareness organization for a support letter. "We just thought this was a good fit in our mission of consumer safety," Mr. Preston said. "It is certainly not the intent, and we don't even see where it opens the avenue for litigation."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has indicated no position.
Linda Reinstein, president of the awareness organization, whose husband died of mesothelioma, pointed out that the bill had numerous letters of support, including ones from the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and groups that represent people with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of many internal organs associated with asbestos.
"It doesn't do anything legally," Ms. Reinstein said of the proposed legislation. "This bill is all about education and awareness. We never expected such a stir."
Under the hashtag — a Twitter identifying phrase that allows easy searching of similarly themed messages — #CASerpentine, scientists and other opponents of the bill are debating the bill's merits and offering fighting words. One read, "Dear gloria romero, you have picked the wrong nerds to mess with!"
Senator Romero said she didn't believe it was appropriate for California to have a state rock that is linked to asbestos. "California is health conscious," she said. "This is not about being anti-rock. But why do we need a rock?"


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Auschwitz and the Allies
The Terrible Secret: Suppression of the Truth about Hitler's "Final Solution"
"Le soleil ni la mort ne peuvent se regarder fixement"—"It is impossible to stare continuously at the sun or at death." This quotation from La Rochefoucauld has struck more than one writer about the Final Solution as appropriate. It is a merciful remark, and the literature about both the Jewish and the non-Jewish response to the Endlösung has become very much more thoughtful and merciful over the last ten years. The agonizing public quarrel over the failure of the Judenräte, the Nazisponsored Jewish administrations, to resist persecution and deportation in the European ghettos, even when the elders understood what deportation really meant, has receded into the past. The Polish nation is no longer accused of collective anti-Semitism, even of active complicity in the Holocaust, during the Nazi occupation, and there is a much wider realization of how much the Polish underground and the exile government in London did both to hinder and to publicize the fate of the Jews—Walter Laqueur observes in his book that they showed more concern than the British or American governments of the time.
Even the failure of London, Washington, and Moscow to undertake any vigorous action to halt the deportations and exterminations, once they had reluctantly accepted that organized genocide was taking place, is seen to have at least some plausible excuses. Both books under review have been provided with subtitles or blurbs that play up the "searing indictment" angle. In reality, both are remarkably restrained and judicious works.
There was not much the Allies could have done. But, after all, they did not even do that residue. Martin Gilbert's book contains some terrible photographs, and they are not the pictures of naked corpses and "selections" for the gas chamber. They are air photographs taken during, 1944 by Allied reconnaissance raiders seeking more targets in the synthetic rubber and oil industries of Upper Silesia. Again and again, in these months, the air-force intelligence experts in England studied runs of photographs taken over Monowitz, the new industrial complex under construction on the out-skirts of the town of Auschwitz. Monowitz was worked by slave labor from the concentration camp, and the hutments of their encampment on the site—known as "Auschwitz III"—are clear on picture after picture. But this is not all. As the airmen switched off their cameras, many of their runs had taken them over the vast enclosures a mile or so to the west with their row upon row of huts, their internal partitions, their curious railway siding leading into the enclosed area and ending between two symmetrical blocks of permanent buildings.
For decades, these photographs and prints have lain unvisited in the archives. Monowitz was what interested the photographic interpreters at the time. They had no idea what the place at the margin of the target area was, and it did not even rouse their speculation. It was, in fact, Birkenau, the main Auschwitz camp, containing the central death installation of the Holocaust which, as these aircraft passed overhead, was working at full…
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Getting a Mortgage Quote
One of the basic set of most people have got to perform before committing to home loans or any other types of home loan is looking for quotes. Quotes are one technique to find out if a house loan is cheap or expensive. It will show you what special offers are far better and precisely what are not.
Mortgage quotes are essentially estimates provided by mortgage corporations to property owners and probable buyers. Quotes points the approximated monthly repayments that you will need to make for your property mortgage of selection.
There are a large number of factors related to a mortgage quote, which includes the mortgage kind, number of years you want to settle the loan and your credit record. Home loan quotes also vary according to the lender giving you. Just like in the case of refund , mortgage quotes are also attainable online.
Simply go to a mortgage lender's website and find out the simplest way you can get mortgage quotes, sometimes even for free of charge.
Aside from providing you clues concerning the loan companies that offer discounted prices, mortgage quotes are even your guideline around the latest market prices. They are not only essential in buying loans. You can also make use of them before refinancing. Since mortgage prices changes on a regular basis, you might want to check if your quotes have a time and date of expiry or whether you have the newest mortgage costs.
When asking lenders for a home loan quote, you preferably should ensure that you are conscious about the home loan interest rate. You must absolutely know correctly if the mortgage is interest only, or if the primary is also paid if you make repayments. You also need to take be aware of the various kinds of mortgage loans and their respective features.
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The president of the State Firefighters Association says the blazes burning across the region should convince Californians to invest more in firefighting resources.
Frank Stoltze: California State Firefighters Association President Kevin Nida says it should be clear to anyone who's watched the news this week.
Kevin Nida: Everyone has seen it on TV. There's no sugarcoating it. We don't have enough resources. We need Sacramento's help. We need our local officials' help to convince the taxpayers that additional fees and funds are required.
Stoltze: In the wake of major fires four years ago, a blue ribbon panel offered a wide range of recommendations for strengthening the state's firefighting capabilities. State Senator Christine Kehoe sat on that panel. She concedes that plenty on the list – more firefighters, more water dropping helicopters – did not get funded amid demands for more money for education, health care, and law enforcement.
Senator Christine Kehoe: Is it politically feasible and fiscally feasible to fund the entire roster of blue ribbon recommendations? At this point, I think we'd have to do a lot of public education to get there.
Stoltze: Kehoe notes that the recommendation to upgrade the state's fire communications systems would, by itself, cost upwards of $7 billion. Kehoe, who's from San Diego, concedes that her county could improve its local firefighter funding too. San Diego has yet to form a consolidated county fire department.


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The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel. — Abraham
Appreciation and love, and alignment to that which is Source, is the ultimate "giving back," so to speak, for in yourpain or struggle, you have nothing to give back. What you are living is always an exact replication of your vibrational patterns of thought. Nothing could be more fair than life as you are living it, for as you are thinking, you are vibrating, and as you are vibrating, you are attracting—and so you are always getting back the essence of what you are giving. — Abraham
Make the best of it. When you make the best of whatever you're focused upon, your future will be better than your now. If each moment you're making the best of what-is, no matter what it is, you make the best of it; make the best of it; make the best of it—your future just gets better and better and better, and better. — Abraham
Life Will Always Be Working Out for Me. . . I like understanding that things are always evolving, and while there are many things that could be better where I am, it is not really a problem because "where I am" is constantly changing to something better. I like knowing that as I look for the best things around me where I am, those things become more prevalent in my experience.
It is fun to know that things are always working out for me, and as I watch for the evidence of that . . . I see more evidence of that every day. — Abraham
Not only does the thought you are choosing right now attract the next thought and the next . . . and so on—it also provides the basis of your alignment with your Inner Being. As you consistently and deliberately think and speak more of what you do want and less of what you do not want, you will find yourself more often in alignment with the pure, positive essence of your own Source; and under those conditions, your life will be extremely pleasing to you. — Abraham
There will be a time, not so far from now, that you will look back on this phase of your life and instead of condemning it or beating up on it… Instead of blaming or guilting, you will feel appreciation for it, because you will understand that a renewed desire for life was born out of this time period that will bring you to physical heights that you could not have achieved without the contrast that gave birth to this desire. — Abraham
It's not your work to make anything happen. It's your work to dream it and let it happen. Law of Attraction will make it happen. In your joy, you create something, and then you maintain your vibrational harmony with it, and the Universe must find a way to bring it about. — Abraham
Make up your mind that nothing is more important than how I feel now, because now is everything. Now is the whole enchilada. Now is the power of me. Now, now, now, now, now… You might as well start somewhere, and it might as well be now. Why not start improving your life now, now, now? — Abraham
Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn. — Abraham
Let your dominant intent be to feel good which means be playful, have fun, laugh often, look for reasons to appreciate and practice the art of appreciation. And as you practice it, the Universe, who has been watching you practice, will give you constant opportunities to express it. So that your life just gets better and better and better. — Abraham
A very good career choice would be to gravitate toward those activities and to embrace those desires that harmonize with your core intentions, which are freedom and growth—and joy. Make a "career" of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy. When feeling happy is of paramount importance to you—and what you do "for a living" makes you happy—you have found the best of all combinations. — Abraham
You are blessed beings, who deserve Well-being, and Well-being is making its way to you at all times. If you will relax and find a way to allow it — it will be your experience. — Abraham
See this world as a free world, and see everyone in it as trying—through their individual experiences—to find their way back to that calling, back to that Source Energy. And even though there are billions of them going about it in a way that is different than you would choose, there's no right or wrong way. In other words, bless them all, and get on with the only thing you have any power about, which is opening or closing your vortex to your natural state of Well-Being. — Abraham
If all you did was just look for things to appreciate you would live a joyous, spectacular life. If there was nothing else that you ever came to understand other than just look for things to appreciate, it's the only tool you would ever need to predominantly hook you up with who you really are. That's all you'd need. — Abraham
Feel appreciation for those who provide examples of Well-being. How would you know that prosperity was possible if there wasn't some evidence of prosperity around you? — Abraham
There is no right or wrong way to tell your improved story. It can be about your past, present, or future experiences. The only criterion that is important is that you be conscious of your intent to tell a better-feeling, improved version of your story. Telling many good-feeling short stories throughout your day will change your point of attraction. Just remember that the story you tell is the basis of your life. So tell it the way you want it to be. — Abraham
Anytime you feel negative emotion, stop and say: Something is important here; otherwise, I would not be feeling this negative emotion. What is it that I want? And then simply turn your attention to what you do want. . . . In the moment you turn your attention to what you want, the negative attraction will stop; and in the moment the negative attraction stops, the positive attraction will begin. And—in that moment—your feeling will change from not feeling good to feeling good. That is the Process of Pivoting. — Abraham
When you see someone living something awful, a rocket of desire for their resolution shoots out of you. And then, if you start focusing upon their resolution, you'll start feeling better right away. And now, you're part of the current that is part of the solution. — Abraham
So the big question is, "Well, do I just dump all those unwanted things and try to start fresh?" And we say, no. You just set the Tone, where you are, by looking for things to appreciate. And by setting your Tone in a very clear deliberate way, anything that doesn't match it gravitates out of your experience, and anything that does match it gravitates into your experience. It is so much simpler than most of you are allowing yourself to believe. — Abraham
When you are in alignment with who-you-really-are, you cannot help but uplift those with whom you come into contact. Your value to those around you hinges upon only one thing: your personal alignment with Source. And the only thing you have to give to another is an example of that alignment—which they may observe, then desire, and then work to achieve—but you cannot give it to them. Everyone is responsible for the thoughts they think and the things that they choose as their objects of attention. — Abraham
The best way to accomplish an improved environment is to focus upon the best things about where you currently are until you flood your own vibrational patterns of thought with appreciation, and in that changed vibration, you can then allow the new-and-improved conditions and circumstances to come into your experience.
Look for good things about where you are, and in your state of appreciation, you lift all self-imposed limitations (and all limitations are self-imposed) and you free yourself for the receiving of wonderful things. — Abraham
There is a big mix out there, and there's lots of different things going on, and there is not one way that was intended to be the right way. Just like there's not one color or one flower or one vegetable or one fingerprint. There is not one that is to be the right one over all others. The variety is what fosters the creativity. And so you say, "Okay, I accept that there's lots of variety, but I don't like to eat cucumbers." Don't eat cucumbers. But don't ask them to be eliminated and don't condemn those who eat them. Don't stand on corners waving signs trying to outlaw the things that you don't like. Don't ruin your life by pushing against. Instead, say, "I choose this instead. This does please me. — Abraham
Offer a vibration (thought–feeling-focus) that matches your desire rather than offering a vibration that keeps matching what-is. — Abraham
While it is obvious that a good-feeling body makes for a more pleasant physical experience, we want you to understand that finding pleasant things to focus upon also makes for a good-feeling body.
However, most humans are approaching the subject of their physical well-being in a backward manner. Most people who are experiencing physical ailments let their physical condition dictate their mental attitude. In other words, their emotions are responsive to their physical condition. When they are in pain, they offer emotions of frustration, worry, anger, or fear. They want the condition to improve so that their emotional state can improve.
Any illness, or departure from physical well-being, begins at a cellular level—but the overwhelming propensity of your cells is that of thriving. All day, every day, your cells are reclaiming balance at such refined and subtle levels that most people are completely unaware of the power and intelligence of their cellular bodies.
Focusing upon good-feeling objects of attention is the most effective way of providing the optimum environment for allowing unhindered cellular communication and the ultimate thriving of your physical body. — Abraham
You are joy, looking for a way to express. It's not just that your purpose is joy, it is that you are joy. You are love and joy and freedom and clarity expressing. Energy—frolicking and eager—that's who you are. — Abraham
People say, "The joy is in the journey," but they rarely understand what they are saying. You are in this focused time/space reality with goals and objectives that call you because as you identify a desire it literally summons life through you. Life summoning through you is what it's all about, not the completion of anything. — Abraham
Parents can't choose the mates of their children or the behavior of their children. You actually can't choose anything for your children without disempowering them. — Abraham
As you practice your more positive, better-feeling story, in time your pleasure will become the dominant vibration within you, and then as you couple your pleasure with your means of earning, the two will blend perfectly and enhance each other. — Abraham
You cannot worry about someone and love them at the same time. Most people mistake the emotion of worry for the emotion of love. They think that worrying about somebody means that you love them. — Abraham
It should only be talked about if the talking will make you feel better. It is of no value, ever, to activate and talk about something that doesn't feel good, because it reactivates it in your vibration; it makes it another point of your point of attraction so you're less clear.
In other words, when you focus upon the problems of others, you diminish your ability to help them. People believe that you've got to focus upon the problem in order to find a solution. And we say, no solution ever comes forth – it's never inspired; you never recognize it, and you are never able to facilitate or achieve it – from your place of focusing on the problem. They are two entirely different vibrations. If you have someone who has many things going wrong and one thing going right, beat the drum of what's going right, and let that be your point of attraction. If you focus upon their problems, you achieve vibrational harmony with something other than the Source that gives you solution. — Abraham
The Universe does not know whether the vibration that you're offering is because of something you're observing or something you're remembering or something that you are imagining. It just receives the vibration and answers it with things that match it. — Abraham
When you are feeling the discomfort from seeing other people in a lackful or needy situation, and you decide to help them from your place of discomfort, no lasting value ever occurs, for two important reasons: first, you are not in alignment with the Energy of your Source, and so you have no real value to give; and second, your attention to their need only amplifies their need.
Of course, it is a wonderful thing to help others, but you must do it from your position of strength and alignment, which means you must be in alignment with their success as you offer assistance, and not in alignment with their problem.
When your awareness of their situation makes you uncomfortable and you offer help to make them feel better and to make yourself feel better, you are not in the Vortex and you are not helping. When you feel an inspired eagerness to offer something because you want to participate in their happy, successful process, your attention to their success harmonizes with the point of view of your Source; and the infinite resources of the Universe are at your disposal. And that does help. — Abraham
You cannot find someone, even if they deserve it, as your enemy and stay Connected with who you are at the same time, because your Source will not take sides like that. No one can stay connected to Source Energy, and push hard against someone else. There are these battles that are fought in the name of "God", and all of these prayers that say, "God is on our side," and we say, god is not on your side, nor is god on the side of those who fight against you. god does not take those sides. — Abraham
If you know that all is well, you know all you need to know. And if you know life is supposed to be fun, you know more than almost anybody else knows. And if you know that the way you feel is your indicator of how connected you are to Source, then you know that which only a handful of Deliberate Creators, respective to the total population, really know. — Abraham
Just like the wild beasts, you want your own autonomy. You want freedom. You want freedom from negative emotion. You want freedom from somebody telling you what to do. Whether you are consciously aware of it or not — what all of you want is a sense of Well-being — Abraham
Whatever you are giving your attention to already has a vibration of its own, and as you give your attention to it, you include its vibration in your vibration…and then your point of attraction is affected. — Abraham
Your sophisticated physical body exists because of the intelligence of your cells. And the intelligence of your cells exists because of their Connection to Source Energy… Your cells, because of their connection to the intelligence of Source Energy, know exactly what to do in order to become the incredible variety of functioning cells in your magnificent physical body. And in the absence of the hindrance that is caused by your resistant negative thought, that communication stays open to clear, up-to-the-moment interaction, keeping your physical body at peak and perfect performance. In the absence of negative emotion—and therefore the allowance of complete alignment and communication with Source Energy—your physical body can reclaim its balance and recover from any imbalance. And once balance has resumed, it is easy to maintain with consistently good-feeling thoughts. — Abraham
You, on the leading edge of thought, are here enormously, creatively involved. There's something so satisfying about asking and deliberately aligning your Energy and deliberately finding the familiar feeling of that, and then seeing it manifest. — Abraham
When you reach for the thought that feels better, the Universe is now responding differently to you because of that effort. And so, the things that follow you get better and better, too. So it gets easier to reach for the thought that feels better, because you are on ever-increasing, improving platforms that feel better. — Abraham
My Most Important Relationship Is With My Source… There is no relationship of greater importance to achieve than the relationship between you, in your physical body, right here and now, and the Soul/Source/God from which you have come. If you tend to that relationship, first and foremost, you will then, and only then, have the stable footing to proceed into other relationships. Your relationship with your own body; your relationship with money; your relationship with your parents, children, grandchildren, the people you work with, your government, your world . . . will all fall swiftly and easily into alignment once you tend to this fundamental, primary relationship first. — Abraham
You're never satisfied. That's what life is, it's just this ongoing, neverending vacation adventure, you see. You can't get it wrong and you never get it done—and we recommend that you have as much fun as you can along the way. — Abraham
Entertaining Yourself, pleasing Yourself, connecting with Yourself, being Yourself, enjoying Yourself, loving Yourself. Some say, "Well, Abraham you teach selfishness." And we say, yes we do, yes we do, yes we do, because unless you are selfish enough to reach for that connection, you don't have anything to give anyone, anyway. And when you are selfish enough to make that connection—you have an enormous gift that you give everywhere you are. — Abraham
If you don't meet resistance with resistance, it dissipates dramatically. It just softens. Try it! Next time somebody says to you, "I'm right, and you're wrong," say, "Pfftt, you're right. You are right. You're right." And mean it. In other words, don't mock them. Don't be sarcastic. "You're right." And then watch how, all of a sudden, their legs almost go right out from under them. They don't have the energy to blast you, because you just took the fuel away from the fire. — Abraham
Make fun of death. We are as dead as it gets, and we are fully aware of this joyous experience. We are with you every time you allow it. We are in every singing bird and in every joyful child. We are part of every delicious pulsing in your environment. We are not dead, and neither will you ever be! You will just get up, one day, and get out of the movie. — Abraham
The perfect contrast of your time-space reality will continue to stimulate your thirst while also holding the promise to fulfill every desire that has been inspired. And so, whether you are focused upon contrast in this moment—and so, are in the process of asking for more—or whether you are focused on your breathing in this moment and are allowing what you have asked for, it is all part of the process, and it is all on your path.
Over time, your appreciation for the question will become equivalent to your appreciation for the answer, and your appreciation for the problem will become equivalent to your appreciation for the solution. And in your newfound ease with what-is, you will find yourself in the state of allowing what you truly desire. And then, all manner of cooperative components will reveal themselves to you in a delicious co-creative dance of Deliberate Creation.
— Abraham
The only thing that makes the difference in the way you feel right now is the thought that you are thinking right now. It doesn't matter how much money you've got; there are joyful people with no money, and there are unhappy people with lots of money. How you feel is about how you are allowing the Source that is You to flow. So when we talk about the Art of Allowing, We're talking about the art of being who you really are. — Abraham
If you knew everything was really all right, and that it always has a happy ending, then you would not feel trepidacious about your future. Everything is really so very all right! If you could believe and trust that, then, immediately everything would automatically and instantly become all right. — Abraham
If you encourage your children to stay connected to Source Energy, they will remain clear-minded; they will remain optimistic; they will remain enthusiastic. They will remain balanced; they will remain flexible. They will remain in a state of grace. They will remain in a state of Well-Being. And they will make wonderful choices. — Abraham
There is not something you're supposed to do. There's not something that you should do. There is only that which you are inspired to do. And how do you get inspired except by the contrast? It's the life experience that gives you the idea of the desire, and then as you focus upon the desire, the Energy flows. — Abraham
No matter what it is, if you really want it, and if you get out of the way of it, it will happen. It must be. It is Law. It can be no other way. It's the way this Universe is established. If you want it and you relax, it will happen. — Abraham
The realization that something is not as you want it to be is an important first step, but once you have identified that, the faster you are able to turn your attention in the direction of a solution, the better, because a continuing exploration of the problem will prevent you from finding the solution. — Abraham
When you withdraw your attention from those things that are not pleasing, and you put your attention upon those things that are pleasing, those pleasing things begin to become more abundant; and those not-pleasing things become more rare. Until, eventually, those not-pleasing things cannot be part of your experience because you will have eliminated your attraction factor from your vibration… What you think and what you get always matches. — Abraham
Reduce your workload by 30% and increase your fun load by 30% and you will increase your revenues by 100%. And you will increase your productivity by 10,000%. More fun, less struggle – more results on all fronts. — Abraham
The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you've discovered—and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well. — Abraham
Positive in all experiences: Always, when you know what you don't want, that's when the rocket of desire is born of what you do want. That is the fruit of your experience. Now pluck it and savor it and enjoy it. Visualize it, and find the feeling place of it. And live happily ever after, once you get the hang of this. — Abraham
Be easy about it. Don't rush into things. Savor them more. Make more plans and be more deliberate and specific about the plans that you are making; and in all that you do, let your dominant intent be to find that which pleasures you as you imagine it. Let your desire for pleasure — your desire for feeling good — be your only guiding light. As you seek those thoughts that feel good, you will always be in vibrational harmony with the Energy that is your Source. And, under those conditions, only good can come to you; and only good can come from you. — Abraham
You are on the leading edge of thought, taking thought beyond that which it has been before. Who cares what thoughts(beleifs) have led up to this. You're standing in the fresh now, and many of the thoughts that you vehemently oppose are the very thoughts that have given you the desire that has attracted the clarity of where you now stand. No matter how awful you think they might be, all were of value in the evolution forward. Every one of them. — Abraham
Who you are and what you know when you are born is everything that you need to know to thrive. You are born with a sense of self and a sense of wanting self to feel good and the mechanisms to bring it about. — Abraham
All is well, and you will never get it done. Life is supposed to be fun. No one is taking score of any kind, and if you will stop taking score so much, you will feel a whole lot better — and as you feel a whole lot better, more of the things that you want right now will flow to you. You will never be in a place where all of the things that you are wanting will be satisfied right now, or then you could be complete — and you never can be. This incomplete place that you stand is the best place that you could be. You are right on track, right on schedule. Everything is unfolding perfectly. All is really well. Have fun. Have fun. Have fun! — Abraham
You're never going to get to any final place. And so, we want to remind you to relax and start having fun on the way. — Abraham
Because we know that life is eternal, and we know that there is no ending to that which you are about, if one of you is killed in an earthquake or crashes your plane, or any number of other very creative ways you have found to make your exit into the Non-Physical, because we know the whole picture, we grieve not a moment for any of you. But from your more shortsighted point of view in physical, a lot of you grieve tremendously. — Abraham
The achievement of anything that you desire must be considered success, whether it is a trophy or money or relationships or things. But if you will let your standard of success be your achievement of joy—everything else will fall easily into place. — Abraham
Your child is naturally joyful. Your child is naturally tuned in to Source Energy. And as he was diving through and digging through contrast, it is natural that there would be some things that might disconnect him. — Abraham
Rather than trying to monitor your thoughts, we encourage that you simply pay attention to how you are feeling. For if you should choose a thought that is not in harmony with the way that broader, older, wiser, loving Inner Being part of you sees it, you will feel the discord; – Abraham
Good is the only Stream that flows. — Abraham
Be easy about this. Be playful about it. Don't work so hard at it. Let your dominant intent to be to feel good, and if you don't feel good, then let your dominant intent be to feel relief. Feel your way through it. If you think your way through it, you can get off on all kinds of tangents. If you feel your way through it, you can come quickly to your Core Energy, and when you do that only good can then flow to you. — Abraham
In order to help someone who's in a very different vibrational frequency, you've got to adjust your vibrational frequency so that they can hear you. And if we were standing in your physical shoes, we would not adjust our vibrational frequency down—ever. — Abraham.
There is the potential for relief (feeling better) indefinitely. In other words, we do not know of any ending point to the amount of clarity, and adventure, and joy, and Well-Being—it is an unlimited thing. — Abraham
Just do your best to keep yourself in balance. One of the first things that causes Energy misalignment, is asking or demanding too much of yourself in terms of time and effort. In other words, you just cannot burn the candle at both ends, so that you are physically tired, and then expect yourself to have a cheerful attitude. So, the rule of thumb has to be: "I'm going to be very, very, very happy, and then do everything I have time to do after that." — Abraham
The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff — it is absolutely the amount of joy you feel. — Abraham
You joy your way to joy. You laugh your way to success. It is through your joy that good things come. — Abraham
Everything you do is for the purpose of the joy that it is giving you. And so, when you don't see something through, it means that it stopped producing the joy that you were hoping to receive. Of course, it is always better if you have anticipated something and you've stayed lined up with it. If you're lined up with it, then it's joy when you're thinking about it even before you start, and it's joyful as you start, and it's intoxicating as you're going, and it's fulfilling as you do it, and it's satisfying as you finish it and you're in alignment the whole way on that. — Abraham
The idea of "success" for most people, revolves around money or the acquisition of property or other possessions, but we consider a state of joy as the greatest achievement of success. And while the attainment of money and wonderful possessions certainly can enhance your state of joy, the achievement of a good-feeling physical body is by far the greatest factor for maintaining a continuing state of joy and Well-Being. And so, there are few things of greater value than the achievement of a good-feeling body. — Abraham
Let your dominant intent be to feel good which means be playful, have fun, laugh often, look for reasons to appreciate and practice the art of appreciation. — Abraham
Most rarely align with their true power, because it seems illogical to them that there is power in relaxation, in letting go, or in love or joy or bliss. Most people do not understand that their true power lies in releasing resistance—which is the only obstacle to their true power.
Most people do not expect their path to great abundance to be one of ease and of joy. They have been taught that struggle and hardship and sacrifice are requirements that must be met before the reward of great abundance can be realized. Most do not understand that the very struggle they deliberately involve themselves in, in their quest for success and advantage, actually works against them.
There are so many things that you have been taught to believe that are counter to the powerful Laws of the Universe that it is difficult for you to think your way out. And that is the reason that we present this path of much less resistance.
We want you to breathe rather than try, to relax rather than offer effort, to smile rather than struggle, to be rather than do. For your true power is experienced only from inside the Vortex. — Abraham
Don't worry about this world; it is not broken. And don't worry about others. You worry more about them than they do. There are people waging war; there are people on the battlefield who are more alive than they've ever been before. Don't try to protect people from life; just let them have their experience while you focus upon your own experience.
— Abraham
You want the desire because it is the idea or the goal or the Creation that is responsible for a good amount of Life Force to flow through you. The main event is the Life Force that is flowing through you, not the manifestation. And if you don't believe us now, wait until that manifestation has popped, and realize that its power to draw life through you will be greatly diminished. That's why you keep wanting another goal and another goal and another goal… — Abraham
You don't have to work at being in the high vibration that is natural to you, because it is natural to you. But you do have to stop holding the thoughts that cause you to lower your vibration. It's a matter of no longer giving your attention to things that don't allow you to vibrate in harmony with who you really are. — Abraham
The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel. — Abraham
Take the time to line up the Energy first, and action becomes inconsequential. If you don't take the time to line up the Energy, if you don't find the feeling place of what you're looking for, not enough action in the world will make any difference. — Abraham
The achievement of anything that you desire must be considered success, whether it is a trophy or money or relationships, or things. But if you will let your standard of success be your achievement of joy—everything else will fall easily into place. For in the finding of joy, you are finding vibrational alignment with the resources of the Universe. — Abraham
The majority have been programmed from their past experience to expect physical decline. And while it is something they don't want, they are programmed to expect it. And so, they're going to get what they expect. It's not that what they expect is the reality that everyone lives, but that everyone lives the reality of what they expect. — Abraham
To hold someone as your object of attention while you're connected to Source Energy, is the greatest gift that anyone could give. When you're not happy, you don't have anything to give. And so, what it literally means is be happy, because you cannot give anyone something that you do not feel — Abraham
You were "predetermined" to have a joyful, expansive experience, and the way in which you will do that is all up to you. All other choices are for your physical format. — Abraham
You think that the goal is to be over there, and we say the goal is the journey over there; the goal is the fun you have along the way on your way to over there. — Abraham
When you ask, it is given, every single time, no exceptions. You are beloved, blessed Beings who deserve good things—but it takes a self-convincing before you will allow good things. — Abraham
You never get it done, and you cannot get it wrong. Life is supposed to be fun: you are creator, you are a focusing mechanism, and you are here in an environment that is very conducive to that. When you get hold of an idea, play it out for the pleasure in it. If you are doing it for any other reason, then you are not connecting to your Source Energy. — Abraham
Make lists of positive aspects. Make lists of things you love—and never complain about anything. And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention and be who-you-are, you will tune to who-you-are, and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes. It is not your job to transform the world for others—but it is your job to transform it for you. A state of appreciation is pure Connection to Source — Abraham
We practice the Art of Allowing. Which means reaching for the thought that feels best, not the thought that is the real thought, not the thought that is telling it like it is. Telling it like it is only holds you where it is: "Damn it, I'm going to tell it like it is. I'm going to tell it like it is, because everybody wants me to tell it like it is." Tell it like it is if you like it like it is. But if you don't like it like it is, then don't tell it like it is–tell it like you want it to be. If you tell it like you want it to be, long enough, you will begin to feel it like you want it to be, and when you feel it like you want it to be, it be's like you want it to be. — Abraham
You're not ever going to teach them how to vibrate, nor would you want to change them all to a place of vibrating just like you. Your work is not to fix them; they are not broken. Your work is to choose from among all of that which feels best to you, and fixate on it as long as it gives you pleasure and joy. And in doing so, you will align with the Energy of your Source, and you will live a magnificent experience. You just have to not let your joy depend upon what anybody else is living, cause that'll get you every time. — Abraham
Grandchildren are born with no resistance to the rockets of desires that you've launched forth… You've seen those little ones on computers? They have no problem with that. They were born with computers in their life; they're born cable-ready. They're already up to speed with what you've launched into the vibrational future. And that's one of the reasons that it's nice when the old ones croak and the new ones come in, because it sort of dilutes the resistance factor that's going on on this planet. — Abraham
The buffer of time gives you the opportunity to get it right before it manifests, to take pleasure from the vision and from the molding it into place… Can you imagine if everything was manifesting instantly? You would manifest this, and then you would manifest it away. And then you'd manifest that, and then… It would be a difficult thing if you were instantly manifesting every whim or every misaligned thought. It's so much better that you have this buffer of time where you can feel it into perfection before it manifests into your experience. — Abraham
Death is an inevitable cycle. But sickness before death is a symptom of resistance… You could just lie down in your bed happily one night, so content and thoughtless, wanting nothing in this physical world; and just reemerge into Pure Positive Energy… You can play it out any way you choose. — Abraham
You don't have to go back and deal with childhood issues, because those childhood issues produced a vibration within you that you are still offering — which is producing today issues. You can shift your vibration a whole lot easier when you're dealing with today issues, than trying to deal with childhood issues. It's the same vibration. That vibration that was creating childhood issues, now it's creating today issues. Deal with it in your now. "Which thought feels better? Which thought feels better? Which thought feels better?" — Abraham
You don't have to go back and deal with childhood issues, because those childhood issues produced a vibration within you that you are still offering — which is producing today issues. You can shift your vibration a whole lot easier when you're dealing with today issues, than trying to deal with childhood issues. It's the same vibration. That vibration that was creating childhood issues, now it's creating today issues. Deal with it in your now. "Which thought feels better? Which thought feels better? Which thought feels better?" — Abraham
As you are born into these physical bodies, you experience the vibrational continuum of the generations that have come before you. Their desires as they have lived as individuals—and their Collective Mass Consciousness desire— has emanated to the boundary-less boundaries of the Universe, and Law of Attraction is answering all of those requests. So, each generation who follows the previous generation benefits by the desires that have been exuded by Mass Consciousness. — Abraham
With each new desire that is launched and then allowed to manifest—you will discover yet another platform from which to launch more desire. This process of creation is not about getting the creation finished and finding an end to needed manifestations. It is about the joyous process of expansion. And in the very moment that your intention shifts to a determination to "feel good" rather than a determination of "manifest something," not only will you become a consistently happy person, but all things wanted will flow easily to you. — Abraham.
You just cannot kill everybody who doesn't agree with you. You can't do it. You'll kill enough of them, and pretty soon, you'll be down to the nitty gritty that is just you guys, and then you'll start disagreeing with each other… In other words, you cannot get to where you want to be by pushing against what you do not want—it never, ever works. — Abraham
Nothing needs to be fixed. Everything is unfolding perfectly. So when you stand in your now accepting that all is well, then from that vibration, you become surrounded by more and more evidence that all is well. But when you're convinced that things are broken, that there is pollution, or that things have gone wrong, or that the government is doing conspiracies… then what happens is you get caught up in that vibration, and you begin to manifest that kind of stuff, and then you say, "See, I told you that things were going wrong." — Abraham
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FCA Flags Binary Brokers and Affiliates for Committing Criminal Offence in the UK The UK's financial regulator officially started regulating binary options on the 3rd of January 2018.
Starting from the 3rd of January 2018, the UK FCA officially took over the regulation of binary options products in the country. The watchdog today issued a list of companies that are not conforming with regulatory requirements in the UK. Most notably, the FCA doesn't stop with binary options brokers – its warning is directed towards affiliates as well.
The financial regulator has inherited the regulatory responsibility from the UK Gambling Commission that previously oversaw the binary options industry. A number of brokers in the industry have been claiming to have a physical presence in the UK. The action follows a police raid which the was executed late last year.
The FCA has said that, since the start of January, all companies offering binary options trading in the UK without authorization are committing a criminal offence. Brokers operating without regulatory oversight will be acting in breach of section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA).
As part of its new responsibilities, when regulating binary options, the FCA is publishing a list of brokers that are in violation of UK laws. The watchdog has listed a total of 94 companies, including names such as Ayrex, Binary Tilt, CT Option, Investoo.com, Option888, and many others.
Full story https://www.financemagnates.com/binary-options/regulation/fca-flags-binary-brokers-affiliates-committing-criminal-offence-uk/


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A daughter's pain, a mother's nightmare
A few years ago I was faced with every mother's nightmare. My sixteen-year old daughter was drugged and attacked at the house of a friend. Words can not describe my anguish at not being able to protect my baby from this act of betrayal by a person she thought she knew. A person she thought was her friend. The strange thing was she has no memory of the assault.
My daughter was slipped the drug known as a "roofy". She accepted a glass of kool-aid upon arriving and a few minutes later became sick to her stomach. Laying down in a spare room in the hopes she would start feeling better she awoke 8 hours later alone and disoriented. Rohypnol is a powerful sedative packing 10 times the effect of Valium. It is available in every state in the union for as little as $1 to $5 dollars a piece. It is the size and shape of a a common aspirin with cross or single scored on one side and the word Roche or a 1 or 2 in a circle on the other. Rhohypnol easily dissolves in any liquid and is colorless, odorless and tasteless (other than a slight salty aftertaste). In an effort to reduce its illegal use, manufacturers now sell iti n a green capsule with the numbers 542 on the side.
The effects of Rhohypnol are fast acting once ingested within 20 minutes the victim may feel nauseous, drowsy, and disoriented for a short time before becoming helpless or unconscious. and unable to resist her attacker or even call for help.
The effects of Rhohypnol last from 8 to 12 hours and are faster and more profound when mixed with alcohol. Severe allergic reactions or symptoms mirroring alcohol poisoning have also been reported.
Important safeguards:
Never accept an open drink. If you are drinking from a can or bottle open it yourself
Never leave your drink unattended
Never go out alone
Never drink anything that tastes funny( possibly salty) or has a strange appearance such as too foamy or with a residue on the bottom .
Never mix drugs and alcohol
Signs of a possible assault:
- Feeling more intoxicated than usual or in relation to what you have drank
- Feeling intoxicated or sick soon after drinking a non-alcoholic drink
- Waking up feeling confused or unable to recall a period of time
- Waking up in a strangers house or a motel room with no recall
If you suspect someone you love has drugged and assaulted:
Encourage them to seek medical attention,
Encourage them to seek counseling,
Encourage and support the victim,
** Victims of any type of assault are often anxious, confused and guilt-ridden assure the victim this is not their fault but the fault of the person who committed the crime.
Today my daughter is still recovering. She lost the baby three weeks after we found out. Thankfully she contracted no diseases as a result of the attack. The boy was never prosecuted because of a lack of evidence and remains free to this day to victimize another mother's daughter. Please speak to your daughters about the dangers of Rhohipnol.
I agree, there are too many sick people around. It also isn't just restricted to girls, so warn any sons out there too! Sometimes this drug is used for humiliation, like with mobile videos, but it can also be used for far far worse acts.
Sorry to read this story about your family, it affects everyone involved! I hope you all recover from this and get back to happier times ...
I am sorry for your bad experience. While I read your page I was thinking: What a sick world! What can we do?
Thanks for sharing your painful experience. I hope it can be useful to someone.
There are evil people in the world and our children need to know that. They are never too young or innocent to know what's out there. Predators look for innocent trusting victims. Everybody is not their friend, and all adults are not to be trusted. Great article!
My daughter believes she was given the same type of drug last spring by her former boyfriend. It must not have taken full affect because she fought back and did some damage of her own before the police showed up and arrested her for assault. Her disorientation came from all of the events that happened after she was dragged up a flight of stars and across a rug. By the time I was called from the emergency room she was pretty well out of it; she doesn't remember talking to me, and she doesn't really remember much about the two days she spent in jail except for being terrified.
I don't know if she was actually given something, but I do believe her when she says she knows the difference between how it feels to drink and the way she felt that night. I won't even say that his intent was to take advantage of her, but he hurt her, and she should never been hurt.
Our kids live in a very DANGEROUS time. There's so much out there that I've never had knowledge of, and that I learn about along the way. I could do without the lessons........... but lessons help us to help the next person. It's all about learning I guess.
I hope your daughter is able to look at herself each and every day and know how special she is. I hope she can find the place where she'll understand that nothing about that night was her doing, and I hope she knows that it's what we do that matters. Men who choose to violate women make that choice for themselves and their victims; often the victim has no choice.
I was a victim; the choice I made was to keep my children innocent, to NOT allow him to make them victims as well. Your daughter was a victim, but she had no choices; choices were taken away from her. Her choice needs to be to live, and to live happily.


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We all know the drill...line up, take off your shoes, walk through the airport security line, wait for your stuff, struggle to get dressed. Our local Houston, TX airport is the same as yours...
While there are many people who advocate that barefoot is best. Although this can be debated, there are some places where barefoot is NEVER good. The airport is one of those places. Have you ever looked at someone else's feet? Very thick fungal toenails, athlete's foot, open sores, warts and more are commonly seen on feet. The airports are generously sharing this with everyone...no foot covers are provided. How often do you think they clean the floor near security each day? Not very often!
When you go to the airport, you likely wear shoes that are very easy to take on and off. Many of you wear shoes like flip-flops or sandals without socks. So now you walk through security, where thousands of other travelers walk daily, without protecting your feet from the fungus, bacteria, and other creepy crawlies.
The next time you visit the airport, be sure to protect your feet. Bring or wear a pair of socks, even if it just to get through security. I know people who bring an old pair of socks to wear through security and then throw them in the trash on the other side. Other options are surgical shoe slippers or the paper slippers you get at the spa. Just wear something!
Preventing an athlete's foot infection is much easier than treating one. Just something simple as wearing socks can save a big headache, or itchy foot, later on. If you are suffering with dry, cracked, itching feet, there is a solution. Visit Houston podiatrist Dr. Andrew Schneider for a comprehensive evaluation and quick relief from your itch.


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I have been busy this week I've made two lots of Jam for Christmas gifts.
Apricot, there were 6 Jars but every time someone came around they managed to take a jar home with them, so I only have 2 left.
And 6 jars of Jumbleberry (from a Nigella Lawson recipe) I hid this ;) But my sister found it and smuggled 2 jars into her bag.
I'm thinking I will be making some more as these won't go very far.
I'm thinking I will be making some more as these won't go very far.
I used lots of my own berries Strawberries, Blackberries and some Raspberries and Redcurrants from a friend.
I used some free printable labels for my jars from here.
I did buy some from Hobbycraft but I seem to have misplaced them.
My memory is terrible much to my family's amusement.
I was also sewing for a couple of swaps but can't blog about those for a couple of weeks yet.
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Please lord allow my relationship to become strong once more. Allow me to forgive the mistakes and move on, allow her to do so as well. I love her more than life and want to spend the rest of my life together with her.
Please help us find piece in at this trying time and be happy together. Allow our families to find a way to except our choice to be together and let all come together as family.
I am not good at prayer as I was not raised in such a way. I believe in Christ and seek him out more than ever I need his strength and power to get me through. Thank you Lord for hearing my prayer and I will leave this in your hands In Jesus name amen
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BOYL 2019 Friday Space Hulk?
We will be using 15 point forces chosen from the Space Hulk bible, which has all the rules for pretty much everything apart from orcs, or any actual points for the Eldar! But it does have lists for Stealers, Hybrids, Tyranids, Marines, Terminators and Guard. The Space Hulk Bible has all the rules for too and can be had here:
Also Nico Realm of Chaos said he will be setting up his board on the friday too.
https://nico-realmsofchaos.blogspot.com ... wIRbe70uj0
Im going to try to convince him to play a game where each player makes a squad then gets 1 point for each enemy they kill, and we do 2 teams basically free form play on his awesome board. I think he will go for it, but if not he did promise me some time on the board, so we will see what happens.
SO yeah, if you want to play then rock up with 15 points of hulking ness, which if you want to be very plain is 3 terminators, 1 sergent with a power sword, 1terminator with either a flamer or assault cannon for 10 points, and a captain for 5 points, so a normal squad and a captain.


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SAN MARCOS: University of Phoenix collects school supplies for elementary campuses
SAN MARCOS -- The University of Phoenix's San Marcos learningcenter is collecting donations of school supplies from now untilAug. 25 to distribute to local elementary schools this fall.
The learning center is one of five San Diego County campuses --including learning centers in Kearny Mesa, Chula Vista and downtownSan Diego -- that are participating in the school supply drive.
Some items schools have requested are construction paper,crayons, dry-erase markers, tissues, gallon and quart-size plasticbags, spiral notebooks, colored pencils, copy paper, glue sticksand markers. All supplies should be nontoxic, and all colors andsizes are needed.
The San Marcos collection bin will be located at the Universityof Phoenix-San Marcos campus, 277 Rancheros Dr., Suite 200.
For more information about the supply drive or to find out whereother bins are located, call Dollyanne Hutchins, regionalcoordinator, at (800) 473-4346 Ext. 34077.


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Good morning. I hope you had a restful and enjoyable break.
Last week, UWA researchers, led by Boris Baer, helped to get Parliament buzzing with the installation of several bee hives in the Parliament House gardens. Honeybees have complex worldwide distribution networks and their agricultural importance as pollinators for major crops is crucial. In Western Australia we have one of the healthiest honeybee populations on the planet, yet the global populations are collapsing, making the innovative work of the Centre for Integrative Bee Research all the more important. If you want to know more, CIBER run weekly seminars on Tuesdays in meeting room 4.06 in the Bayliss Building.
Last Friday, I attended a marvellous free concert by Pinata Percussion, a contemporary percussion ensemble based at UWA, as part of the School of Music [email protected] series. These unique musical experiences are a superb way to start your weekend, and they take place every Friday during semester at 5pm in the Calloway Music Auditorium. They are free and open to all, as are the Lunchtime Concerts every Friday during semester at 1pm, also in the Calloway Auditorium. They present an ideal opportunity for you to invite your family and friends to campus to see some of our talented students and staff in action.
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When Professor Andrew Whitehouse entered the field of autism research ten years ago, the thought of preventing the disability associated with the disease was purely science fiction. But talking to him ahead of World Autism Day on 2 April, you get the feeling that what was a pipedream could soon be a scientific reality.
My mum volunteered me to spend some time with her friend's 4-year-old son who had just been diagnosed with autism. Meeting this young boy and his family not only opened my eyes, but truly changed the course of my life.
Professor Andrew Whitehouse
Read about Professor Whitehouse's ground-breaking work and don't forget to check out his 60SecondScience videos.
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Financial Aid for Study Abroad
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Travel can be expensive. Studying abroad while in college not only lets you earn college credits toward graduation, but can also help offset typical travel costs by letting you use your JCC financial aid.
In order to see how funds can be used, you should begin the process by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early as possible. Try to file the FAFSA by March 1 for programs beginning in the fall and by September 1 for those in the spring.
We also recommend that students studying abroad should designate a family member as power of attorney to negotiation of financial aid funds while abroad.
Study abroad scholarships
- Global Scholarship - Study Abroad (JCC scholarship from the Global Learning office)
- Gilman Scholarship Program (Provides scholarship funding for U.S. undergraduate students eligible for Federal Pell Grants to study abroad)
- Boren Awards for International Study (Provides scholarship funds for U.S. undergraduate students to study languages deemed critical to U.S. interests)


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One of the (many) things that are infrequently covered in science fiction is the reality of space travel. As science fiction readers, we don't let reality get in the way of a good story. We just go with it, and assume that things like the mind-boggling distances, gravity and lack thereof, and the physical hazards of flying around in the vast openness of space.
As an author, I think about things like that, and try to hypothesize how some of these (extremely gargantuan) obstacles might be overcome.
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A native of Padua, Rate Furlan graduated in law, then received his diploma at St Peter's Conservatory in Majella and attended the Centro Sperimentale Dramatic Arts Academy in Rome. He began his artistic career as an opera director and entered the film industry in 1948, as the screenwriter and artistic director on the feature film … Continue reading Gangland/Malavita (1951)
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Last Feelings/L'Ultimo Sapore dell'Aria (1978)
Summer to Remember/La Bellissima Estate (1974)
This offering comes from Luciano Martino's Dania Film, a production company that never shied away from cashing-in on the latest cinematic trends. True to their roots, and showing some real exploitation savvy, this time around we have two deaths to contend with, a father and son. Child actor Alessandro Cocco appears to be the son … Continue reading Summer to Remember/La Bellissima Estate (1974)
White Horses of Summer/Bianchi Cavalli D'Agosto (1975)
Following his rather limited performance in 'The Balloon Vendor', child actor Renato Cestiè returns for his third outing in the genre, 'White Horses of August' (Export title: White Horses of Summer) this time supported by two stalwarts of high-brow (and low-brow) European cinema, Jean Seberg and Frederick Stafford. Tragically both actors died well before their … Continue reading White Horses of Summer/Bianchi Cavalli D'Agosto (1975)
The Balloon Seller/Il Venditore di Palloncini (1974)
Il Venditore di Palloncini' (Lit: The Balloon Seller) was distributed internationally under the title 'Last Moments'. Quite how director (and UFO expert) Mario Gariazzo managed to assemble such a talented cast is beyond me, but I suspect the topic of alcoholism (and acting drunk in particular) may have had something to do with it. … Continue reading The Balloon Seller/Il Venditore di Palloncini (1974)
"Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything" (Jean Seberg) Spanning a little less than a decade, the strappalacrime sub-genre (better known as tearjerkers to English speakers) is one of the lesser documented group of films from the 1970s which had their fleeting moment in the spotlight not just in Italy but also internationally. Released in 1973, … Continue reading Strappalacrime


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In a climate of ever larger real estate companies, the most talented real estate professionals sought out a more personal setting and joined Lakes Sotheby's International Realty to create a dynamic new business driven exclusively by clients needs.
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A match made in arty beachside heaven, QT Hotels & Resorts has officially announced an exciting collaboration between celebrated Australian-born, London-based artist Shaun Gladwell and their newest boutique hotel property QT Bondi.
Commissioned in consultation with QT Hotels & Resorts Art Curator Amanda Love, Gladwell will be QT Bondi's featured artist with permanent displays of artworks inspired by the Bondi landscape.
"Shaun Gladwell draws extensively on the intense physical energy of the local context, blending kinetic movement with the landscape to evoke a brooding almost calming and still sense of romance" said Amanda Love. "This provides a fascinating juxtaposition against the almost extreme sport experience to provide a thoughtfully measured perspective that truly connects with the Bondi experience."
Shaun credits this Bondi experience as a rich breeding ground of inspiration for his work. "Filming 'Storm Sequence' at Bondi started a long love affair I've had recoding the kinetic energy of the landscape and I really love that. The Bondi landscape was essentially my studio for many years and my QT commission really encapsulates the energy and vibrancy of the local context through digital and sculptural mediums" Mr Gladwell said.
QT Bondi's 69 individually-styled luxury guest suites have been designed in collaboration with renowned hotel designer Nic Graham of Nic Graham and Associates to capture a quintessentially chic Bondi experience, featuring original work by Shaun Gladwell in the hotel lobby.
Blending an exhilarating mix of barefoot luxe, chic beachside glamour and all the privileges and sophistication of a world-class boutique hotel, bespoke detailing and designer finishes provide a dramatically fresh yet elegant interior with all of QT Hotels & Resorts signature quirk.
With the very best of the Bondi lifestyle at their fingertips, guests of QT Bondi will enjoy access to Pacific Bondi's peerless world class services and amenities, including valet parking, Pacific's Health Club and a vibrant dining, entertainment and retail precinct that offers exquisite menus, unparalleled experiences and designer stores overlooking a spectacular beachside vista.
Perfecting the art of living in the heart of Sydney's most famous sea-side locale, QT Bondi which will open in November 2015, will be the only boutique, high-end hotel on Bondi's seen-and-be-seen Beach.
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