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Welcome to Eating...Our Words' Bartender Chat, in which we sit down with local bartenders and get to know their style. Whether they're slinging beers or mixing complex cocktails, bartenders are our buddies and confidants, but we're turning the tables and the camera on them to find out what they're passionate about and what makes them some of Houston's best.
"Oh my God, no!"
I'd just sat down at the dark wooden bar at Goro & Gun and explained to the bartender, Eileen Aguirre, that I was going to take a video for the Houston Press.
"I thought it was just going to be a photo! Oh my God. OK. Hang on, I'm nervous."
It's funny how cool and collected bartenders are when talking to customers about their loves over a shot of tequila, but ask a bartender to tell you about herself, and she's suddenly shy.
"Let's just talk first," I said, as if easing into a weird first date.
Aguirre fussed with her bangs and giggled uncomfortably. Then she took a deep breath.
"OK," she said. "I'm ready."
How long have you been with Goro & Gun? Since August. So about six months.
What were you doing before that? I was bartending at an Irish pub not making amazing cocktails. I was pouring Guinness and Powers. Josh (Martinez, owner of Goro & Gun) stole me from Shay McElroy's right down the street. We've been friends for a while, and I hosted the first day that they opened. I'd always wanted to get behind the bar, but I didn't have the experience. But they had a little faith in me.
If you weren't bartending, what would you be doing? I guess writing. Or, if money was no object, taming wild horses. I like nature and mountains and stuff like that.
When you're not here, where do you go to drink? I like Poison Girl a lot. I like to kick it and have a beer there. My other go-to is Bad News Bar.
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What do you drink? I really like a Last Word. I'm a big gin fan. Or an IPA beer, or if I'm drinking wine, I love Malbec.
A person walks into a bar and orders _______. He/she has your instant respect. Hmm ... I could tell you what wouldn't impress me ....
Okay, what's your least favorite thing to make? Just, things without imagination. Since working here, I've learned a lot of history and where things come from and how they are meant to be prepared, so if someone comes in and orders a vodka soda with two limes, I'm like, why even add the extra lime?
If you could teach everyone something about bartending, what would it be? Don't assume a drink is girly just because it comes in a stem glass. Like when people say, "Dude, you're so weak for ordering that!" I'm like, you don't understand. Some drinks are supposed to be served in stem glasses. And they're delicious.
If you could share a drink with anyone -- living, dead or fictional -- who would it be, and why? Bukowski. I'd love to have a drink with Bukowski. I think I'd have to have a drink to talk to him. He and I would share a bottle of port.
Tell me about Goro & Gun's new Syrup Division. We have the lemongrass syrup and the aromatic syrup. The aromatic syrup is extremely versatile. You can use it in tea, coffee, baking, cocktails. The shelf life is six months unopened because the ingredients are all natural. After you open it, you should use it in about a month. It really never goes bad, but it loses its potency.
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The aromatic syrup is made with cloves, star anise, allspice, cinnamon, lemon peel, sugar and water. The lemongrass syrup is made with lemongrass, sugar, water and lemon peel. Alex [Gregg, the bar manager] developed both recipes, and he did a really good job.
Goro & Gun Aromatic Toddy 1.5 oz El Dorado 5 year rum .5 oz aromatic syrup .5 oz lemon juice 2 bar spoons of salted caramel sauce (made in house) 2 oz hot water fresh lemon peel grated cinnamon
Mix rum, syrup, lemon juice and caramel sauce in a glass. Stir. Add hot water. Peel a lemon and twist the peel so the oil squeezes into the glass. Top with some grated cinnamon, and serve.


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The British Geological Survey has formed a research consortium to improve knowledge of the geology of the mid-Carboniferous rocks under northern England. This research will develop a better understanding of the distribution and natural variability of rocks in onshore Carboniferous basins, and their properties. Interest in the argillaceous rocks of the mid-Carboniferous in northern England has been building over the past decade as some of the rocks have been recognised as potential sources for unconventional oil and gas. This work aims to address the current uncertainty regarding the influence on hydrocarbon prospectivity of primary depositional and secondary diagenetic controls, and rock behaviour at current in-situ conditions. The Onshore Carboniferous Basins consortium will focus on the following main themes, supported by the BGSs world-class laboratory facilities.
Sponsors in the consortium include exploration and production divisions of Total, Centrica and ENGIE (formerly GDF Suez), and also the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change. The consortium is scheduled to run for 3 years.
Contact Ed Hough for more information.

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You know that quote about sunshine and rain?
The one that goes something like "You have to experience the rain to appreciate the sunshine?"
Yeah. That one.
It's true.
Weather systems aside, this is fitting in many other arenas of life. It's the 'it can only get better' syndrome, when, at the bottom of the barrel you can only go up. It works both looking forwards as well as backwards, as when you realized how good your previous job was before you got the new one. It works when you realize that in your current state, it can't get much worse, and anything to come will be better. It even works in relationships.
Let's use an analogy. You have a pair of shoes -- they're fine. They're practical, they're functional, you like them, but they're not necessarily your favorite. You're longing for a new pair, a fabulous pair, a pair that just stops your heart and makes you excited about the day when you would have that pair of shoes. You act uncharacteristic -- you charge them when you know you shouldn't be using your credit card, you justify the purchase to yourself, to your friends, even to the shopgirl who, without a doubt, knows they're a bad idea. But you get them anyway. Wow. What lovely shoes. And you throw the other ones away.
For a while, all you want to do is show off your shoes. YOU. HAVE. NEW. SHOES. And aren't they fantastic? You, my dear, have made it with those shoes. Bravo.
Then you start wearing them. After all, they're fantastic, why not show them off? And you notice it -- a pesky little blister. Then another one. You are practically killing your sole, and your soul, for these shoes. For this promise of grandeur. For the embodiment of everything that you wanted in a shoe, just, as it seems, not really. Your fabulous shoes don't seem so fabulous anymore. They're just, literally and figuratively, rubbing you the wrong way.
Somehow the shoes, the ones that were so unexciting, the ones that you barely gave a second thought to, weren't so bad. They were fine shoes, they served their purpose, and dammit -- you know, you actually LIKED those shoes. Why the hell didn't you realize it before? You were so jaded by the promise of the new, exciting, flashy and fantastic shoes that you were blind to the first shoes' fantasticness. Now, all you want is to go back to your tried and true, your formerly unappreciated, your comfortable shoes-- immediately.
The moral of the story? Take another look at your shoes. Be glad that you have them. Put some serious thought in before you're lured by the appeal of the new shoes, because you know? Sometimes they just rub you the wrong way.


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Pique readers may have noticed a flurry of ads in recent weeks, urging people to: "Stop the Paving of the Dave Murray Downhill." Philip Langridge of the Churchill Property Corporation, who funded the ads along with The Ridge at Taluswood Condo Association, said the decision to go the public and start a petition was necessary to prevent an area at the top of Nordic Drive known as the Timing Flats from becoming a parking lot.
"If you look at Whistler Blackcomb's master plan for the next 20 years (from November 2010) and look at Creekside, it shows a maroon 'P' around Creekside and Franz's Trail, and another one on the timing flats," he said. "It wasn't labelled as a proposed project... and a lot of people think that (Whistler Blackcomb) is going to build it."
So far the petition has over 300 signatures. Langridge said he would take the petition to Whistler Blackcomb and the province with the goal of removing the parking area and restoring the Dave Murray Downhill ski run.
Whistler Blackcomb has met owners of the Fairmont At Nature's Door complex, while other property owners in the area have also weighed in on the future of the proposed lot.
The lot was originally created to accommodate the finish area for the alpine events at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
While it's not the most readily accessible parking lot in the resort, Langridge suggests that it could be used as an overflow lot on busy days. In fact, he said that Whistler Blackcomb already tried to use it that way in December 2010 and placed signs on the highway until residents complained.
In Whistler Blackcomb's Master Plan, the lot is identified as having a potential 175 parking stalls. The plan filed with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations has this to say: "A small parking lot that has a capacity for approximately 175 cars has been constructured on the area used for the finish facilities. This lot will be available for use in the 2010/2011 ski season and can be accessed from Nordic Drive."
Langridge is concerned that officially designating the site as a parking area, even for overflow purposes, creates a slippery slope for more development in the area.
"If they pave it and open it as a lot then they might have to put in light standards because it gets dark at 3 p.m. in the winter, and they're also going to have to put in toilets for the people driving up from Vancouver to park," said Langridge. "There are all kinds of issues, and if they get their way in the beginning then it could be the thin edge of the wedge — who knows what kinds of uses (the lot) will be put to in the future. Ticket sales? Coffee shop? Things evolve."
Langridge said the current situation has also created an issue for people using the Dave Murray Downhill run, which they were told would be restored after the Games.
"Whistler Blackcomb put in writing in 2008 that it was only temporary, and back in 2009 they said again that it was for temporary use for the Olympics... the idea was strictly to build it for the Olympics, then take it away and put the Dave Murray Downhill back," said Langridge.
The ski run to skier's left of the lot has been narrowed considerably; something Langridge says makes the area more dangerous and less enjoyable to ski. "This is a signature run, one of the best downhill tracks in the world," he said. "And now it's dangerous there, really narrow and accidents have happened. If a snowboarder or skier turns unexpectedly, which sometimes happens, then you're going to have people crashing into each other."


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Bubble Witch Saga Eternal Isles 18 Level 6
Starting Bubbles: 50
Recommended Potions: +7 bubbles and the RB Bubble(also use the +3 holes in the ceiling if you want 3 Stars)
Useful Charm: the Charm of Disarm
Points needed for 1, 2, 3 Star: 80 000, 110 000, 135 000
Special bubbles:
3 Bomb Bubbles
Infected Bubbles
1 Lock Bubble(1 chain)
Doom Skull Bubbles
Spider Bubbles
You start out by clearing as much as needed on the sides. Then you can bank your way to drop the infected Pyramid and unlock the chain. Sometimes you can unlock the chain before dropping the Pyramid and that is okey, as the Bombs in the Upper part of level 18-6 are quite high above the chain.
When you have lowered the screen so you can see the Bombs, shoot safe bursts so you can take your time clearing out a few Bombs. You will score better and have greater chances to pass the 18-6 if you take out either of the side bombs first and then start doing banks to free the ceiling as soon as possible. For the 3 Star score you probably have 2 or 3 Bombs intact when the ceiling brakes, but the third star can also be achieved with no green Spiders in the End if you have dropped the lower pyramid on two Green spiders.


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"Those who can bear all can dare all." – Luc De Clapiers
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we lived as if we had nothing to lose? If you woke up tomorrow with nothing and had to start all over again, could you pull yourself up by the bootstraps and start building again? Everyday would be bound by struggle and each step would be a leap of faith into the next. Does the though of this scare you or does it ignite your senses?
Most of us have grown so accustom to our lives of luxury that just the thought of losing our sense of comfort sends us into a panic. Of course, no one would willingly choose to throw away comfort for gloom and despair but what if it wasn't a choice? What if it was all taken in the swiftness of a sudden dark wind?
"If you're going to die, then die. If you're going to live, then fight." – Emilie Autumn
History is filled with giants of success who became that way only after hitting rock bottom, or being born into it. Oprah Winfrey was born to a young, low-income mother and was abused throughout her childhood. She was fired from a local television station because she was "unfit" for work on television.
Martha Stewart was the world's first female self-made millionaire. Only a few years after her firm went public, she was sent to prison for 5 years because of her involvement in a stock scandal. Her story could've ended there but it didn't. After being released from prison, she went back to work and within 12 months, her company was again profitable.
"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who, from an early age, knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good." – Oprah Winfrey
After finding success as an actor late in life, Liam Neeson lost his wife to terrible skiing accident. He was left alone to cope with his two young children. Instead of cashing it in, Neeson regained his senses and his career by pouring himself into raising his children and soon regained his stardom as a premier hollywood icon.
For Neeson, Winfrey, and Stewart, and a plethora of others, both famous and common people, rock bottom wasn't the end, it was the beginning. Rock bottom strips away the facade and exposes us to our very core. There is absolutely nothing left to hide behind. We are forced to look at our life for exactly what it is, both good and bad. The decisions and circumstances that brought us here become painful lessons, which if allowed, can help us to begin rebuilding.
In these moments we have no choice but to be humbled. It is in this humility that we ultimately find out who we really are. It forces us to find the strength within us that we no longer thought we had. We become self-reliant and we begin to see things for what they really are. We cease depending on externals for our happiness and ultimately become aware that everything that we need is already within us.
"Endurance pierces marble." – Moroccan Proverb
Lastly, we become grateful for everything that is left because all of the phony has been removed. We realize that there is nothing left to lose and because of that we are free to dare, create, move, and experience life like never before. Just as failure is often a prerequisite for success, rock-bottom can also serve as a launching pad for better, more vibrant life.


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We first visited Jose Maria Los Churrascos in the little town of El Algar over 15 years ago. It was an exciting event for the large group of us who hadn't yet ventured out of our beautiful La Manga resort. A chance to sample some proper, local Spanish cuisine in a somewhat unknown world!
Our friend Miguel, who's Spanish and owns a restaurant, was with us and couldn't wait to get there! We had a wonderful dinner and the owner Jose Maria came to say hello. A frantic and highly excitable conversation ensued between him and Miguel, resulting in the entire table of people being marched down to the wine cellar to inspect some treasures. Jose Maria lovingly cradled bottle after bottle of wine like new-born babies while Miguel translated the history of a wine collection that had been amassed by the family over generations. It was all very magical.
The restaurant has been open over 30 years and hasn't changed much in that time. Its home, the small, rural town of El Algar has changed a little, with bright new houses popping up. The first time we went it felt a bit like somewhere in the wild west (complete with tumbleweed). Now it's a bit more developed but just as quaint.
The menu has also developed, offering "classic cuisine, adapted slowly to the new times with imagination" to quote from their website. It's comprehensive to say the least, with lots of fantastic fish and meat dishes to choose from. Quite a mission to decide!
The choice of the evening! Described on the menu as savoury pastries filled with Mallorcan sausage with broad beans, it arrived looking like this! Crispy pastry, chorizo-like sausage, delicate baby broad beans, a centrepiece of potato all topped with a fried egg. How I love it when your plate of food turns out to be a masterpiece, and also one you totally weren't expecting.
This cheesy aubergine and prawn dish was on the vegetable section of the menu but the kitchen was happy for it to be served as a starter. Soft food oozing with flavour.
And for me?? Gosh, I have serious menu indecision at the best of times. I eventually went for something truly exotic sounding – scrambled egg with morcilla (Spanish black pudding), wild asparagus and pine nuts. Again, all great Spanish ingredients. And it wasn't at all what I was expecting. Everything was mixed up together into an explosion of flavour. Okay, not the best-looking dish I've ever eaten, but don't judge a book…as they say. It was simply wonderful.
On to mains, and another whole range of amazing choices. There's a whole page on the menu (well, more of a book, really) dedicated to cod. And then there's shellfish galore and the most amazing meat, all sourced locally.
The Murcian pork chops were as tasty as pork chops get, simply griddled and beautifully tender. The little straw chips were crispy and salty and incredibly more-ish.
One of the restaurants long-time specials is their suckling pig. On another visit our whole table of 10 ordered it. When in Spain, eat pig…they know how to raise them and cook them. This falls off the bone and the crackling is beautifully thin, tasty and crackly.
The one fish dish of the day, a lovely fillet of cod cooked with onions and pine nuts.
Wow! Even better than we remembered…oh and Jose Maria still comes around to shake your hand and make sure you enjoyed your food. It's open for lunch and dinner and does a great-looking degustacian menu for 40 euros. Put it on your list, got to be the best in the region.


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Crypts and Things is now available to pre-order via IndieGoGo.com, in a variety of formats.
See the following link for more details.
Couple of notes
When will I get the game?
The pre-order ends on December 2nd, so print copies will start shipping shortly after that.
However every pre-order will get a Pdf copy as soon as the final proof is done, which is due to be mid-October.
NOTE: The game will not go on general release until I've shipped the last of the pre-orders.
If you like the front cover I'm doing a pre-order package which includes a limited edition T-shirt with it on it.
If the Goal is exceeded
Seeing as I'm using IndieGoGo.com for this, there's a goal set for funds raised. One of the incentives to pre-order, rather than shamble along later and order when its on general release in Dec, is that if that goal is exceeded everyone effectively gets the first adventure module for the game, Blood of the Dragon, a sand box adventure for low levels.


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Trapped in the Eighties!
Saturday night was totally Rad! Crawdad's was rock'n and it was a flashback of big hair and power ballads. The music of the 80's sung the way it should be… By a bunch of thirty something's trying to sing the songs from their youth while they play… remember when.
The recent theme nights at Crawdad's have brought out the partier in the local boaters and been a blast for the visiting ones…such as the boaters from East Peoria who belted out " Roseanna" and " Time after Time" this last Saturday night.
It appears to be easier to let loose without caring if your off key… when you are on vacation.
Lots of bars have boring old Karaoke, why not come and sign your favorite tunes from another time and have a blast while you reminisce!!!!
Next time we just might need to play 80's trivia pursuit to test not only everyone's signing talents, but their memory as well.
"Life is an Adventure… Live it Here!"


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- Local food bank given large donation from stalled cruise ship line
- Canucks social media staff issue apology, delete tweet containing mention of George Floyd
- Dozens protest at Greater Vancouver Zoo after moose's death
- Hoax call 'deeply alarmed' staff, 'kicked us while we were down,' Metro Vancouver care home says
- Despite fine, Burnaby family fighting to keep backyard chickens
- A third of Canadians 'rarely' wear face masks, poll finds
- Outpouring of support for Okanagan family after racist attack on their home
- Man arrested, charges recommended after he had a violent reaction to his car being towed
- Protesters call for changes to wellness checks after video shows apparent assault
- Piles of human excrement, needles, graffiti angering Vancouver condo residents
- Vancouver park board delays public drinking vote to late July
- Some live theatre resumes in Vancouver, but music venues continue to struggle
- YVR now asking travellers to wear masks through the entire airport journey
- B.C. family rescues calf from bear attack
- Anti-police sandwich board: Vancouver restaurant staff member stands by it, despite complaint
- 'I'm in dire need of help': Grand Chief Stewart Phillip desperately seeking organ donor
- 'It happened so fast': B.C. senior speaks out about violent wolf attack
- Should pandemic-induced changes to Stanley Park become permanent?
- Businesses not confident landlords will help them during pandemic
- Horgan will speak with NHL commissioner on Wednesday
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He grew up in Maple Ridge, B.C. after his family moved to Canada during his childhood.
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Mechanical Ventilation System
In commercial developments, mechanical ventilation is typically driven by air handling units (AHU) connected to ductwork within the building that supplies air to and extracts air from interior spaces. Typically AHU comprise an insulated box that forms the housing for; filter racks or chambers, a fan (or blower), and sometimes heating elements, cooling elements, sound attenuators and dampers. In some situations, such as in swimming pools, air handling units might include dehumidification.
Where mechanical ventilation includes heating, cooling and humidity control, this can be referred to as Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC).
Extracting internal air and replacing it with outside air can increase the need for heating and cooling. This can be reduced by re-circulating a proportion of internal air with the fresh outside air, or by heat recovery ventilation (HRV) that recovers heat from extract air to pre-heat incoming fresh air using counter-flow heat exchangers.


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The War Over the Family
The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
The Divorce Culture
The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family
The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families
Kids These Days: What Americans Really Think about the Next Generations
Doubtless even cavemen used "work" as a subterfuge to reduce their domestic duties. Men today still manage to get by with doing little work at home. Nor do they have difficulty claiming that extra hours away from home are required, either by their superiors' demands or to bring in enough money to pay mounting household bills. Of course, some men truly like, even love, their jobs, not least because their work tends to have a coherent structure, especially when compared with the demands of growing children.
Now Arlie Russell Hochschild claims women are also using work as an escape. "In this new model of family and work life," she writes, "a tired parent flees a world of unresolved quarrels and unwashed laundry for the reliable orderliness, harmony, and managed cheer of work." The Time Bind is based on three summers of interviewing some 130 factory and clerical workers at a company she called "Amerco." Whether by accident or design, she scatters sufficient clues to identify it as the Corning Glass Company's central plant in upstate New York.
The company gave Hochschild an office, and her findings are based largely on interviews she conducted there or in employees' homes. The women, most of whom had young children, portrayed their jobs as "fun," even "carefree," as well as "a respite from the emotional tangles at home" and "more interesting than life at home." This being so, Hochschild tells us, many not only willingly put in ten-and eleven-hour days, but most don't even take their full vacation allotments. This dedication, she adds, is as evident for production and clerical workers as for executives.
Is this rendering plausible? It is one thing to say that work settings can be companionable, as they very often are. Even blue-collar jobs afford respites for socializing, and workmates often become good friends. But it is another thing to argue that people put in evening and weekend hours because it's more enjoyable than going home. For one thing, we have to ask how likely it is that women will acknowledge dissatisfaction with company policy to a researcher established in a company office. We know, moreover, that blue-collar workers usually agree to overtime because they want or need the extra money. This could be so in the Corning area, where the median family income is $39,277, visibly below the national figure of $43,082. (The Time Bind does not provide details about the earnings of the people Hochschild talked to and how urgently they may be needed, which seems an unfortunate omission in a study of this kind.) Moreover, quite a few of Hochschild's women are single mothers, trying to make ends meet on a lone paycheck. Whether many of her respondents were making the best out of a situation in which they badly needed overtime payments is a question Hochschild does not adequately consider.
Of course, professionals are expected to put in extra time at the office or home. If you want to go up the executive…
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(Entertainment Weekly) -- If I hadn't been warming to "Glee" already, this for sure would've begun defrosting me: "Dollhouse"-keeper Joss Whedon has agreed to direct one of the back nine episodes that Fox just ordered.
Turns out, the genius who gave us not only the "Once More, With Feeling" musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but also "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" is a big fan of Ryan Murphy's new phenom.
So when Twentieth (the studio behind "Glee") approached him about the gig, pretty much his only reservation was scheduling.
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"Joss directed one of the great musical episodes in the history of television on 'Buffy,' " gushed Murphy, "so this is a great, if unexpected, fit. I'm thrilled he'll be loaning us his fantastic groundbreaking talent."
And there's no reason to panic, "Dollhouse" fans: I'm told the auteur's moonlighting in no way, shape or form suggests that that show is a goner. He'd most likely tackle the side job after Eliza Dushku and Co. have wrapped their 13-episode order.
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I didn't know how much of this last week would be spent dealing with fear. Heights, the dark, spiders in the toilet, bigger kids. All normal parts of a week of play in a field on the edge of a wood. But what struck me again and again is the resilience and bravery of children who know they are afraid but refuse to let that get in the way of experience.
Jerry Hyde says there are some books which you only need to read, because it's all in the title; Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. That sort of thing...
Choosing the forty foot tree swing, walking out in the dark, becoming so fascinated by the fact the spider has babies that you get over your fear and look through a hand lens. The tales of bravery I could tell you, and that's just one week.
It's normal to feel fear. It's part of what keeps us safe. It's part of moving out of your comfort zone. A way, as I've explored before here, to help children (or anyone) move out towards those fears that won't case harm and to still feel safe is to help them see it as a challenge and to play with the idea. You can't simply tell someone not to be afraid. Something has to replace the fear.
We stepped out of the field, over the fence and into the dark dark woods at night. Nate said; "I'm scared!"
What of? I asked. "Everything." replied the tiniest voice. Are you afraid of the clouds? I asked. "Yes." Are you afraid of kittens? "Yes" said a slightly bigger voice. Are you afraid of fluffy blankets? "Yes!" ...of baby chicks?
"Yes!!" said Nate. "I want to hold Elliot's hand."
Are you afraid of holding Elliot's hand? I asked "oh yes" Nate laughed and took Elliot's hand.
What of? I asked. "Everything." replied the tiniest voice. Are you afraid of the clouds? I asked. "Yes." Are you afraid of kittens? "Yes" said a slightly bigger voice. Are you afraid of fluffy blankets? "Yes!" ...of baby chicks?
"Yes!!" said Nate. "I want to hold Elliot's hand."
Are you afraid of holding Elliot's hand? I asked "oh yes" Nate laughed and took Elliot's hand.
Sometimes it's a challenge to remember why you were afraid before.
Fear is an OK thing to feel, I tried hard to let the children know that it was OK and a normal thing for them to feel. The bodies way of dealing with fear is cortisol. The chemical trickle that, if turned into a flood will lead to a fight, a freeze or a flee. This stress response in it's trickle state gives us the adrenalised state of full attention, real curiosity and the learning sweet spot that comes with it. Too much adrenaline and the flood turns into a punch and kick, or a run from the scene. Or a shutting down, and a blacking out. Poppy's stress response is so extreme that she starts to black out if things get too noisy or busy or crowded around her. The doctors are still trying to work it out, but age 11 she manages it well, preparing an adult to take responsibility and notice the signs. Coming over and tugging a sleeve when she feels it start. Yet, the need to feel the fear and do it anyway is so strong she pleaded to be included "will I be still able to go on the swing and the night walk even though I have my head thing? Pleeeeeeeease" she refused to let anyone suggest she was not up for it.
Clipped onto the swing and ready for her first attempt I could hear her rationalising under her breath; "my friend did it... all I have to do is is is is... if I step off here where will I go... and what if what if? So we talked about the special kind of fear that comes before you do something really cool and really safe and how that gives you an even more special kind of feeling afterwards. The feelings you have when you have overcome a challenge. "OK ready" she said and let herself go into a wild swing with a scream that could be heard across the valley. It ended in laughter. "I'm totally doing that again."
Bob Hughes in his Taxonomy of Play Types uses the phrase; Deep Play. It's one of the hard play types to describe, yet whenever I have helped people unpack the play types and we talk about deep play, "you know that sensation when you do something tricky and you feel it right here, under your ribcage. That's deep play." Everyone nods we all know that feeling, from balancing on a wall and wobbling just a little, from climbing a tree and losing a foothold, even standing on a stage and preparing to sing or take part in a play. It's different for everyone. Your deep play could be my everyday experience. My deep play could be your relaxation. The Swedes have a saying about that feeling; occasionally you have to feel the ice in your stomach if you are to feel alive.


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Aragon Founder Luis Cuende joined us to discuss their work on building tools for decentralized governance. We covered the origins of his deep drive, why this is a crucial fight for humanity and the tools that Aragon has built.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How Luis became an advisor to the European Commissionas as a 16-year old
- Why freedom and technology became Luis' prime obsession
- The origin story and vision of Aragon
- The risk surveillance and authoritarianism pose to humanity
- Why decentralized governance is the key to freedom
- How to think about inequality and blockchain governance
- Why on-chain governance makes more sense on application than protocol level
- AragonOS and its different applications
- The Aragon Network Token and potential role in a decentralized court system
- The road to decentralizing Aragon organizationally
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Aragon Network
- The Aragon Manifesto
- Decentralized organizations can solve the world's worst problems
- Aragon - The fight for freedom Video
- Decentralizing Aragon's development – Aragon
- Decentralizing Aragon's development II: Minimum Viable Foundation
- Decentralizing Aragon's development III: Onboarding new teams
- Gnosis X: Build a revolutionary prediction market dApp on Gnosis & win up to $100,000 in GNO tokens
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Ultimate Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, 300g
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Episode 197: Cecil Baldwin
There's no real podcasting precedent for Welcome to Night Vale. In the decade or so since I started podcasting, I've never seen a phenomenon like it. The show seemingly came out of nowhere and shot to the top of the iTunes chart with loyal fanbase built up around Tumblr communities, creating fan art and fiction and dressing up as their favorite characters whenever the show rolls through town. The brainchild of writers Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, the show centers on the goings on of a small desert town somewhere in the southwest, an impossible place where occult creatures are commonplace and conspiracies are the law of the land. Baldwin, a Neo-Futurist actor based in New York, portrays Cecil Palmer, the host, main character and moral center of the program, imbuing the character and show with a hypnotic voice and elements of his real life personality that have become a rallying point for so much of the show's communal nature. In honor of Night Vale's 100th episode, we sat down with Baldwin to discuss the show's origin, his acting history and the recent announcement that he is HIV positive.


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Do You Know What All the Letters on Your Sidewall Mean?
Tire-roglphyics: How to Read Your Tire's Fine Print
Tires are your vehicle's connection to the road, and they are one of the biggest expenses associated with your vehicle. As a result, tire shopping can be intimidating. Metric and standard sizing, LT versus P Metric, load range and rating—it can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. We are here to help you decipher the information on your tire's sidewall and help you make sense of it all.
In general, the load range (expressed as C, D, E, and so on) corresponds to the ply rating. C is a six-ply rating, D an eight-ply, E a 10-ply. This is not the actual number of plies but rather a rating system that dates back to when bias-ply tires were common. Radial construction is the most common in modern tires, but bias-ply tires are still offered for off-road use. A radial tire allows the sidewall and the tread to function as two independent features of the tire. As the name implies, radial tires use steel belts that travel around the radius of the tire carcass at a 90-degree angle to the center of the tire. As a result, the ride quality and tread life tend to be better on a radial tire than a bias-ply tire.
The DOT Tire Identification Number is perhaps the most mystifying piece of information on your tire's sidewall. DOT stands for Department of Transportation—that part's easy enough. This is followed by 10 to 12 characters that can be used to identify the manufacturing location, tire size, and manufacturer's specifications, along with the week and year the tire was manufactured. For instance, 73BNP4F2814 breaks down as follows: 73 is the plant code, BN is the tire size, and P4F is the tire type. This information is only really useful to us in the event there is a tire recall. The last four numbers are important, though, particularly when buying used tires. The month and year this tire was manufactured was "2814"—the 28th week of 2014. This information is helpful, as many tire shops will refuse to mount, balance, repair, or even rotate tires that are more than six or seven years old to reduce liability in the event of a tire failure.
Another consideration is how a larger tire will affect your speedometer. We often hear "my speedometer is 5 mph off," but your speedometer is actually a percentage off, not a fixed number of miles per hour. You can calculate the percentage by dividing the new tire size by the old tire size, and not just the overall diameter. For the most accurate measurement, check the static load radius of the tire, or the distance from the ground to the center of the hub. Take this measurement and double it to get your actual working diameter. Note that all tires tend to measure smaller than they are labeled, and the amount varies by model and manufacturer, so to be accurate you need to physically measure the height of the old tire and the new tire. More math formulas can be found in the captions; they are key to deciphering the information on your sidewalls.
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BARCELONA ISSUE 27 Feb 2005
Hiperespai Barcelona photography
New studio/location - Hiperespai is an industrial unit that belongs to a former corner textile factory called "La Escocesa", located in the Poblenou district of Barcelona.
The studio space is 40 by 11 metres, providing a total of 500 m2. The internal space is completely open plan, allowing maximum flexibility with large flexible panels. The entrance area is flooded in direct sunlight throughout the entire afternoon. There is storage space and bathroom with a shower unit.
All furniture has wheels for easy re-positioning, the extractor fan in the kitchen can be dismounted in minutes and can move to any part of the studio. The wall beneath the mezzanine is also dismountable enabling additional perspectives. Most windows are connected to a patio, where extra lighting can be positioned. As they say: "everything moves in the Hiperespai"
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Like many others, I also love Python 3. Not only is Python 3 finally ready for prime-time, but - from gainful employment to games - Python's community is simply the most amazing set of programing enthusiasts in our modern world. -If you want to do something, chances are extremely good that someone has a package that can help you do things ALLOT quicker.
So it was with collecting Wikiquotes!
Quotes Matter
I have been collecting quotes since my college days. Indeed, from then to prior to to-date I have amassed a collection of around 100,000.
When it came time to snoop around Wikiquote therefore, how could any 'quotie worthy of the moniker NOT try to collect 'em all, as well?
So as I sat down to "learn something" on this traditional occidental day of rest, I decided to give the wikiquotes package a try.
After pip'ing it down, here is what I came up with:
import wikiquotes
alpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"
major = 1
minor = 1
with open("./wikiquote_2017_10_22.txt", "w") as results:
for char in alpha:
result = wikiquotes.search(char, "english")
zlist = list(result)
for author in zlist:
print(char, major, author)
quotes = wikiquotes.get_quotes(author, "english")
for quote in quotes:
if str(quote).find("proposed by") == 0:
if str(quote).find("(UTC)") != -1:
print("tbd", char, minor, major, author, quote, sep='|', file=results)
minor += 1
major += 1
print("error", char, minor, major, "error", "no quotes", sep='|', file=results)
Using the above, we were able to download 17,068 things to review. The fact that we have an even set of 360 'authors' (10 per) clearly indicates that I did not get 'em all the first time 'round... but I eventually got the vast majority [5,225 topics? 153,621 quotes?] of them... (*)
Quality Comments
Overall, I should note that I was disappointed with the quality of the quotations. While there were some decent citations that I did not have, allot of the jibes seem to be far too fatuous; desperate attempts to garner cheap publicity for far too many unmemorable nouns. More than a few pages have absolutely no quotations on them at-all.
Yet - as mentioned previously - as we 'quoties seek to separate the gold from the gall, over time history has an annoying tendency to insure that only the strong, will survive.
Enjoy the journey!
p.s. If you would like to get the results of today's diversion, we just uploaded them to the Mighty Maxims Project.
(*) In order to keep the server load reasonable for our Wikipedia friends, I will keep THAT bit of code on my own 'local ... still sorting thru them! :)
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When upgrading to the most recent version of FreeCAD & Cura, I recently made such a mistake.
In as much as I was running as 'root' - and in as much as Cura decided on creating my ./usr/local files in my login-account's home folder, the problem was that I could not access the same when running under my default account.
When NOT running as 'root,' not only did I have to perpetually re-define my 3D printer defaults, but from time to time Cura itself would simply stop responding ("hang") whilst attempting to do so.
Ignoring the temptation to simply re-boot, I had no choice but to `ps -al`, then kill it.
Rather than removing & re-installing everything, the solution - obviously - was to simply change access to the Cura file set. For the uninitiated, we must note that changing permissions is merely a matter of using `chown` and `chgrp` on the above rooted-folder set.
Of course, one could also just blow it all away, then simply run Cura once again from your default account login:
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p.s: If you are looking for a PPA designed to allow us to use Cura under Ubuntu, then click here.
For a nice overview of how to install Cura on Ubuntu, you can click here.
Finally, in as much a links tend to come and go, here is my update to what the above link tells us to do:
sudo rm -rf ~/.config/cura/*
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/cura/*
rm -rf ~/.config/cura/*
rm -rf ~/.local/cura/*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thopiekar/cura
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install cura cura-plugins-all cura-extra-plugins-all
Note: When using your own login, using the 'sudo' command (as shown above) will keep us from accidentally running Cura - or anything else - as 'root.'
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Today I wanted everyone to know that our new book "Python 1000, By Requirement" - or simply "Python by Requirement" - is now available on Amazon.
No matter what we call it however, note that the book includes a coupon. The coupon allows anyone to view our Python 1000 videos for free!
Better still, if you are part of Amazon's "Kindle Club" (kindle unlimited) then you & yours can get the book, the videos, the starter & solutions files (etc.) for 'nada, as well.
Interested parties can click here to see what the book is all about.
Finally, many like to note that a world-famous author once noted that "education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." Surely this also means that learning must also be a journey... not a destination?
Enjoy the Journey!
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A smooth stone tablet. The back is divided into two sections by what seems to be either a spear with a curved handle, or a shepherd's crook. On each side, engraved in rough outline, there is a man on horseback facing the divider in the centre. The one on the proper right carries in his left hand a cāmara or a śaṅkha and there is a representation of the sun above him in the corner.
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- Event TypeRecordedPlaceMandasorDate1885
- Event TypeStoredPlaceNational Museum, New DelhiDate2017
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MA23 - Early Stage Lung Cancer: Present and Future (ID 926)
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The standard procedure at our institution for intraoperative localization of non-palpable small lung nodules is computed tomography (CT)-guided microcoil placement prior to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Typically, microcoil placement is performed in the radiology suite followed by transfer to the operation room (OR). Our institution has built the Guided Therapeutics (GTx) OR, which includes a robotic cone-beam CT (CBCT). The GTx OR allows imaging and therapy to occur in one location. This can improve workflow and reduce patient transportation, which may increase the risk for microcoil dislodgement or the development of pneumothorax/hemothorax. Our objective was to determine the safety and efficacy of CBCT-guided microcoil placement for nodule localization during VATS.a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method
This is a single center phase I clinical trial (NCT02496624). Patients with small lung nodules who were candidates for standard CT-guided microcoil localization were enrolled. CBCT was used to generate a 3D reconstruction. The lesion was then segmented using Syngo iGuide software. This reconstruction was next integrated into the digital workspace and automatically registered onto the fluoroscopic images, creating 'augmented fluoroscopy'. The microcoil was placed percutaneously using 'augmented' guidance, proximal to the lesion, using local anesthetic. Patients were subsequently induced into general anesthesia, intubated, and positioned for VATS. Minimally invasive resection of the nodule together with the microcoil was performed under standard fluoroscopic guidance.4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result
A total of 11 patients were enrolled (mean age 70 ± 11SD). The average tumor size on CT was 1.3 cm (range 0.9-1.7). The average deepest depth from the pleural surface was 2.3 cm (1.3-3.8). The average CBCT-guided intervention time was 39 minutes (25-54), and VATS procedural time was 54 minutes (14-78). We were able to detect and successfully resect all nodules. Average total radiation dose was in an acceptable low range (8307 μGy*m2, range, 2402–18,371). There were no intraoperative complications. Average post-operative length of stay was 1.8 days. A pathological diagnosis was made for all patients: 8 primary lung cancers and 3 lung metastases. All surgical margins were negative on final pathology.8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion
CBCT-guided microcoil insertion followed by VATS was safe, with short operative times, short length of stay and 100% diagnostic yield. With the GTx OR's real-time guidance capabilities, surgeons can operate with increased confidence of finding and removing the target lesion. This technique will become increasingly important in the future with growing numbers of small nodules being detected on CT by lung cancer screening programs.6f8b794f3246b0c1e1780bb4d4d5dc53
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P3.16 - Treatment of Early Stage/Localized Disease (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 982)
- Event: WCLC 2018
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P3.16-05 - A Nanotechnology-Enabled Strategy for Image-Guided Transbronchial and Transpleural Photothermal Therapy of Peripheral Lung Cancer (ID 12048)
12:00 - 13:30 | Author(s): Terunaga Inage
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Surgical resection has been established as standard of care for early-stage peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the development of non-surgical treatment and minimally invasive therapeutics is urgently needed due to the known morbidity of surgery, particularly in high-risk patients. We have previously demonstrated the potential of porphysome nanoparticle-enabled fluorescence-guided photothermal therapy (PTT) of peripheral lung cancer in preclinical animal models. In an effort to prepare this technology for clinical application, we developed a porphysome-specific fiberscope (scanning fiber endoscope [SFE]) and porphysome-specific thoracoscope (P-PINPOINT), both capable of operating in fluorescence mode, for image-guided transbronchial and transpleural PTT to treat endo-/peribronchial and subpleural tumors respectively.
In our study, we used three animal models: an in vivo human lung cancer xenograft (A549) in mice, another in vivo orthotopic VX2 tumor in rabbits, and an ex vivo pig lung into which A549 tumor tissue was transplanted. Forty-eight hours after intravenous injection of the porphysomes, the animals were used for imaging evaluation by SFE and P-PINPOINT, followed by photothermal ablation.4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result
The SFE, whose 1.2mm diameter is small enough to pass through the working channel of a conventional bronchoscope, could visualize porphysome-laden tumors located inside or close to the peripheral bronchial wall. The P-PINPOINT system had high sensitivity for porphysome fluorescence and enabled image-guided thoracoscopic resection of porphysome-accumulated tumors close to pleural. Porphysomes also enhanced the efficacy of SFE-guided transbronchial PTT and P-PINPOINT-guided transpleural PTT, resulting in selective and efficient tumor tissue ablation in the rabbit and pig models.
8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion
These promising results suggest potential in the clinical translation of this novel platform to impact non-surgical and minimally invasive treatment options for early-stage peripheral lung cancer. This could offer new strategies for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.6f8b794f3246b0c1e1780bb4d4d5dc53
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Living life on the ledge (It has ended)
December 29, 2017 by Shaun
Filed under The Fitness Bug
Tomorrow will be the final 'official' newsletter of this year. So I'll probably do a year review of 2017 on Sat.
But today…
Living life on the ledge
On Tuesday… I introduced you all to > 'Buzzcoin'… That will probably evolve into something cool.
And I said that I have ideas, at the end of that page.
With the speed at which tech evolves, it's hard to say 'exactly' what that evolution will look like. But all of what's going on there, will play a part in how things work here in S-curve world. And in many other parts of your lives too. Even if you don't realise it yet.
But one way that we can start using the concept of blockchain. Is…
**As a digital ledger for stages 1-4 via More buzz (Yup)**
Whose tech will be used, is hard to tell at this stage.
But by putting YOUR stage 1-4 into a digital ledger… We can then solidify your success points throughout the S-curve progress process.
It would then make it very easy to see the S-curve formula in action…The way that it can be seen here behind the scenes, as it's given to you as you progress.
There'll most likely be an app for whoever's tech is used. Which means it fits right into our formula @ the only thing you need is a smart phone or tablet to start as an official member.
And that's just the 'becoming S-curvish' part of the S-curve experience.
The other parts of the S-curve experience
That's where the other areas of 'usefulness' come into play. As we cover many different aspects of life on
Those too will be affected by whatever happens with blockchain tech (Yup… I'm in that geek zone, like when I created your S-curve nutrition calculator back in 2011. Which we still use today).
It will grow for sure. And however it grows… Will be reflected throughout the S-curve experience.
Which is why the Buzzcoin page has been put up. So that you can get a grip on things as early as possible.
And for YOU to see the different areas that are being tapped into (You'll get guidance on this, as stated on the page… Just reply or message as usual).
And of course… You get a kick start on stage one, for free (kinda).
You're probably feeling > like this right now.
So I'll end it there. And like they say in my home country in the UK…
"Get in there son…" @ Buzzcoin shenanigans
Even though I'm personally very global (Even had some mistake my accent as Australian. Ha @ S-curve member Drea from California).
#1 Message first, reply second.
#2 > More buzz is where everything exists.
#3 Check out > Buzzcoin (As there is a lot of potential for interesting things to happen there, within the


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Since I'll be moving to baton rouge this fall I'll only be living an hour away from the NOLA Motor Speedway. As such I'm thinking about buying a Nikon 300mm ED IF AI-s with a tripod and try my hand at auto racing photography. Does anyone here have any experience shooting races and if so, what advice would you give. Also a ton of camera nerd stuff about the lens after the jump!
(Camera Nerd Stuff Below!!!!!)
It's a manual lens, however from what I understand most people use their lenses in manual mode and just pre-focus on a corner and waiting for the car to come. I'd be using it with my a7 and would probobly buy a 1.5x extender. Since the A7 can be used in crop mode and if I used the extender I could turn it into a 600mm f8 (though letting in the same amount of light as a f5.6) and a resolution of 12mp, more than enough if you don't crop. I'd also probobly use it this winter when I go duck hunting with some friends. So I think it would be a decent investment at $400.


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I've never been a cereal for breakfast kinda girl, I have egg white omelettes majority of the time. Don't get me wrong- I'd love to have a good go-to cereal for mornings that are super busy or to switch up to something sweeter but I'm well aware of the high sugar content and empty calories that cereals provide. That was until I found this bad boy on the shelves of Kroger in the USA.
Kelloggs Special K protein flakes! 120 calories per serve (10g P | 19 g C | 1g F) Instead of eating it with milk, I prepare my Optimum Nutrition vanilla shake and pour it over the flakes and top with strawberries which boosts the macros to 34g P| 24g C | 2g fat.??????
I'm not suggesting that I would eat this every morning (as it still has 9g of sugar per serve) but as a quick, easy and no fuss breakfast – it is definitely handy. Especially whilst we are sharing a house and kitchen with others for our first few months here in the States.


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The AAFD Franchise Business Sales Directory, Powered by BizBuySell.com. A national directory of existing franchised business for sale, and franchisors seeking new franchisees.
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Online source of franchise opportunities and business opportunities.
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The magazine provides franchisees and franchisors with reliable information and resources for building and growing franchise business opportunities.
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Provides information and resources to the franchise community. The site includes information and resources to help franchisee and franchisor grow their businesses.
The AAFD has endorsed the Franchise Buyer's Manual. Written by Ed Teixeira, the book is for people considering purchasing a franchise. Individuals can use the manual to learn the pros and cons of franchising and how to find and evaluate the best franchise that matches their franchisee profile. Available on FranchiseKnowHow.com and Kindle it includes a disk with a sample Franchise Disclosure Document, guest articles and several financial worksheets.
A targeted, quarterly magazine aimed at keeping franchise executives on the cutting edge. www.franchise.org
IFA's mission is to protect, enhance and promote franchising through government relations, public relations and educational programs.
Over 25,000 FDDs/UFOCs are available from an extensive library that dates back to before 1990.


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ConnectedYou (CY) welcomes CheerIoT on board the ConnectedYou ecosystem as an "IoT Accelerator" partner.
Netherlands and Denmark – 8th November, 2018
ConnectedYou, the IoT service orchestrator and CheerIoT, the IoT solutions and connectivity services company, announce a partnership towards building an open ecosystem for IoT services including global cellular connectivity.
Enterprises developing connected products will be able to connect their devices globally to CheerIoT's aggregated network(s) with ConnectedYou's orchestration service platform. This allows customers to choose the most appropriate service providers in different regions around the world, with the ability to switch providers at-a-click remotely in real-time, should the need arise.
This partnership will also allow enterprises who wish to have inhouse control over their connectivity setup with virtualized network operations as a service. This enables large enterprises to launch a global network at will, along with combination of the eSIM based connectivity orchestration from ConnectedYou. This provides enterprises the absolute control and power, with the flexibility to make their IoT roll-out future proof.
This represents a major step for enterprises who seek to procure multiple service providers, granting them full independence and the best worldwide connectivity to expand their services after rollout. After all there is such a thing as "insurance by action" in IoT.
Access is enabled using ConnectedYou eSIMs in both plugin and embedded formats and is managed through a single ConnectedYou web console and unified APIs.
"Our partnership with CheerIoT is strategic and not limited to connectivity orchestration. Both companies will continue the good work in this collaboration towards delivering a truly open IoT ecosystem to clients and partners. This strengthens the CY offering to customers globally and many of these customers will benefit very soon in terms of expanded coverage and better pricing in more countries.", said Parag Mittal, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at ConnectedYou.
"Our mission as CheerIoT is to make IoT Connectivity affordable and accessible for everyone. That is why this partnership with ConnectedYou is a very nice step in this mission. ConnectedYou is first of its kind "IoT marketplace" bringing structure and market to a troubled industry by creating transparency and simplicity to the IoT universe and accelerating the entire industry. CY simplifies and future proofs IoT for customers into a seamlessly integrated first of its kind ecosystem platform. We are glad to partner up with CY, and we hope to welcome many customers via the platform." said Jurgen ter Hoeve, Co-founder at CheerIoT.
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ConnectedYou eSIMs are fully managed by ConnectedYou as an independent provider and can be enabled with connectivity from any provider within the ecosystem.
About CY
ConnectedYou is an independent IoT Service company offering a unique and unified IoT service to enterprises globally through a single access platform integrated with multiple technology and service providers. ConnectedYou's service is based on 4 pillar approach encompassing Devices, Connectivity and Cloud Services and Value Added Services. ConnectedYou enables an ecosystem that allows enterprises to freely choose services and offers from suppliers, enabling the ability to remotely switch suppliers within the ConnectedYou ecosystem. ConnectedYou provides enterprises with a future proof orchestration for all their IoT needs keeping future innovation and improvements in mind.
About CheerIoT
CheerIoT's mission is to make IoT connectivity affordable and accessible for everyone, no matter if you are a big manufacturer or start-up. CheerIoT SIM Cards are specifically designed for IoT Connectivity initiatives. The SIM cards have the widest coverage access worldwide with redundancy to multiple networks within a country. This way, your devices don't have to rely on a single mobile network. Because of the redundant network solution, the IoT project is protected for a single network outage. All CheerIoT customers are in full control of their active CheerIoT SIM-cards, thanks to the easy-to-use management portal.
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While waiting outside my VERY popular Yoga class last week. A fellow class mate and I passed the time with that polite 5-minute chat which goes like this''what do you do, oh interesting, what do you do…" .
You know the drill, only, this time, I decided that I would really tell someone what I do, rather than the usual oh you know…So I told her that I run a monthly meet up called the Procrastinators Breakthrough Club.
Instead of her looking over my shoulder for the Fire Exit, she actuallybegan to tell me about her own procrastination habits.
It transpires that she does what Amanda C Watts, (this months guest speaker) shared with us in her presentation at last weeks March Procrastinators Breakthrough Club.
Which due to popular demand (from those people unable to attend) we will be covering in a joint Webinar on 12 April at 8pm GMT. Sign up details to follow later this week.
My class mate loves the buzz of the last minute deadline. Like many of us do too, she told me that she thrives on the adrenaline rush that comes fromworking to the wire.
So I set her a challenge, I encouraged her to try out my 2-Deadline Method. This is where you set yourself a pre-deadline, and create version 1, and thenedit that and deliver version 2 for the final deadline.
Sounds a bit dull I hear ya, and also slightly unrealistic because you know when the final deadline is so you will never be able to motivate yourselfto deliver version 1 for deadline 1 right?!
This model is about teaching you how to become disciplined, and to raise the standard of how you choose to live your life. Therefore, changing the results you start getting.
I am a recovering adrenaline junkie myself. BUT ever since I discovered the power of the 2-Deadline Method. This Method has allowed me to deliver a much better product/service/presentation (Not perfect I want to add because striving for perfect is a procrastination trap in itself) to my clients/readers/JV partners.
This method requires me to factor in time to create, review, and edit. Therefore ensuring that what I deliver is my best work, not the result of procrastination and a lack of personal control over my business and my life.
So how is it done?
In the early days as you go about making this way of working your new standard of what you expect from yourself you will need to find an accountability buddy (someone that is also keen to raise their standard of living too) and asks them to hold you to deadline 1.
You will need to incentivise yourself to deliver to this deadline using things like money and embarrassing pictures held by them to be spent/released should you fail to deliver.
After a few months of this you will no longer need to use things to bribeyourself (because you will have raised the standard of what you expect from yourself) and then your accountability buddy will be able to switchinto being your unconditional cheerleader.
When it doesn't work
As with all things in life you have to want to raise your standard of living. Thiswon't work if you are not willing to try another way.
"If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got" – Henry Ford
What can you expect from making this change?
Your current way of living and the actions that you are taking is creating the lifestyle that you are living, the money that is/is not in your bank account, the car you drive, the house that you live in, the clothes that you wear, the holidays that you do/do not take, the satisfaction that you do/do not feel about your life, and your overall feelings ofhappiness/unhappiness.
When you change an action or behaviour you change your results.
A professional athlete wins because they train, even when they don't want to, they learn and improve from coaching and mentors that show them the way.
They are disciplined enough to train until their reality is a reflection of the effort that they commit to their passion.
Join me for the next Procrastinators Breakthrough Club on 19 April 2016 at 6.30pm in We Work Spitalfields.
If you found value from this post please like, share and comment, let's allraise our game together!
You can find me on Instagram and Twitter @abarnesauthor where I share daily top tips and motivation.


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Jessica Biel Goes Dark! What Do You Think?
Oliver Hadlow-Martin/Splash News
We've been so focused on how great Jessica Biel looks offscreen — with her chic bags and dresses — that we forgot that she would have to go back to work some day! For her role in Powder Blue, which she started filming this week, the actress has dyed her normally dark blonde hair to a rich chocolate brown. Looking at her on-set, it's a huge difference, making her green eyes pop out even more. We think she looks great both ways, but we want to know what you think! Tell us: Do you like Jessica with darker hair, or do you miss the lighter locks?


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Rugged Carrying Case on Wheels with Luggage Handle
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My New Year's resolution was to post to this blog once a week. Obviously that's not going so well. Since I seem to be having difficulty coming up with provoking theoretical snippets, I've decided to start sketching out a theory of aesthetics that founds a conference paper I'm hoping to write.
The goal of this theory is to understand aesthetics as a political act. I don't mean political in the pedestrian sense. Rather, I think I'm trying to conceive of politics in a manner similar to what I think Badiou is getting at with his notion of truth procedures. While Badiou would list politics as one of four truth procedures, I think it is arguable (though I'm not going to argue this today) that underlying all of the truth procedures is a revolutionary political bent. Truth procedures, for Badiou, offer the opportunity for subjectivisation; through militant fidelity to the event an individual, a couple, or a collective becomes a subject. The political nature of art is its potential to subjectivise the viewer, listener, or participant.
To understand this potential, I want to argue that it is necessary for art to function as non-philosophy. This term, coming from Laurelle and employed in a provoking manner by John Mullarkey in his new book Refractions of Reality, argues that an aesthetic procedure is not an embodiment or illustration of philosophical concepts. Rather aesthetic procedures are aesthetic thoughts independent of philosophical determination.
I must admit at this point that I am trafficking in terminology and concepts with which I have, at best, minor experience. I've just started reading Badiou and what little I know about Laurelle comes from discussions with friends and glancing through Mullarkey's book.
In its simplest form my argument is this: aesthetic procedures are political insofar as they are capable of subjectivising non-subjects. This capability is found in aesthetic procedures only understood as non-philosophy. Thus far I am more or less combining Badiou with Laurelle. I want to push further, however, and argue that in order for aesthetic procedures to be non-philosophical they must engage with themselves as mediums.
Let's take film for an example. There are a variety of films that might be described as political in normal parlance: Soviet propaganda films, The Patriot, Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent, etc. Political film, understood in this sense, would also include the vast majority of films made in so much as these films valorise the ideals or values undergirding particular arrangements of political economy. Slumdog Millionaire presents a world in which anyone can get enough money to end his or her problems and win over the girl. Che presents the values of the Cuban revolution. Even when these films attempt not to argue for a particular position, invariably they are trapped by the situation from which they emerge. To put it in Badiou's terms, they are all part of statist configurations.
The key to breaking out of these statist configurations is a medium's engagement with itself as a medium. In film, I think Peter Greenaway is a compelling example of how this might transpire. Greenaway, in a lecture at the European Graduate School, lays out a biting critique of cinema to date. He argues that to date 'all we've seen is one hundred years of illustrated texts and maybe some recorded theater.' Of course not all cinema falls into this trap, but the vast majority of films remain deeply attached to 19th century literature. Cinema rarely breaks out of this statist configuration.
Greenaway proposes that cinema must over come four tyrannies:
1) The tyranny of the text
2) The tyranny of the frame
3) The tyranny of the actor
4) The tyranny of the camera
These points are largely self-explanatory save the last. He is not suggesting that somehow recording devices be excluded, but that the role of the camera or the director of photography be eclipsed by the role of the editor.
Greenaway's critique is militant, rejecting everyone from Woody Allen to Jean-Luc Godard. While I might allow a slightly wider range than Greenaway, I think his argument is important. His films Dear Phone, A Walk Through H, and A Zed and Two Noughts all represent successful attempts to challenge what film is as a medium. In the terminology I'm suggesting, he challenges the tyrannies of the state.