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The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, executive minister of the United Church of Christ's Local Church Ministries, is resigning his position as national officer on April 8, 2016, to assume a new role as vice president of the UCC's Council for Health and Human Service Ministries.
"After a period of discernment, I had planned to communicate by the upcoming March meeting of the United Church of Christ Board that I would not be seeking re-election next year," Guess said. "My hope was to continue for several more months in my current role after sharing that decision; however, this new opportunity simultaneously presented itself, and considering the interests of my family, my eagerness to pursue new pathways of service, and the needs of CHHSM, I find it necessary to vacate my position with the Covenanted Ministries before my term expires."
With 16 years of service to the UCC national offices, five as a church national officer and LCM team leader, Guess underscored his full confidence in the committed and capable ministry staff of Local Church Ministries and pledged to work to ensure a smooth leadership transition. As CHHSM vice president, his office will remain in the UCC headquarters in Cleveland.
"It is with a bit of a heavy heart, but also a heart deep with gratitude for the work of this faithful servant, that I receive word of Ben Guess' resignation as Executive Minister for LCM," said UCC General Minister and President the Rev. John C. Dorhauer. "I know you will all join me in celebrating his legacy, and wishing him well as he lives into this new ministry. He is a person of unique gifts and ability, with a clear love of and passion for all that the United Church of Christ stands for. May it please our God to bless and enrich him as one door closes and another opens."
Guess began his work at the national offices in 2000 as the communications director for Justice and Witness Ministries, spent four years as the news director and editor of United Church News before serving as the director of the UCC's Publishing, Identity and Communication Ministry from 2007 to 2011.
A pastor in Kentucky for 12 years, Guess earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky, an M. Div. degree from Vanderbilt University Divinity School and a D. Min. degree from the UCC's Chicago Theological Seminary.
"Ben's extensive ministry in a variety of UCC settings makes him the ideal candidate for this newly created position," said Michael J. Readinger, CHHSM president and CEO. "He knows the local church setting, marketing and communications, administration, and the national and conference settings of the UCC. Ben is a gifted writer, speaker and preacher who will bring exciting new ideas to ways in which the connection between the UCC and CHHSM can become more robust."
CHHSM launched a national search to fill the vice president role in December 2015. More than 50 candidates applied from all across the country. "We were blessed with applications from many settings of the UCC, from the association industry, and from healthcare providers in several care disciplines," said the Rev. Loey Powell, executive associate to the president and CEO at CHHSM. "Fifteen candidates were interviewed and then six were selected to proceed to the final round of interviews. We were very pleased with the diversity of applicants and finalists."
"The selection of Ben to fill this role was a difficult one, given the highly qualified pool of candidates," said Readinger. "We feel that we have called the perfect candidate to join our team. Ben brings national recognition and all of the skills we were seeking, as well as a gracious spirit of compassionate servant leadership."
"I always will regard the privilege of serving these past five years as a national officer of the United Church of Christ and as Local Church Ministries' executive minister to be one of the greatest opportunities of my life," Guess continued. "The joys and challenges of leading the UCC and serving our local congregations at this critical moment in church history has been a source of deep fulfillment, abiding gratitude and personal growth. My heart will be forever buoyed by the hundreds of vital ministries and amazing leaders I have been able to visit, witness and celebrate firsthand. At this moment in my ministry, I am very excited about continuing my leadership in the UCC through support of its more than 350 health and human service ministries."
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"Born to Die", the new Hylas Films-directed video from King Khan & The Shrines features some pretty heavy magickal death and rebirth imagery.
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That the visuals were made to accompany a song that's such a high energy Psychadelic Garage Rock workout just makes it all the more fabulous.
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"Born to Die" is from King Khan & The Shrines' most recent album, 'Idle No More', which is in stores now on the Merge Records label.


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ABVP demands apology from KBC's producers
Divya Pal, TNN | Oct 17, 2011, 06.00PM IST
Irked with the question – Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is the students' wing of which political party? – asked by Big B on KBCrecently, ABVP's general secretary Umesh Dutt has demanded a public apology from the show's producers.
ABVP strongly objected to this and wants the show to apologise for spreading wrong information about students' organisation of India. Sunil Bansal, All India Co-organising Secretary, ABVP, told DT, "We have sent a letter to KBC team requesting them to rectify the mistake they made by asking a wrong question on their show. Unhone aise sawaal se logon ko galatmessage diya hai.
This error only questions the credibility of the game show. Not only have the showmakers asked the wrong question, they have also made the contestant win Rs 3, 20,000 by considering the reply correct. And what's funny is that the contestant got the answer when she used her lifeline – phone a friend. Since Amitabh Bachchan is active on Twitter, people have tweeting their reactions to ensure immediate action is taken to set it right. Since the mistake happened on national TV, it would be best to rectify it on TV. We did get a call from KBC team on Wednesday and they have admitted their mistake. But what they will do is still not clear. They have asked for some time. If we don't get a positive response from them within 7 days, then we will have to send them a legal notice demanding public apology."
While the channel hasn't commented on the issue, Vani Tripathi from Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha said the masses too believe this wring information to be correct. "ABVP is not the student wing of BJP. Just because many activists in BJP like Nitin Gatkari, Jaitley have been a part of ABVP during their college days, people think the organization is a part of the political party. In fact, BJP has only one youth wing Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha. ABVP has ideological coherence with RSS but in no way is the organization linked to any political party.""
Vikas Dahiya, who has been the national executive member of ABVP, said, "ABVP was formed in 1949. ABVP's registration No. S-385/1949-50 People should be told about this. How can we let them accept wrong information about ABVP?""


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Absent-minded people will totally relate to this man, who somehow managed to make the most hilariously obvious mistake. After his son Alex had asked him to pick up his beloved puppy from the groomer, the man came home with the wrong dog.
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Norman Borlaug's scientific contribution and industry was compelling and something I felt I could share with my science class. So I did up a just-in-time lecture. It's true that when you teach, you learn twice as my landlady used to say. So the more I did up my slides, the more I learnt of his enormous contribution to alleviating hunger. We've heard so much about the Green Revolution but when I dip-stick any class about who Norman Borlaugh was, I get blank stares. Then again, lots of people I know don't even know what types of food are made from wheat flour. And here was a man who almost single-handedly solved world hunger; and for India and Pakistan, their wheat yields went from famine levels to levels of self-sufficiency in just over half a decade, with India going on to becoming a net wheat exporter.
Within a few days of doing up the JIT lecture, I heard that the National Institute of Education was hosting Dr. M. Vijaya Gupta, World Food Prize Laureate who would talk about his fish programme in Bangladesh in the 1980s. The stories of how women become empowered through rural aquaculture were riveting and heartwarming.
It became a need for me now to package this into some sort of programme for students to get a more first-hand experience of "food". So that was how the Raffles "World Food Programme" was born. Interestingly, this food programme idea got people I spoke to, more interested than when i spoke about any other science workshops or electives that I have carried out. Food is such a common denominator.
and our first harvest of pak choy. Extremely delicious with a taste of the earth.
And just when I thought food issues were not going to be resurfaced again, Nature.com publishes a special feature entitled "Can science feed the world?" yesterday.


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The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, based in Durham, North Carolina, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the midwestern and the southeastern United States. The American Association operates in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball and is not affiliated with either organization.
The American Association exists so that professional baseball players who are not signed by a Major or Minor League organization could have another chance at playing at a higher level. Although the level of American Association play can be categorized as between A and AA, players in independent baseball are usually not scouted heavily by Major League teams. Many Major League alumni have called American Association teams home in an effort get back to the Majors. The league also caters to players who are not quite talented enough to play at a higher level.
The American Association was founded in October 2005 by four former Northern League teams; these teams were joined by five teams from the Central Baseball League and by an expansion team in St. Joseph, Missouri. The league began play in 2006, with a 96-game schedule. The Fort Worth Cats defeated the St. Paul Saints three games to two to win the first league championship.
The league's first All-Star game was played in El Paso, Texas (against the Can-Am League) on July 18, 2006. The American Association won 5-3.
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Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity North Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 1996 Fargo, North Dakota Newman Outdoor Field 4,513 St. Paul Saints 1993 Saint Paul, Minnesota Midway Stadium 6,069 Sioux Falls Canaries 1993 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls Stadium 4,500 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1994 Winnipeg, Manitoba Shaw Park 7,481 Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity Central Gary SouthShore RailCats 2002 Gary, Indiana U.S. Steel Yard 6,139 Kansas City T-Bones 2003 Kansas City, Kansas CommunityAmerica Ballpark 6,537 Lincoln Saltdogs 2001 Lincoln, Nebraska Haymarket Park 8,000 Sioux City Explorers 1993 Sioux City, Iowa Lewis and Clark Park 3,631 Wichita Wingnuts 2008 Wichita, Kansas Lawrence-Dumont Stadium 6,400 Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity South Amarillo Sox 2010 Amarillo, Texas Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium 8,500 El Paso Diablos 2005 El Paso, Texas Cohen Stadium 9,725 Grand Prairie AirHogs 2007 Grand Prairie, Texas QuikTrip Park 5,445 Laredo Lemurs 2012 Laredo, Texas Uni-Trade Stadium 6,000
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Florida Lawyer Sarah E. Cox is publishing series of instructional articles, all of which will be available on her Blog; second part now available.
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— Sarah E. Cox, attorney in Florida
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, September 15, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — The second part in Sarah Cox's series of instructional articles is now available on her Blog. The second article on Business & Real Estate addresses the case of Belize Social Development Ltd. v. Government of Belize, No. 14-7002 (D.C. Cir.).
Ms. Cox summarizes the case. In action to enforce arbitral award against Belize, District of Columbia Circuit rejects Belize's claims of immunity because transactions at issue were essentially the sale of real estate and thus commercial in nature; New York Convention's definition of "commercial" is not the same as the FSIA's definition.
To go into more detail, in 2005, Belize Telemedia Limited ("Telemedia"), Belize's largest private telecommunications company, and the Government of Belize ("Belize"), acting under the direction of then-Prime Minister Said Musa, entered into an agreement styled "The Accommodation Agreement" to purchase properties from Belize which the country desired to sell in order to better accommodate the Government's communication needs. According to this agreement, Telemedia was to obtain relief from tax and regulatory burdens otherwise applicable to the company, and receive other significant benefits. The parties also agreed on the following arbitration clause: "Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, which cannot be resolved amicably between the parties shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference under this Section."
In November 2009, pursuant to section 207 of the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), BSDL brought suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm the arbitral award. Belize moved to stay confirmation of the award pending resolution of related litigation in Belize, which the district court granted. BSDL then appealed.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed, noting that under the FAA, the stay order was not in conformity with federal law and international commitments. The Court remanded and instructed the district court to review and grant BSDL's petition to confirm the Final Award absent a finding that an enumerated exception to enforcement applied. On remand, Belize argued that the Prime Minister at the time of the entry of the agreement lacked authority to enter either the contract or the arbitration agreement, and that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute claiming its sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"). Because Belize had not provided support for its claim with respect to the arbitration agreement, the district court held that jurisdiction was proper under the arbitration exception to the FSIA, and granted BSDL's petition to confirm the award. Belize appealed.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirms the judgment of the District Court. The key issue here is whether and under what circumstances the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(6), arbitration exception applies to a case in which the action was brought to confirm an award made pursuant to an agreement to arbitrate.
Sarah Cox notes that the court comes to the conclusion that: "(1) the Convention's purpose was to 'encourage the recognition and enforcement of commercial arbitration agreements in international contracts,' TermoRio S.A. E.S.P. v. Electranta S.P., 487 F.3d 928, 933 (D.C. Cir. 2007); (2) the word 'commercial' is a 'term of art'; and (3) in implementing the Convention, Congress intended that word to have the meaning generally attached to that term in the international commercial arbitration context. As we discussed above, 'commercial' in the context of international arbitration refers to matters which have a connection to commerce. Belize's argument to the contrary will not sell."
The Court thus affirms the District Court's decision.
The Case Citation is Belize Social Development Ltd. v. Government of Belize, No. 14-7002 (D.C. Cir.). The article will be published in full on the Blog of Sarah Cox at https://SarahECoxBlog.blogspot.com
About Sarah E. Cox
Sarah E. Cox is a Personal Injury & Real Estate Attorney in Fort Myers, Florida.
Law Office of Sarah Cox & Associates, LLC
5055 Greenbriar Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33919-1910
United States
Office: (305) 563-0475
[email protected]
Ms. Cox received her Juris Doctor from Whittier School of Law in 2005, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2008.
Before law school, Ms. Cox attended Edison Community College (now Florida Southwestern State College), and University of South Florida, and received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in 1997 (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honors).
Ms. Cox interned at the Ruth Cooper Center Drug Abuse Treatment and Education in Fort Myers, where she worked with mentally handicapped individuals and lead group meetings.
Attorney Profile at: https://solomonlawguild.com/sarah-ellen-cox
Blog at: https://SarahECoxBlog.blogspot.com
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Law Office of Sarah Cox & Associates, LLC
(305) 563-0475
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By Joe Marconi
Due to COVID-19, many repair shops experienced a severe economic downturn, some with a drop in sales over 50%. Without a strong cash reserve and/or SBA funding help, many shops would have gone under.
My 40 years as a shop owner has taught me to always have a cash reserve. However, never would I have ever imagined a downturn like the one with COVID-19.
So, how do we plan for the next financial crisis. And, it will happen. Perhaps not as bad as the the virus crisis, but it will happen.
Here are a few things to consider: Have a separate, and hard to access, cash reserve bank account that has least two months of expenses. Also, secure a line of credit for at least one to two months of expenses. Also, know your numbers, keep payroll in line, and make sure your prices are fair to you too, not just your customers. Keep in good standing with all your vendors and keep your credit score high!
The bottom line here, is truly the bottom line. To weather the next financial downturn, you need a strong balance sheet and net profit to the bottom line.
What other strategies are you considering or implementing?
By Joe Marconi
As part of our debt reduction, I revamped all of our usual marketing and advertising and put those dollars into customer service and social media. For example, we ramped up our shuttle pickup and delivery service, extended our hours of service, made sure we spend a lot of time with each customer and made sure we called as many customers as possible. We also stepped up our meet and greet process and made sure will followed up with customer after the repair. Lastly, we increased our social media posts and increases ads and boosting. This has made a huge impact on our customer and already starting to pay dividends.
What changes have you made to your marketing strategy since the Virus Crisis hit?
By Alex
Has the Coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted your auto shop business? If it hasn't yet, it has the potential to do so soon. Please share what you are currently doing, how your business is impacted, what plans you have in place, etc.
Some things to consider:
Do you have a plan in place should you or one of your employees become ill? With school, event, and business closures, how will this affect your shop? Are you sending anything to your customers in terms of sharing your plans around keeping your customer and employees healthy and doing your part in your community? Many small and large businesses have been sending email communications to their customers. Are you marketing to your customers in terms of not delaying car repair, should there be a need to temporarily close? Are your parts suppliers sharing their plans, should the pandemic affect supply chains? Are you stocking up on business and shop necessities? Please share your experience in this topic and stay healthy!
In the media:
The coronavirus and its growing tally of sick and dead victims around the world have been roiling financial markets, prompting countless hand-washing reminders and ruining more than a few vacations, and that's before anyone knows exactly how widespread the effect will be on the automotive industry, including your local repair shop. Source
"By mid-March, the shortage of supplies will be felt and members are projecting they'll experience disruption through May or June," even if operations in China soon get back to normal, said Stacey Miller, senior director of communications at the Auto Care Association, a trade group representing 150,000 auto aftermarket and service businesses. Source
By Joe Marconi
I know none of us wants to hear this, but there will be a next crisis of some sort. I have lived through many downturns in my 40 years in business, the COVID-19 was the worst. But, out of every crisis comes lessons to be learned. So create your Crisis Plan today.
Start by understanding your numbers and knowing your breakeven. Then add to your breakeven a percentage of profit you want to earn. Equally important is creating a cash reserve in a dedicated bank account that will be used only in a severe emergency. Set your financial goals and stick to them!
Often overlook is your staff. Assemble the best team around you. This is a crucial part to ensure your future business sucess.
Lower your debt, get your credit rating up and maintain a good standing with all vendors. Lastly, talk to your bank about a line of credit that can remain inactive until you need to use it.
What other key things can we all share to help us through the next crisis?
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Take a moment to think about that.
Imagine what you could do IF you had a custom mobile app for your vehicle owner customers to download, interact with, and engage with your brand?
I'm noticing this trend in the food industry, retail industry, and now even in the medical industry.
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We're working on version 7.3, and part of what I love to do is get great feedback and build it into our upcoming versions.
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Staying Informed While on the Water Bass Fishing
Category : ANGLER'S POV
No angler leaves the boat ramp without their cell phone, as it serves as our camera and link to land should there be a mechanical issue or emergency on the water. So it is no shock that we have apps on our phones that benefit anglers; one example of such an app is the ScoutLook Fishing app. I rely on this free app while I'm on the water to get pinpoint weather forecasts, which is important when rigging your tackle for the next day or hour on the water. Why you may ask, well as I'm selecting a tungsten weight for my Texas, Carolina or Drop Shot rig, I want to use the smallest size weight as possible that will allow me to maintain contact with the bottom, this dictated many times by how strong the wind is.
Speaking of wind, many times the side of the lake that has the wind blowing into it is a great place to begin your search for bass. As in the spring and fall, this is commonly where the warmer water is. And then any time of the year the wind will be pushing warmer water into the shallows, thus attracting bass. By keeping a keen eye on the wind speed and direction with the ScoutLook Fishing app, I'm able to stay on top of this and follow the wind as it changes.
If you are an angler that fishes with multiple people, or maybe you rent a boat, you can take those fishing hotspots with you, as you can save your fishing locations right to your phone and return anytime you want. Also with this app, it has the ScoutLook FishLog, which you can record information about your catch. By tracking my catches I can make notes about what I caught the fish on and what the weather conditions were. This way I can see what patterns exist on a certain body of water or even a certain section of the lake.
Glenn has been fishing tournaments for over ten years, spreading his passion and knowledge of the sport via articles and videos. He keeps busy fishing events across Minnesota and on the Mississippi River. Glenn's sponsors include: Bass Boat Technologies, Ducky Products, Humminbird, Mercury Marine, Minn Kota, Plano, Rayjus, Seaguar, Simms, Snag Proof, The Rod Glove, TroKar, War Eagle Custom Lures, Witch Doctor Tackle, Wright & McGill and Zoom Baits. For more information check out glennwalkerfishing.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/glennwalkerfishing.


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Is it your relationships?
Having genuine heart connections with people?
Spending time with those you love?
Fun and excitement?
Having a healthy, fit body?
Creative expression?
Education and learning?
The opportunity to learn and grow spiritually?
Whatever you most value, make sure you structure your life around it, rather than trying to fit it into your life.
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The home of my friend and the end of the world (as we know it)
October 29, 2011
This week a colleague and very good friend came back from China. She went there for 3 weeks to visit her family. I think it has been a couple of years since she has not been in her homeland. After talking a while, I asked her what were the things she found different. She said now there are many more businesses, shops and great restaurants. For her dismay as earning a PhD on Urban Planning & Environmental issues, she also found many more cars and and extremely quick urban sprawl. She also commented how food has doubled price (e.g. vegetables or the same bowl of noodles from 2 yuans to 4). Other things, like transportation had not increased so much, though. An interesting thing, she found that in fashion stores like the Swedish H&M, clothes were more expensive in China than here in Denmark. "Even if they were Made in China!!". I answered that maybe it was because over there H&M was seen as a luxury European clothes, while here it was more normal. She did not think so, arguing some reasons. [I admit I also thought about some conspiracy theories, such as dumping and others]. All in all, these stories from China are nothing new for the ones we try to follow some a little bit the Chinese economy evolution, it is just nice to confirm the data from a friend.
Then I asked her about the condo. A flat she and her husband bought in the outskirts of city relatively close to Shanghai, about a year ago. They bought it to invest their savings, not really to live there. Upon my wondering when they bought it, they explained to me that prices have increased a lot, and while they may not increase so much as the last years, prices will not go down. It found a good deal, and they rent it right away, and who knows maybe in the future they could temporarily use it, etc… I told them, the story sounds awfully similar to the one repeated over and over, in the Western countries a few years ago. I also showed them some graphs of the housing prices in Europe and the US. They said China is different because, it is not convenient for "the" Government, and that the starting prices in China were very low…. Anyways, you can't go wrong investing in property in China… Once they bought it, the prices went up a little, but they have become flat.
-"So how's the price of your apartment, is still stable?" I asked. "Yes -she answered- it is more or less the same as the last months… You're SO interested about our apartment!! Why?"- She said smiling.
– "Because… your apartment is a symbol, it's a sign for me. If the price of it goes down, then it's like a dominoes that will reach the economy everywhere…. If prices go down, the new huge middle class in China will loose financial stability, they will get nervous and highly constrain spending. The Government and elites have been doing whatever they want, and the people won't complain because they're getting economically and socially ahead, but if things starts getting shaky and social protests come, they will have to start trying to give better expectations to the people. That could be spending not only in infrastructure as they have done, but they may have to offer more available health care, cheaper education (student loans?), etc. At the same time industrial production will come to halt, and unemployment will rise, then they may have to offer more unemployment benefits, and well connected companies will need more public funding, etc. Same thing as in Europe and US. For all these, China will need to start using their money and deposits in various forms in foreign countries. They will need to stop buying the crappy Western debt. This will unleash bad things. Western countries for sure will retaliate and block their products (kind of a similar thing happened when the Japan stopped buying debt from the US in the 1980s and then coincidentally the US blocked imports from Japan, destroying much of their industry. China and major Asian buyers have a much bigger population that only Japan, so they would not have a lost decade, but), this would not help China's economy, creating more instability. Probably then China will unpegged the Renminbi from the dollar. The instability will not only be in China but everywhere. Of course, this is all a possibility, but with 65 million empty homes in China, and they're constructing like crazy, it does not seem so unfeasible there is a housing bubble going on, and that people like in the rest of the world will start asking for more responsibility to their governments. [Ok, I gave her a lighter version]. So that's why I care about your apartment. So could you please tell me if the prices go down, even a little?
She said she would tell me. I'll keep you updated.
p.s. Telling this horror story I feel like using a blah, blah, blah from the zero hedge blog.


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Urban Legends, the urban catalog platform of Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), and Marvel Comics are collaborating to bring together the mighty, epic worlds of comics and hip-hop with an ongoing exclusive album series that will feature variant covers for select collector's editions of some of the record label's most legendary hip-hop releases.
The first releases in this joint series, out December 7, are Iron Man standing behind cracked glass for 50 Cent's incendiary 2003 debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'; the Punisher replicating LL Cool J's famous stance on the cover of his 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out; and Iron Man dueling Maestro, mirroring the cover of GZA's second studio album, Liquid Swords. Each album release will boast a pair of collectible options, the first one being a colour vinyl Variant Cover Collector's Edition that replaces the album's original image with Marvel's variant hip-hop cover art. Second, a Deluxe Variant Cover Collector's Edition will sport the featured album itself housed in a gatefold LP with the variant cover printed directly on the front. The deluxe collector's edition will include colour vinyl, along with a copy of the limited-edition corresponding Marvel comic book that ties in with the artwork. The deluxe version will also include a 3D lenticular print of Marvel's variant cover artwork.


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Tall classic straight jeans
Classic straight jeans for tall men. It has a modern look with the vivid orange stitching. Perfect wear for a lazy day. Call your boss, and tell him, you aren't able to work today. Pull on your new Wiedemann JEANS and enjoy your day off. The model is 201 cm (6'7 ft) tall and wears W36 / L36
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The Christian Cemetery is situated at Wari, a district of Old Town in Dhaka. It started to go into a declining state within a few years after it was built, and it still is in ruins and wilderness.
It was developed mainly for the European traders and their families, thus most members of the East India Company lie buried there.The oldest grave there belongs to Reverend Joseph Paget, minister of calcutta, who died there in 1774 at the age of 26.
The cemetery had been in a declining state since the early 1800s as noticed by both Bishop Heber, and F.B. Bradley burt, although the decay had a more emotional romantic appeal to him.The original road layout of the cemetery has faded away with time, but it can be understood that a couple of straight roads intersected to make a path system within the network.


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Posted by Chic Aeon in eBody, free, Second Spaces on Wednesday, February 27, 2019
One of the best new gifts out, Elva fits many body types including Maitreya, Slink and Belleza. Maitreya works well for eBody Classic.
White or light blue jacket, pants in full white or ombre pink, plus a cute little tied top. Wear them together or as additions to other wardrobe stylings. What a lovely present.
Find the Elva set at Scandalize (free group).
My backdrop features items from the Second Spaces - Retro Laundry gacha.
Come take your own fun photos here.
Poses by: ChiC buildings, POSEbility
Music in Me
Posted by Chic Aeon in Trompe Loeil
At Cosmopolitan:
[G-SHOT] MARBELLA Skirt & Top. Many colors via hud; mesh body fits including eBody Curvy
.:AuricA:. Rita Tattoo
Coming soon at The Arcade: Trompe Loeil - Vinyl Afternoon Record Players. A variety of music styles to choose from. Almost free pricing as usual.
Meva Bento Rings Silver
Hair: TUKINOWAGUMA Capece
Trompe Loeil - The Chatham Loft Skybox Dark (old)
Poses by: Emozione and Nantra
Posted by Chic Aeon in Kunglers, Stories&Co. by Flowey on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Can Chic be Chic? (pronunciation is the key here :D).
Most definitely with the help of some new releases at Cosmopolitan .
From -:zk:- the Jodie set with jacket, shorts and some very cute tall boots that didn't make it into this shot. The boots can also be made into mini-boots! How cool.
From -FABIA- Mesh Hair: Elly;
The newly released Stories&Co. Harlie Bralette covers just enough to keep you in PGish territory.
(Kunglers) Nadir necklace - Quartz and (Kunglers) Carly ring - R - Ruby are my jewelry choices of the day.
Milkmotion "La Trattoria alley" is available at Collabor88
Pose by: Everglow
Wrong Turn
Posted by Chic Aeon in Baiastice, Stories&Co. by Flowey on Sunday, February 24, 2019
Credits cause you know you want them:
Baiastice Thigh High Denim Boots @ UBER (opens Monday). Each color comes in both "new" and "ragged". Really special!
adorsy - Erika Shorts
Stories&Co. Signature Tube Top
Tattoo: Olga by Nanika
Hair: TUKINOWAGUMA Barret
Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Grime Block Balcony
Pose by: Everglow
Juliet - Full version Bento avatar GIFT from altamura
For every Romeo there is a Juliet -- or at least that is a romantic idea that I hope is true. In this case, it is! You can find the group gift full version Bento Avatar at altamura. Please see all the details in this post on Romeo.
I kept things simple for Julie *wink*. Except for changing her body shape, she attains her default look. This is a lovely gift and perfect for any new folks, people on a budget or of course "alts". Clothing will be a little tricky, but definitely doable.
Baiastice_Bodycon Dress - many colors and fits
(Kunglers) Maria bracelet
Hair: pr!tty - Dakota - :rigged: - [Half Down]
Backdrop: Paparazzi - The Glam Stage - (gold)
Pose by: Di's Opera
Romeo - Full verson Bento avatar gift from altamura
Posted by Chic Aeon in MEVA
Some impressive new pants for guys from MEVA can be found at Man Cave. The Ramon pants come in fits for Belleza Jake (worn here) and Signature Gianni. Boots versions are included. Really nice work.
But the even bigger news is that the gorgeous avatar is out for free (group fee of $50 if you aren't already a member) at altamura.
Romeo is a FULL VERSION Bento Avatar that looks great just out of the box. The default skin is impressive and a big step up from some of the previous default skins included with altamura.
Now there is a story behind this and wise folks will continue reading and solve lots of possible "issues"; here's the soop.
The HUDS are pretty complex and not for the faint of heart, but after some time I got my guy looking particularly -- well "hot" comes to mind.
ManChic is wearing 7 Deadly S[k]ins IVAR (not new) skin and no.match NO ESCAPE hair. I changed the default shape. Necklace by MEVA
I was impressed by how well the sliders let you change the look of the head (not always the case in some heads). So go forth and get this super gift. And yes there is a gals version too. That's coming up soon.
Pose by: Diesel Works
After the Fall
Posted by Chic Aeon in MEVA on Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Alone at the end of the world.
Meva Jolly Top @ ROMP -- Maitreya - texture change hud - optional bra (worn)
Hair: no.match ~ NO SPELL ~ Pack of BLONDS for Hello Tuesday. Extremely long hair perfect for roleplay.
.::Nanika::.Olga tattoo Black
Makeup : alaskametro Wytch
Pose by: Sylva Petrov (nla)
Everlasting Love
Posted by Chic Aeon in {what next}, No.59 on Sunday, February 17, 2019
"V" day is past, but love hangs around all year -- or it certainly should.
Two new items are out on the grid, reminding us that those warm feelings don't easily fade.
From No.59 the Planberger Pinki Tray -- oh so girlie! I love those asymmetrical glasses. Popping sounds and drink giving abilities make this prop more than just a pretty accessory. Find it out on the floor in a lovely display at Tres Chic.
Keepsakes and memories -- the new VIP group gift heart frames from {what next} are lovingly detailed and perfect for any time of year. Find them out front of the VIP group gift area at the landing point. Gold and white gold versions are in the pack.
Backdrop: Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Love Scene 1
Morning Sunrise
Posted by Chic Aeon in Amacci, Stories&Co. by Flowey, Vanity Hair on Saturday, February 16, 2019
Warm breezes off salty seas - I welcome a new day.
Stories&Co. Harlie Set for Kustom9 - Bralette and High Waist Panties for Maitreya and Vtech, Choice of color huds.
Vanity Hair:Soiree @ the Soiree Event (until Feb 19th)
-Thalia Heckroth- Teleport Hub Gift heels (yellow only - Maitreya)
Amacci Earrings - Lindsay (color change)
{JUNK} chevron bangle - opal (old)
Pose by: the chair
Music Tonight
Posted by Chic Aeon in free on Friday, February 15, 2019
Need a new dancing dress? Hilly Haalan has two for you to choose from -- and both are free. Grab this Denisa Dress at the landing point. All black or white with black trim come in this group gift pack. Several mesh body fits; Maitreya works well for eBody classic.
Footpaw Industries Celine necklace
Hair: Haley by Wasbi Pills
{what next} 'Black' Monaco Scooter (patterned luggage)
ChiC buildings Deluxe Filler Buildings Set
Pose by: ChiC buildings
Sexy in Red
Posted by Chic Aeon in eXxEsS, Kunglers, Roawenwood on Wednesday, February 13, 2019
If your plans for the fourteenth include the adverb "smoldering", then a trip to Cosmopolitan should be on your todo list.
From -:zk:- Aaliyah Dress and Jewel Shoes -- available singly or as fatpacks with huds. This barely there and oh so scintillating attire fits Maitreya.
From :: PANAVIA ::, the Play Room which pretty much screams "seduction".
Plant from Roawenwood at the event as part of a lovely Gothic thrown chair release.
The KUNGLERS - Bia set is a perfect accompaniment for this ensemble. You can find it here on the Marketplace.
Hair: eXxEsS : CAFE
Pose by: Eternal Dream
When He Never Comes
Great news for eBody gals. Now there are shoes made especially for eBody! Both classic and curvy ladies can get these great Bagdad shoes that fit perfectly.
I love the style.
A full color hud is available with the fatpack or purchase individual colors. Find them here.
Pose by: LAP [nla]
Breaking Up
Posted by Chic Aeon in free, No.59, Stories&Co. by Flowey on Tuesday, February 12, 2019
I haven't really had a "bad break up". Most were about growing apart, moving in different directions. There was that divorce thing :D, but in the end that turned out well. Who would have guessed.
The IS something cathartic about packing up the other's belongings -- most likely it is more about memories than possessions.
This post was inspired by the new DRD (Death Row Designs) Break Up Box group gift. The fairly angry box is a wearable prop with hold, but at two land impact with good LODs it can become a rezzed prop easily.
Add to that the really really great jeans from JUSTICE on the Valentine Hunt (until the 14th) and you have the beginnings of -- well, let's call it blogger art.
Other items in my shoot include:
Stories&Co. by Flowey / Ami Crop Top (Always and Forever)
Moto Boots - Used Black
not so bad . mesh . EYOTA watch
.::Nanika::.Olga tattoo Black
Amitie Consumed_Cigarrette_F01 -L hand
Hair: NO.MATCH_NO.BORDER.
Beer Barrel RedAle S1BSAT1U8.2
Pose by: KOPFKINO - Pipe Sit 1 (male)
Shades of Rose
Posted by Chic Aeon in Kunglers on Sunday, February 10, 2019
A softer side of Valentine's where dreams and memories meet with longing.
At the new round of Cosmopolitan (opens at midnight):
InsomniaStore Sweet Valentines Pearls Corset FATPACK with choices to change both fabric and pearls; undies come with (or not :D). Lara, Hourglass and Freya.
Paparazzi - Neon Way BACKDROP 2
(Kunglers) Angie earring - L - Quartz
Hair: TUKINOWAGUMA Barret
Pose by: EMOZIONE
Garden Gate
This HOLLY JACKET is one of a dozen lovely gifts for gals at the JUSTICE Valentine Hunt. Completely free; no group required -- it is the best hunt for awhile from my point of view. Hints on on the website here.
Eventually we found all of the red hearts (number 1 was the most difficult). Since the store is big I suggest derendering hearts as you find them. This is keep your from buying over and over as you retrace your steps -- or camming angles :D. All are hidden reasonably easily with no sneaky stuff or decoys. Woot.
There are some GREAT jeans in the mix. I went over and got myself a pair!
Slink, Belleza and Maitreya fits, this short coat with slip dress accents works well with eBody classic.
Hair: Haley by Wasabi Pills
Pose by: aDORKable
Posted by Chic Aeon in Second Spaces on Thursday, February 7, 2019
ScandalizeXNoir. Aile. PinkPale a group gift for Vanity. Both solid and ombre versions are included in the pack. Freya, HG, Issis and Lara mesh fits. Super cute and perfectly made. Free group.
Find the Second Spaces - Nola shuttered cabinet (closed and open versions - dark and white choices) at The Liaison Collaborative. Add your own accessories.
Hair right: no.match NO AIM
Hair left: MINA Hair - Myrtle
Poses by: BellPoses
Lazy Day
Posted by Chic Aeon in Baiastice, Trompe Loeil, Vanity Hair on Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Three new releases make for a fun and colorful day off:
From Baiastice at the new Belle Event, the Sweety Lingerie Sets which come as individual wearables (garterbelt, panties, stocking, vest). Color change huds as well as choices of lacy or solid let you find a perfect combo for your mood.
Over on the other side of town you can find this impressive lounger with oh so many fabric choices. FaMESHed is the place and Trompe Loeil the maker. Look for the Jonael Lounger. A leather version is also available. PG or A animations.
Now and then I get to feeling young; granted, not all that often. But for those times this is the cutest girlie girl hair! Find it at the Vanity Event - Vanity Hair booth (easy to remember :D). Definitely a favorite.
Poses by: the lounger and tram
Sunrise and Shadows
Posted by Chic Aeon in alaskametro, Kunglers, Stories&Co. by Flowey on Monday, February 4, 2019
It may only be February but I am definitely in Spring mode. Bring on that sun!
New from Kunglers at The Liaison Collaborative, the Gigi Bracelets with texture change hud and show/hide charms. Unrigged and resizable, you can be creative and stack, wear various colors --- go WILD!
Stories&Co. Vera Swimsuit
alaskametro "Beachcomb" nail art appliers
Hair: NO.MATCH_NO.NOTHING.
Golds and Blacks
Posted by Chic Aeon in eBody, eBody Free, free on Sunday, February 3, 2019
Freeness goodness with lots of class. Here's the scoop.
BouBouKi Miranda Dress Black - Maitreya fits eBody and eBodyFree. Group gift - free group.
::ALTER:: Sia Pants & Laced High Boots - Maitreya fits eBody and eBodyFree This a SLO&F gift (free group) can be found at the SENSE EVENT.
OXIDE Midsummer Bracelets available on the Marketplace.
Hair: NO.MATCH_NO.TREASURE. (group gift wall - pay group)
Backdrop: (luc) Quiet Life, Tree Wall Art (not free).
Poses by: LAP and aDOIRKable
Farm Girl
Two new fun releases from this round of Cosmopolitan:
From SEmotion, the Libellune Teddy Bear (Animesh) This is the Girl Beige Patches #4 ULTRARARE. The movement is very subtle so even if you don't have a viewer with animesh built in, no worries. These bears are primarily for posing or standing around as of course they stay attached to your chest when you walk. For this shot I simply turned off my OA. For more variety you could use a Priority 3 pose. Helamiyo is my goto brand for P3 poses. The shot below uses HelaMiyo_OMGshoes_4.
My cute plain shirt can be found at Cosmopolitan too! The MEVA Leonie Blouse comes in regular long, cropped (just above belt and belt) and the wide version I am wearing. A coordinating skirt is in the release also. When given the choice, I am most often in pants (no new news there).
Hair: bonbon - bon hair [fit] GIFT (old)
Pose by: the bear and HelaMiyo


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Here are some shrunken heads from our museum trip. I used to stare at them when I was a little girl. They were found in Peru and are dated around 700 years ago. According to the exhibit, members of a Peruvian tribe would cut off the heads of their enemies from other tribes. Making a slit at the nape of the neck, they would carefully peel the skin layer away from the skull, then sew up the seam. Hot rocks would be placed inside the cavity to start the shrinking process, and as the heads shrank, a tribal member would constantly mold the head with his hands, maintaining a realistic shape.
That's all fine and dandy. But—and this always bothered me as a young girl and still plagues me today—what's with the hairstyles? Couldn't the original creator of this exhibit have tried just a little to keep the hair more within the period and culture from whence it came? Now, I can understand the long gray and brown styles—those are believable. But what about Albert here, with his cropped hair and nineteenth-century European 'stache?
And the short, brown Aunt Fern?
Who decided on these hairstyles? After all the trouble people went to to unearth these treasures, why would someone carelessly slap inaccurate mops of hair on their heads? I lose sleep over it sometimes.
It makes me think of a movie, one that in almost all respects could have etched itself a spot in my Twenty All-Time Favorite Movies if it hadn't messed so egregiously in one important way. The movie is "Dances With Wolves"—a triumph of a film in so many ways. Kevin Costner was perfect in his role and directed a visually beautiful story about a Confederate soldier who discovers his bond with Native Americans while he lives alone on a soldier fort in the middle of the frontier.
Mary McDonnell plays Stands With a Fist, a white woman who was found, adopted, and raised by Indians when she was just four years old. IMPORTANT: She has lived with the tribe her entire life.
So WHY…WHY, in the name of all that is good and right in the world, would her hair look like this?
All the other women in her tribe had long-to-the-waist hair. Why doesn't she? She's lived in the tribe since she was a little girl. Now, I could forgive this if her hair was just wavy. It's believable that, as a caucasian, she would have some degree of natural curl. But layers? No! Her hair should be all one length, and it should be long. Period.
It makes me so angry, I can't see straight. It's such a perfect movie otherwise. And I KNOW hair extensions existed in 1989, when the movie was made. My roommate in college got herself a cheap set and scratched a bald spot on her scalp because they were so itchy. But I'm certain that Kevin Costner, with all his vast Hollywood connections and resources, could have rounded up a long, black set of extensions that would have made the movie much more authentic and saved me hours and hours of hair-related grief, which I experience acutely every time I watch the movie. Why, Kevin? Why? Call and explain it to me, will you?
"Hello. My name is Stands With a Fist. I was raised by Native Americans and I can't remember how to speak English. But I do have a great layered do, which is all that really matters in life."


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Solar Sailer in the Sea of Simulation
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
— Fran Lebowitz
And drama.
Orange ambiance bathed half-a-dozen of Classic Juice empty bottles — a habitual beverage in a solitary mood for cinema — the light streak in between the soft toy of old and new as I set an alarm for Monday morning wake up call. The radio-iPod player warm glow at the the corner of the room commanded an ambiance of warmth. I should sleep easily.
The led light blinking and slowly lost it warm glow to outside light, screened by the blue blinds curtain.
I'm awake for hours from midnight. I ended up shutting the buzzing alarm at dawn. I let tiredness drape me, as the warm sun drape me to sleep till noon.
I thought of her.
The 6 months of offshore paid leaves ended. It's a been awhile I'm being accustomed to cubicle 9-5 life. Even though it's a contractual work on building up a database for newly bought Saturation Diving System from France, I rather be in the old office than being alone with other distraction at home.
Creative work on cinematography on hiatus, at least until March, then again, I might end up to Turkmenistan if I got a slot as a Diving Coordinator from the company that called themselves Sigur Ros — but none of the older generation engineers are uninterested with the Icelandic post-rock band. Come to think of it, I never met one of them who are genuinely interested with the band or even post-rock. By them, I meant a group of engineers that stuck on board the flotilla of vessel or clunky oil rig in the middle of the sea or desserted town of post-communist bloc. A little appreciation of the melodic strings, percussion and synth might boost up the morale a little, that, and prayer.
I wanted to talk to her.
That sleepless night I thought of cold mechanical structure, sleeping in helium, bath in brine, work in abyss — translated in numerical database in a spreadsheets system.
Would she give me her number?
I got Numbers in my MacBook Pro, but they're working in Win OS environment. Good thing I got Boot Camp installed — for MS Office, but more importantly for AutoCAD. Autodesk just released Mac version, but I don't think I can spend a grand more on software. I've to make do with the old office's version.
There's countless version of scenario of how I should tackle the matter regarding her number, but which?
I spent the noon till evening crunching data from 7 boxes of manuals and technical books. It's a mix feeling of elation meeting with the ex-colleagues and re-training my old engineering mind back to its track. 6 months break from engineering into creative work is an enjoyable months. From amateurish shot to professional production. I'm glad I'm given the chance to prove my strength in HDSLR cinematography, no matter how lack the skill I was when I first started out. It's no wonder the ex-colleague are more interested with time-lapse question, choice of body and lens than answering my question to matter of the database work. It's my first day. Be easy.
Getting her number won't.
I was at the The Gardens' Machines. It's late. After three visit to different Machines store, finally I found a capable technician who are willing to take my Shure SE310 earphones.
Yuna, the musician just beside me with her errr, manly-friend. My mind said "Hi, I'm a fan!" My tongue uttered otherwise, slipping "uhm" and "ah" until it finally manage to change the subject of tongue slipping to more technical matter and economics: "It barely two years, the left ear bass driver are little off and why does it cost me RM1.2k in 2009 and now it's RM800?"
Almost like bragging my audiophile attitude in front of her. While she's more interested with buying an iPhone 4 for her (or her male-friend).
My ballooning audiophile technical jargon found its way to the the able Mac Technician, we talked about active-passive noise cancellation, treble and bass driver, stopping at vacuum amplifier, while waiting for my receipt.
I'm now less of one favourite earphones for traveling. At least for a month until they got it fix. Grado SR60i is too old school for a walk-about, and being open cans, not a good choice for public usage.
I like Sennheiser too.
Funny thing happened that night. I'm having my late fix of java at the Starbucks nearby and as the barista just about to pull the espresso shots — blackout. So there I was, coffee-less and with iPod without earphones, a MacBook Pro without wi-fi, a man without his night bath, a smelly guy sitting in the cozy cafe without air conditioner.
A guy trying to make a sense of this digital distraction and monologue affection.
Like any sane people in the deluge of digital world. I tweet on my handphone.
The timeline gone a little bit wild that night.
Instead of my smiling facial expression digitally bath with the white led, I'm now in a lit cafe. The power is back. Oh, the sweet barista troubled herself to Starbucks at The Borders to bring me to-go java.
I'm smiling a bit more and biting my lips as the timeline getting more visual.
I'm hungry. A hungry fat cat.
Semisonic's Closing Time accompanying me home but not to bed.
I was wide awake till 8 am.
I started with compliment, gone half-through with half-joking intention. Ended up with embarrassment.
My tired mind failed me.
I was wide awake at noon, in the office. They're formulating the work flow of repairing a hole at the strengthener of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. A converted tanker that work like an oil rig in deep sea oil field. There's a hole smaller than iPhone inside the bow area. A work that only need 1 hour on dry land will took us 5 hours deep in the water. Welding in confined space always spells trouble. To make it worse it's directly under the engine room and the waste collector. Oily and feces in the muddy dark cold water.
Oh, shit. I fucked up! I shouldn't have asked her number!
There's teleconference with a senior Inspection Diving Supervisor on the phone that involved with the FPSO's last year Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking (UWILD). He gave a pointer with the work flow, that shouldn't be a problem getting a nod from Ship Classification Body like ABS or DNV. One of the engineer joke about sticking an iPhone with epoxy. Then the joke goes on from Corrosion Alarm App to Nanobots (my joke). We're digressing. Back to the drawing board. Literally. The whole white board are blue lines of diagram and sea of red marks.
All it takes is time.
I can wait. Can I?
The underwater compartment will be flooded, the air bubbles from the air hose should gives the Welding Diver a few centimeter of clearance of open space and oxygen for the welding work. It took an hour to let the muddy water to settle down the sediments.
Settle down. The digital distraction may have wrought physical attention. It's just classic Othello jealousy.
I was at the cafe. They're a crowd of executives. Talking, sipping, eating, rowdy with laughter.
And all I thinking was is sleep (and finishing off this draft of entry).
Good night. Love.
Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy drowned me to sleep with Solar Sailer and Sea of Simulation.
At Low in Putra Heights, Sideway to Sunway
It's been one year since I visit a friend, who's also in the Oil & Gas business — now gone freelance in the ROV field.
It's a hard time for him with less ROV job around here. China is booming with the job, but had been monopolize by certain quarter. Even the commercial diver rate had been slumping to a new low. For Air Diver, down to USD150-USD200 per day from USD350 per day. For Saturation Diver, getting less than USD500-600 per day.
Gone are the day for my friend market rate of USD450 per day. Local market only go for USD250-300 at the moment. One local company (a big one) even have the cheek to offer him lump sum rate of RM5000 per job!
He's at wit's end to support his lifestyle: half-a-million house, IKEA furnished home and the VW Golf GTI.
My advice, let go of his current hobby: ten-thousand ringgit mountain bike — two of them — to pay off the monthly debt.
Next the Nikon DSLR.
Hopefully there'll be some ROV job around January in one of my sister company for him.
As for me, 2010 seems to be a-year-round pipeline project, UWILD of FPSO and IMCA Certification for the Air and Saturation Diving System.
I've been thinking about getting my CSWIP 3.4u Course and call it a quit. Gone freelance with local market rate USD350-400 per day.
Ah, wishful thinking! Maybe another year or so.
I miss her.
I stop by at Sunway from Putra Heights.
She's unavailable at that time, attending to her dad's treatment at the hospital.
After 3 month being offshore and break-up in between the day I arrived back in KL — it's been a torrential day of my life, with her sudden downpour of dispute.
It's a hard time to both of us.
Yes, you may have your schadenfreude moment now.
Hello Internet. 21092 Unread RSS Feeds and 412 Unread E-mail.
I've been offshore for too long. Nearing 4 months now.
I've been fasting the whole Ramadhan, celebrating Syawal, marking my birthday, and eventually — Eid al-Adha and New Year in the middle of oil field.
This Petr0nas-Schlumberg3r Project is way too taxing.
In Labuan. Spending some time with the 3G broadband on board the current vessel.
Seen on Facebook: "Don't ever let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their lives…"
Le Mythe de Sisyphe
Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless toil as a metaphor for modern lives spent working at futile jobs in factories and offices. "The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious."
[Source:The Myth of Sisyphus]
Beneath the vessel lies the mariners' catacomb of ancient sunken ships. From north to south, traffic of flotilla haste through the commercial sea highway of the narrow strait.
The underwater salvage work took 2 years.
Offshore soon. I'll be back onshore another 45 days.
In the middle of the sea, 'one must imagine Cthulhu happy' as he labours to create meaning.
The Neko consoled, in the tone of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Swimming from the sea of morose and dejected to the plain of pleasant thought and warmth sincerity.


text: MOVIES Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion': What the Critics Are Saying 3:20 PM PDT 9/3/2011 by THR staff FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Warner Bros. Critics commented on the scary believability of the disease thriller that screened at the Venice Film Festival. Steven Soderbergh's disease thriller had more than one critic commenting on the believability of the film, which chronicles the worldwide spread of a deadly virus. The stellar cast includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet. VENICE FILM REVIEW: Contagion While Contagion does not open in theaters until Friday, September 9, it had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Overall, critics were favorable in their early reviews, crediting Soderbergh for creating a film that seemed to realistically portray what the world would look like if a pandemic did hit. "Implicitly, Contagion poses a rhetorical about how you split the difference between making an intelligent, scientifically plausible film about something as alarming as a worldwide plague and creating a mass-audience entertainment sufficiently titillating in its catastrophic consequences to entice a huge public," writes The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy. "Unsurprisingly, Soderbergh has tilted closer to the former but is familiar enough with the latter to quicken the collective pulse a bit." PHOTOS: The Scene at the Venice Film Festival 2011 "The fine cast, likely solid critical reaction and undeniable topicality position this as a robust B.O. performer for the early fall season," he writes. "Contagion felt more like a superior studio thriller than a festival awards contender," writes The Telegraph's David Gritten. "The film sometimes feels like a series of public health warnings," he writes, calling the film "alarmingly believable." STORY: Steven Soderbergh Confirms Career Shift From Director to Painter "With Soderbergh shooting and editing his own films, Contagion is well-assembled and propulsive, though like the virus it loses momentum," writes The Gaurdian's Jason Solomons. "This is a straight-up movie, serious but, crucially, also slightly silly in the knowing Soderbergh style, always aware that it's a disaster movie, and not a documentary," he continues. He also praises Soderbergh for his "flair for juggling and sustaining multiple storylines in one film." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME THR staff firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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There are many people trying to become successful using the internet. One of the most popular ways is using Instagram, a photography and video platform ubiquitous to anyone who has a smartphone, and it now has over 800 million users and is one of the fastest and easiest ways for people to disseminate visual content and information effectively to a vast base of people.
While the platform started off largely being used by ordinary people to document their everyday lives, the scope of the app has changed dramatically in recent years. Bloggers, influencers, fashionistas, celebrities and business owners – all of them have recognized the reach Instagram offers and uses it to engage with an ever-growing audience.
It's inspiring to say the least, especially when looking at an account that has over a million followers and seems to grow effortlessly. The truth, however, is that growing your audience on Instagram requires some work and know-how. Below, we'll discuss some Instagram marketing strategies every brand need to know to ensure your Instagram endeavor is a success.
Instagram Marketing Strategies Every Brand Need to Know
Get serious with the hashtags
While using cute, ironic and sometimes silly hashtags can be fun, it's hardly conducive to getting your images or videos noticed and growing a dedicated follower base. Hashtags are used to categorize and discover new content in a sea of millions of other competing images. It's therefore important that you use relevant hashtags that will enable users to find your content easily.
Equally important is that you dedicate a hashtag to your company or image. This dedicated hashtag should be in your profile and should be copied on other social media channels and advertising so that people can discover you on Instagram easily by using your unique hashtag.
Use third-party tools to increase your range
While Instagram itself does offer a way of connecting with a broad audience, its capabilities can often be enhanced and optimized by the use of third-party programs and apps. The various functions of these apps vary. For editing and enhancing photos and video, many users turn to apps such as Pic Stitch or Prisma.
If you'd like to plan your content strategy in advance, apps such as Later, Buffer, HootSuite allow you to schedule your Instagram posts weeks or months in advance. If you'd like to appeal to a precise target audience via hashtags, Social Hash Tag will help you to find the best and most relevant hashtags for certain keywords or categories. These are just a handful of examples; there are tons of different apps that can help increase the functionality and effectiveness of your posts.
Plan your content strategy
When using Instagram as a marketing tool, do not approach it like a person stumbling into the dark. Your content should be meticulously planned and follow as a stringent strategy that is focused on a central theme or idea. The key here is to be consistent. Just throwing up random posts without a centralized theme will make you look amateur and unprofessional.
Your strategy should be focused on creating a well-defined brand identity that connects effectively with a community. Decide what you want to achieve, who you want your target audience to be and how you'd like them to perceive you. With this information, you can begin to craft a content strategy and decide what content you would like to upload.
Know the Optimal Posting Frequency
If you are a big brand that needs to post frequently in a day then don't worry. You can start with a single post and try increasing the frequency every day. In most cases, you will see an increase in the engagement. But in case after increasing frequency you see a drop in engagement then it's time to decrease the frequency.
Also if you are a worldwide brand then try to post at different times so that you can find out the time where you are getting the maximum engagement in the content.
Optimize Your Instagram Profile
It is a very simple step but its worth mentioning. Fill out the available details on your profile and make it look different and engaging. While posting try to use company-specific hashtags to make it stand out!
Also if you are a brand who posts content on the website then in every post that mentions a URL try to add a line like "Link In Bio". And change the website URL to your site's post URL so that users can easily navigate to that post. You will find that most of the brands are using it nowadays.
Follow & Engage With Peoples and Brands In Your Niche
If you are just starting out with an Instagram brand then you must follow the topics, people, and brands that are relevant to your Niche. Engaging with their posts will show that you are interested in their work as well and you are serious about your business and growing with the community.
Also if someone follows you, don't hesitate to follow them back unless it looks like a fake profile. Building relationship with the audience and customers is what a business is about!
Boost Your Reach Using Instagram Ads
Due to saturation in the market as well as having a brand in a tight niche can reduce your organic reach. Even after using all type of different strategies, it may be possible that you are not growing at the rate you expected it to be.
This is where you should understand that going with the paid advertisement will give it a kick. Instagram ads can be created using Facebook ads manager. So make sure that you have a Facebook page which is connected to your Instagram account.
The cost of advertising is dynamic and depends upon the targeting of the audience that is required by you. If you are new to this then we will strongly recommend you to hire someone who has expertise in Facebook and Instagram ads. You can also contact us ;)
So these were the top 7 best marketing strategies for Instagram that can be used to grow your brand and increase your reach to the audience. These strategies are very easy to implement but the key thing is to be consistent using them. Otherwise, if you are interested in influencing Instagram using paid services, then there is that way also.
With that said, we wish you lots of luck for success in Instagram marketing. If you discover any new techniques of marketing then let us know via the comment section below so that we can update this article ASAP. :D


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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Waiting on Wednesday (10)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme that was created by Breaking the Spine to spotlight a blogger's eagerly anticipated new books.
For this Waiting on Wednesday, I picked The Hunger Games: The Official Movie Companion.
Release Date: Feb. 7th 2012
Book Summary: "The New York Times bestseller by Suzanne Collins is now a major motion picture -- and this is your guide to all of the movie's excitement, both in front of the camera and behind it.
Go behind the scenes of the making of The Hunger Games with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and directors' vision, this is the definitive companion to the breathtaking film."
My Thoughts: Oh man, I am so anxious about this movie. Anxious, you say? YES. The last time I anticipated a movie this much, I was let down. It was 1999 and the movie was Star Wars Episode I...I was a huge Star Wars fan up until that point, and that movie kinda killed my personal fandom for the series. I still like the originals, but not as diehard from that point on. So, yes, I am anxious about The Hunger Games movie because I don't want all this time dreaming and hoping for a cool movie version to be a waste. Regardless, I feel that I will still always love the books...I just really want to love the movie, too. I wanna see the wonderful characters and scenes brought to life. Maybe checking out this book will help reassure me that the movie will do justice to the book. Tweet
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Huddersfield Town sign Keith Southern from Blackpool
- From the section Football
Huddersfield Town have signed Blackpool midfielder Keith Southern on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
The 31-year-old leaves the Tangerines after almost a decade with the Bloomfield Road side, for whom he made 330 league appearances.
He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in November last year but returned to playing just two months later.
"He's a whole-hearted player, a leader and he's operated at all levels," said Huddersfield Town boss Simon Grayson.
"I know exactly what Keith's about. I played with him and managed him at Blackpool and he's got great ability.
"I'm delighted to have got him and he adds to the competition for places we already have.
"We've been very patient waiting to get the right man with specific attributes for a key role.
"Keith's arrival gives us a different type of midfield player. I've been looking to create a mix this summer that offers options for different circumstances.
"We're working hard all the time and we keep trying to improve."
Huddersfield are preparing for Championship football after winning promotion from League One last season.
Southern joins forward Sean Scannell, defenders Joel Lynch and Paul Dixon and midfielders Adam Clayton and Oliver Norwood as new additions at the Galpharm Stadium.


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