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Some of my photographer friends and I were discussing the fact that while many of our clients LOVE their session images and WANT to display them in their homes, they have a hard time deciding how to do it best. So we have decided to share pictures of wall displays that we all have, many in our own homes, to help get the ideas and inspiration flowing!
I'm sure all of you know a parent or grandparent who has a high school graduation picture or two displayed, usually 8x10s. Unless they are matted and framed to a larger size AND grouped, this is really too small to be displayed on a wall by itself. Most people wouldn't think of hanging a landscape print on their wall that was that small. A great image deserves to be large enough to have impact and displayed as the ART that it is! It never ceases to amaze me that people buy large stock artwork at craft or hobby stores to use as home decor, but don't give their professional images of their cherished children the same honor. Lots of times the reasons I hear are "I don't want to be ostentatious" or "I don't want my home to be a shrine to my kids". That thinking is completely old-fashioned, and the reason is that it USED to be true – because only the very wealthy had the means to have large portraits commisioned. Let's face it, today's images are fun and modern and REAL and accessible to everyone. Also, today's families are no longer interested in making their homes an untouchable showroom with plastic runners and unused formal dining rooms and living rooms. We LIVE in our homes, and we make them the center of our family lives, with family rooms and eat-in kitchens where everyone gathers. We also personalize our homes, and nothing proclaims where your priorities are like family pictures mixed right in with all of the other art that you love! SO – don't be afrid to go big!
You may have seen these before, but here is my great room – of course featuring large images (30×40) placed on a shelf below my transom windows! I love how they look, and they are especially dear to me because none of my children or grandchildren live close by. I hope they inspire you to think a little differently about displaying your own images!
( Displaying photography in your home and hanging large prints, wall displays of family photographs, big prints in your home)


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Lot # 021
Fall 2017 - 1st Session Live auction
Jack Hamilton Bush
ARCA CGP CSGA CSPWC OSA P11 1909 - 1977 Canadian
acrylic on canvas
on verso signed, titled, dated May 1971 and inscribed "Acrylic Polymer" and "To Martha with Love, Jack"
47 1/4 x 78 in 123.2 x 198.8cm
A gift from the Artist to Martha Baer, 1972
Andr� Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1979
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto, December 20, 1979
Karen Wilkin, editor, Jack Bush, 1964, essay by Barry Hale, interview by Wendy Brunelle, pages 57 and 198
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2016 - 2017
Like the forms in this painting, Jack Bush�s career was soaring in the 1970s. He was part of an international elite of colour-field painters at a time when that style was broadly seen as the most advanced type of painting. His first solo show in New York City, the acknowledged centre of the art world after World War II, had been in 1962, a decade in the past. He had been working with the Andr� Emmerich Gallery since 1966, when art critic Clement Greenberg had recommended Bush to the urbane and influential New York art dealer.
Still exudes a playful confidence. Anything but �still� in the sense of stationary, the unexpected pairings of colours and the movement of the forms that they describe against a pinkish, rolled-on ground suggest the perpetual dynamism of the painting�s elements. The mottled ground itself is not uniform; it contains both intensities and diminutions of saturation. Characteristic of Bush�s work at this time, too, there is significant energy around the edges of the pink form as it attaches to but floats free of the physical canvas we see around the perimeter. The rivulets of paint along the bottom edge, for example, seem like a nod in the direction of Bush�s counterparts in post-painterly abstraction, especially Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler.
Bush was a formal experimenter who used coherent series of works to investigate what he saw as his current issues and aspirations in painting. These series have one-word titles such as Thrusts, Totems and Flags. As Barry Hale has pointed out with respect to the paintings of the early 1970s in relation to Bush�s earlier affinity for stripes, �The most viable solution was that suggested by the large compositions of detached colour bars � to cut the stripes loose from the edges of the picture and from one another, permitting them to interact as discrete shapes.� Working in this direction from 1969 to 1970, Bush evolved Series D, whose title refers to David Mirvish and his Toronto gallery, where Bush was also showing at this time. Still�s most kinetic form � the blue, shuttlecock-like element in the top right � finds a precedent in one of these works, Down Flutter of 1970. The title and action of this earlier painting, with five of the shapes that we see echoed in the solo blue form in Still, suggest that this blue element is descending towards the more rectilinear forms that dominate the surface. We anticipate a benevolent �collision� of colour and of the curvilinear and rectilinear.
On the occasion of his 1976 retrospective � the year before his death � Bush was asked about famous artists and the influence of their art on his work. For Bush his favourites were the old master artists Goya, Vel�zquez and Rembrandt. While they weren�t necessarily �popular at the time,� Bush said, �the reason they�re so great right now is that their painting has held up.� We can say the same about Still and about Bush.
We thank Mark Cheetham, Professor of Art History at the University of Toronto and author of Abstract Art Against Autonomy: Infection, Resistance, and Cure Since the 60s, for contributing the above essay.
The original owner of this work, Martha Baer, was formerly vice-president of the Andr� Emmerich Gallery and is currently the International Director, Post-War & Contemporary Art, at Christie's in New York.
This work will be included in Sarah Stanner's forthcoming Jack Bush Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonn�.
All prices are in Canadian Dollars.
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The Real Bears affected by soda drinks
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is escalating its longstanding campaign to reduce the consumption of soda and other sugary drinks today with the release of "The Real Bears", an animated short film exposing the drinks' unhappy health consequences. The Real Bears, online at TheRealBears.org, tells the story of a family of polar bears who, even in their distant Arctic environment, are not immune from sunny marketing messages from Big Soda. The whole family is consuming too much soda and is experiencing everything from weight gain to tooth decay to problems in the bedroom. Only after recuperating from a terrifying visit to Doc Fox's chilly surgical suite does Pop Bear come to realize that soda has brought nothing but sadness to his family. In the film's stirring dénouement, he leads his family to reclaim their health and their happiness.
Click on the image below to play the Real Bears video.
CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson talks about the thinking behind the campaign…
"Coke and Pepsi have skillfully cultivated incredibly strong emotional bonds with consumers around the world even though their products actually cause quite a bit of misery. The Real Bears seeks to sever some of those bonds, and to get people thinking about what they're drinking. We don't have their budgets but we do have the truth. And the truth is that soda equals sadness."
Common executive creative director Alex Bogusky explains his commitment to the campaign…
"I like the taste of soda and I've had my share and I don't imagine a world without soda. But the reality is that over the years sugary drinks have gone from an occasional treat to an everyday, every-occasion beverage. This project attempts to contrast the marketing hype around soda with the stark reality and it is my hope that it makes some small contribution to a critical cultural awakening. We need to begin to connect the dots between what we are sold, what we eat, and how sick we have become".
Real Bears Credits
The Real Bears campaign was developed at Common, Boulder, and The Butler Bros, Austin, by executive creative director Alex Bogusky, executive producers Marty and Adam Butler, copywriters Ronny Northrop and Ryan Kutscher, art director Stefanie Hermsdorf, account director Mark Ekhardt, producer Amanda Fox.
Animation was produced by director/designer/animator Lucas Zanotto, with editor/mixer Travis Wurges, sound designer Nikolai von Sallwitz.
The film features an original song, Sugar, by singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, performed with San Diego-based rapper MC Flow. Guitar and mix was by Bill Bell. Horn parts were by Grooveline Horns.
Web design was by Cyrus Clemensen.
Filed under: Commercials, Short Film
Tagged: Common, Lucas Zanotto, The Butler Bros
Location: USA


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52. A garden should appeal to all five senses. Devote space to a vegetable garden, install a birdbath, mix in strongly scented flowers or foliage, and plant tactile specimens like fountain grass.
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70. If planting seeds in clay soil, cover seeds with vermiculite instead of soil because clay absorbs heat and can become too hot for the seeds to germinate. Clay also tends to crust over, making it difficult for the seedlings to emerge.
71. Placing your compost pile in a protected area, or in a container, will keep it from washing away during a rainstorm.
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77. The sound of running water from a fountain or pool will attract birds to your yard, to bathe and to drink.
78. When planning your landscaping, chose which you want to show off: expansive green lawns show off the house and make it stand out, large trees and thick vegetation tend to obscure the house.
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80. A rule of thumb most composters use is to build a pile that's no smaller than one cubic yard – 3′ high by 3′ wide by 3′ deep. Piles in this range retain heat while allowing adequate air flow.
81. Provide protection for birds enjoying your birdfeeder from weather and predators by planting dense shrubs and evergreens nearby for natural cover. Ideally, site feeders about 8-10 feet from shrubbery and fences to prevent ambushes from cats.
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83. If you can keep an untidy spot in your yard, birds love deadfalls: brush piles formed by branches and twigs, because the tangle of branches prevents cats or hawks from gaining access.
84. Most North American bats feed exclusively on insects, eating more mosquitoes and other insects than birds and bug zappers combined.
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89. For fastest results, turn your compost pile every two weeks. Finished compost should look and smell like dark, rich soil.
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90. Where small, lightly covered seeds have been planted, it may be necessary to gently sprinkle the bed with water once or twice each day until the seedlings have emerged. If a seed sprouts, then dries out, it dies.
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93. Grass clippings in the compost pile are a great source of nitrogen, but you should mix them thoroughly with a carbon-rich material such as dried leaves, straw, hay, sawdust, or shredded paper. Grass alone will become devoid of air and will start to smell.
94. Some plants are known as butterfly "feeders", meaning the butterflies lay their eggs on them and the larvae then eat the plants before maturing. Three of these are the leaves of Queen-Anne's lace, dill weed, and fennel. Including these in your garden is a sure way of attracting butterflies!
95. If you want your compost bit to remain active during a cold winter, use a black bin situated in the sun, or insulate the sides with hay bales.
96. Locate bird feeders where scattered seed and hulls won't be a problem. Birds are messy feeders, and you won't want them on your front porch, or sprouting in important flower beds.
97. For the ultimate harmonious garden, choose a single color and plant in profusion. Your monochromatic garden can be dramatically bright, with vivid red or orange, or soothing, with soft pink, lavender, or white.
98. Protective cover is vital when birds are sleeping or waiting out bad weather. Conifers and other evergreens, as well as dense deciduous plants, shelter roosting birds from predators and weather.
99. Build a place for a bat to call home. Bat houses are more likely to attract bats when they are placed in a sunny spot 12 to 18 feet off the ground. Buy a bat house that is premade or assemble one yourself.
100. Blocking an unpleasant line of sight with a blank wall or fence is confining. Erect a permeable screen instead, perhaps a panel of latticework or a free-standing trellis, and embroider it with a flowering vine or an espaliered shrub.
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My book has arrived. When I say my book, I do actually mean, my book – the one I wrote. I am talking about Splidge, the Cragflinger – a children's fantasy story that I have been working no this year. It is set in the land of Gud where it always rains. Sounds terribly dull doesn't it? It's not!
I have had a few copies run off to give to a couple of friends to proof read. I have already spotted errors in the text myself while flicking through – that is a good thing – it is probably riddled with typos, grammatical mistakes and erroneous spaces. The point of these printed editions are to make them similar in feel and texture to the real thing so that it is easier for the readers to go through. And I have instructed them to take a red pen and mark in the books! Sacrilegious! I will be doing this myself.
The other point about having such an early edition printed is to examine the look and feel of the thing; how the typeface works, the size of the text and the number of pages produced – not to mention getting an idea of the cost to the customer.
It also legitimizes the book. All the time the text is on my computer or printed out on ordinary A4 copier paper it is just some nonsense that I have bashed out . There is no sense that the work is really a book, a story yes, but not a professionally produced thing you might buy in a shop; a something to be proud of real book. With the ability to self-publish and print-on-demand as few copies as you like, it makes it so simple to run off samples to see how it is looking. Now I can think better about the overall design, the layout of the chapters, the fly sheets and so on.
The cover is one of the most important things to give consideration to. The book is aimed at the 9-12 audience, although hopefully open to anyone who wishes to read my nonsense. I want to reflect the fun, the setting and the type of book it is (adventure/fantasy/humorous) by the cover – usually the only thing you have to catch people's eye/attention online or in a store. To that end I have decided to try to illustrate it myself in pen and ink with a watercolour wash. Now, I am no artist and so this is probably a big risk, but like all things in life, I like a challenge and to push myself to see if I can do it. I certainly think at this stage, where I don't have the budget to pay for a professional, that it is worth giving it a go – I can always revise it if and when it sells and I have a few pennies to give it thorough make-over.
I have a lot to learn about art, but I have been experimenting. I have mocked up a cover – this is far from the real thing, but it gives me enough of a glimmer that I might be able to achieve it reasonably well. I also has the right feel and tone about it. I also have plans to include additional drawings, and more interestingly Guddian advertisements, in-between the chapters – even a recipe or two. This will increase the page count by a little and consequently the price, but I shall release an e-book version (where it won't) – but I would like this first foray into publishing (vanity or self) a special thing.
I am sure my writing and drawing skills have plenty of room for improvement, but you have to start somewhere, don't you? Meanwhile, it is all a bit of fun!


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BAGHDAD : A suicide bombing targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least two people in Baghdad on Sunday, officials said, a day after the deadliest attack to hit the Iraqi capital in months.
The bombing in central Baghdad, which targeted a tent where Shiites distribute food as part of annual religious commemorations, also wounded at least four people, officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State jihadist group frequently carries out suicide bombings targeting Shiites, whom it considers heretics.
The blast came a day after an IS-claimed suicide bombing at a funeral killed at least 34 people - the deadliest attack in Baghdad since another IS suicide bombing left more than 300 dead in early July.
The attacks come as Iraqi forces prepare for an offensive in northern Iraq to retake Mosul, the last IS-held city in the country, after regaining much of the territory the jihadists seized in 2014 and 2015.
The launch of the operation is expected to be announced soon, but it will mark only the start of a battle that is likely to be the most difficult and complex yet in the war against IS.


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LAN Turtle firmware may be updated"over the air" by choosing Check for Updates from the Config menu. If an Internet providing Ethernet connection is not available, updates may be flashed to the device manually using the following process:
- Download the latest UPDATE file from https://downloads.lanturtle.com/turtle-5.bin and verify its checksum. SHA256: fe32ca3bb09e26f0bead326bb5dd2f13b1b60d15530cde696afb90a36ad31b92
- Verify that the SHA256 checksums match
- Manually SCP the file to the LAN Turtle in /tmp (ex: scp turtle-5.bin email@example.com:/tmp/)
- From the LAN Turtle, exit shell to the bash prompt and issue: sysupgrade -n /tmp/turtle-3.bin
- Wait about 5 minutes for the LAN Turtle to flash the firmware and reboot itsself


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On Instagram earlier this month TK MMA posted a picture of Emirati mixed martial artist Mohammad Yahya slumped to his knees and vomiting.
Yahya had just eaten a brutal body shot in training having not long broken fast during the holy month of Ramadan and the caption accompanying the grisly ordeal, said: "So you want to be a fighter?"
It's an appropriate question because MMA is not a sport for everyone.
It's certainly not a sport which will have been viewed as a genuine career path for someone of Yahya's social standing as he began training at 15.
But the 23-year-old is a unique athlete and one the UAE should be extremely proud of as he became the first Emirati mixed martial artist to be signed up to an international promotion after Bellator handed him a four-fight contract this month.
For the uninitiated, it's a significant step in putting his country on the MMA map as the Viacom-backed promotion are rapidly developing into a genuine competitor in a landscape dominated by the UFC.
Indeed, Bellator have stamped their own authority on a market which is beginning to gain mainstream notoriety with some of the biggest names competing under their banner.
The likes of Rory MacDonald, considered one of the best welterweights on the planet, former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson and GOAT heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko all head up an impressive roster which Yahya has now joined.
The Emirati is unapologetically ambitious and has no issue articulating his desire to one day fight for the UFC, but the blueprint is clear having been signed by Bellator.
Yahya will fight at lightweight, a division which is one of Bellator's most talent-rich and has developed notable stars like their former champ Eddie Alvarez who went on to claim the UFC's 155lbs title.
Although Yahya will humbly avoid the subject, at least for now, he is already something of a pioneer for UAE sport, but in being 'the first' there is undoubted pressure.
However, he is not just happy to carry the prestige but also embrace it.
"What can I say? A storm is coming," he tells Sport360 sweat dripping from his brow and his breathe still broken having just come off the training mat at TK MMA.
"I'm not going to let this slip from my hands. This is my dream and I've worked hard for this so I'm going to go in there 100 percent and make sure I get the W.
"Having my country behind me is a huge motivation. Everyone wants to represent their country somehow and I'm representing the UAE in the cage and I hope I can make my people proud and put the UAE on the MMA map.
"Every fighter's goal is to make it to the UFC and I'm no different.
"I've watched it since I was a kid and to be in the Octagon would fulfil a lifelong ambition.
"I'm 23 now and I want to be in the UFC when I'm 25, for sure. That's the aim, that's the goal I've set myself to be in the UFC in two years time."
Fulfilling the prophecy requires an immense work ethic simply because of the dextrous nature of MMA.
The new generation of fighters are some of the most complete and well-rounded the sport has ever seen because they are brought up on MMA rather than transitioning from one discipline such as Muay Thai or boxing.
Yahya is demonstrative of the new gen having produced a submission finish to tap out Mahmoud Mohamed in May at Dubai Fight in just his fifth pro bout without throwing a single stand-up strike.
He already has four wins as a professional with his sole loss a controversial early TKO stoppage against Hassan Talal late last year.
But watching his fights, it's easy to see why Bellator have taken notice and the hope is after a potential American debut in August or September, the promotion will head to Dubai.
"I'll fight whenever," Yahya says. "The first fight will hopefully be in America and then we will try to bring Bellator to Dubai.
"Tam (Yahya's coach and owner of TK MMA, Tam Khan) has been talking to the bosses there and is trying to get a card here so it'd be incredible to be able to fight in front of my home crowd."
Yahya hasn't given potential opponents too much consideration – only stating that he will "genuinely fight anyone" in exciting bouts, rather than padding his records to get noticed.
Training out of Dubai at TK MMA, Yahya has a strong team to help nurture his talent. Former fighter Tam Khan is his MMA coach, Benjey Zimmerman, a key member of decorated UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem's team, serves as his striking coach while legendary kickboxer Gokhan Saki is on hand to train with, now that the UFC's latest addition to the 205lbs division trains out of TK MMA.
It's a "bulletproof" blend, according to Yahya, and the mix of experienced coaching and world-class training partners are married to the support of his country and crucially his family – though that initially wasn't the case.
"My family didn't think I was going to pick it up as a career and obviously no mum would want to see their son get punched or kicked in the face so in the beginning they weren't really supportive," Yahya explains.
"When they saw that I was winning my fights and I knew that this was what I wanted to do, my mum, my dad and my whole family got right behind me.
"I have my older brother who is not really into sports but he is so supportive and he has helped me a lot.
"He comes to every single fight and he always pushes me and pulls me up when I'm slipping.
"He won't even let me drink Pepsi sometimes but it's great to have him so invested in my career."
Yahya's parents are yet to see him fight live but he is hopeful that will change when he hits the big stage.
"My dad always want to come but I'm not sure about my mum," he says.
"I don't really like the energy of having my family there, though.
"For such an intense environment you want good energy around you and of course because she is so nervous it's not great for my focus.
"One day when I reach the very top I hope they will come to see me fight."
Yahya is under no illusions of the challenge ahead, but he is both inspired and motivated by the image of making his walk to the cage on a world stage draped in the UAE flag.
"There's a lot of pressure of course but when I put that flag around me it sends chills down my spine because I know then that I am doing this for my country," he says.
"I just want to put the UAE on the map and Bellator is one of the biggest stages in the world for me to do just that."
"I used to love Chuck Liddell because of his knockouts but my favourite fighter is Rashad Evans. In his prime he was the most complete fighter I've seen in the UFC with takedowns, striking and the way he puts it all together."
"I've already seen a lot of trash talk on the regional circuit so I'm well prepared for that.
"I've been trash talked a lot by Gulf fighters and they're the worst trash talkers ever.
"One guy made a video about me and it went viral. It's actually my biggest win in terms of shaping my career because Ali Al-Naemi was cussing me on YouTube and calling me Baby Face. Then I made him give up as he didn't come out for the third round."
"I love Conor McGregor and marvel at what he's done but I don't actually think he's the best fighter in the UFC.
"Obviously he's one of the top fighters and I really appreciate his movement and timing.
"Every fighter should master their movement because it's so key to what we do.
"With Mayweather, I obviously want him to win but he has no chance. He's in it for the money and he knows it himself but you can't knock him for that."
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Floyd Mayweather's super-fight with Conor McGregor is building momentum as the Mirror have reported the MGM Grand in Las Vegas has been booked to showcase the bout on August 26.
McGregor teased fans on social media last night by posting a cryptic message on his channels as he said "Something BIG is coming".
Something BIG is coming #BP pic.twitter.com/Rm9L66FkfZ— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 11, 2017
And Mayweather's promotional company has reserved the MGM Grand, a venue he fought at for the final 12 fights of his career, with 'Money' widely expected to come out of retirement to face the UFC lightweight champion in a crossover spectacle.
McGregor confirmed last month he had completed his side of the negotiations with UFC president Dana White then proceeding to open discussions with Mayweather's adviser Al Haymon.
The undefeated 49-0 boxer has been pictured sparring while the Nevada Athletic Commission's website has a boxing event booked by Mayweather Promotions on their calendar for August 26 with ShowTime, Mayweather's long-time broadcast partner, televising the projected £500million clash.
McGregor celebrated becoming a father for the first time last month and hasn't fought since becoming the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight world champion after stopping Eddie Alvarez in November at UFC 205.
The Irishman has never competed professionally in boxing while Mayweather is widely regarded as one of the best ever.
When WME/IMG purchased the UFC for over $4 billion in 2016, even the most diligent observers won't have envisaged quite how painful the teething problems would be.
They certainly won't have predicted that the UFC's ultimate company man, longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, would be the one to bite them the hardest.
Indeed, it's indicative of just how poorly this year is playing out for the company that it is Johnson of all people who is the latest to speak out of term.
Just so the world know I haven't agreed to anything still waiting on my contract to fight @tazmexufc not @TJDillashaw if he wants a title— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouseUFC) May 24, 2017
The narrative of 2017 has been one smeared by weak pay-per-view sales, injury-hit cards and a growing tide of roster discontent as athletes continue to voice their dissatisfaction at how they are treated or how much they are paid.
But the latest most explosive example is deeply concerning for the owners on a number of levels.
To paint the entire picture, Johnson's swelling anger is aimed squarely at UFC President Dana White and matchmaker Sean Shelby who he accused of "bullying tactics" over his next opponent.
After decimating Wilson Reis in April to knock off yet another 125lbs contender, 'Mighty Mouse' moved level with the great Anderson Silva on a record 10 straight title defences.
In doing so, he not only cemented his status as the No1 pound-for-pound fighter on the planet but he also added credence to his GOAT claim as attentions turned to possible opponents for his record-breaking bout.
No3 ranked Ray Borg, bantamweight champion Cody Garbradnt and former 135lbs title holder TJ Dillashaw were all suggested, but it's the latter's inclusion on that list which has drawn the ire of Johnson and sparked the dispute.
BOOM! @MightyMouseUFC got his 10 belts. pic.twitter.com/9r6AfJaQ6m— Alex Rea (@AlexReaSport) May 10, 2017
His anger it seems has stemmed from White's appearance earlier this month on the UFC's 'Unfiltered' podcast where he labelled Johnson's refusal to fight Dillashaw as "insanity".
He responded by releasing a lengthy and impassioned statement released via MMAFighting.com last week, in which he wrote: "For years, I have been a company man and kept quiet, accepting fights, doing as they asked and always remaining humble and grateful for the opportunities provided to me through mixed martial arts.
"Unfortunately, UFC's mistreatment and bullying has finally forced me to speak out."
No matter how you unpack Johnson's chagrin, his vexation is not a good look for a promotion obsessively seeking legitimacy among other prestigious sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.
One week they are opening up a $12 million performance institute in Las Vegas but then the next they stand accused of mistreating the most talented fighter on their books.
And it raises plenty of questions for White's hostile and oppressive approach because it's difficult to imagine the NBA disparaging LeBron James or the NFL vilifying Odell Beckham Jr. in the way he has Johnson.
Ultimately, the champion feels disrespected and he has every right to because his reasons for turning down Dillashaw are perfectly valid.
After all, Dillashaw has never fought or even wrestled at 125lbs and if he can make weight, it's not a healthy process to be advocated.
Mini Mouse or Mighty Mouse? Dont be scared! This is the fight game, I've takin title fights on 24hrs notice. I'm already waking up at 143lbs pic.twitter.com/5TMS8zbXAX— TJ Dillashaw (@TJDillashaw) June 5, 2017
Miss weight and Johnson's shot at history disappears, make weight and beat him then the division will be left in disarray because you can guarantee Dillashaw won't remain at flyweight.
It's a fight which makes little sense and White's aggression may have been accepted in the past but it's no longer useful.
The friction doesn't appear to be easing off anytime soon with the UFC supremo firing back yesterday by questioning his bully tag and claiming Conor McGregor as the No1 fighter on the planet because, "he'll fight anybody, anywhere, anytime".
Something has to give and money is the answer. If the UFC is so intent on matching Johnson and Dillashaw up then they should dig deep into their wallet and pay the man.
If he hasn't earned the right to pick his opponent then he at least has earned the right to be paid.
Light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier suggested the UFC fork out $1 million for Johnson and make the fight.
In the short term, paying that sort of money will be a kick in the teeth but the long term side effects of continuing this public spat could be far more wounding.


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Prior to moving to Washington in the summer of 2014, I lived with my family in sunny California. My husband and I began our family in 2000 and the births of our three sons in 2001, 2005 and 2011 led us to be known as the Foreman Five.
In 2010 I pursued my passion of childbirth. I discovered the role of a Doula and knew that this is the profession I would master.
By 2013 I had completed my training through DONA to be a Birth Doula. Later that year I certified as a Birth Doula from my city's own doula organization.
Thirty-eight days after arriving to Washington I was hired to support a family. I was making doula friends and my career was panning out. I wanted more though.
Enter ProDoula.
I was intrigued by their business stance and superior methods of building up women in our field. I signed up to attend labor and postpartum doula training, taught by ProDoula's co-founder Randy Patterson.
My. Life. Changed.
She rocked my world. I couldn't wait to implement what I learned.
I've since taken the Advance Business Training and the Placenta Prep Training. I'm also now certified with them as a Birth Doula, submitted my certification packet for Postpartum and I am currently working towards my certification as a Placenta Specialist.
I've now launched my own full service doula agency. Each affiliated doula is hand-selected and has been trained or cross-trained through ProDoula so that my agency remains consistent, cohesive and attuned with our clients. I'm proud to be a ProDoula. To me, being a ProDoula is just that. Professional. I take my training, certification and clients seriously. I strive to be the best.
I will not falter when others around me or even thousands of miles away behave in a less than professional manner.
I've drawn my line in the sand.
Not only am I a ProDoula, I'm the Issaquah Doula. And I can't wait to get to know you!


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I just love this card. I took a piece of 4"x5" paper and glued these 1" square pieces on the paper. I ran the whole thing through the Big Shot, first cutting with Top Note Die. Then I embossed it with Square Lattice embossing folder. I used the new Daffodil Delight Seam Binding ribbon, using the gathering technique (fray one end, hold onto one thread and start gathering). This took a bit longer than I wanted, but I LOVE how it turned out. Stamped and punched out the birthday greeting. Popped it up using Dimensionals. Put the whole thing on more Dimensionals and on the Daffodil Delight cardstock. At first, the cardstock was not embossed. It was so plain looking. I ran it through the Big Shot with my Perfect Polka Dot folder, rounded the corners, and Voila! Isn't this a very pretty card?
BTW, to make sure the ribbon stays down, you can use a little bit of Sticky Strip, or run a thin bead of Crystal Effects under the ribbon and let it dry. I put my E clear block on top, just to make sure the ribbon did adhere.
My Supplies List (all supplies and images by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamp Set(s): Perfect Punches
Ink: Melon Mambo
Papers: Daffodil Delight, Beyond the Garden DSP (retired)
Accessories: Top Note die, Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, Square Lattice embossing folder, Extra Large Oval punch, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon, corner rounder


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At a certain point, I found myself there at any protest, march, festival, to cover what is happening at the moment on ground. It wasn't until the Saeh Library incident that I had felt how crucial covering such events was. I would proudly admit being the most beneficial towards what else than my hometown Tripoli, from the days of Saha w Hana, to the Mentaad festival, Rawda Sports Festival, Saeh Library Renovation, Tripoli Noel, Tripoli Bikeathon, etc..
On the other hand, toppling down hurdles in order to cover events that include a considerable stench of security and humanitarianism to them is a thrill by itself. Jabal and Tebbaneh reconciliation, Syrian Refugees in northern Tripoli, Salam w Taqwa twin car bombs, Anti-Parliament and Anti-Government protests, rights marches and so on..
Sa7a W Hana, where Sa7at al Nour was closed for a major town-wide Iftar event
Saeh Library Renovation
Jabal and Tebbaneh conflict
Syrian Refugees in Bebnine, Northern Tripoli
Syrian Refugees in Bebnine, Northern Tripoli
Anonymous participants at the protest against the parliament's extension
Saeh Library Protest after being torched down by unknowns
Relative of Saeh Library owner, Mr. Tony Bitar, contemplating the aftermath of the incident
Mentaad festival
Volunteer at Salam Mosque
Bullet trace on a window, Tebbaneh


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The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says Egypt remains the top destination of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa.
UNCTAD, in its "Investment Trends Monitor H1 2018'', reports that FDI has dropped 41 percent in the first half of the year to $470 billion.
This was from $794 billion in the same period in 2017.
The report indicates that Egypt remains Africa's largest recipient of foreign investment — up almost a quarter — compared with the first half of 2017.
In Western Africa, the data indicates a 17 percent fall in investment in the first half of the year, from $5.2 billion to $4.3 billion.
The UN agency's report, however, suggested the negative trend could be turned around by advances in regional integration, including an African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
The fall in foreign direct investment happened mainly in richer nations, including Ireland (down $81 billion) and Switzerland (down $77 billion).
Developing economies saw FDI flows declining "only slightly" in the first half of the year by four percent to $310 billion, compared with 2017.
This includes developing Asia — down four percent — to $220 billion – in the same period, driven mostly by a 16 percent decline in investment in East Asia.
However, China, was the largest recipient of FDI in the first half of 2018, attracting more than $70 billion.
Latin America and the Caribbean saw a six percent drop in investment, amid uncertainty over upcoming elections which were offset by higher commodity prices, UNCTAD said.
This downward trend was blamed partly on the "volatile global economic environment" and mixed commodity prices.
UNCTAD's director, division on investment and enterprise, James Zhan, said overall the global financial picture was "gloomy".
Mr Zhan explained that foreign direct investment was important because it gave countries access to external capital, technology, market access, and tax contributions.
UNCTAD said the development was mainly owing to recent tax reforms in the U.S., which have encouraged big firms there to bring home earnings from abroad — principally from Western European countries.
Mr Zhan said the agency had warned in early January that there was "about $2 trillion of stock in the form of cash or in the form of reinvested earnings of retained earnings outside the U.S."
The UNCTAD's official said the agency also warned that the $2 trillion might be repatriated in some form, following wholesale tax reform.
"And indeed, it's happening. We have seen that outward FDI from the U.S. was from $147 billion last year to a negative $247 billion this year," Mr Zhan added.
He said, however, that other factors had contributed to the 2018 "huge difference in repatriation" of overseas profits by U.S. multi-nationals.
These included uncertainty about the detail and impact of tax reform and the potential impact of unresolved international trade disputes.
The tit-for-tat tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China was also another factor, the UNCTAD official said.


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You know that thing you've been thinking about doing? Why Not Now? This show has been created because I believe the world will be a better place if more people ask themselves, "Why Not Now?" Each episode you'll hear from a professional Why Notter and learn how they answered the question and took action so you can too.
Dr. Tererai Trent is Oprah Winfrey's all-time favorite guest and her story is nothing short of amazing. By age 18, Tererai was a mother of four and she had no education. She wrote her dreams down on a piece of paper and buried it in the earth to grow. Today, Tererai has her Ph.D and she's built 11 schools for girls in Zimbabwe where she's from.
In this episode, we learn about two types of hunger. The Little Hunger, which is what you seek for instant gratification, and The Great Hunger, which is what gives your life purpose. Tererai walks us through how to identify our Great Hunger.
Her new book, The Awakened Woman, has a chapter called Reclaiming your voice. I ask Tererai about her thoughts on the current paradigm shift we're witnessing with women breaking their silence. She has a unique point-of-view on how women can choose to be accountable for contributing toward a solution versus being pegged as a victim.
- Tererai talks about the moment she decided to write her dreams down and bury them. Why did she do this and what was her thought-process?
- The question you should ask yourself if you want to identify your Great Hunger which will make your life more meaningful.
- What happened when Dr. Tererai went on The Oprah Show.
- Tererai's perspective on the current groundswell of women speaking up.
- What Tererai did after Oprah told her she wasn't going to write her book foreward. (Eventually she did.)
- Advice Tererai would give to her younger self.
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|By James Carlini
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|March 21, 2015 02:00 PM EDT
Cloud Computing Synchronicity: Timing Is Everything
Today, more enterprises are looking at cloud-based solutions. What is still missing is the ability to "sync up" transactions coming from various outbound originations to a single destination. What is necessary is Cloud Transaction Synchronicity ©.
There are many articles and white papers discussing cloud computing and shared services. We have seen numerous articles on new services that are being touted like SaaS (Software as a Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service).
Cloud Transaction Synchronicity © is the ability to have every transaction synched up off of one Master Clock (not multiple clocks). Just like the timing of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) itself is based on one Master clock (the Atomic clock), the applications needing timing should also be provided with timing.
This timing capability could be a whole new network service for the carrier(s) to provide. Timing as a Service (TaaS) could be a new service offered to various enterprise networks.
Note to Carriers: You are looking for new and innovative ways to make money off the network infrastructure. Why not sell synchronized timing as an intelligent amenity on your network? It IS needed.
Synchronized Financial Services Framework
Here is a real possibility. Cloud Transaction Synchronicity © should be a mandatory service for all financial transactions that are being transmitted to all the exchanges.
A well-defined timing definition for financial services (trading, transaction processing) should be developed and accepted by the various financial trading organizations because it would provide a more accurate layer of processing and oversight for all transactions being processed. A Synchronized Financial Services Framework would go down into a level of granularity of nanoseconds in order to ensure trades being done in microseconds could be easily sequenced into proper order.
Why is this so important? Financial transactions have to be processed in a very orderly fashion.
Each transaction has a very precise value assigned to it based on the timing of the trade. In the old days when everything was done manually, each order had to be time-stamped on the floor so that its value could be recorded based on the time of trade. Now that the time of a trade has gone from a tenth of a second to a couple of microseconds on an HFT (High Frequency Transactions) server, the safeguards and regulatory oversight have to get down to that level of granularity as well.
Cloud Transaction Synchronicity © would guarantee a much higher and comprehensive level of compliance within the boundaries of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) as well as other regulatory bodies within the financial area. Just by having this timing synchronization embedded into the network infrastructure, it would guarantee the ability to re-construct any major drop or jump in the velocity and value of stock transactions.
If we had this in the past, the explanation of the Dow Flash Crash (the 1,000 Point Drop) would have been more accurate.
New services mean new revenues to network carriers. It's too bad they don't have visionaries on staff to dream up these new services. They seem to be stuck in the 1950s like so many other organizations that just can't seem to see the opportunities in the 21st century.
As defined in my book, Location Location Connectivity, there are four steps in the stages of technology. Creation of technology, its Acceptance, its Regulation (by some government entity) and the Enforcement of the regulation. (CARE)
Visualizing the Framework of Technology
When we take a look at this, we see that HFT servers have been created and accepted by just about all the major and middle players in the stock market. We also see that the regulations covering these systems are non-existent and there is no enforcement, because no regulations have been put into any framework (see the CARE diagram).
This is typical for any emerging technology. We see the creation of it. We may or may not see its acceptance. And lagging behind any acceptance is the regulating of it as well as the framework of enforcement of that regulation.
Utilizing Clouds for financial transactions is a must-have for almost all financial organizations. Cloud Transaction Synchronicity© is a hoped-for capability, which should also be a "must-have" in today's network infrastructure environment. As they say, "Timing is everything."
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- Cloud Computing Procurement: As Easy as Remembering RFP
- MCX and Smartphones: How Good Is the Support Network?
- Cloud Computing and Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
- Hyperloop: A New Layer of Infrastructure?
- Cloud Transactions: Timing as a Service (TaaS)
- Mobile Wallets: The Latest Digital Bling
- Intelligent Infrastructure: Clouds for Commercial Real Estate
- Cloud Computing: Impact of Comcast's Acquisition
- Redefining Cloud Computing: Cloud Calling and Smartphones
- Are Your Cloud Computing Platforms Obsolete?


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Recently we had the opportunity to collaborate with L. Raphael, a spa company that is very famous around Europe, Israel, Russia, and NYC. We had to both be photographed and photograph for Ronit Raphael's hair salon and these photos are going to be featured in a magazine! Both in Europe and in the United States! Exciting! The whole experience was just amazing. From the first moment they treated us like queens. They were able to bring us all that we needed for the shoot.
After building the setting in the hair salon, which served as a studio, the hairstylist Thomas, asked me all about my hair so he could give me the best haircut. These guys are truly professionals. Have we mentioned that they stay at the Four Seasons? Well, if you are in New York and looking for a mind blowing spa treatment or haircut, this is the place to go (they are pricy, don't say that we didn't give you a warning!)
I've (Linoy) always been scared to cut my hair. I remember that I didn't cut my hair until I was 3 and when I did I cried sooo much! Now I trust no one but my hair stylist in Israel. I made an exception this time because I know that L. Raphael only works with the best. I was still nervous though!
It turned out to be great and now I love my new haircut! My hair really needed one anyways and I don't think that it could have waited for another month until I arrive in Israel! Now I have another trustworthy hairstylist really close by!
During the first phase we were talking about how I usually style my hair and of the best haircut Thomas could give me that would be perfect for me.
This is a cutting method we have never encountered before! He made me stand up so the cut would be super straight and even! We were impressed!
After he finished to cut my hair perfectly, he blowed dried it so elegantly. Loved it!
I (Linoy) was wearing a Club Monaco skirt and top, and Bruno Magli booties. I will post the links on the next outfit post!
Here is a link to the L. Raphael website. (just click HERE)


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A pictoral representation of UIAA-105 and EN-12277 standards for harnesses.
Ultra-lightweight mountaineering / ski harness, dons with feet on the ground.
Designed with WIREFRAME Technology construction, the ALTITUDE harness is built for mountaineering and skiing. Ultra-light, its design makes it easy to don, even when wearing skis or crampons.
Ultra-light and compact:
- minimal bulk, when packed in its bag.
Can be donned while wearing skis or crampons:
- dons with feet on the ground.
- the DoubleBack Light buckle and tightening strap are easy to operate, even with gloves.
Optimal simplicity and accessorization:
- four equipment loops totally integrated into the harness to minimize interference when wearing a backpack.
- each leg loop has a keeper with siliconized interior, for positioning an ice screw.
- streamlined design with waistbelt and leg loops using WIREFRAME Technology construction.
Color(s): orange/white
Material(s): nylon monofilament, polyester, high-modulus polyethylene, aluminum.
Harness comes in a protective carry bag.
Retail price
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|Weight (g)
In grams, the weight, as stated by the manufacturer/brand.
If there are differences in weight (due to multiple sizes or optional accessories) we'll list them here.
The default weight is the middle-most size, often this is size M.
| 150 g
S/M : 150 g / 5.3 oz
|Gear Loops
Number of Gear Loops
Gear loops are used to hold gear (quickdraws, cams, etc) onto your harness. 4 gear loops is most common.
0 - 1 Gear Loops
Most often on full body harnesses or guide/gym style harnesses.
2-3 Gear Loops
Mostly found on lighter harnesses made for [ski] mountaineering or high-end sport climbing where weight is a high priority.
4 - 5 Gear Loops
The standard/most common number for climbing harnesses. Perfect for sport and trad.
More Than 6 Gear Loops
Designed for long multi-pitch and big wall climbing, found on harnesses made to hold the maximum amount of gear.
Worth Considering
Occasionally, the number of gear loops will change on a harness model depending on the size. There could be 7 gear loops for the med/large but only 5 gear loops for the xsmall/small. In this case we list the highest number for the filters, and then write an explanation on the product page like, "Size S/XS can only fit 5 gear loops."
|4 Gear loops
|Ice Clip Slots
Ice Clip Slot
Ice clipper slots are made to fit a carabiner that holds ice screws. These slots are generally only used by ice climbers but there is no disadvantage to having them on your harness.
Less than 40% of harnesses will have ice clipper slots. And those harnesses will usually have 2 or 4 slots, often located next to, or between, the gear loops.
|Belay / Tie-In
|One Loop
|Waist Buckle Type
|Quick Adjust
|Leg Buckle Type
|Drop Seat
|Haul Loop
Haul Loop
Trad climbers often look for a haul loop as they're intended to haul a rope (second line) or pack (while you climb the chimney).
A haul loop can also hold shoes or other accessories. Although not the intended use, it is also commonly used to hold a chalk bag.
|Size Chart
S/M (will fit the upper range of XS)
The stats and features are impressive, but it is actually the way such a light harness can offer such incredible comfort and superb performance that makes the Altitiude stand out. The ultra thin unpadded Dyneema waist belt and leg loops look like they would be uncomfortable, but infact they are great. The Dyneema is also stiff enough to keep its shape and they are broad enough to spread the load. The thin tape also means the harness sits unnoticeably under a rucksack. The low absorbent fabric also ensures the harness absorbs minimal water which is perfect in winter conditions, it is easy to get on or off when wearing crampons and it packs up (storage bag supplied) really small. It has everything really!
Petzl has done it again, leading the industry with the first harness to incorporate Dyneema into an ultra-lightweight, full strength harness. Weighing in at only 150 grams (5.29 ounces), the Altitude harness is the lightest in the world. You can bet you'll see others follow suit in the coming years to catch up to Petzl's innovation. Currently other's in it's class weigh in at 215 to 260 g. (9.17 oz).
The UIAA equipment standard provides a baseline for equipment performance in a test lab under controlled conditions on new equipment. Although these test conditions are relevant to the conditions encountered climbing, conditions encountered at the crags and the condition of the equipment are equally important. This recommendation from the UIAA member federation The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) provides vital equipment information that is NOT explicitly addressed in the standard, particularly failure modes of the equipment and recommendations for the use, inspection, maintenance, and retirement of equipment.


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Summer Sampler Series : Evening Star
Wow, I *love* today's block for the Summer Sampler Series - the Evening Star. Katie has a great looking tutorial over on her blog, so don't forget to go check it out and then post your blocks to the Flickr group. Simple paper piecing!
I spent the weekend in Cincinnati and stopped at a couple fabric shops along the way. I plan on blogging about them later this week and even have a giveaway which includes a charm pack donated by Sewn Studio and other fabric and goodies I picked up on my trip - so check back probably Thursday for that. :)
Update: Here's my block!


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- Captain's log stardate 7420.1: At last the Enterprise has established orbit in the crowded skies over the planet Yannid VI, and we can proceed with our mission... the transportation of Ambassador Phral to the treaty signing that will admit his planet to the Federation. Interplanetary diplomacy is a delicate matter and I have taken special precautions to insure that there are absolutely no slip-ups. However, a freak transporter malfunction may render all my precautions useless!
Phral materializes in the Enterprise transporter room, but falls dead with a dagger in his back. The royal palace from which he was beamed informs Kirk that no one assaulted him on the planet.
- Captain's log supplemental: If Ambassador Phral was alive when he left the planet, and dead when he reached the Enterprise, he must have been stabbed while in transit. Yet a transporter functions by separating its subjects into their component atoms and reassembling them elsewhere!
Kirk asks McCoy to perform an autopsy and Spock to investigate the death. McCoy, who is concerned that Kirk seems irritable, discovers that Phral has been dead for at least fifteen minutes, even though he beamed up five minutes ago. The computer tapes of Phral's arrival have been erased by an energy surge; when Spock reviews a tape of his beamup from the surface, he finds another discrepancy. Prince Storf and Princess Minax inform Kirk that their planet's agreement with the Federation is non-binding until their uncle's murder is explained. They demand the immediate return of his body and advise Kirk to recall his crew on shore leave, who may be in danger from rebels who want the planet to join the Klingon Empire. They reveal that Phral was formerly known as Prince Arlph, unsettling Kirk.
In a tavern on Yannid VI, Sulu, DiFalco and Chekov are confronted by rebel sympathizers who blame the Federation for Phral's murder. Other bar patrons defend the Federation, and a brawl ensues, with the three Enterprise officers joining in until they are signaled to beam up. As they dematerialize, one of the rebels who was injured in the fight says, "Just get me to Dr. Loroc..."
Admiral Fitzpatrick grants Kirk authority to handle the situation as he sees fit, but notices that Kirk seems edgy. Kirk finally tells Spock, McCoy and Sulu what has been bothering him. In flashback, he recalls how he visited Yannid VI as an ensign on the USS Republic. Rebels had murdered King Geror and taken his son, Prince Arlph, hostage. When Kirk led a landing party to rescue the Prince, his warning shot ricocheted and struck Arlph himself, putting him in a coma. Arlph's brother became king and cut off ties with the Federation, and when Arlph awoke years later, he blamed Kirk for his losing the throne. He changed his name and became an ambassador. After the king's death negotiations were reopened, but are now imperiled by Phral's death, for which Kirk appears responsible.
Spock theorizes that the murdered man was not Phral, who was seen alive at the time the victim died, but was a surgically altered duplicate. The body was not wearing a ring of great sentimental value to Phral. Spock suggests that the real Phral wishes to be thought dead and may be undergoing plastic surgery, leading Sulu to remember the mention of "Dr. Loroc". Kirk requests three native disguises from the quartermaster.
- Captain's log, stardate 7420.4 We are beaming down to the planet's surface, attempting to obtain information from "Dr. Loroc". Our disguises are serviceable... but not perfect!
Beaming down with Kirk and Spock, McCoy complains that the disguises leave their human hands visible. At Dr. Loroc's clinic, Spock nerve-pinches the man who meets them at the door. Dr. Loroc herself confronts them with a gun, but is shot from behind and killed. Kirk and Spock find three patients in a room at the end of the corridor, while McCoy is apprehended by Prince Storf, Princess Minax and a group of guards. They join Kirk, Spock and the three patients, one of whom, Kirk points out, must be Phral, who killed Dr. Loroc after she changed his appearance. Spock claims to have made a telepathic scan of the patients and to know which one is Phral. Spock explains that when Phral seemingly beamed aboard the Enterprise he was actually intercepted by a rebel vessel, while the body of the duplicate killed ten minutes earlier was beamed aboard the starship. The computer tapes were wiped by an energy surge fired from the planet. Phral wanted to humiliate Kirk and disappear with his personal fortune.
Phral seizes a guard's phaser and takes Minax hostage, but McCoy knocks him out with a hypospray. As Phral is taken to prison, Storf agrees to sign the treaty to join the Federation.
- Captain's log stardate 7421.1: The Federation has added a new member to its roster, and I have, at last, made amends for my earlier visit to Yannid VI! The Prince and Princess are returning to their planet, secure in the knowledge that they have the full support of the Federation, both in peace, and, should it become necessary – in war!
Spock tells Kirk and McCoy that his "telepathic scan" was merely a series of deductions; as McCoy puts it, he bluffed. The Enterprise warps away.
- Pavel Chekov • Marcella DiFalco • Fitzpatrick • James T. Kirk • Loroc • Leonard McCoy • Minax • Phral/Arlph • Janice Rand • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Storf • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • unnamed natives of Yannid VI
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- admiral • ambassador • captain • criminal investigator • detective • doctor • ensign • heir apparent • hostage • king • medical examiner • prince • princess • quartermaster • rebel • science officer • warrior
Science and technologyEdit
- atom • autopsy • coma • computer • energy surge • hypospray • knock-out drug • nervous system • orbit • phaser • phaser pistol • plastic surgery • space • starship • transporter • turbolift • type-2 phaser • warp factor • warp drive
Other referencesEdit
- anagram • beer • bridge • captain's log • clinic • diplomacy • emotion • fencing • fiction • knife • landing party • law • logic • milk • mind meld • murder • mystery • office • palace • peace • planet • police • politics • prison • ring • royal family • shore leave • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (early 2270s) • sword • tavern • telepathy • transporter room • treaty • vodka • Vulcan nerve pinch • war
- Kirk refers to Yannid VI as "Yannid IV" at one point.
- It's hard to believe that Sulu overhears the reference to "Dr. Loroc" while dematerializing several feet away.
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Count Us In!
Immigrant Council of Ireland
A campaign to remind political parties that Irish citizens are diverse and ready to vote and be counted.
Paula was born in the Philippines and grew up in the United Kingdom. She worked in the financial industry and is now semi-retired. She now lives with her Irish partner in an affluent area of Dublin. She has a British passport and is eligible to vote in Ireland.
During the 2011 general elections while she was doing some cleaning in her house, a canvasser of a major political party knocked on her door. When she answered, the canvasser mistook her for a domestic worker as she fitted the profile of the Filipino domestic workers working in the suburb of Dublin where she lives. As if this were not enough, the canvasser assumed that she did not have a word of English and spoke slowly to her, asking: "Do … you … understand … English? … When …will … the … homeowners … be … back?"
Around the same time, staff at the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) were hearing similar stories. Canvassers bypassing people who did not sound or look typically Irish. People distributing leaflets who ignored a foreign accent or a non-Irish face. ICI staff realized these behaviours were based on a false assumption that migrants do not vote. This was an issue of concern to the ICI's stakeholders especially those who became Irish through the naturalisation process. After internal discussions on the issue and after dealing with a few calls from other naturalised citizens, the ICI decided to take the initiative in highlighting this experience.
Stand Up and Be Counted
On February 17th, 2011, the Immigrant Council of Ireland launched the Count Us In campaign. The aims of the campaign were: (1) to raise awareness among naturalised citizens of their right to vote in the 2011 General Election; (2) to remind political parties and candidates of the need to engage with naturalised citizens and with the issues pertaining to immigration and integration; and (3) to remind politicians and canvassers that the electorate in Ireland was diverse.
A photocall was staged in front of Leinster House (the parliament building) in Dublin with naturalised citizens and established Irish nationals supporting the campaign. The ICI secured a small grant that was used in the production of a Youtube clip, securing the service of a freelance photo journalist and of a public relations consultancy.
After hearing about the campaign in the news, Paula contacted the ICI and agreed to participate on a live radio interview about the Count Us In campaign. Sharing her experience with a wider audience and meeting with people who had experienced the same thing helped her to put it behind her. The fact that the campaign went viral after catching bloggers' attention and was covered in the mainstream media helped raise awareness about Paula and other voters who did not 'look or sound typically Irish'.
Sharing ideas behind the Count Us In campaign
The first channel through which the campaign was shared with the wider audience was through a press notice and this was followed by a press release. Following the photocall, the campaign received wide coverage. This included:
- TV3 News at 5.30pm: News package with Dianne Connor
- IrishTimes.com: Call for election focus on immigrants
- Broadsheet.ie: 'They're voting for the guy who does the funny accents of foreigners'
- Newstalk.ie: 'Criticism of lack of migrant election candidates' podcast interview with Fidèle Mutwarasibo, Integration Manager, Immigrant Council of Ireland
- Metro Eireann: Citizenship delays deny immigrants of right to vote.
Another aspect of the work on the campaign was the production of a YouTube video where a number of naturalised citizens shared their views and experiences. This was important in documenting the campaign and sharing with others who might be interested in running a similar campaign.
The feedback on the campaign was positive as highlighted by Paula's case study. Although it is difficult to ascertain the causal effect, a naturalised citizen of US American descent was appointed to the Seanad (Irish Senate) by the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny in May, 2011 after the ICI had called the incoming Taoiseach to appoint a naturalised citizen to the Seanad in February!
The fact that the story of the campaign was picked up by the media highlights the fact that the campaign was timely and relevant. The coverage was also positive and in many ways the campaign marked the beginning of a debate on Irishness in 21st century Ireland.
This Good Idea was submitted to Cities of Migration by Fidèle Mutwarasibo, Integration Manager, Immigrant Council of Ireland.
Making it Work for You:
- Getting the timing right.
- Responding to a perceived need.
- Having people affected by the issue on board.
- Having a good communications strategy.
- Planning support mechanisms for people who have been affected by the issue and who contact the promoter of the initiative/campaign after the launch.
- Having a strategy to deal with dissenters as there will always be people who disagree with an initiative one deems sound and reasonable.
- Having a de-briefing session with all the stakeholders in the initiative/campaign after the launch to share the learning.
Tags: citizenship, Ireland, Political Parties, voting rights
Themes: connect
For this Good Idea contact:
Fidèle Mutwarasibo, Integration Manager, Immigrant Council of Ireland
2 St Andrew Street
Dublin , Ireland,
00 353 1 674 0202


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Standards are good. In eCommerce land there's a standard that I see a ton of shops not using. It's called Product Schema. All you do is add simple tags to different elements on your product pages like the Title, Description, Price, and Reviews. This lets websites that support Product Schema know what's what. OK, so let's say you spent 10 minutes today to integrate this. What would it do for you? How about Rich Snippets in Google Search Results:
Which do you think a customer is more likely to click on? We're big believers in more free traffic. Every little bit helps in online retail.
AddShoppers uses it to pull the right product data for our widgets:
If Product Schema isn't present, we default to the page title for the product name and cry a little inside.
Here are the Product Schema tags you should be using:
- name
- description
- image
- productID
- price
- stock status
- reviews
- availability
- brand
Moral of the blog post? Get your developers to spend a few minutes updating your product pages today. You can test everything with Google's Rich Snippets Tool.


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@article {458, title = {Loss of CDKL5 disrupts kinome profile and event-related potentials leading to autistic-like phenotypes in mice.}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, volume = {109}, year = {2012}, month = {2012 Dec 26}, pages = {21516-21}, abstract = {
Mutations in the X-linked cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) gene have been identified in neurodevelopmental disorders including atypical Rett syndrome (RTT), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), and early infantile epileptic encephalopathy. The biological function of CDKL5 and its role in the etiology of these disorders, however, remain unclear. Here we report the development of a unique knockout mouse model of CDKL5-related disorders and demonstrate that mice lacking CDKL5 show autistic-like deficits in social interaction, as well as impairments in motor control and fear memory. Neurophysiological recordings reveal alterations in event-related potentials (ERPs) similar to those observed in RTT and ASDs. Moreover, kinome profiling uncovers disruption of multiple signal transduction pathways, including the AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) cascade, upon Cdkl5 loss-of-function. These data demonstrate that CDKL5 regulates signal transduction pathways and mediates autistic-like phenotypes and together establish a causal role for Cdkl5 loss-of-function in neurodevelopmental disorders.}, keywords = {Animals, Anxiety, Autistic Disorder, Behavior, Animal, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Hyperkinesis, Memory, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Neurons, Phenotype, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Proteome, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Seizures, Signal Transduction, Social Behavior, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases}, issn = {1091-6490}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1216988110}, author = {Wang, I-Ting Judy and Allen, Megan and Goffin, Darren and Zhu, Xinjian and Fairless, Andrew H and Brodkin, Edward S and Siegel, Steve J and Marsh, Eric D and Blendy, Julie A and Zhou, Zhaolan} }


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Books for life LIVE is a unique event packed with incredible speakers, and is a fantastic chance to discover your next best read. The event takes place in Cheltenham at the beautiful Trinity Church during the world renowned Cheltenham Literature Festival.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Take an inspired producer at the peak of his powers, a great team of session players, and an uncommonly subtle and graceful R&B singer, and what do you have? Top-tier Memphis soul.
The feminine counterpart to Al Green on producer Willie Mitchell's Hi label, Ann Peebles had a strong run through the '70s during which she put out a string of R&B hits, many of which have since been revived by famed fans of the singer and the Memphis style. "I Can't Stand the Rain," released in 1974, was Ann Peebles' finest album for Hi Records, and it should have been a massive success. Instead, while it's celebrated in Europe and now considered an anthem, it floundered and barely scraped the pop charts, although the single was her biggest R&B hit. In an interview, John Lennon once called it "the greatest record ever," which, hyperbole aside, shows the impact the song had on attentive ears.
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Shazam! 2019
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Companies: DC Entertainment, DC Comics, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Safran Company, Seven Bucks Productions
Release: 2019-03-23
Status: Released
Duration: 132 min
Quality: HD
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The first few minutes of this skit I was just totally confused but after hearing PSY's song a couple of times I was hooked! And stay tuned for the amazing surprise ending! You will love it!!! The SNL Season Premiere was really awesome by the way! Definitely check it out if you haven't already. Seth MacFarlane's monologue was genius!


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GrimReaper1393 Master Thursday 28/02/2013, 02:14
Hello person reading this Recruitment Subject!
This Guild is Star Wars Themed, which means you don't have to like Star Wars but it is highly recommended!
Here is the link: http://www.urban-rivals.com/guilds/guild/?id=0
I will start with Ranks:
Special Ranks:
The Emperor- Owner of the Group
The Advisor- The Head Admin
The High Council- Admins of the Group
Council- Moderators of the Group!
The only way to get to the above Ranks is to be trusted by me, to of been a close friend to me as well, and to be active!!
Regular Ranks:
Jedi Grandmaster/Sith Dark Lord
Jedi Master/Sith Lord
Jedi Guardian/Sith Assassin
Jedi Knight/Sith Disciple
Jedi Ace/Sith Warrior
Jedi Padawan/Sith Apprentice
Recruit- This is the Rank you'll be given after joining!
We train Urban Rivals Beginners
We help you obtain wanted cards
We have a Website(Almost Done)
The website will have Forums, Games, etc
We will help Level Up
Easy to get Promoted
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Non-food industrial ovens, which include rotary ovens, are typically used to cure certain materials that are hardened through heat applications. To that end, rotary ovens are used to raise materials to a high temperature in a continuous, indexed or manual process, in order to accomplish heating applications. Typical heat processing applications performed by rotary ovens include: annealing, lean or cell based manufacturing, pre-heating, shrink fitting and stress relieving.
Materials produced in rotary ovens include: cement, lime, refractories, metakaolin, titanium dioxide, alumina, vermiculite and iron ore pellets. Rotary ovens are also used to roast a wide variety of sulfide ores prior to metal extraction. Rotary ovens rotate the material within the heat chamber, where it may encounter a single or multiple heat zones.
A rotary oven may include optional features like: recirculation fans with high efficiency motors, inert atmospheres, can construction bodies, thermal and regenerative oxidizers, remote capabilities using industrial computer technology, UL or CE certified panels, PE certifications and programmable controls with HMI technology.
Rotary ovens may glean heat from a number of sources, including electricity, LPG, natural gas, fuel oil, steam and other fuel mixtures. Rotary ovens benefit many industries and applications, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, heavy duty equipment, HVAC, motor, mining and transportation.
Rotary oven manufacturers will accommodate your specifications and standard requirements. Most manufacturers can build or modify your rotary ovens so that they conform to standards like: NFPA, IRI, FM, OSHA, JIC, NEC, UL and CE. Manufacturers may further check for quality through certain assessments, such as assessments for production goals, parts configuration and construction, part mass, temperature profile and in-facility test runs.
They may also test your rotary ovens for performance, accuracy, safety systems, air management and temperature uniformity. Discuss your application, specifications and requirements with potential manufacturers to find the right fit for you. A well-built and well-maintained rotary oven is a treasure.


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A while back I was working with a partner who asked what it would take to convert their web app (in HTML5 & CSS) into a great Windows Store app. This wasn't a question of a minimal approach to just get it to work, but of making a really good app while still minimizing the work. I put together the following list of priorities with some general estimates of the amount of dev work involved. I figured this might be a helpful list for other developers.
For further inspiration, also check out the Website to apps topic in the design inspiration section of the Windows Developer Center.
- Has to meet Store policies, which is some of what drives this list. (1-3 days) Key considerations:
- 3.5: touch interaction must have visual feedback (meaning proper animations)
- 3.6: handling view states and process management
- 3.9: disallowing remote script
- 4.1/4.1.1: privacy statement
- 4.1.2: opt in for use of personal information
- 4.5 Network cost awareness (especially for any large transfers) (.5-2 days)
- 5.1 and 6.2: content and age rating
- Explore a horizontally-oriented design (though vertical can be done especially with the Windows 8.1 ListView). (1-3 day design; dev is variable depending on the design and where you're starting from)
- View states: handle portrait, snapped, filled along with landscape. (2-3 days for design, implementation, testing) [For Windows 8.1 this means handling variable sizing rather than view states]
- Handles resolution scales well, both display sizes and pixel scaling. (1-2 days)
- Must run within the app container security boundary, which excludes remote script and script injection. (1 day to check; possibly more if things need to be rewritten)
- Works with mouse, keyboard, and touch input, the latter of which means that touch targets need to be the right size. (.5 day design; 1-2 days dev)
- Move chrome/commands off-canvas, generally (2 days design; 3-5 days dev)
- Search to Search charm
- Sharing functions to share source, though you may retain what you have as it's integral to the experience
- Settings to Settings charm including logins and profile management
- Other commands and navigation to app bars
- Handling suspend/terminate/restart and suspend/resume. (1 day)
- Migrate from page navigation based on <a href> to single host page with DOM replacement (using page controls) (1-4 days depending on how you're doing it now)
- Great splash screen and branding graphics (1 day design mostly; .25 days dev)
Nice to Do:
- Handling network connectivity or lack thereof (caching strategy/offline story) (2-4 days dev)
- Live tiles: what can you surface on the tile? (1 day design; 2 days dev)
- Roaming experience—what settings transfer to the user's other devices? (1 day dev)
- Globalization (making a world-ready, language-neutral app) (2 days dev)
- Localization (1 day testing with pseudo-language; each language is likely an hour or less but needs to include time spent )
- Accessibility (2 days)
- Good use of progress indicators when transitioning pages. (.5 days design, .5 days dev)
- Honing performance especially if using collection controls. (2-4 days day dev depending on goals)


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HR Recruitment Consultant, FT Based Remotely
- Recruiter
- HR Recruit
- Location
- Leeds & West Yorkshire
- Salary
- 20000.00 - 50000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 17 Oct 2019
- Closes
- 25 Oct 2019
- Sector
- Healthcare, Recruitment to Recruitment
- Job Function
- Recruitment Consultant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Experienced HR Recruiters / Managers Only.
HR Recruitment Consultant, (Uncapped Commission)
37.5 hrs P/W, Flexible Hours (Based Remotely)
Since its establishment in early 2013 FD Recruit has grown from strength to strength. To continue further expansion we are now seeking a senior recruitment consultant to join our sister brand – HR Recruit.
Our opportunities strongly reflect our philosophy which is, that a flexible and supportive working environment brings out the best in people. Therefore, our flexible work ethic provides our team of recruitment specialists the opportunity to work remotely and have flexible working hours to suit their personal circumstances. We have designed a lucrative three–tier commission structure where you will set your hours based on your individual need to earn.
Duties entail:
- Manage resourcing assignments from start to conclusion
- Develop professional relationships with senior level executives
- Lead Business Development initiatives for your region and acquire new business
- Effectively manage client communications and expectations
- Create strong relationships and communicate effectively with candidates consisting of HR Directors, HR Managers, HR Business Partners, HR advisors & HR Administrators
- Actively network with industry sources
- Maintain accurate candidate and client information
You will have:
- A stable career history with a proven track record in HR Recruitment
- Experience of working to tight deadlines in a fast–moving environment
- Strong negotiation and consulting skills
- The ability to liaise with and influence at all levels
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Confident presentation skills
- A proactive nature
Please note: This is a target driven role where business development is essential. Our positions offer a great work life balance where flexibility goes both ways. You will have sole ownership of a geographical territory and this may require you to handle the occasional client query outside of normal business hours.
Progression opportunities also exist with ambitious candidates potentially working towards running their own regional HR Recruit business unit with a 70% revenue share.
Interested to see how a move to HR Recruit could transform your career? Simply email your CV and covering letter, all communication is treated in the strictest of confidence.


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Almost every curly-haired beauty has wished to rock silky-straight hair at least once in her lifetime. Though we all love shiny straight and sleek hair, we do not want to invest in a straightener which damages our hair and does not give the desired results. So, we have brought to you a tried and tested list of the best hair straighteners available in India, for every budget.
Coming from the most trusted brand PHILIPS INDIA, this hair straightener is the best budget hair straightener you girls could lay your hands upon. When I say BEST, I mean it. With its constant 210 degree C temperature, which provides high heat in a professional way, helps to achieve the perfect salon style straight hair. The straightener has extra wide plates which makes it easy to straighten thick, long hair in a very short span of time. The plates are ceramic coated, which help in gliding the tool easily on your locks, without risking breakage. The tool heats up in 60 seconds flat, and is perfect for creating frizz free, smooth locks that reflect light.
Philips multi-styler salon stylist HP4696:
This handy little tool from PHILIPS has claimed to be a savior for a lot of girls. From straightening, crimping, to creating large loose curls, to creating ringlets and wavy hair; this product claims to do it all. The product comes with a total of three attachments plus two tongs to part your hair. A large curling attachment, a slide-on spiral attachment as well as a crimping/straightening attachment. The straightener and the crimper are on the opposite sides of the same place, but are easily changeable. The product also claims to have ceramic plate, thus effortlessly gliding through your hair, resulting in the hair of your dreams.
Remington professional slim hair straightener S2002-
Remington S2002 hair straightener comes with 2 x protections as it uniquely combines Ceramic as well as Teflon technology. The ceramic coating ensures that you don't have to worry about hair breakage; whereas the Teflon coating enables the heat plates to stay warm for a much longer time, and the temperature remains constant. With 60 second heat-up, light indicators and temperature regulator; it makes styling easy and hassle-free.
Remington S9520 pearl ceramic Hair straightener:
The Remington S9520 holds true to its claims by providing salon-straight shiny, sleek hair. Along with 15 second fast heat-up system, which heats up the tool to 450 degree Fahrenheit, LED light indicator, it has swivel cord which makes the machine easy to use. But the most unique feature is the pearl ceramic plates. The heating plates are coated with ceramic as well as real crushed pearls, resulting in silky smooth hair, without damaging the hair.
Babyliss ST87E-
Though a bit on the pricier side, this sleek-looking product offers a high, professional performance. The most exciting part of this straightener is that it takes hardly 5 seconds to attain its maximum temperature, which is about 230 degree Celsius. The heat plates come with a specialized Titanium Ceramic coating which adds the extra oomph to the otherwise drab looking hair. The tool comes with light indicators and also does a good job at curling even the longest of the tresses. Thanks to the titanium ceramic coated plates which make it easy to twirl and coil your hair in the tool.
Panasonic compact 2 in 1 multi-styling straightener-
Another trusted name in Indian market, Panasonic brought out this efficient little tool which works on very low voltage, about 20 watts. Amazing isn't it? Apart from the regular ceramic coated plates and a quick 60 second heat up time, this tool comes with a heat protection cap which is used for covering the plates; making it travel-friendly as well as easy to store. The straightener comes with a tangle-free 1.7 meters swivel cord, making it more flexible to work with.


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Water Smoking
Refers to the period in firing where the last of the mechanical water in body and glaze are being released. Firing can normally proceed quickly after this water has been ejected (up to 750C/hour is common in industry). Typically firings are taken to the boiling point (or slightly beyond) and held there for the amount of time necessary to remove all the water (the "water smoking soak"). The degree to which the drying process has removed water determines not only the soak time needed at boiling point, but also the temperature at which the water smoking soak can be conducted.
Put almost-dry ware into a kiln. This happens!
An example of what can happen if ware is heated too fast during early stages of firing. This bowl was not quite dry on the base, it is Plainsman M370. Even though the firing proceeded to 220 degrees and soaked for an hour, it was not enough time for the water to escape before the second step in the firing schedule.
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