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The CyberPowered Home team has been chosen as the 2018 Discovery Competition winner, which comes with $25,000 in cash.
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The CyberPowered Home team has developed a smart breaker box that automatically senses, interprets and acts on electrical use information. The team says the box can help homeowners save an estimated 25 percent on energy bills while enjoying a more responsive and convenient smart home, and will help utility companies smooth demand, respond to events, make predictions and streamline operational costs and complexity.
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If you've overcome your angst about stepping into your gym's weight room, congratulations! This is great news. Research shows that weightlifting can help with weight loss and disease prevention, while also improving heart health, sugar control, and balance.
While pilates, barre, and yoga classes are a great for cardio endurance, which is the ability to use a muscle for a long time before fatigue hits, they don't directly target muscular strength. To see true strength gains, your workout needs to add resistance through body weight exercises, dumbbells, kettlebells, and bands. However, according to research only 20% of women get in the recommended strength training two times a week.
If you want to hit the weight room, but don't know how to get started, here is a list of weight-room tips to get you started.
1. Remember: Sore Does Not Necessarily Mean Effective. Do not judge the effectiveness of your workout based on how sore you are. If you are sore for longer than two days, it may be a sign that you are either doing the exercise wrong, or that you are going too hard. If you feel the latter is the reason for your soreness, try doing less weight with higher reps, or doing lower reps. [Hint: if you are hoping to shorten the length of time that you are sore for, try foam rolling, which has been proven to boost recovery and flexibility].
2. Speaking of Form… For most people getting started in in the weight-room I recommend getting started with 1-5 sessions with a trainer. This will give you enough time to learn how to do certain moves correctly, so that you can do them on your own without supervision. Many gyms even offer complimentary sessions when you join initially. However, if you can't afford training sessions and your gym doesn't offer a free session when you join, go to the internet. The internet is a great place to learn new exercise moves and routine, especially YouTube and Instagram. There is a great community of instagram fitness-stars who post videos of themselves doing weight-lifting exercises with voice-over explanations on how to do certain moves.
Two years ago I started going to the gym with my partner at the time, who hit the weights while I pounded away on the treadmill. One day when I was feeling particularly adventurous, I asked him to show me a few moves. I learned how to bicep curl, shoulder press, overhead tricep press, and row. I started doing that series of moves two to three times a week, and I was stunned by how quickly my body responded to the weight. Within the first month my muscles had hardened, the weights I was using had climbed, and I began learning new moves and exercises to add to my weight-room routine. By trusting the process and not doing too much weight too soon, I saw results without compromising my body.
3. You Can't Out-Train a Bad Diet. What you've heard is true, a healthy weight and body really is 20% exercise and 80% food. No matter how much time and work you're making in the weight-room, you are sabotaging your efforts if you are not also eating mindfully. While this statistic may seem like proof that exercising is futile, it's not. Muscles burn more calories than fat, even when the body is in rest-mode, which means that a more muscular body burns more calories a day doing nothing than a less muscular body doing the same. [For more information about whether or not weight loss is really 20% exercise and 80% caloric intake, check out this article]. Even if losing weight is not your goal, food is fuel for the body, so if you're going to embark on a workout that requires a large amount of "fuel", you need to eat accordingly.
4. If You Hate Your Workout, Find a New One. It's okay if the first weight-lifting workout you try, is not one that you like. Or the second, or even the third. Try multiple exercises and workouts until you find the one that resonates with you. If you hate using kettlebells, try dumbbells. If you can't stand dumbbells try using weight plates. If you don't like weight plates, try weighted medicine balls. Lifting weights is not One Size Fits All. Give yourself the freedom to dislike something and discontinue it from your workout routine, and also give yourself the freedom to try new moves.
I am always asking my friends who weight lift for inspiration (especially for leg day), and asking the trainers who work at my gym to take a peek at my form when I begin incorporating a new move.
5. Rest. This may seem counter-intuitive, but you need to give your body a rest if you want to see the results of the work you're putting in at the gym. Most trainers recommend at least 48 hours rest between working out the same muscle group.
While the number of women who are beginning to lift heavy is growing, a whopping 63% of women who hit the weight room leave it injured. Now that some common misconceptions about women in the weight room have been clarified, here are few tips to follow to keep your body healthy.
1. Warm up. Just as you wouldn't launch into a HIIT treadmill workout warming up, and your Zumba instructor wouldn't begin the class with the hardest song on the playlist, you should not jump right into your weight-lifting routine without readying your muscles. Warming up increases circulation, improves flexibility and range of motion, and prepares your muscles and joints for action. There are differing opinions on whether static or dynamic stretching is best. But I suggest using using one of the following to get yourself started: walk 10 minutes on the treadmill, run 3-5 minutes on the treadmill, or do a set of 10 pushups and lunges to prepare your body for what's to come. My personal favorites for warming up is 3 minutes of ladders on leg day and 1 minute of jumping rope for any other routine.
2. Focus on Form. I touched on this above, but it's worth re-starting because studies have shown that women have a higher likelihood of leg, hip, and foot injuries than men by almost 50%; researches believe that this is a result of women's traditionally wider hips. A few tips to improve your form are to 1) always remember to stand straight up (standing crooked puts strain on your hips and knees), 2) look straight ahead while lifting (looking down or to the side strains your neck), 3) tighten your abs as if preparing to take a punch to the gut (this will keep your back straight instead of putting unnecessary pressure on your lower back).
3. Start Slow. Many women think that more is better. More reps, more sets, more weight. But if you increase any of these things before your body is ready, you strain your muscles. Instead, trust the process. By slowly increasing your reps, sets, and weights you're conditioning your muscles and ligaments. A good rule of thumb for increasing weight is 10%-15% at a time.
4. Do NOT Compare Yourself To Others. Comparison is known as the thief of joy… but it's also the easiest way to overwork your muscles. While pushing yourself can be good in a work out, if you push yourself to lift the same weight as another person in the weight room before your body is ready, is the recipe for disaster.
5. Listen To Your Body. If something feels wrong, it probably is. If something is painful, stop. If something feels right and makes you feel capable, keep doing it. Your body will tell you when you need to stop, and when you can keep going.


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There is an ornate decaying delicacy that comes with the period haunted house film. The Woman in Black is a classic back-to-basics Gothic tale that boasts an impressively patient and confident execution of familiar tropes, successfully piling on spook after spook. This may be all the film has to offer, but it garners enough satisfaction to ward off disappointment.
Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) is a young widowed lawyer with a son. He is given an assignment (which his job hinges on) in a secluded English village where he is to sort through the estate of a deceased woman named Alice Drablow. The villagers are troubled by Arthur's arrival. He gradually learns that many of the villagers have children who have died, including two hospitable citizens' played by Ciaran Hinds and Janet McTeer. It is only when Arthur is alone, in the entirely isolated and haunted estate of Eel Marsh, that he is able to put the pieces together amidst a ghost who means harm.
The vast majority of ghost stories are all essentially the same. There is a ghost. This ghost has been somehow wronged in their former life. The ghost wants to invoke suffering to others because of what they were forced to endure in life. This suffering could be targeted at nobody in particular, at a specific type of person, or at the ghost's perceived wrong-doers.
With this in mind, it is imminently clear what is going on in The Woman in Black after about thirty minutes. The trick is to have this not matter. It does matter here, and in that case, the story needs to be stronger. To be an effective ghost story, the basis may be obvious (because at this point they almost certainly will be), but the particulars should be more vague, and at least as intriguing as what can be easily ascertained. The Woman in Black lacks the mysteriousness in story that it puts forth as having.
The story's shortcomings are largely made up for by the macabre atmosphere and revivified use of tropes that go far in filling the void. The scares themselves are not unfamiliar, but they work because of the impressively sustained ambiance that figures in far beyond the '˜jump' moments themselves. James Watkins makes the entire journey one long successfully sustained spook.
Gothic tropes are heartily embraced with an appreciation for creaky doors and hallways, madwomen, shadows and fog, and a grandiose and decaying house that reign supreme over any character or story element to be had. Watkins wrings out a lot with a little; without him and an impressive technical crew (the production design here is stellar), this would have been entirely forgettable as opposed to the somewhat satisfying film that it is. A special kudos to those responsible for the props, who conjure up what is easily the most unsettling collection of antique wind-up dolls one is likely to ever see.
Much has been made of the fact that this is Daniel Radcliffe's first post-Potter role and I am one of those, being the Radcliffe fan myself. Sadly, there is nothing much asked of him, and it is hard not to ponder if an actor who can make something out of nothing (there are not many that can) might have been able to lend some much-needed gravitas. For one, Radcliffe is oddly callow here as a lawyer with a four-year old son. He spends his time mainly reacting to creepy goings-on within the broadly defined quietness of his character. It does not help that the characterization of Arthur Kipps hinges entirely on the continuous lamenting over the death of his wife, and the constant reminder that he loves his son and wishes he could spend more time with him. This is all he is given to do and he is serviceable.
The problematic end, which I will not explicitly spoil, is impossible to overlook for its painful mawkishness. This kind of ending has always been a personal pet peeve, for the pitiful strain it reveals in insuring that the audience is sent off with a modicum of the '˜happy ending', no matter what the contradicting circumstances. It is corny, evasive and cowardly.
The Woman in Black is in some sense following the type of film that nobody watches for plot or characterization. There are plenty of horror films, indeed many, that offer nothing in story and are heralded for their aura alone (many Hammer Films included). I was tempted to stride towards the '˜but it wasn't meant to' line of reasoning. But The Woman in Black seems to want to simultaneously intrigue with its story. The film neither backs up its plot-oriented ambitions nor goes forward with a bold proclamation of plot scarcity. The result is a potentially involving tale lost as well as a residue of intention that leaves an unfulfilled mark. But its primary reason for being, the resurrection of Gothic atmosphere and tropes used effectively is something The Woman in Black has in spades, and this is almost enough.


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Artist/poet Diane Walker invites you to return to your compassionate and peaceful center
Saturday, February 21, 2015
The cat who loved me
Alex was really a dog in a cat suit -- embarrassingly affectionate and deeply loyal, he was the personification -- or felinification? -- of unconditional love. He would drop everything and run to me if I called his name, stretching his paws up my legs and begging to be picked up, then wrapping those paws around my neck and licking my cheek or chin.
Whenever I sat down for any length of time, Alex would curl on my lap, butting his head into the crook of my elbow or nuzzling the hollow beneath my chin and relentlessly kneading with his sharp claws, demanding all the while that I keep stroking his ridiculously soft fur.
So when, last May, it was discovered that he had a salivary tumor, we were devastated. Sometimes they can grow really fast, we were told; his breathing passages might be cut off in a matter of weeks. So we canceled trips we had planned and began living each day as if it might be his last.
His cheek began to swell, and the hard knot beside his chin grew larger and harder, stretching across his throat, and still his life and mood seemed unchanged: he still went for walks with us and the dog every night, spent hours out in the dune grass stalking and catching the birds and rodents who dared to venture onto our property, and curled happily into my arms whenever I sat down, loudly purring his appreciation for our time together.
They told us he would probably be gone by Christmas, but when 2015 arrived he was still going strong. He became a bit of a picky eater, but was otherwise still very much himself until two days ago, when suddenly everything just... stopped. He curled up on the heated floor in our back room and didn't move -- didn't eat, or drink, or hunt for his cat box -- and so we knew the time had come. We let him sleep with us that night, knowing he was too weak to be the disruptive presence that had gotten him kicked out of bed in the first place, and in the morning we took him in for his last vet visit.
It wasn't our first pet euthanasia -- by now we knew the drill. But it doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye. I know the grief will pass with time, and know there will be other cats to love. But still, today, right here, right now, the ache of love, for what was lost, still overshadows the gratitude I feel for all the joy he brought into our lives. Farewell, my dear, dear friend -- and thanks so much for all the love you shared.
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- Maureen said...
Sad for this loss, Diane. Blessings and hugs.
- February 21, 2015 at 9:16 AM
Dear cat - what a beautiful account of his life. Thoughts and prayers from Dorset, UK. It's hard to lose a friend like that...
- February 21, 2015 at 10:16 AM
- Janice said...
I know exactly how you feel. A few months ago, our own dear feline companion had to be euthanized when her kidneys finally failed completely, after limping along for several years. It was absolutely the right thing to do but, knowing that, didn't do much to ease the pain and or sense of loss. The memories of 17+ wonderful years of companionship were and are some comfort but I still miss her wise, loving little soul every single day. Sincerest condolences.
- February 21, 2015 at 10:19 AM
- Sandra said...
What a sweet and touching post about your loveable and much loved feline friend. I know how hard it is when they have to go.
- February 23, 2015 at 9:15 PM


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Guess what I had a box of the spice cake in my pantry! Yippee!
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Girl, you crazy! But everything looks great, and I'm sure your house smelled fantastic! Sorry your first cookies didn't turn out, but you're so resourceful. :) Sorry to hear about the reflux...it pains me too. I hope you feel better!ReplyDelete
I make that first one every year. I absolutely love them! Where do you get all this energy? When do you sleep?ReplyDelete
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They all look amazing.. I love the little gingerbread ones. How cute. I hope you get some rest. When you do stop by I have something for you...ReplyDelete
Wow I don't know how you do it. Awesome job having the back up plan. And getting the cookies done. Now go take a rest.ReplyDelete
The first one looks yummyReplyDelete
I can't believe how much work you did for that bake sale! That's a bummer that some of it didn't turn out, but I bet it still tastes good! ;-)ReplyDelete
Now I'm hungry for cookies. :)ReplyDelete
What a nice thing to do for your church. Sounds like the kind of luck I have when I bake. lol
The cookies look delicious.
My sister made the cracker toffees once and I don't think they taste good enough. There's more than wax paper fail with those. (Not because of you...it might just be my sister.)ReplyDelete
Will you sign up to bake at my place? Please? I've no doubt my family would really appreciate it!ReplyDelete
They all look amazing! You are incredible... but you work too hard.
You need to STOP volunteering for things. You and your big heart are gonna lose you lots of sleep.
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It happens to the best of them. There's a small typo in my Townhall column (can you spot it?) that I hope the editor will fix sometime today. This kind of thing can ruin a day, but I won't let it. Too much to do! Anyway, check out my review of What Black Men Think. An excerpt:I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves. – Harriet Tubman
The physical chains of American slavery may be broken, but the mental chains are still there. That's the message of filmmaker Janks Morton's 84-minute documentary, What Black Men Think.
Stereotypes and myths perpetuated by the government, the media, and so-called black leadership about black men fuel an "undeclared civil war" between black men and women, according to Morton. The film features man-on-the-street interviews, interspersed with commentary from conservative and moderate black writers like Shelby Steele, actor Joseph C. Phillips, Jesse L. Peterson, John McWhorter, Armstrong Williams, FOX News analyst Juan Williams, former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele, Mychal Massie, and Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
Morton was inspired to make the documentary after hearing an alarming and well-known statistic. While watching a C-SPAN debate between Juan Williams and professor and author Michael Eric Dyson, he heard Williams say that 70 percent of black babies were born out of wedlock. Morton said he didn't believe him until he looked it up.
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Are you looking for healthy food? Why don't you try dates? They can help you treat a lot of issues such as cholesterol, hypertension and stroke. They contain a lot of nutrients that boost the metabolism.
Why should you include them in your diet?
Here are eight reasons to convince you to eat dates:
- They contain a lot of iron
If you suffer from anemia, this is a really good choice for you. They are also recommendable for pregnant women and children that suffer from anemia. Eat 100 grams and they will give you 0.90 mg iron. This will give you eleven percent of the daily recommended dose.
- They prevent diarrhea
They contain potassium and this mineral prevents diarrhea. Actually, soothes the belly flora and the intestines and it triggers the healthy bacteria.
- They relive constipations
Dates have properties which relieve constipation. Put dates in water and leave them for the night. Drink this beverage in the morning and it will improve the digestion.
- Dates balance your body weight
Eat them on an empty stomach and keep a healthy weight. Dates contain zero cholesterol but please be careful with the sugar because they contain sugar.
- Dates regulate cholesterol
They regulate the bad cholesterol because they clean your blood vessels and they prevent blood clots.
- Date strengthen your heart
Put the dates in water for the night. Strain them in the morning and remove their seeds. You can either eat the seeds or blend them.
- Dates regulate your blood pressure
Hypertension is a very common problem. Dates can help you. Dates contain magnesium that lowers your blood pressure.
- Dates prevent stroke
High potassium level prevents strokes and improves your nervous system. So eat more dates to get more potassium.


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Smith, Clinton Wynn
Birth: Tuesday, June 04, 1929 in Royersford, Pennsylvania
Residence: Mechanicsville, Maryland
Death: Saturday, August 13, 2016 at the age of 87
Laid to Rest: Friday, August 19, 2016 in the Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Maryland
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Clinton Wynn Smith, 87, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on August 13, 2016 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, MD. Clinton was born on June 4, 1929 in Royersford, PA to the late Irvin Roy Smith and the late Kathryn Baker Smith.
Clinton retired from the Navy after 20 years of service. He enjoyed traveling and seeing the world. He worked as an electrician with the government and retired from PS Enterprises as a salesman in Silver Hill, MD. He also enjoyed his puppies, Turbo and Pete, the Redskins and cards.
Clinton was predeceased by his wife, Mary Louise Lacey Smith; son, Michael D. Smith; daughter, Janet Marie Smith; brothers, Irvin Smith, Roy Smith; sisters, Dorothy Wetty, Evelyn Smith, Kathryn Naylor, and Arlene Nichol. Clinton is survived by his son, David M. Smith (Joanie); daughters, Cathy Ann Bassford; grandchildren, Chris Hammett, Tammy Owen, Daniel Hayden, Kelly Hayden, Janene Schmidt, Clinton Smith and eight great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends for Clinton's Life Celebration on Thursday, August 18, 2016 from 5-8pm with prayers at 7pm at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, 30195 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, August 19, 2016 at Immaculate Conception Church, 28297 Old Village Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 with Father Michael Teitjen officiating.
Interment will follow at Charles Memorial Garden, 26325 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Pallbearers will be David Smith, Clinton Smith, Chris Hammett, Robby Owen, Ricky Lacey and Brian Lewis. Arrangements by Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home.


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Our Master's in Accountancy & Control consists of a general part for all students and a specific part where you follow courses related to the specialisation track of your choice. After the joint first period, you can choose the track that suits you best:
Accountancy track
This track is for you if you seek a career in a financial function as an auditor, but also as a financial professional in the business world or in not-for-profit organisations. The programme provides you with in-depth knowledge of financial information flows and their role in financial management. You will also learn professional skills, such as public speaking and presenting, and programming in python. All for you to apply to the practical world of business or the public sector after your graduation.
Control track
This track is concerned with financial information and decision-making in the management of organisations. It provides you with the broad range of skills, the in-depth knowledge and the international expertise that you will need as a controller or financial professional in the business world or the public sector. Learn how to use budgets and performance measures, design procedures and analyse the factors involved in making heavy decisions on corporate financing.
The course provides an overview of the major elements of reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The emphasis is on understanding the key accounting concepts within IFRS but also the practice of applying these standards in real-life situations.
With this course you learn how corporations can align the interests of employees with those of their organisation. You examine the challenges of various financial and non-financial measures in incentive systems for employees, and the relationship between control, (operational) risk management and corporate governance.
This course focusses on the roles of internal control and risk management in ensuring organisational accountability, both social and environmental. We consider and critique theories, philosophies and concepts of corporate governance and accountability emanating from a variety of theoretical perspectives and apply these to real-world examples.
Accountants need to be capable of analysing large amounts of financial and non-financial data to address business challenges. This course helps you to develop an analytical mindset and learn how to use tools to analyse both structured and unstructured data. In addition, this course develops your professional skills such as public speaking, presentation skills, and programming with python.
This course applies conceptual aspects of financial accounting and reporting to the financial statements of real-world companies. You will learn to analyse financial statements of well-known companies from the perspective of a financial analyst and to use the insights in company valuation analyses.
This course provides you with an introduction to the psychology of judgment and decision making. We discuss important behavioral models of human decision making, and contrast these with economically rational models.
The Master's thesis is your chance to dive deep into a topic that you are enthusiastic about. A professor in your field of choice will supervise and support you in writing your thesis.
Norina Pop: 'The first block provides an insight to the far extremes of accountancy and control. This helps you in deciding which track to choose. Also, the deadlines may at times be annoying, but in the end they support us very well to go through the process of writing a thesis.' Read Norina's full review


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Wow Jennifer - not only do you guys have the most adorable children (Libby is so beautiful!) - but you look amazing, really radiant... x
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This is something I've been thinking of writing about for a while but for whatever reason I've just never gotten around to it. How to avoid buying fake sneakers on eBay?
I actually started writing my guides on how to spot fake Yeezy's way before the likes of Yeezy Buster etc came on the scene (slightly kicking myself I didn't think of doing what he did on Instagram). I saw a gap in the market and bought 9 pairs of Yeezy 350's on eBay as an investment and when I started receiving them I noticed a lot of them looked different.
Access to fake sneakers has now become much more accessible and unfortunately there are a large number of these fakes being sold on eBay by either unsuspecting resellers or fraudsters out to make a bit of extra cash.
Luckily there are some tell-tale giveaways that you might be purchasing a fake which I would always look for before spending money on sneakers on eBay and to date I've not been resold a fake yet.
1. The account feedback score
This may sound obvious, but is something that is often overlooked – I would never trust a seller with less than 100% feedback. There have been some rule changes recently where the score is less reflective of the total purchase history and focuses more on the last 6-12 months. Look at the feedback from others, if there's negative or neutral feedback, stay clear.
2. The amount of feedback
If you see a pair of sneakers that look genuine, the price looks reasonable but the seller has feedback under 20 then you are putting yourself at risk. A lot of fraudsters either buy eBay accounts from people or set new ones up using fake credentials, this is often because they get banned from selling fakes or not delivering at all.
3. The Price (Buy it Now)
Part of eBay's appeal is the auction element and you can, occasionally grab a bargain (usually in the early hours on Saturday morning) however the Buy it Now price is something to be wary of. If you're looking for a pair of sneakers that are rare or deadstock then do a quick search for them on eBay and look at the general market price, or better yet, use a site app like GOAT or StockX. If you see a price that is significantly lower on a Buy it Now then it's likely to be fake. The fraudsters lower the process deliberately to entice you to part with your money but the reality is they buy these shoes for 25% of the RRP price, sometimes less.
4. The Listing Title (see description)
Any eBay sneaker listing with the words "see description" is likely to be fake, the description will contain some elaborate excuse why they might not be real or even sometimes they will list replica in small letters towards the bottom of the page.
5. The Photos
The photos are one of the easiest ways to spot a fake on eBay but you have to know what you're looking for. Do not trust stock photo i.e. photos that have not been taken by the seller themselves; for 100% certainty, I like it when sellers add their username in the photos somewhere, written down or on a card. Other times fraudsters will only post 1-2 photos which are usually bad quality so hard to identify if they are real or not – in either case I do not purchase.
6. Were given as a gift
This is one of the subtler giveaways that you could be buying a fake; in the description, the seller will list them as "bought as a gift". This of course gives them deniability if they are not genuine plus they don't have to provide a receipt. Avoid at all costs.
7. Unofficial Release
Again, this one may sound obvious but an "unofficial release" means they are not genuine and are essentially fakes. You'll hear sellers say their sneakers are made at the same factory as the official ones but this is not true.
8. Samples
Perhaps the trickiest area when looking at sneakers is how to buy a real sample. Samples are essentially testers, these may come in different styles and colours and can be very rare and expensive. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fakes out there in unofficial colourways that are labelled as samples. If you don't come across any of the other factors in this post you might be OK but this is still very risky.
It goes without saying that there are always exceptions to the rules, you might very well find a bargain out there and I have certainly bought genuinely shoes from people with relatively low feedback before but that's only because I've been certain on all the other points.
Hope you enjoyed this guide, I would love to hear your experiences at buying sneakers online and if you want me to legit check any, drop me a comment below.
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The Poster Cause Project
There are still a large number of prints left! All proceeds will be going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation
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Aral, Fishing in an Invisible SeaCarlos Casas, Saodat Ismailova. 2005. Italy, Uzbekistan. s English, Spanish. 52'
A documentary about the three last generations of fishermen still working in the Aral Sea, and their everyday struggle to survive in one of the poorest places on the planet. Life after one of the biggest man-made disasters ever.


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Scheme outline
Provision of a new grade separated junction on the A63 in Hull, with the aim not just of improving traffic flow, but also improving access to the port of Hull, and reconnecting Hull city centre with the river by reducing the barrier effect of the current A63.
This will be achieved by lowering the level of Castle Street by 7 metres into a cutting, as part of the grade separation of the Mytongate junction. Ferensway and Commercial Street would be raised by a metre to pass over the junction.
The scheme also includes widening of the eastbound A63 carriageway to provide three lanes between Princes Dock Street and Market Lane.
Highway authority
Public exhibitions have been held in Spring 2009 and the Preferred Route Announcement is expected in early 2010.
The preferred route has now been announced.
Following the autumn spending review, the DfT has decided to continue preparatory work on this scheme, with a view to starting construction after 2015.
The start of development work was announced today.
Some of the space needed to construct one of the slip roads currently forms part of the Trinity Burial Ground. It is estimated that up to 16,000 burials may be situated within this area - any remains would need to be exhumed and re-buried before any construction work could begin. The Highways Agency website states that they plan to submit the Development Consent Order in Spring 2015.
Additional public consultation exhibitions will take place on 27-28 January 2017.
Work is underway now.
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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn explained how Labour would tackle plans for an extension to Southampton airport on a visit to the city.
Appearing at St Mary's Stadium, Corbyn explained concerns regarding air pollution, noise pollution, sustainability and traffic congestion.
The leader of the opposition arrived in Southampton on Thursday morning to make announcements on Labour environment policies.
He was surrounded by young climate change activists as he made his speech to a crowded room.
In attendance were a number of party supporters, as well as Southampton City Council leader Chris Hammond.
The party is targeting wins in both Southampton Test and Southampton Itchen on December 12.
Corbyn said: "Any airport expansions will have to meet tests on air pollution, noise pollution, sustainability and traffic.
"We will make sure the tests are done."
He said that rail connectivity has improved and that his green manifesto, a Plan for Nature, is a "serious plan" but would need the backing and support from local communities.
The Labour leader explained how he looked at both flights and trains to Berlin.
"The train would cost me £200. And the flights would cost £19," he said.
"That's not right."
When asked by the Daily Echo if he thought the expansion was the right thing to do, Corbyn did not express an opinion.
A controversial planning application to expand the airport's runway by 164 metres and add 600 parking spaces to the long stay car park at the site was submitted to Eastleigh Borough Council this month.
Corbyn also announced yesterday that Labour would create ten new national parks and plant two billion trees by 2014 in the UK, should the party win the election.
He explained that the new national parks would increase the green space by 50 per cent and that "three quarters would live within 30 minutes" of the green spaces.
One of the locations for a new national park was Dorset.
The party leader promised to plant two billion trees by 2040 in national parks and forests, NHS-owned land and various towns and cities.
As well as this, Corbyn spoke about clean air, wildlife and creating a more sustainable and organic food source in the country.
As part of the two billion tree promised, Labour wants to plant organic orchards in communities to localise food production.
The Labour leader also discussed clean air throughout the city, describing pollution in the air as "toxic".


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by: Scott McCaulley
A Branson Man is facing federal charges of selling drugs linked to a fatal overdose and two other overdoses earlier this year.
According to court documents, Ryan Brynell was charged in Missouri Western District Court last week with attempted possession with intent to distrbute fentanyl.
According to a report in the Springfield News-Leader, the investigation against Brynell started in September when his name appeared in a series of text between him and Jeffery Baker of Branson when law enforcement was investigating Baker's death due to a drug overdose. The text had indicated the two were meeting to complete a drug deal.
The investigation later uncovered two other overdoses allegedly related to drugs sold by Brynell.
Brynell is in custody and federal prosecutors are hoping to keep him there while the investigation continues according to the News-Leader report.


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There is a new Edge Fracture tool provides an easy way to fracture a Planar Patch for vellum breaking and tearing.
The follow example demonstrates how to tear a simple piece of cloth.
Create a sphere in the viewport.
Raise it above the ground plane and set a keyframe at frame 0.
Lower it below the ground plane and set a keyframe at frame 24.
Create a Planar Patch and orient it in the ZX Build Plane.
Increase the Size and lower it below the sphere.
Append an Edge Fracture SOP to Planar Patch. This will fracture the patch.
Append a Vellum Configure Cloth to the Edge Fracture node. This will turn the patch into Vellum Cloth.
In the Pin to Animation selection, use the reselect button to interactively select points to pin in the viewport. Select 2 opposite edges by holding ⇧ Shift and press Enter.
Wire the Sphere SOP into the collision geometry input of the Vellum Configure Cloth (third input).
Append a Vellum Solver after the Vellum Configure Cloth node.
If you play the simulation, the cloth will break apart at the fractures and fall since they are all cut apart.
Add a Vellum Weld Points SOP between the Vellum Configure Cloth and Vellum Solver nodes. This will weld your fractures together.
Turn on the Breaking checkbox and set the Threshold at which you want the welds to break on the Vellum Weld Points node. The welds will break once the threshold is met.
You can alternatively turn off Initial Pieces on the Edge Fracture SOP and use the Draw Curve tool on the Create shelf to interactively draw the cuts in the Planar Patch. This gives you complete control of where the tears will occur. Wire the Draw Curve node into the second input of the Edge Fracture SOP node to see the effects.


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Fresh Start: 3 Convenient Benefits of the Moving Process
January 17, 2019 in Uncategorized by Brooke Chaplan
Moving is often associated with major inconvenience, stress and expense. As unpleasant as moving into a new home or apartment may be, there are also fabulous benefits that you may enjoy as a result. In addition to enjoying a wonderful change of scenery and all that the specific location offers, you may also appreciate some of these exceptional benefits.
Thorough Spring Cleaning
Some people are true packrats, and they may toss everything that they own into boxes for easy transport to their new home. Many people, however, seize this opportunity to eliminate unwanted items from their possession. If you have not moved recently or completed a thorough spring cleaning, you may be surprised by the huge amount of junk that you have accumulated over the years. Through the spring cleaning process, you may find that your new home feels more relaxed and less cluttered once you get settled in. It may be easier to organize and to keep clean as well.
A Blank Slate
When you move into a new apartment or home, you essentially have a blank slate to work with. This provides you with numerous opportunities to improve decorating or organizational efforts. If you use a full service moving company to get your stuff into your new home, your main job can be opening boxes and setting things up. In addition, you may appreciate the fact that your new space has been professionally cleaned. A fresh coat of paint may be on the walls, and carpeting may be free of stains and odors.
The Ability to Adjust Regular Expenses
Another important benefit that is easy to overlook involves the ability to adjust your regular expenses through a relocation. Many regular expenses are linked to housing, and these include the mortgage or lease payment, utilities expenses, property insurance and more. When you select a new place to live, you can easily locate a space that is more affordable to live in and potentially save hundreds of dollars or more each month in the process. By doing so, you may be able to live a more relaxed lifestyle, pay off debts more easily and enjoy a better overall financial situation.
While relocating to a new home requires hard work and may create stress, these are short-term costs that ultimately may pay off with substantial long-term rewards. To fully embrace these benefits, select your new home based on careful research and planning. Leave yourself plenty of time to clean out your junk and to prepare for the relocation as well. When you incorporate these tips into your moving project, you may maximize the benefits of a relocation while detracting from the downsides.


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Category Archives: Learning-focused
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Recently, we struck up a conversation with a Northwestern undergraduate. This young woman had been a top student in high school and had excelled in science. After a quarter of college science courses, though, she was discouraged. She felt lost … Continue reading
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How to Extract a Zip File on a Macby Amy Dombrower
A zip file is a compressed file. Files often are zipped in order to make them smaller---to save space on a hard drive and make it possible to them with email. Once you zip a file, the file takes on a .zip file extension and the file icon appears as a zipped up folder. Files may be zipped using a commercial zip utility, but both Mac OS and Windows have built-in utilities allowing you to zip and unzip files. On a Mac, the built-in "Archive Utility" will form a zipped file out of several files, making it possible to send a collection of files in one zipped folder. The utility will also automatically extract a zipped file.
Step 1
Open the Finder.
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Browse through your computer files to locate a .zip file you need to extract. If the file is attached to an email, open the email.
Step 3
Double-click the zip file on your hard drive, or click "Download" to open the file from an email.
Select "Open with Archive Utility" and click "OK" if prompted. Either way, the utility will open and decompress the zipped files. The files are placed in the same folder as the zip file. If the zip folder has multiple files, the utility will create a new folder containing all the decompressed files.
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As a Gold Star dad, this one really gets under my skin.
So Obama goes to Dover to "honor" the 18 fallen returning from Afghanistan. Of course, he makes a public event out of it and makes sure cameras see him do it.
And oh, by the way...those 18 died while he has spent nearly 3 months dithering after Gen McChrystal asked for reinforcements via an assessment that Obama asked him to write.
In 2006, we faced a similar situation in Iraq -- an insurgency that seemed to be getting out of hand, and we risked losing control of the country. Gen Petraeus asked for more troops, and Bush sent the surge. Our son was killed in Dec '06 as the surge started spinning up.
Our son was one of 112 US soldiers killed in Iraq that month. Thanks to the surge, that number was down to 23 a year later. So far, four out of ten months this year have had casualties in the single digits. We lost ten last month, and only four of those were due to enemy fire. Similarly, there were 1,629 Iraqi civilians killed in Dec '06. Last month there were only 95.
What made the difference in Iraq? The surge...a surge that Barack Obama did everything in his power to oppose and stop. That surge meant a lot fewer families living with permanent scars left by the devastation of war. Those families got to welcome their sons home with hugs. I welcomed my son home in a box you couldn't fit a soccer ball in. And that's not just in the US -- it's far fewer grieving Iraqi families, too. If it had been up to Obama, the carnage would've continued and there'd be a lot more families like mine.
And now here we are again...our troops are under heavy fire against a serious insurgency, and they're calling for reinforcements. NATO has agreed with McChrystal's numbers. And yet our troops have been put on hold for almost three months while their CINC can't even make a decision about when to make a decision. Those troops died wondering whether their country was going to answer their call for help.
But he made sure the press knew he was making the trip to Dover, didn't he?
When President Bush put his travel itinerary on hold and met with our family privately about the death of our son, no one knew he'd done it. And during the visit, he made it a point of saying that he felt a heavy responsibility knowing that our son died because of a decision he made.
Do you think the families at Dover got that from Obama?


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Melius Outcomes™ is a cloud-based software/services solution for hospital clinicians to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. Using a hospital's existing electronic health records (EHR) system, Melius identifies point-of-care quality issues and then provides evidence-based recommendations and training videos to correct them.
AkkeNeel Talsma is the Founder and CEO of Melius Outcomes. Dr. Talsma led the development of a prototype data methodology from initial concept to a 25-hospital pilot demonstrating significantly improved surgical patient outcomes. She has over 20 years of clinical performance improvement expertise and is a noted international speaker on quality and safety. Dr. Talsma completed her graduate nursing education from the University of Michigan.
Update - Year 1:
Melius Outcomes has seen great progress in 2017 with the addition of a business development officer, Erik Lovell. We have also rounded out our technical capacity (database developer, analytics) and our targeted market information. We received two years of data from a previous pilot hospital that is used for demo purposes. Melius has started working with a Michigan health system (8 hospitals) to implement the Melius measures for a prototype version. Fundraising in 2017 includes an initial round from the founders, MedHealth ($10K) and completion of BAF allocated projects. We are working on a pre-seed round ($300k) and are pursuing private investors and grant opportunities to complete the MVP and develop customers in our target market.


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Squeaks and impressions
May 23, 2019
Unfortunately, I don't remember anything from freshman biology.
But by some curse, the one distinct moment still stuck in my brain is when I first introduced myself. Like how all icebreakers go, I said my name and what I did over the summer. Easy enough.
Of course, I got nervous and spoke in a pitch higher than what is humanly possible.
The worst thing in the world: introducing yourself to more than two people. Something about everyone's eyes on you makes you forget your basic biographical details.
Junior year, I resolved to get through icebreakers without sounding like a hysterical kettle, but the universe had other plans for me.
U.S. History. As we went around the room, I repeated my name and summer highlights in my head. Magically, I managed to introduce myself smoothly and without vocal fluctuations. My stomach finally stopped gnawing on itself, and I thought I got off scot-free until —
"Eugene, can you define primogeniture for the class?"
Apparently you can't get lucky twice, so I did the most logical thing possible. I pretended I didn't know the answer. Or I tried to, but ended up saying, "Bluhughhh."
I forgot the second worst thing in the world: getting labeled as a quiet kid in class.
Look, I understand teachers want all students to participate, but for me, that just means I get picked every time there's a lull in conversation. Fortunately, I know a few tricks to avoid getting called on.
Avoid eye contact. Vigorously pretend you're taking notes. Down a bottle of water.
But remember, you can't get lucky twice. Junior year, I lucked out on having a teacher who said that he knew all the tricks because he was that student in the past.
Shoot. It takes one to know one.
Unfortunately, this isn't a story where I wonderfully evolve into a confident, sociable person and I thank my involvement on the speech team.
But I learned first impressions aren't the be-all and end-all. I've met someone who I thought was quiet but became the first person who can crack John Mulaney-style jokes and then dance like a dad reliving his disco days in a split second. I've met someone who I thought was smart and articulate, but ended up being a pretentious chump who thinks he's God's gift to the world.
Few things are truly definitive.
Senior year, I ended up not caring much about first impressions. They still make me a little nervous, but I knew I had the rest of the school year to act like I normally do and leave judgement for another day.


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Food Marketing
Food, Beverage & Hospitality credentials.
All of our expectations towards Marketing Bee have been met and exceeded. We are very happy to be working with the team at Marketing Bee. We changed to Marketing Bee in the lead up to December one of the busiest times of year and Marketing Bee prepared a month's worth of work in only a matter of days. We set a target of 30,000 likes on Facebook by the end of January and this target has already been met by mid January.We look forward to our continued relationship with Marketing Bee.
David Pearson
Marketing Management Team
Pace Farm
At our core, we are food lovers and creatives.
Brand Management
Product Presentation
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Recipe Development
Talent Management
Online Advertising
Boost Your Sales Now.
Grow your food, beverage or hospitality brand today.
- Increased leads and conversions
- Improved brand credibility
- Ongoing visual consistency
- Device - ready optimisation
- Increased web traffic
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Phoenix Beer has been distributed in Australia for over a decade now and never really reached the heights it deserved. Constantly competing with large breweries and their expensive marketing budgets.In 2019 we delved into digital marketing for the first time and made contact with Sharon from Marketing Bee.. well what a difference! Our brand has grown enormously to the point where we are having to scale up our volumes we import very quickly.We never had any online sales and now they take up half of them. Marketing Bee has been a great end to end solution for our online branding, social media and marketing solutions that have given us results, fast!
Blake Proud
Brand Manager
Why Us
We are an award-winning team of dedicated, focused and ambitious food marketing experts ready to take on any challenge in the food and beverage industry. Whether it's creating a mobile responsive website to capture attention, launching a social media campaign to build a community, or re-branding a large food and beverage business, we will make it happen. And we will make it highly effective.
Consumed by our passion.
At Marketing Bee we're fascinated with great food and the creators who bring it to the table, whether it's awesome coffee, brilliant dishes or the premium ingredients that make it happen – it's a part of our DNA. We bring our passion for the food industry to every project we take on and have a burning desire to make food brands shine.
I believe that the team at Marketing Bee always does a wonderful job for us. Our business is now more recognizable and our marketing processes are a lot smoother. We have received amazing results from our re-branding, new packaging, website, and fleet design. A pleasure to work with an amazing, professional, prompt and friendly team delivering fantastic results.
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I believe that the team at Marketing Bee always does a wonderful job for us. Our business is now more recognisable and our marketing processes are a lot smoother. We have received amazing results from our re-branding, new packaging, website and fleet design. Pleasure to work with an amazing, professional, prompt and friendly team delivering fantastic results.
The professional skills and relationship we have with our Hivernate team are the key factors for our rapid progression. Marketing Bee has quickly assimilated and participated, with high levels of efficiency, to the corporate culture of our Champagne house, Champagne Philippe Fourrier.
I have no doubt the quality of our new collateral has improved our image in the minds of potential new clients and that it has helped us reduce our lead time to convert prospects into clients.
Marketing Bee will take us to international markets, and have been the efficient department we need, which we could not have afforded internally. I highly recommend their Hivernate program to those who would like to increase business efficiency and have quality execution.
Whilst our field of expertise is in vocational education and training pathways, from secondary schooling to further education and training, Marketing Bee's expertise is in business; tailoring a marketing solution that will bring the business results we need. It's an exercise in cross-pollination to enable improves results.
Marketing Bee has been a very supportive partner – Sharon and Luca have always provided opportunities to work on a variety of projects and the guidance necessary to grow. It is wonderful to collaborate with a professional agency like Marketing Bee.
It's a great pleasure to do business with Marketing Bee as they offer reliable services with refreshing creative energy. Each member of the beehive is professional and always ready to satisfy our requirements. We feel that our decision to go with Marketing Bee has been confirmed in every way.
Sharon has one of the brightest marketing minds I have seen in a long time. It is one thing to be good at execution and creativity but applying the best business mind in marketing has helped her clients change the game in the way they go to market with their business.
Sharon is one of the most hard working and business savvy young women I know. She has her finger on the pulse of what is happening in the digital marketing world, and her work is of excellent quality. I hold Sharon in the highest regard.
Marketing Bee has been instrumental in helping us further our reach with our overseas clients and suppliers. The branding and technology offered to our clinic have been sensational and worthy of praise-it is amazing to know our clients can access our site from any device out there. They are also friendly and easy to work with.
Great work in developing our website by a young, dynamic and technically savvy team. I would strongly recommend Marketing Bee to other clients looking at developing their online presence.
I am delighted to provide a reference for Marketing Bee.
The expertise, enthusiasm and willingness demonstrated by the whole Marketing Bee team has meant that we have up-to-the minute marketing methodologies at our disposal and can present our brand and services is the most efficient and cost effective ways.
Marketing Bee's team and Hivernate program is the game changer for SMEs wanting to scale and save at the same time. The enthusiasm and passion they display for their clients are boundless. Great team providing everything to get your business noticed and selling more! As an SME advisor, I finally see a marketing solution for SMEs.
Marketing Bee are a fantastic full service marketing team. Their efficiency, creativity and customer service is second to none and we love working with Sharon and her team.
Partnering with Sharon is a dream come true. Professional, innovative, and prompt, working together with the team is fun, effective and results focused. Look forward to many many more collaborations in the future.


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For many FFA members, their supervised agricultural experience (SAE) begins in freshman or sophomore year of high school. Adam Eichacker of the McCook Central FFA chapter in Salem, S.D., credits the beginning of his SAE when his grandfather bought him a show heifer when he was 11 years old.
Over the years, Adam explored different avenues of agriculture, including raising hogs and land rolling. Now, his SAE consists of about 25 head of cattle and 82 acres of crop ground, which he uses to grow soybeans and corn.
"I'd have to give the beef herd side of things credit to my grandfather for buying me my first heifer and just really grown with it for the American Simmental Association," Adam said. "Then the crop side of things, I just had an opportunity come up there a few years ago to take over a piece of ground, and not many kids are able to do that, where they have an opportunity to hop into agriculture, but that's how I got started."
Having the opportunity to try different agricultural activities, Adam said he is captivated with agriculture because it is an opportunity that many people don't have.
"It's not until I get to where I'm at now and nearing the end of my FFA career that I've really started to appreciate the opportunities that I've been given," Adam said.
Adam said persistence is a tool he has picked up from FFA. Enduring through the tough days in the business—such as feeding cattle in the harsh South Dakota winter, braving below zero temperatures—make the great days better.
Adam is about to graduate from South Dakota State University with a degree in ag science. He intends on returning to the family farm.
"I guess it's always been a sentimental, lifelong goal is just to work alongside my father; he's a guy I give a tremendous amount of respect to and tip my hat to him," Adam said. "I'd really like to partake in what I can on the family farm after college."


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The Designer - Mario Ruiz.
Mario Ruiz has a degree in Industrial Design from the Elisava design school in Barcelona. He began his professional career on his own in 1995, mainly carrying out office furniture projects. More recently his include; technology, office, home furniture, outdoor and lighting for internationally recognized firms such as Siemens, Thomson, Schneider Electric, and of course Joquer.
Mario has received prestigious awards, including several Red Dot, several IF, Design Plus and Wallpaper awards *.
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Of particular suitability, and recommended by Joquer is the Casa e Jardim favourite 'Linara' by Romo. A fusion of linen and cotton in hundreds of shades.
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Additionally any fabric from the Casa e Jardim range can be chosen.
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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi and her beautiful daughter Krishna, 4, were seen shopping together in New York City on Saturday (March 22).
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Xenophobia doesn't exist in isolation. It needs social problems and economic hardship to flourish. In many parts of Africa, xenophobia is not necessarily an immigration issue.
Discrimination can stem from linguistic, ethnic, and religious differences among a state's own citizens. For example, migrants from Zambia may be relatively welcome in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga Province, where they share ethno-linguistic connections with local people, while Congolese nationals from elsewhere in the country have been violently excluded.
In South Africa, a country that has received some of the world's highest numbers of asylum seekers, about a third of those killed in 'xenophobic' violence are citizens from elsewhere in the country. Xenophobia feeds on perceptions, and one of the most enduring is that South Africa is flooded with "foreigners" – code for non-white migrants, more specifically other Africans.
And in Kenya, citizens of Somali descent often bear the brunt of police discrimination along with refugees from Somalia. While immigration can certainly exacerbate tensions or bring its own dynamics, broader patterns of mobility and exclusion are an important part of the problem.
Whether aimed at addressing exclusion of 'local' minorities or international migrants, anti-xenophobia campaigns must account for the reality that the most violent and fraught displays of xenophobia are often rooted in local – state, municipal, or even neighbourhood – battles for land, jobs, or political office. For example, South Africa's highly visible 2008 xenophobic attacks, which killed more than 60 people in the space of two weeks, were in part a response to state policy widely perceived as being too welcoming to Zimbabwean migrants. This response was not led by national political parties, but by local gang leaders, councillors, and shopkeepers who mobilised to further their own interests.
Similarly, across Europe and the US, politicians often employ hateful talk in an effort to win elections.


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The floor is finally exposed. My dog can lay on the rug. WOW! I must confess there is more to do, more than just the book shelf. However, I can finally set up an area to print. Phew!
I've been beating myself up about not meeting my own challenge on time, which in turn has helped me to remember that it's okay to be imperfect, in fact it's normal, expected even.
As I shovel myself out I have an eye to the fact that the kids and I will be moving in with my grandmother who has her own shoveling out issues. I wonder how I will make this all work. All I know for sure is that small steps are important without expectations that are improbable to achieve.
I am reading Rick Aster's Fear of Nothing. I'm not very far in, but it has reminded that at my core there is a fear of nothing, in a literal and figurative sense. I will keep reading, and keep you posted on my progress in the book and on my progress in my house. Sorry for the short post. I'll get back into the swing of things again soon, I hope!


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The woman in the white jacket who was accused of being aggressive and death staring her rival bidders in last night's season finale of The Block said she is unfazed by the criticism and just tries to do the best job for her clients.
Jenny Wright of Hawthorn real estate firm Domain Property Advocates proved a divisive figure with her brisk but effective display at last night's auction that saw her secure Chris and Jenna's rooftop apartment for her client for $1.81 million.
"I'm an evil woman, apparently," the real estate veteran of 20 years joked to ninemsn.
The auction almost came to an early end, right on the $1.5 million reserve but the contest sparked back into life in a test of nerves between the seasoned bidding expert and a rival couple who were being advised by an agent.
The price quickly shot up with Ms Wright bidding immediately after her rivals every time they upped the ante.
"The way I bid is to bid very quickly and to make it appear as if I have loads of money," she said.
"Normally I'd up and down the increments to confuse the people I am bidding with. The idea is to make people think before they bid. And I am like that until I run out of money."
The buyer's advocate said she also has other tactics she employs to do the job for her clients including "eyeballing" her rivals.
She said it shows others bidders "you are there in a position of strength".
The strategy proved successful and Ms Wright said she will take any criticism that goes with the win.
"It's fine," she said.
"I am aggressive when I bid and the death stare (remark) doesn't matter I am trying to be effective for my client.
"I like to win."
Ms Wright said holding the auction inside a room in the apartment instead of out in the street also affected the way she approached the contest.
"It's very difficult doing it in a room like that. Normally I would stand next to the auctioneer so I face out towards the crowd so I can see everyone and they can see me," she said.
"Sometimes people think I am with the agency.
"When you're out in the open you don't face off against the people."
But despite a few viewers calling Ms Wright an "evil woman" she said that her phone was flooded with positive messages of support as the show went to air.
Chris and Jenna's real estate agent, Anton Wongtrakun, was also full of praise.
"She did a brilliant job being aggressive and strong and really represented her client," he said.
The Block's grand prize was taken out by brothers Simon and Shannon, who pocketed $435,000 people, including $100,000 for coming in first place.


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In general, I'm not a big fan of climbing tall buildings just for the view. The problem is that most such vantage points are a big let down. To me, the best views are obtained when you don't have to look through glass and when you can walk/turn around and get a full 360-view. Such vantage points are typically mountain tops, not tall buildings.
However, there are exceptions. One was a church steeple that you could climb in Talinn, Estonia. They would let you get out on the narrow ledge that surrounded the steeple -- apparently, killjoy lawyers haven't gotten to Estonia yet.
A second example turns out to be much closer to home -- the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. And as with the Estonian church steeple, you get a view of New York City across the Hudston without being intermediated by glass. Plus, you can walk around and get a view of Jersey City and the Verrazanno bridge as well.
I'm thinking that it would be nice to create a list of viewpoints that are open to the public and afford great open-air 360-degree views. If you know of any others, leave a comment.