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Retargeting banners allow companies to engage with clients that have indicated an interest to use a particular service, product or brand. Marketers have been moving away from display advertising because they think it does not offer great returns on investment. With the introduction of advanced tracking technologies, marketers can now take advantage of new kinds of display advertising such as retargeting to maximize their lead generation.
Display ads that can appeal to potential customers
With retargeting business owners and marketers now have the ability to come up with display ads that address users who have been on their sites but have failed to complete the desired action. Retargeting banners allow you to keep your company's brand highly visible to the people who do not make a purchase until you can convert them into buyers.
Why retargeting works
Retargeting should be an essential component of your online advertising efforts. Your banner ads will appear on other sites that your potential buyers visit. This means that you can still access them even when they no longer visit your official site. The ads may encourage the online users to click through and visit your site. Businesses can enjoy a variety of benefits by taking advantage of retargeting.
Continued communication
When you use retargeting banners, you can continue communicating with existing and potential clients even when they leave your site. For this to happen, you need to come up with a good marketing plan. You have to come up with customised banners that approach the online users that is different to your usual marketing message.
Offer Additional Information
Retargeting gives you an opportunity to equip your online users with additional information. You will deliver customised content that the users will find relevant to their specific situations. This is a great way to increase your conversion rates. Sending information that taps into the pain points of customers gives them a better reason to purchase from you, and your message can be tailored to offer exactly what your customers need from you.
Distinguish yourself from Competitors
You can take advantage of retargeting to distinguish yourself from the competitors. This is a chance for you to reaffirm the competitive advantage you have when compared to other companies offering similar products or services. Retargeting banners enhance brand awareness and keep you in your target audience's focus until they are willing to convert. If you can arrange it so that you're always in the back of your customers mind, or in their peripheral vision so to speak, they're far more likely to purchase from you.
Close Sales through Promotions
Retargeting banners can highlight promotions that will help you close sales. You can provide exclusive promotions to online users that have bounced from your site. The promotions will not be visible to the rest of your target audience and this allows you to offer even greater discounts to them.
Promote Services and Products
When you use retargeting banners, you can promote services and products that the online users may have missed out when they initially visited your site. The products they may have come across might not have been relevant to them, contributing to their decision to leave your site. With retargeting, you can highlight the specific items and services that they may find useful.
Online advertising is necessary if you want to reach a large audience and one of the best ways to do this is by taking advantage of retargeting banners. Retargeting has been identified as one of the most powerful conversation optimisation and branding tools, but you have to incorporate it into a larger online advertising strategy for it to work well.
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SAML Authentication
SAML users have been experiencing errors when accessing Tallie. We have implemented some fixes to alleviate denied access, corrected access for archived/activated users, and improved issues with email invites.
Send Invite Options Enabled for Accounts That Utilize SAML Authentication
This is available in the following places:
1. The People list's Last Login column
2. Send Login Information (select a user > click the down arrow in the Mass Update button)
3. User details view > select Send Invite on Save > Save
Improved HTML Receipt Forwarding
Many clients experienced issues forwarding HTML receipts into Tallie. The issue was found to be that the emails were timing out due to the HTML format. We have implemented system checks to make HTML receipt forwarding more reliable.
1. Lengthened the time before Tallie stops loading the email.
2. If no image is present, Tallie will still attempt to render the receipt text.
3. If plain text fails, Tallie will create a placeholder expense item without an image, and with the email subject as the merchant name.
Added Support for Unpaired Foreign Transaction Fees
Different banks send foreign transaction fees differently to Tallie. Those that provide a specific transaction ID allow the fee to be tied to the original transaction and easily reported in Tallie.
For those banks that do not send a specific transaction ID, the fee would come in as a separate transaction in which Tallie could not properly recognize. We've made proper updates to handle fees missing the specific transaction ID.
Performance Improvements
The website is now moving a little quicker and you may notice faster speed in export, credit card transaction import, merging expenses, etc.


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The Red Bull Music Academy comes to Leeds this October, bringing together musical icons and rising stars for a mini festival of clubnights, studio sessions, lectures and plenty more.
The Red Bull Music Academy is a four day mini festival that takes place across the city with a series of events that will bring musical icons to Leeds and offer up a platform for local talent across a whole variety of genres – which means there'll be a little something to enjoy, whatever your tastes. With club nights, studio sessions, audio-visual shows, art installations, radio broadcasts and live lectures, it's a celebration of what makes UK music so unique.
The line-up sees five different events take place from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th October 2016. One of the most intriguing events takes place at Prime Studios. Music journalist Hattie Collins, a key figure in reporting the grime music's growth over the past decade has a brand new exhibition called 'An Eye On Grime', which runs all the way through the four day festival.
Kano was due to join Collins for a chat ahead of the exhibition, however, he will no longer taking take part in the tour. Instead, they've managed to get one of grime music's biggest names, Giggs, to come along for a pair of events. On Thursday 27th October 2016, he and Collins will sit down for a chat at the same venue to discuss his illustrious career, form Police shutdowns of his live shows to signing a landmark deal with XL Recordings. Following that he'll be performing at Knock! Knock! at The Garage, alongside DJ Slimzee playing back to back with Grandmixxer, Nadia Rose, Jammz, Sian Anderson, Mezx and Dialect in what's set to be one hell of a party.
On Friday 28th October 2016, the Red Bull Music Academy piles into Wire for an all-Berlin techno takeover for Form & Function. Marcel Dettmann, a resident at the iconic Berlin club Berghain, will be joined on the decks by the likes of Laurel Halo, Objekt and Call Super.
Canal Mills is the next venue on the RBMA hit-list. On Saturday 29th October 2016, DJ Harvey, a man who Rolling Stone once described as the Keith Richards of dance music, will return to Leeds for the first time in 25 years for Discopolis. Also on the bill is Leon Vynehall, Job Jobse and Palms Trax in what is actually a quite staggering amassing of house music talent.
The final day of the Red Bull Music Academy invasion of Leeds is a double header. One of 2016's biggest breakout stars, Shura, comes to Lambert's Yard for Studio Science, explaining how she made it from producing tunes in her bedroom to sell-out tours and appearances at the biggest festivals in the world. That's at the same time as a Halloween themed treat to box off the weekend at Hyde Park Picture House, as cult indie horror flick It Follows gets a live score from Emma Jean Thackray, who'll be a participant at the Red Bull Music Academy in Montreal for the group's main event of the year.
Red Bull Music Academy's arrival on Leeds is a small window into the musician's world, which will hopefully provide insight and inspiration for the next regeneration of musicians in Leeds. Let's hope the first time, won't be the last.
Red Bull Music Academy is across various Leeds venues from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th October 2016. Each event is individually ticketed and can be bought from the RBMA website.


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Believe it or not, fruitcake–the butt of so many holiday jokes–has its fans. And I've discovered, since working here at King Arthur, that it's not fruitcake I didn't like all those years; it's that icky tasting candied peel and citron people usually throw into it. There are apparently those who love citron...
I myself am not a masochist, thank you very much.
When I HAVE to make fruitcake (e.g., my husband demands it every Christmas), I use our recipe for Fruitcake Even Non-Fruitcake Lovers Will Love. Because, let's face it, you can't go wrong with tangy-sweet dried apricots and cranberries, aromatic dried cherries, the brown-sugariness of golden raisins… Dried pineapple, with its sweet/acid aura of waving palm trees and white sandy beaches. The All-American nostalgia of chopped dates and dried apples. And the beloved fruit of 5-year-olds everywhere: sweet, sticky candied cherries, blood-brothers to the maraschinos crowning your banana split. Put 'em all together, season with ginger and cinnamon and nutmeg, add a tiny bit of batter so the center will hold, and bingo! Faster than you can say Carmen Miranda, you've got the tastiest treat this side of a double fudge brownie. So long as you like dried fruit, that is.
Still, making fruitcakes is a hassle. What size pan do you use? Like, do you want to make one massive fruitcake to give to someone you KNOW is a fan? Or a bunch of smaller ones, to give to people that MIGHT like them but you're not quite sure… Or a couple of medium-sized loaves? And then how long do you bake each of those? And they're so sticky anyway… how do you know when they're done in the center?
I finally got tired of all those mental machinations, and this year went the easy route: fruitcake cookies, a.k.a. tiny little individual fruitcakes. Just three-bites big, they're a good come-on for folks who say they hate fruitcake. I used this ploy on one of my friends last night.
"Come on, try one cookie; just take a bite. You'll love it."
"No, no thanks. Hey, did you know there's actually only one fruitcake in the world, and it keeps getting given over and over again…"
"Really. Please. I need to write about these. It's your duty as a friend to try one."
The furrowed brow. The reluctant face.
"Well, OK. It doesn't have weird stuff in it, does it?"
"No, Frank, just dried fruit. Promise."
Frank finally takes the bait–literally. His face relaxes; he breathes a sigh of relief.
"Hey, not bad. Actually, they're good. They don't taste like fruitcake. What did you say was in these?"
Uh, that would be dried fruit… without the candied peel and stuff.
This is our taste-testing area. Cookies (nearly gone) are in the foreground.
Next day, I put the cookies out in our taste-test area. It was 6:30 a.m., and Mary came by for a cup of coffee. She grabbed a cookie; here at King Arthur, it's NEVER too early for cookies. She took a bite. "Oh… my… God. These are SO good. They're so… so…." She wandered away, ultimately speechless. Perhaps it was early-morning sugar stupor. Or the reaction of a dedicated fruitcake lover. But later on Mary emailed me asking if I had a secret stash of those cookies anywhere, since the ones in the test kitchen were gone…
Maybe you've been considering making some last-minute fruitcakes, out of a sense of duty. But you just… keep… putting it off. Try these cookies: they're fast, easy, and you can dole 'em out to people based on the strength of their feelings: lovers get a plateful; lukewarmers a small gift bag; non-fans a "just try one" serving. But watch out: next year, both the lukewarmers and non-fans might have moved to the top of the scale!
Check online for our Fruitcake Drops recipe. Here are some visual aids to help you follow along.
The batter you start with will be smooth and creamy.
Measure or weigh out your fruit. Clearly, weighing with a digital scale is a LOT easier. Rather than measure a cup of this and 1 1/2 cups of that, you can easily customize the amount of each fruit to taste by simply pouring it into the bowl till you reach 3 pounds.
That nice, smooth batter is now jam-packed with fruit.
Use a tablespoon cookie scoop to plop nice, round balls of dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Notice how they're staggered, and you can get 15 onto a sheet...
...as opposed to straight-across rows, which allows only 12 cookies to a sheet.
Press the cookies down gently with the bottom of a drinking glass or other flat surface that you've dipped in confectioners' sugar; or you can skip the sugar, and just dip in water first. Here I've used my favorite "presser"–the pusher from my food processor.
Bake for 15 minutes... and force all of your friends who say they don't like fruitcake to at least give 'em a try. Or delight those who DO like fruitcake. And convert those who aren't quite sure...


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This past week I have been reading three wonderful books:
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter
This book had a slow start. First is the fact that it is two authors' work, the former an oil-executive-turned-amateur-historian and the latter a self-described "professional co-author." The bigger issue is the basic issue of reading about a group of men dedicated to protecting art in the midst of World War II: aren't there enough important things which happened in that war that we never need to get to talking about art? Then there is the fact that there were never any "Monuments Men" there to protect anything but Western art.
I'm 65% of the way through, and there has yet to be a real discussion about what it says about human nature and its contradictions that a fabulously successful death cult also dedicated itself to collecting the greatest works of the human spirit. Certainly that's above the pop-history pay grade, but as a pastor and small-time theologian, I'm endlessly amazed by our human capacity for self-deception, and this whole piece of history is fuel for further thought.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
This year I have an ambitious reading goal anchored by a narrower list of fewer than 40 books. That smaller list includes the complete novels of Toni Morrison (at least the ones I've not yet read) as well as a couple of her non-fiction collections. I'm currently wondering if this might be her best work, but it's been years since I've read Beloved.
Wearing God: Clothing, Laughter, Fire, and Other Overlooked Ways of Meeting God by Lauren F. Winner
Although it will be difficult for Winner to ever outsell her Girl Meets God, she has become an unbelievably stronger writer since then. In my opinion, Still is the one that has a chance to enter into the classics category. Wearing God, the follow-up to that book, now confounds my expectations that she could never top it. Of course, I'm only thirty pages in. Fans of Madeleine L'Engle's non-fiction and Barbara Brown Taylor's more personal work will love this book, in which the title refers to the off-the-beaten-path Biblical images of God that Winner says we need to add to the familiar Shepherd, Father, King, etc. in our heads, hearts, and prayers.
Tuesday Reading Roundup has been a regular feature of this blog and its predecessor for several years. Entries must: 1) Have been read by me in the previous week; 2) Have been particularly interesting, thought- or conversation-provoking, and/or entertaining.


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The UNICAT MAN 6×6 is the latest custom built beauty to have got my attention. Custom built for a customer, based off the MAN TGA 6×6 Chassis, this truck is a sturdy yet comfy luxury haven. The EX70-HDQ MAN TGA 6×6 by UNICAT boasts of a 14'9″ chassis riding on 6 wheels and is powered by a 480 hp diesel engine through a 16-speed manual transmission and weighs approximately 46,064 lbs. This rough and tough truck boasts of a comfortable interior that includes a conventional oven with steamer, dishwasher, espresso maker, 26 gallon fridge with freezer, 3 wardrobes, solar power system, satellite TV, 177 gallon freeze proof drinkable water tanks and most importantly, integrated ATV storage compartment. As for safety and security, this truck is burglarproof, scratch proof and even has double insulated windows with mosquito nets. There are air suspended seats besides the lavish amenities making this truck one mean monster. One look at the pictures and you will know just how luxurious and extravagant this beauty is.
This truck has got my thumbs up for sure.


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Don't hit deleted! This is an actual post!
Sorry about those two ancient posts that republished on my blog today. I seriously have no idea how that happened. I was cleaning out those old Emblazon posts, not revamping them! (I mentioned that I'm still learning the ins and outs of this new software? Sigh. It's completely different from my old, free WordPress blog that I used for almost a decade!)
Along with my new web host, I've been trying some new sales strategies lately, now that my books have published on all major vendors, not just Amazon. A major part of that has been my newsletter. (Have you seen the subscribe buttons popping up all over my website?) Without Kindle Unlimited, that newsletter has been my main source of revenue this summer. It goes out every other week and includes Deals and Steals (free and discounted books I find in my genres–I do my best to make sure they're PG-13), Current Promos, and a short blurb that highlights one of my books by relating some aspect of writing it. Feel free to sign up. (Oh, look! There's a subscribe button right over there! –>) But don't feel obligated. I'm really targeting newbies, not my longtime readers.
Pinterest is another strategy I'm trying to draw more traffic to my blog (and hence my newsletter and sales). I've been a pinning fiend lately, creating pins that point to some of my old content as well as some new. (The longevity of these pins WAY outperforms all other social media!) I put up three new "magnets" this week that lead directly to my newsletter. I'll show you below. Subscribers enter my main queue through various "portals" (welcome sequences). Two route in through some middle grade interests; the other goes to the same place as that subscribe button in my sidebar.
So, heads up. I hope to be a bit more active on here in coming weeks, creating new content and linking it to Pinterest. (Eventually I'll get proficient in this software!) I'm concentrating on three prongs to attract new subscribers: middle graders, writers, and general adult readers. Sound familiar? My posts won't really change, except there might be some signup forms at the bottom of some, which you guys can ignore. But I did want you to be aware of the way my sales methods are currently evolving.
So far, so good! The last two months, I've been able to make up for most of the revenue I lost when I left Kindle Unlimited. My presence is slowly growing on other vendors, and the potential is greater. Hopefully, Pinterest will prove to be one more gateway to readers. Self-publishing is always an experiment!
Feel free to browse my updated Pinterest page. Or not. And here are those three new magnet pins. Looking good? 🙂


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What is potassium to Sodium - ideal ratio?
If you want to avoid hypertension, you'll want to strive for a 4 to 1 ratio in favor of potassium.
One potassium fact worth remembering is that potassium works very closely with sodium to help regulate the fluid in your cells.
A lack of potassium can cause a whole host of problems that range from fatigue to cardiac arrest.
This electrolyte or mineral is a key element in the everyday functions of your body. And is needed to support your muscles as well as your heart.
Potassium will be abundantly found in a glass of orange juice, plant foods, and in many types of animal foods.
This mineral is essential to your health and well being because it is a major electrolyte in your body.
Our processed and fast food diets have created an imbalance between potassium and sodium - in favor of sodium.
A lot of our modern day fare goes through several processing steps.
Processed foods tend to lose potassium and gain sodium!
High amounts of sodium aka salt can bring a lot of water into your blood and create high blood pressure which can put a lot of pressure on your heart.
You do need a certain amount of sodium to work with potassium for the regulation of your bodily fluids.
However, most people consume way too much sodium in the form of salt.
In addition, the overconsumption of sugar and diuretics like caffeine also deplete potassium which equals "Big Problems!"
Common salts like white table salt will contain 98 to 100% sodium chloride or about 40% pure sodium.
Which means that for every 1/4 tsp of salt, you will consume about 600 mg. of sodium.
Lower sodium salts like PANSALT contain only 56 to 57% sodium chloride which is about 1/2 the amount of sodium found in common salt.
Supposedly, it tastes just like regular salt and behaves like regular salt in cooking food. And it has been proven to be clinically effective on lowering blood pressure.
It's probably because it contains a decent amount of Potassium (like in supplements) in its formula - about 28%.
The only problem with this particular potassium/sodium salt is that it may only be found in the Philippines - until someone starts selling this salt in the USA.
Himalayan salt comes with trace minerals and even a little potassium.
Himalayan salt contains just under 37% of pure sodium.
White table salt is just over 39% pure sodium and comes with no trace minerals.
You should probably limit the amount of sodium that you get from any of these "salts" or sodium chloride.
True or "real" sodium comes from fresh whole foods that also contain potassium.
What is potassium to sodium ratio that has proven to be effective on hypertension?
Well as far as I can tell it's at least a 4 to 1 ratio or 4 potassium to 1 sodium.
This ratio has proven to be effective on hypertension which helps keep your body relaxed.
Before the onslaught of processed foods found on every grocery store shelf today and the popularity of fast food restaurants - we had a 4 to 1 ratio.
And even a 10 to 1 ratio in favor of potassium!
In older times, it may have been a ratio of 16 to 1.
Which is quite a bit different than the ratio of potassium to sodium today!
What is potassium K Factor?
It's the balance between potassium (which is represented by K+) and sodium (which is represented by Na+) ions in and between the cells of your body.
In other words, the K Factor is your potassium to sodium ratio.
Unfortunately, the typical American diet is very high in sodium (from salts) and low in potassium (from processed foods) which gives you a low K Factor.
And compromises the function of your sodium-potassium pump!
The sodium-potassium pump or the Na+/K+ pump was discovered by Dr. Jens Christian Skou.
actually called this pump "Na+, K+ -ATPase" because he claimed that
this pump was an enzyme that moves ions across the cell membrane.
It's located on the membrane of every cell which pumps 3 sodium ions out of your cells and pumps 2 potassium ions into your cells.
This pump is necessary to re balance the quantities of these charged ions that face each other across the cell membrane.
Differences in their concentration will create an electrical potential or voltage which makes it possible for your nerve cells to signal each other as well as other organs of your body.
This pump operates much like a battery which generates a controlled current which is essential for the communication and transport (in and out) of your cell's nutrients and other compounds.
And potassium regulates fluid balance in your body by means of the sodium-potassium pump
ATP is used to keep the pump going and your cells will expend most of their energy operating millions of these pumps.
Dr. Skou also discovered that this pump which he called an enzyme was most active when exposed to the right combination of sodium, potassium, and magnesium ions.
There needs to be more potassium than sodium in your body to make these sodium-potassium pumps work properly!
When the K Factor is too low (not enough potassium to charge cells), these enzymes will not work very well and it can affect several other mechanisms that contribute to hypertension.
In other words, when your pumps are weak, your battery will lose its charge!
This will affect your calcium pump and you will end up with too much calcium being found inside your cells instead of on the outside of your cells.
This will cause contracting muscles (hypertension) and decrease your cell's ability to remove glucose from your blood.
You will literally become "hardened" by too much calcium being found inside your cells where they really don't belong.
At least 10 diseases have been linked to dysfunctional pumps!
A recent study estimates that the daily intake (in America) of potassium is about 2,400 mg.
And the intake of sodium for most people is about 3,000 to 4,000 mg.
What is Potassium K Factor? 0!!
The K Factor should (at the very least) be 3 times higher in potassium than sodium.
Which would be more like 4,500 mg. of potassium to no more than 1,500 mg. of sodium per day for most adults.
Eating more fresh whole foods that contain a High K Factor will be necessary to correct this imbalance.
And limiting processed foods that are high in sodium (from salt) and low in potassium will play an important part.
Yes, there may be lifestyles that require a higher intake of sodium.
This might include athletes, people with weak adrenal glands, people who live in hot climates, and people on Ketogenic diets.
However, could this really be a chicken-and-egg situation? In other words, what's really gone wrong?
What is potassium deficiency symptoms and why isn't that being addressed?
Let's go back to the sodium-potassium pumps which are critically important for charging and re charging your battery.
Your cell membranes have gateways where potassium can flow out and sodium temporarily flows in.
This generates an electrical charge that pushes electrical impulses along your nerves to your brain.
The exchange of potassium and sodium is crucial for your nerves and muscles to work properly.
However, problems will occur with these gateways when you don't have enough potassium, have insufficient mitochondria, or have leaky cell membranes.
This will allow sodium ions and potassium ions (which are extremely small) to sneak back across the cell membranes in the wrong direction.
Leaky cell membranes can occur from a deficiency of cholesterol, insufficient sulfate (for "exclusion zone"), or lack of PUFAs (omega 3s) to name a few reasons.
Your body will then have to expend much more energy pumping sodium and potassium ions that will eventually lead to burning out your mitochondria which generates your ATP.
As a last ditch solution after running low on ATP, your body will have to rely on calcium to plug up the holes.
And this calcium will also be used to help your cells maintain their charge.
Therefore, knowledge of the sodium-potassium pumps is crucial for your understanding of energy balance and the disease mechanisms that will come into play when these pumps are not functioning properly.
Dysfunctional pumps will lead to a lot of "metabolic" problems!
Go to Supplemental Sources of Potassium and Sodium


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A mother-of-two who gorged on fast food and takeaways despite undergoing weight loss surgery has finally kicked her bad eating habits after going on a crash diet.
Rebecca Balentine, from Basingstoke, confessed on BBC's The Big Crash Diet Experiment that she had learned how to 'cheat' her gastric band by having soft drinks with her food to push it into her stomach as well as 'stretching' her throat.
But after growing tired of her junk food addiction, Rebecca was desperate to break the cycle.
Along with three other obese volunteers she embarked on an extreme diet which saw her swap her unhealthy meals for nine weeks of low calorie soup and shakes, losing nearly three stone in the process.
They all achieved impressive weight loss following the crash diet and after four months, all had kept that weight off.
Cambridge Weight Plan meal replacements are a more effective alternative than a conventional diet says Professor Susan Jebb of Oxford University who conducted the weight loss experiment featured on the BBC Horizon programme:
'In fact you're probably more likely to have a more nutritionally complete diet by taking one of these specially prepared formulae than if you try to just assemble real food yourself.'
Read full article here.


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This Romping through Dubliners Guide by At it Again! is a fresh take on James Joyce's classic short stories, Dubliners, his life and the places that inspired him. Dip into it if you are soaking up Dubliners for the first time or even if you are at it again! Use it as a guide to the original book or to explore Dublin in the footsteps of James Joyce and his characters for your literary travels.
Pocket-sized literature at its best, the book includes:
- What's the story
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- Things to do
- Quotes
- Titbits
Also available as part of our Romping through Irish Literature Book Set. Check out our other pocket guides to Irish literature here. You can find all our Dubliners literary gifts here.
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"Probably the hardest thing I have encountered trying to make it in the entertainment business is finding the funding to properly showcase my passion. You have to create your own opportunities and continue to make something from nothing. I love what I do though, I work hard to overcome all challenges thrown my way."
Check out the interview with J.M.E. exclusively on Skilly Magazine Online.
Skilly: Where did this all start? Tell us about your journey in the entertainment business.
J.M.E.: I was born and raised in Denver, CO and made "Parkhill" my stomping grounds. I formed a record label with a relative called Twissted Records and from 2000 to 2006 I wrote 6 projects and 10 mixtapes, along with numerous albums, shows, and collaborations. I made my move to the south in 2007 to pursue my own music career and started my own label called Got Heat Ent. in 2008.
That's when I met my music partner Tasco. Together we formed a group and called ourselves Dizobedinet. 2015 was a very eventful year for us as we released seven total singles under GHE. We have plenty of projects lined up to release including a mixtape and more solo projects. Life has thrown many obstacles my way, but I've never stopped chasing my dreams.
What would be your biggest piece of advice for the young kids out there trying to do what you do?
I would tell them to always be themselves, don't change for anyone. You have to remain true to yourself. Always believe in yourself and believe in what you do. You have to stay determined, focused, and hungry if you want to succeed in anything that you decided to pursue.
What are some of the hardest challenges and tasks in your position?
Probably the hardest thing I have encountered trying to make it in the entertainment business is finding the funding to properly showcase my passion. You have to create your own opportunities and continue to make something from nothing. I love what I do though, I work hard to overcome all challenges thrown my way.
We all know the entertainment business is very tough, but what do you find is the best way to promote and advertise your music?
I believe the internet is the best way to help promote and advertise your music. Many social media outlets like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter help connect with your fans as well. There are so many platforms out there that help boost your music to people around the world.
Tell us about your city. How are the artists and the fans?
Denver is an untapped market. When I lived there, Colorado didn't really support local artist. In recent years I've started to receive lots of support from the city of Denver. When I made my move to the South I continued to receive love from fans. I have never stopped supporting where I've come from. Denver will always be with me.
Where do you see yourself a year from today?
God willing, on top of the world while I continue to make a name for myself and my brand. Get ready for the GHE takeover.
Who and what were your biggest inspirations? Who do you look up to in today's world?
There was a short time period before I created Got Heat Ent. that I did endure some personal matters and questioned whether I should continue chasing my dreams. That's when I met Brooklynn. She has always believed in me and gave me the motivation to never stop working at making my dreams a reality. Tasco also plays a big part in motivating me to keep making music.
How do you feel about the music coming out today? Do you like it?
There are quite a few artists that I like out there, but I do believe some music out there lacks the lyrical content that hip hop music once had. That's why I strive to have a meaning and make different music then what's out there.
Where can we contact you and find you online?
Official Website: www.gotheatent.com/ghemusic
Soundcloud: gotheatent
YouTube: JMEVEVO | DizobedientVEVO | J.M.E. Sleezy
Facebook: GHEMusic | mansleezy
Twitter: @JMESLEEZY
Instagram: @jme303d
Reverbnation: ghejme
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J.M.E Contact Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Wrench whenever you want—Key Members set their own schedule!
Key Membership Benefits
- Your own key to our Folsom Street garage and clubhouse, which includes 24-hour access for wrenching, builds, parking, and hanging out. Come and go as you please, working on your projects whenever it suits you.
- The $295/month key membership includes space to store 1 motorcycle, parked on the floor or on a workbench
- The $100/month key membership does not include motorcycle parking. Work on your bike as much as you like in our space, but it must leave when you do and cannot be stored in the clubhouse.
- 1 regular-sized bin for storage
Plus, you get all the great benefits of our regular membership: use of our tools, lifts, disposal of tires/fluids, and access to our private Google Group and FaceBook forums.
How To Sign Up
To ensure a great experience for our other members, Key Membership is limited. If you are interested in this membership level, let's get to know each other first. Start by signing up as a regular member. Then, drop by on a Tuesday night to check out the workspace and meet us (or email us to see if there's a fit and availability).


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Have you heard that old statement, "those video games are going to rot your brain?" What if they were wrong? What if video games make you smarter? Here are some science behind these questions.
My own personal argument, I find that without video games and all things sci-fi, I wouldn't have the creativity I do now. And the ability to relax via video games are also a great thing.
Of course, all things in moderation.


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Assessing mould growth and removing it from indoor areas brings documented health risks. It is a hazardous process that can result in sudden disasters and unexpected costs if not handled properly. Therefore, certified professionals should only conduct mould removal. With the health concerns created by the presence of mould, any cost involved in its removal is nothing compared to the long-term property damage and health risks it poses.
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While there is a cost involved in the removal of finishes, drywall, furnishings, equipment, etc. during the mould remediation process, the biggest expense is the time to prepare for the remediation work, which includes the disposal of contaminated materials, additional equipment costs, containment and the key process of cleaning finishes for the required clearance test. Removing materials that contain mould can be as simple as replacing sections of drywall, removing a wet pipe or replacing damp carpet and furniture. When extensive mould is found, however, all materials must be removed in accordance with the building hygienist containment protocol, which significantly increases the cost of mould remediation.
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This is a clarification of the issue of whether or not Jesus had two wills: one for each of His two natures.
We also proclaim two natural willings or wills in him and two natural operations, without separation, without change, without partition, without confusion, according to the teaching of the holy Fathers -- and two natural wills not contrary to each other, God forbid, as the impious heretics have said they would be, but his human will following, and not resisting or opposing, but rather subject to his divine and all-powerful will. For it was proper for the will of the flesh to be moved naturally, yet to be subject to the divine will, according to the all-wise Athanasius. For as his flesh is called and is the flesh of God the Word, so also the natural will of his flesh is called and is God the Word's own will, as he himself says: "I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me," calling the will of the flesh his own, as also the flesh had become his own. For in the same manner that his all-holy and spotless ensouled flesh, though divinised, was not destroyed, but remained in its own law and principle also his human will, divinised, was not destroyed, but rather preserved, as Gregory the divine says: "His will, as conceived of in his character as the Savior, is not contrary to God, being wholly divinised." We also glorify two natural operations in the same our Lord Jesus Christ, our true God, without separation, without change, without partition, without confusion, that is, a divine operation and a human operation, as the divine preacher Leo most clearly says: "For each form does what is proper to it, in communion with the other; the Word, that is, performing what belongs to the Word, and the flesh carrying out what belongs to the flesh." We will not therefore grant the existence of one natural operation of God and the creature, lest we should either raise up into the divine nature what is created, or bring down the preeminence of the divine nature into the place suitable for things that are made. For we recognize the wonders and the sufferings as of one and the same person], according to the difference of the natures of which he is and in which he has his being, as the eloquent Cyril said.
Preserving therefore in every way the unconfused and undivided, we set forth the whole confession in brief; believing our Lord Jesus Christ, our true God, to be one of the holy Trinity even after the taking of flesh, we declare that his two natures shine forth in his one hypostasis, in which he displayed both the wonders and the sufferings through the whole course of his dispensation, not in phantasm but truly, the difference of nature being recognized in the same one hypostasis by the fact that each nature wills and works what is proper to it, in communion with the other. On this principle we glorify two natural wills and operations combining with each other for the salvation of the human race.


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Notes on Space in Kassel
'Public art' usually has to compete with a plethora of visual input, routinely 'provided' by advertising agencies and their clients. The project Notes on Space in Kassel, initiated by Eva-Maria Offermann, tries to both subvert this situation and put it in a larger context. A series of black & white photographs by artist Paul Kuimet shows public art from (soviet) Estonia: murals and mosaics adorning official buildings, often evidently mediating ideology through aesthetics – just as advertising does for neo-liberal capitalism. These photos were then presented on 30 typical billboards in Kassel, showing these images of images within a contemporary 'western' urban setting. I helped curating.


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Embedded MIMO Radio Transceiver serves enterprise applications.
Press Release Summary:
Compatible with legacy 802.11n networks, ACE-DB-3 dual band (5.5 or 2.4 GHz), 3 MIMO stream, IEEE802.11ac-compliant wireless adapter has miniPCI Express form factor and enables IP applications to stream video, data, and voice. Product features 1.3 Gbps PHY rate, 256-QAM modulation scheme, and 80 MHz wide bandwidth. Uses include embedding advanced wireless communication capabilities in such applications as enterprise class access points and routers.
Original Press Release:
High Performance 802.11ac Embedded Radio Module for the Enterprise Applications
Springfield, NJ — Doodle Labs is proud to release a very high performance embedded MIMO radio transceiver for the Enterprise applications. The ACE-DB-3 is a dual band, 3 MIMO stream IEEE802.11ac compliant wireless adapter in standard miniPCI Express form factor. The ACE-DB-3 transceiver enables the next generation bandwidth hungry IP applications to stream video, data, and voice. The ACE-DB-3 is ideal for embedding advanced wireless communication capabilities in applications such as Enterprise class Access Points, and Routers.
Feature highlights:
1.3 Gbps PHY rate offering over 3x performance vs. three stream 802.11n devices
Dual-band operation compatible with legacy 802.11n networks. Software selection from 5.5 or 2.4 GHz operating bands
256-QAM, a higher modulation scheme that increases data transfer efficiency
80 MHz wide bandwidth that is 2x wider than current 802.11n solutions
Low Noise Figure and Integrated LNA for better Rx sensitivity result in long range operation
High selectivity band pass filters for increased noise immunity
Highly linear PA provides low EVM (1.8%) signals for 256 QAM. Up to 28 dBm of RF power (23 dBm/stream @ 16 QAM)
AP, STA and Ad-hoc modes to implement Infrastructure and Mesh networks
Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes for increased rate at range
Small packet size (96 Bytes) in AES encryption at full packet rate
Loopback mode to assist in FIPS certification
Enhanced in-building location and high resolution 8 bits spectral analysis
miniPCI Express host interface. Standards compliant size and form factor. Rugged, construction. MMCX connectors.
For long-range applications, ACE-DB-3 radio can be paired with the Doodle Labs' family of Prism FES to achieve up to 35 dBm of RF power. The ACE-DB-3 has an integrated GPS (optional) to simplify development of location aware applications.
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Doodle Labs is focusing on the development of best in class embedded Wireless Broadband subsystems for many different industry verticals. Doodle Labs' products help System Integrators to leverage cost effective IP capabilities and Wireless Broadband to enable cutting edge applications. Doodle Labs offers an extensive line of embedded Wireless Broadband subsystems that operate from 100 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range. These radio subsystems enable OEMs to incorporate state-of-the-art wireless capabilities with minimum integration efforts and tremendous flexibility. Doodle Labs radio subsystems achieve the industry's highest RF performance in terms of Operating Frequency, Tx power, Rx sensitivity and interference immunity. http://www.doodlelabs.com/


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Family Day Trips
Our location in the heart of Connemara give us a collection of great days out for all the family and the perfect location to explore the local sites. Check out our summer break offers here
Connemara National Park
Connemara is renowned for its picturesque setting and beautiful scenery. Situated on the N59, Connemara National Park covers some 2,957 hectares of scenic mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands. Some of the Park's mountains, namely Benbaun, Bencullagh, Benbrack and Muckanaght are part of the famous Twelve Bens or Beanna Beola range. One of its most popular climbs is The Diamond Hill Loop. Gravel footpaths and wooden boardwalks ease your passage over the bog as you approach the mountains, with a steady climb up the western slopes to the summit ridge. The ridge is a narrow fin of quartzite roughly half a kilometre long, which culminates in a cairn that marks the 445m-high summit.
Omey Island
Omey Island in Claddaghduff is accessible at low tide every day by crossing acres of firm sandy beach, either in a car or on foot. Simply follow the direction poles in the sand that mark the way across, but be sure to check the tide timetable beforehand as you will be stranded if the tide comes in! Omey Island has a wealth of antiquities. The ruins of Teampaill Féichín (Feichin's Church), a medieval church built on a 7th century Christian settlement lie close to the north coast. The church was covered in sand until 1981 and it is surrounded by the remains of a semi-sunken village that was wiped out during the Famine. St Feichin's Holy Well can also be found to the west, just above a rocky inlet.
Beaches of Connemara
Located along the Wild Atlantic Way, the point at which Connemara meets the Atlantic is home to miles upon miles of sandy beaches which are renowned the world over. From the rolling green hills leading to the shores of Glassilaun to the crystal waters and white sands of Dogs Bay, voted one of British Vogues Top 10 Beaches in the World, there truly is something for everyone. If it's soft currents for paddling or family friendly activities you're after we would recommend the beaches around Roundstone, such as Gurteen and Dogs Bay. For a scenic walk with a dramatic backdrop look no further than Silver Strand in Renvyle.
Kylemore Abbey
The Hotel is less than a 30 minute drive from Kylemore Abbey, the oldest of the Irish Benedictine Abbeys. Originally built in 1868, it has home to The Community of Benedictine Nuns since 1920. Facilities include a visitor's centre, restaurant, Gothic Church, Victorian gardens, lake and mountain walks, pottery, craft and souvenir shop. Discounted tickets are available at our hotel reception along with a map of the area.
Sky Road
You can walk, cycle or drive up the Sky Road. Justifiably famous for the views it affords, the Sky Road takes you up among the hills overlooking Clifden Bay. When you reach the highest point you will see a car park and viewing area on the left (5.5km from Clifden). This is one of the most impressive panoramic vistas around Clifden.
Check out our summer offers here. Dont forget children u12 stay free B&B
All of these can be done as day trips from the Clifden Station House hotel and we have maps available at reception for all of the area.


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Philadelphia Police Seize Family Home Without Homeowners Being Charged• http://www.dailypaul.com
Authorities are able to do this by utilizing civil forfeiture laws. Laws vary in each state, some states require the individual whose property is being confiscated to have committed a crime, but many do not.
The civil forfeiture laws are especially terrible in Pennsylvania. In one recent case the Philadelphia Police were able to seize the dream home of a hard-working family because their twenty-two-year-old son had been arrested for selling $40 worth of heroin. The cops claimed that the young man had been selling heroin out of the house. The parents asserted that they had no idea their son was dealing drugs out of the family's house, but that is irrelevant to civil forfeiture cases in Pennsylvania. The cops took the house anyway.
Fox 31 reports:
Police and prosecutors came armed with a lawsuit against the house itself. It was being forfeited and transferred to the custody of the Philadelphia District Attorney. Authorities said the house was tied to illegal drugs and therefore subject to civil forfeiture.


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Gary Wright, 47, corporate demographer for consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1999, P&G's sales reached close to $40 billion, more than half of which came from outside the United States.
"World-population growth is slowing down. At the same time, life spans are increasing, particularly in developed countries. In 2010, 97 million Americans — 43% of U.S. adults — will be over 50. And we're retiring earlier, which leaves fewer working people to support a growing nonworking population. We may have to reconsider when people should stop working, or adjust what it means to work so that it is consistent with the needs of an older population. To an extent, immigration will offset population declines. But I think it is wrong to view slow growth and an aging population as things that necessarily need to be 'cured.' And the alternative is clearly worse."
So What?
"In the very long term, no one really knows how to conduct business in a no-growth or low-growth environment. Companies like P&G grew up during a period when economic progress reflected huge surges in the population and an incredible expansion of markets. The real challenge for the future will be to figure out how to find business opportunities in a world with a stable population — even if that world is still a long way off."
Futurology Decoder Key
"At P&G, we talk about 'white spaces' — places in the world that are unexplored or untapped opportunities for a particular line or a new product that we can create, whether it is cosmetics or detergent or diapers. It'll be some time before we start to face the disappearance of white spaces altogether. Even so, businesses need to keep such a future possibility in mind — even if many of us are operating in the here and now of Internet time."
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This post was most recently updated on August 15th, 2020
You have heard about the spiritual path, religious path, the path of mindfulness, zen way of living, the path of present moment awareness, amongst all of these path's, Meditation too is a path.
Meditation is not just another practice, but meditation is a way of life. You can create your whole new life, by practicing meditation. Your choice and decisions will change, once you start practicing meditation.
The situations, events, or memories of your mind changes with the practice of meditation. The path of meditation is about clarity.
When you practice meditation, you pull yourself away from the outside world and start connecting with your inner self.
The mind has a habit to wander in the memories of the outside life. But as you progress with the practice of meditation, you develop enough control over your mind and slowly rise higher beyond the memories of the mind to experience an altogether new reality.
The practice of meditation not only makes you aware of the new reality of the inner world, but you also experience the outside world with a different perception. Everything that happens both in your inner, as well as the outside world, becomes clear to you.
Meditation is the way of life. You can recreate your personal as well as professional life by practicing meditation. Its the meditation that allows you to connect with your core, and you start experiencing life, rather than following the things of the outside world.
When your mind is occupied with the outside life, too many things go into your mind all the time. These results in the chaos, tension, pain, or suffering in your life.
When you practice meditation, your attention of the mind turns inward, and slowly you pull yourself away from the things, that no longer serve any purpose in your life.
You know, whenever you make any choice or decision, you make the choice with what appears in front of you. There are very few people, who indulge in real thinking and consider all the consequences before they make any decision with their lives.
Life is all about presence. When you are present at the moment, it's easier to make any decision at the moment as your mind can see the past and future of the situation. Once the situation appears absolutely clear to you, you can proceed forward with your decision.
At the same time, if you simply make choices and decisions, without giving any thought to it, you experience the consequences of it, in the future. So, if your decisions are without considering the consequences, you later spend time in correcting the decisions that you have made in the past. These keep your life rotating in the same circle, without moving forward.
The practice of meditation helps you to relax your body and mind. Many people carry this notion that more they are stressed, better they perform, but psychologically it's impossible. Your ability to see things clearly gets reduced to minimal, when you are stressed out or your body is in pain. It's only when your body and mind are completely relaxed, you see things with absolute clarity.
The outside life can only be known, by knowing your mind. It's your mind that allows you to experience the outside life. If you directly try to understand the outside world, you only create more memories out of it and create more chaos within your mind.
But when you take your attention inward and try to understand the nature of your mind, slowly you start understanding, how life functions both in the outside as well as the inner world.
It's the mind that allows you to experience life through the senses. Whatever you experience throughout your life period, gets stored in your mind. When you take your attention inward, you understand the cause of sensation in the body. You also understand the center point of the breath, from where it moves in and out.
The inward attention helps you to understand your thought process and how the mind imagines things into the future. When you understand the nature of your mind, you can very well differentiate between the reality and illusion of life.
In the outside world, we keep on chasing one thing after the other, and never really knows, what allows the things to manifest in the outside world.
With inner attention, you connect with the wisdom of life that allows you to see the truth of life with clarity.
It's only the wisdom of life, that allows you to figure out the right time for the manifestation of things. Remember the clock time is the creation of the human mind and it only serves the purpose in the worldly life.
When it comes to eternal life, what counts to manifest thing is the right process and the time it takes for the completion of that process. The clock time is useful only for our day-to-day activities, but to understand the eternal process of life, you have to take your attention inward and connect with the inner wisdom that constantly exists to serve you at the moment.
The clock time is useful only for our day-to-day activities, but to understand the eternal process of life, you have to take your attention inward and connect with the inner wisdom that constantly exists to serve you at the moment.
For many, practicing meditation is a waste of time. They like to run here and there for life's solution, but if you ask them to sit here for 10 minutes and tell them that the solution will come on its own, there are very few who believe this truth.
Running all the time is not a solution, rather a waste of time. If you simply go on running with your life, without understanding the nature of life, you simply rotate in a circle, without reaching anywhere.
The practice of meditation is powerful enough to give you the solution at this moment. Remember your problems belong to you, and thus the solution too exists in you. I can show you the way to the solution, but nobody else can give you a permanent solution to your problems of life. You yourself have to take time out, and spend some time contemplating your life, so that you can come up with the solution for your problems.
I can show you the way to the solution, but nobody can give you a permanent solution to your problems.
You yourself have to take time out, and spend some time contemplating your life, so that you can come up with the solution for your problems.
The practice of meditation teaches you to serve the moment. When your mind is wandering in the past or the future, and your body is present in the moment, most of the time we get into trouble.
The benefit of meditation is to bring the body and mind at the same point, i.e. at the present moment. Wherever you go, your body follows but not necessarily your mind follows. You have to actively bring your mind to the moment, and for which you need practice.
Practicing meditation is simple.
All you need to do is devote some time for yourself every day be it 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes.
What do you do in meditation?
You find a peaceful corner at your house. Lay down a mattress. Get into a comfortable sitting position, and close your eyes. Now, this will be a new experience for you so your eyes will open up again and again while practicing meditation, and that's fine. All you have to do is get comfortable with the practice. You can take your own time to adjust to a new way of life.
Within a few days, your mind will be able to pick the movement of the breath. Allow your mind to stay with the movement of the breath. The more you practice meditation, the more your attention will connect with a deeper self. Slowly your mind will sense the sensation of the body. Be present with the sensation. Don't try to run away from the process, rather be with the process the longest time possible.
At times, you will feel to give up the process, as it will hard to observe the self. But stay firm and be with the process.
Your role while practicing meditation will be of an observer. You will be observing everything that is happening inside, as a third person. As if, things are not happening to you, but to someone else. Slowly you will be comfortable with it and a door for a new life will be open for you.


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"Bobbing in the waves of bewilderment and lucidity"
These words are from The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson which I bought in the spring of this year (4th April 2016). They characterise the poet George Oppen and I have appropriated them to succinctly explain my state of mind as I go through a remarkable and challenging transition. Oppen was sadly in late mental decline. I am still swimming happily if occasionally buffeted.
Nelson's book has played a vital, and personally reassuring, part in what a close male friend has described as my "trip". That word trip has nuance.
Her book is not only an elegantly written memoir, it is a profoundly intelligent academic work on her relationship with a fluidly gendered partner and deserves a place on the shelves of any individual that cares about love, sex and gender.
My blog, first put up in 2014 has now morphed from the introspective political thoughts of a male constantly on the edge of uncertainty into something unequivocal. It is now particularly dedicated to my small immediate family who might sense that one person's liberation is another's loss. In response to that possible fear I can only state that what is emerging in my life I will share through love and respect.
The sidebar logo gives you an indication of what is going on. Broadly this is the journal of an unfolding exceptional personal challenge.
2017 will see my first timid steps towards a dramatic transition which I could barely contemplate even 5 years ago but which I first contemplated more than 60 years ago. I hope it will help put to flight the notion, widely held, that gender transition is a modish, self regarding pre-occupation of millenials. It is not modish, not self regarding and it is important to society that this issue is out. Had I had the professional intervention now available I guess that I would have been looking at transition during my early 20s.
During the late 1950s I sought some snatched solace in the prurient pages of, say, the News of the World and The Sunday Pictorial. News of April Ashley's sex change was an endless quest while I sped towards puberty, uncertainty and ultimately personal disgrace. I took time away from my family hidden in a large cupboard, doors closed providing optimum darkness and escape. Being in the wrong gender drove me, quite literally, into the arms of another boy at age 10 and in this relationship I fell in love, and assumed, most happily, what I knew was my natural role. That of a girl. He was Jim and I was Janet and from that point forward, truthfully, I have never seen myself, precisely as anything else other than female. The consolation that it might be a simple aberration gave way to the serious fear of fetishism and most worryingly a failure in mental stability and moral responsibility.
Jan Morris' 1972 book Conundrum I read for the first time this year but she had been a beacon for me from the time of publication and I should have read it earlier. In February this year when I first pleaded my case for NHS intervention with my local GP at his small, country practice I found myself blurting out that I wanted to die a woman. Most interestingly in Morris' book she had reached a point where she would either die a woman or die by her own hand as a man. She writes more eloquently than me and I have no intention of surrendering my life, but I fully understand that point of frustration. How many people have died of gender dysphoria I wonder. There will be no records.
Beneath a banner insisting "radical individual freedom", I am on the march against the immured minds of the rabid right wing with their "take back control" certitude which has gripped us during 2016.
What of the "rusticant"; the author of this blog? This genderly indeterminate human being is indulging in a more intense, self imposed, rustication, imminently to move deeply, more authentically, into countryside. Albeit a little closer to the sea.
Anybody passing this way – please leave some footprints at my site.
Next year, hopefully before the spring, I will have embarked on the early stages of a professionally monitored programme at the Laurels Exeter, Devon .
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All posts prior to this one are at least 12 months old. The "about the rusticant" link has been slightly updated and gives insight into rustication; among other things! Hilary Mantel gave me the verb "to rusticate". I lay claim to the new noun (not in the dictionary) "rusticant".
My work
I have been working on a story which needs to be revised and delivered from a different gender perspective!! Christ knows when I will be able to get that sorted. But I will be moving tantalisingly close to the setting of the whole scenario. Seddon Faag lives.
am i out?
I have been "out" and it was wholly encouraging and joyful.
At this stage I will not name too many people. But I make an exception for four men, because exposing myself (forgive the choice of words!!) to people of the same gender was the biggest challenge. So Nick, it was a personal joy to have you on my side at Spitalfields Market in February talking about Thomas Hardy and offering a hand and affirming friendship. Most recently Al from Australia, who in between chats about the upcoming Rugby test against the Wallabies, managed to grasp and converse about gender fluidity. Dave the oldest friend of these three – a man who literally sprung me from custody in the old Yugoslavia – this year entertained me at a couple of posh restaurants in London with his inimitable precise conversation peppered with expletives while lauding my freedom in the modern world.
Finally the fourth man is my son who is a tower of strength. I could not be more proud – dignity, understanding, and unwavering support for his dad who is on a formidable journey which started 60 years ago and now has an end in sight.
Thanks, Jacquie for your concern and love . Probably you are equally bobbing and bewildered; I offer my deepest respect. Two other remarkable women who have invited me in from being out – I don't know what to say. Tears for the Danish Girl and scarves flying in the wind.
Love to all. This is simply the beginning and will be shared widely.
…for John. Respect for your counsel, wisdom, friendship. Without you I would not have made it this far. Hope you are amazed.


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Start Up Stay Up
Start Up Stay Up (SUSU) is the student strand of Graded's Innovate 2017.
SUSU began at the Innovate 2015 and was an amazing experience for all involved. Watch our SUSU mini-documentary to see what happened!
In a "Start-Up Boot Camp" model, students come together for an intense 48 hours. They design and pitch social entrepreneurship projects to a panel of venture capitalists.
International school high school student conference participants (grades 9-12) can register, individually or in small groups, with an idea for a social startup business that addresses a community need. Students will learn from executives in Brazilian social entrepreneurship and work with mentors to develop their own start-ups. Each student will finish with a detailed business plan.
The cost of the SUSU conference is R$688 per student. Graded students receive a 50% discount. Students must be accompanied by a faculty advisor. Students and advisors must stay on Graded's campus Thursday and Friday night. All participants will need to bring a sleeping bag or bedding, as well as a pillow to spend the night. Meals and refreshments are all included in the registration fee.
Mark Kennedy Lund
Mark Kennedy Lund is a surfing entrepreneur who followed his dream and has spent the last 10 years engaged in mentoring, lecturing and teaching entrepreneurship at programs such as Babson College, Boston College and Getúlio Vargas. He is a member of the Instituto Quintessa mentoring social entrepreneur startups; and participates in George Koukis' (founder of 'Temenos') young leadership program called "Intento".
Bernardo Bonjean
Founder and CEO of Avante, one of the fastest growing FinTech startups in South America, focused on empowering the underserved sector of micro-entrepreneurs. With over R$150 million in concession, Avante is impacting the lives of tens of thousands of individuals and their families, rapidly gearing with new technologies and disrupting Brazil's financial landscape.
Bernardo has been working in the financial industry for the last 10 years, serving as an associate at XP Investimentos, where he led the strategy and business development for multi-million dollar portfolios.
As an Impact Entrepreneur, Bernardo has become an active speaker and evangelist of "Conscious Capitalism", leading companies and financial initiatives that hold massive impact on the lives of communities, employees, suppliers and shareholders.


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The topic of having a second baby is always as debatable as having a baby at all.
Ever since I remember, I wanted to have 2 children but it's not easy to convince your partner who feels just the opposite.
When our first one was about to be 3, I shared the idea of having a second baby to the mix, with my husband.
As expected, he clearly said NO.
But I did not settle there but tried different ways to convince him. How? Don't ask me. Wink Wink 😉
But yes, Why I convinced him?
You see, convincing is important because it's not a one man's game.
My reasons for having a second baby
Kid will get his Companion
Though I always get involved in his play be it blocks or pretend-fighting or messy play. But I observed that he has more fun when someone of his age come to play with him.
This is why I believe he will be happy to have another Kid around.
I will get some Free time
Moreover, while the two will get the company of each other, I will get some free time.
And I can concentrate on other areas- Home Cooked Food, Self-growth, and Self-Care.
Laugh together
I love to imagine my two Kids laughing together over a common joke. Giggles are something each one of us wants to fill our Homes with.
More time as a couple
Parents need their alone time too with Kids not around.
Our Kid doesn't let us (as a couple) talk. He wants our undivided attention at all the times.
We hardly get any time alone. With the second one around him, they will entertain each other and we will get some quality time together.
Also, read– Husband's letter to her Wife as a Mother.
To see him loving selflessly
Just like Parents love their child selflessly, Siblings too develop this kind of love towards each other.
I would love to see him protecting, caring and loving for his younger sibling.
To help him learn to share
My Kiddo is not good at sharing things for long. When he feels like his territory is getting occupied, he orders the other Kid to go Home.
But with his own sibling, he gets to understand that it doesn't work this way and he needs to learn to share the things.
Moreover, I do not need to go out in search of his playmate.
Also Read- How to tackle Rude Toddler behavior
Fewer worries
At the time of my first-born, everything was new and I was just a trainee. 🙂
Delivery, How to feed him, How much sleep he needs, Why he is crying and so much more I learned with him.
All the practice and learning I went through with my son made me more confident and now I can call myself "Experienced" Mom.
Now I know- What works and what not.
If you ask me, I always felt happy having a Sibling. It's a wonderful feeling when you have someone around you 24*7 to share your secrets and your problems; most-important your partner-in-crime.
Besides fighting with each other, we also fought for each other. We stood by each other. We lent a helping hand. We wiped tears.
I am so excited to have another tiny human to take care of, to make our Family complete.
Also read- A Welcome letter to my yet to be born second child
Saying that It's always about your own choice and priorities and yes, this does not make you selfish!
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AARP volunteers and staff from Kansas and every other state in the nation visited Capitol Hill today to
"Our families, friends, and neighbors want Washington to listen to them when it comes to Medicare and Social Security," said AARP Kansas Volunteer State President Glenda DuBoise of Topeka. "They've made their voices heard online, at community meetings and events all over Kansas, and today we've brought their message to Washington with the hope that we can go home and tell the people who live in our neighborhoods that Congress will strengthen these lifeline programs that matter so much to us."
In addition to pushing for a broader retirement security debate on Social Security that is separate from ongoing budget negotiations, DuBoise and AARP Kansas Director Maren Turner discussed embracing health care reforms that eliminate waste and improve care in order to drive positive change throughout the entire health care system and bring down health care costs for everyone, including in Medicare. AARP Kansas volunteers and staff will continue to oppose harmful cuts and push for responsible change to strengthen Medicare and Social Security when they return home from Washington. For more on specific Medicare solutions AARP supports visit our Medicare solutions fact sheet.
AARP Kansas Visits Capitol Hill
By Mary Tritsch , June 12, 2013 04:13 PM
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Naked Elbows: A Physical Therapist's Reflections on Patient Care, Intuition, and Healing, by Anne Ahlman, MPT, was just published by Gannett Healthcare Group, offering a fresh personal and professional look at the world of physical therapy.
San Jose, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/23/2008 -- With more Americans living longer, there is an increasing demand for rehabilitation services as people strive to stay physically active and extend their quality years. Patients with chronic health problems and recreational injuries alike are seeking physical therapy and forging personal bonds with clinicians in exponentially growing numbers.
Based on the author's extensive experience as a physical therapist, Naked Elbows explores the joys and frustrations of patient care from the other side of the treatment table. Naked Elbows is the first book to unleash the unique perspective of a practicing physical therapist on the human connection that occurs during individualized treatment.
Written as a medical narrative organized to tour the body from top to toe, Naked Elbows is filled with stories that reveal insider facts and intimate encounters from the physical therapy profession while honoring the connection between therapist and patient. It is the ideal book for health professionals looking for inspiration and insight in their daily practice, aspiring students of health and medicine, and for the patients themselves.
About the author:
Anne Ahlman, MPT, is the editor of Today in PT magazine, which reaches over 90,000 physical therapists and physical therapy assistants across the nation. Anne has performed patient care for over 16 years in a variety of settings including acute care, orthopedics, sports medicine, hippotherapy, home health care, and geriatric subacute and long-term care. She has written continuing education courses and provided peer reviews for health professionals, and publishes a variety of articles on health and medicine.
Naked Elbows:
A Physical Therapist's Reflections on Patient Care, Intuition, and Healing
Published September 2008, Gannett Healthcare Group
Paperback; 200 pages; $14.95
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Mike Newbolt
TQ Training
"Absolutely. I would definitely recommend the course to anyone doing OTL's regardless of their experience.
I thoroughly enjoyed the training last week. It was both challenging and stretching. Before the start of the course I considered myself to be a good observer, but from doing the course I have identified several actions and behaviours that I need to change to ensure observers benefit from the experience."
Clive Cheetham
League Football Education
"I really enjoyed the observation of teaching and training course and I was surprised at how the week flew by! The depth of subject content, varied activities, lots of exercises and the many interesting discussion points meant there was never a dull moment!
As a reasonably experienced observer having previously attended several 1-day observation courses, I can say how beneficial it felt to spend a full week on this sensitive and complex area of work.
Sean is extremely experienced and knowledgeable on this subject, and I now feel I have a better grasp of what to look for, how to identify good and better learning, how to improve the quality of my performance notes and judgement statements, and the techniques to improve my feedback skills.I would definitely recommend this course to experienced staff who want an in-depth refresher and new staff who want to develop a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to observe effectively and with credibility."
About the OTL Qualification
The first nationally recognised Observation of Teaching, Training and Learning (OTL) Qualification in the UK. This is a rigorous level 4 endorsed qualification backed by a government licensed awarding body.
The qualification can achieved in one of three ways:
- 'blended learning' option (e-learning modules and Virtual Classroom sessions) – the most flexible way to do the qualification
- In-House 5 day (traditional learning model) course
- Open Course (12 Virtual Classroom sessions) – this is a bespoke route available on request.
For details of each type of course see the menu on the right.
Achievement of the qualification and completion of the training linked to it will:
- improve observer confidence and skills resulting in more accurate observations which provide management with a clear picture of the quality of learning delivery
- reduce the likelihood on inspection of Ofsted inspectors telling the organisation, that there is a lesser quality of learning delivery than managers in the organisation thought
- increase staff CPD effectiveness because observation will result in better targeted CPD, which should:
- improve the quality of the learning experience
- maintain or improve learner retention
- improve staff perception of the credibility of observers which will:
- build staff confidence in, and engagement with, the observation process
- lead to greater staff personal motivation to improve the quality of learning delivery
- increase learner satisfaction with learning delivery
- reduce the likelihood of losing valued staff as a result of poor observations, and incurring all the costs associated with that, including quite possibly reduced income associated with reduced learner retention, progress and achievement.
Achievement of this qualification will help organisations:
- demonstrate to regulators the investment that has been made in observation staff
- improve effectiveness and consistency of observation practice
- improve teaching practitioner engagement with the observation process.
The endorsed observation qualification has been designed by people who have been delivering observation training for over 15 years, and who remain observation practitioners. The principles and practice taught have been implemented in a wide range of organisations. When these organisations have been inspected, observation practice has been judged to be good or outstanding.
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An allergy is a heightened immune response to something in the environment.
People can be allergic to a variety of substances. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, "Allergies are grouped by the kind of trigger, time of year or where symptoms appear on the body: indoor and outdoor allergies (also called "hay fever," "seasonal," "perennial" or "nasal" allergies), food allergies, latex allergies, insect allergies, skin allergies and eye allergies."
Percentage of Children under 18 with Reported Food, Skin, or Hay Fever/Respiratory Allergies
National Health Interview Survey, United States, 1998–2009
An allergy develops in several stages:
- A potential environmental trigger, pollen for example, is recognized as a foreign material. This first exposure can happen through inhalation, ingestion, touch, or injection.
- The person becomes sensitized but no reaction occurs. Sensitization occurs if a person has a predisposition to pollen allergies. The body generates IgE antibodies which will start the allergy response symptoms whenever the body is exposed to pollen in the future.
- The next step occurs the second time you are exposed to pollen. With the second exposure, the IgE antibodies recognize the pollen as dangerous and start the allergy response cascade. This is the first time the person experiences any symptoms –sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes, etc.
The last step can happen in two phases, the early and late phases. The late phase is prolonged and can have more intense or severe symptoms.
Symptoms of an allergic reaction can affect different areas of the body:
- Skin: itching, redness and hives
- Airway: sneezing, coughing, and wheezing
- Gastrointestinal tract: cramping and diarrhea
A serious allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis. It is characterized by more intense symptoms along with abnormal and difficult breathing, chest tightness, anxiety, swelling of the face, eyes, or tongue, and racing heart. These symptoms can lead to loss of consciousness and are life threatening.
- The most common causes of anaphylaxis
- Medications: antibiotics, dyes, vaccine ingredients such as gelatin and egg protein
- Foods: peanuts, tree nuts, cow's milk, eggs, and seafood
- Stinging insects
- Latex
- Blood products
Long-term Effects of Allergies
Many symptoms of an allergic reaction are short lived, but there are long term consequences of repeat reactions. The inflammatory effects of allergic reactions can change the structure of the systems it affects (such as skin, airway, or gastrointestinal tract). For example, structural changes of the airways can lead to asthma or chronic ear and sinus infections. Changes in the gastrointestinal tract can cause malabsorption, and changes to the skin can lead to eczema 2.
Many children who exhibit skin allergies through eczema also develop food allergies, and vice versa.
Continue Reading:
What is asthma and how is it related to allergies?
Allergies and Asthma
The rate of allergies and asthma in children are on the rise. No one cause has been identified as the causative factor, but given the slow pace of genetic change, the rise of chronic illnesses likely reflects an increase in the burden of environmental exposures.


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FirstMention.com explores the history and origin of
well-known people, products and phrases.
Would-be U.S. President Newt Gingrich shut down the federal government almost single-handedly back in 1995, when he was the relatively new Speaker of the House and pushing his tea-partyish Contract With America.
I worked for the federal government at the time and the shutdown gave me almost a month of unplanned leave (paid leave, as it turned out) to write a book which I'm pretty sure Newt would not have liked. It was about reigning in the excesses of global capitalism.
But I digress.
What, you may wonder, was the very First Mention of Mr. Gingrich? The earliest record in which his name appears in the press?
Turns out, a precocious lil' fellow named Newton Gingrich was featured in the August 15, 1954 issue of the Syracuse Post Standard at the ripe young age of eleven.
Syracuse New York isn't anywhere near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where the the story was datelined, and where Newt grew up. But the zoo tale got widespread coverage back in the day — you might say Newt went viral — with reprints in the Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA), the Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), the Post-Register (Idaho Falls, ID) and about a dozen other papers that I happened to notice. It was not only his First Mention, but his very first lobbying gig.
Gingrich keeps a low profile after that, at least as far as newspaper mentions go. He resurfaces again in 1974, when he runs for Congress, describing himself as a "moderate conservative"…
Newt Gingrich during his first Congressional run in 1974
…and the world hasn't been the same since.
Our FirstMention research is carried out in many sources, including historical newspaper archives, online family history records, state archives, and old books.


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Our babysitters love to share their experience being part of the Cherished Cherubs team
We appreciate the dedication from our Perth babysitters. Read what some of our team share about working with us.
Providing work-life balance
I have been working for Cherished Cherubs for around two years now and as a Mother to two young school aged children it has been life changing! Not only do I get to make money doing something I absolutely love but I get to be there for all the important events for my children. I've not had to miss one merit certificate or parent/canteen helper duty ever. The flexibility I get with Cherished Cherubs allows me to have a work/life balance that Is so incredibly rare to find. The ladies at Cherished Cherubs have been so understanding, supportive and helped me to succeed in every job that I take on, knowing I have them on my side is invaluable. Lisa, Dianne and Sheree are incredible and I feel lucky to be working with them. Working for Cherished Cherubs Perth babysitters, I have been able to meet, work with and help so many wonderful families juggle the balance that is life and I always leave feeling over the moon to make a difference to them. Seeing the excited little faces upon arrival is by far the best work incentive I know of! – Lauren, 5 March 2020
You are the best organisation I have worked for
Thanks so much Lisa, Dianne and Sheree for the opportunity to work with you all whilst I am studying to be a school teacher. You look after all of us so much and I love working for Cherished Cherubs and our clients. Working for a professional agency where I recieve training, guidance and support has helped me so much with my studies also. I tell all of my friends and family about you guys. Your principles and values are outstanding. Thank you. – Emma, December 2019
Tarina's Testimonial
Wow I can't believe I have come to my 3rd year Working Anniversary with you Ladies. I want to thank you both for all of the support and advice you have given me over the year. I love working for Cherished Cherubs Perth babysitters and supporting the Families so the Parents, Grandparents, Caregivers can go out and have fun or do work commitments and know their children are safe and being cared for by the awesome Babysitters at Cherished Cherubs. – Tarina, 9 November 2019
What Traci has to say about Cherished Cherubs
I wanted to thank you so much for everything you have done for me. I recommend you very highly to all the families I know and will continue to do so. Cherished Cherubs is an amazing organisation and I really enjoyed working for you. Thanks to you guys and the families you take care of, I was able to get through my studies (financially) and save for a car while doing something that I loved – taking care of kids. It's been such amazing experience for me – Traci, 1 November 2019
Tarina's 2 year Anniversary
I wanted to let you know I have passed my 2 year Anniversary with Cherished Cherubs. I love working for Cherished Cherubs and I am proud to represent you. Your flexibility, support and team ship is fantastic. Thank you all for your support and for the Friendships I have made with you all. – Tarina, 20 October 2019
Anna's Testimonial
Thank you (and your team) so much for giving me lots of work over the past nine or ten years (can you believe it?!). I also appreciate the references that you have provided, even at short notice! They helped me get into a Masters program and get my new position. The agency has always been really helpful and supportive, and getting/ turning down jobs is really easy. It's also been nice to watch changes be made in terms of a new logo, the introduction of a newsletter, and other changes. Probably don't tell you enough, but we think you do an awesome job! I'll be happy to use Cherished Cherubs when I have children of my own one day. – Anna, 11 April 2019
Testimonial from Kellie
Cherished Cherubs is such a fantastic organisation. It's so much more than just babysitting, it does wonderful things for parents in need as well as providing top quality care for their children. Everyone is really friendly and helpful and it's really like one big family. The flexibility is also fantastic. The atmosphere at Cherished Cherubs is always so positive. I believe that my positive attitude and bubbly personality helps to maintain the excellent standard of babysitters within the agency. My reliability and organisational skills also highlight the professionalism of the agency. A willingness and passion to care for children while having some fun is what I consider to be my biggest attribute to the agency. – Kellie, 10 November 2019
Courtney's Comments about Cherished Cherubs Perth Babysitters
I have really enjoyed my two and a half years with this company and I'm very sad to be leaving only off to start my new adventure as a registered nurse at Kalgoorlie Hospital. Not only has this job allowed me to meet some beautiful children and families, it forced me to write uni essays on a Friday and Saturday night while kids were sleeping. It also made me realise that pediatric nursing is where my destiny lies! I will continue to recommend Cherished Cherubs to other ladies who would like this kind of work, as well as to parents who need the perfect baby sitter. – Courtney, 10 September 2019
Alice's Feedback
Cherished Cherubs has been the idea work supplement throughout university and since; you get your 'kid kick', and it is so very flexible-away travelling for three months, sure, just let the agency know when you return and offers of work will resume. The support from the team is consistent and much appreciated. I love the time spent with the families, especially my regulars, but knowing that you are going through an agency where you can be replaced takes guilt out of saying no if I have another commitment. So happy working here, I have stayed on for years, and recommended many friends to the agency also. – Alice, 16 August 2018
What Anna has to say about Cherished Cherubs
I have been a babysitter with Cherished Cherubs since August 2009, which say something in and of itself! I love the flexibility that the agency offers, as I can accept jobs when I am available and can decline jobs without too much guilt when I am too busy. I know that if I'm not available, 99.9% of the time another fabulous carer will be. Also, I don't have to worry about going to meet families prior to a first job – the staff at Cherished Cherubs have already done the relevant checks etc! There are a few families who I regularly babysit for through the agency, which is lovely. I also get the opportunity to meet many other families, which gives me great deal of experience caring for a range of children and adolescents – this is invaluable for me as I wish to become a child psychologist. The staff at Cherished Cherubs will always do their best to offer your jobs which suit your level of experience, and are very accommodating if you get sick unexpectedly and need someone to cover a scheduled job. – Anna, 1 August 2018
Apply to join the Cherished Cherubs Perth babysitters team, a dedicated group caring for the kids of WA here.


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|Visitor : Game Map| The Cast
|T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil
|A year ago, the bandits began to ride the roads againnot frequently, but to some effect. To the good folk of Hommlet, this seemed all too familiar, so they sent word to the Viscount that wicked forces might still lurk thereabouts. This information has been spread throughout the countryside, and the news has attracted outsiders to the village once again. Who and what these men are, no one can be quite sure. All claim to be bent on slaying monsters and bringing peace and security to Hommlet; but deeds speak more loudly than words, and lies cloak the true purposes of the malevolent.


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I'd just rather the A/C wasn't on 24-7, because it is fucking cold and there is no one here to keep me warm, and I can't go back to bed. I have shit to do today. So, my only option is to walk around all bundled up and then die of some sort of horrible heat death whenever I venture outside.
I'm going to turn it down. DON'T TELL NOBODY.


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Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in Probability Theory and Related Fields, Volume 86, Issue 1, March 1, 1990, pages 53-62.
Copyright © 1990 Springer.
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Theodore P. Hill was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207513.
Sharp lower bounds are found for the concentration of a probability distribution as a function of the expectation of any given convex symmetric function φ. In the case φ(x)=(x-c)2, where c is the expected value of the distribution, these bounds yield the classical concentration-variance inequality of Lévy. An analogous sharp inequality is obtained in a similar linear search setting, where a sharp lower bound for the concentration is found as a function of the maximum probability swept out from a fixed starting point by a path of given length.
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URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/rgp_rsr/42