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- Publisher: Entangled Teen
- Publication date: 10/1/2013
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Worst. Summer. Ever.
Emma Guthrie races to learn the hoodoo magic needed to break The Beaumont Curse before her marked boyfriend Cooper's sixteenth birthday. But deep in the South Carolina Lowcountry, dark, mysterious forces encroach, conspiring to separate Emma and Cooper forever. When Cooper starts to change, turning cold and indifferent, Emma discovers that both his heart and body are marked for possession by competing but equally powerful adversaries.
Desperate to save him, Emma and her twin brother, Jack, risk their lives to uncover the source of the black magic that has allured Cooper and holds him in its grip. Face with the horror of a soul-eating boohag, Emma and Jack must fight to resist its fiendish power to free Cooper long enough to join their strengths and face it together, before it destroys them all.
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I enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was excited when invited to review this one. This one, like the first, is full of adventure, danger, and of course, hoodoo magic to break yet another curse. The characters were pretty much the same, which makes sense since it's still the summer and this takes place just about right after the first left off. This one did have more of a YA feel to it than the first one. To me the first one read more like an upper MG book. This one is darker, and a bit more grown up content wise than Conjure was. That being said, I don't feel like we really got to know the characters any better and they were just kind of there. I did like the story progression, but would have liked more in the way of character growth.
Emma is getting much stronger in her Hoodoo powers, but she wasn't much stronger as a person. Her love for Cooper also kind of overshadows other things and it got tiring listening to her drone on and on about him so often. I didn't expect her to be much more mature since she is only fourteen, and this takes place right after the first book, but with the things she has been through, you would think that would change her a little. One thing that hasn't changed about her, and I hope it doesn't, is her loyalty and devotion to those she cares about. She is such a good person and only wants to do good. Yes, she does some selfish things, but it's because she doesn't think before acting and all the consequences that doing such things can bring. She feels really bad after, not just because she has been caught doing it, but because she realizes how badly she messed up and how it affects the people around her. Jealousy gets the best of her in this sequel, but in the end she does understand and I think that she may have more growth going into the next book.
Cooper is an absolute tool in this. As much as I disliked Jack in the first book because of his behavior, I think I disliked Cooper even more in this. He was so mean and hurtful to not only Emma, but to Jack too, who is supposed to be his best friend. They both are. Okay, so it's not all his fault, but I still didn't like him one bit and I really didn't care whether they broke the curse or not since he was so awful. The real Cooper broke through once in a while, but it wasn't enough for me. Of course, I don't care for him the way that Emma and Jack do either. He wasn't a character I enjoyed at all this time around.
The tough thing with sequels is that it's hard to not fall into middle book syndrome. This one didn't, but I didn't like it more or less than the first. I thought the story moved along well, but it was super predictable, so there was not much in the way of twists or surprises. It was enjoyable though, and I am looking forward to where the story will go now. I do hope for more growth from the characters after all that has happened, but I will definitely be continuing this series.


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The Cradle of Humankind, according to the advertising gurus, is one of the places in the world where life began. For cyclists on the West Rand, it's the place where all cycling begins.
By Jon Gericke
Five years ago, the cities of Johannesburg and Mogale spent plenty of money and tarred what used to be old country back-roads. For cyclists, the only real place to do long distances was out towards Rand-fontein. With the tarring of the roads to increase tourism to The Cradle, things changed. Just a 20-minute drive from Sandton or Fourways and you were in the country, with farmland as far as the eye could see. Recently the roads had a second tarring, a smoother and cleaner tar that makes cycling in The Cradle a pleasure. And for cyclists coming in from the north, the massive Lanseria development has widened roads and improved infrastructure to make that side of the ride an easier transition.
For years, The Cradle area was known as a wedding area. There are tens of wedding venues from which to choose. Now these wedding venues have opened their facilities for cyclists in the mornings. It is at one of these venues that our journey begins.
Getting there
There are two ways to get into The Cradle. You can ride there from your starting point, or you can drive. Most of the Johannesburg-based elite teams will ride out to The Cradle from a meeting point on the trashed Hendrick Potgieter road. The main arterial road that heads west has a wide shoulder, and with enough caution is not too bad a ride. Getting to The Cradle by car is easy, with more than enough parking at the venues scattered around the area. Most open early, and an early coffee before your ride is a must.
The Cradle has a two-metre-wide bike lane with ample signage warning passing cars that cyclists will be on the road. In some areas, large reflectors have been put up to mark the cycling lane and to prevent cars from crossing over into the lane.
Security-wise, as always, be cautious of traffic. The Cradle roads are not a cycling free-for-all. At the weekends, clubs from all around Johannesburg will be riding the roads, so look out for fast-moving peletons of yellow and white. There have been rumours of drawing pins on the lanes put out by residents of the area, but this author hasn't seen any. As in all cycling, a little friendliness, being polite and respecting the rules of the road go hand-in-hand with safety.


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In Palma we visited "La Seu", the huge 400 years old Gothic Cathedral. It is 121 metres long and 55 metres wide. Impressive building.
Palma is a big city. Half of the total population of Mallorca live in the capital. We made a side step to the marina, strolled through the "Old town" and had a look at some shops and some famous old buildings. Downtown some street artits were performing (see picture). Great! Later in the afternoon we had a coffee at Plaza de España. I went to the station to check the timetable for the "El Tren de Sóller" - a train that is running from Palma to Sóller. We wanted to make this trip later.
We almost missed our lift back to Peguera. The bus we were waiting for simply did not show up. Fortunately there was one (and only one) other bus running the same direction. Otherwise we would have had to take a taxi (expensive!).
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I decided to write a post about balancing motherhood and blogging, because I am sure there are a lot of new moms out there starting a blog for the first time. I remember not long ago being in the same boat!
When Lillian was a newborn, I started my first blog. I have been blogging now about one year. I have had FOUR different blogs, and it has taken me a long time and many hours finding my "way". I still have so much to learn and every day get excited about all the possibilities. The world of blogging is really fun, challenging, inspiring, and fulfilling.
When I first started, I was amazed with all the information on the web and amazing bloggers out there. I felt like I had discovered a jackpot. Free recipes? Check. Amazing tutorials? Check. Where had blogs been all my life?
If you are a new blogger, I wanted to write some tips I have found along my way to help you out.
- Decide why you are blogging, and stick to it.
- Are you blogging because you love to write? Do you want to chronicle your babies journey? Do you want to write about food? Deciding what kind of blog and content you want is crucial to helping you stay focused and write good content. It took me a long time to decide what I really wanted to blog about.
- Who do you want your audience to be?
- Do you hope to make income off of your blog, or would you like it private and for friends and family? Deciding you your audience will be helps you with how you will write your content and knowing who will be reading it. This will also help you decide if you want to include advertisement options, etc.
- How much time do you want to commit to blogging?
- At first, I felt all this pressure to make my blog complete overnight. I wish I had not worried so much about it, and enjoyed the process more. If you want to spend four hours a week blogging, make sure to carve out that time for yourself. I will be honest in saying it can suck up tons of time.
- Make a 90 day plan.
- This comes from my experience in marketing. Making a 90 day plan is easy, simple, and super effective. Start by writing out your top five goals. Do you want your blog to look nicer? Would you like to reach out to other bloggers for help? Do you want more followers? Once you have your top five goals, then map out a plan of what kind of content you want to write about. Be as specific as possible. This will give you a nice plan and list to glance at when inspiration is feeling low.
- Reach out to other bloggers.
- Read other blogs, comment on blogs you enjoy, and connect with other bloggers by email! Early on, I reached out to a blogger I respect a ton, and she emailed me advice- on her own time! It was chock full of wisdom, and I was so grateful to her for reaching out and doing that for me. Every blogger had to start from ground zero, and many are willing to reach out and lend you a hand or answer a question. I definitely am! I am grateful for those who have helped me and love helping in return. Building a network of blogger friends is one of the most important tools to help you grow your blog.
- Give it time.
- Growing your blog will not happen overnight. Especially if you are a new mom. Your #1 priority is your baby, and be ok with that! Some bloggers grow tremendously over a few months, others take years to grow. Let me share a secret with you: there is no easy shortcut to blogging. Not if you want a quality blog. Blogs that have quality content and a large audience are that way for a reason- the blogger puts lots of time and effort into his or her blog! Of course there are schemes to grow fast, but your readers won't really engage with you. Treat your blog like a garden- make sure the soil is rich and you've tended well to it, plant your seeds, and slowly you will see the beauty unfold!
- Be yourself- do not compare yourself to others.
- This one was so hard for me. For a long time I was afraid to show my true colors. It is difficult to talk about faith on the internet- where everyone can read about it. It might be hard to give an opinion about parenting. Yet, it is a good thing for us to be real, authentic, and share our perspectives It is healthy to have different opinions. That is what makes conversations interesting. Remembering this helps me to stay honest about what I blog about and true to myself. Try hard not to compare yourself to others. Your blog is unique, one of a kind, and you have a story to tell. Embrace that and hold dear to it. Being personal and real attracts people to your blog for the long run.
- Have fun!
- Enjoy the process! Try not to stress too much. If you miss a day or two- or a week- give yourself some grace. Having a new baby is difficult enough.
- Some last tips for new moms started to blog:
- Keep a journal and a pen nearby (or your I-phone notepad) to jot down ideas for posts, recipes, etc.
- Try to blog when baby is napping or has gone to sleep. IF you feel like it;).
- Try an organizational program like Evernote to keep track of bloggers you meet, sponsorships, and other blogging ideas. Plus, its free!
- I have loved using Blogger as my platform. It is rather easy to use. If you have questions, email me.
- There are many free photo editing programs. I personally love Picmonkey.
- Use the internet to search for help. There are so many amazing tutorials out there on pretty much any question you might have.
- Follow blogs you like. I personally love Bloglovin or Google Friend Connect to keep track of blogs I love. I used to bookmark them, but that got frustrating to go back and try to find the blogs I like.


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High blood pressure which is commonly known as hypertension has affected more than 80 million people in the US. Many of these and their number also runs into millions, some of them do not know that they have blood pressure.
The certain symptoms of blood pressure are constant headache, problem in breathing and feeling giddiness. Smoking is severely injurious in the state of high or low blood pressure. It is an acknowledged fact that smoking elevates the chance of heart attack. The cause is simple enough to understand. Cigarette consists of Nicotine and other tobacco products which constrict the blood vessels and the heart. Thus it beats faster which is dangerous for the high blood pressure patients. Moreover, smoking creates complications in the lungs and in vascular system also.
In fact the thread bare analysis; whether smoking cigarette, drinking alcohol, coffee, tea, are good or bad in the condition of blood pressure is worthless. They are all similar not good. The trustworthy agents of the terrible nicotine therefore deserve nothing but give dangerous consequences. Any soft attitude towards the products of such classification is not going to help the cause of your health.
If you are habitual and indulged in activities such as drinking coffee, drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, you are a perfect candidate for blood pressure. You also become a possible contender for future heart attacks and other lung problems.
Stress and headaches are the natural outcome of blood pressure. These are so personally interrelated that it is difficult to point out which is the direct cause of which disease or disorder.
Now the question comes how to treat this smoking habit, blood pressure, stress and headache all at one time? Apparently they look diverse, but all of them belong to the same source. So, a positive lifestyle change is the only answer.
Your single negative characteristic may be the cause of numerous diseases. Likewise one positive characteristic may be the cure for numerous diseases. Think at least one time that one positive lifestyle change may lead a series of changes in your health. That too in a natural manner for your better future!


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Dear Mrs. Bharati Chaturvedi,
I am Yasho and the son of Nagesh Singh as you know. I am doing a project on the environment and sustainability in India and I was wondering if you could answer my questions below
- How has sustainability affected the lives of people in rural parts of India?
- Is hiring companies and creating a joint sector with the government the best way forward?
- What is our standpoint towards the environment as a country?
- What are some impressive models of cities that can be adapted and mixed to form a sustainable city? How could it be done?
- Are the current sustainability technologies enough or do we require more? If so which fields do we require it in?
- Do you feel that a new planning commission should be set for making sure all new houses are zero emissions and making sure that the entire country has resources for such houses?
- How much time do you think there is before we actually start making progress with conservation of resources nd use of renewable resources like biogas?
The second transcript is a survey I sent out to 26 forest and sustainability board officials
- What is the proposed sustainability plan for the country moving forward?
- What are the current technologies being used in India for sustainability
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If there's a conference that has done the least with the most, it stands to reason that there must be a league that's done the most with the least. Sure enough, the Big Ten is that conference. No major conference can match its performance in terms of NCAA tournament wins, and as we'll see, Jim Delany's league has compiled that record despite a relative lack of talent that was rated as elite coming out of high school.


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Thread: Error 605 in ASE 12.5
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Unanswered: Error 605 in ASE 12.5
I'm using ASE 12.5 with EBF 11442 patch. I keep encountering 605 errors. There was no hardware issues involved. The tables involved are using unique cluster index. I run dbcc checktable and tablealloc and found no problems. I am only able to resolve this by creating new copies of the tables. Anyone have encountered this?
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Which process is reporting this 605 error ? Perhaps your disk has a problem in a page that is not checked by your dbcc.
Do you report 605 executing checkdb, checkalloc, checkcatalog ?
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Re: Error 605 in ASE 12.5Originally posted by engkai
I run dbcc checktable and tablealloc and found no problems. I am only able to resolve this by creating new copies of the tables. Anyone have encountered this?
By regularly creating new tables, you are only delaying the occurance of 605 until you hit it again. checkdb should locate 605.
If you have located the table that is reporting 605 and isolated that hosting device. Then you could carry out a salvage operation by moving all the objects on that device to a new device and completing quartine that device in the database by changing the segmap to 0. This only if there aren't any clean backups available, otherwise going backup is the best option and apply the tran logs since then to bring the database to current.
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Re: Error 605 in ASE 12.5
Originally posted by willy_and_the_ci
605 is a hard fault. None of the dbcc's will fix this.
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I have a 605 Error one year ago. This was an hardware error. I had a message like this:
00:00000:00012:2003/03/25 11:33:45.01 server End diagnostics for read failure:
00:00000:00012:2003/03/25 11:33:45.01 server Run the DBCC command 'dbcc tablealloc' for both the objects 99, 3
00:00000:00012:2003/03/25 11:33:45.01 server Error: 605, Severity: 21, State: 1
00:00000:00012:2003/03/25 11:33:45.01 server An attempt was made to fetch logical page '298449' in database 'sales_db' from cache 'default data cache'. Page belongs to object with id '3', not to object ''.
This kind of error are very difficulty to resolve. I can fix the error touching one OAM page that was wrong, but this is out of any rule and recommendation. The problem was an OAM Page (allocation page) that change his obid = 99 for 3, that mean that just one bit change the "pageno" into the page header, and the OAM pages start to be a page of the syscolumns. I was lucky because the allocation page was clean.
Before do that I study very deep the pages that had the error, and the tables.
You need to find the page with the error and find inside how many error there are. The hardware error could change everything. You will need use "dbcc allocdump" and "dbcc page".
"The recommendation in this case is rebuild all the tables (BCP) in a new database."
If you have a problem with an OAM pages, then the database will not grow any more :-(. If you have the problem just with table pages then droping the tables may be fix the error.
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Keeping the Desktop organized..
So I run Battlefield 1942. It doesn't let me use 1280x1024 resolution, nor do I want it to.
Very frequently, when I close out the game, all my icons are way out of place and it's really aggravating. Is there a way to prevent my stuff from moving around ?
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You can use a program that remembers the icons positions. Here is the one most use:
I've seen this one mentioned as well:
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Fences is much more well known of the 2. I haven't used either personally, but have know people that used Fences and rave about it.
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Well, Windowmanager really works well in Win 7 to "remember" the size and position of all windows on the desktop. Unlike XP, native Win 7 dosent remember these things........
This program works great - well worth the $10
See the manager at DeskSoft - WindowManager - Window position and size manager
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I'm going on a complete hunch, this will probably not work. "Right click" on your desktop, then scroll over "View" and check to see if "Auto Arrange icons" is checked, if so, uncheck it.
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I believe it was Andy Warhol who said that everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame. But I think that nowadays and especially with the advent of reality shows, it's more like everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame.
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Fame whore
The worst fame whore I can think of is Heidi Montag–the once fresh-faced girl from The Hills show but who is now the poster girl for plastic surgery. This girl's claim to fame is having had ten (10) procedures in one sitting. If you think this is wrong, you must read her justifications on why she did it to herself. It's funny and disturbing at the same time as it will give you an idea how girls these days can be so insecure and crazy about looking "perfect."
Body image experts in the Newsweek article on Montag said that the starlet was asking for a perfection that simply doesn't exist. Susie Orbach, the former therapist to Princess Diana, calls it the "unattainable beauty."
Hope for the addicts
Many celebs who were once lost were able to face their demons and are turning over a new leaf. Some were lucky enough to get another shot at fame. Robert Downey Jr. has done it. Britney Spears is also doing it (sort of) and so did Elton John, Drew Barrymore, Nicole Ritchie, Russell Brand, Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), the list goes on.
span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saving anyone from addiciton and self-destruction is possible if you can give them the help they need. However, a bigger leap would be for the addicts themselves to seek help.
In her song "Rehab," Amy said, "They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'." It makes me wonder if she would have been with us today if she said yes.
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Mandingo cant fuck.... in other vids she squirts a lot but here shes frustrated.
What? No volcanic squirts from Cytherea? I'm disappointed.
Maybe she prefers white guys?
I dont think so,she mostly only want to fuck black guys.
Or getting her cervix pounded doesn't really get the juices flowing.
I'd be so horny knowing I was gonna get fucked by that huge BBC. One gorgeous cock I would love to have
I wud suck n fuck that dick allllllll day !!!!!
yet to find a better feelin than having a black cock in my pussy !!!!! wooooooooooo
want that big black cock deep in my ass 0
Wow, she is smoking hot.
would be better to see her cunt filled with cum instead of splashed all over her face
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text: Based on info from another site, I just ordered a new rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack for my Pimaster (PM) Auto Temp Controller (ATC) from ebay for $23. It is 12v 6800mAh. The PM runs at 500mAh max - so I anticipate ~300mAh avg (kicking on and off/speeding up and slowing down). This should get me somewehere between 13 and 22 hours of ATC without having to run a drop cord from the RV when we go to the lake or to the races. Can't wait to use it.


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So part of my recovery from Tuesday's complex knee surgery has been a temporary transformation into a sci-fi robot. What you see in the photo above are two pieces of technology:
- The hoses leading into the top of my leg and disappearing suspiciously into those bandages is a liquid cooling system. Inside the bandages are canals that are fed very cold liquid of rubbing alcohol and purified water from a nearby non-descript brown box that emits a noticeable whirring of a fan.
- The gears, pins, and other assorted metal architecture fur underneath my leg are what is called a continuous passive motion machine. It takes my leg and raises it, causing my knee to bend at a pre-selected angle that I can select on the retro-looking remote control which is connected by that curly wire and sitting below my calf in the photo.
I am supposed to sit in the above contraption up to eight hours per day so it can bend the two cadaver ligaments that were inserted into my leg, while keeping the whole darn thing cool and swelling-free.
I know the health care system in the USA needs work. However I have to say that so far my experience with my insurance company has been great. These rental of these devices are covered under the insurance I get from my job and it makes me wonder how different the outcome for my knee would be if I didn't have access to such therapies. And I also get to imagine that my leg is bionic!


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Research Papers
The Functions of the Stock Market and the Fallacies of Shareholder Value
Conventional wisdom has it that the primary function of the stock market is to raise cash for companies for the purpose of investing in productive capabilities. The conventional wisdom is wrong.
Citations Measure More Than Just Scientific Impact
On The Career of a Microeconomist
An autobiographical paper by William J. Baumol, in which he recounts his academic life and career. The paper is a contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on the professional experiences of distinguished economists which the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review (now PSL Quarterly Review) started in 1979.
The Political Economy of Mass Incarceration: An Analytical Model
This paper presents a model of mass incarceration in the United States, which has the largest proportion of its population imprisoned among advanced countries.
The New Normal: Demand, Secular Stagnation and the Vanishing Middle-Class
The U.S. economy is widely diagnosed with two 'diseases': a secular stagnation of potential U.S. growth, and rising income and job polarization. The two diseases have a common root inthe demand shortfall, originating from the 'unbalanced' growth between technologically 'dynamic' and 'stagnant' sectors.
Marketization and Financialization
How the U.S. New Economy Business Model Has Devalued Science and Engineering PhDs
How & Why Government, Universities, & Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists & High-Tech Workers
Long term labor shortages do not happen naturally in market economies. That is not to say that they don't exist. They are created when employers or government agencies tamper with the natural functioning of the wage mechanism.
Experts on Trial: A Symposium
Widespread criticism of elites and their 'experts ' raises questions about how economists should perceive their role, and what role societies should give them. We invited four scholars to start an online conversation by sharing their perspectives
Tides and Prejudice: Racial Attitudes During Downturns in the United States 1979-2014
This paper analyzes white attitudes towards African Americans in the United States at different points in a business cycle from 1979- 2014.
The Value-Extracting CEO: How Executive Stock-Based Pay Undermines Investment in Productive Capabilities
The business corporation is the central economic institution in a modern economy. A company's senior executives, with the advice and support of the board of directors, are responsible for the allocation of corporate resources to investments in productive capabilities. Senior executives also advise the board on the extent to which, given the need to invest in productive capabilities, the company can afford to make cash distributions to shareholders. Motivating corporate resource-allocation decisions are the modes of remuneration that incentivize and reward the top executives of these companies. A sound analysis of the operation and performance of a modern economy requires an understanding of not only how much these executives are paid but also the ways in which the prevailing system of executive pay influences their decisions to allocate corporate resources.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Omission
On June 2, 1965, under a mandate established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Congress created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws related to employment. The expectation was that African Americans would be prime beneficiaries of the EEOC. There was no assumption that the EEOC, on its own, could reverse deep-rooted employment discrimination against blacks. But in the late 1960s there was optimism that, in combination with equal educational opportunity and the strong demand for unionized workers in the well-paid manufacturing jobs that marked the post-World War II decades, the EEOC could help to ensure that an ever-increasing number of blacks would ascend to the American middle class.
The Personal Wealth Interests of Politicians and the Stabilization of Financial Markets
We examine whether personal wealth interests affect politicians' decisions about stabilizing financial markets.
The EuroZone "Debt" Crisis: Another "Center" – "Periphery" Crisis Under Financial Globalization?
This paper analyzes the Euro crisis in light of the experience of center-periphery relations over the last 40 years of renewed financial globalization.
The "Natural" Interest Rate and Secular Stagnation: Loanable Funds Macro Models Don't Fit the Data
The main point of this paper is that loanable funds macroeconomic models with their "natural" interest rate don't fit with modern institutions and data. Before getting into the numbers, it makes sense to describe the models and how to think about macroeconomics in the first place.
The performativity of potential output: Pro-cyclicality and path dependency in coordinating European fiscal policies
This paper analyzes the performative impact of the European Commission's model for estimating 'potential output', which is used as a yardstick for measuring the 'structural budget balance' of EU countries and, hence, is crucial for coordinating European fiscal policies.


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Auberge Du Riou
This hotel is located in the medieval village of Puget-Rostang in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It offers rooms with private entrances and en suite bathrooms. The property is at the foot of the GR 510 hiking trail.
Auberge Du Riou has a restaurant, which serves traditional and regional cuisine. Guests can relax on the outdoor terrace or enjoy a drink in the bar.
The property features a children's playground, and many activities can be enjoyed in the area including canoeing, rafting, and via ferrata.
Free parking is available near the hotel. Auberge Du Riou is approximately an hour's drive from the Italian border and Nice is 50 km away. The Valberg Ski Station is 40 km from the hotel.
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Meeting/banquet Facilities
- Bar
- Newspapers
- Garden
- Terrace
- Non-smoking Rooms
- Facilities For Disabled Guests
- Breakfast In The Room
- Free Parking
- Internet Services
- Canoeing
- Hiking
- Packed Lunches
- Cycling
- Heating
- Fax/photocopying
- WiFi
- Free WiFi
- Non-smoking Throughout
- Restaurant (à La Carte)
- Sun Terrace
- Special Diet Menus (on Request)
- Daily Maid Service
- On-site Parking
- WiFi Available In All Areas
- Street Parking
- Accessible Parking
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Wine/champagne
- Bottle Of Water
- Chocolate Or Cookies
- On-site Coffee House


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- Antonio Conte has denied reports of a rift with star striker Diego Costa
- The Italian says Costa missed the game against Leicester City through injury
- Conte also denies report of an offer from a Chinese club for the Spanish striker
Chelsea coach Antonio Conte has denied reports of a clash with star striker Diego Costa during a training session.
The Italian, speaking after Chelsea's 3 - 0 win over Leicester City however insisted that any problems in the Chelsea camp will be kept 'in-house'.
Conte saw his Premier League leaders triumph 3-0 at Costa, who was omitted amid reports of an argument with fitness coach Julio Tous and interest from clubs in China.
But the Italian insisted an injury was behind Costa's absence at the King Power Stadium and claimed any problems with his players will be dealt with within the dressing room.
"I have read a lot of speculation about this topic," said Conte, who said he will assess Costa's fitness next week.
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"I can tell you if there are problems – and I repeat 'if' – with players, I am used to solving them in the changing rooms, not outside, not in press conferences.
"Trust me, what I told you is the truth. If we start to think 'if an offer arrives, if, if, if ...
"I don't like to answer these types of questions. If, if. We must enjoy this victory. It wasn't easy to win against Leicester.
"It's important to respect our victory and our players after a good performance."
The Italian however gave his version of the story involving his row with Costa and an alleged offer from a Chinese Super League club
"If you want to know the truth, I'm ready to tell the truth. On Tuesday, during the training session, Diego stopped because he felt a pain in his back.
"From that moment he didn't train during the week. For this season today he wasn't available for the starting 11 or the bench. This is the reason, the truth.
"I don't know anything about this [offer from China]. The club did not inform me about this. That can be only speculation."
Chelsea's win over Leicester City puts them seven points ahead of Tottenham Hotspurs after 21 games.
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The perfect bullet is easy. It's capable of sub-MOA accuracy regardless of powder loading or barrel length. Its ballistic coefficient is sufficient that there's not much difference between shooting at the range or in a vacuum. In fact, it automatically adjusts its BC to compensate for uphill and downhill shots to insure consistent point of impact. Upon impact, it rapidly assumes the perfect mushroom shape regardless of impact velocity, retains 100% of its weight regardless of what bones it penetrates, and transfers all of its energy to the animal so the bullet drops to the ground six inches after it leaves the far side of the animal. Better yet, it would probably employ variable petals to steer its way to vital organs as it penetrates.
A fantasy, you say? Of course it is. There's no such thing as a perfect bullet. At one point in history a perfect bullet would've been a lead ball that didn't have a sprue on it from the mold. The definition of perfection will always stay a step ahead of technology.


text: I downloaded the patch script/ins def files for the juno-ds from roland. Unfortunately, I found out that the file doesn't include the banks and patches for Expansion Pac 6, which automatically comes shipped with the Juno-ds. Does anyone have an updated file with exp 6 ppatches included, or is there even a separate ins def file for exp pack 6 alone? Thanks for any help.


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Muslim courage.
As I understand it, by summer 1995 it was pretty much a given that the safe-areas in the east would fall. The muslim government pretty much knew this (thus evacuated their generals) and relied on retaining the towns by involving the UN.
I believe the Serb leadership pretty much knew krajina was gone by then as well.
Is "Muslim courage" kind of like "Serb courage" in Krajina 1995?


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Skin Medica Peels
In 20 minutes, a chemical peel can rejuvenate skin that has suffered from the effects of age, sun damage and other assaults. These peel's combinations of safe but effective chemicals can help you achieve dramatic improvement in skin texture and tone, while decreasing thin lines. They have virtually no down-time, and work for all skin tones and complexions.
While it's effective when used alone, the SkinMedica Peels can also be used to maintain the benefits of more aggressive treatments such as Fotofacial or ProFractional therapy.
How does a Chemical Peel Work?
This peel uses a mixture of safe acids to chemically exfoliate the skin's outer layer, or epidermis, prompting skin regeneration.
What results can I expect?
SkinMedica peels can give your skin a more even tone, greater firmness and tighter pores. They can also smooth out acne scarring and fine lines, as well as treat sun damage, age spots, freckles and hperpigmentation. These results can sometimes last for years.
How many Peels will I need?
While the number of treatments varies, it often ranges from three to six peels, spaced two to four weeks apart.
What is recovery like?
You will be able to return immediately to work and other normal activities.
Immediately after your peel, you may feel a mild tingling sensation and tightness in your skin. You should keep your skin well-moisturized, and you will need to apply sunscreen.
Peeling of the skin is also possible. Some people experience no peeling, while others peel for several days.


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There is the obvious discovery of what the book is about; an ancient practice kept hidden for 2,000 plus years that is so timely appropriate for modern times. And there is so much more; probably even more important to the author himself and to us that we can all relate to.
As the story unfolds he begins to discover more of himself...a Self that is beyond the lower ego's self-doubt, low self esteem, fear and worry that is so debilitating. He has had no problem dwelling on how his life simply sucks at the moment. Replaying the same old negative tunes that have played off and on in the background and at times blatantly so, for a good deal of his life.
He discovers a new tune, one that is uplifting to his whole being -- that brings him up and out of the muck to see more clearly -- to make more effective and efficient decisions followed by actions: even when one of the old tunes begins to play again. He discovers that he has a choice in each moment as to what tune he wold rather listen to --and that he is in charge of the dial to actually play it. (In reality always has been.)
The obvious discovery first talked about in this post, is then a practice of playing by choice specific tunes at any time that are based on the uplifting emotions of Praise, Gratitude, Love and Compassion. The benefits are unlimited for living a life of conscious purpose for his greater good and the good of others.


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Global ozone layer "remains at risk"
Conflicting reports on the health of the world's ozone shield emerged as the UN marked international ozone layer preservation day on Tuesday. The UN environment programme issued a statement noting "first signs of recovery" just days after British scientists reported that the Antarctic ozone hole had reached record proportions for this time of year. UN calls for action against illegal trade in chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were echoed by a London-based NGO, which claimed "strong evidence" of EU-produced CFCs appearing on the black market in developing countries. See UN statement and NGO statement.
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HIGH winds have delayed plans to fly a restored replica military aircraft to France as part of commemorations for the First World War centenary.
Stephen Slater, originally from Darlington, planned to fly his replica BE-2 observation plane across the channel today (Monday, August 11).
Versions of the plane were among the first military aircraft deployed over a conflict zone.
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Mr Slater, who is to fly with co-owner Matthew Boddington, said: "Continued high winds and storms in the channel and northern France mean that we have had to postpone our planned channel crossing for 24 hours.
"We have a special mission to deliver a commemorative wreath to the official Western Front Association ceremony in Amiens on Wednesday (August 13), 100 years to the day from the arrival of the first aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps in support of the British Expeditionary Force.
"Our initial plan was to fly to Headcorn in Kent on Monday morning.
"We would then fly in formation with two BE-2e aircraft shipped from New Zealand by the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust, along the white cliffs for a photo-shoot with some modern RAF aircraft between Folkestone and Dover, before heading across the channel to Abbeville, prior to heading on to Amiens on Wednesday.
"However the remnants of Hurricane Bertha, seem intent on keeping us waiting."
The current 'plan B' involves routing via Headcorn on Tuesday, flying along the white cliffs around lunchtime.
Mr Slater added: "We will then route via an overnight halt at Abbeville and on to Amiens.
"This is all, of course, still subject to the wind and weather.
"The poor gust response of the aircraft and its low cruising speed make them particularly susceptible to high winds.
"We always built a weather window into our plans, so now we are using it."


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KANSAS CITY, KAN. Several high-end restaurants, including one that features interactive dinosaur displays, will anchor a 750,000-square-foot entertainment complex in the Village West development near Kansas Speedway.
Developers announced details of the $246 million project, called The Legends, on Wednesday. A dozen businesses have committed to locating at the development, scheduled to open in late 2005. Four of those are eating establishments.
Among the more high-profile of the prospective tenants is T-Rex, billed as a 20,000-square-foot "destination" restaurant.
The owner, Rainforest Cafe creator Steven Schussler, plans to have audio-animatronic dinosaurs set amid a backdrop of geysers, waterfalls and ice caves. Besides food, the restaurant will have a retail area with more than 5,000 items and offer an array of activities for children.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., proposes using $114 million in STAR bonds, which are paid off with sales tax revenue generated by the development, to finance the project. The county already has used $160 million in STAR bonds to help finance development of Cabela's, Nebraska Furniture Mart and the nearby Kansas Speedway.
Of the $114 million in bonds proposed for the project, $8.5 million would be used for the audio-animatronic dinosaurs at T-Rex.
That kind of deal irked members of the Kansas Legislature, who passed a bill earlier this month that forbids using STAR bonds to purchase personal property. Unified Government spokesman Mike Taylor said the bonds for the development were approved long before state lawmakers started talking about how STAR bonds should be used.
Dan Lowe, a partner in RED Development, the firm that's developing The Legends project, said the STAR bonds helped attract companies that might not otherwise have considered locating in Kansas City, Kan.
"STAR bonds have enabled us to reach beyond traditional retail tenants," Lowe said. "This unique location has already proven to draw visitors from more than a 250-mile radius and is expecting to attract more than 12 million visitors a year."
Other tenants announced Wednesday: Bozo's Hot Pit Bar*B*Q., CAFÃ TU TU TANGO, Maurices, Ted's Montana Grill, IZOD, Mikasa, Cold Stone Creamery, Sports Nutz, Pride of Kansas City, EB Games, Claire's. In addition, Dave & Buster's, Coyote Ugly, Adidas, Helzberg Diamonds, The Buckle, Granite City Brewery and Linens 'n Things have expressed interest but are still in negotiations.
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Night School
Ars Nova Workshop and Ardmore Music Hall are thrilled to present the return of the explosive trio of guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and saxophonist Larry Ochs. Three experimental icons, individually and collectively drawing upon the outer limits of Midwestern free jazz, Bay Area structured improvisation, and bicoastal noise punk, reconvene in Philadelphia for a rare meeting.
Jazzmaster assassin Nels Cline might be as close as the modern avant-garde gets to a household name. Before joining indie rock institution Wilco in 2004, Cline divided his energy between improvised contexts alongside Julius Hemphill, Vinny Golia, and brother Alex, and more song-oriented settings like Carla Bozulich's alt-country outfit Geraldine Fibbers and Mike Watt's Crew of the Flying Saucer. Cline continues to occupy the narrow space between pure sound and song, as exemplified by his longstanding Singers trio with drummer Scott Amendola and bassist Trevor Dunn, and his recent duo with guitar prodigy Julian Lage.
In his own words, Michigan-bred, New York-based Gerald Cleaver's multifaceted approach to the drum set balances "static sound and extreme dynamics, melodicism within heavy texture, deep-rooted groove, unchained abandon, and the power and revelation of recurring form." Cleaver made a name for himself through enduring partnerships with Vision Fest regulars like Roscoe Mitchell and Charles Gayle, but lately critics have been abuzz about his new musique concrète-cum-free rock quintet Black Host with Darius Jones, Cooper-Moore, Brandon Seabrook, and Pascal Niggenkemper. Pitchfork's Hank Shteamer described 2013's Life in the Sugar Candle Mines as, "a well-tended hot-house: feverish and bracingly weird, yet also purposeful and shrewdly strategic."
Larry Ochs is best known as founder and executive director of the Rova Sax Quartet, a San Francisco institution that pioneered the application of improvisational strategies within the context of contemporary classical music in the late 70s. Equally inspired by modernist 20th century composition and the more worldly, abrasive strands of 60s free jazz, Rova and Ochs became widely celebrated for the lengths they would go to stretch the performance parameters of notated music through early collaborations with Henry Kaiser, Fred Frith, and John Zorn. This concert marks Ochs' first Philadelphia appearance since the Celestial Septet, a big band encompassing both the Rova Sax Quartet and the Nels Cline Singers, performed at the International House in 2011.
From March to May 2015, John Zorn wrote 300 new tunes collected in a book of music called The Bagatelles. Like the Masada book (only more atonal), the compositions are meant to be interpreted by a wide range of musicians.
The Matt Hollenberg-Nick Millevoi Quartet is co-led by two emerging presences in modern guitar malevolence. Both Hollenberg and Millevoi hail from Philadelphia and are representatives of an electrifying new crop of Zorn acolytes that has emerged on the East coast in the last decade, but each arrived on the scene via slightly different paths.
Hollenberg descends from the Trey Spruance/Jim Martin school of scooped mids and Dick Dale leads, subverting heavy metal formalism with authentic CVLT perspective. It's fitting that Hollenberg's doom-, grind-, and ambient-laced quartet Cleric released their 2010 debut on Spruance's Web of Mimicry label. Keith Carman of Exclaim writes of Cleric, "One hears the detonation of Pig Destroyer, adrenaline of Converge, creative technicality of Nomeansno and Psyopus, and outright weirdness of Fantômas uniting with P.I.L.'s Flowers Of Romance." Hollenberg also serves in Zorn's Simulacrum trio alongside John Medeski and drummer Kenny Grohowski.
Millevoi skews more toward the Ribot/Cline guitar axis, frequently employing feedback, raw noise, and alternate tunings in projects like the contemporary classical incubator Archer Spade (with trombonist Dan Blacksberg) and Chris Forsyth's Television-inspired Solar Motel Band. SPIN's Chris Weingarten included Millevoi's trio Many Arms' Tzadik offering among 2012's avant-garde highlights: "White hot Zappa-on-SST jazz-punk in athletic, hypnotic 15-minute excursions."
Rounding the quartet are New York bassist Johnny DeBlase and drummer Jeff Eber, best known for his work in Dysrhythmia.
Ars Nova Workshop is a Philadelphia nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenting organization. ANW informs, inspires, and challenges listeners to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation, and experimental music in contemporary culture. ANW events provide a forum for discourse, emergent trends in contemporary music, and unique forms of cultural exchange, while nurturing a diverse community for innovative music.


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What is content?
Today I was asked the question, what do you mean by content?
The conversation that led to that question involved me talking to my pal Ed about an event where all things content related are discussed and shared (more on that soon!).
That chat was several hours ago as I sit here and type this post. The reason I felt compelled to blog is because that question stopped me in my tracks. I actually struggled to answer it without pausing and contemplating.
In my head I knew what content was in the context of what we were discussing but when I had to explain this to someone else it made me question my own definition. Sure the first thing I said was 'words' but I knew it was more than that and I had to give more detail.
Oxford Dictionaries defines content as, among other things:
The material dealt with in a speech, literary work, etc. as distinct from its form or style
Also as:
Information made available by a website or electronic medium.
After I said 'words' I went on to define content in my terms as words (articles, blog posts, case studies, micro copy on buttons, forums and comments etc) videos (animation, live action etc), images (photos, illustrations), social media content, charts and graphs, audio (podcasts) and infographics. Some content like adverts may bring several of those content types together. I'm sure I've probably made some stark omissions in this list too, but hopefully it demonstrates that content is far more than just words.
What struck me as I started to list some of these content types to Ed is that many people work with content in various ways but may not necessarily think of it as content.
Here are some scenarios of different roles and their relationship with content.
- a social media expert that shares content across multiple platforms
- a web developer who makes CMS recommendations based on content taxonomy
- a marketeer who has a message to communicate to achieve business goals
- a photographer/videographer who produces still/moving images
- designers who design around/for content to meet a brief/goal
- a data analyst that has to find insights within data
- an animator/illustrator who uses several content types to create an image or film
- a project manager who has to gather content, manage content or disseminate content
- a salesperson who has to sell a product or service (using brochures etc)
Those job titles and the sectors they can be found in is vast. It fascinates me that content is used by so many people in so many different ways. It also fascinates me the amount of time in a typical day that we are exposed to different types of content, whether we consciously call it content or not.
So what is content?
I don't have a definitive answer because it can depend so much on who you ask and in what context it is discussed. For me, content is any information type used to communicate a message to your audience.
Yeah, I'll settle on that for now, but ask me tomorrow and I may give a different definition.
Ed was patient as my answer got longer and longer, leading to digression and posing even more questions, some of which will be discussed and answered here in future posts. Back to this morning though and one coffee, peppermint tea and lemon water later, our content discussion was done. Much like this blog post is now.