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I think a lot of the voters who vote for Trump take Trump seriously but not literally. And so when they hear things like the Muslim comment or the wall comment or things like that, the question is not 'Are you going to build a wall like the Great Wall of China?' or, you know, How exactly are you going to enforce these tests?' What they hear is 'We're going to have a saner, more sensible immigration policy., We're going to try to figure out how do we strike the right balance between costs and benefits.feedback
If you hear these things, you should think fraud, and you should run away as fast as you can. Maybe what Facebook really cracked was real identity and how to bring that onto the internet. It was not like a 'Shark Tank' pitch meeting where it somehow this perfect pitch. It was just the perfect company. I think you have a perfect pitch when you have a bad company. ... And sometimes a perfect company doesn't need to have a terribly good pitch. So we were going to invest not matter what happened and we did.feedback
There's a technological determinism story you can tell where this is the future and China will eventually buckle under and cave and eventually adopt all of these things. But then you might wonder, maybe this doesn't happen at all, and maybe it's possible for the internet to actually fragment and not to have this historical necessity to it. That's so 2005, it feels so dated. A decade ago, this was a group of people who were running the world. And now, it's just a group of people who messed up the world. We're now in a bull market in politics.feedback
I'm naturally inclined to think of it in those terms. There's something around globalization that's not been working that well. The internet was designed to survive a nuclear war, but even so, I think there are a lot of regulatory challenges that Silicon Valley will be facing from western Europe and elsewhere in the years ahead.feedback
I'm not sure this is a good thing. But it is a fact that maybe politics is becoming more important, it's becoming more intense, the range of outcomes is becoming greater, and that we're in a world in which there's a bull market in politics that's getting started.feedback
Feb 01 2017
Better to be a monopoly in a niche you are expert in, then a small company in a huge industry where competition will destroy you.feedback
Feb 01 2017
I am happy to say categorically that I have found no other country that aligns more with my view of the future than New Zealand.feedback
Feb 01 2017
In the course of pursing my international business opportunities, my travel, personal philosophical commitments and benefaction, I am happy to say categorically that I have found no other country that aligns more with my view of the future than New Zealand. It would give me great pride to let it be known that I am a New Zealand citizen.feedback
The media is always taking Trump literally.feedback
Jan 25 2017
Failure is massively overrated. You will think it failed for Reason 1, but it failed for Reasons 1 through 5. And so the next business you start will fail for Reason 2, and then for 3 and so on.feedback
Jan 25 2017
Most businesses fail for more than one reason. So when a business fails, you often don't learn anything at all because the failure was over-determined.feedback
Jan 25 2017
Globalization may end by accident or by terrible miscalculation: It may end by world war. Because there would be no winners in a new world war, every path away from globalization will end in catastrophe.feedback
Jan 20 2017
Just as much as it's about making America great, Trump's agenda is about making America a normal country. A normal country doesn't have a half-trillion-dollar trade deficit. A normal country doesn't fight five simultaneous undeclared wars. In a normal country, the government actually does its job.feedback
Jan 20 2017
No matter what happens in this election, what Trump represents isn't crazy and it's not going away.feedback
Jan 13 2017
We know what a smartphone looks like and does. It's not the fault of [Apple CEO] Tim Cook, but it's not an area where there will be any more innovation.feedback
We don't accept such incompetence in Silicon Valley, and we must not accept it from our government.feedback
The media takes Trump literally but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously but not literally.feedback
This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?feedback
Nov 11 2016
[I]n a way I could understand why Trump was doing this. Romney tried the opposite strategy where he was extremely nice to everybody and just got rolled.feedback
Nov 11 2016
Well there is a big difference between campaigning and governing. And so certainly the hope is that Trump will be president of the entire country. That's certainly what he said in his acceptance speech last night and I am hopeful that he will be inclusive as a president.feedback
Nov 11 2016
I do think Trump is a fighter.feedback
Nov 09 2016
The media is always taking Trump literally. It never takes him seriously, but it always takes him literally.feedback
Nov 02 2016
It's less about revenge and more about specific deterrence. I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest.feedback
It is a great day for Terry Bollea and a great day for everyone's right to privacy.feedback
Oct 31 2016
The kind place where I worry about the most on a policy level is, do we get into more wars or not? I'm not sure if that's more of a temperament or more a matter of world view, but certainly I would worry much more in that with Hillary getting us into wars.feedback
Oct 31 2016
There are things that Trump said a decade ago that even he would absolutely no longer say today.feedback
Oct 31 2016
I really didn't think that there would be this sort of a visceral reaction. It's surprising to me that anybody would say that you're beyond the pale for taking a position that's held by half the country.feedback
He will be quite expansive on gay rights.feedback
Oct 31 2016
They've been conjured out of the ether.feedback
Oct 31 2016
If you're a single-digit millionaire like Hulk Hogan, you have no effective access to the legal system.feedback
Oct 31 2016
The truth is, no matter how crazy this election seems, it is less crazy than the condition of our country.feedback
Oct 30 2016
Obviously, I'll get some very tough questions about Trump. But I thought the best way to advance the discussion was not to have some completely contrived format. The future of this country depends on us engaging with the tough questions.feedback
Oct 30 2016
The line cannot or should not be at a point where you're excommunicating half the country. Some fringe views I hope we can tolerate. Some fringe views are beyond the pale.feedback
Most of the millennials have lower expectations than their baby boomer parents. Where I differ from others in Silicon Valley is in thinking that you can't fence yourself off. If it continues, it will ultimately be bad for everybody.feedback
I was surprised by the intensity. This is one of the few times I was involved in something that was not a fringe effort but was mainstream. Millions of people are backing Trump. I did not appreciate quite how polarizing the election would be in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.feedback
Oct 30 2016
It would be a mistake and inappropriate to instantly demonize Hillary and to try and sabotage her presidency.feedback
Oct 30 2016
There will be an important role for me and others to somehow play in speaking truth to power.feedback
Across the country, wages are flat. Americans get paid less today than 10 years ago. But health care and college tuition cost more every year. Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers inflate bubbles in everything from government bonds to Hillary Clinton's speaking fees. Our economy is broken. If you're watching me right now, you understand this better than any politician in Washington D.C.feedback
Aug 02 2016
When Donald Trump asks us to Make America Great Again, he's not suggesting a return to the past. He's running to lead us back to that bright future.feedback
Opportunity was everywhere.feedback
Jul 22 2016
When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union, and we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?feedback
I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican, but most of all I am proud to be an American.feedback
We don't need to see Hillary Clinton's deleted emails: her incompetence is in plain sight. She pushed for a war in Libya, and today it's a training ground for ISIS. On this most important issue, Donald Trump is right. It's time to end the era of stupid wars and rebuild our country.feedback
Jul 21 2016
I've always had this really strong sense that death was a terrible, terrible thing. I think that's somewhat unusual. Most people end up compartmentalizing, and they are in some weird mode of denial and acceptance about death, but they both have the result of making you very passive. I prefer to fight it.feedback
Jul 20 2016
The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics.feedback
I figured it would eventually come out. It's not for me to decide what happens to Gawker. If America rallies around Gawker and decides we want more people to be outed and more sex tapes to be posted without consent, then they will find a way to save Gawker, and I can't stop it.feedback


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Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN's May 10 concert at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England can be seen below.MAIDEN's European tour consists of a total of sixteen dates, including three shows in Germany, eight in England, two in Scotland and one each in Ireland and Wales. The U.K. leg marks MAIDEN's first full U.K. arena tour in six years. The German leg saw MAIDEN perform in Oberhausen, Frankfurt and Hamburg before dates in Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Cardiff and Dublin. SHINEDOWN is providing support act on all sixteen dates. Prior to the tour, IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris said: "As it's been so long since our last full U.K. arena tour, we really wanted to get to our fans in as many cities as possible. We're really looking forward to it, especially visiting places we haven't been to for a very long time, like Leeds, where we haven't played since 2005, and Liverpool, where we haven't played since 1990. "The whole band is really enjoying this tour and although we love playing festivals and stadiums, it is terrific to return to the intimacy and atmosphere of arenas. "The songs from 'The Book Of Souls' album and the new Maya-themed Eddies and stage sets have gone down really well and fan reaction has been amazing. And, of course, we know our fans appreciate us playing a lot of the older songs too, which we will continue to do." "The Book Of Souls" is MAIDEN's first ever double studio album and their most successful chart-wise to date, debuting at the No. 1 spot in over 40 countries around the world and No. 4 in the U.S.A. IRON MAIDEN's "The Book Of Souls" world tour will return to North America for an extensive series of arena and amphitheater shows in June and July. Support on the trek will come from GHOST.
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International Hockey Federation
Map of the members of FIH
|FairPlay Friendship Forever
|7 January 1924
|Federation of national associations
|Lausanne, Switzerland
Region served
|125 national associations
Official language
|English, French[1]
|Narinder Batra
|International Olympic Committee
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland and president is Narinder Batra.[2] FIH is responsible for field hockey's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup.
FIH was founded on 7 January 1924 in Paris by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to field hockey's omission from the programme of the 1924 Summer Olympics. First members complete to join the seven founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland.
In 1982, the FIH merged with the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations (IFWHA), which had been founded in 1927 by Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the United States and Wales.
The organisation is based in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2005, having moved from Brussels, Belgium.
In April 2016, International Hockey Federation announces a new annual global home and away league, to be launched in 2019 involving the world's leading hockey nations, which will replace Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Finals and Finals and the Champions Trophy. FIH also decided that Champions Trophy -- held once in two years since 1978 -- will be scrapped and the 2018 edition in Amsterdam will be the last tournament.[3]
In total, there are 128 member associations within the five confederations recognised by FIH. This includes Great Britain which is recognised as an adherent member of FIH, the team was represented at the Olympics and the Champions Trophy. England, Scotland and Wales are also represented by separate teams in FIH sanctioned tournaments.
- AfHF – African Hockey Federation
- AsHF – Asian Hockey Federation
- EHF – European Hockey Federation
- OHF – Oceania Hockey Federation
- PaHF – Pan American Hockey Federation
The FIH World Rankings was updated once after the major tournament finished, based on FIH sanction tournaments.
Recognition and awards
The Player of the Year Awards have been given annually since 1998 for men and women, while the young category was added in 2001 to honour the best performances for junior players (under 21).
Another award, the "Honorary Award", was given to people who have made outstanding contributions to field hockey.
Since 2006, FIH has named All-Star Teams.[4]
FIH events
- Hockey World Cup
- Women's Hockey World Cup
- Hockey Junior World Cup
- Masters Hockey World Cup
- Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
- Olympic Games in cooperation with International Olympic Committee
- Hockey World League
- Hockey Champions Trophy
- Hockey Champions Challenge I
- Hockey Champions Challenge II
The following are the partners of the International Hockey Federation:[5]
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- Grays Clothing
- Hero MotoCorp
- Musco Lighting
See also
- ↑ "International Hockey Federation Statutes" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "Leandro Negre elected as FIH President". FIH. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ↑ "International Hockey Federation Announces New Structure Of International Events From 2019". Press trust of India. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "FIH Player of the Year Awards". FIH. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "International Hockey Federation". FIH. Retrieved 28 October 2012.


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Village on the Downs Avenue of Honour MemorialPrint Page
Memorial plinth denotes the site of a former Avenue of Honour which was planted to commemorate those served in World War Two. The trees were removed during redevelopment of the site.
Prior to establishment of The Village on the Downs retirement complex at Drayton Road Toowoomba the site had been in use for many years as a Royal Australian Air Force base. Jacaranda trees planted along the main drive following World War Two denoted the site as the Avenue of Honour to those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice. The redevelopment of the site to the current day retirement complex did not contain a site marker denoting the Avenue of Honour and in 2010 the RAAF Association Toowoomba Branch undertook to place a marker on site.
A sandstone plinth with back-punched rustic finish, a bronze dedication plaque and bronze RAAF crest were chosen to compliment the existing Drayton RAAF historical marker.
|63 - 65 Drayton Road, Village on the Downs, Harristown, 4350
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|Lat: -27.579592
Long: 151.933948
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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|J. H. Wagner & Sons (memorial plinth)
This stone marks the site of the avenue of Jacarnadas which were planted at No. 7 Stores Depot after World War II, in memory of those who served or paid the supreme sacrifice
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4. "Sexy Blonde Gets Pulled Over by Sammy"
5. "Large Black Female Cop Loves Pulling Over Blondes"
6. "Blonde Cop Dana Pulls Over Asian Woman Lilly"
7. "Female Motorcycle Cop Pulls Mandy Over"
Mandy swore under her breath as she pulled over. As soon as she stopped, she started pawing desperately through her purse for her license. The bike cop pulled up behind her and dismounted; she didn't need to see the woman's face to know she was a bitch that meant business. It was in her build, her movement, her everything. She was all uniform and boots and helmet; she was not to be messed with.
By the time the officer made it to Mandy's window, the woman was fumbling with the catch for the glove box. While the uniformed figure outside watched impassively, the box popped open and a torrent of papers and other odds and ends spilled out. Mandy dug through the heap and swore under her breath.
"I swear I have my registration here. Just - I just need a second or two...."
"What's that?" Mandy's vision was redirected with the casual pointing of one of the cop's fingers.
"What's what?"
"In the baggie."
"Oh, that- I..." The blonde in the car pulled a face while she tried to think. "I- I don't know?"
"May I search your vehicle?" And there was no taking no for an answer.
Mandy slid out of the car and was immediately taken by the arm. "Turn around. Hands on the hood of your car - and if you even think about moving..."
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About Zipline Logistics
Zipline Logistics is North America's first multimodal transportation provider to specialize exclusively in serving the retail and consumer products sectors. Founded in 2007, the company is renowned nationwide among retailers, distributions, and manufacturers for providing results-driven partnerships, unparalleled service, and cutting-edge data intelligence.
Our Values
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- Communication
- Education and Experience
A Better Way
Zipline Logistics co-founders — Walter Lynch, Andrew Lynch, Edward (E.R.) Williams, and John (J.J.) Rodeheffer — launched their specialized 3PL with a crystal-clear purpose in mind. They knew there was a better way to handle freight transactions, and wanted to turn the antiquated 3PL service model on its head, no longer operating on a transactional level like other providers.
Zipline Logistics' business has never been about making profit gains on freight, but instead delivering a competitive price with the best possible service, on-time delivery, undamaged products, and enhanced seller relationships. The company exists to improve the lives of transportation professionals and build meaningful, long-term partnerships. This goal is what drives employee behavior every day.
Driven by a vision to provide great customer service and establish mutually beneficial relationships, Zipline Logistics' strategy has been confirmed again and again by fast, as well as consistent, growth. Zipline Logistics has been included in the Inc. 5000 list of fast-growth companies for six years in a row and is a five-time winner of Columbus Business First's Fast 50 list of high-growth companies in Central Ohio.
The typical model of a 3PL organization tends to focus on price and sell to anyone who will buy, and buy from anyone who will sell. We see that culture as detrimental to quality — and service-minded parties on both the client and carrier side of our market. To meet this demand, we have identified and partnered with the carriers that offer great service and quality equipment and focused our sales efforts on customers that absolutely demand top-tier service. It's truly a win-win partnership. Not only are we providing the top-tier reliability and service that we initially set out to create, but our clients have also expressed to us that we represent them well and carry their brand's integrity through their supply chain from shipper to final destination. Every delivery acts as an affirmation of our clients' commitment to quality.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] A technical problem on the plane makes a flight from Denmark to Greece is forced to land at an airport in Slovenia. All passengers are staying in a hotel in Ljubljana. Among them are Iben, a quiet young Danish twenty five years. Iben meets Tina, another girl of the same age who works during the summer as host of a shuttle. Iben Tina asks if you want to take a walk to see the city at night and, thus, become intimate, despite being in so many circumstances at the time: while one is hiding a big secret, the other is just trying to find their place in the world. You can watch Dvojina online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Slovenian at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 239 users./
Runtime: 102 minutes
Nina Rakovec, Mia Jexen, Marjan Brulc, Branko Cakarmis, Olga Frank, Branden Garrett, Natasa Barbara Gracner, Jure Henigman, Sasa Klancnik, Tomaz Kuralt, Tilen Lapajne, Morten Seier Larsen, Niko Novak, Boris Ostan, Lara Ostan and Primoz Petkovsek.
102-minute film (full movie) directed by Nejc Gazvoda.
The original audio of Dvojina has dialogues in or Slovenian, it was produced in Slovenia, Croatia, Denmark.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Janez Lapajne and Nejc Gazvoda.
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Ales Pavlin, Darija Kulenovic Gudan, Andrej Stritof, Peter Hyldahl, Marina Andree Skop and Morten Kjems Juhl.
This film was produced and / or financed by Beofilm, Studio dim and Perfo Production.
Composed by Monkey Cup Dress.
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ideaExchange | Reclaiming the first estate
ue in a large part to the ever-evolving role of the internet, both the print and the broadcast media are in a state of upheaval of unprecedented proportions. Venerable newspapers such as the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor are having to rethink their way of doing business, while north of the border both the CBC and Global are facing serious financial challenges. In this podcast Bramwell Ryan offers an analysis of the current situation, and an invitation to the church to begin to imagine how this shifting media reality might actually offer fresh opportunities for the shaping of the culture in which we live.
Bramwell Ryan has worked in media for almost 30 years as a writer, photographer, videographer, editor and publisher.
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Something amazing happened on Sunday night.
Lylah actually tolerated her bath.
But it was after a few minutes of earth-shattering screams. Let me be clear: Lylah wasn't just shedding a few tears, sniveling, and occasionally letting her anxiety get the best of her by raising her voice.
We might as well have dropped Lylah in a bath of acid.
For some strange reason, Lylah has been terrified of sitting in a full-sized bathtub by herself. When she was smaller, we bathed her in the sink. As she grew, we graduated her to the bathroom tub, but had an inflatable seal which would sit in the middle of the tub, filled with water. She was fine in both of those first two settings, but whenever we would try to take her seal away, it was as if we were trying to murder our child.
But Lylah's almost seventeen months old now, and we want her to eventually share a bath with her little brother (coming soon). So the other night, we decided to have Sara take a bath and see if Lylah would join her.
Sara got the bath all ready, and hopped in. Just seeing her mom get in the bath was enough to make Lylah run away from the bathroom, afraid. So I got her undressed in her room. We then had Sara call to Lylah, just to see if Lylah would come in and see her mom sitting the tub. Lylah shook her head, "no," and ran the other way.
Tired of the struggle, and wanting to finish a quest line in Skyrim if I'm totally honest, I grabbed Lylah, and just plopped her in the tub with Sara. Instant screams. Between her howls, I suggested to Sara that we see what happens if we keep her in the tub for a while.
Now, I realize that was a lot easier for me than for Sara, who was holding her, listening to Lylah wail in her arms. But Sara agreed. So I stood in the bathroom for a bit, both Sara and me reassuring Lylah, who stood near her mom, hands outstretched, yelling at the top of her lungs, eyes squeezed shut so tightly that tears wear bursting out of them.
After a bit, it dawned on me that as long as I was in the room, Lylah was still hoping for me to pick her up out of the bath. So I told Sara to yell if she needed me, and I would check in every few minutes. And I turned on my Xbox.
The first few times I came back to check on the situation, nothing had changed. But after about fifteen long minutes, I was more settled in on the couch, but I also heard less noise coming from the bathroom. So I went back in the bathroom, and found that Lylah was actually sitting down in the water, by her mom's legs, looking at her toys. She didn't look happy, but she also didn't look like she was dying.
We decided that was enough progress for one night and got her out. Then we tried again the next night, on Sunday. We repeated the whole process and once again, she screamed when I set her in.
But only about two minutes later, she stopped crying and accepted her fate. By the time I came in, she was actually smiling, like you can see in the picture at the top of the page.
I still have a feeling that Lylah will cry the next time we give her a bath, but I'm encouraged. These evening experiences with Lylah have pointed me to a truth I'm discovering about life.
Everything we strive to do is terrible at first.
If you don't believe me, you should see some of the first pieces of fiction I wrote. When I was nine, I wrote my first story, called, The Alive Handgun. It had illustrations to accompany the story, which was about ten sentences long. In essence, a handgun with legs ran around shooting people like dirtbike riders in the desert. A guy tried to blow the alive handgun up with a grenade but failed. Finally, a B-17 dropped a bomb on the alive handgun, and I think he(?) blew up.
Over the past six months, I've been trying to start my day better by getting up at 5am. If I'm lucky, I have about a 25% success rate. That would be a low F on a test score. Pretty terrible. But one in four is infinitely better than what I was doing before I started.
When you start something new, expect it to be terrible. Don't let that discourage you. Sometimes you just have to stand in a tub, clench your butt cheeks, and scream for a while before you realize you actually enjoy taking a bath.
What new thing do you need to start, even if it's terrible at first?