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Forgiveness: Don't go to bed without it!
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Releasing anger and irritation before the sun goes down is a mercy worth ritualizing 28) Create a short end-of-day ritual to ask for (and extend) forgiveness with those you live with. "Do not let the sun set on your anger" (Eph. 4:26). — 56 Ways to Be Merciful During the Jubilee Year of Mercy Women's magazines are always […]
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Forgive and Forget
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How can one earn the forgiveness of Allah and be rewarded with His Paradise? There is a way for this – and that is to forgive others. Today people call it "the general forgiveness." and that is for every night, to forgive and forget. Apply each night at bedtime; to pardon anyone who has insulted you and […]
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These Disney Channel stars love their fans!
In case you missed it, Disney Channel Fan Fest is back and will be taking over Disney California Adventure Park this Saturday for an epic day-long event featuring everyone from all your favorite Disney Channel original movies and shows!
In order to celebrate the sure-to-be amazing, fun-filled day, we got a chance to catch up with three of your favorite Disney Channel celebs – Ruby Rose Turner, Meg Donnelly and Jason Maybaum – and they dished on their favorite parts about meeting all their fans! Keep scrolling to see what they had to say:
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Mr. Robo: Really, Mr. Ham, there was no need to rush to get through the buffet, it's only us four here; look, Mr. Ducky isn't even approaching the table, probably out of politeness...
Mr. Ham: *munching with mouth full* Iszt commitment to competitiveness, Robo. Lifeblood of a trader! No rest, no mercy! You don't have the proper mindset and edge to succeed in this side of the business, I see.
Me: *sighs* Seeing as Mr. Ham has appropriated the remaining food to his cheek pouches, we might as well get on with the econs part.
Bubble, Toil, Trouble
Back to the statement made a month ago, that Bitcoin's growth is not a bubble - considering that the price was somewhat over US$14k then, roughly the same as it is now, the evidence appears to have borne out on that for the time being.
And what growth it has been; in these heady days, it's easy to forget that some lucky few are sitting on thousands of Bitcoins just by participating in some random geek experiment maybe seven years ago, with a slightly less lucky fellow inadvertently having spent over US$700 million at today's valuation on pirated movie torrents. Price-wise, its rise to the moon and beyond has been inexorable over the past year: its breaking of US$1500 as recently as May last year brought some attention, but that was nothing compared to what came after. Predictions were raised to the giddy heights of US$5000, heck, US$6000 in 2018, and were almost immediately shattered as Tim Draper's understated foresight proved to be prescient.
Wary of being caught short after that, pundits have begun throwing out larger and larger figures - US$50k with money put on it, US$200k by the Titan Digital Asset Group, all the way up to millions and more (which, by the way, has long been breached in Yen). And perhaps more impressive than all this, is the cast of luminaries who have had to eat their words thus far: the distinguished jstolfi, of course, must top this list, with the victory of the Core dev team and now China's miner ban (on which more later) not helping his rhetoric either. Nobel laureate Eugene Fama is on it too, and perhaps Buffett himself may yet join them - check back in five years.
As for Wall Street, they have gone straight from "blockchain not Bitcoin", to elbowing their way to the feeding trough, without the slightest hint of irony; JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon went from an eyebrow-raising fraud accusation to regretting the statement in a short few months, possibly owing to competitors like Goldman Sachs being rather more open to the idea... while feverishly building their crypto patent portfolio on the down-low. Definitely, it's getting tougher to dismiss the crypto space outright with former Fed chairs speaking at blockchain conferences, and even as the public faces of big financial institutions take a hard line, they have to be watching with trepidation as nimbler hedge funds get a headstart, and their own rank-and-file ditch banker suits for hoodies.
The Deathless Hybrid at the Big Boys' Table
- Spencer Borgart, head of research at Blockchain Capital
Here, an obvious question presents itself: do these Masters of the Universe like what's happening? The short answer is an unqualified no - in general, those at the top disdain shakeups, if only because there's only one direction to go for them - down. As such, the hostility from much of the banking sector as well as government actors is only expected, with South Korea the latest to spread some classic China-style ban FUD.
However, the same proposition has played out with any number of disruptive technologies - borrowing a recurrent example from the military arts, aristocrats have oft endeavoured to outlaw equalizing innovations such as the crossbow with full blessing of the Church, because why should some filthy peasant be able to skewer a gentleman knight (later Kipling: "Two thousand pounds of education/Drops to a ten-rupee jezail")? The Chinese and Japanese feudal lords, secure in their insular superiority, closed their borders (and not in the sensible GOD-EMPEROR way); it didn't take long for them to be completely pwned.
Erm, the guys who want to win?
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The main point here is then that, cryptocurrencies cannot be un-invented. Leaders may contend with the Internet for its deleterious impact on good old-fashioned propaganda and thought control - some much more than others - but there is no longer any question about opting out wholesale. The same, we feel, goes for cryptos. Certainly, the world elite might prefer that Satoshi had never existed. However, going by what we've seen in the United Nations, achieving consensus on any action of import is a pipe dream, and cryptocommodities present a classic Prisoner's Dilemma: ban its use, and suffer as other nations latch on to the tech and investment; don't, and risk losing control of one's own monetary policy. Decisions...
While it has become fashionable of late to deride the store-of-value utility of Bitcoin, the enormity of this single function, we feel, has seldom been properly recognized. In particular, consider the prevailing distinction between money and investment assets; one holds cash for its liquidity, but it is basically guaranteed to depreciate. Indeed, over longer time horizons, one would do better to trade liquidity for returns, by investing in some asset - bonds for the cautious, stocks for the more adventurous, and it only gets more fun from there.
Such investment has traditionally come with all sorts of barriers to entry, however. For instance, if one wishes to invest in real estate, there are minimum down-payment and mortgage eligibility requirements to satisfy. For blue-chip stocks, there's a minimum lot size, with all sorts of costs for smaller holdings. The little guy just can't catch a break, it seems... and then, there's BTC, a global currency-commodity divisible to eight decimal places or sub-cent amounts, a decreasing rate of supply, and only twenty-one million units ever.
Now, perhaps this alone may not be irresistable to your average first-worlder, but consider the masses in well, less competently-managed economies, and the attraction of Bitcoin is evident. Consider your average Venezuelan - why would they want to hold ever-inflating Madurobucks, if they had any alternative at all? It follows, then, that a strong currency-commodity would continually vacuum up capital from weaker currencies, and unlike fiat, there's no recourse to legacy financial institutions to try and stem the outflow of larger amounts.
Well, professional economists can't always be wrong,
though they've generally been quite reliably clueless on crypto.
Probably still better than journalists and many analysts though.
[N.B. To us, Satoshi roundly deserves the Economics Nobel,
for effectively devising a scheme for the scarcity of bits]
(Source: r/bitcoin; see article text circa 1988)
Here, we return to Borgart's characterization of Bitcoin: it may not qualify as a currency, some sneer (but not Goldman Sachs, not any longer), and traditional commodity dealers may not know what to make about it, but is this in fact a deficiency? What if, in its hybrid vigour, it turns out to be accepted widely enough to be used as a neutral global currency, while retaining the quite-desirable appreciation-through-deflation property of a rare commodity, further improving on gold?
It should be evident that Bitcoin, by its very nature, avoids many issues thought conterminous with state-issued fiat currency. While demand through taxation has been held as a supporting intrinsic of fiat, this brings with it its own problems. This denomination irrevocably ties a fiat currency's fate to its country's - or more usually, the country's ruling elite - needs, and the ongoing Greek debacle amply illustrates the difficulty of administering an international, or even inter-regional, currency. Shorn of the ability to influence the exchange rate of one's own Eurofiat, Merkel has done to Greece what Hitler failed to.
Although we are not so bold as to suggest that Bitcoin is a financial panacea, it does fill a very large void in the emerging space: being completely opt-in and free of any state-level encumbrance, there are no natural restrictions on its price level. While even Great America and China have to sweat over the consequences of exchange rate fluctuations on their import-export balance, Bitcoin just exists in a parallel space. With no taxes payable in it, no transactions forced to take place with it as with the embattled petrodollar (another Saudi princeling and Bitcoin hater falls to the TRUMP CURSE), and no inscrutable central bank pulling its strings, Bitcoin returns a long-lost simplicity to the monetary fold: what you see is what you get.
The implication, then, is of a near-frictionless global crypto economy overlaid on current nation-state markets, with capital flowly freely in and out - but mostly in. Increasingly, the attractions of this store of value will be recognized, as world citizens seek an outlet for the products of untrammeled quantitative easing, which has expressed itself for some time in the form of burgeoning asset values - in particular, real estate. When the next currency crisis hits, we may well see some exciting crypto fireworks...
Doomed Statecoins
Venezuela has turned to the Pepedollar, I shit you not.
(Source: breitbart.com)
Doubtless at least some governments and central banksters have seen the writing on the wall, as they quietly dabble in their own state-sanctioned cryptos, while issuing warnings about the free-market ones rather more loudly. There's Venezuela trying to save themselves with oil-backed crypto (good luck), Russia's CryptoRuble (possibly with Vitalik's input), Sweden's e-krona, Israel's crypto-shekel, the Catalans are thumbing their noses at Spain with the idea... even the venerable Bank of England is getting into the act, with a digital pound.
None will catch on.
The trouble with trying to retain control this way, as with the pointless R3 bankster initiative, is that state cryptos bring nothing extra to the table. Case in point, the Bank of England's proposition that "British citizens can now keep their money with the central bank itself, without needing a retail bank"; the obvious response would be: what's the difference? It goes without saying that the digital pound will be subject to the BoE's Q.E. whims, exactly as the paper pound is, while exposing users to additional privacy intrusions. No, they have totally missed the point about Bitcoin's founding slogan: Be Your Own Bank.
Thing is, much of fiat cash is already digital anyway. The machinery has been deployed throughout, with credit card and online payment processors prevalent in developed countries, and next-generation mobile solutions like M-Pesa and WeChat popular elsewhere. A cryptofiat, if it is to stay under state control, makes no sense to be decentralised, because it is centralised by definition. A citizen may be forced to use state fiat for his local transactions, but a crypto version of that fiat proffers zero attraction over existing avenues.
Certainly, it's hard to believe that at least some central bank advisors haven't seen through this logic, which may however explain why Singapore for one has abandoned the notion after initial forays into cryptofiat. In summary, the brave new financial space that Bitcoin and other cryptos are opening up, cannot be challenged by state-sponsored products. All that can be done is to try and stem the outflow by regulation and banking red tape, but this opens democratic governments to public outrage, as in South Korea, and merely drives the trade underground in more heavy-handed authoritarian states, as in China. Moreover, even if a state actually manages to eradicate crypto within its borders through egregious penalties, it would still have to suffer the penalty of financial isolation, as in Best Korea.
The definition of futility
(source: r/bitcoin)
A related folly should now be addressed - that of non-backed stablecoins. The previous argument does not deny that government fiat can be embedded in crypto, only that it is meaningless. However, some have approached this in the other direction: since excess volatility is not desired, is it possible to peg a crypto's price to some stable value (hence stablecoin), while retaining its independence?
The short answer is no. We note first that this function has largely been fulfilled by tokens like Tether, which admittedly do not escape central authority through a simple mechanism - X units of the pegged token are issued for X units of the pegged fiat received by the authority, with tokens likewise destroyed by the authority when the corresponding fiat is cashed out.
This has not stopped plush VC-funded outfits from trying. Take for instance Basecoin, founded by three former quants, on the concept of an algorithmic central bank. Traditional central banking money market operations automatically occur as needs arise: bonds are issued for coins when the price relative to the chosen peg is too low, contracting supply and driving the price up. These bonds throw off more coins when the price is too high, expanding supply and driving the price down.
Without even going into the technicalities and gameability of fixed algos (which is why most central banks worth their salt employ a hidden peg), along with the cost of providing security, there are broader reasons why this won't work. A simple proof by empirical example would be the travails of real-life central banks - it turns out that they have never been able to consistently maintain stable fiat values despite access to these operations, and other measures besides, in the first place! In particular, while new coin issuance might work to suppress Basecoin price increases, its problem is that there's no real safety net when price falls - only Basecoin bonds can be issued within the Basecoin system, and the trouble is that capital flights out of a currency tend to be self-perpetuating in practice, per Taleb's well-worn warning on rate convergence.
Another problem, of course, is that the utility of such a stablecoin, even if somehow implemented, is necessarily limited. A US Dollar stablecoin would be worth exactly one greenback, but in this case, why bother with the stablecoin at all, when typical cryptos have the potential to appreciate wildly?
Against All Alts
Here, we again qualify H.L. Ham's belief in Bitcoin maximalism, in the face of a red-hot altcoin market. Note that this does not preclude multiple cryptos from existing, nor even that some new crypto may produce returns much higher than that with Bitcoin (and other major cryptos). This does, however, suggest that there will be a single crypto encompassing most of the entire market's value (with roughly Zipf distribution, which is indeed currently the case), and that almost all altcoins, assuming they survive, will remain relatively tiny.
This general analysis has not changed from 2013, since the overarching economic reality remains the same - the natural tendency is for value to coalesce in a single, or at most a few, cryptos over the long term, because of positive liquidity and security feedback effects, despite largely misguided opinions on the applicability of "substitutability". A case may be made for broad-enough use-case differentials, e.g. Ethereum for apps, but to be honest this is already pushing it.
Definitely, altcoins do have one very tempting selling point - outrageous and quick speculative returns, particularly for smaller sums involved. The trouble however is that these gains are often ephemeral, with tenfold losses seldom given a fraction as much airing as tenfold gains, once the pump-and-dump merchants have moved on. Quite unfortunately, many old and now-illegal stock market techniques apply only too naturally to the crypto space, and sadly one expects that history will repeat with too many derivative penny alts.
This is certainly hardly a popular point of view in forums such as the CryptoCurrency subreddit, where every other post seems to be egging for Bitcoin's collapse, or proclaiming as to why this particular crypto will overhaul it from nowhere. The motivations are easily understood, though the arguments are, to put it lightly, extremely one-sided, even by crypto-cult standards. A follow-up on IOTA's feud with the MIT Media Lab is deserved, as well as discussions on at-least-interesting tech like RaiBlocks, but the maximalist response remains: if open-source, it can be incorporated as a Bitcoin sidechain. If not... let's see just how much trust a closed system can garner.
The Bad News On Wealth Inequality
Before wrapping up, some negativity - Bitcoin, and crypto in general, probably won't do much for inequality. Sorry.
There's the oft-acknowledged fact of Bitcoin holdings been highly-concentrated, but it's not even the main reason why talk like "Bitcoin is the real Occupy Wall Street", or that it's "a gift from God to help humanity sort out its [monetary] mess" isn't quite accurate. Yes, there may be some redistribution to longtime hodlers as their (outsized) reward for taking on early adopter risk, but in the grander scheme of things, it simply isn't that big a deal - the already-wealthy as a whole will simply buy in, as they have with every other new asset class, which should be a named economic law; concrete case in point, the Bitcoin billionaires Winklevii started out as multi-millionaires.
Sadly, sudden wealth does tend to skew attitudes. Eighteen year-old Erik Finman made some waves half a year back by declaring that he saw no value in attending college after turning US$1000 into about 400 Bitcoins, worth over a million at that time (and well over US$5 million today). Then again, he appears to appreciate the GOD-EMPEROR, so we have to suppose he's indeed pretty intelligent. Less happy is the tale of a young electrical engineer who offed himself, because he lost some 6000 Bitcoin back in 2013, which today represents a windfall he could likely not have earned in many lifetimes; to compound the sadness, he might have made the bulk of it back simply by picking the right altcoin. Hodl without regrets...
Finally, on the "rich get richer" trend, many altcoins are offering interest-bearing options whether by node hosting or proof of stake, while the Big Two of Bitcoin and Ethereum often attract free airdrops of new alts or forks - all the more reason to stick something with the elephants in the room.
The Path Forward
We have not shied from sticking our necks out with bold predictions in the past, and we have done so once more with price projections, last week.
And, despite last year's crazy growth, the crypto game is only just beginning. Each government will have to choose as to how it wants to deal with this inconvenient upstart, and as we have stated, this is hardly an easy choice. We have thus far mainly seen a mix of denial and regulation, as states try to delay crypto's relentless growth, to buy time for their own solutions. However, as also explained, this is unlikely to work.
Big finance, as usual, has been faster on the uptake, given that their allegiance has always been to profits. We have seen Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan change their tune, and with Bitcoin taking the next step towards legitimacy with its futures offerings, the real money is beating down the door. Geopolitically, the lure of a flagless reserve currency has to be tantalising, if only for ideological reasons. America's competitors have been straining at the bit to abandon the dollar, but are at the same time wary of trying to promote their own coinage. If only there were something truly international...
The stranger thing is perhaps China foregoing their advantage by exiling their miners, but this could be understood by their preference for sandboxing their economy, which has been tenable if only due to sheer scale. Their role has apparently been taken over by Russia, who have been busy organizing their own crypto mining sector, while launching their own firms and opening trades on the Moscow exchange. Non-strategic powers have been less circumspect, with Belarus for one aiming to be a crypto haven, and Bulgaria digging three billion up from under the sofa probably won't hurt either.
Meanwhile, the honey badger that is Bitcoin lurks, and its winning formula remains the same as ever: spread to more users (its price has been startlingly correlated with user numbers, by Metcalfe's law), soak up value, and wait for fiat currencies to hang themselves - as they have unfailingly done...
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A full run-down of Kylie Jenner's pets including her latest addition, Wesley
So many dogs, so little time.
Are Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott engaged? Let's investigate
So. Many. Clues.
How Khloe Kardashian's baby True is already experiencing colourism at five months old
A recent picture posted by aunt Kim is sparking a wider conversation.
The internet is debating over Kylie Jenner's decision to pierce her 5 month-old daughter's ears
She gave birth to Stormi in February.
Kylie Jenner clapped back at those rumours about her bodyguard being Stormi's dad
Has Kylie had the last word?
Kylie Jenner says baby Stormi is the inspiration behind her latest makeup collection
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NASHVILLE, APRIL 1, 2019 – Parman Energy Group (PEG) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Island Energy LP's fuel sales and delivery business. Island Energy President J. Hardy Thompson said; "Island Energy plans to focus on and expand its propane operations in northeast Arkansas."
Jeff Wilson will join PEG, working out of its Blytheville, AR location, which will serve Island Energy's heritage fuel customers. PEG is proud to provide our newest customers with technology, industry-leading customer support and on time deliveries.
Like all PEG customers, those coming to us from Island Energy can expect to receive Totally Outrageous Customer Service (TOCS). Mark Spaniol, PEG's Senior VP of Sales said; "we're excited about the opportunity and look forward to providing best-in-class customer service to our new customers in Arkansas."
About Parman Energy Group
Parman Energy Group has ties to Middle Tennessee dating back to the mid-1930s. Today, it is one of the largest distributors of lubricants, fuel and DEF in the region. Parman Energy Group, along with it's parent company Parman Holdings Corporation is an employee owned company.


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Microsoft is getting even more serious about differentiating between Internet Explorer and Project Spartan, the new browser built for Windows 10. When Windows 10 ships later in 2015, IE11 will not use Edge, the new rendering engine built for Project Spartan. Instead, IE11 will remain powered by the Trident engine -- exactly as it is in Windows 8.1.
The impact on you at home: Drawing a clear distinction between IE and Spartan can only be good for users. If you want a browser that embraces the modern Web and offers advanced features like a "reader mode" and Cortana integration, then Project Spartan is the browser you want. Those who need access to Microsoft's legacy technologies can stick with IE11.
Further reading: Windows 10: The best tips, tweaks, and tricks
IE's Edge
Despite the new distinction, you're able to let Edge power IE11 right now in Windows 10, if you perform some tweaks. For users who need specific legacy technology, however, Microsoft said that enabling Edge in IE11 makes the browser behave differently in Windows 10 than it did in Windows 8.1. That's far from ideal in a browser designed for legacy compatibility with older sites and intranet portals.
Microsoft isn't wasting any time in separating the two browsers. The next update to Windows 10 will dump Edge support for IE11. At the same time, the update will include an early build of Project Spartan, Microsoft said.
This story, "Internet Explorer 11 won't use Microsoft's new 'Edge' browser engine in Windows 10" was originally published by PCWorld.


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On my first ride with an auto clutch I was wishing I had a left hand rear brake (LHRB) for finer braking control – especially on steep downhills. So, I decided to try one out.
I ordered a Rekluse brake kit from Rocky Mountain ATV. I took the seat and tank off, disassembled the rear master brake, and then found that I ordered the wrong kit. By mistake I ordered a Nissin brake kit (for Japanese bikes) instead of a Brembo kit (for KTM/Husaberg). So, I had to put the bike back together and swap out the incorrect parts.
The next morning I called Rocky Mountain ATV, and they called Rekluse and arranged to have a Brembo master sleeve shipped directly to me, along with a return shipping label so I could return the Nissin sleeve. Talk about great service!
Installation Of The Dual Actuated Master Cylinder
As with the auto clutch, it is worthwhile to watch the Rekluse installation videos posted on their website. Details may vary based on the brand and model bike, but the videos give you a good idea of what is involved.
The kit includes a sleeve that basically converts the master cylinder into a section of pipe. It allows you to connect a second banjo bolt so you can operate the brake from the foot pedal or the handlebar lever.
If you look closely in the following photo you can see both banjo bolts. The blue one is the standard foot pedal banjo. In this case it is a hydraulic brake switch for the brake light.
The Rekluse banjo is the black one that screws into the sleeve, which screws into the master cylinder.
NOTE: You can see a bubble in the master cylinder window. Many people think this indicates that the line has not been properly bled, but that is not the case. The sleeve insert bypasses this window, so it is not even in the circuit. The bubble is just from residual brake fluid in the cylinder.
Installation Of The Brake Levers
Installation of the new brake lever is one of the challenges. Not that it is hard to install, but it is hard to figure out where to put it and how to align it. At first I wanted the brake lever underneath the clutch lever, but it just didn't fit very well. So, I ended up installing it above the clutch, as shown in the next two photos.
Alignment of the levers turned out to be a compromise. I had to put the clutch lever down really low (which allows it is protrude below my hand guards) in order to get the brake lever at a usable orientation.
The brake lever is higher than I like, but it can be used while standing or sitting. I found that by aligning the right hand front brake to match, it was much easier to remember which lever to grab. Now both brake levers are aligned the same, so it is much like riding a mountain bike.
With this dual lever setup, I found that I took more advantage of the auto clutch by not using the clutch lever very often. I can still use it when I want to, but I generally don't need to.
Bleeding The Brake Lines
Bleeding the brake lines was much harder than it appears in the Rekluse videos. I suspect this is because I installed a hydraulic brake switch banjo bolt at the same time, so I got a lot of air in the master cylinder. I had to bleed the line four times before I got any resistance at the brake lever. In addition to tapping and rotating the hand lever, it is helpful to tap the master cylinder and pump the brake pedal. I suspect it would have also been helpful to remove the master cylinder from the bike and rotate it on different angles while pushing fluid through the line.
I ended up using about 3/4 of a bottle of brake fluid before I was done. I would fill the syringe, but it would run out before I finished getting bubbles out of the line. With each new refill, I would probably introduce more air into the line.
After five loads of the syringe, I finally got it bled good enough that the hand lever or the foot pedal could operate the brake, but I think it still feels a little soft. I can lock the rear wheel on loose dirt (especially on a down hill), but not on hard pack.
First Ride Impressions
I started by doing some simple warm-up drills to get used to the new hand brake lever and the new lever alignments. I then proceeded out onto some fairly easy trails. I have not yet tested the setup in an emergency situation nor a very technical trail. Nevertheless, I found that it didn't take long to get used to the new setup. In fact I was surprised how quickly I quit using the foot pedal.
When I traded bikes with my son or daughter, I had to retrain my old brain to use the foot brake and the clutch lever. Wow – that seems so much harder. My kids immediately adapted to the hand brake since neither of them ever really learned to use the foot pedal properly anyway. Now is more like mountain biking.
I was quite pleased with the results, although I am a little nervous about the durability of the new brake lever – it is really just a mountain bike lever and cable. I hope it will hold up to the rigors of dirt biking.
I was also pleasantly surprised that having the levers backwards from a mountain bike didn't seem to be an issue at all. We shall see if I can adapt back next time I go mountain biking.
I was uncertain whether I bled the brakes thoroughly enough, but after riding it for a few hours I compared it with my Husaberg brakes and they feel about the same. It is slightly harder to lock the rear wheel with the hand lever than the foot pedal, but I can do it – even on hard packed surfaces.
I decided to swap the clutch and brake lever to have the brake lever on the bottom. On my test ride I found that I mostly used the clutch to start the motor and to make my initial shifts while starting out. These are all done while sitting on the bike. Once I get going in a standing position, I generally had my hands on the brake levers – so I wanted them to be in the most comfortable position.
With the levers mounted this way you need to slide the clutch perch in towards the center of the bike a little bit to avoid interference. Doing so allowed me to mount the clutch lever just below horizontal, and the brake lever at a comfortable angle while standing up. This can be seen with this side view.
My hand guards interfered with the KTM clutch housing, so I had to grind off the mounts for the stock hand shields.
I haven't yet given this new setup a good test, but I think it will work out well. With my old setup, the clutch lever hung down below the hand guard, so it could get snagged by a branch. Both levers are now better protected. There is also a little more room on the bar for other accessories such as a lighting switch and mirror.
One disadvantage of this setup is that it seems possible, although unlikely (I hope) that in a serious over-the-bars crash my fingers might get caught on the clutch lever.
Update 2
With the brake lever below the clutch lever I found that it was somewhat like riding a mountain bike. This was particularly noticeable on steep downhills. But I also found that it was changing my riding habits, which made it scary to ride another bike. Plus, anyone that got on my bike would naturally grab the rear brake instead of the clutch.
So, I decided to go back to having the brake lever above the clutch lever. Furthermore, I have tried to continue to use the clutch lever as normal rather than rely on the auto-clutch all of the time. Now the auto-clutch only kicks in when I get in technical sections where I should be slipping my clutch but I am not. And I only use the LHRB on gnarly descents or corners where I want fine brake control. I can now switch to other bikes without being totally messed up.
If you are considering a LHRB, I would suggest you take a look at the Clake SLR. It is a little more expensive than the Rekluse, but it looks like a very solidly built unit. The Rekluse is just a mountain bike brake lever and reservoir, so it is kind of soft for dirt bike usage. The reviews I have seen indicate that the Clake SLR has more stopping power with just one finger, and it does not add as much clutter to the handlebar since it mounts to the clutch perch. It does, however, require a different finger usage. With the Rekluse I can grab either the clutch lever or the brake lever, but not both simultaneously. With the Clake you can operate both simultaneously if you are pretty coordinated with your fingers. You use your index finger for the brake, and your two middle fingers for the clutch. This looks like a much higher quality product.
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Rekluse has a newer LHRB that looks much better than the old one. But I still like the way the Clake mounts better. The Clake keeps the clutch and brake lever close together and at about the same angle.


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~Vanguard Nigeria. Monday, May 28, 2018.
Unlike the boobs-toting slay queens who have made the Instagram their hunting ground to poach randy men, Obianuju doesn't flaunt her boobs. No cleavage-bearing dresses or revealing apparels or provocative poses. She's simple, innocent and decent. It is only Mother Nature that has made her a goldfish that has no hiding place, on account of her sprawling mammary.
Regardless of her timidity and shyness, the IT graduate speaks with Potpourri on the joy and pain of being blessed with big boobs.
" One big problem of having big boobs is the attention you get. People keep staring and that could be very embarrassing. The other one is the backaches and the difficulty of wearing or getting bras that fit your boobs," she said.
" Getting clothes that fit you properly without your blouse jumping out is another problem. Then, the weight of the boobs. You keep on having bra marks on your shoulders," she added.
On the bright side, Obianuju admitted that you only feel blessed when you have learnt to fully love yourself the way you are
"You feel different from every other woman, like you are unique. You feel blessed. As for your relationship with men, it is almost always negative. Most of them come to you mainly because of the breast, so, it is difficult to tell who truly likes you," she said.


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"This analysis leads to the conclusion that if the underlying problem of Europe's periphery were lack of competitiveness, it should relate to the types of products they export (vis-à-vis Germany) and not to the fact that their labour is expensive (their wage rates are substantially lower), or that labour productivity has not increased (it has significantly). The problem is that they are stuck in the manufacturing goods also produced by many other countries, especially the low-wage countries. Reducing wages would not solve the problem. What would an across-the-board reduction in nominal wages of 20%–30% achieve? The most obvious effect would be a very significant compression of demand. But would this measure restore competitiveness? We argue that it would not allow many firms to compete with German firms, which export a different basket, and in all likelihood it will not be enough to be able to compete with China's wages." -VoxEUThis is more confirmation of the point that competition for capital along varying economies transfers market shares to economies which demand less labor compensation. This same process depresses the average for this and other standards across the board.
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"Superman is having a very busy day," Marcel observed with empathy while watching Superman last night. There were bad guys being foiled and heroic feats of Lois Lane savings going on about the time he matter of factly declared this. I might conclude the kid can relate. With a few weeks left of kindergarten, a newly developed penchant for gymnastics class, a very fast big brother to keep up with, several good friends to connect with, and all the father's day cards he's working on, the kid is busy. (Yes, I said all these Father's Day cards. We have about sixteen in a large brown envelope waiting to be delivered. But this may require a post of it's own.) There are also Nana's to play with, new walls to scale, flowers to water, lettuce to pick, and lots of things to build. Superman is having a very busy day indeed.
Things in flight, and the boots under the table
It's been, uh, let's say rather full around here.
Kindergarten is big. It is about as demanding a shift on a little guy as it gets. A thousand new things to learn how to do well. Add a a zillion hundred new names of your new friends. Take away your mom and brother's easing, reassuring words, looks, and hugs all day and you are setting up a little person for hard patch. He's handling it beautifully at school. His teacher has nothing but great things to say. He is smiling when I pick him up.
Then we get home. Two words: OVERWHELMED EMOTIONS. This looks like outbursts of the vocal and physical variety. Things in flight: toys, fists, demands. Often his entire four year old self racing as fast as he can (which is FAST) in the opposite direction from me. Shrek and I have had some great conversations about how to best support him. Reasoning wasn't working. Time outs were turning into complete mayhem. Then we reached out to other circles as well. What we've come up with that seems to be really helping-more connection-more hugging-less time outs-and lots of reassurance that these are BIG EMOTIONS and they are OK and that he is DOING GREAT.
An example of a successful switch it up intervention was last night. He and Sam were watching a movie. He lost track of the plot because one of the characters spoke in a heavy accent. He stands up right in front of the television screaming; "I HATE THIS. IT MAKES NO SENSE. I AM GOING TO TURN IT OFF NOW!!!" Asking him to please sit down, or count to three with the promise of a time out would lead him strait to Melt Down Avenue before you could say; "Don't throw that remote!". Instead Shrek suggested that I stop folding the laundry in the other room, and offer to sit with him in my lap, and explain the narrative when necessary. He was cuddled in my lap, quietly watching and laughing in seconds. When the dishes were done, Shrek joined us too. Maybe this seems completely obvious to you. But to me–who was so into CONSEQUENCES for everything, it has been a great reminder to switch it up, CONNECT MORE and find what works better. It has also been great to realize that what works for one fantastic kid, is not necessarily working for the other fantastic kid. Why this was an ah-ha this late in the game?
What is the parable about the rabbi who tells the man that if his home feels crowded and overwhelming it is time to buy a goat, a cow, a horse and so on and so on?
Yesterday we welcomed "Friendly" or "Sky" or "Bird" depending on who you ask into our home. Sam in particular is thrilled to have a parakeet. I'm enjoying it too. Lots of opportunity for literacy; "Read to us what he can't eat again Sam?" and "Parakeets really need quiet in the house to adjust." It was really sweet to have this be a FAMILY decision, including Shrek, to get the bird or not after a student's family asked us if we'd be interested in the bird, cage and all. Having a pet is a big deal, and this felt like a great place to start. A bird requires daily attention, and care, but it doesn't poop on your floor, or bark.
So, why did they want to part with such a beauty? SHE'S ANNOYING according to the daughter. Huh. To be discovered?
Now to some seeing a large pair of industrial strength boots under your kitchen table might be annoying too. Or perhaps it just a sign of a welcomed change, a growing family, and wait what was that parable getting at?
So although I still feel a rather palpable feeling of loss when I walk around the community pool near the skate park and see this:
in a few steps I have the pleasure of watching Sam leaping into his own in magical ways, that remind me how precious it all is, and not just in the summer time.
I hope your new starts and transitions are not all feeling like "dropping into the big bowl", but if so, remember that once you leap, you do reach the bottom, with another chance to climb up, up, up, and try it again!
One part thrilling + one part exhaustion = 2 parts kindergarten
He's hanging in there.
He read a book that he colored in himself, and stapled together.
He sleeps about 14 hours a night. Hard.
He eats for three.
He looks a year older already.
He says the names of his new friends in his sleep.
He tried school lunch and loved it.
He "forgot" he had a packed lunch the next day, and had another school lunch.
He fell apart around dinner and bed time almost every night.
He shook his head in complete disbelief when I told him it was Saturday, and there was no school today, and said; "Well if you are certain everyone is home today, then I'll stay home too."
Jump! (Post by Sam and Marcel)
Today both Sammy and Marcel have agreed to share their last summer journal entries* with their adoring fans. In Sammy's case we wrote the opening sentence together, and then he dictated the rest. He's been working on starting sentences with different words (instead of always using the word then) and ending with a closing sentence. When he can dictate, his writing is much meatier because he doesn't limit himself to words he can spell! In Marcel's case, the "post" is a drawing of a special memory, and a few sentences dictated to me about the drawing.
Since the week of starting school is about all of us JUMPING in, these posts feel wildly fitting. To safe and easy landings to all of you, wherever you are in the leaping.
Jump! By Sammy
Yesterday Shrek, my brother and I built a ramp. First, we got a wood plank and found two other little pieces of wood. Next, we found a piece of pipe. Then we put the little pieces of wood together with nails, a hammer and a drill. We attached them to the ramp part, and added the pipe after we cut it to a littler size. To make it more stable we added a small piece of scrap wood to make it steady. Finally we smoothed the edge so that I could go up it without bumping. The best part was when I jumped in the air.
Jump II by Marcel with a preface by Mommy
Preface: We had an amazing weekend with my brother in his new digs, south of us in Massachusetts. During the visit we went on an incredible 1/2 day whale watching cruise, where we saw several humpbacks jump completely out of the water.
In Marcel's words; "this is a picture of of one whale jumping on one side, and a much bigger whale leaping out of the air on the other side. I am holding onto Uncle. Other people are on the boat too."
* The goal was one journal entry a week over the summer. It ended up being more like one a month, with a total of three. We're hoping to keep the journals up, at least once a month. It is a great deal of fun to go back and see how much we have grown in our writing, and thinking, not to mention all of our adventures.
Screen. Screamed. Screening.
The kindergarten screening was today. Too soon to tell just how relieved he is, but here's to hoping! His teacher is clearly all about reassurance and welcoming. His classroom looks magnificent. Sam happened upon his new teacher too, who also is a rock star. No, really. Musician by night, amazing educator by day. He saw the names of his friends, and felt better too-although he doesn't reveal 1/100th of what his little bro does. I have to remember to check in sometimes.
Because I'm doing this post on a mobile device-I've got the pictures a little out of order (flip the first 2), with no patience left to discover how to fix that. I have a little transition triggered head cold telling me to slow down… HA! Thanks for all the supportive comments on and off line in the last few days with all of our life shifts. We're going to spend a couple of days chilling with Uncle this weekend in his new home. Everyone is really excited about that too. Bring it on!
And yes, Sam is wearing a self adhesive yellow mustache in one of the photos. Doesn't every dentist give them out?!
2. Check in
3. Release
4. Exhale
5. Reflect
A little edgy one could say
The "What if I'm not good enough" gremlins have taken over Marcel's central processor. The kindergarten build up is sending my angelic sweet pea into the lead role of the Hot Mess series at the Mama C ville community theater. Tantrums barely describes the constant flow of tears, kicks, thrown objects (mostly at Sam-who should be wearing the helmet) and the all around refusal and chaos mode he seems most comfortable in.
Yes, I'm reassuring him. The world is too. It doesn't seem to be helping.
Yes, I'm acknowledging his feelings, and trying hard to give him strategies to navigate the feelings (breathing deep, lots of rest, almost no sugar, tons of exercise). We've gone to the playground at the school a few times every week. None of this seems to be helping either.
Tomorrow he meets his new teacher at his "screening". This, I have insisted will help. "After you meet Mrs. Bindergarten and see your classroom you'll feel so much better!" He seems skeptical.
But if I had to start a new full time job, with little real knowledge of the expectations, place, colleagues or BOSS I'd be a hot mess too. Being the child of a demi-perfectionist/ control seeking Mama is not helpful at this time perhaps?
We just got back from the library, and checked out every "first day of school" book we could grab. Overkill?
In the car this morning he says; "Will I always be able to find my room? What if someone else is at my cubby?" We're getting closer to harnessing the beast I'd say.
Any other parents out there with some back to school jitters under your roof? What are your best strategies? What's helped the most?
In the name of love
Marcel: Mama do you love yourself?
Me: Yes. Yes I do.
Marcel: How can you love yourself if you are not brown skinned? Continue reading "In the name of love"
On workshops, suitcases, and holding on
The workshop that I presented; "I can talk about race in the classroom" was by all accounts a big success today. The post workshop reflections were 95% positive–which says as much about the audience as the presenter really. The educators were open, willing, and very present! I was prepared, passionate, and speaking from a place of truth. That is always a great combination. I'll try to write more about the experience, and the work, when time allows. But the suitcases are trumping the keyboard here. Continue reading "On workshops, suitcases, and holding on"
Pomp and Kinder-stance (videos-short and sweeter than sweet)
Sam "graduated" from kindergarten yesterday. He packed the outfit in his backpack–and changed into it after recess. He told me that I didn't need to email his teacher to remind him he needed to change his clothes, because he would remember…
He received an award for READING because he came so far (from being a non reader to reading at almost a 2nd grade level at the end of K) this year. You'll hear me gasp when I hear that he was given the reading award.
I cried a lot.
My son has left early childhood.
My son is infinitely capable.
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We're rockin' it alright
On the humorous front:
Sam was writing a thank you card to his PE (gym) teacher, and concentrating very hard on his words;
Dear Mr. L, Thanks for teaching me PE. Love Sam
When he read it out loud-upon successful completion-his brother says; Sam why did he need to teach you how to pee? You already knew how to do that!
On the way to Sam's closing ceremony (read: trophy hand out in less that five minutes. Which will be the shortest awards ceremony we will ever get to attend) Marcel hollers to the car next to us; "Oh YEAH we are rockin' it now!" If we had a car radio, that might be understandable. He was just feeling the moment… Continue reading "We're rockin' it alright"


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National Crime Victims' Rights Week
April 02, 2019
National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) is April 7-13. This year's theme, "Honoring Our Past, Creating Hope for the Future", celebrates the progress made by those before us as we look to a future of victim services that is more inclusive, accessible and trauma-informed. Learn more from the Office for Victims of Crime.
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- April 12: NCVLI will be the Keynote at the McGeorge School of Law's Victims' Rights Symposium in Sacramento CA. Learn more here.


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HUNTINGTON BEACH – Leading by nine coming out of the half, Saddleback Valley Christian turned up the defensive intensity and left host Ocean View behind Friday night in the Jim Harris Memorial Tournament of Champions.
The Warriors outscored the Seahawks by 21 in the third quarter en route to a 74-43 victory in the semifinals at Ocean View High.
"We like to speed teams up, and we just weren't playing hard enough on the defensive end," Saddleback Valley Christian coach Tom Lewis said of his team's first-half play. "When Jonah (Tolmarie) and Trey Smith and Crutch (Josh Crutchfield) play hard defensively, it's a lot of pressure."
Despite Smith's least productive offensive game of the young season, the Warriors had little trouble in advancing to the final round.
- Mater Dei roars into final of Diablo Invitational
- Los Alamitos displays grit, advances to Coyote Classic final
- SVC uses pressure to pull away from Ocean View
Saddleback Valley Christian will play Trinity International of Nevada for the tournament title Saturday at 6 p.m. at Ocean View High.
The Warriors rolled through their first three games of the tournament, winning each by at least 19 points. Ocean View (4-1) had won its first four games by an average margin of 30 points.
The Warriors forced 20 turnovers and created numerous easy fast break buckets, especially in the third quarter when Saddleback Valley Christian's full court man-to-man pressure made it difficult for Ocean View to inbound the ball.
Tolmarie particularly gave the Seahawks fits during the lopsided third quarter.
Smith's 17 points led Saddleback Valley Christian (4-0), but last season's second-team All-County selection struggled a bit from the field. He made eight of 20 shots and connected on one of six 3-pointers.
"He did so many other things to help us win," Lewis said. "I think he's the best player in Orange County. He can do a little bit of everything. When he shows up, with the offense on top of it, he's even on another level."
Tolmarie, Jon Scherer and Jordan Taylor joined Smith in scoring in double figures. Ocean View's Mehkel Harvey's 19 points were a game high.


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My wife found this 'blast from the past' after she retired and had time to go through family archives. I must have been 13 or so, and very stubborn. Our math teacher shared a story about a new world record for crawling on hands and knees that had recently been set. He said if we went down to the soccer field and calculated how many laps it would take to break the record, we would get an "A" for extra credit. If we actually went and broke the record, we would get an "A" for the year. Seemed easier than studying, so I broke the record and also set a new record for speed.
To quote Sam the Snowman from Rudolph..."Ah, youth".
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Naevius USB Antivirus is a very easy to use software solution designed to lend a hand to those who wish to stay on the safe side all the time and avoid getting their computers infected with viruses spreading via USB devices.
Although it's an antivirus, it remains an application addressed to beginners, as it only focuses on its goal of protecting USB drives and nothing more.
As a result, you don't get a complicated interface and tons of features, but instead you receive a user-friendly look with intuitive menus and just a few configuration options.
While it offers protection against all types of threats spreading by USB, including spyware, worms and Trojan horses, Naevius USB Antivirus can also work with other security solutions on the market, regardless if we're talking about Kaspersky, Norton, Panda or ESET Nod32.
With realtime protection one of the main tools on the spec list, Naevius USB Antivirus shows the connected drives right in the main window, along with label, size and status. You can safely remove a device, explore or protect it, with a dedicated option to restart all of them.
As for the settings menu, it's quite minimal and only allows you to enable info notifications and turn on Autorun on CD, DVD and other removable media.
Naevius USB Antivirus is not a resource hog, but instead it needs a moderate amount of hardware resources to work properly.
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MenCare's June newsletter features events and updates from partners in Brazil, Chile, Italy, Kosovo, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, and worldwide.
Read up on fatherhood research that is being used for advocacy and action; watch children tell us why equal, nontransferable paid leave is important for all parents; and learn more about the work of MenCare partners in 40+ countries worldwide.
In this Issue
Featured Story
In MenCare's newest film, "It's About Time," children come together to share stories about what their fathers mean to them. They tell us how paid, equal, non-transferable leave for all parents can benefit women, men, and society as a whole. At MenCare, we believe that full equality will only be achieved when men take on...
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Guest post by our partners at männer.ch/masculinities.ch The MenCare campaign officially launched in Switzerland on May 30. männer.ch/masculinities.ch – the umbrella organization of men's and father's groups advocating for gender equality in Switzerland – and the newly founded Swiss Institute for Men and Gender Issues (SIMG) are coordinating the effort. Swiss women were not allowed...Continue Reading
United States
In June, Promundo-US and MenCare launched the country's first State of America's Fathers report – a landmark analysis of fatherhood. Fathers in the United States are more involved than ever before, but gender equality, child development, and the wealth of the nation rely on advancing this movement, the report finds. There is a...Continue Reading
MenCare partners, as part of the Peruvian "Plataforma de Paternidades," launched a new, national fatherhood campaign in Lima at an event hosted by the Peruvian Ministry of Women on June 13. The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations is a member of the newly formed Plataforma de Paternidades...Continue Reading
In May 2016, the Swedish Embassy in Kampala organized the photo competition "Ugandan Dads" to highlight caring male role models, and to spark a discussion on gender equality more broadly. The photos portray fathers with their children and men who are actively engaged in household work. The Embassy received over 150 contributions from the Ugandan...Continue Reading
South Africa
Globally, there continues to be tension between the home and the workplace, and parents – especially those with young children – must grapple with difficult decisions when balancing employment and family. Particularly in South Africa, sociocultural norms play an important role in shaping family structures and attitudes towards fatherhood and male involvement...Continue Reading
Sri Lanka
World Vision Lanka's Ambagamuwa Area Development Program (ADP) in Sri Lanka conducted a three-day MenCare retreat program for 15 families in June 2016. Before taking part in the family retreat, fathers from the Moray Estate of the Ambagamuwa ADP had completed a series of eight MenCare group workshops led by local trainers. These workshops were...Continue Reading
In Turkey, MenCare partner AÇEV considers Mother's Day to be an excellent opportunity to challenge gender stereotypes and to work toward a more equal, caring society. Aiming to show how mothers and fathers can equally contribute to child development and share the care work, in May AÇEV produced an animated video for Mother's Day. On Mother's...Continue Reading
It is a Monday morning and there is a huge buzz of excitement in the hall of the American School in Kosovo. As balloons are blown up and posters straightened and microphones tested, more and more people, mostly under 30, crowd in...Continue Reading
World Vision Lanka's Nuwara Eliya Area Development Program (ADP) in Sri Lanka conducted a two-day MenCare family retreat program in May 2016. Participants included young fathers and mothers from vulnerable families who reported having conflict, in part due to alcohol abuse. By the end of the MenCare family retreat program, many men realized that excessive alcohol...Continue Reading
A new study focuses on the effectiveness of MenCare+ programming for parents in promoting gender equality in Cape Town, South Africa. It examines the ways in which attitudes toward gender, household divisions of caregiving, and fathers' involvement among participants change before and after joining MenCare+ fathers' groups...Continue Reading
Spotlight on Partners
MenCare is pleased to welcome new partners to the global campaign, including the Il Giardino dei Padri fatherhood network in Italy, Equality Heals Africa in Uganda, and MERGE for Equality in the United States. The MenCare campaign is now active in 40+ countries around the world.
Read about MenCare's partners here.
Featured Publications
In May and June 2016, MenCare partners launched new, national reports based on State of the World's Fathers in Portugal and the United States.
Read the country analyses here.
Featured Research
In June, the Fatherhood Institute published the 2016 edition of its Fairness in Families Index (FIFI), which compares developed countries' progress towards gender equality across a variety of indicators.
Read the index here.
Featured Posters
MenCare partners in Peru share new posters from their "Quiero ser mejor aquí contigo" ("I want to be better, here with you") campaign.
View the posters here.
Featured Video
A new documentary film from Brazil tells the stories of eight soon-to-be fathers. It details their experiences attempting to accompany their female partners – who wanted them present when giving birth – during labor and delivery.
Watch the video here.
Featured Article
Fatherly's annual report on the best places to work for new fathers provides an in-depth look at the state of leave, flexibility, and other supportive policies offered for fathers at U.S. companies.
Read the list here.
Recommended Read
MenCare Chile partners Francisco Aguayo and Eduardo Kimelman share five lessons learned to promote involved fatherhood on the Inter-American Development Bank's "¿Y si hablamos de igualdad?" blog.
Read the article in Spanish, "5 lecciones aprendidas para promover una paternidad activa," here.
Who's Who at MenCare
Ruti Levtov
MenCare Global Co-Coordinator
Senior Research & Program Officer,
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MenCare Global Co-Coordinator
Programme Manager,
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Giovanna Lauro
MenCare Global Advocacy
Deputy Director, International Programs,
Washington, DC
Alexa Hassink
MenCare Communications & Advocacy
Senior Communications & Advocacy Officer,
Washington, DC
Nina Ford
MenCare News & Communications
Senior Communications Associate,
Washington, DC
Annaick Miller
MenCare Updates & Media
Communications Assistant,
Washington, DC
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Ichiban Taisetsu na Hito
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- Title: いちばん大切なひと
- Title (romaji): Ichiban Taisetsu na Hito
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 15.0%
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 1997-Apr-18 to 1997-Jun-27
- Air time: Friday 21:00
- Theme song: Starting Over by John Lennon
This is a bittersweet tale of Kohei and Mika, who have been friends since childhood and now discover themselves in a deep yet fragile romance. Five years of their lives are presented in an almost lyrical succession of images, as they enter their twenties and tentatively explore their emerging love, striving to protect each other while not jeopardizing the mutual support and encouragement of their longtime friendship.
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- Katori Shingo
- Mizuki Arisa
- Kaneko Ken
- Hashi Ryugo
- Sanada Masumi (真田麻垂美)
- Maya Kyoko
- Nezu Jinpachi
- Kaneko Nobuaki
Production Credits[edit]
- Screenwriter: Aoyagi Yumiko
- Producer: Isano Hideki
- Director: Kiyohiro Makoto, Isano Hideki
- Music by: Wakakusa Kei (若草恵)


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"I'm Calling About My Light Bill"
The Washington Post ran a long article about Greenwood, South Carolina, looking at how the community is faring thus far in the age of Obama (...
The Washington Post ran a long article about Greenwood, South Carolina, looking at how the community is faring thus far in the age of Obama (poorly). The article focuses on County Councilwoman Edith Childs, because she was the person who introduced Obama to the chant "fired up, ready to go."
What's most interesting from a local governance perspective is how much of her time -- and personal funds -- are devoted to helping constituents.
GREENWOOD, S.C. Her cordless phone stores 17 voice messages, and tonight the inbox is full. Edith Childs, 60, grabs a bottle of water, tosses her hat on the living room floor and scowls at the blinking red light. A county councilwoman, she spent the past 12 hours driving rural roads in her 2001 Toyota Camry, trying to solve Greenwood's problems, but only now begins the part of each day that exhausts her. Childs slumps into an armless chair and steels herself for a 13-minute confessional.
"Hi, Ms. Edith, this is Rose, and I'm calling about my light bill. It's $420. . . . There's no way I can pay that."
"Edith, it's Francine. . . . They stopped by my house again today, talking about foreclosure. I don't know what to do. Can you call me?"
Childs leans her head back against the wall and closes her eyes. Her hair is matted down with sweat, and thin-rimmed glasses sink low on her nose. Every few minutes, she stirs to jot notes on a to-do list that fills most of a notebook. She has to remind herself that she ran for county council in 1998 because she coveted this role: unofficial protector, activist and psychologist for her home town. Back then, the hardships of Greenwood -- 22,000 people separated from the nearest interstate by 40 miles -- struck Childs as contained. Now she sometimes wonders aloud to her husband, Charles: "When does it stop?"
"Yes, councilwoman, this is Joe Thompson calling. Uh, I'm having a bit of an emergency."
Recently, I met Ardell Brede, the mayor of Rochester, Minnesota, who told me that his cell phone number basically acted as the city's 311 complaint center. It's not surprising to me that elected officials have to spend a lot of time on constituent service matters that touch on government, but I'm curious how many dip into personal funds to help constituents pay bills.


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Peteris Vasks' strong attachment to his Latvian home country shows particularly in his choral music. Nature, customs and traditions as well as the idea of freedom are the central themes of the texts he sets to music, while carefully using modern techniques of choral singing as well. Alternating with traditional, even archaic singing, the music creates a multi-faceted, immediately effective sound image in the listener's mind
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The White House today did a 180 on the question of whether it is NASA's job to reach out to the Muslim world, deciding after all that this should be left to, like, the State Department, and not to spacemen.
In an apparent reference to the invention of the flying carpet thousands of years ago in Persia, NASA Chief Charles Bolden late last month told Al Jazeera that President Obama's "foremost" instruction to him was reaching out to Muslims and try to accrue some of their expert knowledge on space travel.
Perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and math and engineering.
Here's the original interview with Al Jazeera. The question pops up right at the beginning.
The White House initially defended the remark. In comments to Fox News July 6, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said Obama "wants NASA to engage with the world's best scientists and engineers as we work together to push the boundaries of exploration."
Why, this could even bring Israel and its ancient enemies together, suggested the hallucinating Shapiro. "Meeting that mandate requires NASA to partner with countries around the world like Russia and Japan, as well as collaboration with Israel and with many Muslim-majority countries. The space race began as a global competition, but, today, it is a global collaboration," he said.
This all makes so much sense.
The Iran/Hezbollah International Rocket Research Initiative of course is widely known, particularly in Israel, which is participating in the testing program by being on the receiving end of it.
Perhaps, Shapiro meant, NASA simply wants to learn from the program. If Bolden's outreach is not allowed to continue, valuable information taken from atop Israelis' heads – where the rockets are landing – would be lost.
Maybe even one day Hezbollah will point these rockets toward Mars instead of Israel, and put people on them, like Ahmadinejad.
Alas, today White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs walked it all back. It turns out old fashioned stuff like flying space ships is what NASA is supposed to do. From today's briefing.
QUESTION: There were some comments that the NASA administrator, Charles Bolden, made a couple weeks back that drew some interest, specifically from conservatives who are wondering why he said that one of the charges that the president gave him when he got the job was that he had to focus on outreach to the Muslim world. Why is the NASA administrator doing that?
GIBBS: It's an excellent question, and I don't think – that was not his task, and that's not the task of NASA.
QUESTION: So did he just misspeak? And has the president spoken to him about that to clear it up?
GIBBS: No.
QUESTION: Anybody here at the White House?
GIBBS: I'm sure people – people at the White House here talk to NASA all the time.
Well, I'm sure they do. People like Mr. Gibbs get on the phone with people at NASA and say, "What the Hell is that jackass talking about? How many public relations crises am I supposed to deal with?"
There was no comment from Bolden, but he was privately heard to mutter, "I thought I was appointed to head the NASSER space program."
The statements by Shapiro are no longer operative, it appears. And Islam's secrets of space flight will remain with Islam.


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On my quest for the perfect thesis projet i will look at how we interact with products around us, what fuels the consumerism patterns we know in order to derail them and direct them to shared and communal experiences. So a starting point for me is to understand the consumer and what is the landscape of innovation, marketing and consumer driven tools.
I found an article on emotionally driven design. As people reinvent themselves daily and change the attitudes they have depending on their surroundings, the products we surround ourselves with need to have that same level of flexibility and need to grab us in these transient times.
"The aspirational you is one of those drivers of emotional consumption. With the multiple choices available to us in our 10 second on-line shopping experiences, the emotion of design becomes the absolute driver. If you're not emotionally driven within a very short time frame, you're only one click away from something else that will give you the emotional charge."
This short attention span is very much a product of our "paradox of choice" as i like to call it, meaning that decision-making has become a very difficult business to conduct. We find ourselves constantly bombarded with information on many different layers and it's hard to make sense of the big picture. So things have to grab our attention, practically hitting us like a ton of bricks with their relevance, with whichever tool that is available: advertising, positioning you name it. How do i tackle this mountain? Shall i operate without it, ignorning the elephant in the porcelain shop? Food for thought at the moment i havent made up my mind. Maybe I'll subvert these tools in helping me and create a brand of products… close tag.


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The eyes are the window to the soul and a clear indicator for emotion. One of my favorite physical feature are my eyes. People commonly say that in looking for a partner, beautiful eyes are what they notice first. It's no wonder that women (and some men) focus heavily on the eyes, and specifically lashes, when it comes to making up their faces!
I read somewhere that people with naturally long lashes often have dry skin. That's kind of bullshit. Not that it isn't true, but why can't I have anything nice for free!
Having a full and long set of lashes is lovely, but mascara is still one of the most transforming makeup one can use. As someone who has tried multiple different brands of mascara at a range of different prices over the years, I will always go back to one: L'Oreal® Paris Voluminous Original Mascara, preferably in Carbon Black.
Here's why it's rad:
- It costs less than $10 and often you can find coupons/deals on the brand where it's sold i.e. Walgreens, CVS, Target, etc.
- It offers both a straight and curved applicator option.
- It doesn't dry immediately so you can manipulate the shape, style and heaviness of your lashes.
- It doesn't flake and removal is pretty simple.
- No fragrance.
- Solid waterproof option.
- Just a solid, classic, and inexpensive mascara that really makes your eyes pop, gurrrl.
Some people are die-hard Maybelline or Diorshow fans. Haven't had as great of an experience with either. Both flake and the rose fragrance in Diorshow just isn't necessary. Can u not smell my eyes?
If I do ever feel the urge to purchase a more expensive mascara, I think Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Classic Mascara and Clinique High Impact Mascara are worth trying.
Now, for my favorite "famous lashes":
Edie Sedgwick, socialite and Warhol's most (in)famous Superstar.
Elizabeth Taylor. She was born with two sets of lashes – how lucky was she?!
Malcolm McDowell in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
Prince's "When Doves Cry" music video
Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Cruel Intentions" – one of the best revenge endings!
Man Ray's "Les Larmes" or "Glass Tears" (1932)
Trixie Mattel, my favorite drag queen
Now for some audience participation! Any favorite mascaras or associated celebrity lashes?
PS Try to buy a new tube once every few months and don't "pump" the mascara wand too much in an effort to get more mascara on it – it supposedly increases the amount of bacteria in there. Gross.


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The reliability of the Nikon brand is based on high-level technological power resulting from R&D activities that have been ongoing since the company's establishment in 1917.
Basic Technologies
To strengthen Nikon's existing businesses and create new businesses, it is vital to continue basic R&D activities based on a long-term perspective. With opto-electronics and precision technologies as a foundation, Nikon is conducting R&D in a wide range of technologies, such as optics, precision measurement and manufacturing, image processing, materials, and software and systems.
R&D Organizations
Nikon is conducting R&D in each business including the Research & Development Division for basic R&D, Optical Engineering Division for optical design technology development, the Next Generation Project Division that conducts R&D in order to realize growth strategies, Production Technology Division for production technological development, the Imaging Product Business, Precision Equipment Business and Healthcare Business. By associating research and development with each business/division, Nikon's reliable technology is more effectively nurtured.
Nikon Research Report
As a result of our research and development based on Nikon's core technologies of "opto-electronics" and "precision", technologies incorporated in new products and those evaluated by organizations such as academic societies are mainly introduced.
- Technical Reports
- Research and Development Reports
- Diagram method for resolution limit calculation in laser microscopy (PDF:874KB)
- Super-resolution nonlinear fluorescence microscopy using repetitive stimulated transition (PDF:739KB)
- Development of the super-wide field of view WX binoculars (PDF:1.16MB)
- Light-field optics, 3D space transformation onto 2D plane (PDF:1.20MB)
- Optical properties of Ga2O3-based glasses prepared by aerodynamic levitation (PDF:1.11MB)
- Development of photoresponsive material toward fine patterning technology by roll-to-roll, additive type of process (PDF:1.47MB)
- Practical method of cell volume segmentation in electron microscope image stack using deep convolutional neural network (PDF:1.01MB)
- New product development through process optimization based on functionality evaluation of combustion reaction (PDF:1.13MB)
- Development of an organic thin-film transistor by a wet fabrication process utilizing roll-to-roll direct imaging exposure system (PDF:1.01MB)
- Real-Virtual Bridge: A Modular Mechanism to Mediate Between Real and Virtual Objects (PDF:613KB)
Technology Strategy Committee
The Technology Strategy Committee was established with aims to actively respond to a wider range of social issues and needs. In order to formulate the Medium-Term Management Plan, this committee has established three areas of long-term growth in "Digital Manufacturing", "Vision Systems/Robotics" and "Healthcare". In the future, Nikon will work on each business unit/division from the technical aspect to ensure the effective implementation of the Medium-Term Management Plan across the Group. Flexibly adjusting to external changes, Nikon will aim to achieve long-term growth.
Built a Platform Utilizing AI
Focusing on information processing technology including AI, Nikon Group established a platform structure and environment that utilize AI efficiently and effectively. Now, based on this platform, we are advancing R&D that combines AI with Opto-electronics Technologies and Precision Technologies, and accelerating development in order to deploy this for business utilization.
R&D by Group Companies
Nikon Research Corporation of America, a U.S.A.-based R&D subsidiary, is engaged in research and development related to lithography systems, imaging technologies, artificial intelligence, software, and high-precision systems.
Fellow System
Nikon has introduced a system that grants fellowships to engineers who demonstrate world-class expertise and knowledge. We seek to promote cutting-edge R&D that leads the industry with specialists who are widely recognized both within Nikon and far beyond.
Industry-Academia R&D Alliance
Nikon has formed an R&D alliance with the University of Tokyo — Nikon Chair of Imaging Science, Institute of Industrial Science - aimed at nurturing next-generation engineers who will lead the optics industry. And at ten locations throughout the world — in Asia including Japan, the U.S.A., and Europe — we have opened Nikon Imaging Centers, which use advanced Nikon microscopes in the study and education of imaging technology.


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New website on the horizon for Harvard's MI Oasis
Harvard's MI Oasis
Harvard University and Howard Gardner, the Harvard professor who developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences, have chosen BlueLuna to create a website for Gardner's MI theory. Gardner developed the Multiple Intelligences theory after two decades of extensive research, in which he identified eight distinct intelligences. The goal for Harvard's MI Oasis website is to develop a digital space for accurate, up-to-date information regarding the Multiple Intelligences theory. They are looking to have the new website be professional, engaging and accessible to researchers who are searching for current resources and articles. BlueLuna is honored to have the opportunity to work with such a renowned scholar and university.


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Came up with the first few opening seconds of this thrash-metal inspired riff yesterday after restringing and putting new tuners on my Les Paul guitar. Was messing about with today, and decided to record it, cuz ah thought it sounded somewhat decent.
She laughed in my face today, because last night ah emailed her asking if she thought me going back to guitar lessons would be worth while.
"Eh, did ye listen to that riff ?! Ah'd say that's beyond the skill level of somebuddy who thinks they need guitar lessons."
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