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Bali – Gili travel has always remained very interesting. The movement usually starts from Bali which is one of the most interesting tourist destinations in South East Asia. The area is reputed for having awesome attractions including natural resources and beautiful beaches.
You can travel to the Gili islands through Bali. The islands are located at the northwest tip of Lombok. They are well known as popular tourist destinations for many people in the South East Asian world. You can always have a great time with your family when you travel to any of the islands. You'll also have the best of time eating the best Asian foods, seafood buffet and other intercontinental dishes. Lots of beautiful beaches are also made available for your enjoyment.
The Islands are basically three in number. They include Gili Air, Gili Trawangan and Gili Meno. The Gili Trawangan is known as the largest. Many tourists do visit it on regular basis. Lots of merry activities are carried out there regularly. The islands are indeed great tourist locations for everyone looking for fun and happiness.


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Ramblings: Faulk/Chychrun Shutdown; Blues Hurt Playoff Chances; Reviewing Misses – April 5
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Fantasy owners got a little scare the other night when Alex Ovechkin went crashing hard into the boards and was slow to get off the ice. He took a maintenance on Wednesday and there's no certainty he'll play on Thursday. With playoffs, and playoff drafts, a week away, fantasy owners have to keep this nagging injury in the back of their mind. It may be nothing, it may be something. We'll have a few more days to figure this out
It looks like Erik Karlsson may be done for the year. Obviously, with the family issues he's had off the ice, he hasn't been traveling with the team. He didn't play Wednesday in Buffalo and the team has two road games left, one in Pittsburgh and one in Boston. Nothing is official yet.
Justin Faulk has officially been shutdown for the balance of the season. Jaccob Slavin has been taking the top PP minutes so he's the guy to add for their final couple games if you need a Hail Mary.
Another defenceman, Jakob Chychrun, has also been shutdown for the year with a lower-body injury. There's nothing to expand on yet, I just hope nagging injuries aren't something that plague him as he starts his career. He's looked very good as a teenager for the Coyotes and could be a cornerstone for them for years to come.
Josh Anderson took part in a full practice for the Jackets on Wednesday, indicating he's closing in on a return to the lineup. They might look to get him in for one game before playoff starts. If you're targeting Blue Jackets in playoff pools, don't forget to add him to the list though I doubt he'll be back on the top line.
Marian Gaborik is off to see a back specialist. I'm not sure he'll ever have much fantasy value again but it's just a shame to think what could have been if he had stayed healthy his entire career. He's one of just six forwards with 400 goals and 400 assists this century, and at least four of the others are future Hall of Famers.
The Blues went into Wednesday night with a game in hand on the Avalanche. They had a 3-1 lead midway through the second period and lost in regulation as Duncan Keith scored with 8.5 seconds left for the 4-3 win. It was a gutting loss for St. Louis' playoff hopes as they'll now need some help and no longer control their own destiny.
The St. Louis regulation loss also locks the Kings into a playoff spot.
Alex DeBrincat scored to tie the game in third period, his 28th of the season. Were it not for names like Barzal, McAvoy, Boeser, and Keller, DeBrincat would be getting a lot more press for the rookie season he's having. He's doing this all while playing fewer than 15 minutes a night. Not too shabby.
That goal was just Duncan Keith's second of the season. With the three shots and the goal he had last night his shooting percentage on the season is now up to… 1.1 percent!
Alex Nylander made his season debut Wednesday night as the Sabres closed out their home schedule. He played a little over 12 minutes and was largely not noticeable. I guess that means he wasn't doing anything poorly, either?
Ryan O'Reilly scored for the Sabres in their loss and is now one point shy of 60 on the season. Doesn't feel like it, does it? He also has at least 55 points in six straight 82-game seasons. I wonder if a healthy season from Jack Eichel and Casey Mittelstadt (should they use him as a centre) means fewer minutes next year for O'Reilly.
With a goal and an assist in the win, Ryan Dzingel is now one point shy of 40 on the season.
There wasn't a lot in the way of games to discuss from Wednesday night so I figured it was a good time for reflection on the fantasy season that has nearly wrapped up. More specifically, it's a good time so admit some mistakes.
When you rank over 300 players a season, you're going to be wrong. Sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot. I thought it would be worth going over some of the players I missed on significantly, why I missed on them, and how it can help in the future. I won't even bother going into Mathew Barzal; I'd like to meet the person that had him paced out for a 70-point season, let alone cruising beyond 80 points.
Going into the season the hype on Boeser was that he was probably the best pure shooter the Canucks had. To me, that smelled of faint praise for a team that wouldn't sniff the playoffs. Not only was the expectation that Vancouver would be a low-scoring team, but that Boeser wouldn't even start the year on the roster. They are, and he didn't.
Of course, the mistake here is that ignoring individual talent can lead to disaster, especially when the player comes very cheap at the draft table; Boeser's ADP across the Big Three sites was in the same range as Vadim Shipachyov, Teemu Pulkkinen, Connor Brown, and Chris Kunitz. At that level, betting on talent is often a good bet to make.
Injury was the only thing that kept Boeser from a truly superlative fantasy performance and he still managed 29 goals and 55 points, which is a very good season in and of itself. This was a huge miss on my part. These are the types of players fantasy owners should take a chance on late in drafts. He certainly won't come at that level of discount next season.
The other huge miss for me was Tampa Bay's outstanding second-year centre.
Point was coming off a 2016-17 season that saw 40 points in 68 games as a rookie. Pretty good! But it was also a season where Steven Stamkos missed most of the year and Tyler Johnson missed about 20 percent of it. With those two expected back for the entire 2017-18 season, I figured Point would be the third-line centre with sparse power-play time. While he didn't get much top power-play minutes, it didn't really matter.
The top-line duo of Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov remained together for most of the year but Point played himself ahead of Johnson very early on. I thought last year's ice time was about as good as it could get for the 21-year old but, at time of writing, he's averaging 19:40 per game. He's earning more five-on-five ice time this year with a healthy lineup than he did last year with all the injuries. He turned that into a 30/30 season, and a very nice return on his ADP (he went even later than Boeser).
His five-on-five shooting percentage is a bit high and that'll come down next year but even at a depressed rate, he probably still scores around 25 goals and that's more than enough for where he was drafted in September. My mistake was discounting his ability to play himself ahead of other established players which, again, is a bet to make at an ADP that was so low.
Oh boy.
After declining goal, assist, and point totals for every season beginning in 2013-14 through 2016-17, I found it hard to buy into a rebound for Giroux. The Flyers were going into 2017-18 with largely the same roster save for Brayden Schenn, so taking him among the top-75 players off the board when he could have been had in the same range as guys like Sean Monahan and John Klingberg didn't make a lot of sense to me.
All Giroux did this year was set a career-high in goals, assists, and plus/minus (for those in league who count it).
This one I'm not as a mad over as the previous two forwards. His three-year shooting percentage was 8.5 percent; it's 16.1 percent as of early Wednesday night. That mark is a career-high, and the first time he's been above 12.6 percent since 2010-11. At five-on-five, he's shooting 16.1 percent after a previous career-high of 12.1 percent nearly a decade ago. He's not shooting nearly as much as he was a few years ago and that should be concerning for next season.
I think this is a case where I discounted his potential line mates; Jakub Voracek hasn't been a big goal scorer in years, Wayne Simmonds is largely a power-play guy, I didn't think Travis Konecny would have the season he's having, and I also wasn't expecting him to be Sean Couturier's winger all year.
The mistake I made here was completely writing off a player who isn't really that old yet and has a long history of very solid production. If I had the ability to draft all over again, I'd get some exposure to him rather than just outright avoid him. I suppose that's the lesson here: if you do a lot of drafts, diversifying is a good idea. Giroux was one of those draft picks who won people their leagues.
Listen, we all have regrets. This… this is one is a big regret.
Our Dobber preseason panel had a section on guys we expected to disappoint. We were asked to select three. Two of mine were Joe Pavelski and Leon Draisaitl (I feel good about those). The third was Victor Hedman. As I write this, there's a good chance he's the top-rated defenceman in your league. That would depend on league settings, but regardless of your fantasy league, there's no way he was a flop.
My issue in the preseason revolved around the power play. I thought with everyone healthy that there would be a good chance they'd run two even power-play units, splitting up Stamkos and Kucherov, and the Stamkos unit likely run by Anton Stralman. Were they to have split up their abundance of offensive talent into two units, it would cut significantly into the 33 power-play points Hedman had in 2016-17, and thus make him a player to avoid in drafts for 2017-18.
Let's just say it didn't quite work out like that.
For the majority of the season, the top unit featured all three of Stamkos, Kucherov, and Hedman, and the result has been Tampa Bay being ranked fourth in goals per 60 minutes while on the man advantage. Hedman's PP production has taken a bit of a hit (26 points down from the 33 he had last year), but it's not nearly as much as I expected.
The lesson here would be that sometimes not to over-think things. Victor Hedman went into 2017-18 as a defenceman averaging 60 points per 82 games over the previous four seasons, the Lightning were healthy and loaded with offence, and he was going to be playing a lot of minutes for them. Sometimes the obvious play is obvious for a reason, and I think I went looking for an issue where we didn't have evidence one existed.
All the Golden Knights
I don't think there's much to go into here. I mean, 75 points (so far) from Jonathan Marchessault, 43 goals (so far) for William Karlsson, a 40-point season for Colin Miller, and career-best ratios from Marc-Andre Fleury. I mean, what?
There are some players we could expect solid seasons from like the acquisitions from Florida, maybe Fleury returning to form, James Neal having a healthy amount of goals? That's about it. I missed on a lot of the Golden Knights but I feel like I'm not the only one. If you're one of the people who believed they could have any kind of season close to this, please hit up the comments.
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Friday, September 22, 2017
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Irene, your map girls are awesome. I just tossed out dozens of maps. Now I wish I had saved some of them to paint faces on.ReplyDelete
They are thoughtfully exploring new places on their trips LOL😂 Great teabag paintings.ReplyDelete
Happy PPF ❤
LOVE the map girls. Happy PPF, hugs, ValerieReplyDelete
I love your map portraits, so very cool! Happy PPF!ReplyDelete
Creative and lovely use of the map paper ~ so unique ~ thanks ^_^ReplyDelete
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Genius work on those maps. I did try that once and gave up but now I want to do it again.ReplyDelete
Isn't it fun to paint on maps!? Love your paintings!ReplyDelete
these are really wonderful works !!!ReplyDelete
I love this style with this background!
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really awesome images...ReplyDelete
These are just amazingly lovely! :-)ReplyDelete
Wow fabulous map girls...what a great theme for this year. I too love Autumn and all the amazing colour changes!! I look forward to more of these gals!!ReplyDelete
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It is turning chilly here. We don't get much summer here so I do not look forward to the cold. Your art is amazing as always.ReplyDelete
I think you transform the mundane map to a treasure with your always elegant touch.Just sayin' ;o)ReplyDelete
Dark and mysterious girls...love them...so 20s of precious century...xxReplyDelete
Wow totally amazing work again dear Irene!! Love what the maps are doing in the background! ♥ Conny http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.deReplyDelete
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Brooklyn breeds legends. Some of hip-hop's biggest artists have come up from New York City's most populous borough, including, but not limited to Biggie, Jay Z, Busta Rhymes, Lil Kim, and Joey Bada$$. Newcomer Tabby Wakes is rising through the ranks and demanding the attention of the entire city.
If you aren't familiar with Tabby Wakes, she's signed to one of Brooklyn's most notorious labels, Fool's Gold, responsible for Brockhampton and Kid Cudi, among others. She's also flexing her passions as a member of the feminist skate collective Brujas.
Wakes appears to be quite introspective and on her first label-backed single, "Tabby Night," she examines the good, the bad, and the ugly of the path to happiness. Specifically, it involves a lot of ugly until you really find out who you are. The seemingly feel-good track has a bubblegum vibe to it, yet if really look at the lyrics, as she explains, "they reveal a darker underside". She goes into detail on NYLON, stating that " the party lifestyle isn't all that it's cracked up to be; the rich and famous people we all look up to aren't necessarily happy".
On top of all that, Tabby is highly unique and she sets herself apart with a melodic, yet highly thought out sound. Her music is very enjoyable, but if you look closely at her lyrics, there's so much more: she's incredibly witty and intuitive. She's continued to put this on display in her most recent single, "Angel." The track showcases a slower, yet equally melodic, side of the songstress, reminiscing about old crushes. According to Fool's Gold, she will be releasing an EP later this year.
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La cruaute , bien loin d'e" tre un vice, est le premier sentiment qu'imprime en nous la nature; l'enfant brise son hochet, mord le te ton de sa nourrice, e trangle son oiseau, bien avant que d'avoir l'a" ge de raison. Far from being a vice, cruelty is the primary feeling that nature imprints in us. The infant breaks its rattle, bites its nurse's nipple, and strangles a bird, well before reaching the age of reason.
What I tell my students is there are three places where poems must happen and a poem must happen in these three places simultaneously for it to be a good poem. It happens between the ears, that's intelligence; behind the left nipple, heart and feeling; between the tongue and teeth, the noise it makes.Douglas Eaglesham Dunn
"Som-Som would later learn that the girl's name was Book. Ambiguous and suggestive sentences swirled out from the maroon bud of her nipple. Verses of elegant and cryptic passion followed the orbit of her left eye. Her fingers dripped with poetry."alan moore
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Renaissance began in Italy in the 14th century in Florence. It was a period of European cultural and artistic rebirth that followed the Middle Ages and it was characterised by a rediscovery of Roman and Greek classics.
There are several reasons why it started in Italy, just to mention a few of them: the economic wealth in Italy at that time and the fact that Italy has been, of course, the centre of Roman Empire.
During this time Italian artists reached fame influencing Europe with their masterpieces and knowledge, spreading this artistic movement in many European countries like France, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany etc. Famous Italian artists are Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Botticelli, Petrarca, Donatello, Giotto etc.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Poetry Gabriola Festival (more about that in a future post). #31 in the Musician's Hands series.
2 comments:
- John said...
Your hand series would make a great exhibition.
- November 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Virginia said...
I agree, an exhibition waiting to happen. I like that he's not playing but doing something all musicians must do! Great one V.
- November 13, 2009 at 6:09 PM
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I love the colours of Nubia, the home of the Nubian people in what is now Egypt and northern Sudan. This was perhaps the first human civilization on earth. So, this is where we ALL came from.
The great Cleopatra was from Egypt. It is the cradle of civilization. It is from here that the Greek settlers in Mycenea came from. There is still some dispute whether the Mongol settlements existed first. But one thing is certain—Europe was one of the last places settled on earth. Whites are a minority globally.
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A Holistic Approach for Performance Measurement and Analysis for Petascale Applications," ICCS 2009 Joint Workshop: Tools for Program Development and Analysis in Computational Science and Software Engineering for Large-Scale Computing, vol. 2009, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009, pp. 686-695, May 2009. (3.96 MB)"
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Hierarchical QR Factorization Algorithms for Multi-Core Cluster Systems," University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report (also Lawn 257), no. UT-CS-11-684, October 2011. (405.71 KB)"
High Performance Bidiagonal Reduction using Tile Algorithms on Homogeneous Multicore Architectures," University of Tennessee Computer Science Technical Report, UT-CS-11-673, (also Lawn 247), May 2011. (424.93 KB)"
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Hi All- I endured neglect / abuse from my biological mother from the ages of 0-4...so yeah, I have issues. One of my biggest is anxiety in relationships. I have an amazing boyfriend who I KNOW I can trust deep down. However, I still have anxiety, panic attacks and turn into a mess when he does something as simple as go out with friends. I know this is so irrational, and I have nothing to worry about (except my irrationality driving him away). I just want to be "normal" and say "bye, have a great time" and just hang out at home, get a hobby, etc. But I find myself sitting here paranoid and anxious as hell. And then I text. And then I ask when he'll be home. And then I ask who he's with ... if you've experienced it, you get it. I'm at a loss of what to do. I've been on a cocktail of meds in the past year and diagnosed with everything from bipolar to borderline, and finally I have a doctor that I think I can trust. He's told me anxiety with a bit of PTSD is my main problem, and has put me on Zoloft starting at 50mg. I'm looking for anyone who has attachment anxiety on here to let me know if Zoloft has helped at all? And if so, what has -- medication wise and therapy wise? THANK YOU
anemone posted a topic in PTSD and Trauma- Duck and Cover. Again and Again.Long story short, I only recently realized what I experienced as a child was abuse. I have not been diagnosed with PTSD but have been told I am suffering from the trauma caused by this abuse. This realization, along with recent actions by this person, have caused me to relive this trauma, and I am broken. I've recently gotten some distance from my abuser, but not much. They happen to be a family member and the rest of my family doesn't want to cut them out. Which is their right, but makes it impossible to get away. Every time I hear this person's name, or any detail that makes me think of them, I get a panic attack and feel sick and I can't stop crying. I can't get this person out of my life. I live at home, have no job, no money, (at least not enough to get me somewhere else) and no options. I am trying to find a new tdoc, which is very difficult, but even if I found the right person tomorrow, there are years of therapy ahead. I don't know how to hold on in the meantime. It is only a matter of time before this person will re-enter my life in a much bigger way, and I have no control over that. I see no light, I am angry with the concept of hope, I just want to run. But I have nowhere to go, no friends either. It's just that this is killing me, I feel like I'm dying inside. I don't know what to do. I will see my pdoc this week, but I'm not optimistic. Thanks for reading. anemone
Hi all! First time posting and I'm new to the site. I have struggled for large stretches of my life with depression, anxiety, self-harm, trichotillomania (chronic hair pulling-out) etc. In the past couple years I've found an amazing therapist and gotten on Zoloft for depression and Buspar for anxiety. I have a wonderful Spouse, a great job (despite a rough boss,) and a stable home with adorable pets. Overall life is pretty good these days. I have around 10 alters. Some have come out of nowhere, some have splintered off from other alters over time. They all basically have jobs: protection, regression, self-soothing, order, fun, sex, etc. I have some lost time and amnesia but overall we're all pretty co-conscious these days, sharing experiences and memories. Mostly. I think I'm getting to a point in therapy where I am about to figure out some of the root cause of the DID. I know I was sexually assaulted by another kid (a bully/"friend") at least once when very young, but I don't think I was every assaulted by an adult when I was a child. But my parents moved me and my siblings around A LOT. Like 25 times before I was 16. All over the world. Hotels, relatives' homes, friend's apartments, etc. Could this lack of consistency, home country, and sense of "home" in general ...BE the root cause for my apparent DID? Could this continued and forced reinvention of identity be the cause of my DID? I don't have an official diagnosis yet due to going to a free clinic, because insurance reasons. But my therapist has said, "unofficially," that I do seem to have DID, and we talk about it all the time. Did any of you who have DID develop it without a "clear childhood trauma?"


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Project NOSH Pitch Slam Hits Manhattan June 12
As Project NOSH in New York draws near, so too does the exciting Project NOSH Pitch Slam, which returns for its second edition on June 12 at the Metropolitan West Pavilion.
The premier opportunity for a select group of emerging natural packaged food brands to step into the spotlight, the Pitch Slam is the signature competition of the Project NOSH Summer 2017 conference; it is sponsored by ADM.
Competitors are vying for a $5000 prize, as well as pro-bono services from ADM's food business incubation program, but all participants will receive priceless feedback from expert industry judges and the attention of attendees and livestream viewers alike. Presenting brands take away prized exposure from the hundreds of attendees and livestream viewers, as well as actionable advice from an elite judging panel. Judges will be key industry veterans, investors, and retail and distribution gatekeepers.
Over 50 natural packaged food brands applied to compete in the inaugural Pitch Slam this past November, which was eventually won by Yumami Food Company. During the competition, each brand presents a four minute "pitch," followed by direct Q&A with the judges, who will select a winner to be announced at the end of the conference. If you're curious about how it all works, the 2016 Pitch Slam Presentations are available to view on YouTube.
Applications are being accepted from entrepreneurial natural and better-for-you brand owners until Friday, May 19. Only a handful of applicants will be selected for the opportunity to present live on stage in the finals. There is no cost to apply, although conference registration is required for those selected to compete.
Detailed information on the format and selection process can be found in the application. More information on Project NOSH Summer can be found on the event homepage.
Project NOSH Summer will be held on June 12 at the Metropolitan West in New York, NY. For early stage companies, a complementary Boot Camp will be offered on June 11.
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Solar Spotlights (Upgraded) w/ Ultra Bright Light
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Solar technology has advanced and is now a must-own solution for outdoors home and landscape lighting. This beautiful solar spotlight offers ultra bright lighting for homes and gardens and can be installed via ground stake or on walls, decks, fences, etc. The solar panel absorbs sunlight and converts it to energy during the day, allowing the automatic on/off switch to activate at night and provide lovely uplighting. The IP65 waterproof, weatherproof, durable build allows for year-round use in any condition.
Product Specs:
- Waterproof level: IP65
- Charging time: 4-5 hours
- Working time: 8-10 hours
- Battery: 18500 lithium battery 3.7V 2200mAh
- Dimensions: 11.4″ x 3.75″ x 13.4″
- 2 modes – high light mode & dim light mode
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- Great sleek black floodlight for decorative tree, lawn, deck, patio, pool, path dock and more
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- Adjusted 270 degrees up or down (180 degree for the solar panel, 90 degree for the light head)
- All-weather resistant- you can leave these out all year long
- Prior to first use, let the light charge for 1-2 sunny days to allow the battery to charge fully
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Product note: If any light is detected by the solar panel, the spotlight will not turn on! If you think there is an issue with the light, first leave the solar panel facing direct sunlight for a full day, then bring the product inside and turn on the power in a dark closet to test that it works properly. If you have any issues please contact us for support – we are happy to help!
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I really like how easy this light is to set-up, and how bright it is. Unfortunately, there are durability issues. Purchased one in March of 2018, it only lasted about 1/2 a year. Purchased another in November 2018, and it is already not working again. No physical damage to the lights, was used in the lawn illuminating the flag. Great product, but be aware you might have to be buying a new one every six months.
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I have had to returnand replace the first light as it arrived broken. The second one works well but broke. I glued it back together and have been very careful removing it to cut the grass but it broke a second time.
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Wish this light lasted longer. Photo I posted is the light on low. Low is the only way to ensure that my flag stays correctly lit all night. I rather it be on high but because of battery capacity it dies before sunrise during the winter time (live in Texas). On high it will only stay on for 7hrs.
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If you block the light panel so that it thinks it's completely dark, the light works well. But if there's any nearby light, it causes the light to think it's daytime and it either flickers or doesn't turn on at all. It charges well and if the auto feature worked properly would be great. Unfortunately I didn't keep the box so I can't return it.


text: Justice is an asymmetrical balance between the law and the reason of the powerful, and international justice is no exception to this rule. Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg are Justice Info's correspondents in The Hague. Two journalists, one haircut. They started a podcast to talk about international justice with experts and commentators they wanted to hear more of. Twice in a month, Justice Info opens its ears, with Asymmetrical Haircuts, to their dissenting and enlightening voices. Please stay tuned!


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Legg Mason has announced that its Martin Currie Real Income Strategy fund is now available on the Colonial First State FirstChoice platform.
Launched in 2010, the Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Strategy invests in a blend of listed real assets across Australian REITs, utility and infrastructure securities that are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Legg Mason managing director, Australia and New Zealand, Andy Sowerby said, "We are very pleased to see interest in this strategy from financial advisers, given that in a low growth, low interest rate world, listed real assets are becoming the missing link between equities and fixed income for the income investor.
"Colonial First State's FirstChoice is one of the leading investment platforms in the market and the strong demand for this asset class makes it a compelling investment option for clients, especially those in the retirement phase."
Legg Mason portfolio manager Ashton Reid added, "The benefit of real assets in any portfolio is their ability to provide natural inflation protection, so income is expected to go up, not down over time.
"At Martin Currie, our research is focused on uncovering investments with the clearest visibility on future cashflows, and avoiding the riskier assets, and through careful stock selection and robust portfolio construction we have delivered better capital protection than the broader equity market over time."
The fund has received independent research ratings – 'Recommended' – by Lonsec and Zenith, the statement said.
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Craig Alexander is chief economist at Deloitte Canada.
The unemployment rate may be close to a four-decade low, but wage growth is surprisingly absent in today's job market. Average hourly wage growth for permanent employees has dropped steadily over the past four months and in September was only 2.17 per cent above its year-earlier level. This is below the rate of inflation, meaning that living costs are rising faster than wages.
Many economists have long believed there is an inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and wage growth. It makes perfect sense since an increasing scarcity of workers should mean that firms raise wages to competitively attract talent to their company. So why isn't this happening?
It is not one, but rather several forces that are restraining wage growth.
First, there may be more slack in the labour market than the low unemployment rate suggests. In resource-rich provinces, unemployment rates remain higher than before the commodities crash in 2015. So, the pool of available workers varies across the country.
Second, demographic factors could be having an impact. Baby boomers are retiring, but they are living longer, healthier lives, so could be re-entering the labour market, creating a hidden source of labour supply. Older, higher-paid baby boomers are also leaving and are being replaced by younger, lower-paid individuals. This demographic churn is always transpiring, but the baby-boom cohort is very large, with the result that their retirement could affect wage numbers. Meanwhile, a rising share of labour-force growth is coming from immigration, but immigrant skills, education and experience are not properly valued in the Canadian labour market. The immigrant wage gap could be pulling down wage growth.
Third, workers have limited bargaining power. There are many reasons for this.
Technical change may be creating a skills mismatch challenge. Many businesses are reporting that they cannot find the high-skilled workers they need, but the decline of jobs in traditional sectors, such as manufacturing, has created a pool of middle-skill workers that are unemployed or underemployed. It may be the case that high-skill workers are seeing wage gains, but limited wage gains for middle-skill workers are pulling down wages nationally. Meanwhile, low-skill workers are experiencing compensation growth from higher minimum-wage rates.
Globalization now means that there is a global pool of workers, not a domestic pool. So, you can have tight domestic labour markets but little wage growth because there are workers abroad that can be hired. Globalization has also increased competition between firms, with the result that companies are constantly looking to keep costs down even during good economic times.
The changing nature of jobs is also at play. There has been an increase in gig, temporary, contract positions. These jobs may not have the bargaining power of permanent positions.
Fourth, labour compensation should reflect the productivity of workers, reflecting how much a worker can produce or deliver in services for every hour of work. Regrettably, Canada has a productivity-growth problem, so weak wage gains reflect Canada's poor innovation and competitiveness performance.
Put it all together and the assessment is that tectonic forces of technical change, globalization, demographics and competitiveness are all acting to constrain wage growth. And the first three of these forces cannot be reversed, so Canada must adapt.
How should policy-makers respond?
Monetary policy has been supporting workers. Weak wage growth has limited the risk of inflation, so the Bank of Canada has kept interest rates low even as unemployment dropped significantly.
However, more could be done to improve wage prospects. Up-skilling the work force to better match the skills required by businesses would help. For youths, more co-op and apprenticeships could aid skill development by creating practical work experience. For adults, more and better training programs are called for. Efforts to reduce the immigrant and gender wage gap would be beneficial. And policies aimed at boosting Canadian business competitiveness could produce more wage growth. This would include incentives to invest in machinery and equipment and setting competitive tax rates. The Canadian experience has been that higher labour productivity does indeed lift compensation growth.
The laws of economics have not been repealed. In the Deloitte Economic Outlook published this week, we project an improvement in wage growth next year, but the pace of compensation gains will be modest. If Canada wants its workers to have a better outcome, it needs investments in skills and productivity-enhancing capital.


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Clinton on US advisers in Iraq
Hadithi made the remarks shortly after Erdogan said the Turkish army would not take orders from Iraq to leave the country. Turkey can't be excluded from a possible operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul, Turkey's president said Tuesday, telling Iraq's leader to "know his place".
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Donald Trump Bashes Paul Ryan And Declares War On GOP
In a radio interview Tuesday, the Democratic presidential nominee again suggested the race could come down to Florida. Trump tried to spin the lack of support from his own party as a good thing on Tuesday, saying it would allow him to campaign the way he wanted to.
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Marco Rubio still supports Donald Trump after gross video
On the 2005 recording ― which was reported by The Washington Post ― Trump claimed he tried to have sex with a married woman and said he could grab women "by the pussy" because he is a celebrity. "Marco's totally focused on his own race", the source said. "But what about Marco Rubio, some might ask?" "He had stronger right wing cred than Jeb and he's finding a way to the middle enough for now and he will be the most exciting choice to Republicans".
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Trump says Muslims should report stuff...so they did
The brash real estate mogul had said he would launch another investigation against Hillary for using a private email server when she was US Secretary of State. "Why they say this type of stupid things". Become a voter today by signing up with #OurVoteCounts below. Trump is highly criticized for his rhetoric against Muslims .
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Republican Party chair says no change in relationship with Trump campaign
Mike Pence said on Saturday that he was "offended" by his running mate Donald Trump's recently surfaced vulgar remarks about women , but suggested Sunday's debate might offer him a platform to "show what is in his heart". Ohio Gov. John Kasich, another former Trump primary rival, echoed the sentiment. "Just kiss. I don't even wait", he said, The Washington Post reported.
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Hillary Clinton has been projected as the victor of the second USA presidential debate against Donald Trump after a CNN/ORC poll . The former president was there to listen as Mr Trump launched his blistering critique. He had to pay an $850,000 fine. "There's never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that's been so abusive to women". Less than 24 hours after their heated second presidential debate, Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump's performance , saying ...


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The Agency said the law is already in place.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it is now ready to enforce a regulation, making noise a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment or fine or both.
The Coordinator of the Agency in Osun, Olanrewaju Anjorin, said in Osogbo on Tuesday that a 2009 gazette gave NESREA the legal cover.
Mr. Anjorin showed a correspondent a copy of the gazette which prescribes up to one year jail term or fine or both for a breach of the law.
The law prohibits unacceptable level of noise making by individuals or groups or a corporate body.
The regulation makes provisions for 'permissible noise levels, noise in excess of permissible levels, duty to control noise by place and time and noise control zones' among others.
The coordinator said that there were 24 NESREA regulations, addressing all aspects of environment; covering individuals, organisations and public sanitation conducts, adding that more regulations were underway.
According to him, "noise-making is just one of the numerous environmental conditions which are considered as public disturbance and therefore, the agency has zero tolerance for it."
Asked how the agency could determine the level of noise-making in a particular environment, Anjorin explained that the regulation had been made explicit in the agency's Noise Standard and Control Regulation.
"The agency may seize, impound, confiscate or prohibit the use of any property… which is likely to, or has caused the emission of excessive noise… if it will restore the permissible noise level in the area.
"The owner of any item seized, impounded or confiscated under these regulations shall be responsible for the costs incurred," stated the regulation.
The regulation also stated that in issuing a noise permit, the agency would do so with regard to the need for ensuring that the best practicable means were employed to minimise noise.
Therefore, "any person who contravenes any requirement or condition of a permit commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five thousand naira for everyday the offence subsists.
"On conviction, the person may be liable to a fine not exceeding N50,000 or face imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
"Where an offence is committed by a body corporate, it shall on conviction be liable to a fine of N500, 000 and additional fine of N10, 000 for everyday the offence subsists," it added.


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idea of this power from The Budda head in tree,Turn the tree be Sacred Tree many people come to pray for something they want and sometime miracle happen to cure incurable diseases.
So what if this power came form any skullby wood element have Growth power, the Tree can give skull to have life againand can use any ability before they dead like his own power.
I start rough sketch by his using power action.He must have many skulls inside his bodyHe can Growth to shape from skull he collected from any part of him.
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Get some details and make skulls for use in body part.All will be Skull Collector's body because these are Shapeshift's power.
Create mainShape by add main skull and etc, but when till Centaur's style I feel it isn't good enough,So I back to sketch, and I love tree's root style its like Budda in truck from ref.
Create Vine and add Body's transform part.
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Baron. Physician. Smuggler. Harland Hayward is living a double life as an aristocrat by day and a criminal by night. As a doctor, Harland has the perfect cover to appear in odd places at all hours, a cover he uses to his advantage. He's chosen this life to save his family from financial ruin, but he draws the line at taking advantage of the honest and trustworthy Katherine Wright.
Katherine thought she was done smuggling. Having finally convinced her ailing father and injured brother to abandon their criminal pursuits, she's returned to England to help them escape to a new life--once she helps them fulfill their last contract. And that means working with Hayward, even when her instincts tell her that becoming his ally may be a risk to her heart - as well as her life.
Life never tasted so good.
Miller Sykes's meteoric rise to award-winning chef is the stuff of culinary dreams, but it's all crashing down around him. He's been given a diagnosis that could cost him something even more precious than his life: his sense of taste. Rather than risk the very thing that defines him, Miller embarks on a last tour of his favorite meals while he still can.
But there's a catch: he needs a financial backer to make it happen, and he doesn't want anyone to know he's sick.
Dr. Clancy Rhodes has two weeks to come to terms with putting aside oncology to work at his father's thriving plastic surgery practice. When the opportunity to travel with a Michelin-starred chef presents itself, the foodie in him can't believe it. It doesn't hurt that Miller's rugged good looks are exactly Clancy's cup of joe.
As Clancy and Miller travel from coast to coast and indulge in everything from dive bars to the most decadent of culinary experiences, they're suddenly sharing a lot more than delicious meals. Sparks fly as they bond over their love of flavors and the pressures of great expectations. But when Miller's health takes a turn for the worse, Clancy must convince him he's more—so much more—than just his taste buds. And that together, they can win a battle that once seemed hopeless.
All Dr. Sloan Copeland needed was someone to watch her kids. What she found was the man of her dreams…
After a nasty divorce and a thousand mile move, Dr. Sloan Copeland and her twin daughters are finally getting the hang of their new life in Los Angeles. When their live-in nanny bails with no warning, Sloan is left scrambling to find a competent caretaker to wrangle her smart, sensitive girls. Nothing less will do.
Enter Rafe Whitcomb. He's all of those things, not to mention good-natured and one heck of a whiz in the kitchen. He's also tall, and handsome, and bearded, and ripped, and tatted, wrist to neck.
It doesn't take long for the Copelands to invite Rafe into their home. Just as quickly, both Sloan and Rafe find themselves succumbing to a heady mutual attraction, neither of them wants to deny. With every minute they spend under the same roof, this working mom can't help but wonder if Rafe can handle all her needs...
**This stand-alone romance is fluffy. So fluffy. It's fluff. Low. Angst. Fluff. featuring a large tatted, motorcycle riding ginger man, who bakes a mean bacon quiche and knows exactly how to wrangle clever six year olds while making their mom feel loved, loved, loved.**


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Coles hits back at the ACCC's price check
The details of Coles' defence against the ACCC show how hard the regulator will have to work in this case… and with stakes so high, losing will be a terrifying prospect for both parties.
Coles' defence against claims by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it acted unconscionably towards its suppliers makes it very clear that it isn't going to roll over meekly. It also outlines the strategy its legal team will employ.
The defence, filed with the Federal Court late on Monday, is in response to the action initiated by the commission in May, when it started proceedings against Coles alleging unconscionable conduct in relation to what Coles' called its "Active Retail Collaboration" program.
Under the ARC program Coles asked its suppliers for rebates or discounts in return for giving them access to a data-sharing portal which, because it would lead to more economic and efficient ordering by Coles, was supposed to reduce the suppliers' production costs, reduce waste and administration costs and transport costs.
Coles would also give them access to forward planning information, including nine-week sales forecasts and access to a 35-day order plan. It would commit to planning promotions at least six weeks in advance, wouldn't change those plans within the six weeks and would provide 12 weeks' notice of an intention to stop acquiring a particular product from the supplier. It also committed to ordering "economically efficient" quantities of product, optimising the suppliers' supply chain costs even though it could increase Coles' own inventory costs.
Coles' position is that the program represented a sharing of the benefits the suppliers would receive from the ARC program, which was developed after it had spent more than $1 billion improving its supply chain.
The ACCC has alleged that ARC was a strategy by which Coles wanted to improve its earnings by extracting better trading terms from its suppliers and that to achieve its objective it provided them with misleading information about the savings they would achieve; used undue influence, pressure and unfair tactics to gain the rebates; gained advantage by using its superior bargaining position to seek payments where there was no legitimate basis for them and didn't give the smaller suppliers sufficient time to assess the value, if any, of the ARC program.
It claimed Coles had imposed penalties on suppliers, threatened to remove their products from its shelves if they didn't participate in the program, had failed to pay them agreed prices and had discriminated against them in favour of its home brand products.
In early 2011 Coles had engaged Boston Consulting to work on its supply chain and to achieve a cost savings and earnings program. It was from that work that the ARC program was developed.
The ACCC's case is based on the treatment of the smaller, or "tier 3" suppliers. Before Coles began negotiations with them, however, it piloted the program with its largest suppliers, including Nestle, General Mills and Procter & Gamble in negotiations in May and June 2011 that took at least six weeks. Between November that year and February 2012 all three agreed to participate, with Procter & Gamble contributing 0.45 per cent of the cost of goods sold to Coles through rebates or discounts, General Mills 0.6 per cent and Nestle $208,000 a month.
Based on the progress of the negotiations with its biggest suppliers, Coles believed it had a reasonable basis for expecting the ARC program would deliver benefits to all of its suppliers and so it widened the negotiations to include another 50 of its larger suppliers and then, in October 2011, "invited" another 200 smaller suppliers – the tier 3 suppliers – to join the program, holding supplier forums to explain ARC to them.
From mid-October its category managers, armed with scripts, began making "direct asks" of the individual suppliers, with the negotiations to be escalated to include more senior managers if thought necessary to achieve an agreement. The program was targeting $16 million of revenue from the tier 3 suppliers, or roughly one per cent of their cost of goods.
Coles' general manager for Grocery and Frozen, Richard Pearson, was called into "fewer than seven" negotiations and its then merchandise director – and now managing director – John Durkan, fewer than three times. Of Pearson's seven, Coles says only one agreed to participate, while Durkan had no success at all – but Coles continued to trade with them anyway.
In fact, the 32 suppliers (out of the 200 tier 3 suppliers approached) who declined to participate in the program all still trade with Coles, albeit without access to its supplier portal and the claimed benefits that is said to generate.
So, Coles is arguing that the program involved real benefit to the suppliers; that the benefits were created by its investment in its supply chain and therefore it was entitled to a share of them; that the negotiations with the big suppliers demonstrated the benefits were perceived as real by them; that the program was voluntary and that the vast majority of the contact with the smaller suppliers was by the category managers rather than senior executives.
That latter point may be important, given that the case law suggests it isn't possible to make a case of unconscionable conduct against a company by simply looking at the conduct of its employees – there has to be some direction and system to the conduct.
In its defence Coles claims Durkan directed his general managers in November 2011 to ensure the ARC program was being implemented "in the right way" and to reiterate to the "team" that no sanctions were to be imposed or threatened on any tier 3 supplier that didn't support the ARC program. It also claims he said that, while the suppliers wouldn't receive its benefits, Coles would still trade strongly with them.
It would appear evident from the time it took to convince some suppliers – large and small – to sign up to the program that the negotiations were at least robust. It is also apparent that those who declined to join weren't going to have access to the information sharing or the "economically efficient quantities" approach to orders that the program participants would receive.
It isn't enough, however, for the negotiations to be robust for the conduct to be deemed unconscionable. It has to be something significantly more than unfair or tough, which is the norm in hard commercial negotiations. It has to be unconscionable.
If the courts ultimately deem Coles' behaviour unconscionable, it and Durkan and others will suffer major and costly damage, both financial and reputational. If the ACCC's case were to fail, it would add embarrassingly to its list of recent litigation failures. The stakes are substantial.


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For Aunt Nellie (Maddox) Drury Garrison
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The Spring's dear brightness is gone by.
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The Autumn daylight fades the brown,
But it brightens as the sun goes down
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'Fore winter's coldest shadow lands;
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So stands she firm on God's good earth
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Spring and Summer have gone by;
Autumn's here, and with a sigh,
She stands here firm at every hour;
Enjoy the sunset on the flower.
The flower has beauty through the day,
As in her life she'd live and play.
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ISA install its first equipment in the Middle East
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ISA Middle East, a company from the ISA Group, has just installed its fuel tanks solution in Egyptian territory. The first of five installations was performed on the 20th, at Marditex, a company placed in Cairo. The project's aim is to monitor and manage the level and supply of a reservoir that can store up to 35 thousand litters of fuel, which supplies a textile processing factory.
This company's administration is excited about the telemetry solution's introduction, which will enable them a better and more automated management of the fuel's stock level preventing shortage in supply that would negatively affect the factory's production rates. ISA plans to use the project's good results and performance as an example for other clients to visit and for new business opportunities.
There is a second project which has already begun in the middle of the desert, where fuel tank monitoring equipment to supply watering pivots has been installed. This is the first step of a broader automated management solution of agricultural farms which ISA is testing. The solution's implementation will allow the client to perform a more automated management and with very inferior costs through remote and real time information gathered on the terrain.
After this pilot stage, ISA Middle East will install another set of monitoring equipment on the same client and there is a chance that the work will be replicated on similar installations in various locations in the desert. Currently, ISA exports 70 per cent of its production. This move is part of the company's internationalization strategy, which has already consolidated its lead in the Portuguese remote monitoring and telemetry sector.
With these facilities, ISA Middle East, led by CTO Paulo Santos, auspiciously begins its course in Egyptian territory.


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If you are planning to visit Montréal this winter, and are in love with the upbeat Electro music, you should definitely book tickets for Igloofest at Old Port.
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For the past 9 years, Igloofest has been drawing tens of thousands of music lovers together to cheer and dance to the rise and fall of groovy and soulful beats. With the beautiful ambiance of star-lit skies above and the impressive architectural projections by way of steel structures and the icy decor of the stage, you are bound to get into the euphoric energy of the crowd at the Old port.
Like every winter, the people attending the Igloofest will witness the extreme ecstasy of music this year too. The programs include performances by the best of international as well as local DJs and artists such as Bonobo, Lunice, Paul Kalkbrenner, Lexis & Dr Love, Mistress Barbara, Dave Clarke, WYLN, Rue De Bois and B2b Mlb. Furthermore, attractions like the "One piece" contest and the Igloo Village is enough to pull people from everywhere.
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Igloofest, in its ninth edition, plans a huge extravaganza spread across four long weekends, including Fridays, Saturdays and of course, Sundays. So, in effect, you there will be as many as 12 charged up frosty night-enders. The weekends fall on the 16th-17th-18th, and then on the 23rd-24th-25th and 30th-31st and 1st February, followed by 6th-7th-8th February. You can buy your tickets from Iglooboutique, which will remain open from Monday, 21st December to Thursday, 24th December, 2015 and then from Wednesday 6th January to Saturday 6th February, 2016, from Wednesday to Saturday only. You must be at least 18 years old to attend the event.


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Locals will get a chance to name a new South African airline by submitting ideas online — along with getting a year free fights…
Want to buy that dream home, Millennials? Stop buying avocado on toast
Dear Millennial: if you want a house, stop buying avocados.
That's the advice Australian multimillionaire property mogul Tim Gurner has for young professionals struggling to purchase their first house.
Speaking on Australia's edition of 60 Minutes, Gurner explained that he spent much of his late teens and early twenties working, instead of purchasing teardrop-shaped fruit on toast.
"When I had my first business when I was 19, I was in the gym at 6 a.m. in the morning, and I finished at 10.30 at night, and I did it seven days a week and I did it until I could afford my first home," he adds.
'I have seen young people order smashed avocado with crumbled feta on five-grain toasted bread at $22 a pop and more'
"This generation is watching the Kardashians and thinking that's normal – thinking owning a Bentley is normal. They want to eat out every day; they want travel to Europe every year.
"I have seen young people order smashed avocado with crumbled feta on five-grain toasted bread at $22 a pop and more. I can afford to eat this for lunch because I am middle aged and have raised my family."
Construction mogul Tim Gurner is upfront about Australia's housing problem -he says his generation needs to stop whinging & start saving. pic.twitter.com/bysx3Jler5
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) May 14, 2017
According to CNBC, Gurner has close to US$500-million in the bank, with around US$3.8-billion worth of development projects across the country. Based on those numbers, Gurner at least boasts the credentials to shun avocados, or buy them by the dozen.
But Twitter wasn't having it.
"Just stop buying $4 coffee to save that $100,000 median deposit on a $60 k average wage while paying rent, it's so easy," one Twitter user snarked.
@60Mins Millionaires telling those that are doing it tough to harden up ……… is this satire ?
— Anderson Walker (@4ndersonWalker) May 14, 2017
@60Mins Just stop buying $4 coffee to save that $100,000 median deposit on a $60 k average wage while paying rent, it's so easy
— Anderson Walker (@4ndersonWalker) May 14, 2017
@60Mins @Channel9 Even some with little luxuries have a hard time saving. You know like heating and cooling. Lady Luck doesn't smile down on everyone
— Lucy Baker (@Lucyt_aussie) May 14, 2017
Twitter might have a point too.
Avocados: the tastiest player in the global housing crisis
Australia is in the grip of a housing price crisis at present. In December 2016, house prices across the country's eight major cities increased by nearly 9%.
With spikes like that, saving even for the most economically sensible becomes a herculean task.
In South Africa, the numbers aren't much better, at least down south. Cape Town's house prices increased by just below 4% in 2016, compared to Durban's which decreased by more than 5%.
As far as avocados go, it's highly unlikely that eating beans on toast instead will be enough to afford that dream home of yours.
The New York Times "fact-checked" Gurner's statements and arrived at this conclusion:
The truth is, even if millennials assumed the eating-out habits of baby boomers, it would take around 113 years before they could afford a down payment on a home (assuming a 20 percent down payment on the median price for a home in the United States).
TL;DR: as much as it makes sense to save, money simply doesn't grow on avocado trees.
Feature image: cyclonebill via Flickr (CC 2.0, resized)


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Local speed skater headed to Winter Olympics
Feb 01, 2018 07:11AM
By Greg James
West Jordan's Jerica Tandiman finished fourth and fifth in the ladies 500 and 1000 meters U.S. Olympic trials, qualifying her for the 2018 Winter Olympics. (John Kleba/US Speed Skating)
The 2002 Winter Olympics had scarcely ended when then 7-year-old Jerica Tandiman fell in love with speed skating. She is now headed to participate in one of the world's pinnacle winter sports events.
"It feels pretty awesome to be an Olympian," Tandiman said. "I am still trying to process it all. I am really excited, and it is something I have been working towards for years. It feels good to finally reach that goal."
Tandiman started skating shortly after the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics finished and left behind the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns—within walking distance of her home. She was fascinated with the speed and her parents enrolled her in a learn-to-skate program.
"It inspired me," she said. "I remember going to the oval and watching the speed skaters train. They went so fast. I was more interested in that than I was in figure skating or hockey. My parents knew I was competitive and like to race, so they let me try it."
She now races in speed skating's sprint races—the 500 and 1000 meters.
In the 2017 World Cup event at her home track in Kearns, she placed fourth and 12th in her 500-meter events. She placed 11th in the 1000 meter.
"In a sprint, you have such a short amount of time," Tandiman said. "Your technique needs to be spot on, and you need to be mentally prepared to make adjustments. If something goes wrong in the race, you do not have a lot of time to fix it. A typical 500 takes about 38 seconds, so if I make a little mistake that can make the difference between a podium or last place."
The national team is based in Salt Lake and she trains here year-round. As a junior skater, she made five junior world teams. Her competition schedule has taken her around the world including Russia, Norway, Italy and Japan.
"I would not have ever been able to go to all of these places if not for my speed skating," she said. "It has been really cool to travel and learn a little bit about the places I have been. I try to learn a couple of phrases in the language and sightsee a little bit."
She spends about six hours a day training on land and the ice. Rotating between racing, cardio and weight training. Along with prep work on equipment and other family chores, she has little time to herself. When she does find free time, she enjoys doodling, painting and graphic arts.
"Going into this Olympics, I don't know if I expect to medal necessarily," Tandiman said. "I hope to race some of my fastest times. There are other members of the team that have been to the games before. They have really helped encourage me. I am going to get valuable experience and try my best. I do not want a lot of pressure. I want to enjoy the experience and race the best I can."
She has a part-time job with Dick's Sporting Goods, and they also help sponsor her travel and training expenses. She graduated from Kearns High School in 2013 and attended BYU-Hawaii.
The 2018 Winter Olympics will be Feb. 9–25 in PyeongChang, South Korea. Her events will be held Feb. 14 (1000 meter) and Feb. 18 (500 meter).
She has three sisters: Justine, Julie and Jamie. Her parents are Edwin and Christine. They now live in West Jordan.
"I am looking forward to representing Utah.," Tandiman said. "I have had so much support from people in my neighborhood and friends that have known me growing up. I think it is going to be a great experience. It will be fun and exciting."


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Kompany: Different Man City must not be complacent
Vincent Kompany knows history is against Manchester City in their quest to retain the Premier League title, but he does not see complacency creeping into Pep Guardiola's ranks.
The Manchester United teams of 2007-08 and 2008-09 were the last to successfully win back-to-back crowns and Kompany has been part of two City sides since that have been unable to immediately follow up a title triumph with another championship.
However, Guardiola's men have beaten Arsenal and Huddersfield to go to the top of the embryonic Premier League table and long-serving defender Kompany believes the atmosphere around the champions is "different" to the 2012 and 2014 City sides that failed in their title defences.
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"I can only say it's different from previous years we have won the league," the City captain told reporters.
"I think everyone has been warned enough as well: no team in the last nine seasons has been able to repeat and win the league.
"There's been so many warnings we have had and every single time we almost have to fight against ourselves and our nature, not to fall in the same trap as the other teams have done, my teams included a few years ago.
"But I can see that everyone is training hard. There's so much competition in the team that we have to anyway.
"If I can say one thing, you are never guaranteed to win the league. But if we can compete then we will have done something that no other team has done since the last nine years."
Kompany has also seen no let-up in City's desire since their record-breaking title triumph.
"Not with this team, but you never know until you have done it," he added.
"Many players win the league for the first time and they come back and it's something you have to feel, to see in their eyes if things have changed or not.
"I'm not saying we are going to do as well as we did last year, but if it happens that the season is going to be different then it has to be because of the other teams being stronger, not us being weaker."


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