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Now it is all just echoes: The echo of the motorcycle club; the echo of the working class hero; the echo of America; the echo of when we never had a doubt; the echo of when we never lost a war, we were always right and we could do anything we could imagine. No wonder Harley-Davidson got rich selling nostalgia.
Once, we could even tell our boss to go to hell and walk down the street and get another job. Once, no one asked you why you wanted some particular, crappy job:
"So what makes you want to pursue a career in telemarketing?"
"Well, you know, I'm broke. And, your ad was at the top of the page."
Once, nobody asked you why you owned a motorcycle. Once it was natural to ride with a club. Once, they never actually came out and asked you, "Are you ready to die for this club?"
Pagans Version 1.0
Riding on the Edge, a new book by John Hall, is an unusually engaging piece of work about once upon a time in the Pagans Motorcycle Club. Like most engaging writing, what Hall has to say may or may not be all literally true. The important thing is that most of it sounds true. Parts of it are too good not to be true.
Hall rode with the Pagans in 1967 and 1968, just when the club was patching over a dozen or so other clubs. The book is about the historical moment when the super-power motorcycle clubs like the Pagans were born. During that moment Hall was a chapter president with the club on Long Island.
Most of all, Hall has written a book about how hard it was to get arrested in the late 1960s. He recalls a time when it was almost normal for young, working class men to work with their hands all week and then get sloppy drunk, fight, flaunt the law, offend convention, test their mortality and have meaningless, anonymous sex every weekend. It could never happen now. Which is only one of the reasons why it still sounds like fun.
Come On People Let's Love One Another
The summer of 1967 is generally remembered, when it is remembered, as "The Summer of Love," the golden age of hippies. Hall's book is about the golden age of outlaw bikers. Neither golden age lasted much longer than a minute.
And even in that haloed moment, Hall writes, there were outlaws who had begun to think farther ahead than next Friday night. Men at the far end of their twenties or even their early thirties who:
"…believed that the club could endure and evolve into a brotherhood of middle-aged men united around a common set of interests that included motorcycles. Men who could have wives and kids and camps and boats, and not throw it all away for the sake of wrecking some bar. Of course, some of the guys…thought that we could just as well rip off our one-percent patches and join an AMA club…."
And, of course that is exactly what happened. And, the once merely trivial act of wrecking a bar is exactly what landed Hall in prison.
After prison, Hall never returned to the club but he did lead an interesting life and he obviously developed an admiration for books. Riding on the edge is liberally spiced with quotations from literary sources that range from Herman Hesse, Jack London and Joseph Goebbels to The Norse Edda.
So, it is not farfetched to guess that Hall was trying to write the Beowulf of outlaw bikers. Apparently, he worked on Riding on the Edge for about ten years. He had thirty years to consider his youth before that. By his own account he is an autodidact, a self-educated man, and so it is also not far-fetched to imagine that this is not the Beowulf of outlaws only because Beowulf was the one great book on the great, big list of great books that Hall happened to miss.
Beowulf begins, in loose but not inaccurate translation:
Sit down and shut up! You should know what knife fighters like us did once!
You should know who led us and how bold we were!
You should remember who led us! Like Shoot Shaving,
the packs he led and the taverns he wrecked!
Even people all the way over in Sweden were afraid of him!
Hall's Shoot Shaving, or Scyld Scefing as the big brains like to spell it, is an outlaw named Sweet William Parker who was a close friend of Hall's and a leader of the Pagans during their late 60s expansion. It probably will not spoil the book for you to learn that Parker does not make it to the final page. Because it is in Parker's memory that Hall has imagined his book.
In his summing up Hall writes:
"I wondered how many of those jailed Pagans who were drinking beer…even knew who Sweet William Parker was…. All the newspaper articles mentioned was that Long Island was Pagan country, but none of them explained why. The answer was buried in a grave in Pinelawn National Cemetery With Sweet William Parker, who, along with other now-dead brothers, created an American folk legend that will endure forever."
Then And Now
One of the wonders of our day, Hall notices, is that middle-aged men no longer want to go to country-clubs "dressed like Johnny Carson." Now they want to ride custom choppers dressed like 1960s outlaws. Maybe they miss what they once had. Maybe they miss what they missed.
It does not matter either way. It is still all gone. We are no longer what we were. None of us, individually or collectively. The best we can hope for is what we might yet be.
All that has ever been left of the past is echoes. But, that does not make the echo John Hall sings any less startling and clear.


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The Institute for Urban Affairs and the Institute Social Innovation and Impact at the University of Northampton, have been engaged with members of the innovative neighbourhood housing provider Cannock Mill Cohousing Colchester Ltd. to describe the ambition and creation of the company as one of the case study social enterprises (SEs) in research being undertaken on New Generation Social Enterprises funded by the European Union under its programme 'Enabling the Flourishing and Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship for Innovative and Inclusive Societies project' (EFESEIIS).
Cannock Mill Cohousing has a fundamental ambition to commission and build low energy and environmentally friendly homes with a shared 'common house', land and facilities at Cannock Mill in Colchester (one of the Eastern counties in England). Members believe in the power of individuals coming together as a collective decision-making 'intentional' enterprise within a very community-focused setting, and are aiming for the maximum eco-efficiency that collective resources can allow: low energy homes, water efficiency, solar power generation, growing fruit and veg – in other words 'living lightly'. Central to the company's ambitions are to provide housing and adjacent facilities that will creatively support an 'active ageing' of the residents.
An initial site for the company's Colchester project has now been purchased and formal planning permission for the proposed buildings and facilities has been recently obtained from the local planning authority. Interviews with core members of the company are being undertaken, plus a planned workshop event to happen over the next few weeks : the context of the company's ambition is being additionally explored through a compilation of information on other complementary schemes by older residents in other parts of the country to create and manage innovative neighbourhood and housing provisions.

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His power generation work includes detailed equipment specifications; equipment selection for electrical and control systems; design and layout of power plant electrical equipment; generator factory testing; design of electrical schemes and single line diagrams for high and low voltage systems, grounding systems, cable tray systems, cable selection, HVAC electrical systems, cable schedules, protective relay selection, specification and settings; and review of OEM drawings. He is skilled in using ETAP PowerStation (Electrical Transient Analyzer Program) and SIMSEN software for short-circuit, load flow, transient stability analyzes, ARC Flash study and motor starting study.


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LaGrange's Great Spooktacular Organ Concert! Sponsored by the Choral Society of West Georgia in collaboration with the LaGrange Downtown Development Authority, talented area organists will share their amazing and most fun-filled seasonal organ skills on Saturday evening, October 27, in a free, family-friendly Great Spectacular Organ Concert! What a great outing for friends and family. Featuring Ken Bailey, Cindy Brown, Eve McKibben, Anthony Criswell, Randall Smith, Tyra Crowe, James Camp, Andrew Harry and Paul Culp.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 27 and this great Spooktacular Concert held at 7:00 PM, First United Methodist Church in LaGrange, GA.
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Often, in our travels around the world (or neighborhood), there are events or trips that we go on where they advertise "free childcare!" - it ranges from PTA meetings to the Disney cruise. It's pretty much impossible to take advantage of these pre-arranged child care options for Edda as it's hard to just drop her off with someone who hasn't met Edda before and also has 8-10 other kids to look after.
Jeremy and I went to a potluck at church on Saturday night, and of course, there was free childcare. I asked to put Edda on the list, I haven't done this before and normally I would ask Eliana to watch Edda at home on Saturday night, but it was Eliana's birthday and also the church is always, always telling me that they can handle Edda (which I know they want to be able to do).. Anyhoo, we show up and there are like 40 kids packed with very little intersitial space between them and a few adult babysitters who seemed already overwhelmed (only 25 kids had signed up for the child care). I don't want to be like, OMG, they totally weren't prepared for Edda, because everyone was very nice about it all and they were already SO MANY KIDS.
So we took Edda with us to dinner and Edda had a nice time. Edda is pretty low maintenance these days at dinner, she'll eat and watch TV and be pretty easy to manage until it creeps close to 8:30ish when she's ready for bed. Vince, of course, had a great time elbow deep with the other kiddos.


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Kamehameha School's Kapalama Elementary has raised more than $1 million dollars for the American Heart Association over the years. They get this Morning's Shakas. The school has been participating in the jump rope for heart program for nearly 40 years now-- and this year, the students surpassed the $1 million mark. The program promotes community service by raising funds for lifesaving heart and stroke research programs. It also gets kids moving-- learning jump rope skills and how to stay healthy. The American Heart Association funds research at queen's medical center-- which aims to reduce the unusually high stroke risk found in native Hawaiian populations
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Reviewed by Ian Forbes
If you've been wondering where the stereotypical independent film has been lately, look no further than Nobody Walks. Written by indie darlings Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young (the latter also sitting in the director's chair), it once again tackles the question of what happens to a seemingly happy family who each have their own societally taboo temptations when you stir them all up with the introduction of a young, attractive, and beguiling woman.
homewrecker new woman in their lives is Olivia Thirlby, who's jetted into Los Angeles from New York to get help sound mixing a film project for her upcoming art gallery show (doesn't this just scream hipster?). Thirlby continues to exhibit a combination of sweet, almost innocent youthfulness and the allure of a woman beyond her years. Added to that is an almost pathological need to flirt and feel like she has the romantic power anytime a man is in her vicinity. Here, her character is the catalyst for change and desire for all those who meet her; that new person in their lives that brings the idea that your life can be reinvigorated if you want it to – though whether pursuing that notion is a good idea is the crux of the conflicts that arise.
The fresh surprise is India Ennenga, whose most noticeable work to date is on the HBO series Treme. She's forced to navigate the waters of growing up amidst a sea of adults all on the verge of self-destruction. Her role models are good at showing affection but terrible at being examples of how to act grown up (the bohemian lifestyle exhibited by her parents certainly don't help there either). Rosemarie DeWitt, who plays her mom, comes closest to being the responsible one but with so many emotions swirling around, she inevitably succumbs on some level to temptation despite her ability to recognize the outcome of her decisions.
You could almost think of this as a modern day interpretation of a British romantic period piece, like something Jane Austen or Charlotte Brontë would have written if they were alive today. The difference here is that there's no class struggle underpinning the angst and yearning, so it comes off feeling a bit like "first world problems" rather than tragic heartbreak.
On the plus side, there's the music by Fall on Your Sword, who show that their excellent work on Another Earth wasn't a fluke and this is one my favorite scores of 2012. Their mix of traditional and electronic scoring creates the right atmosphere for a movie like this and certainly help to remain engaged to the subject material, despite the ability to predict the outcome of everyone's actions within the first half-hour.
The film suffers most of all from being a cliché. The issues aren't approached from an angle anyone might consider novel, with the only clear difference being the new Hollywood sheen in which each character is glossed via their professions. The performances are pretty good for the most part, so between the actor's efforts and the score, the title Nobody Walks shouldn't become ironic to theater audiences intrigued by the premise or trailer; but whether I'd recommend anyone walk in to the theater in the first place is far more hit and miss.
Nobody Walks hits theaters on October 26, 2012 and is rated R for sexuality, language and some drug use.
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Friuli Venezia Giulia has a large, complicated and fascinating history. A border region between Italy, Austria and Slovenia, it's been constantly fought over, controlled, traded. Everyone from Attila the Hun to the Nazis have passed through Friuli to gain access to the important sea ports of the Adriatic Sea. The region or parts of the region have been controlled by the Lombards, the Romans, the Venetians. For a brief period Napoleon controlled an area, then for an extended time the Hapsburg Empire controlled the area, bringing with it the sauerkraut, meatballs and cabbage rolls of its Austro-Hungarian culture. Later, some of the worst battles of World War I were fought there.
Throughout its history the mixed culture of Friuli brought with it terrible wars and a population who rarely if ever felt an allegiance to whichever power was currently ruling. However, it has also created a cuisine absolutely unique to the area. As foods and spices sailed into the port of Trieste from all over the world, the ever-changing border lines meant that the heavily spiced cuisine of Slovenia was just as easily found in Friuli Venezia Giulia, the fermented vegetables of Austria as well, and the coffee, oh the coffee.
If you read this blog then you know that there's no such thing as 'Italian food', only regional food, and I haven't found any other Italian food similar to Friuli Venezia Giulia's cuisine. I thoroughly enjoyed eating my way through the region's history, through its cultural exchanges and cuisine adaptations.
Only Torino in Piemonte might be able to rival Trieste in terms of coffee, with the headquarters of Lavazza and it's fabulous cafés, but Trieste has incredible coffee rolling into it's port daily, the headquarters of Illy Coffee and a much longer history to stand behind it. The Viennese have been drinking coffee since 1683, coffee that has, of course, come through Trieste. The city itself had nearly 40 caffès where you could hear German, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, maybe even English and Greek as writers like James Joyce and Italo Svevo, poets, artists and even scientists like Sigmund Freud conversed. Try a cappuccino triestino while you're there. Different than a normal cappuccino, it's usually served in an espresso glass, has less foamed milk and often is topped with whipped cream.
Prosciutto di San Daniele
Famous in all of Italy, prosciutto di San Daniele is a high-quality, air-cured ham sliced very thin and usually eaten as an antipasto, an appetizer.
Pronounced 'hoe-tah', jota is a soup made with white cabbage sauerkraut, beans, pork and potatoes. Mixed together it makes for a creamy, delicious hearty soup that's a perfect aid against the cold weather and Bora wind of the region.
Gnocchi di Susine
Gnocchi dumplings filled with ripe prunes that soften as the gnocchi cook. Noting that Italians rarely mix sweet and salty flavors and hardly ever use fruit in their cooking unless it's a dessert, this is a prime example of a foreign cuisine influencing the local cuisine. Whereas those in the East probably made it inside pierogis, across the border in Italy they made it inside the ever-present gnocchi.
My only regret of the trip was that I wasn't able to find and devour this odd dish. Cjalzons or cialzons or Cjarsons – the name varies as widely as the ingredients you'll find inside. These ravioli are stuffed with cheese, eggs and vegetables, but it's not uncommon to have up to 40 different ingredients in the filling. Classic recipes include ricotta cheese, nutmeg, cocoa, sage leaves…I was intrigued by the randomness of the combinations and the sheer quantity of ingredients!
Frico or Fricco, in some places, is an out-of-this world melted cheese dish. Made with local Montasio cheese, the cheese is melted into a round ball, with a ever-so-slightly hard exterior and a melty gooey interior. Sometimes made with potatoes or served with polenta, a small amount can be eaten as an appetizer, or do as we did and thoroughly enjoy a large frico as your main meal.
This is another that I unfortunately wasn't able to try, but saw on menus throughout the region. Muset is a cotechino pork sausage (to learn more about cotechino, read here) that is highly spice and often includes cinnamon. Another observation: muset is like the musetto of the pig, or the snout. Though it is made into a sausage, so you wouldn't be eating the straight snout, I imagine this is, or once was, made with the snout of the pig. It's often served con la brovada, otherwise known as turnips fermented in red wine. This is a classic side for a pork dish and is most found in Pordenone, Gorizia and Udine.
Ah Marco's favorite. Stinco means shin. If there's something that resembles the feasts of vikings, this dish would be it. The entire shin bone and meat (either pig or cow) is served in front of you along with potatoes and, of course, wine. Oily, gluttonous and wildly flavorful, don't let the size intimidate you. This is a winner for all you carnivores out there.
I also noticed a tendency toward wild poultry such as pheasant, duck and quail. Not one to indulge in a stinco, I enjoyed a sort of pheasant steak flavored with a thin slice of bacon as well as duck-filled ravioli while I was there. Both made with an adeptness that suggested they know how to cook with this particular meat.
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Though most think of the hills of Tuscany as Italy's wine powerhouse, many of the wines known throughout the world are produced on the terraced, limestone hills of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Equally famous for its whites as well as its reds, the wine from this region is some of my favorite in all of Italy. Enjoy a glass of red wine with Merlot and Cabernet from Udine or, my favorite, a Refosco from Trieste. Head to the Colli Orientali or Eastern Hills along the border with Slovenia for lesser known but just as delicious wines. Go white with a Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay from Udine, or take your pick from Müller Thurgau, Pinot Bianco, Ribolla Gialla, even Riesling. It's not uncommon to see Friulans drinking a class at 10 in the morning, but be careful, these wines may go down like water, but they are as strong as a Friulan!
And finally, the fire water known as grappa. No list of Friuli's foods and drinks is complete without at least mentioning this powerful alcohol. I've written a general guide for Grappa here for those who want to know more. The high-quality grape skins from Friuli's high-quality wines creates some of the finest grappa in all of Italy, and some of Italy's most famous grappa producers are based here. Though this spirit isn't for everyone – it's anywhere from 35 to 60 percent alcohol or 70 to 120 US proof – it's a well-appreciated part of the culture. Try it once post-dinner to decide for yourself.
In a certain sense, traveling throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia is like traveling in a different country. The signs are all in Slovenian and Italian, the people switch between languages without batting an eye and the mix of cultures has created a completely unique cuisine. Though the region and its people have suffered greatly, no one can say that they don't appreciate beauty – and isn't that beauty best found in a great meal and an incredible glass of wine!
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Chapter 3 - Authoring Event Content Fragments
Chapter 3 of the AEM Headless tutorial covers creating and authoring Events Content Fragments from the Content Fragment Model created in Chapter 2 .
Authoring an Event Content Fragment
With an Event Content Fragment Model created and the AEM Configuration for WKND applied to the /content/dam/wknd-mobile Asset folder (via the cq:conf property), a Event Content Fragment can be created.
Content Fragments, which are a type of Asset, should be organized and managed in AEM Assets just like other assets.
- Use locale folders in the Assets folder structure if translation is (or may be) required
- Logically organize Content Fragments so they are easy to locate and manage
In this step, well create a new Event for Punkrock Fest in the /content/dam/wknd-mobile/en/events assets folder.
- Navigate to AEM > Assets > Files > WKND Mobile > English and create Asset folders Events .
- Within Assets > Files > WKND Mobile > English > Events create a new Content Fragment of type Event with a title of Punkrock Fest .
- Author the newly created Event Content Fragment.
Tap Save in the top action bar to save changes.
- Event Title : Punkrock Fest
- Event Description : <Enter a few lines of description...>
- Event Date : <Select a date in the future>
- Event Type : Music
- Ticket Price : 10
- Event Image : /content/dam/wknd-mobile/images/tom-rogerson-574325-unsplash.jpg
- Venue Name : The Reptile House
- Venue City : New York
- Using AEM's Package Manager , install the package below on AEM Author. This package contains a number of Event Content Fragments.
Reviewing the Content Fragment's JCR structure
This section is informational only and meant to socialize the underlying JCR structure of Content Fragments made from Content Fragment Models.
- Open CRXDE Lite on AEM Author.
- In CRXDE Lite, on the left-hand hierarchy menu, navigate to /content/dam/wknd-mobile/en/events/punkrock-fest/jcr:content which is the node representing the Punkrock Fest Event Content Fragment in the JCR.
- Expand the data node. Review in the Properties pane that it has a property cq:model that points to the Event Content Fragment Model definition.
- cq:model = /conf/settings/wknd-mobile/dam/cfm/models/event
- Beneath the data node select the master node and review the properties. This node contains the content collected during the authoring of an Event Content Fragment Model. The JCR property names correspond to the Content Fragment Model property name's, and the values correspond to the authored values of the "Punkrock Fest" Event Content Fragment.
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It is recommended, you install the com.adobe.aem.guides.wknd-mobile.content.chapter-3.zip content package on AEM Author via AEM's Package Manager . This package contains the configurations and content outlined in this and preceding chapters of the tutorial.
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World Aids Day at the Carnegie Community Centre
November 29, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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VIDC will be celebrating World Aids Day at the Carnegie Community Centre. We will be hosting our booth inside the theatre from 10:00am-3:00pm and will be offering free HCV and HIV testing from 10:30am-12:30pm. Incentives will be provided for all participants.
Dr. Conway will also be a guest speaker at 1:00pm to give a message of hope and action! Come join us and the community on this special day!


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With iOS 11.4, Apple finally added a number of new and much awaited features to HomePod. Thanks to updated AirPlay 2 protocol, HomePod now supports stereo pairing and multi-room audio. Siri on HomePod can also handle calendar events now. This makes HomePod a little more functional than it was a week ago, however, it still has a long way to go before it can compete against the likes of Google Home and Alexa. Meanwhile, with the addition of these new features, here are all the new tricks that the HomePod can do now.
Play audio to multiple speakers
The change in iOS 11's audio controls were always intended to accommodate the capability of playing audio to multiple speakers. While AirPlay 2 took some time to roll out, the controls finally make more sense. When you're playing audio in any app, you can either swipe up the control center and long press on the audio card (the controls with the playback buttons) to open volume controls. From this screen, you can tap and select or deselect different devices to play audio (music or podcasts) to them. This will also show individual volume controls for each device you enable, so you can set different volume levels using the sliders.
If you are playing different audio to different devices at the same time, you will see the audio card for each of the device, group or zone, with its own output details, playback and volume controls.
You can also use Siri to play music to a specific speaker or all speakers just by using commands like "Play music everywhere", "play music in the bedroom speaker" or "play music downstairs", if you have setup your speakers in zones.
From your Mac, you can click on the AirPlay icon in iTunes to output audio to individual speakers or multiple speakers at the same time. Apple TV also has limited support for outputting music to HomePods. When listening to music, swipe up on the Siri remote and click on the Airplay icon. You will see a list of your speakers and zones to playback audio to.
A number of third party companies will be releasing AirPlay 2 compatible speakers and they will also support multi-room audio, along with HomePod.
Create a HomePod stereo pair
This feature was announced along with HomePod, but it took almost 4 months after the smart speaker's release for it to gain this functionality. As the feature name suggests, you need two HomePods to enable it. After the initial setup, both speakers work intelligently with each other to create stereo audio output.
To setup Stereo Pair, make sure that both of your HomePods are connected to the same wireless network and added to your iOS Home app.
- Open the Home app and long press on one of your HomePods and tap details
- Tap on Create Stereo Pair
- Select your second HomePod to create a group
- Tap on the HomePod icons to setup the correct right and left audio channels or swap them. That's all you need to do. Your stereo pairing is now setup and you can use your iOS devices, Apple TV or Siri voice control to playback audio to this new setup.
If, for some reason, you want to remove the stereo pairing, simply go to the Home app, tap and hold on the grouped HomePods, tap details and tap on Ungroup Accessories.
Use Calendar with Siri on HomePod
Apple has made Siri a little bit smarter by adding calendar support. With this new feature, you can talk to Siri on HomePod to add/edit and delete calendar events. However, there are two requirements to use this feature:
- Your iOS device must be connected to the same Wireless network as the HomePod
- You iOS device and HomePod must be using the same Apple ID
- Personal Requests must be setup. This can be done by going to to Home app, tapping on compass icon, tapping on your name and turning on the toggle for Personal Requests.
- This feature only works in US, UK and Australia. If you have a HomePod but are not in any of these countries, you can change your region settings to enable this feature.
The issue with this feature is that it does not recognize your voice so functionality is very limited. Unlike Google Home and Alexa, it will not recognize you and use your own calendar or settings. I hope Apple announces similar functionality at WWDC 2018.


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MAC 2into1 Chrome Megaphone Exhaust for all the Honda CX500 models. This is a great exhaust for a custom build, it looks really sharp, simple and shiny! Includes mounting hardware.
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The Celebrity Big Brother cast is, as usual, a mess. What are the chances of Dina Lohan and Anthony Scaramucci hooking up? How does the law of attraction work with scammers – would they repel or gravitate towards each other?
How hard are David Beckham's kids teasing him about this today?
Come April, Lainey and I often rant about all the people dressed like assholes at Coachella. Nina Dobrev's 30th birthday theme was "Ninachella" and I can't tell if it was supposed to be earnest or ironic.
Is Andy Bovine part Matt Damon, part Landry? It checks out.
What's this? Jared Leto? MODELLING?
Hot person pretending to be humble + glasses = "weirdo."
As we are in the thick of award season red carpets, I wanted to check in on Marchesa to see how much women are wearing it outside of Anna Wintour's domain. There have been a few sightings (Patricia Clarkson, Rita Ora) but the brand is not as present as it has been in the past – not even close. I have very mixed feelings about Marchesa – on the one hand, no woman's career should be destroyed because of her husband's crimes. On the other, Harvey actively pressured/bullied women into wearing the gowns and it's hard to believe that Georgina Chapman wasn't aware of the power he wielded and how he used that power to her advantage. Without his interference, fewer stylists and stars are willing to work with Marchesa. But we still have the biggest red carpet of the season, the Oscars, coming up. Can Anna convince anyone to wear one of their dresses?


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Ahhhhhh squats. Like moths and light-bulbs, fish and chips or Starsky and Hutch, they go hand in hand with leg day and are an essential part of any workout.
Some love them, some hate them, but squats, just like protein shakes, come in many different shapes and sizes…and flavours.
So what are these splendiferous variations? Well let's start with the most famous of them all.
The back squat
What is it?
If you workout, and you don't know what a back squat is, then you need to have a long hard look at yourself. If you are new to all this, then get to know the back squat, as you'll see it, and hopefully perform it, a lot.
In simple terms, you place a bar across your shoulders, at the base of your neck, steady/hold it with your arms, and lower yourself down. There has been a lot written about squats over time, from how to fix your squat to a list of the worst squatting mistakes, but in general, you need to keep your movement steady and make sure you dip nice and low.
Why should I do it?
The common back squat works your lower back, your quads, hamstrings and is generally the King of the Gym. For toning your bottom, it is perhaps the most popular exercise but less specifically, it works pretty much all of your legs, so is perfect for bodybuilders and athletes alike.
The hack squat
What is it?
It doesn't really look that pretty. To perform a hack squat you hold the bar behind you, around the top of your bottom, and then lower your body, letting the bar dangle below. To do this, you need to lift the bar off the ground, which in turn leads some to putting it in the deadlift camp.
Why should I do it?
You might be able to squat 100kg normally, but with a hack squat, you can only lift as much as your grip will allow, and that is not only why you should start light, but is also why a hack squat is a great way to improve said grip. Apart from your grip, you also work the quads, as well as engaging the other leg muscles.
Finally, if you struggle from spinal problems, or are deloading, then you have an exercise that you can work with, as there is no spinal compression with this variation.
The goblet or sumo squat
What is it?
They both work on the same principle, in the same way, but essentially you need to have a wider stance, a dumbbell or kettlebell held at the chest and then lower yourself like you would with any squat.
Why should I do it?
With this variation, you again miss out on spinal compression, and you again work the legs, especially the quads. More specifically, it is a very good exercise for working the inner thigh adductors, without going on that god awful machine where making eye contact is similar to the introduction to the most of the material on PornHub. Furthermore, it is a great way to improve balance and posture, as you need to ensure you don't lean forward.
The one legged squat
What is it?
This can be a variation on a variation if you like. The clue is in the name, but to perform it right, put one leg out in front of you, balancing on the other, and then perform whatever squat you have picked. To begin, go weightless and pick a sumo or back squat when you add in some weight.
Why should I do it?
If you can master this, then your balance will be near to that of a ballerina. You will also see improvements in your core strength, due to the stability you need for the movement and of course you will engage your lower body muscles.
The Zercher squat
What is it?
Try and do it better than him.
Named after Ed Zercher, a strongman from Missouri in the 1930s, this is in many ways a bridge between deadlifting and squatting. To perform it, bend your elbows at your side, akin to a bicep curl, and place the bar in the crook of your elbows. Then with a wide stance, squat until either the bar touches your thighs, or your elbows go between your knees.
Why should I do it?
Like the hack or sumo, there is less spinal compression, but there are once more other benefits. For a start, you engage your arms, as they are very much needed to hold the weight. You also engage your hips, and that in turn is good for posture.
The front squat
What is it?
Put simply, it's the back squat, with the bar at the front of your neck. Becoming more and more popular, arguably due to the rise of Olympic lifting and CrossFit, it has been shown to be just as good an exercise as the back squat.
Why should I do it?
Apart from the benefits that you'd come to expect, a front squat has also shown to be a good alternative to back squats for those with knee or joint problems. Additionally, if you want to train the upper back then front squats are a good exercise.
The overhead squat
What is it?
The last in our list, is perhaps the most difficult to master. Putting the bar above your head, just as you would at the end of a clean and jerk, you then perform the same movement you would with a front or back squat.
Why should I do it?
Like the one legged squat, this will have huge benefits when it comes to balance. Also, as you need to stabilise the bar you will engage your core muscles, and in turn improve your muscular control. For those looking to improve their clean and jerk, or similar Olympic weightlifting movements, then this is a great exercise for working on the midpoint of the snatch.


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Ryan Shay
I am grateful for the digest collections of reports and tributes to Ryan Shay. I only knew of him but thought highly of his talents and determination. Runners' World, among other sites, has some good news feeds on his continuing tribute and tragic death.
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Part 1: FibromyalgiaI always thought I would be starting with the obligatory aches and pains around the same time as I was beginning to draw from my pension. It's safe to say that I wasn't prepared for being the 25 year old who made disgruntled noises when standing from sitting, who needs a lie down with a hot water bottle every night and who requires at least 9 hours of sleep a night in order to function the next day. I had always put it down to lifestyle – my job is physically demanding, and I could rival Quasimodo with my embarrassingly bad posture.
Fibromyalgia – My story
For ten years I was back and forth from specialists – doctors, chiropractors, physiotherapy, X-rays, scans and blood tests – nothing ever showed up as abnormal. I was told time and time again that I had a bad posture and that was the cause of all of my problems. I believe this is a very under-diagnosed condition, due to the fact that it is indeed difficult to diagnose.
I knew there had to be something wrong, as the way I was feeling wasn't normal – and I was getting worse with age. A rheumatologist confirmed within two minutes last month that it was 'classic fibro' (I must admit the relief that there was a shorter way to say the word!)
Hello, Fibromyalgia, it's not so nice to meet you.
Fibromyalgia is characterised by the following symptoms:
· A general feeling of pain all over the body
· Increased sensitivity to pain
· Muscle stiffness
· Difficulty sleeping
· Problems with mental processes – know as 'fibro fog' – such as problems with memory and concentration
· Headaches
· Irritable bowel syndrome
Other symptoms could include:
· Sensitivity to cold and heat
· Incontinence
· Anxiety and depression
· Dryness in the mouth, nose and eyes
· Numbness and/or poor circulation in the fingers and feet
· Restless legs syndrome
· Stiffness
Notice a pattern at all? It's all things that cannot be seen by the naked eye. From the outside you will look absolutely fine; this is both a relief and a frustration, as it can be difficult for friends, family and work colleagues to understand fully what you live with on a day-to-day basis. There are some illnesses that have similar symptoms such as M.E and Lupus. Fortunately, this is not a life threatening illness. It can affect quality of life quite significantly, and although there is no cure, there are many lifestyle changes that can be implemented to help.
What is Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)?
Although the direct cause is relatively unknown, it is thought to be related to abnormal levels of certain chemicals in the brain as well as changes in the way the nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) processes pain messages carried around the body. Sufferers describe the pain as similar to arthritic pain, although FMS does not affect the joints.
As well as this, Fibromyalgia can be triggered by a physically or emotionally stressful event i.e. a traumatic childhood or the death of a loved one.
It affects 7 times more women than it does men, and although it can develop at any age, it is most common between the ages of 30 and 50. Although there is not an exact figure on how many sufferers there are due to the difficulty involved in getting a diagnosis, it is estimated that 1 in 20 could have it. It is also thought to be genetic in some cases.
Treatment for Fibromyalgia
This is the first on my list as this, in my experience, is the only thing that truly helps this condition. However, it is a bit of a minefield what you should and shouldn't be doing, as many exercises aggravate FMS. As a rule of thumb, avoid high impact sports (running, circuits, and lifting heavy weights) or sports where you are pushed too hard. I've since admitted defeat and retired from exercise classes. Instead opt for lighter exercises such as swimming, yoga, cycling and Pilates. I also find a gentle gym work out very beneficial – getting the heart rate up and the blood pumping around the body is excellent for alleviating the muscular pains that come with FMS.
Heat treatments
Heat is a God-send when it comes to Fibromyalgia. It was no coincidence that most of my symptoms cleared this year when I went to Gran Canaria for a week of sun (I maintain that I should have been born in a warm climate!) Heat treatments such as hot water bottles, hot baths, electric blankets and hot stone massages are instant soothers for the painful muscles.
I am definitely not qualified to be advising what medications should be prescribed for this condition, and you should visit your GP for sound advice on whether medication could help or not. But generally, the main medications that are prescribed are anti-depressants, such as Amitriptyline, and painkillers, such as co-codomal.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
This is a common recommended treatment for FMS. CBT is a therapy which focuses on changing the way that you think about certain things, as well as your own responses to them. I can appreciate fully that this is an illness where it would be tempting to throw your hands up and admit defeat; this therapy is designed to help change your mind set into a more positive one. Lily Murray at Lotus Blue on Cromwell Street offers this type of counselling.
Learn to take it easy
With this illness, you simply cannot live a life without some adaption. Learning to pace yourself will help preserve your energy and improve your quality of life.
· When you are having a 'good day' do not over-do it.
· Find the right balance between activity and rest, ensuring you are taking regular time to relax.
· If you know you have a big event coming up which will require you to be on the go for several hours, ensure you are doing things that help your symptoms on the days before i.e. eating well, doing light exercise, getting a good night's sleep.
· Try to avoid stress in your life where possible, as this aggravates symptoms.
· Explain your illness to family and friends, ensuring they have a sound understanding.
Diet plays a role in the headaches and fibro-fog that comes from FMS. I was advised to cut gluten from my diet to help my symptoms. This made a lot of sense as I often feel at my worst when I've eaten something that is heavy with flour or anything that is very processed/reheated. However, gluten free is no easy feat!
Keeping a food diary and noting how you feel after each meal should help you determine what foods/drinks help or make you worse – do you get headaches after eating sugar? Or feel fatigued after eating bread?
In general, it makes sense to eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein, while cutting back on processed foods and sugar. This will help to increase energy levels and improve your overall health.
Since my diagnosis I've been able to manage my symptoms much better by changing my diet, exercising more and by not doing too much on days where I have no symptoms. Yes Hoover, I'm looking at you!
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"The Key to The Kingdom"
(c) Rebekah L. Copeland, Aiijuin Graphics 2011
*Disclaimer * Based on "Labyrinth" by The Jim Henson Company (c) 1986
Genre: Quest/Fantasy/Action/Adventure, Rated: K - for every age group
**Chapter one follows immediately below the brief full summary and the writer request. Thank you!
Full Summary:
Young Jason Williams is the son of Toby Williams… or is he really?
Jason 'Jaye' Williams has only two days left before his tenth birthday and plans on spending it in the ballpark with his friends, however fate has different plans for him. After being sent home from school on suspension for something that clearly wasn't his fault, his father gives him an amulet that causes Jaye to get kidnapped in the middle of the night by Captain James Hook. As the boy is sailing on his way towards Neverland, he's about to discover that he really isn't the person who he thought he was all along!
Without much choice in the matter, Jason winds up having the most exhilarating and life-impacting adventure across the universe in order to find the key to his identity and the answers to his questions. Unfortunately, everything that he needs lies somewhere in the heart of the Goblin Kingdom and it is the one place that he can't seem to reach!
Read Jaye's story as he meets new and familiar faces from Neverland, Fantastica, Oz, Wonderland and more in: "The Key to the Kingdom"
Writer request: I implore you to read at least the first seven or eight chapters of this story before you pass judgement on it, or simply turn away. They are not that long. "Key to the Kingdom" was carefully designed to be a quest story, with undertones of Sarah Williams and Jareth the Goblin King implied within the background. It IS a Sarah/Jareth story, and they DO eventually enter into the plot, but most of the story has been written from a slightly different perspective, and therefore pioneers towards a new path that most other writers of S/J fanfiction rarely dare to venture into. Remember! The greatest adventures in life always begin with a first step! Be brave and give it half-a-chance! Thank you for reading!
Chapter One: An Inconvenient Truth
Jason Williams always knew that he was different from the other boys his own age, but the most frustrating thing was that he never knew exactly, why? At nine years old, it didn't bother him that he was taller than most children in his class, nor did it upset him that he scored less-than-average in his arithmetic class. Ha! In his opinion, math was boring anyway. No, Jason just knew that something was amiss in his life, which made him feel a bit misplaced in the Big Apple, and also within the upscale condo home, belonging to his mom and dad.
Williams plunged his head deeper into his hands, as he sunk miserably into the chair facing the principal's office door. He knew that he would be grounded for sure this time. All hopes of his tenth birthday party in the ballpark with his friends would be shattered once Mrs. Hibbartstein called his dad. In fact, Jason was already imagining his dad's ice-blue eyes squinting down at him in disappointment. Jason tried to muster up fake tears, but he stopped once Maggie Johnson walked by. With her chocolate brown pigtails, and beaming turquoise-colored eyes, he thought that she was sort of cute, for a girl. Although Maggie probably didn't know that Jason even existed, he simply didn't want to chance having her see him cry, and then – worst of all – having her think that he was a sissy for doing so.
"Mr. Williams," a voice squeaked from the partially-opened principal's door. Jason stiffened up, stood up, and did the best that he could in order to keep his knees from buckling under him in fear. Slowly, he pushed the door open, as a tiny, round, pasty face greeted him with a disapproving scowl from the other side of a gigantic, knotted-mahogany desk. Mrs. Hibbartstein was not much taller than Jason Williams, and her office reeked of that odious musty smell that comes from freshly tilled dirt. In fact, Jason mused to himself that Mrs. Hibbartstein was akin to a rotten old potato that had been plucked from a late summer garden with her portly, shriveled figure, and bland, rumpled, brown suit that she wore. He might have laughed to himself upon seeing her, if the situation were not so dire.
Mrs. Hibbartstein, with her chubby, pink fingers, beckoned Jason towards the opposing chair facing the front of her desk. Her whole office was modern, sterile, and white, sort of like one of those faux offices in the IKEA Warehouse downtown. Something about the contrast between the office setting, and Mrs. Hibbartstein's appearance nagged Jason's aesthetic perception until his brain had gone numb from the perplexity of it all!
Williams swallowed dryly in anticipation of his punishment and sat ever-so-carefully, so as not to make a sound, into the cool, metallic seat. He wondered if the principal might have forgotten that he was there if he behaved quietly enough. Sadly, Hibbartstein never took her black, beady eyes off of Jason the whole time since he had first entered her office. She looked down from the edge of her bulbous, red nose that was crowned with the most absurd diamond-shaped spectacles on its bridge. She began to ask in a bleating voice that was much too high-pitched to seem very threatening, "Do you know why you are here today, Mr. Williams?"
Jason shook his head, but inside his chest, his conscience was screaming at him that he knew exactly why he had been sent here. However, before his mind even had a chance to chide him, Mrs. Hibbartstein opened a plain, manila folder on her desk and read, "Destruction of school property, not paying attention in class, and attempting to throw your teacher out of the window when he caught you in the act of destroying school property…"
"But that wasn't my fault!" Jason shouted in defense to the last on his list of charges. He knew that he hadn't actually tried to throw Mr. Bramble out the window, but he did think about throwing him out of the window on occasion - especially when he had received a low grade on his multiplication quiz last week. Mrs. Hibbartstein had not finished and cut Jason off before he could sputter anymore, "AND, you used profanity!"
"But… I," Jason floundered for lost words. He knew that he was downright guilty, but it was the only words that had managed to fall from his lips as he witnessed his classroom teacher dangling out the third-story window of the inner-city school by his fingertips. Jason finished, "I didn't mean it."
Then, the proceeding dreadful words silenced Jason completely. "I've called your mother and father, and have explained to them your offenses, Mr. Williams. They are driving here as we speak, and should arrive in a few minutes. I can tell you that they aren't very happy right now."
Jason wondered why they would be, especially with the extensive list of charges -including murder - thrust wrongfully upon him. This time, the tears honestly welled up into his mismatched eyes, as he balled his fists stubbornly into his lap. Why did every bad thing seem to happen to him? The missing family cat - Mister Twinkletoes, the hole in the closet, and the missing shoes. Not his fault, but he got blamed! Williams sniffled as he thought about his baby sister. She never had these problems. Of course, she had only learned to talk last week, with her first word being 'Jaye.' It was Jason's nickname that his mother and father had called him. Only Jason's teachers and grandmother had ever called him 'Jason.' Jason 'Jaye' Williams wiped his left emerald green-colored eye, and then his right cornflower blue-colored eye. Jason's mother called Jason's eyes, 'heterochromia iridis,' which sounded more like a magical incantation, in Jaye's opinion, rather than a syndrome of two different colored eyes. It didn't matter anyhow. Nothing mattered anymore anyway…. Jason's parent's were coming, and he was going to be grounded forever.
As Jaye finished his last thought, a light tap at the door sounded. Mrs. Hibbartstein glanced upwards and straightened her diamond-shaped spectacles before squeaking, "Come in."
Sure enough, Jason's mother and father entered still dressed in their work scrubs. They must have driven straight from the hospital without changing first, which was unusual, because Jason never saw his mother in her long, white doctor's coat and name badge. Jason's dad looked frazzled, with his golden blonde hair twisted this way and that, as if he had raced to clean up from a post-operative procedure. Both of Jason Williams' parents worked in the local medical facility around the block from the school. They were both doctors.
Mrs. Hibbartstein stood up from her seat and shook the hands of Jason's parents as she said, "Toby and Alexia Williams, I presume?" Jason twisted his lips in disgust. As if she didn't already know it was them! After all, this was hardly Jason's first detainment in the principal's office, and this was hardly the first time that Jason's parents had been called into Mrs. Hibbartstein's presence.
Jason's dad, Toby, didn't waste any time, as he asked nonchalantly, "What's he done this time?"
Hibbartstein seemed to be enjoying herself as she ran through the list of charges, all while pausing between each one to gauge Mr. & Mrs. Williams' reactions. As she had hoped, each phrase brought on a new gasp from Alexia, and a foot tap from Toby. When the parents and principal had finished discussing Jason's fate, the boy was slapped with a three-day suspension away from school. Great, Jaye thought, as he knew that his tenth birthday party was only two-days away.
Jaye was escorted into the back of Toby & Alexia's silver Volvo. While they drove him home, he mulled out the side window – wondering when he would get 'the lecture.' However, much to Jaye's surprise, his parents were arguing in the front seat of the car, and not paying him much mind. Alexia Williams, who was a specialist of neuroscience, wanted to transfer Jason into another private school. She blamed the public schooling system for all of the problems that Jaye was having. Toby, who was an ICU medic, thought that it was time to tell Jason the truth.
Jaye hadn't really been paying their conversation much attention, but he was curious to know what the 'truth' was. Well, it hadn't mattered anyway, because the whole topic of his punishment was derailed as Alexia argued that Jason was too young to know the truth, and both parents began to shout at each other instead of at Jaye, much to his relief.


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Sinusitis is a medical condition caused due to infection of the tissue lining the sinuses. Various symptoms associated with sinusitis include facial pain, fatigue cough or congestion, headache, loss of smell, fever and dental pain. Sinus is responsible for the secretion of mucus. Sinus causes several diseases such as congestion, headache, and inflammation. The sinus dilation devices are the medical devices that are primarily used to expand the nasal passage and are used to treat the sinusitis. Balloon sinuplasty systems are the advanced systems that are used for the treatment of sinusitis.
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May 18, 2019 at 4:00 PM
We at Nathaniel Cars are extremely excited to share that MG Motor UK is the new vehicle sponsor of the Football Association Wales. The deal was officially announced at the Nathaniel MG Cardiff Showroom, where our staff were delighted to confirm the new partnership alongside Wales manager Ryan Giggs, and Welsh footballer Angharad James.
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Customer loyalty is one of the key drivers of long-time retailer success. As a result, retailers have greatly expanded their loyalty programs to further incentivize repeat business, as the following chart shows.
Nonetheless, sustaining customer loyalty is not an easy feat. As reported by Facts, Figures & the Future: "Being on the key ring is no guarantee a retailer will develop a meaningful relationship with loyalty club cardholders. New data show how badly supermarkets and other businesses fail to offer the experiences and discounts different shopper segments want from their loyalty programs. Nearly half of card-carrying members (47%) have stopped participating in one or more programs this past year—they simply disengage rather than formally request to leave, notes the first annual Maritz Loyalty Report. 'Given the high percentage of passive defection, it is paramount that loyalty marketers proactively identify the early warning signs of disengaged members,' urges Scott Robinson, senior director of loyalty consulting for Maritz Loyalty Marketing." We believe "these findings should compel retailers to make shopping all of these things — easier, more convenient, information-rich (how to eat healthier, how to save), and competitively priced — in order to keep cardholders coming back regularly."
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8 Travel Trends for 2018
With 2018 quickly approaching, many sites are releasing their travel lists for 2018. I've already released my picks for the top destinations and now Booking.com has released their list of the biggest travel predictions for 2018. They didn't do it alone, they looked at 128 million guest reviews along with research from 19,000 travellers across 26 countries to come up with this list.
New Tech Frontiers
Virtual Reality goggles have become pretty popular these days, but now they're being used to promote destinations. I've tested these out myself and can confirm that it's pretty cool concept. Tourism boards are now creating video 360-degree videos. Put those on your smartphone while using one of those VR goggles and it'll be like you're actually at the destination. Seriously, I've virtually visited Winnipeg, Jamaica, and Montreal which gave me a clear idea of what I could expect if I were to head over there in real life.
From dream to reality
Everyone has a travel bucket list right? Well, why not make 2018 the year to cross something off of it? Go ahead and take that epic trip across Japan you've always dreamed about or how about finally visiting Disney World which you've been planning since you were 15? It's pretty easy for us to make excuses for not travelling, but by making travel a priority, you'll never be disappointed.
Retro reboot
Here's a trend that I can relate too. It's expected that travellers will be revisiting their favourite childhood memories as part of their trips in 2018. Since I now have a baby girl, I plan on taking her on a road trip to Montreal or Sudbury since those were two of the places I first travelled to with my parents. Nostalgia is part of the reason why I want to do this trip, but more importantly, I want my daughter to experience travel at a young age.
Pop culture pilgrimage
Visiting destinations where your favourite TV shows and films are shot is nothing new, but as those filming locations get more exotic, more people are encouraged to travel. You could argue that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the main reason why tourism has exploded in New Zealand, but there are other destinations that are on the rise. Jordan has gained popularity as of late since it stood in as Mars in the movies The Martian and Prometheus. Game of Thrones has filmed in Iceland, Ireland, Spain, and Croatia which have all seen huge boosts in tourism.
Walk your way to wellness
Forget the tour buses or taking Uber everywhere, travellers plan on walking more in 2018. The best thing about walking is that you get to experience new destinations like a local. There's nothing quite like wandering the streets of a city and coming across something amazing that won't ever be mentioned in a guidebook. Besides those hidden gems you'll find, walking will keep you in shape. Other healthy things you can do while travelling includes cycling, water sports, and yoga.
Economic intuition
Since this is a budget travel blog, I'm excited to learn that many travellers have started to focus stretching their dollar. Budget travel doesn't mean travelling for as cheap as possible, but rather, it's getting value for your money. Obviously, you should make your best efforts to save on flights and hotels, but there are also many ways you can save on your ground costs. You could cook some of your own meals abroad or look for free attractions. Alternatively, you could visit a country that is cheap to visit such as Thailand.
The great mate escape
Travelling in a group can be thrilling or a pain, but appears more travellers are willing to give it a go next year. The hardest part about travelling in a group is satisfying everyone's wanderlust and needs, but with the right people, it can be a ton of fun. If you're going to go the group route, make sure you talk to your friends about what they're passionate about to ensure no one is feeling left out. You could also join a group tour which would eliminate much of the planning process so you can all just focus on the adventure.
Live like a local, not with one
Here's another tip I can relate to. Although I still book hotels quite a bit, I've been using Airbnb more often as of late. The cost savings is obviously a draw, but I'd say the biggest reason I book Airbnb's is because I can interact with the hosts who are local. Not once have I ever received a bad recommendation from a host or local when it comes to attractions or restaurants. They live there so of course they're going to know all the best places. Travellers are looking for those experiences and it's never been easier to find them.


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Today, I hacked my own game for the very first time. In the game I'm currently playing, I heard there was a way to get a ton of currency and a super cool weapon that was hidden by developers. For some reason or another, it was decided by the powers that be that this should no longer be available so they sent out a giant patch for it.
After looking up numerous ways to access the weapon of my dreams, I found it. But did it take too much? I cleared the cache and deleted some title updates. With all that maneuvering, I'm starting to feel really bad. I imagine developers had some pretty good reasons for taking it out of the game. This is probably as close as I've ever come to actually cheating. Its a single player game, so no one else will deal with the effects. But I still feel like a big ol' cheat. Now I have to find a way to make it right before this horrible gaming karma comes back to get me.


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This box decorated with volume decoupage flowers makes a beautiful gift article with a personal touch. You may also keep it on your dressing table to hold your trinkets.
Take a floral printed volume decoupage sheet
Cut out the flowers from the sheet
Take MDF wooden box in the shape and size of your choice
We have taken a square box
To emboss the flowers, hold the flower cutout on the flame of the candle
Hold the flower about 1 and 1/2 inches away from the flame so as not to burn the flower as well as your hands
Once the flower is heated up, it will start becoming soft and would deform a bit
Place the flower at this soft stage, on the embossing pad and emboss it using an embossing tool
Emboss one petal at a time, you may need to repeatedly heat the flower to emboss it's different parts
Keep aside all the embossed flowers, leaves and buds
Colour the MDF wooden box in the colour of your choice
We have sponge dabbed Pearl - Cherry Red on the wooden box
You may give two coats of colour to give an even finish
Leave it to dry
Arrange and stick the embossed flowers on the coloured box and the lid using No Stitch Fabric Glue
Leave it to dry
Draw spirals with minute dots made with a zero number brush and Acrylic Colour - White around the floral design on all the sides as well as the lid
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The ECDC communicable disease threats report is a weekly bulletin intended for epidemiologists and health professionals in the area of communicable disease prevention and control.
Communicable disease threats report, Week 30, 19-25 July 2015
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19-25 July 2015, and includes updates on anthrax, West Nile virus, Schistosoma haematobium, MERS, Ebola virus and polio.
Anthrax - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2015
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Anthrax - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016
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A recently published multi-country study by researchers at ODI gives numbers to what we know intuitively from working directly with disadvantaged communities: that one form of disadvantage is strongly linked to another. It can nevertheless be useful to have macro level figures that prove this – guiding and justifying the targeting of interventions. In quest of inclusive progress, Amanda Lenhardt and Emma Samman examine women's inequalities in education and health, and how these have changed over time, in 16 countries – eight ofwhich are ones in which we work (Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nepal and Peru). Their aim was to unpack the extent to which wealth, place of residence (urban versus rural), and ethnicity explain inequalities. It is no surprise that wealth explains a lot of inequality; perhaps, in fact, it is surprising that it does not explain more in some countries. In Mali, wealth explained around 20% of inequality in years of education; in Bolivia, it was 40%. What interested the researchers, though, was the effect of "intersecting inequalities": wealth and ethnicity, wealth and location, or ethnicity and location. These combinations had different effects in different countries, but overall the clear conclusion was that together, wealth and ethnicity had the most significant effect. So if you are a poor woman from a disadvantaged ethnic group, the odds in human development are stacked particularly high against you.
The ODI paper happened to hit my computer screen just when I was going through the summarised definitions of disadvantage produced by our country programmes. Each programme team is required to discuss inequality and power relations, and determine a workable country level definition that can be used to guide the focus of interventions. Until recently, remoteness (in guiding the choice of geographical location of activities) was the most widely used targeting criteria, along with gender (in requiring engagement with women as well as men). We are now, however, aiming to be more precise – drawing to a certain extent from our experience in Nepal. Interestingly, the ODI paper shows that in Nepal, it is neither wealth nor location, but ethnicity – including caste – that is the greatest predictor of disadvantage, reflecting entrenched social hierarchies.
So what are our country programmes using as indicators of disadvantage? Some have clearly found it easier than others to settle on precise criteria; indeed in those countries with very diverse conditions, one definition may well not fit all. One pragmatic approach is to itemise various "predictors of disadvantage", and classify an individual as disadvantaged if s/he fulfils a given number. For example, in Benin, the team defined predictors of disadvantage as having no access to education, to safe drinking water, to land (on a secure tenure basis), to finance (either credit or employment), living in what is categorised as a remote area, being a woman or a girl, and belonging to an ethnic minority. Individuals fulfilling three or more of these criteria are considered disadvantaged.
Many country programmes have taken both wealth and social criteria in defining disadvantage; thus in Ethiopia, the economically poor are defined as being landless; or (as farmers) having food security below six months; or an income of below US$ 1/day. Those included in the socially disadvantaged are women headed households; out-of-school unemployed youth; displaced people; differently abled people; HIV/AIDS affected people; and other minority groups.
Although ethnicity is often a good predictor of disadvantage, it can be a sensitive topic. It may not always be easy to determine (especially in populations in which there has been much intermarriage), whilst often what is crucial is minority status in a given area, rather than belonging to a particular group per se. Thus some teams preferred to avoid ethnicity as a criteria. Apart from team agreement over the definition, it is also the important to have local ownership and understanding of reasons for targeted interventions. Much more could be written on this – but it goes without saying that within "broad brush" definitions, local communities may have more nuanced and thought provoking observations (in Mozambique, one group of community members identified thieves as the most disadvantaged).
Whatever definition considered most suitable in the local context, the importance of course lies in tailoring our activities to ensure we reach the disadvantaged individuals concerned. This is really where the discussion begins, as it is not as easy as it might sound. But with the growing evidence of intersecting inequalities in human development opportunities, it is clear that we need to focus ever more precisely on reaching those who are being "left behind".


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The national load shedding crisis will shortly come under legal scrutiny, if a local law firm has its way.
Law firm De Beer Attorneys has called on businesses who have suffered financial losses to join a class action lawsuit against state owned enterprise Eskom.
The company is convinced that it may have a winnable case.
Eskom did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.
Said De Beers Attorneys partner Elaine Bergenthuin told Fin24 on Tuesday, "Eskom is a large parastatal organisation but it is still subject to the laws of the country. There have been numerous instances where the private entities have been successful in pursuing litigation against Eskom in the past.
"It very much depends upon the basis upon which the claim is formulated and what is ultimately being sought by the claimant."
Eskom rights
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela ruled in 2016 that Eskom was within its rights to disconnect households from the grid, but also found that the utility should do so fairly and in line with the principle of "Batho Pele".
"We are busy reviewing the Public Protector's findings in this regard. We will need to look at the context within which the report was generated," said Bergenthuin.
"For example, did it take the consequences of load shedding into consideration? Does it imply that South Africa has to accept load shedding as the new 'status quo'? We need to look into these aspects further."
In January 2017, Fin24 reported that the North Gauteng High Court ruled that Eskom was not constitutionally obliged to provide electricity to ratepayers in an urgent case brought by lobby group AfriForum.
In that case, Judge Hans Fabricius said that municipalities were obliged to provide electricity, but Eskom had a duty to consider the economic consequences of a lack of service.
Peter Attard Montalto, head of capital markets research at Intellidex told Fin24 previously that SA likely lost R1bn per day as a result of load shedding.
Bergenthuin said that they were weighing the various options.
"We are currently exploring the options available to us from a legal perspective. In particular, we are looking at Eskom's constitutional obligations as regards the provision of electricity and the possible basis upon which we will be pursuing action."
Load shedding
While various allegations of state capture at Eskom has emerged at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, Bergenthuin argued that a separate lawsuit would not necessarily constitute a parallel process.
"It seems as though the commission has been set up to investigate allegations of state capture and not to look into 'load shedding' per se. As such, it should strictly speaking not close the door to further civil litigation being pursued against Eskom."
After implementing days of Stage 4 load shedding last month, Eskom announced on Sunday, March 24, that the electrical supply system was stable and terminated load shedding. At the time, it said Cyclone Idai in Mozambique had impacted on power supply.
Load shedding has previously been attributed to ageing power plants and insufficient maintenance, among other things.
Eskom is expected to announce the state of the country's power supply at a briefing tomorrow.
To join the class action, you can contact the law firm directly.


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Bhagavad-gita Today April 23, 2021
Krishna answers life's big questions -- Who are we? How did we get here? What are we supposed to do? -- better than anyone else we've ever heard. Don't just take our word for it, though; read His words yourself:
There are three gates leading to this hell--lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul.
The beginning of demoniac life is described herein. One tries to satisfy his lust, and when he cannot, anger and greed arise. A sane man who does not want to glide down to the species of demoniac life must try to give up these three enemies, which can kill the self to such an extent that there will be no possibility of liberation from this material entanglement.
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Despite Killing Of Teachers With Guns Bill, School Board Votes To Support MeasureDespite state lawmakers killing a bill dealing with guns at schools earlier this month, the Douglas County School Board voted to support that measure.
2 Gun Bills Killed At State CapitolTwo bills dealing with guns in Colorado have died at the state Capitol.
Bill To Allow Teachers To Carry Handguns Moves ForwardA bill that would allow teachers and staff at some public schools in Colorado to carry handguns to work has passed the initial vote in the state Senate.
3 Boys Who Brought Guns, Smoke Device To School Formally ChargedThree boys accused of bringing two handguns and a smoke device to Skinner Middle School last Friday have been formally charged.
Skinner Middle School Parents Have Questions After Handguns FoundStudents at Skinner Middle School returned to school on Tuesday after police arrested three students for allegedy bringing two guns and a smoke device to campus on Friday.
Police Say Students Who Brought Guns To Skinner Middle School Intended No HarmParents and the Denver police will meet Monday evening to talk about how two students brought guns to Skinner Middle School last Friday.
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