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We are on the Atlantic!!!
With the last sunlight we made the passage trough the notorious Street of Gibraltar and passed by Tarifa by night. We where very tensed to enter this big ocean by night.. but we had to use the favourable wind and current conditions. Cheers, Nicole & Daniel Continue reading We are on the Atlantic!!!


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Renata is a Young Advisor from Lithuania. She works at the Information Technology Institute of Lithuania, as well as being a lecturer.
renata [at] ecdl.lt
She is Deputy Director at the Information Technologies Institute in Lithuania. She is also lecturer, she teaches courses in Computer Design. Renata has got a long experience in system design, development and management as well as safety on Internet.
She says: "To acquire good IT skills and be safe on the Internet, I would like to encourage young people, parents and teachers to gain good IT skills. Representatives of health sector in Lithuania should also have stronger IT skills. People should use innovations and information technologies safely and responsibly."

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Alena (2015)
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When Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.
Starring: Helena Af Sandeberg, Johan Ehn, Ulrika Ellemark, Molly Nutley, Amalia Holm, Felice Jankell
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Had this from new and never thought I'd be selling it, so didn't keep the box. Been in a data cabinet it's whole life. I've lost track on when I bought it, but it has been faultless.
Really is like new, but I seem to have lost one of the plastic plugs for one of the SFP ports. Obviously has the rack ears to install in a rack.
Had my whole house wired for cat6, so went for a rack mount switch and it has been excellent.
These have a lifetime warranty I believe. This is the v3. I see there is a v4 out now, but these things don't change that much.
Pick up most welcome from N10 (North London) or plus £8 post.
I can include a cat6 network cable and have more available.
Need it gone as I've move into a smaller place, so may try elsewhere soon.
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Happy August!
Before the fun of August really begins, here are some photos of what we were up to in July.
Another big snow storm is going to hit the mid-atlantic today going into tomorrow. It's already snowed twice this past week and after this big storm this weekend, it might snow sometime next week. For the mid-atlantic, its been a crazy winter. Here are some cool pictures I found that seem to go with the weather.
Its not letting me post many pictures, may need to set up Flickr
Here are some from my grandparents ranch located outside of town:
Next project – work on Flickr
I'm finally posting some pictures from my trip. It was great to visit, I have a new appreciation for Las Vegas, NM, it is a fun place to go. Also a great place to break away from the craziness of big city living. I guess you really too need to visit in order to experience the town, a picture just doesn't grab the feel of things like I thought it might, but just wanted to post some cool shots I took.
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31 degrees F at 7:15 am
Eager to ride in just enough snow.
Not out as much lately as I'd like. But even the briefest contact with the outside, with nature, fills me with an energy not available from any other source.
So off I went, on Rhododendron, careful, balancing, going with the forward momentum.
It was a good first-snow ride, i.e.,not much snow.
Stopped to see the "forest" where the mushrooms had been.
Then to Meadowbrook Park, anticipating the "wonky Christmas tree"
And finding it,
comical as ever.
Slowed, for safety, the usual fast pace toward the rabbit-statue bridge.
Looked across
then got the customary view of the confluence of Davis and McCullough creeks.
Looked back for a view of the "eponymous" rabbit statue.
Then noticed adorable little footprints of creatures of which I've never caught a view!
Was hugely grateful for the silence. There were people ahead of me on the path, but I lingered before coasting down to the bridge to give them space, and a jogger or two crossed the bridge as I got out the iPhone, but then there was a blessed, soothing silence, which I gratefully let soak into me.
And apart from the passage of a small representation of the greyhound club, the silence continued for a while.
The winter prairie
Breathed its comforting whisper
To my aching heart.
Stopped for an upstream view of McCullough Creek, accented with surrounding snow.
Was happy my fingers still were warm. Cheap fleece removable-finger-covered mittens did the trick. Two warm thumbs-up for those!
Stopped at the edge of the park bordered by Windsor Road to observe the rattling indigo pods.
Their stalks of decorative, bead-like shapes persist above the increasingly flattening prairie, a welcome visual relief, though the dark pods are bleaching as winter approaches.
Homeward bound, my fingers were beginning to feel cold, but not so much as I remembered from past trips. Felt ready to take on the next level of winter.


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The PWSA is currently digging trenches in Smallman Street for new water and sewer lines. Because traffic has been shifted to one side of the street to make room for construction on the other, parking is currently unavailable on either side of Smallman from 16th to 21st Streets.
Parking is still available on Penn, as well as all of the cross streets (17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, etc). Access to these side streets may be blocked during the work day, but should be open in the evenings and weekends. Several surface lots are also available.
Pedestrian walkways will be maintained on both sides of the street, separated from traffic and the construction zone. The project is scheduled to be completed in January, 2019.
For the next few weeks Smallman Street will be closed at 21st Street in both directions. Traffic is being detoured up 21st Street back toward Penn Ave. Please use the map above to help you navigate the easiest routes to our closest parking lots.
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News - Yemen
Besides UAE seeking to illegally exploit Socotra's pristine natural resources and turn it into a permanent military outpost-cum-holiday resort, a Russian expert on international affairs said the UAE's occupation of Socotra comes as it seeks to control the region that includes Bab-el-Mandeb strait and Aden Gulf.
According to Sputnik, Kiril Simeonov, a Russian expert in international affairs, told the Nezavisimaya Gazeta that he believes the UAE is seeking to put the area that includes Bab al-Mandab Strait and Aden Gulf under its supervision.
"The UAE is doing the same in Somalia," Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported, referring to the deployment of UAE troops on Socotra island.
"UAE is working to create what can be called the colonial empire, and Socotra falls into the plan to control the region, namely the Bab al-Mandab and Aden Gulf," he added.
The UAE recently deployed military forces on the Yemeni island of Socotra on the Arabian Sea, in a move that revealed the falsity of its claims that it came to Yemen in order to restore the so-called legitimacy.
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Sharing a big, big piece of my heart over at Blessed is She today. Here's your sneak peek:
How much do you love Him? Just enough, or until it hurts?
Six years ago, life changed in an instant. Our happy-go-lucky family had only experienced minor bumps in the road—an ill parent, a small house fire, divorces of a few close friends—but nothing that rocked us. Nothing that changed us. Nothing that required any cross carrying, of any kind. We were faithful Christians, never once dreaming a cross so utterly heavy could ever cross our paths.
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Patti Smith - Gung Ho (Arista)
"I hope I die before I get old."
Pete Townshend was just 20 years old when he penned that much-quoted (and, ultimately, none-too-prescient) sentiment; Patti Smith would have been 18 when she first heard it. Ten years later, Smith would make her own waves in the avant-garde underground with "Horses", a slurred, swaggering stash of junkie-punk poetry that would serve as an artistic touchstone for everyone from Chrissie Hynde to PJ Harvey; Jim Carroll to Jeff Buckley; early REM to latter-day Dylan. Coming across as a raw, mystically militaristic meld of Maria Callas and Iggy Pop, Smith's sometimes-brooding, sometimes-bellicose bellow-and-drone went a long way toward revolutionising the role of women in rock. Indeed, one wonders if today's pale pretenders to Smith's definitively X-chromosomed throne (Alanis, Courtney, Fiona) fully understand and appreciate the instrumental impact she had in injecting the "grrrowl" into "riot grrrl."
Now, at the age of 53, the undisputed queen of piss-and-vinegar humanism is back with "Gung Ho", her third album in five years after a self-imposed decade-and-a-half sabbatical from the music biz. No doubt today's SoundScan-obsessed record execs are at no less of a loss than their Billboard-bankrolled forbears as to how to handle this scarecrow-skinny slip of a Siren, whether to celebrate or condemn her; demonise or deify. With her singular abilities to embody both poet and priestess; ambassador and anarchist; mother and lover - Patti Smith remains impervious to pigeon-holing in an industry that consistently values slick and shallow packaging over solid, creative content. "Gung Ho" puts all of Smith's shape-shifting gifts on full-frontal-naked display, and ultimately proves that rare case where a calculated backward glance serves not as a surefire sign of creative decay, but as a catalyst for the most organic and reaffirming form of forward progress.
The chorus melody of the lightly oriental-spiced 'Lo and Beholden' revisits, with a wink, her 1978 Springsteen co-written hit 'Because the Night', just as the exquisitely crystalline 'China Bird' mimics 1996's even more melancholically evocative 'My Madrigal'. 'Glitter in Their Eyes', with its sizzling, glam-rock riff, does little to disguise the tract's true mission, to open Generation Y's eyes to the soul-squandering consequences of institutionalised commercialism. While the grinding, Doors-styled title track gradually establishes itself as less an heavy-handed apologist homage to Ho Chi Minh than a heavy-hearted ode to a nation betrayed by the broken hopes and empty rhetoric of a dead revolution. Finally, on the medicine-man incantation 'Libbie's Song', Smith channels General George Armstrong Custer's disgraced-yet-faithful-to-the-grave widow, while simultaneously keeping a karmic candle lit for her own dear departed partner (husband and former MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith, who died in 1994). From start to finish, Smith's traditional backing band (led by yin/yang-complementary guitarists Lenny Kaye and Oliver Ray) spin silky, minimalist backdrops against which Smith alternately salves and savages her psyche, as though possessed, Jackson Pollock-esque, to produce random patterns of beauty and truth out of nothing but her own blood and bone marrow.
"Give me one more revolution/One more turn of the wheel."
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The Inspiration Series: The Dynamics of Couples 2
The follow-up to the very popular "The Dynamics of Couples" collection, this program of brilliant short films, advertising, and brand films dives further into the complexity and comedy of marriage and friendship.
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Cineplex "Lilly & the Snowman"
The touching story of a friendship between a young girl and a snowman through the years.
Modern Love: Together We Stand
An intimate look at how disability affects and amplifies a couple's marriage.
Leroy Merlin "Life's Adventure"
A modern fairy tale about a young couple adrift at sea as they renovate their new house.
John Lewis "The Bear and the Hare"
The uplifting and emotional tale of two friends and joy of sharing and inclusion at Christmas.
Philosophy Feuds "Camus vs Sartre"
An insightful and stylish summary of the friendship and subsequent fall out between two of the 20th century's most important philosophers.
"Burn Out"
Stranded on a barren planet, a disgruntled space technician resets the course of her life after an encounter with her childhood self.
This wordless feud between a pair of beached elephant seals speaks volumes about the nature of relationships and best intentions gone wrong.
Brilliant slapstick comedy with a warm heart, "Llamigos" follows a llama and a baby penguin as their all-out battle for ripe red berries leads to an unlikely friendship.
"Not the End of the World"
When Joe Connolly's wish for a girlfriend suddenly seems to comes true his life fills with mystery, bewilderment, humilation, and the possibility of growing up.
"Fugu & Tako"
The relationship of two close friends takes an unexpected (and hilarious) turn after one of them transforms into a pufferfish after eating VERY fresh sushi.
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Zucchini's are coming up in my garden. I found them this weekend when I was weeding (and it made the weeding totally worthwhile—never thought I'd say that). But here's the thing…I don't know what to do. I don't know when to pick them. How do I know when they are done? How do I know when they will taste the best? I want to beat the bugs to them.
Seeing them was a complete surprise—a moment of the more we learn, the less we know. For one, now that I know I have zucchini's I realized I'm filled with questions, but also I didn't realize prior to seeing them that I did not know how or where on the plant a zucchini grows. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it. I can't wait to eat my first personally home-grown, heirloom zucchini. I've been eating the salad greens from the garden nearly every day and it's a treat to juts walk out in the yard and pick my lunch.


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While the cameraman fiddled with his equipment the Professor glanced out of his office window. The leaves were just turning; fall was even later this year. The young reporter exchanged a few words with the cameraman, then glanced at her note pad.
"OK. Dr. Seligman? We're ready to roll. Perhaps you could start with the background to positive psychology."
"It's pretty simple really." His chair creaked slightly as eased himself back. He enjoyed giving interviews, and prided himself on being a consummate communicator. "It began with my work on learned helplessness."
"What's that?" she smiled and nodded encouragingly.
"Well, if you give dogs electric shocks they very quickly learn to take action to avoid them. They get scared; they bark, yelp and jump about until they move to a part of the cage where they don't receive a shock. But if you first restrain a dog in a hammock so it can't avoid the shock, it responds initially in the same way. It barks and yelps and jumps around, or at least it tries to. Then it becomes quiet, fearful and withdrawn. If you put it in a cage where it's not restrained and it can escape the shock, it doesn't try to escape. In fact after just a couple of shocks it doesn't even jump about or become agitated. It stands there doing nothing until the shocks stop."
She frowned. "So how is this relevant to humans?"
"Well learned helplessness is a maladaptive behaviour pattern that models depression in humans. It's like the dog learnt there's nothing it can do to escape the shock. It's helpless. This offers a unique way of understanding depression in humans."
"How is that? Surely dogs don't get depressed."
"Because their behaviour under learned helplessness is very similar to the behaviour of depressed humans. If a dog or a human has learnt that it's helpless to do anything about conditions of adversity it accepts it has no control, so gives up trying. Just think about how severe depression affects humans, no drive, socially withdrawn, reduced activity and so on, just like our dogs. If people believe they have no control over a difficult situation they give up and get depressed."
"OK, I follow your argument, Dr. Seligman," she said, staring at him quizzically, "but wouldn't it make more sense to change the situation?"
"No. You see the problem is that preventing the dogs escaping the shock changes their view of the situation. It's as if they come to believe there's nothing that can be done. Same with depressed people. The problem's not the situation; it's how they view the situation. It's to do with what we call attributional style. Depressed people have faulty attributional styles. When things go wrong they blame themselves rather than looking for external causes."
She frowned. "I see. So changing the circumstances makes no difference?"
"Correct. What we have to do is change the way the person sees the situation. That in a nutshell is what positive psychology does. If we can get the individual to see that things aren't really as bad as they think they are, if we can change their attributional style, they start to think more positively in general." He leant forward, his eyes narrowed. "You know, psychology involves nurturing what's best in people. It's not a branch of medicine dealing with illness; it's much larger. It's about work and education, insight and love. But at the same time positive psychology relies on what's best in the scientific method and applies this to the unique problems that human behaviour presents us."
She struggled up the stairs to the second floor, but couldn't breathe properly because of the pain in her chest. The nurse said there was nothing they could do for fractured ribs, only let time take its course. After she left hospital they put her and the kids in a B&B, then she managed to find a place in a refuge. The day she moved in she should have attended for an interview. She tried to phone them to tell them what was happening but couldn't get through, so they sanctioned her for six weeks. Then, a few weeks later, she missed another appointment because she had to collect one of her kids from school. She'd been sick and had a fever. "You're just not motivated" they'd said. "Your attitude's all wrong. You're never going to find a job; you've no intention of finding one." So they sanctioned her again, for twelve weeks this time.
She borrowed a couple of hundred quid from Wonga, but she couldn't repay it on time and the interest went up and up each week, until she owed them over five hundred. She phoned the JobCentre to tell them she couldn't cope but they wouldn't listen. Whatever she said made no difference. "You've only yourself to blame" they kept telling her until in the end she came to believe it. She believed she was a scrounger who deserved nothing, worthless and useless. She was so desperate she went to the JobCentre three times to ask for help, but was told there was nothing she could do. All she had to live off was the child tax credit. They didn't tell her she could fill in a hardship form to apply for emergency payments. In the end she managed to get the form, completed it and handed it in, but they rejected it because she'd handed it in too late. She wondered if they misled her deliberately to punish her and make her feel useless.
The G4S guard treated her with contempt, "Dole scum" was the expression he used. "You're just a waste of fuckin' space. Go and find a job like me." God knows she'd tried. She was sick and tired of Universal Jobmatch. Jobmatch! What a stupid word. She wouldn't have minded if the jobs there were real jobs, but they were mainly temporary, or zero hours contracts. One day she lost her rag. She shouted at her advisor, then bawled her head off. She was fed up with the system, and the way it made her feel utterly helpless. You wouldn't treat a dog like that, she thought. It was nothing short of torture.
"Don't you shout at me" said her advisor. "It's about time you accepted responsibility for your actions. You people are all the same; you think it's everyone else's fault you haven't got a job. Well it's not, right? You made your own bed so you've got to lie in it. No point blaming me, or the government, or anyone else. If you go on like that again I'll call security and have you thrown out."
She mumbled an apology
"Anyway, I'm going to send you on a new course. It's to help you change the way you think," he said. "I want you to see a therapist who will help you to think more positively and stop you feeling sorry for yourself."
"But I don't feel sorry for myself," she replied. "It's just that my life's out of control because of things that went wrong. The last thing I want is to be living off benefits, but how else am I supposed to cope with two small kids and an abusive partner. What I really want is to get back to college and finish my degree, but every way I turn I'm trapped, and there's no way out."
Dr. Seligman glanced at his watch. They were forty minutes into the interview, and he had a faculty board meeting in twenty minutes. "Look, can we wind this up, only I've a meeting to attend at midday?"
She smiled disarmingly. "Sure, but there's just one other matter I'd like to cover briefly before we finish. It won't take long."
"OK, fire away."
"The recently published Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA interrogation tactics states that James Elmer Mitchell, who developed their so-called enhanced interrogation techniques attended a number of meetings at which you spoke. The report indicates that techniques were largely based on the theory of learned helplessness."
He tried unsuccessfully to stifle a gasp of astonishment. "What is this? You didn't tell me you wanted us to discuss this. It's grossly unfair to launch into it when I'm unprepared."
She shrugged her shoulders. "You agreed to discuss learned helplessness and positive psychology. All I want to do is ask a few questions about learned helplessness that are topical and in the public domain."
"That's as may be. But you must understand that I've spent most of my life trying to prevent learned helplessness. I'm horrified that good science could be used for such a bad purpose."
"No one's accusing you of doing anything wrong, but last December the Senate Intelligence Committee condemned the CIA's interrogation programme for terrorism suspects following 9/11. The Committee's chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, said that CIA officials routinely misled Congress and the White House about the appalling interrogation practices."
"But you can't blame me for that. I'm not responsible for the CIA's actions."
"Allow me to continue." She took another peek at her notebook. "Interrogation practices that included sleep deprivation, rectal 'feeding and hydration', and of course water-boarding. One CIA officer said that some of the prisoners looked like, and I quote, '…a dog that had been kenneled…' Senator Feinstein described the techniques as a 'stain on our values'"
"I agree with you, and I've made it abundantly clear that I find such practices abhorrent. I condemn them out of hand."
'The problem is, Dr. Seligman, is that the so-called scientific basis of these practices is your work on learned helplessness."
"But I had nothing…"
"Please! It's reported that two psychologists, James E. Mitchell and Bruce Jesson, were responsible for developing these so-called enhanced interview techniques from 2002 on. This is torture, the sole purpose of which is to eliminate the detainee's sense of control, and induce helplessness. In other words they were based on a reading of your early research."
"But I played no role whatsoever in developing these abhorrent practices."
"That may be so, Dr. Seligman, but in 2002 you gave a lecture on learned helplessness at the San Diego Naval Base."
'Yes, that's true, but that was to show how my research could help US military personnel resist torture and evade successful interrogation."
"Did you know that Mitchell attended your lecture?"
'No? There was large audience, mostly military people whom I'd never met before."
"Then you deny you knew Mitchell."
"Look, this is a cross-examination. I'm not on trial here. I thought you wanted an interview about learned helplessness and positive psychology."
"The public has a right to know about how scientific knowledge is used, wouldn't you agree?"
"Then why are you so touchy about your links with Mitchell?"
"Do you deny that Mitchell attended an earlier meeting at your house when 9/11 and anti-terrorism had been discussed."
"No, at least I can't remember whether or not he was there. Besides, there was no discussion of torture or interviewer techniques at that meeting. Look, I don't believe in causing suffering unless it has some value that leads to bettering lives, canine or human. In any case, using learned helplessness to get detainees to tell the truth is utterly misguided. Inducing such a state would make it more likely a detainee would tell an interrogator anything they wanted to hear."
She pounded up the stairs two at a time, breathless, clutching the left side of her ribcage. The pain shot through her like a knife with each gasp of air. When she reached the waiting room the receptionist told her to go straight in. The therapist introduced himself, and told her not to worry that she was late. He seemed pleasant enough. He sat her down, gave her a few moments to get her breath back then started to talk about positive psychology, and how it would help her. He was very keen; she was less sure. It was all new to her, and she found it difficult to follow him.
"What's the matter?" He asked. "Didn't you get the introductory material I sent out in the post?"
She shook her head. "No, I had to move to a hostel."
"Never mind. We'll start with the Wheel of Wellbeing. Let me get the website up. You can look at it yourself at home."
"I don't have a computer."
"There'll be one in your local library."
"They closed it down last year."
"Oh well, not to worry. The Wheel of Well-Being covers six aspects of well-being and positive suggestions for action you can take to feel more positive. These include exercise for body and mind, giving to others, and being connected with people, place and the planet."
Her mind was elsewhere. How could she find somewhere to live, support the kids, avoid her ex-partner? "Look, I appreciate you're trying to help me, only my situation is really difficult just now."
He smiled and shook his head. "That's when the Wheel can help most of all."
"What would really help me right now is a safe place for me and the kids, away from all the violence."
He nodded sympathetically. "I hear what you're saying, but all that's going to take time to sort out. This is something you can do in the here and now to help you feel better. All the scientific evidence shows that taking steps to help yourself feel better is far more effective than having other people do things for you."
"But I don't want other people to do things for me. All I want is for my ex to stop harassing me and the kids. That's not too much to ask is it?"
He glanced at his watch. "Time's pushing on, and I'll have to finish, so let's spend what time's left planning to do just one thing from the Wheel before our next meeting. You can get started right away."
"What is it?"
"A diary for you to keep, a special diary. It's called a gratitude diary."


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Ukraine Fiancee Visa Requirements & Process (Part 1)
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Dear friends,
It's no secret, Ukrainian women seeking to marry foreigners (and the opposite) is big business. Search for the term "Ukraine", and chances are good that Google will show "Ukraine mail order brides" in the top ten results. There are literally millions of websites, agencies, and yes, scams, all promising you your heart's desire for 3 easy payments of $57.95. Why, they'll even gift-wrap your choice of their catalog of Ukraine mail order brides and ship her direct!
Obviously, some sites are legitimate, and some aren't, but you can often single out the more reputable ones by the fact that they never call the women using their services "mail order brides". Even so, and regardless of whether or not it's a derisive term, that's what most men seeking love abroad call their potential mates – at least the first time around. Men seeking the love of a Ukrainian woman soon learn to ditch that particular phrase altogether, although some of the slower ones still refer to their ladies as such in their heads.
Here's a tip if you want to keep your girl around: NEVER let her catch you referring to her (or any of her friends, relatives, acquaintances, or countrywomen) as a Ukraine mail order bride!!!!! She'll drop you like a hot bowl of borscht. But, if you're reading this, you're past the initial stuff. What you're after is something more substantial, more practical… and I'm just the girl to give it to you. After all, who better to teach you how to win the heart of your Ukrainian love than a Ukrainian girl? 🙂
Right then… so, you've searched high and low, spending countless nights scouring Google for every last tidbit of information pertaining to the fine art of wedding that most alluring of creatures, the Ukrainian female, and, having found the love of your life, it's now time to embark upon what is perhaps the most dreaded part of courtship: The fiancée visa process.
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Posted by: Ryan Allen on November 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm
As per usual, there's a lot of rad shit going on tonight in the D (and elsewhere), from Javelins playing for FREE at the WAB (early show, doors are at 7:30), to another mothafuckin' FREE show starring one of the most badass noise-pop bands to ever exist ever — Parts and Labor — at PJ's Lager House.
Free is cool and all, but let's not forget that sometimes it actually feels good to pay 5 bucks to see a show — especially when said show is being delivered by Knoxville, Tennessee's Royal Bangs (that five spot, hopefully, will go straight to them). Maybe you saw them open for the Black Keys not too long ago at the Royal Oak Music Theatre? No? That show was too expensive? You liked them better when they played at the Lager House?
Either way, 5 bucks isn't too much to ask, considering how goddamn excellent Royal Bangs are, and how addictive their new album We Breed Champions (out on Black Keys drummer Pat Carney's Audio Eagle label) is. If you're not familiar, think Broken Social Scene-esque progressive pop with a dose of Warp Records-ish electronica, rounded out with a sudsy beer-rock vibe ala the Replacements and Crazyhorse. We know, it sounds like it totally isn't going to work, but it totally does. It's loose, it's adventurous, and it's hooky in all the right spots.
Don't take our word for it, though. Watch some clips, and decide for yourself. Total weirdos Benny Stoofy opens the night. — Ryan Allen
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Posted by: Elle Sawa on November 18, 2008 at 11:57 am
I ventured out to Pontiac last Thursday to see Deerhunter, whose newest release Microcastle is nothing short of amazing. First up was Disappears, who sounded like Ikara Colt if they were a shoegazer band. It was good, but slightly underwhelming. Hailing from the "blue state of Ohio," Times New Viking took the stage by storm, reminding us that we were at a live show and that I should probably not fall asleep on my date. Although TNV's albums are considered lo-fi, their set was anything but. I expected my eardrums to be pierced by feedback, but I was pleasantly disappointed. By the time Deerhunter got onstage, The Crofoot was packed. Bradford Cox noted that Michigan was up to this point, the best stop on their tour. I'm thinking he says that in every city. Cox asked people to throw things on stage at him, while the bass player humbly begged for a cigarette, and got one (and a hat!). Awesomeness.
— Elle Sawa
p.s. did anyone get pics of this show? send some our way…
Tags: Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Disappears, Times New Viking
Posted by: Anthony Morrow on November 15, 2008 at 11:28 am
Monday night shows in the D are tough. Combine that with a shitty economy and chilly temps and you get a quarter-filled Stick regardless of a stellar lineup. Didn't matter though; each act swung for the fences but we couldn't help but wonder what this would've been like in the cozy confines of the Garden Bowl. The evening started out with Ann Arbor's Charlie Slick and co. playing a glittery, confetti-filled set, warming up the crowd and perhaps pissing off the people at the Magic Stick who have to sweep after shows. Best Fwends left me talking with a bit of a speech impediment, not only because of their name but because I got smacked in the mouth with an inflatable gargoyle. They reminded me of Champions of Breakfast, minus the ridiculous Read more
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Posted by: detourmag on November 13, 2008 at 11:50 am
We made it out to Girl Talk on Tuesday but found ourselves having a sweaty make-out session with some chick from Waterford in the balcony through most of the set so we don't really have a solid review of the show. But one dude did sent this in (he actually commented but did so on an earlier Girl Talk show review from last year). Sounds like he would've rather hung out with me and my gal in the balcony…
From "Matt":
"This show sucked! Kidtronic sounded like a bunch of 15 year olds screaming into their dad's microphone about being wasted and having fun. They sucked. The Death Set was the best act all night. Kinda a Sum 41 with an electronic back. This was the only band that had instruments. They were fast and keep my head moving. They were OK. Girl Talk sucked the worse. I barly recognized anything that was played. The genius of Greg's style is the multiple samples that keeps you rattling off the original artist one after the other. That was absent all night. The set consist of "boom, boom, boom" for a minute long, one random sample, back to 'Boom, Boom, Boom.' He was completely unprepared and seemed totally lost all night. I was thoroghly disappointed."
Were you there? Do you agree? Are you that chick from Waterford?
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Posted by: detourmag on November 11, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Tags: All Smiles, Conor Oberst, Matt Focht Band
Posted by: detourmag on November 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Finally. The Detroit answer to the Baltimore Round Robin. Only it's all acoustic. And the artists are playing on a stage, not in "the round." Whatevs. It's definitely the place to be tonight and Jay will be dressed up as Dan Deacon doing shots of whatever you hand him. Beware, this is what happens after the fifth shot of Apple Pucker…
Posted by: Ryan Allen on November 6, 2008 at 10:00 am
The Sea and Cake, Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
MP3: "Weekend"
Not really famous for straying the course, Car Alarm is an album that you would expect to come from Chicago's the Sea and Cake. If you're into the band, then odds are you know exactly what to expect, and you will dig it. And why wouldn't you? All the key elements have been assembled for a typically great Sea and Cake record: Sam Prekop's smooth, breathy vocals, Eric Claridge's impressive and tight bass playing, John McEntire's jazzy and precise drumming and the jangly guitars of Prekop and Archer Prewitt. Like all their records, it is a combination of indie rock, pop, jazz and tropicalia. It is the obvious next step the band could have taken after 2007's awesomely poppy Everybody, with a very subtle return to some of the electronic sounds of the previous few records (check "Weekend" for some oscillating keyboard work that makes us yearn for some of the blippity-bloop jams from 1997's The Fawn).
After almost 16 years worth of stellar, reliable releases, Car Alarm mostly sticks to the same strategy the band always has. But, we're huge fans, so we couldn't care less. Never change, boys. — Aaron Quillen
Tags: Amercher Prewitt, Car Alarm, Eric Claridge, John McEntire, Sma Prekop, The Fawn, The Sea and Cake, Thrill Jockey, Weekend
Posted by: detourmag on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Child Bite, "Barracuda Mouth" (Suburban Sprawl Music, 2008)
Tags: Barraduda Mouth, Child Bite, Sarah Palin
Posted by: Ryan Allen on October 30, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains, S/T (Saddle Creek Records, 2008)
MP3: "I Hate My Friends"
If somebody slipped us this new Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains album with a homemade cover on it saying "New Killers Album Inside!," we'd probably totally believe it upon first listen to lead track "Love Can Be So Mean." It's all there: the synthy undertones, the double-time on the hi-hat drumming, the BIG TIME guitar riffs, the overwrought, dramatic singing. All that's missing are some lines about Las Vegas casinos and a jacket with bird feathers on the lapel.
Thing is, we've heard some of the new Killers album. And, you know, it's not that bad or whatever (although that "are we human, or are we dancers" line is pretty awful), but, it's still the Killers: a band so un-punk and prissy that it's almost impossible to Read more
Tags: American Names, Brandon Flowers, DFA 1979, Saddle Creek Records, Sebastian Grainger and the Mountains, The Killers
Posted by: Ryan Allen on October 29, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Deerhunter, Mircocastle (Kranky Records, 2008)
It's bizarre to review an album that has been leaked for what seems like an eternity now, and one that has been available on iTunes, even, for at least a few months. But when you craft something as monumental and mesmerizing as Deerhunter's Microcastle, it's hard to just ignore it as if it's old news.
Certainly, by now, we're all pretty familiar with Deerhunter's story: Lead singer and resident minor-celebrity Bradford Cox is a lanky, humorous, effeminate, outspoken, blog-addicted, songwriting machine. Besides his well-received output with Deerhunter (including the much hyped Cryptograms and Fluorescent Grey EP), he has pumped out loads of stuff under his own Atlas Sound moniker, including the material released on last year's Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, and the musical treats he consistently Read more
Tags: Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Cryptograms, Deerhunter, Fluorescent Grey, Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Microcastle


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2 Chronicles 26:1 Then all the people of Iuda toke Oziah whiche was .xvi. yere olde, and made hym Kynge in the rowme of hys father Amaziah. 2 Chronicles 26:2 And he buylt Eloth and brought it agayne to Iuda after the kynge was layde to rest with his fathers. 2 Chronicles 26:3 Sixtene yere olde was Oziah when he began to raigne and he raigned .lij. yeare in Ierusalem. Hys mothers name was Iecaliah of Ierusalem. 2 Chronicles 26:4 And he dyd þt pleased the Lord, in al pointes as dyd hys father Amaziah. 2 Chronicles 26:5 And he soughte God, whyle Zachariah þe teacher to se God lyued: and as longe as he sought the Lorde, God made him prospere. 2 Chronicles 26:6 And he went to battel agaynst the Philistines and brake doune the walles of Geth, and the walles of Iabneh and the walles of Asdod, and buylt cities about Asdod & among the Philistines. 2 Chronicles 26:7 And God holpe him against the Philistines & againste the Arabiens that dwelt in Gurbaal, & against the Meunites. 2 Chronicles 26:8 And the Ammonites gaue tribute to Oziah, & his name sprede abroade euen to Egipt: for he played þe man exceaded. 2 Chronicles 26:9 Moreouer Oziah buylte toures in Ierusalem ouer the corner gate, & ouer the valeye gate, and ouer other corners, and made them stronge. 2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built toures in þe wildernesse & digged many welles. For he had much catel, both in the valey and also in the playne: and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountaynes and in Charmel, for he loued husbandrye. 2 Chronicles 26:11 And Oziah had an host of fyghtyng men that went out to warre in the armye & were tolde & numbred by Ieiel the scrybe & Maasiah an officer, vnder the hand of Hananiah one of the kynges Lordes. 2 Chronicles 26:12 And the hoale numbre of the auncient heades of þe men of might were .ij. thousande & syxe hundred 2 Chronicles 26:13 and vnder the handes of them was the armie of the hoste, thre hundred & seuen thousand, & fyue hundred that made warre wyth myght & strength, to helpe the kynge againste hys enemyes. 2 Chronicles 26:14 And Oziah prouyded them thorow oute al þe host shildes, speares, helmettes, habergynnes, bowes & slinges for stones. 2 Chronicles 26:15 And he made engynes in Ierusalem by the crafte of artifycers to be on þe towres & corners, to shote arowes & great stones with al. And his name spreade farre abroade, for he was wonderflye holpe, vntyl he was become myghtye.
2 Chronicles 26:16 And in his greatnesse hys hert arose, that he was marred: & transgressed against þe Lord his God. For he went into the temple of the Lorde to burne cense vpon the aulter of incense. 2 Chronicles 26:17 But Asariah the prieste went in after him with foure skore priestes of the Lorde þt were bolde men. 2 Chronicles 26:18 And they stepte to Oziah þe kynge & sayde to him: it pertayneth not to the Oziah to burne cense vnto the Lorde, but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrate for to burne incense. Come out of the sanctuarye, for thou hast trespaced, and it shalbe no worshepe to the before the Lorde God. 2 Chronicles 26:19 And Oziah was wroth and had cense in hys hande to offer, and in hys indignacyon agaynste the prieste, the leprosye sprange in his forhead the priestes in the house of the Lorde, euen besyde the incense aulter. 2 Chronicles 26:20 And Asariah the chefe priest with al the other priestes loked vpon him: and beholde he was a leper in his forhead, & they vexed him thence. And therto he was fayne to go oute, because þe Lord had plaged him. 2 Chronicles 26:21 And Oziah þe kynge continued a lepre vnto the daye of his death & dwelte in an house at lybertie: howe be it, he was cast out of þe house of þe Lord. And Ionatham his sonne had þe gouernaunce of the kynges house & iudged the people of the lande.
2 Chronicles 26:22 The rest of the actes of Oziah both fyrste and last, did Isaiah the prophete the sonne of Amos write. 2 Chronicles 26:23 And when Oziah was layde to rest with his fathers, they buryed him wt his fathers in þe felde of the burial of the kinges. For they sayde: he is a leper. And Ioatham his sonne raygned in his steade.


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• Joint health
Supplement FactsServing Size:1 Capsule
Methylsulfonylmethane … 500 mg
Glucosamine Sulfate (KCl) … 500 mg
Non-medicinal ingredients: ascorbyl palmitate. Capsule: hypromellose.
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MSM or methylsulfonylmethane is a naturally occurring form of organic sulfur found in living organisms. In humans, sulfur is present throughout the body in several organic compounds and is a factor in a number of different processes in the body. Glucosamine is synthesized by combining glucose and the amino acid glutamine. Glucosamine sulfate is naturally found in joint cartilage and synovial fluid, and the body requires sulfate to produce cartilage tissue. Methylsulfonylmethane and glucosamine seem to produce superior results when used in combination than when they are used separately.
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Primary Uses: MSM is primarily used to reduce the symptoms of knee pain and reduced physical function in osteoarthritis due to its anti-inflammatory and connective tissue supporting activities. Glucosamine is arguably the best-studied of all joint-support supplements, serving the needs of young and old, athletic and arthritic or injured. Glucosamine is an amino sugar used to create cushioning fluids and tissues around joints. It also repairs damaged arthritic joints, reduces pain, and builds synovial fluids.
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Glucosamine, MSM and their combination produced an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect in osteoarthritis. Combination therapy showed better efficacy in reducing pain and swelling and in improving the functional ability of joints than the individual agents. The onset of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity was found to be more rapid with the combination than with Glucosamine. (Usha & Naidu, 2004)
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Inside: Why Cong stepped back on Azad as T Cong Incharge
Congress party is focussing on Telangana and started treatment needed for strengthening T congress with the help of an able leader. As per the survey reports, Congress high command came to a conclusion to replace the TS in charge Kunthia with Gulam Nabi Azad, who is a senior and a proven leader. Knowing the leaked information, Congress leaders welcomed Gulm Nabi Azad on social media while congratulating him. But reliable sources said Gulam Nabi has expressed his unwillingness to be the incharge of Telangana making it a hot topic in Telangana congress. Watch other issues as well under Inside programme.
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RBM based Autoencoders with tensorflow
Recently I try to implement RBM based autoencoder in tensorflow similar to RBMs described in Semantic Hashing paper by Ruslan Salakhutdinov and Geoffrey Hinton. It seems that with weights that were pre-trained with RBM autoencoders should converge faster. So I've decided to check this.
This post will describe some roadblocks for RBMs/autoencoders implementation in tensorflow and compare results of different approaches. I assume reader's previous knowledge of tensorflow and machine learning field. All code can be found in this repo
RBMs different from usual neural networks in some ways:
Neural networks usually perform weight update by Gradient Descent, but RMBs use Contrastive Divergence (which is basically a funky term for "approximate gradient descent" link to read). At a glance, contrastive divergence computes a difference between positive phase (energy of first encoding) and negative phase (energy of the last encoding).
positive_phase = tf.matmul(
negative_phase = tf.matmul(
contrastive_divergence = positive_phase - negative_phase
Also, a key feature of RMB that it encode output in binary mode, not as probabilities. More about RMBs you may read here or here.
As prototype one layer tensorflow rbm implementation was used. For testing, I've taken well known MNIST dataset(dataset of handwritten digits).
Many Layers Implementation
At first, I've implement multilayers RBM with three layers. Because we do not use usual tensorflow optimizers we may stop gradient for every variable with tf.stop_gradient(variable_name) and this will speed up computation a little bit. After construction two questions arose:
- Should every layer hidden units be binary encoded or only last one?
- Should we update every layer weights/biases at once per step, or first train only first two layers, after layers 2 and 3, and so on?
So I've run the model with all binary units and only with last binary unit. And it seems that model with only last layer binarized trains better. After a while, I note that this approach was already proposed in the paper, but I somehow miss this.
So let's stop with the last layer binarized and try different train approaches. To build model that will train only pair of layers we need train two layers model, save it, build new model with one more layer, load pre-trained first two layers weights/biases and continue train last two layers (code). During implementation I've met some trouble — tensorflow have no method to initialize all not initialized previously variables method. Maybe I just didn't find this. So I've finished with approach when I directly send variable that should be restored and variables that should be initialized.
# restore previous variables
restore_vars_dict = self._get_restored_variables_names()
restorer = tf.train.Saver(restore_vars_dict) restorer.restore(sess, self.saves_path)
# initialize not restored variables
new_variables = self._get_new_variables_names() sess.run(tf.initialize_variables(new_variables))
After testing seems that both training approaches converge to approximately same error. But some another cool stuff — the model that was trained by pair lairs trains faster in time.
So we stop with RBM trained with only last layer binarized and with two layers only strategy.
Build autoencoder from RBM
After getting pre-trained weights from RMB, it's time to build autoencoder for fine tuning. To get encoding layer output as much as possible binarized as per paper advice we add Gaussian noise before layer. To simulate deterministic noise behavior, noise generated for each input prior training and not changed during training. Also, we want compare autoencoder loaded from RBM weights with self-initialized usual autoencoder. Code for autoencoder.
It seems that RBM initialized autoencoder continue training, but newly initialized autoencoder with same architecture after a while stuck at some point.
Also, I've trained two autoencoders without Gaussian noise. Now we can see through distribution what embedding most similar to binary (code for visualization):
We can see that RBM based autoencoder with Gaussian noise works better than other for our purposes.
To validate received embeddings I generate them for test and train sets for such networks:
- RBM with the last layer binarized and trained by pairs
- Autoencoder based on RBM with Gaussian noise
- Newly initialized autoencoder with Gaussian noise
and use two validation approaches:
Train SVM with the train set and measure accuracy on the test set. SVM was used from sklearn with 'rbf' kernel with no max_iter == 50. Results table were generated with this code
With Hamming distance or dot product find ten most similar pictures/embeddings to provided one and check how many labels are the same to the submitted array label. Code to check distance accuracies.
As we can see embeddings can save some strong features, that can be used for future clusterization very well. But these features are not linearly correlated — so when we measure accuracy for most similar embeddings, we get results worse than when we use full MNIST images. Of course, maybe autoencoder should be trained with another learning rate/longer, but this is the task for future research.
For RBM training such params were used network was trained with:
Training params
For RBM training such params were used network was trained with:
- learning rate = 0.01
- batch size = 100
- shuffle batches = True
- gibbs sampling steps = 1
- layers quantity = 3
- layers shapes(including input layer) = [784, 484, 196, 100]
For autoencoder learning rate was changed to 1.0 because of another optimization rule.
Originally published at ikhlestov.github.io on December 28, 2016.


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Echolocation can sound at more than 120 decibels, which is right around the pain threshold of the human ear. Thankfully, it's at a frequency that we can't hear. Bats disable their hearing when they send out the call that triangulates their prey, then turn it back on to receive the resulting echoes. They do this by contracting the muscles in their ears hundreds of times per second.
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La Salle Community Raises Funds for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Our recent "La Salle Responds" Initiative raised $10,500 to support our Lasallian family at Colegio de La Salle Bayamon, Puerto Rico in their hurricane recovery efforts.
Thanks to all who donated at the La Salle-Saint Joseph's Prep Football game, on last Friday's "La Salle Responds" Dress Down Day, or online to our hurricane relief efforts for Colegio deLa Salle in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Through your generosity, we were able to raise over $10,500.00!
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I want to thank Senior Helpers for the beautiful flowers that were sent to Mom's service.
I also want to thank you for the excellent care mom received from your care givers.
We are in the process of going through 68 years worth of memories at mom's house. A daunting task!
All the best.
Hi Keith...The main care provider we work with is Melony Decker. She works with my father on Mondays-Friday, 2:30-10:30 p.m. We have worked closely with Melony for years, and she is outstanding. The second care provider with whom we have been working recently is LeAndrea Allen. She works on weekends, and is sometimes available to cover Melony's shift when Melony is not available. LeAndrea is also excellent and we are very happy to have her work with my father on any shift covered by Senior Helpers where (1) Melony is not working (i.e., weekends or when Melony has a day off) and (2) LeAndrea is available.
We also work with Graceworks to provide 40+ hours a week of in-home care for my father. Each company's ability to provide my father with a consistent schedule of the specific caregivers we have grown to trust and depend upon is critically important to us.
Thanks, and I look forward to working with you on the continued care of my father.
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We live in Florida, my Mother lives in Ohio, and my wife and I cannot say enough good things about SeniorHelpers and the care and concern the staff provides to my 94-year old Mother. In addition to all the nice people at the Dayton office, we are particularly blessed to know Mabel, Caregiver Extraordinaire, and Tonya, Client Services Director. These individuals -- from the moment we met them a year ago -- were clearly the best of the best! It's difficult to express just how reassuring it is to know this Team is helping Mom out and enabling her to remain independent in her own condo. We are also appreciative of the communications from Keith, the Company's Director/Manager.
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Favoured by A-listers like Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller and Kate Moss, and featured in glossies like Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle, Middle-Eastern brand SSC is an eco-luxe fur fashion house, using materials such as recycled fur, shearling and meat industry by-product. Creative Director Sanaz Shirazi shares the brand's story with The Business Woman Media Power Pack…
What prompted you to establish SSC?
To create a brand that is eco in terms of not using synthetic to create and to have a slow process in terms of distribution and manufacturing.
Our family background goes way back when it comes to shearling and sheep fur manufacturing and distributing, as they were in the industry and exported meat industry bi product furs which was shearling to European fashion houses.
Our Main goal is to bring the family history and heritage back to present and continue the eco-luxe production.
What have been the biggest challenges in building the brand?
Challenges are always to stay original in a world that is trying to put you in a box, always think new and not being afraid to follow your instincts.
What have been the highlights?
As Creative Director I have been able to bring awareness to the brand through international press to this important cause, and received positive responses. That has definitely been a highlight.
The media has been very important and positive in the process of building the brand. Middle Eastern media, international newspapers and magazines from Elle, Vogue, Marie Claire to Times and financial newspapers have featured us.
Also Television interviews to bring awareness to the brand's philosophy … among them: VOA-Voice of America, BBC, Manoto TV. I am also a guest judge at the Persian version of American Idol, and appear on Radio Farda, CEO Middle East, for The Middle East inc Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
The A list s from the movie, music, fashion and royalty have all been wearing the brand such as Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller, Analeigh Tipton and models Kate Moss and Elle Macpherson among others. Their support has also been a highlight for us.
Another highlight is to be able to have branches and showrooms in cities around the worl: Geneva, Oslo, Tehran, London and now Los Angeles, and being sold at the best retailers worldwide — and also ski resorts.
But the greatest highlight is always to see a customer wearing the brand in the street.
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- Always be honest and true to yourself and others about what you are doing and want to achieve and why you are doing it.
- Surround yourself with like-minded people and learn from the best.
- Never think that you know everything — be curious and never stop the learning process.
Sanaz Shirazi is the Creative Director of SSC, has a BA in international marketing, and has worked within advertising, marketing, fashion, retail, and business worlds.


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Coach Slava Koulikov hailed his own players and took a swipe at their opponents after Peterborough Phantoms' latest victory last night (October 17).
Darius Pliskauskas struck in the final second for the second successive match to clinch a 6-4 victory on the road at Sheffield Steeldogs.
The Lithuanian international completed a hat-trick as he sealed two more points when tucking into an empty net with the clock having ticked onto 59:59.
That came during a stormy finish with clashes following the buzzer. Phantoms refused to take part in the post-match handshakes and Koulikov blasted rival coach Greg Wood for failing to control his Steeldogs players.
Koulikov said: "A win on the road always feels good and it was an exciting game for the fans to watch.
"But I was very disappointed to see that Sheffield have not really changed their style of play despite reading lots of interviews and seeing lots of videos in which they said they were going to step away from the Andre Payette era.
"I always try to praise opposition teams and coaches, but I'm disappointed they sent everyone on the ice to try to cause trouble after they had lost the game.
"I'm also disappointed Mr Wood cannot control his bench and that is why we did not shake hands at the end of the game.
"But I want to concentrate on my guys who were magnificent in the way they came back from being behind and delivered for me again."
Steeldogs defenceman Lee Haywood hit the only goal of the opening session, but the lamp was regularly lit up in the middle period with the sides striking seven times between them.
The first of those efforts came from Steeldogs import Lubomir Korhon, but Phantoms wiped out their arrears courtesy of a Milan Baranyk effort and a Tom Norton powerplay leveller.
Another Steeldogs import, Arnoldas Bosas, then restored the hosts' advantage only for his fellow Lithuanian ace Pliskauskas to level with the first of his treble.
Ales Padelek edged Phantoms ahead for the first time in the final minute of the session, but again Sheffield hit back through Tom Squires with just under nine minutes remaining.
Pliskauskas struck again on a powerplay at 56:32 with what proved to be the vital goal before increasing the margin of victory at the death.
Phantoms are back on home ice tonight (October 18, 5.30pm) when they host troubled champions Telford.
The Tigers have lost seven of 11 games so far and crashed 3-0 at Swindon last night, but Koulikov insists they cannot be taken lightly.
He added: "We can all see that Telford are struggling right now, but if they can find their form they will be unstoppable.
"It is another battle of the league and play-off champions from last season and the best team will come out on top."
8:52 Haywood ass: Korhon/Squires
21:32 Korhon ass: Bosas/Morgan
29:45 Bosas ass: Smith/Korhon
51:09 Squires ass: Bosas/Korhon
22:15 Baranyk ass: Levers/Weldon
25:28 Norton (PP) ass: Baranyk/Weldon
37:16 Pliskauskas ass: Norton/Gibson
39:11 Padelek ass: McGiffin/Pliskauskas
56:32 Pliskauskas (PP) ass: Scott/Padelek
59:59 Pliskauskas (EN) ass: Scott/Levers
Sheffield – Tom Squires
Phantoms – Milan Baranyk


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Three new race tracks are set to come in the country and will be built in Hosur (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad and between Mumbai and Pune. Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) President confirmed that they were in talks with parties from these three places. However, he did not disclose further details.
"I can't disclose details at the moment because they are in talks with us and it has to be confidential right now," he told Motorsport.com. "We are aware that they are interested in putting up tracks in these areas. Till they announce it, we will not be disclosing details. But for sure, we are in discussion with people from these three areas. Once they have firmed up everything and start work, I am sure they will also announce it," he added. He further said that it is private corporate investment and it has nothing to do with the government. This will certainly be a much needed boost for Motorsports.
Currently, India has three major tracks viz. Buddh International Circuit (FIA Grade 1) in Greater Noida, Madras Motor Race Track (FIA Grade 2) in Sriperumbudur and the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore. These apart, there are international level karting tracks in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The others are mostly recreational karting tracks or those that can host National Championships.
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Craig Read would have played all night if it had been allowed.
So keen is the 21-year-old to play football these days after coming back from the brink of quitting the game altogether.
The classy young midfielder put in a man-of-the-match performance in Saturday?s 3-0 Highfield Road victory over Derby County when he stood in for the suspended Youssef Safri for only his second start in the Sky Blues? first team.
Touted as the next big thing at the club after graduating from the FA?s school of excellence at Lilleshall with West Ham?s Joe Cole, Pead?s progress was held back by a career threatening injury, followed by a switch to the unfamiliar position of full-back.
?About a year ago I went through a really bad patch in my career because I got a knee injury,? said the player who has come up through the club?s youth ranks.
?I had one operation on it and my knee kept swelling up and I had to have two further operations and I actually thought at one point I was never going to get back and I would have to quit.
?That kept going through my mind and I started getting down about it and feeling really bad because I couldn?t see any light at the end of the tunnel, but thank god I did.
?I am just so pleased to be in there now and I just want to stay in. I didn?t want the final whistle to go even though I was so tired - it was just so good.
?I thought it went well and I really enjoyed it and wasn?t intimidated by anything. Just to get out there and be a part of it and part of a winning team was great.
?I am really enjoying my football now but a few months ago I wasn?t enjoying it at all. I was playing at right-back and although I wasn?t doing too bad, I wasn?t involved enough. But they moved me back into midfield and I am really enjoying it again.
?I have felt my performances have been really good in the last three or four months and I just need to build on that now and I know I have to work twice as hard to keep on playing.
?Saf?s a great player and I have just got to take every game as it comes and if selected I will work hard to try and stay in there.?
Pead is hoping to keep his place against Reading on Boxing Day but in the meantime he can reflect on an outstanding performance which came close to having a dream ending.
?I had a great chance at the end with a header and I was actually laying on the floor thinking it was in when I heard the crowd roar, so that would have been a dream come true if I had scored,? said the enthusiastic player who got a glowing report from his manager.
?His performance gives me a difficult decision,? said Gary McAllister. ?Calum Davenport went out of the side suspended and Richard Shaw has come in and taken his jersey, and Craig Pead has done equally the same and Youssef Safri must be thinking there is some serious competition for his place.
?But it is healthy for me and he was superby out there. He covered a lot of ground and has got that youthful energy that some of us don?t have.?
Reading arrive at Highfield Road for the Noon kick-off looking to stop City doing the double having been on the receiving end of a 2-1 early-season defeat at the Madjeski Stadium as the Sky Blues took the points with goals from Calum Davenport and Jay Bothroyd.
And the Royals, who have suffered back-to-back 2-0 reverses against Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest, are hindered in their cause with the likely loss of joint top scorer Nicky Forster.
The six-goal former Birmingham City striker limped out of the defeat at the City Ground with a hamstring injury, which is expected to force manager Alan Pardew to reshuffle his pack as he reverts to a twin striker force of Jamie Cureton and Martin Butler, instead of his recently successful 4-5-1 formation.
The two defeats have inflicted unexpected damage on the best defence in the division which had gone an incredible 757 minutes without conceding until Jon Harley struck for the Blades.