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When two elderly sisters were attacked by a thug with a knife in an attempted carjacking in Madison, New Jersey, on Monday, they were lucky things didn't go awry.
The ladies, who wished to remain anonymous, aged 93 and 94, had parked in the lot outside of a CVS Pharmacy and went inside to pick up some prescriptions. They left their car unlocked, which allowed a local thug, Sergio Fernando Solorzano-Vasquez, to climb into the back and wait for the sisters to return. When they returned he attacked them with a knife.
The thug got a surprise when the older sister, in the driver's seat, reached around and struck the assailant with her right arm while the younger sister jumped out of the car and started screaming. The thug made the right decision and ran from the car and the scene but not before three surveillance cameras got him on film. He was quickly arrested and taken into custody.
The sisters were lucky, and plucky. They were in what Jeff Cooper taught was "condition white," oblivious to any dangers that might be nearby and therefore unprepared for the attack. For years Cooper trained thousands to avoid condition white as potential miscreants, like Vasquez, are trained to look for people existing "in their own world" and therefore vulnerable to a surprise attack.
But the sisters had something going for them which, in this case, protected them from serious or even fatal injury: the determination not to become a victim. Cooper and others believe that this is a decision that most people don't make until it's too late, but can be made well in advance of any threat. Rather than rely on luck or pluck the sisters were saved by their innate determination to resist and protect themselves.
The next rule Cooper and other self-defense experts teach is to create a noisy disturbance when an attack is imminent. Happily, the younger sister was in good voice that day, and her screaming so unnerved the punk that he exited the car in great haste, thus ending the attack.
Other carjacking attempts don't end so well. In Clayton County, Georgia, a carjacker entered a black Honda Accord which had pulled to a stop at an intersection and pulled the driver from the front seat and drove away, leaving the driver stranded and panicked. This goon had planned to take the car and use it to commit another crime when officers saw him and, after exchanging gunfire with him, ended his rampage after he was hit by officers' bullets.
In this case the driver made the same mistake as the two sisters: living in condition white. He also left his car unlocked, even while driving, giving his attacker all the advantage: surprise and physical intimidation. It's unclear from the record whether the driver even had a chance to defend himself as most carjackings take place typically within five or ten seconds. He also was lucky, as the thug was armed and intended to inflict additional attacks on others before being shot by the police.
A third recent carjacking is also instructive. On April 23, 2009, a female driver pulled her Toyota into a local gas station in St. Louis, Missouri and when she returned to her car, Harold Ford, a felon who had just been released after serving 18 years of a 20-year sentence (for carjacking!) was waiting for her. He forced her to drive him to another convenience store and took her inside, forcing her to pay for his cigarettes. After taking her cellphone and driver's license, he left her with instructions not to call the police or he would be making a midnight call on her at her home.
She reported the incident to the police who spotted her Toyota two weeks later being driven by Ford, and the situation, like the one in Clayton County, also ended with an exchange of gunfire that put Ford back in prison for another 37 years and forced the retirement of one of the two arresting officers who was shot by Ford during the confrontation.
Like the two other incidents, she was also in condition white, totally unprepared for a life-threatening attack. One can imagine the victim's frame of mind when faced with an armed hood with nothing to lose. She was out of options and became his cooperative victim during the incident.
The California Distance Learning Project's website offers some simple rules to follow for those inclined to live in condition white:
- Be aware that your car can be stolen from you at any time
- Lock the car at all times, even if just stepping into a store for a moment, and especially while driving
- Do not stop to help a driver who appears to have broken down. Often this is a "ruse" to get you to step out of the car. Instead, call a service station or 911 and wait until help arrives.
- When pulling up to a light, leave half a car length between your vehicle and the one in front—you should be able to see his rear tires. That way, if you are the victim of a "bump"—another ruse to get you to exit your vehicle—you can drive away and worry about any damage later.
- Be suspicious of anyone coming towards you with flyers, or asking directions.
- If you think you're being followed drive immediately to a police station or to a service station.
The U.S. State Department has additional suggestions:
- Avoid parking in isolated areas of parking lots
- Be aware of possible escape routes
- Most carjackings involve more than one assailant—watch for his accomplice
- Consider using a weapon to defend yourself (this from the US government!)
- Avoidance of the incident is the safest, lowest risk way to stay safe
Snopes suggests that drivers should be aware of high-potential areas for carjackings such as car washes and ATMs while the Crime Doctor suggests:
- using valet parking or an attended garage if you're a woman driving alone
- being alert to persons just sitting in a nearby car
- asking for a security escort if you are alone at a shopping center
- Watching out for young males loitering nearby
- Looking around and inside your vehicle as you approach it
- Never agreeing to be kidnapped: Drop the car keys and run and scream for help
Jeff Cooper put it more simply: avoid condition white. Adopt condition yellow of constant awareness and decide, like the Madison, New Jersey sisters, not to become a victim.


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For the most part, Ben Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been good guys in these troubled economic times. They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best way to cure unemployment was to intensify the suffering of the unemployed. You can argue -- and I would -- that the Fed's activism, while welcome, isn't enough, and that it should be doing even more. But at least it didn't lose sight of what's really important.
Until now.
Lately, Fed officials have been issuing increasingly strong hints that rather than doing more, they want to do less, that they are eager to start "tapering," returning to normal monetary policy. The impression that the Fed is tired of trying so hard got even stronger last week, after a news conference in which Bernanke seemed quite happy to reinforce the message of an imminent reduction in stimulus.
The trouble is that this is very much the wrong signal to be sending given the state of the economy. We're still very much living through what amounts to a low-grade depression -- and the Fed's bad messaging reduces the chances that we're going to exit that depression any time soon.
The first thing you need to understand is how far we remain from full employment four years after the official end of the 2007-09 recession. It's true that measured unemployment is down -- but that mainly reflects a decline in the number of people actively seeking jobs, rather than an increase in job availability. Look, for example, at the fraction of adults in their prime working years (25 to 54) who have jobs; that ratio fell from 80 to 75 percent in the recession, and has since recovered only to 76 percent.
Given this grim reality -- plus very low inflation -- you have to wonder why the Fed is talking at all about reducing its efforts on the economy's behalf.
Still, it's just talk, right? Well, yes -- but what the Fed says often matters as much as or more than what it does. This is inherent in the relationship between what the Fed more or less directly controls, namely short-term interest rates, and longer-term rates, which reflect expected as well as current short-term rates. Even if the Fed leaves short rates unchanged for now, statements that convince investors that these rates will be going up sooner rather than later will cause long rates to rise. And because long rates are what mainly matter for private spending, this will weaken growth and employment.
Sure enough, rates have shot up since the tapering talk started. Two months ago the benchmark interest rate on 10-year U.S. government bonds was only 1.7 percent, close to a historic low. Since then the rate has risen to 2.4 percent -- still low by normal standards, but, as I said, this isn't a normal economy. Maybe the economic recovery will, as the Fed predicts, continue and strengthen despite that rise in rates. But maybe not, and in any case higher rates will surely mean a slower recovery than we would have had if Fed officials had avoided all that talk of tapering.
Fed officials surely understand all of this. So what do they think they're doing? One answer might be that the Fed has quietly come to agree with critics who argue that its easy-money policies are having damaging side-effects, say by increasing the risk of bubbles. But I hope that's not true, since whatever damage low rates may do is trivial compared with the damage higher rates, and the resulting rise in unemployment, would inflict.
In any case, my guess is that what's really happening is a bit different: Fed officials are, consciously or not, responding to political pressure. After all, ever since the Fed began its policy of aggressive monetary stimulus, it has faced angry accusations from the right that it is "debasing" the dollar and setting the stage for high inflation -- accusations that haven't been retracted even though the dollar has remained strong and inflation has remained low. It's hard to avoid the suspicion that Fed officials, worn down by the constant attacks, have been looking for a reason to slacken their efforts, and have seized on slightly better economic news as an excuse.
And maybe they'll get away with it; maybe the economic recovery will strengthen and all will be well. But rising interest rates make that happy outcome less likely. And now that everyone knows that the Fed is eager to slacken off, it will be hard to get interest rates back down to where they were.
It's sad and depressing, in both senses of the word. The fundamental reason our economy is still depressed after all these years is that so many policymakers lost the thread, forgetting that job creation was their most urgent task. Until now the Fed was an exception; but now it seems to be joining the club. Et tu, Ben?
Fed joins the wrong side?
For the most part, Ben Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been good guys in these troubled economic times. They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best way to cure unemployment was to intensify the suffering of the unemployed. You can argue -- and I would -- that the Fed's activism, while welcome, isn't enough, and that it should be doing even more. But at least it didn't lose sight of what's really important.

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Fashion designers and dictionary writers don't usually cross paths, which is what makes Erin McKean, founder of online dictionary Wordnik.com and prolific dress maker, so surprising.
The Millbrae resident's latest book, "The Hundred Dresses: The Most Iconic Styles of Our Time" (Bloomsbury, $23), which came out last month, meticulously documents the world's 100 most iconic dresses.
Illustrated with pen and watercolor wash by Donna Mehalko, the book breaks down dress styles — like the Wench, the Flapper, the Breakfast at Tiffanys ("the 800 pound gorilla of little black dresses"), and the Sari — into differentiable archetypes, with example designers and common uses.
"Words are the dress of thought. Wordnik has about 7.625 million unique words," she said. "If we say something is a word, it's because we have a data point for it that we really like or because there's nothing else that quite expresses the same thing. Which is how I defined the dresses, too."
For SFUnzipped's own look at unforgettable dresses, check out our gallery.


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Russell Martin had two hits, two runs scored and the game-winning sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to help the Pittsburgh Pirates top the Chicago Cubs, 7-6, in the opener of a three-game set at Wrigley Field.
Pittsburgh's led 6-4 through five, but the Cubs tacked on a run in both the sixth and seventh innings to tie it. Pedro Strop (0-1) took the hill for Chicago in the top of the eighth and walked a pair before giving way to James Russell, who surrendered a walk to Pedro Alvarez to load the bags for Martin. His sac fly to right plated Starling Marte for the final margin.
Tony Watson (2-0) took the win after yielding a run in the seventh, Mark Melancon worked a perfect bottom of the eighth and Jason Grilli shut the door in the ninth for his second save of the season.
Alvarez and Travis Ishikawa drove in two runs apiece for Pittsburgh, which took 2-of-3 from Chicago to start the season. Marte scored three times and stole two bags in the triumph.
Emilio Bonifacio and Starlin Castro had three hits apiece for the Cubs, with the latter posting his first career multi-homer game. Castro drove in four of Chicago's six runs.


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Chris with Bear
Afghanistan 2010
Anna with Alphy
Chris, Low Rider, Hesco & Target
Afghanistan 2010
Puppy Rescue Mission ("PRM") is the brainchild of Anna Cannan Chiasson, president and founding member of PRM. In 2010, Anna's fiancé (now husband), Chris, was deployed to and stationed in Afghanistan. A few weeks prior to Chris's arrival at his combat outpost, a suicide bomber entered the post in the middle of the night. The dogs on the post immediately started barking and took off in pursuit of the bomber. One of the dogs, Rufus, grabbed the bomber's leg while two other dogs, Target and Sasha, alerted the troops. Realizing his cover was blown, the suicide bomber blew himself up never making it into the living quarters of the soldiers. Thankfully, all the soldiers survived the attack with only a few sustaining injuries. Sasha did not survive the attack and was laid to rest at the post. A pregnant Target, who was badly injured in the blast, was later nursed back to health along with Rufus.
Shortly after the attack, Chris arrived at the post where they befriended the dogs as well as Target's litter of puppies who were only 4-5 weeks old. Being the animal lover that Chris is, he and some of the other soldiers started taking care of the dogs on the post in their spare time. As time went by, the dogs became very fond of the soldiers who were caring for them. An instant, unbreakable bond formed between the soldiers and the dogs as the dogs provided a sense of normalcy for the soldiers at Chris's post that rarely exists in a country like Afghanistan.
The soldiers at Chris's post continued feeding the dogs from their own plates, caring for the dogs on a daily basis but, most of all, treating the dogs as if they were their very own. According to Anna, she didn't hear from Chris very often but when she did, she could literally "hear the smile on Chris's face as his voice would light up when he would talk about all the dogs at the post". Realizing his time at the post would eventually come to an end, Chris spoke with Anna about the idea of bringing some of the dogs back to the States.
Anna then brainstormed as to how to raise funds to help bring back to the States 7 of the dogs, affectionately known as "THE LUCKY SEVEN". While juggling work and school, Anna began her fundraising efforts by selling candles and running an online raffle to help rescue the dogs. Realizing that transporting 7 dogs back from Afghanistan was a very expensive process, Anna decided to start a Facebook page for her fundraising cause which became known as "Puppy Rescue Mission". At the time, the cost of rescuing a dog from Afghanistan was about $3,000 which was utilized to cover the cost of the dog's vaccinations, transport from the base to the shelter, transport to the nearby airport as well as airfare from Afghanistan to the dog's respective new home.
PRM supporters on Facebook began to grow at an amazing rate of speed as did the donations being made to support Anna's fundraising cause. Once enough money was raised to transport "THE LUCKY SEVEN" back to the States though, Anna decided that PRM needed to continue as there were many more soldiers who, like Chris, needed help in bringing their furry friends home from Afghanistan.
While the military does not condone befriending animals, dogs and cats alike tend to find their way into the hearts of many, many soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. According to Anna, "it's as if the animals know the difference between the heart of an American versus that of an Afghan as Chris would tell her stories of how dogs growl at the Afghan soldiers but show nothing but love towards American soldiers." So, Anna felt it only fitting to continue in her fundraising efforts through PRM as a tribute to all those soldiers who have served our country as well as to all the animals who have loved the soldiers and who have been heroes in their own right.
In founding PRM, Anna recognized that there are thousands of stray animals without homes in the States. Anna felt though that the mission of PRM was extremely important as it would bring to light the horrible conditions which animals are exposed to in Afghanistan. According to the Afghan culture, if a person is bitten by a dog, the person cannot get to Allah, the god Afghans worship, as dogs are considered to be a disgrace. Animals in Afghanistan are literally treated like trash, used for target practice, blown up, run over and used in fights in the case of many, many dogs. If an animal is lucky enough to find its way to a US base and is befriended by the soldiers, then the base becomes the animal's home, a sanctuary where the animal finds love for the very first time in the animal's life. As such, Anna felt it should be PRM's mission to help these animals as it would be devastating to turn them back out into the wild when many have never known a different way of life.
As for the dogs at the posts, Anna says that they amazingly learn to protect the soldiers like Rufus, Target and Sasha did that evening when they prevented a suicide bomber from killing over 50 soldiers. In light of such heroic efforts like those of Sasha, Target and Rufus, Anna believes that "no soldier should ever be faced with the decision of leaving a beloved animal in Afghanistan if there is a way to get the animal back to the soldier's home so the mission of PRM simply has to continue on."
Since the rescue of "THE LUCKY SEVEN", PRM, through the efforts of Anna and several close confidantes, has continued to grow exceeding the expectations of even Anna herself. Now several years after its initial inception on Facebook, PRM has raised money to bring almost 3,000 animals home and is continuing to grow each and every day, helping more and more soldiers to bring their furry friends from Afghanistan & 40 other countries back home.
PRM is works directly with several organizations in Afghanistan & other countries, arranging medical care for the soldiers' animals as well as transportation for the animals to their forever homes. PRM is also assisting certain organizations from time to time in re-homing stray animals from Afghanistan to the States.
Anna, PRM's Board of Directors, as well as their coordinators & Adoption Team would like to thank each and every person who supports the mission of PRM. They consider each and every one of its supporters to be an integral part of the PRM family. Without its family, PRM would not be able to continue helping soldiers and their furry friends alike in maintaining the unbreakable bonds of love formed in foreign countries where many animals are treated inhumanely and normalcy exists.
Thank you for your continued support,
Puppy Rescue Mission
Chris & Anna grew up on the USA & Canadian border in Maine. They began dating in high school & eventually married in 2013. In 2009, Chris was deployed to Afghanistan with the Army to Pakita province, Afghanistan. This deployment eventually led to the to the creation of Puppy Rescue Mission. In 2018, they welcomed the newest member of their family~a baby boy named Wyatt, this completed their family of 6 ~ Chris, Anna, Wyatt, Bear, Alphy & Griz. In their free time they enjoy snowmobiling, fishing, traveling & spending time with friends & family.
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I love Minotron. It combines all of my favorite childhood consoles with the penultimate arcade game of the era, at least for me. I love it. I do have two comments:
1) I like using my fling with it--but it's not quite perfect as the control works better with slides than simple directionals--but a movable-stick an alternate control scheme I'd dig--development expenses notwithstanding.
2) And more importantly, really, so it should be 1--I'd prefer the inverted T layout to work as an alternate to the current iCade button layout. Better still, make it so the middle buttons are up and down and either of the side buttons work for the sides. Chords would still be required for the angles, but that's fine. I'd just like the option of using the more familiar inverted T layout, such as the cursor keys, than the cross layout which is more like a standard, upright T than anything else.
That's it. It's an absolute stellar game. A classic. Not just because of it's component concepts and awesome psychedelic production--but out of the 2000+ iDevice Apps I've downloaded over the years, it's one of the handful I've played a hundred or more times. 64 Gigs nearly full of games and most of my time spent in Scrabble, Crux and Wooords, (Muffin Knight on the iCade)--but this is where most of my gaming moments are spent. From the opening Intellivision sequence which puts me perfectly in the mood (the CRT burn-in glow is outstanding) to the Williams explosions to the myriad sound-effects--it's a Gem. An absolute masterpiece.
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Pears in Red Wine Saucefrom Nick Stellino
Pere al Vino Rosso
Serves 4
4 large pears, peeled and cored
2 cups red wine
1 cup sugar
Cut a small slice from the bottom of each of the pears so they will stand up straight in the saucepan without falling over.
In a saucepan large enough to hold the pears, bring the wine and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring well.
Once the mixture reaches a boil, cook for 3 more minutes.
Take the pan off the heat and gently place the pears, standing up, into the saucepan, being careful not to splash yourself with the hot wine-and-sugar mixture.
Place the pan back on the stove and cook the pears over medium-low heat—15 to 20 minutes for a firm texture or 30 to 40 minutes for a softer texture—braising the pears with the wine-and-sugar mixture every 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let the pears stand in the wine sauce until they reach room temperature. Use a slotted spoon to transfer each of the pears to a dessert dish, and top with plenty of the wine sauce.
Chef's Note: For an elegant presentation, serve the pears with sweet whipped cream or whipped mascarpone cheese, and top with toasted chopped pistachio nuts.


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The recent surge in use of remotely-controlled robot aircraft by US forces for the Wars on Stuff has meant that substantial numbers of American pilots are now being pulled off normal flight status and assigned to drone-driving duty, according to reports.
An AP article revealed the trend on Wednesday. Many current American robo-craft require a fully-trained pilot at the controls at all times: examples include the well-known Predator, its bigger brother the Reaper, and the large high-flying Global Hawk.
From this ...
As the drones can often stay aloft for many hours at a stretch, pilots typically have to work in shifts so as to avoid tiredness. There is often a requirement both for pilots at the robot base in the theatre of war - to handle landing and takeoff - and further qualified aviators in the USA, who handle the aircraft by satcomms during missions.
All this means that piloted drones actually demand more personnel than normal aircraft. According to AP:
For some Air Force pilots, that means climbing out of the cockpit and heading to places such as Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, where they can remotely fly the Predators ... About 120 Air Force pilots were recently transferred to staff the drones ... Some National Guard members were also called up ... more will be doing that in the coming months, as the Air Force adds bases where pilots can remotely fly the aircraft. Locations include North Dakota, Texas, Arizona and California, and some are already operating.
The move from lonely impulses of delight and tumults in the clouds* to sitting at a screen like a videogamer may not be all that popular among military aviators, who normally see themselves as practical, physical, warrior types - not computer nerds.
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Former F-14 Tomcat backseater (think Goose in Top Gun) turned writer Ward Carroll commented on the Defense Tech blog:
Remember Slipping the Surly Bonds [of Earth]? Forget It! ... I'm wondering what happens to the morale and career motivation of an [F-15] Eagle** driver who suddenly gets the nod to be Drone Boy. Imagine hanging out in the ready room, wearing your speed jeans [G-suit] and talking with your hands, when someone taps you on the shoulder and hands you a joy stick. No more strapping into an ejection seat. No more touching the face of God. Just a cinderblock building and a video display.
This may not be a problem for long, as the US Army - as opposed to the Air Force - doesn't seem to see why droneboys should be former flyboys with meatspace flight hours at all. It already allows ordinary ground troops to operate small, unarmed robocraft, and has plans to let non-pilots handle Predators too.
As time goes by, some military jet aces may come to think themselves lucky if they can land a job at a screen in a cinderblock building.®
*From Yeats' poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, in which the World War I flier protagonist opines that air combat is the only thing worth doing:
"The years to come seemed waste of breath / a waste of breath the years behind / In balance with this life, this death ..."
**The US F-15 fleet is grounded just now following the structural failure of an Eagle during air-combat exercises. F-15 pilots might thus be likely Drone Boy candidates; doubly humiliating as the F-15 was until lately the premier US fighter and these flyboys will have seen themselves as an elite among their fellows.


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What is the highest or biggest achievement a person can realize in their life?
Please write here, what you think and feel about this?
When a hundred answers are given I will write what is the final truth concerning the answer to this question.
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That there are no limits.
When you finally claim the masterhood which is your birthright, get rid of all the manipulation ...from here to eternity... in your body & mind, cells.
Hit the unconditional love.
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There is not anything that is the highest or biggest achivement, and there is not anything that is the lowest or smallest achivement either in the matter of conscious action/noaction.
What is the common goal of becoming whole is unavoidable. There is no way to avoid that faith for every single entity in its every aspect of existence.
It doesnt really matter what you do with your life, it still is a clear road to wholeness. Nothing is praised above anything else or punished as a result of actions.
Those terms is not "spot on" in the eternal moment.
When wholeness is achived, seperation is again searched and experienced as something good.
If we are to score a winner, then its the most grandiosed of movement, the vibration. Back and forth, here and there.
Its the way of the smallest particle to the biggest of overbridging dimentional cosmical events.
Everything that ever happens is based on this system of change. Everything.
That is in my eye, the winner of this contest.
EDIT: Im sorry that i didnt state that it is my point of view, of course everyone is entitled to have
their own truth in their hearts. This is one part that i believe is true, then of course it depends
on what level of depth the conversation lives on. The deeper, the more fragile it gets to become fragmented
and incoherent. But also the more fundamental the insights can become. A truly remarkable topic!
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to me that would be to achieve perfect harmony in body, mind and spirit & in relation to all creation as the foundation to experience unconditional love with the person that is ones soulmate. which opens ones highest possible state of being and is the gateway into paradise...
that is my dream
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Shakti - sister - are you a Tantrika?anyways,as this is the last post here i thought what a great opportunity to post a reply to JMW's question of the above - although it is ridiculous to be able to ascertain the "correct" answer from only 100 persons or answers!!! - i agree with Shakti from above with one addition - not only absolute and complete God-realization,but absolute and complete God-realization in the body in which it is "realized" and then radiated out in to the world to be shared with those that are on the way to becoming God-realized - don't get me wrong,i am in no way God-realized per se,but as the Master has stepped back in to the"Mansion" here(the Master being the DOW,the God-self,the Divine Radiance,e.t.c,and the "Mansion" being this body I AM in!!!),i believe that God-realization is ineviatble for all at a certain point in one's evolution...for all those on the journey to Pranic Nourishment,good luck,bon voyage and eat that light!!!(Shakti,contact me if you feel guided to) - love,light and laughter - Hara Namah.
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Remembering through experience who I truly am. That's what I was put here for in the first place.
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Thank you Joachim for posing such a profound question: "What is the highest or biggest achievement a person can realize in their life?" I am surprised that there are only a few post in this line.
This is really kind of a trick question. It pre-supposes that the person who responds knows who they are, or more accurately, who is the doer who would do this achieving of a realization. There is just IAM. There is nothing else. No separate ego, no separate reality in which the ego achieves anything. It is all just a Play of IAM, the Cosmic Dream. The IAM simultaneously is all of the infinitude of roles and parts in the Dream. The IAM simultaneously Does all the doing, achieves all of the realizations of the seemingly separate entities in the Dream. And yet, though it seems paradoxical, nothing is actually done. The IAM remains Eternal, Complete, Perfect, Whole, needing nothing, wanting nothing.
The personality construct that is currently writing this post is just a part in this Play. This post has been scripted for eternity to be written just this way, to appear at just this "time" in the midst of all-time, in the midst of NOW. To be read by just those other personality matrices who read it.
There is just IAM, the only Truth, the only Reality, and I Am That. "My" answer to Joachim's query.
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To fulfill his/her life's purpose.
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I understood that this is God's will. Not by my understanding, but by His will alone. I live by faith and nothing more.
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I was really intrigued by Mattias' response... I do feel that we are all going to inevitably return to the "whole" again, and perhaps we will come back to some form of separation once again, but will it be "us"? I'm sure we will look different and have a different personality, and will we be having the same food sensitivities and do this all over again? Bleh.
I agree, there is no "highest or lowest" achievement. I see a master in everyone, even the so called villains like Monsanto. I see a light in everyone that is from the same source. Maybe the "highest" achievement is to realize there is no highest achievement!
At the same time, I am in accordance with Bhairavananda's suggestion of becoming god realized in the current body and that alone radiates out to the rest of the world. I feel that to be in truth as well. So we are all going to end up back with the Supreme Godhead at some point, and NOT return to a separate form. Hm...
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to love and be loved, and then to become love and light.
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I don't know.
I didn't ask because I learned that question was non-important... You said you will answer after 100 answers so I want to contribute with an answer to: What do you think and feel about this?
Immediately what comes up is consciousness, learning, love and integration. Having an impact on the world in form feels.. like limitation; impact is relative. Achievement feels like "stage" or infinite to me rather than state or transitory. A person lives and dies. Movement is the opposite of force which is the same as resistance.
If more comes up in the future, I will write more answers. I think I want to study with you in a few years, but I feel like I have other work to do before I'm ready.
87 more to go. If you want to create an actual community, you should market yourself more
They can only come if they know you built something.
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To Balance Karma, Ascend into the Monadic Celestial Spheres of Existence where the Archangels and Heavenly Immortals reside. To no longer be bound to matter by Reincarnation. To Know Thyself and be in Communion with Higher Self/Inner Self/Divine One Within/IAM Presence. To Subjugate the Ego, God-Realization, and all of this culminates in Enlightenment and the Fulfillment of Life's Purpose.
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2019 Japanese reissue.
This set was a very unusual release for Blue Note. Greene's mixture of R&B and soulful blues in a voice very reminiscent of late-period Dinah Washington is much more pop and blues-oriented than the music on any other Blue Note release from the period. What other Blue Note album has a full program of soul ballads clocking in between three to five minutes apiece? Although Dodo Greene (who had recorded one slightly earlier record for Time) was apparently signed to an exclusive contract, her only other Blue Note session (six of its nine numbers conclude this CD) had never been previously released. In reality, the main reason to acquire the relaxed set is for the warm tenor of Ike Quebec (who is perfect in this setting) and the occasional guitar of Grant Green. A true obscurity.
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The 3rd Energy Package envisages the development of European network codes in different areas. ENTSO-E will be responsible for drafting cross-border network codes based on the prinicples and objectives set out in the Framework Guidelines to be prepared by the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in consultation with network users.
Therefore ACER has decided to set up an informal "ad hoc" group of experts on electricity balancing. The goal of this group will be to provide expert support to ACER during the development of the Framework Guideline on electricity balancing.
The Terms of Reference - with specific expertise criteria for the experts - and the Rules of Procedure for the expert group on electricity balancing, are provided in Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Open Letter.
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Secondary HIV Prevention and Adherence Among HIV-infected Drug Users
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01741311
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 4, 2012
Last Update Posted : October 11, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Risk Behavior Medication Adherence HIV
|Behavioral: 3H+ (Holistic Health for HIV) Behavioral: HHRP+ (Holistic Health Recovery Program)
|Not Applicable
HIV-infected drug users (DUs) remain a target population as they represent a significant vector for the transmission of new HIV infections (Avants et al., 2004; Margolin et al., 2003), which occur through preventable drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors. Though numerous evidence-based HIV risk reduction interventions are now widely available as complete intervention packages, few evidence-based interventions have been designed for implementation within common drug treatment community-based organizations (CBOs), such as methadone maintenance programs (MMPs), where many high-risk HIV-infected drug users seek treatment. Moreover, the few evidence-based interventions that are applicable to drug treatment CBOs are not designed to be "community-friendly" and, hence, are unlikely to be implemented as intended or durable within these critical settings.
The investigators have developed a significantly shortened version of the comprehensive evidence-based Holistic Health Recovery Program (HHRP; Avants et al., 2004; Margolin et al., 2003). This shortened version, Holistic Health for HIV (3H+), has demonstrated feasibility and acceptability as well as preliminary evidence of effectiveness in an uncontrolled study within a resource-limited drug treatment CBO. Therefore, this randomized controlled comparative effectiveness trial (RCT) will test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of 3H+ versus the original gold standard evidence-based intervention(EBI), Holistic Health Recovery Program for HIV+s (HHRP+), targeting HIV+ drug users (DUs).
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|133 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Secondary HIV Prevention and Adherence Among HIV-infected Drug Users
|Actual Study Start Date :
|September 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2018
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2018
Experimental: 3H+ Group
3H+ (Holistic for HIV) group patients will receive the standard of drug treatment care (i.e., methadone maintenance treatment and case management) plus four weekly 60-minute HIV risk reduction groups, and a 60-minute booster session at 12 weeks, led by two facilitators trained and supervised by a licensed clinical psychologist. 3H+ is an HIV risk reduction and ART adherence intervention that provides coping skills training and is delivered in a group modality, addressing high risk drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors and ART adherence for opioid-dependent individuals living with HIV.
Behavioral: 3H+ (Holistic Health for HIV)
Four weekly HIV-risk reduction groups and an additional booster group held at week twelve summarizing the previous sessions' content, designed for opioid-dependent individuals living with HIV.
Active Comparator: HHRP+ Group
HHRP+ (Holistic Health Recovery Program) is comprised of 12 two-hour weekly manual-guided group sessions with comprehensive HIV risk reduction content that addresses the medical, emotional, and spiritual needs of opioid-dependent individuals living with HIV. Each session is designed to last 2 hours and is co-facilitated by two trained facilitators, who address potential motivational conflicts of HIV+ individuals by providing them with self-protective as well as altruistic reasons for examining and changing their HIV risk behaviors and improving adherence behavior. Material is presented using cognitive remediation strategies.
Behavioral: HHRP+ (Holistic Health Recovery Program)
12 two-hour group sessions addressing HIV risk reduction behavior and recovery for opioid-dependent individuals living with HIV.
- The proportion of participants free from HIV-transmission risk [ Time Frame: Over a 9-month period ]A self-reported assessment will measure several aspects of HIV risk-taking behaviors, including a measurement of any high risk behavior (sexual or injection-related) as well as measurements of event-level (i.e., partner-by-partner) behaviors. "Any" risk behavior will be dichotomously parsed as those who have engaged in HIV transmission risk behaviors with those of unknown or HIV negative status. Urine toxicology tests will also be used to collect substance use data.
- Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence [ Time Frame: Over a 9-month period ]ART Adherence will be assessed by self-report using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and pharmacy refill data.
- ART Adherence will be assessed by self-report using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and pharmacy refill data. [ Time Frame: Over a 9-month period ]Viral load (VL) will be measured in terms of mean change in VL from baseline to the final (9-month) follow-up point. An alternative approach will be the proportion of subjects with a non-detectable (<400 and <50 copies/mL) VL, and mean change in cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) lymphocyte count. Missing VL will be treated as VL>400 or VL>50 copies/mL.
- ART non-adherence factors [ Time Frame: Over a 9-month period ]Non-adherence factors will be measured these using standardized instruments including the following: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for substance use disorders, Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) for depressive symptoms, active drug use (urine toxicology screening using the National Institute on Drug Abuse's 4-panel test measuring heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, benzodiazepines and marijuana levels), and neurocognitive impairment (using the Neurocognitive Impairment Scale).
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive
- Opioid dependent and enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment
- Report drug- or sex-related HIV risk behavior in previous 6 months
- Able to read and understand the questionnaires, the Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI), and consent form
- Available for the full duration of the study with no anticipated circumstances impeding participation
- Not actively suicidal, homicidal, or psychotic as assessed by trained research staff under the supervision of the PI who is a licensed clinical psychologist in Connecticut.
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01741311
|United States, Connecticut
|APT Foundation
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06511
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael C Copenhaver, Ph.D.
|University of Connecticut
|Responsible Party:
|Michael Copenhaver, Professor, University of Connecticut
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|October 11, 2018
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — January's retail sales may have one of the worst showings in months as central-bank watchers parse Janet Yellen's testimony at her first Capitol Hill hearings as the Federal Reserve's new chief.
On Thursday the government is scheduled to report on retail sales for January. The MarketWatch-compiled consensus for no growth at all could represent a chill on spending due to the weather — or something more fundamental about consumer spending. Retail sales that were weighed down by bad weather last month could rebound in February, or show up even later, economists said.
"There will be some spending categories that are generally dampened in January, but I don't look at it as being permanent," said Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank.
Vehicle sales may have dragged down overall retail-sales results for January. At the same time, bad weather may have driven some consumers online, popping up that category.
"The wild card is how much of the spending that might have been impacted by weather shows up in online retail," LaVorgna said.
If the retail-sales report is weak for January, that wouldn't be the only chunk of the economy that's taken a beating during an unusually cold winter. The housing market has also seen a set back, with a gauge of upcoming existing-home sales recently dropping to the lowest level in more than two years.
Economists closely watch data on consumer spending because it's the backbone of the economy. An improving economy, rising home prices, and a banner year for stocks in 2013 have all supported consumers. Indeed, consumer spending ramped up its contribution to growth of gross domestic product at the end of last year.
Shedding a bit more light on consumers, this week will also see a report on sentiment in early February. Poor weather didn't cut consumers' financial conditions, and a good sentiment report could signal that people are still ready and willing to open their wallets.
Economists polled by MarketWatch expect an early February reading on the consumer-sentiment gauge from the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters to edge back to 81 compared with a final January result of 81.2.
"These levels of confidence are OK. They are not booming by any means, but they are not terribly low numbers either," said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics. "Nobody is euphoric. But the fundamentals are reasonably positive for consumers right now."
Yellen on Capitol Hill
The other main economic events this week are two Capitol Hill hearings featuring the Fed's new chief, Janet Yellen.
Yellen will appear Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee to speak about monetary policy and the state of the economy, and on Thursday she'll testify before the Senate Banking Committee.
Her appearances follow Friday's jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department that showed a mixed picture — worse-than-forecast jobs growth of 113,000 but a reduced unemployment rate of 6.6%.
Observers expect Yellen to stick to her dovish roots, reiterating support for a continued low-rate policy. Key for Yellen will be to underscore strong forward guidance, said Stephen Stanley, an economist at Pierpont Securities.
"With [quantitative easing] tapering and with the Fed having a relatively optimistic economic outlook, her first job will be to clearly communicate that…we still see a need for very accommodative policy, and are not raising rates anytime soon," Stanley said.
A report this week on trends for the country's job openings and labor turnover survey, a data set that Yellen has previously highlighted as important, could offer support for the Fed's continued accommodative strategies. Recent JOLTS reports have shown that employment trends are improving, but there's substantial room for improvement.
"Turnover rates are still historically low, but they have been inching up," O'Sullivan said.
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Proof that the eurozone debt crisis is far from over came as Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy said he might look for financial help from the rescue fund to shore up the country's bonds.
Reuters reported Wednesday that Monti addressed the issue on Tuesday after a meeting of finance ministers in Brussels. Italy's borrowing costs have risen to the point that they could reach unsustainable levels above 7%. Yields fell below 6% on Tuesday after having risen above it the day before, as markets worried that Italy would be the next nation to succumb to debt woes. Italy, the eurozone's third-largest economy, is seen as too big to bail out, and the mere suggestion that it might require aid was another factor to worry already-spooked investors.
Speaking of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Monti was quoted saying, "It would be hazardous to say that Italy would never use (the ESM). Italy may be interested."
Monti's comments did nothing to reassure markets, already disappointed at the outcome of the meeting. They had expected more action than what was agreed on—an extra year for Spain to meet deficit reduction targets, a structure for the aid package for the country's troubled banks. Madrid was given until 2014 to hit agreed-upon debt levels, provided that it enacted additional budget cuts.
Bloomberg reported that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain announced those budget cuts in a package before the Spanish Parliament on Wednesday, along with additional tax increases. The new austerity program, Rajoy's fourth in seven months, is designed to trim a further 65 billion euros ($80 billion) from the budget over the next 2½ years, a move that raises the risk of a deeper recession.
Among the measures announced by Rajoy are an increase in sales tax from 18% to 21%; elimination of a tax rebate for homebuyers and a year-end bonus for some public employees; reductions in unemployment benefits; and consolidation of some local governments. This brings the budget cuts to approximately double the ones Rajoy announced earlier.


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Top 10 Funny Quotes for Thanksgiving Day
Can you smell the turkey in the air? The cranberries? The stuffing? Most importantly, the GRAVY?!? Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and will kick off the holiday season. But have you ever prepared any funny quotes for Thanksgiving Day to update your Facebook status or send to your friends in Email?
If not, never mind! We've collected the top 10 funny Thanksgiving quotes for you:
- I love Thanksgiving turkey… it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. –Arnold Schwarzenegger
- A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. –Kevin James
- Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. –Erma Bombeck
- An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. –Irv Kupcinet
- Coexistence… what the farmer does with the turkey – until Thanksgiving. –Mike Connolly
- On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. –William Jennings Bryan
- Thanksgiving, man! Not a good day to be my pants. –Kevin James
- Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. –P.J. O'Rourke Thankful
- I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. –Jon Stewart
- My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. –Phyllis Diller
Also, we've made a video from PowerPoint presentation with the top 10 funny quotes for Thanksgiving Day so that you can share the presentation video directly on your Facebook or YouTube.
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|System: X360, PS3, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Propaganda Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Touchstone
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Jan. 31, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-16 (online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Jwan Jordan
August 2, 2007 - For those of you who don't know, Turok is an Acclaim Entertainment comic turned video game which was developed for the Nintendo 64. It has received several iterations since then, but only recently has it been revealed that Turok is coming to the new generation consoles. Every Turok game is different but holds foundational similarities, the biggest being dinosaurs.
This iteration of Turok puts you in the first person perspective of Joseph Turok, a special ops agent who has to hunt down his former mentor, Kane, who has now turned rebel and escaped to another planet. It is up to Joseph and his crew to chase and capture Kane. Problems arise though when Joseph's ship crash lands on a genetically altered planet lurking with horrifying predators. Joseph Turok has to not only take down enemy soldiers and find Kane, but avoid becoming lunch for roaming dinosaurs.
Crash landing on an alien planet would spell certain doom for most of us at CheatCC. Joseph Turok, on the other hand, is courageous and ambitious with everything to prove. Joseph won't just sit around and die either. With the use of an array of creative weaponry coined by the series, stealth tactics, and the manipulation of enemy A.I., our protagonist just may stand a chance. Turok is a first person shooter, but certain actions trigger brief third person cutscenes. For instance, walking behind an enemy with your knife and pressing the right trigger will cause Joseph to kick the legs from beneath his enemy and stab him. No, this game is not making Nintendo Wii's top list. What I really like is how simple and quick switching weapons can be. By pressing the directional pad, you can instantly change from your combat knife to your crossbow or double wielding pistols. Judging by the trailer, there will be plenty of futuristic weapons to use. From pistols to shot guns, knives, crossbows, and unique weapons yet to be named, the options are plentiful. A specific unique mechanic is the use of the crossbow. How long you draw back your arrow determines the strength of impact. For instance, shooting arrows rapidly will cause weak impact that some enemies can even pull out of them, while holding the arrow for too long will cause your arms to shake and disturb your aim.
The environments looks large, ominous, and unforgiving. You will never know what is lurking behind the tall windy grass fields, and it is not unusual for beast of any size to leap out at you. In the event you are caught off guard by a dinosaur, it triggers a third person perspective showing what situation you are in and you must hectically mash the right trigger button to toss the beast off you. Succeeding in doing this will toss the beast off you, while failing, well, we don't want to discuss that part. Adding more to the game is the beautiful and ironically terrifying graphics. You will definitely want to stop and marvel at the massive world filled with lush fields, never ending skies, and suddenly you are facing a giant T-rex. The light and particle effects are great, even down to the small metal sections on Joseph's gloves which reflect light naturally. The texture mapping on the dinosaurs is very well layered giving the illusion of real reptilian skin. As you walk through the tall grassy fields, the wind blows tossing the grass to and fro with a very natural feel. The grass seems to move independently and naturally, often misleading you as to whether or not a dinosaur is lurking just in front of you.
What is really awesome about Turok is the enemy A.I. You have the enemy soldiers, who are obviously after you and the dinosaurs who are neutral. This makes for some interesting combinations while on the field. The dinosaurs are neutral meaning they hunt and prowl the area naturally without a specific enemy. This means you can intentionally use the dinosaurs to your advantage. Should you want to take the path of the stealthy killer, you can observe your enemies from the distance. Should you see a dinosaur to your left and a soldier to your right, all it takes is a simple flare toss or shot at the dino and it will violently attack the nearest enemy. Don't think they'll stop there though, afterwards they will look for more prey, namely you! The dinosaurs in Turok are subjective to noise, flares, combat, bullets, and chaos so you can imagine the pros and cons of certain strategies. Developer Propaganda Games doesn't force you to be either stealthy or aggressive. It is completely up to you; there are no predetermined penalties for such choices. Be warned though, if you go Rambo on an enemy camp with guns blazing you may wake a school of predators within range and they too will join the foray. If you've watched Jurassic Park you should know, dinosaurs are never your friend. Turok is shaping along well and looks to be a great iteration to the series. I'm looking forward to slaying dinos with the best of them 1st quarter next year.
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Some companies know exactly what they want to be. For Vistronix, it's a company specializing in big data analytics, cyber operations and cloud computing, all of which the company added to itself over the past year through three strategic acquisitions.
But it wasn't just the capabilities that Vistronix wanted; "We wanted to be able to put those offerings together and then get access to new customers, which is mainly the [intelligence community] and the DODISR community," said John Hassoun, Vistronix corporate president.
The company made its first deal for Technology Associates in the last few days of 2012, which gave them access to the defense market, which the company until that point did not have a strong presence in, Hassoun said. "But it also gave us some expanded capability in geospatial application development, which is one of our core competencies," he added.
Technology Associates provided IT tech support to the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, HHS, and the U.S. Strategic Command, specializing in geospatial and data visualization software applications and systems. The company added its 450 employees to Vistronix's ranks.
Vistronix followed that deal with the acquisitions of NetCentric Technology and Kimmich Software Systems Inc. The series of acquisitions led to Vistronix being picked as the best dealmaker of the year as part of Washington Technology's annual M&A special report.
NetCentric Technology brought the company big data analytics, cybersecurity engineering and cloud computing architecture capabilities, and since it was focused on customers in the intelligence and C4ISR domains, the acquisition placed Vistronix at the forefront of cloud computing, big data and cyber operations to assist C4ISR and intelligence organizations, the company said in a release.
Similarly, Kimmich brought increased technology solutions to Vistronix, particularly in the intelligence arena. The company focused on cyber operations, signals processing, data analytics, software development and systems engineering,
After the first deal went down, Vistronix immediately began integrating Technology Associates into itself by cross selling capabilities to both its own customers and to its newly added defense customers, Hassoun said. Almost exactly one year later, the company closed two more acquisitions at the of 2013: NetCentric Technology and Kimmich Software Systems Inc., or KSSI, for short.
Our panel of experts felt the combination of deals elevated Vistronix in the marketplace and signals that a new player is taking the stage. It was also noteworthy because 2013 was a down year for acquisitions and the company was able to put together three deals in 12 months.
Much like the company's acquisition of Technology Associates, NetCentric Technology and KSSI brought new customer relationships with them: with the big data analytics, cloud computing, cyber operations, edge computing, and SIGINT processing capabilities that they added to Vistronix, the company became a bigger player in both the defense C4ISR domain and the intelligence community.
Going forward, Hassoun sees the market picking up, and the company will continue to look around for future targets, he said. That said, private equity is something that's on the company's mind, but so is public equity, he added.
"We're in the 'build' mode," Hassoun said. "We don't want to be in the 'wait and see' mode because we think this is an excellent time to build a big data and cyber operations company focused on this national security space, so we're being very proactive and finding the right targets at the right sizes and trying convince them to join us."
Going forward, Hassoun said that the company plans to look at targets that will deepen the company's capabilities in cyber operations, cloud computing, data analytics and digital signal processing.
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Year of the Pig kicks off in Australia's incentive city
BESydney has celebrated the beginning of the 2019 Lunar New Year, welcoming the first of 17 Asian corporate incentive gatherings secured for Sydney over the year, attracting delegates from Japan, Indonesia, China, Korea and Singapore. The Tokyo Gas Yokohama Chuo Energy Japan 2019 Incentive is travelling to Sydney in three waves.
NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events Adam Marshall congratulated BESydney and its partners on the achievement. "Spread across the year, the steady stream of global incentives – with even more to be announced in the months to come – will bring some 15,200 delegates to Australia and generate A$72 million direct expenditure into the New South Wales (NSW) economy," he said.
"Closely watching market trends and listening to our clients' needs and expectations has been our proven model for success," said BESydney Regional Director – Asia, Sinead Yeo. "As tastes and attitudes evolve, clients are now seeking unique experiences that are built around their company's ethos.
"BESydney's track record delivering successful incentives over many years gives our clients' peace of mind, and shows Sydney is a destination that can help them achieve their goals time and time again. They find Sydney is an easy place to do business. They trust us and our tourism industry partners to shape deeply immersive programs for their delegates with the right mix of motivational team activities, impressive gala dinners and authentic Australian cultural experiences.
"Corporations from the luxury beauty, motor dealership and insurance sectors are drawn firstly to Sydney's natural landscapes and warm hospitality," said Ms Yeo. "However, we work to better understand our client's unique needs and create programs that are not only enjoyable, but also drive staff satisfaction and performance. This ensures we see repeat business from satisfied clients."
Regional and outdoor activities are a drawcard for Asian incentives with delegates experiencing first hand Australia's lush landscapes, blue skies and indigenous fauna and flora. BridgeClimb Sydney, sailing on Sydney Harbour, surfing at the world-famous Bondi Beach, hiking in the Blue Mountains and sand boarding in Port Stephens are some of the most popular choices – especially with more corporates targeting younger generations for their incentive programs.
Food is also one of the deciding factors when it comes to Asian corporates choosing Sydney. "We have such a huge variety of high quality restaurants serving up Asian and international cuisines that can satisfy Asian tastebuds," said Ms Yeo. "Our fresh produce – dairy, fish, meat and vegetables – and Australia-made products are well known to these markets, so being able to experience them first hand is exciting."
For further information:
Carolin Lenehan
Deputy General Manager,
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From our country's earliest days, agriculture has been the centerpiece of rural prosperity in America. But today's farmers and ranchers face too many challenges bringing the fruits of their labor to market. With a focus on trade and regulatory reform, America can help its farmers feed millions more both here and abroad.


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Has fashion dictated a trend this season that will turn things on their head with the new androgynous trend of women shod in men's shoes or is it an empty promise of things to come? Why make a mockery of women who work hard in a world run fundamentally on man's ideologies by making them literally step into their shoes? Any takers on that trend...please raise your hand! Any God fearing fashion forward woman who wants to cling to one ounce of her feminine wiles will be squirming at the mere sight of Stella McCartney and Celine's idea of a fashion trend: a man's shoe for a woman.
I get woman dressed in a suit ,I not only love the look but applaud it : I wore out an Et Vous cream pinstriped trouser suit back in the 90s while working as a sales girl at Blanc Bleu,Juan les Pins...a demeaning job run by a ruffian but I had something to prove to mysef. I would alternate wearing it with a tank top, suspenders and high tops (gaining the unwanted attention of the lesbian girlfriend of the girl who worked next door in Reminiscence)then switch to high heels and we would get this party started.
On that same note, I have more than once embraced the perenial YSL inspired tuxedo for women at weddings when every other woman was in a dress be it long or short. Anyone at Mo and Moncy's wedding on the Cap d'Antibes will remember me wearing a white linen Claude Montana tux. High heels,makeup and a sexy updo and who wouldn't pull it off? Someone who would take the trend too far and add Stella's or Phoebe's shoes.
|*SEPT.2011 UK ELLE:STELLA McCARTNEY £550....and they are not even leather!*
This is a fashion trend that seriously is left wanting and forget wanting to appeal to a man...because no man will come within a 10 mile radius of you wearing these shoes. You may appeal to women if you are so enclined and there is nothing wrong with that but we are talking fashion here and not Match.com...we all dress to appeal to someone other than ourselves even on our lowest days and this trend of fugly shoes has me flumoxed. Thankfully I have not seen anyone following this trend while last in London (in Cannes women are still perplexed by a squoval toe , a man's shoe will push them over the edge)but almost wish I had, just to see the beast out in the open. Will it be attacked or will it be followed?
Alpha male or alpha female...you pick your side. I have my alpha male who wears his shoes with pride and doesn't covet mine,thank God.
I am woman hear me roarrrr!


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My deadline is fast approaching. It seems these days that editors have no patience. On top of that there is this ever-shrinking deadline problem and the constantly shrinking lead-time to publication issue.
Oh wait, it's only TSQL Tuesday. But the end of TSQL Tuesday is fast approaching, and I am cutting it close once again.
This month we have been invited to this party by Rick Krueger (blog | twitter), and he wants us to talk about our hacks, kludges and wedgies. We are calling them Rube Goldberg Machines for this month. And a Rube Goldberg could be many different things in the SQL Server world. Heck, it could be many different things in the IT world.
If you are unfamiliar with these types of devices, kludges, widgets, here is a good example from the folks at Mythbusters.
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My first inclination was to talk about a solution involving the use of SOAP calls in SSIS to perform batch credit card authorizations and then to do inventory control and process shipment orders. That was a fun project. It was also extremely successful compared to the previous solution. We went from a nightly 12 hour process to finishing in 1-2 hours for twice the orders.
I then thought of a couple of solutions that involved the backup of a database on one server and then to restore the database on another server. Minimal moving parts there as it only involved the backup, restore, and then to re-assign permissions (e.g. prod backup to QA environment, the permissions should probably be different).
And then it hit me. There is a pretty cool solution that involved multiple servers, multiple moving parts, and was somewhat useful.
Imagine having three servers that each perform a different function. In our case, we will call them Server1, Server2, and Server3 – all of them are SQL Server. Server1 is the primary production server. Server2 is a mirror of Server1. And Server3 is the DR server that is a secondary in logshipping.
Due to policy or previously established procedure, mirroring is stopped (maybe the deployment requires massive data changes and it causes issues with latency to the mirror. Maybe the network link between servers is broken and you want to prevent excessive log growth – it's up to you to find the excuse). You already have a process for re-establishing mirroring and logshipping (yeah that got stopped too), but you want a 1-click approach.
Without going into extensive details, what worked in my scenario was to create linked servers between each of the three servers. Then I could go and create a job relevant to each server (such as the steps listed below). Each job would then execute a job step and then start the next job in the sequence via the linked server – if the job step was successful. If it failed then it would fire off an alert to notify the appropriate people of where the failure occurred.
Here is a sample of the steps that could be executed.
1. stop logshipping on server1
2. backup db on server1
3. restore backup to server2
4. start mirror on server2
5. start mirror on server1
6. restore logs to server3
7. start logshipping on server1
Depending on the requirements, you may want to try something like this or do something completely different. Your mileage may vary. The point is, we have a little mouse trap here that triggers another mouse trap and then another until the task is complete. Hopefully the setup will require minimal intervention, if any (that is a requirement of a Rube Goldberg machine – you start it but don't touch it after that).
There you have it. Nothing big and fancy. Just a short and sweet description of a possible avenue for some of those multi-server tasks you may have.


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Thai Airline Calendar With Maxim Models Has Officials Steaming
Thai Airline publishes calendar with bikini models, irking tourism officials.
Feb. 12, 2013 -- The low-cost Thai airline Nok Air is bringing new meaning to the phrase, "Fly the Friendly Skies" by hiring scantily clad Maxim models to show off their fleet of planes. But the Thai Ministry of Culture is speaking out against the calendar, saying it tarnishes Thailand's image.
The models are dressed as flight attendants posing in front of the planes as part of a promotion on the company's Facebook page. In one of the pictures, the models are in yellow bikinis, which is the official color of the airline.
Those who participate in the promotion will receive the 2013 calendar, which the airline hopes will boost ticket sales.
The airline is known for its unconventional marketing tactics to promote its flights throughout Thailand. In 2011, Nok Air admitted to only hiring flight attendants who were young in order to rejuvenate the brand.
Nok Air CEO Patee Sarasin defended the calendar in an interview to news media, saying the women used in the photos were not actual Nok Air staff.
"It was supposed to be a gift to our customers, and so far the campaign has received positive feedback, increasing the number of passengers. There were so many viewers that the webpage crashed," he told a Bangkok newspaper.
"The airline business has always been seen as sexy globally," Sarasin told CNN Travel. "That is why our planes...appropriately become the background of these models."
Sarasin also said "given what the public is exposed to on a daily basis, we believe that we have not crossed the line."
But, the Ministry of Culture is trying to break away from that exposure to society where prostitution is accepted and they've filed a complaint.
"The campaign focuses on the country's bad reputation regarding sex services, and an image that other organizations have been trying to change," said the Thai Ministry of Culture.
A 2004 estimate by a Dr. Nitet Tinnakul from Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University found that Thailand had 2.8 million sex workers.
Although they're not happy with the message it sends, the ministry admits they can't take any action against Nok Air because the company hasn't broken laws by producing the calendar.


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Mauritania Overview
Mauritaniamôrĭtā´nēə [key], officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,182,000), 397,953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km), NW Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Western Sahara in the northwest and north, on Algeria in the northeast, on Mali in the east and southeast, and on Senegal in the southwest. Nouakchott is the capital and largest town. Other towns include Atar and Kaédi.
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I scoured through some Google Alerts (and, dude, a few of them were flat messed up) but found precious little news to report--maybe because of the hiatus and approaching holidays. Have you guys heard anything new you'd like to share with fellow fans?
In personal news, my younger sister just had a baby boy. But she totally rejected my suggestions to name him Dean, Sam or Cass. (Sheesh, I was just trying to be helpful!)


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Cook the Book: Turkey with Spicy Black Beans in Tofu Dumplings
Turkey with Spicy Black Beans in Tofu Dumplings is Anita Lo's adaptation of two favorite Chinese dishes, mapo tofu and steamed dumplings. By stuffing little rounds (or squares) of tofu with ground turkey mixed with scallions, fermented black beans, and doban djan, a Sichuan chile sauce, and steaming them, she's created little self-contained packages filled with all of the salty, spicy flavors that make mapo tofu so irresistible.
Adapted from Cooking Without Borders, this recipe has the added benefit of being no only quick to assemble (read even quicker than delivery from your local Sichuan joint) but also inexpensive and relatively light on the meat. Served with a pile of ginger and garlic sautéed greens, this is the kind of make at home Chinese dinner that might have you reconsidering your weekly takeout habit.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Cooking Without Borders to give away this week.
Adapted from Cooking Without Borders by Anita Lo. Copyright © 2011. Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved
- Yield:4
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
- 3 (14-ounce) packages firm tofu, cut into 1½-inch cubes
- 8 ounces ground turkey
- ½ bunch scallions, green parts only, thinly sliced on a bias
- ½ teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 2 teaspoons Chinese fermented black beans, roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons Szechuan chunky chile sauce (doban djan)
- 1½ tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ beaten large egg
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Black pepper to taste
- For the dipping sauce:
- 1 tablespoon Szechuan chunky chile sauce (doban djan)
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced (on a bias) scallion whites
With a melon baller, hollow out the tofu cubes, reserving 1 cup of the balls and putting them in a large bowl. To the balls, add the turkey, scallions, garlic, black beans, chile sauce, soy sauce, egg, cornstarch, salt, and pepper and mix thoroughly (the tofu will break up). Liberally stuff into the tofu cubes so that the mixture is rounded above the tofu. Steam for about 5 minutes, until cooked through.
Make the dipping sauce: Combine all the ingredients and serve in 4 small dipping bowls alongside the tofu dumplings, which can be plated 3 per person.
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Mergers Aside, Two CUs Sail Through Conversions
November 21, 2012
For credit union executives planning a core banking system conversion, feelings of fear and stress are common.Throw another factor into the mix, like a merger, and the conversion process becomes that much more overwhelming and complex.
The $1.5 billion Stanford FCU in Palo Alto, Calif., and the $681 million First Community FCU in Parchment, Mich., said they were able to sail through their core system conversions. Both give substantial credit to their hiring of Samaha Associates, a consulting firm in Chino Hills, Calif., that specializes in credit union core system conversions.
Stanford FCU said it was gearing up to move from an old, outdated system onto one from Open Solutions Inc., and enlisted Samaha Associates' help throughout the conversion process, mainly for the management of third party interfaces, batch jobs and forms.
First Community FCU faced a uniquely challenging situation. It planned to convert from a Fiserv system onto a Symitar system and had just merged two credit unions, each of which ran on two different systems of their own. This essentially left the credit union with three projects: convert its Fiserv system onto Symitar, convert the merged credit unions' systems onto Symitar, and manage third party vendor interfaces for all three.
Samaha Associates came in to assist with the credit union's contract negotiation process with Symitar and saw the conversion process through to its end, according to the credit union.
Sabeh Samaha, president/CEO of Samaha Associates, describes his firm's consulting process as meticulous and personalized. His team offers credit unions assistance throughout their entire core system conversion processes, from the vendor selection period up through go-live day. Depending on the credit union's needs, they may only help with certain parts of the process, Samaha said.
When his team helps a credit union begin investigating vendor and system options, Samaha Associates sit down with the staff to discuss their needs in depth and come up with a list of 1,000 questions to ask potential vendors.
"The credit union needs to understand which vendor is the best one for them, but we believe they also need to understand themselves, and from that understanding, find the best fit, "Samaha said. "The amount of energy they spend on finding the right vendor should be the same as the amount of energy they spend on self-discovery."
Samaha Associates said it helps its clients narrow their core system vendor pools down to two or three top choices, then brings the top vendors in for interviews and demos. Next, the consulting team and credit union look for gaps in the vendors' systems, fill out scorecards for each system and make a final decision.
Samaha said some of the most common fears credit unions have going into a core system conversion are that they will suffer a system outage, be prevented from working on other projects and exhaust their staff.
Stanford FCU said it didn't need Samaha Associates' help in every stage of its conversion. The credit union had already chosen Open Solutions Inc. as its vendor and had a firm grasp on how to manage the process. Instead, it primarily needed assistance with smaller details, said Jim Phillips, senior vice president and chief information officer at Stanford FCU.
"We needed a consultant to go beyond just managing meetings," Phillips said. "I liked Samaha Associates because they were ready to change our game plan and brought in different resources for us."
The consulting team specifically worked on managing and organizing third-party reporting extracts and interfaces, automating batch jobs and managing internal and external forms for the credit union. Stanford FCU also completed a mock conversion during the month prior to their official go-live day, as well as identified and addressed all potential snags ahead of time, Phillips said.
Robert Moore, information technology manager for First Community, said after merging two credit unions–Education First Credit Union of Detroit, Mich., and First American Credit Union of Beloit, Wis.,–in a two-year time period, the credit union chose not to convert the merged credit unions' core systems onto First Community's existing Fiserv system since they already planned to switch to a completely new system in the near future.
First Community began looking for a consultant after narrowing its vendor search down to a few options. Moore said he liked the fact that Samaha Associates didn't require the credit union to start their search process over again.
Aside from helping First Community with their vendor contract negotiation process and overseeing the conversion, Moore said Samaha Associates conducted a gap analysis to pinpoint all the differences between the credit union's old systems and the Symitar system, as well as managed its third party vendor relationships.
"Our management staff had never been in that kind of a situation, so they were going in blind," Moore said. "Then we brought in the consultant and they gave us a ton of confidence."
Moore said after working with Samaha Associates for 16 months, the credit union executed a flawless conversion without any major member-facing hiccups. The biggest lesson Moore said he learned while working with Samaha is that it's definitely worth it to spend ample time identifying and solving issues that could potentially crop up before the actual conversion begins.
"All of the legwork we did in advance really paid off," he said. "We put a lot of hours in beforehand for due diligence and testing. The phrase Sabeh used during the pre-work process was, 'searching for the Murphy's.'"
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For decades, young artists have gathered at Interlochen for intensive training in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, creative writing and filmmaking. While talented young artists are drawn to Interlochen Center for the Arts from all around the globe, Canadians have been an integral part of the Interlochen community nearly from its founding in 1928. There are now more than 2,000 Interlochen alumni living, working and adding to the arts community in Canada.
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New laws on topics as diverse as tattoo safety, bullying and gun control will go into effect in California as the new year dawns next week.
The legislature passed 750 bills last year, most of them set to become law on Jan. 1.
Here's a quick roundup, and a link to the state's website with the full list.
Local news from across Southern California
Firearms: With some exceptions, it will be illegal to openly carry an unloaded handgun. Californians will still be able to obtain permits to carry concealed weapons.
Child Prostitution: Increases fines and penalties for those seeking to procure the services of a minor for prostitution.
Alcohol: Prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages at self-service checkout stands.
Bullying: Requires schools to have a uniform process for dealing with bullying complaints. Goes into effect July 1.
Body Art: Tattoo and piercing businesses must obtain permits from local public health agencies, take training in sanitation and blood-borne illnesses and provide other health information as requested. Businesses that employ single-use, sterile studs to pierce ears only are exempted from some of the requirements. This bill goes into effect July 1.
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