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Website Terms and Conditions
(1) Introduction
These terms and conditions (the "Website Terms") govern your use of this website, which is operated by and on behalf of BDL Management Limited (the full details of which are set out in Section 17 below and referred to in the remainder of this document as "BDL", "we", "our" or "us"). By using our website, you accept these Website Terms in full. If you disagree with any of these Website Terms, you must not use our website.
The content and information displayed on this website is the property of BDL and/or its associated or subsidiary companies and is collectively referred to as "BDL Management Information". The downloading, reproduction or retransmission of BDL Information, other than for non-commercial, individual use is strictly prohibited.
(2) Licence to use website
The information contained in this website has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information about BDL and the services that it offers. Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights and material published through the website. Subject to the licence below, title to all of these intellectual property rights are reserved to BDL or its licensors.
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
(a) republish material from this website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;
(c) show any material from the website in public;
(d) reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose;
(e) edit or otherwise modify any material on the website; or
(f) redistribute material from this website.
(3) General Terms of Use
No warranties and/or representations of any kind, express or implied, are given as to the compliance of the information shown on this website, the services offered by or on behalf of us, any information relating to such services and/or our business in any respect with any laws of any other country. Such laws do not, in any event, affect or apply to the same.
If any exclusion(s) or limitation(s) contained in these Website Terms is found, in whole or part, to be unlawful or for any other reason unenforceable, that exclusion(s) or limitation(s) or the part(s) in question shall be deemed severable and omitted from these Website Terms for that purpose / those purposes. Such omission shall not affect the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of the other provisions of these Website Terms.
Nothing on this website constitutes an offer on our part. The matters detailed constitute an invitation to you to make an offer to us on the stated terms to purchase products or services that we feature. We may accept or decline any such offer. All arrangements featured or referred to are at all times, prior to specific confirmation, subject to availability and no warranties, promises or representations are given as to availability.
The website contains information on BDL's products and services, not all of which are available in every location. A reference to a BDL product or service on the website does not imply that such product or service is or will be available in your location.
You agree that you will make only legitimate reservations in good faith for use by you and your invited guests only, and not for other purposes, including without limitation, reselling, assigning without authorisation or posting on third party websites, or making speculative, false or fraudulent reservations, or any reservation in anticipation of demand.
It is a condition of your use of this website that you warrant to us that you will not use it or any information on it for any purpose that is illegal or prohibited by these Website Terms. You warrant that you are a minimum of 18 years old and have the legal authority to use this website in accordance with these Website Terms. You agree to be financially responsible for all charges, fees and other sums of whatever nature which arise out of your use of this website.
This website may provide you with the ability to use usernames, passwords, or other codes or devices to gain access to restricted portions of this website ("access codes").
We reserve the right to prohibit the use of such access codes on your behalf by third parties where we determine that such use interferes with our website's operation or results in commercial benefits or other entities to our detriment.
Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to these Website Terms, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy.
With respect to all communications you make to BDL regarding BDL including but not limited to feedback, questions, comments, suggestions and the like: (a) you shall have no right of confidentiality in your communications and BDL shall have no obligation to keep those communications confidential; (b) BDL shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute your communications to others without limitation; and (c) BDL shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, content or techniques contained in your communications for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to the development, production and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information. The above is limited only by our commitment and obligations pertaining to your personal information (for more information, please see our Privacy Policy).
If you choose to leave this website via links to other non-BDL websites, including those of advertisers, BDL are not responsible for the privacy policies of those sites or the cookies those sites use. In addition, because BDL has no control over such websites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that BDL is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content.
As our valued guest (hereinafter "You"), we value your commitment to BDL Management hotels
Our first priority is to offer You exceptional stays at our hotels and we recognise that your privacy forms part of our commitment to our guests. Our Guest Privacy Policy is outlined below which describes how BDL Management operated hotels use your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998).
Please read our Guest Privacy Policy carefully before providing us with any of your "Personal Information" (hereinafter referred to as "PI"), i.e. any information collected and recorded in any format that identifies You personally, whether directly (e.g. name) or indirectly (e.g. phone number).
This Hotel Guest Privacy Policy is part of BDL Management's terms and conditions governing our hotel services. By accepting said terms and conditions, You expressly consent to this Guest Privacy Policy.
BDL Management operated hotels may use Your PI for marketing purposes. If required by applicable law, You will be requested to give Your prior express consent to receive such marketing materials.
The following constitute BDL Management's Privacy Principles.
Any data processing implemented by BDL Management owned and managed hotels, i.e. hotels which are part of the BDL Management group, including managed hotels, e.g. hotels operating under the following brands Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Ramada, Ramada Encore, BEST WESTERN, BDL Select and other independent properties.
Any BDL Management web site, i.e. e.g. www.bdlhotels.co.uk and independent hotel websites e.g. www.cpcolchester.co.uk
Generally, we do not knowingly collect sensitive information such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health or sex life details.
In addition, depending on the applicable law, other data than those listed above may also be considered as sensitive data: credit card number, leisure habits, personal activities and hobbies, cultural habits, smoker/ non-smoker status, etc. However, we may need to collect such data which may be considered as sensitive, to satisfy Your request or provide You with specific services such as specific diet or any disability access facilities. In such case, if required by applicable law, we will ask You to expressly consent that we collect and process such sensitive information.
PI may be collected in certain circumstances including without limitation as follows:
We use Your PI for the following purposes:
At BDL Management, we wish to offer you the same level of service and hospitality across all our owned and managed properties across the UK.
To this end, subject to Your rights set forth below, we may have to share Your PI with internal or external recipients in the following ways:
The BDL Management estate: we may share Your PI with any BDL Management owned or managed entity or authorized individuals who need to access Your PI to provide You with the requested services or in the context of an action as a consequence of You providing such PI.
We may transfer Your PI to recipients, internal or external, which may be located in countries with different levels of PI protection.
Therefore, in addition to the implementation of the present Hotel Guest Privacy Policy, BDL Management implements appropriate measures, including contractual clauses, to secure transfer of Your PI to any BDL Management entity or external recipient located in a country with a level of protection different from the one existing in the country in which the PI is collected.
BDL Management takes appropriate technical and organisational measures, in accordance with local law requirements, to protect Your PI against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access. To this end, we have implemented technical measures such as firewalls and organisational measures such as a login/efficient password system, physical protection, etc.
You may have to enter Your credit card details to complete Your reservations; in such event, BDL Management uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt such PI.
BDL Management uses persistent cookies to manage Your session on BDL Management owned and managed websites and to personalize Your online experience (automatic recognition, list of Your favourite hotels, etc.).
We also collect technical information on Your computer each time You open a page during Your visit to our sites. This information includes Your IP (Internet Protocol) address, the operating system used, the type of browser, the screen resolution and the origin website address, as needed. We collect this information to improve the quality of Your visit to our site and do not sell or transfer this information to third parties. These temporary cookies are a built-in feature of the technology used. Most browsers automatically accept these cookies, but You can delete them or have them automatically refused. As each browser is different, You should refer to the "Help" section on Your browser toolbar to find out how to set Your preferences regarding cookies. However, You may not be able to use certain features on our site if You choose not to accept cookies.
We may offer You advertising or links to third-parties' websites which may collect PI about You when You view or click on their advertising or content through the use of cookies. BDL Management cannot control this collection of information and accepts no responsibility for this collection, use or disclosure of Your PI by third-party companies. You should contact these advertisers or content providers if You have any questions about their use of the PI they collect.
Your visit to these third-parties' websites is in no way subject to this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy. BDL Management takes no responsibility for any privacy policies or practices of any third-parties' web sites accessible from BDL Management's websites.
We will store Your PI only for the time necessary for the purposes stated in this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy, or as permitted by the applicable law.
You have the right to access, modify or delete Your PI.
You can also object to the processing of Your PI as described in this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy provided that You have legitimate reasons.
However, please note that if You object, we may in certain circumstances be unable to provide You with the service requested.
If You wish to exercise Your rights on Your PI held by a specific hotel, then You must contact the hotel directly.
To object to the processing of Your PI for marketing purposes or if You encounter any problem when exercising Your rights, You can contact the dedicated Guest Data Services department of the BDL Management Group, contactable on 00 44 (0) 141 419 4567 or at Guest Data Services, Central Marketing Team, BDL Management, 40 Brand Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G51 1DG.
In the interests of protecting the privacy of all the BDL Management Group's guests, we will need to identify You properly prior to responding to Your request. To this end, we may request a copy of a valid identification paper such as a current driver's licence, identity card or passport.
If Your PI is not accurate, complete or up to date, please provide the BDL Management Dpt. Data Privacy with Your request for correction. Any requests for correction will be dealt with as soon as practicable or in compliance with applicable law at the contact details outlined above.
We may amend this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy from time to time as indicated below. Therefore, we invite You to read this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy regularly and in any event when making a reservation in one of our Hotels. This Hotel Guest Privacy Policy was last updated on.
If You have any questions about this Hotel Guest Privacy Policy or how BDL Management processes Your PI in general, please contact us at the dedicated Guest Data Services department of the BDL Management Group, contactable on 00 44 (0) 141 419 4567 or at Guest Data Services, Central Marketing Team, BDL Management, 40 Brand Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G51 1DG.
(5) Agent
If you are a travel agent or authorized representative of a travel agent using this site the following apply:
Passwords- We have provided you with a unique password so that access to information related to your agency and transactions can be restricted to only those individuals to whom you provided the password. It is your responsibility to protect the confidentiality of the password. BDL assumes no liability for any access to information or transactions that are executed with the password provided to you. We strongly recommend that you change the password on a periodic basis and whenever a travel agent leaves your travel agency or you suspect that knowledge of the password is no longer limited to those that you have authorized.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)-BDL is able to make commission payments by electronic funds transfer (EFT) through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) System.
If you complete the EFT registration process provided on BDL.com, completion of the process signifies that you: (1) authorize BDL to make payments by EFT, (2) certify that you have selected the designated depository institution and provided the correct account information, and (3) accept that all EFTs will be instructed in accordance with the following (i) you will give thirty (30) days advance notice to BDL of any changes regarding your depository institution or other payment instructions and (ii) you accept that all U.S. direct deposits are made with a payment type of "CTX".
(6) Acceptable use
You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use any device, software or technique to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of our website, and you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. In addition, you must not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein, without the prior express written consent from an authorized BDL representative (such consent is deemed given for standard search engine technology employed by Internet search web sites to direct Internet users to this website).
You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.
You must not use our website for any purposes related to marketing without our express written consent.
(7) Limited warranties
We make no warranty that this website (or any websites linked to this website) is free from technical errors, computer viruses or any other malicious or impairing computer programs.
We do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the information published on this website; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up-to-date.
BDL reserve the right to make changes, corrections, cancellations and/or improvements to BDL Management Information, and to the products and programs described in such information, at any time without notice, including after confirmation of a transaction.
The information contained on this website may contain technical, typographic and other errors including but not limited to inaccuracies relating to pricing or availability applicable to your transaction. BDL shall not assume responsibility or liability for any such inaccuracies, errors or omissions, and shall have no obligation to honour reservations or information affected by such inaccuracies. We have the right to change the prices featured or mentioned on this website at any time without prior notice.
If any price is obviously incorrect, we will not be bound by it. We accept no responsibility for keeping the information on these pages up to date or liability for failure to do so. You should check all details of your chosen arrangements with us by telephone, email or fax at the time of booking.
(8) Limitations and exclusions of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude liability for any representations, warranties or conditions implied in relation to this website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in relation to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. By accessing this website you agree that BDL will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss arising from the use of the information and material contained in this website or from your access of other material on the internet via web links from this website.
Nothing in these Website Terms will: (a) limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or (d) exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in these Website Terms govern all liabilities arising in relation to the subject matter of the Website Terms , including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
To the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free-of-charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
The limitations and exclusions of liability in this clause will apply whether or not the liability in question arises out of any reckless, deliberate, personal and/or repudiatory conduct or breach of contract.
(9) Indemnity
You hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of our legal advisers) incurred or suffered by us arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these Website Terms.
(10) Breaches of these Website Terms
Without prejudice to our other rights under these Website Terms, if you breach these Website Terms in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing court proceedings against you.
(11) Variation
We may revise these Website Terms from time-to-time. Revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of our website from the date of their publication on our website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.
(12) Assignment
We may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these Website Terms without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these Website Terms.
(13) Severability
If a provision of these Website Terms is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
(14) Exclusion of third party rights
These Website Terms are for the benefit of you and us, and are not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The exercise of our and your rights in relation to these Website Terms is not subject to the consent of any third party.
(15) Entire agreement
These Website Terms, together with our privacy policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
(16) Law and jurisdiction
These Website Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to these Website Terms and conditions will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
(17) Our details
The full name of our company is BDL Management Ltd
We are registered in Scotland under registration number SC209059.
Our registered address is 40 Brand Street, Glasgow G51 1DG.
You can contact us by telephone on 0141 419 4567.
Our VAT number is 100 1077 91.


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I highly recommend this great program for everyone. It gives an excellent preview of the positive life enriching discoveries waiting to be found by each person who seeks to know about the bigger picture of where we came from.
More importantly from a Family Forest® perspective, if you liked this show, you'll love the Family Forest® National Treasure Edition. It picks up where the show leaves off.
For instance, consider just one of the intersections in Sarah Jessica Parker's ancestry which was discussed in the program. His name is Samuel Elwell and he is PIN 327364 in the National Treasure.
Not only is he one of Sarah Jessica Parker's ancestors, but according to the recorded history already mapped out in the National Treasure, he is one of the 5th-great-grandfathers of Norman Rockwell.
As much as Sarah Jessica Parker seemed to enjoy the feeling of being American that she gained from her ancestral discoveries, she should be elated to know that she shares Elwell ancestors with the person who personified Americans for decades, Norman Rockwell.
A much bigger surprise still awaits Sarah Jessica Parker and her Mom (Will someone please let them know?). According to recorded history, the wife of their Samuel Elwell is Mary Jones, daughter of Isaac and Deborah (Clark or Clarke) Jones.
Mary's 20-generation ancestor view in the National Treasure pulls up a chart that anyone should be proud to claim as their own. I know, I'm speaking from personal experience, as parts of her ancestor chart I recognize as also my own.
This one map of some of the ancestral pathways of Sarah Jessica Parker covers some extremely interesting human history that Hollywood has been making great films of for decades. These include some of her ancestors in Braveheart and The Lion in Winter, one of which was portrayed by our Oscar-winning cousin.
Sarah Jessica Parker and her Mom can now watch a famous movie of our cousin portraying our ancestor. This is an example of why we say that the Family Forest® is Networking Family History with Hollywood.™

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Business Innovation & Growth
Financial institutions are encouraged to constantly challenge their existing business model, invest in innovation and actively seek growth opportunities. Synpulse supports financial institutions in innovating their business and capitalizing on their growth potential.
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«By comprehensively analyzing our customer's strategic position in the context of business innovation and growth, we strive to achieve a competitive advantage for our clients in fast changing environments. With our experience and knowledge, we advise in the development of strategies, support in the implementation of new business models as well as innovative offerings..»
Client Lifecycle Management
Today, customers decide when and how to interact with the bank. Besides complying with regulatory demands, leading banks started to embrace «customer centricity» and move from product- to customer-centric organizations. Only a state-of-the-art client onboarding process with a customer life cycle vision creates significant value to the bank with improved customer retention and relationship management.
Banks are currently facing the following challenges:
- Insufficient prospect management structures result in low net new money figures and poor prospect conversion rates
- Lack of end-to-end digitalization with a low first time yield rate lead to a lengthy onboarding process and poor customer experience
- Missing flexibility to cope with new regulatory requirements causes high implementation costs and compliance risks.
Why Synpulse
Synpulse has profound market insights in customer related processes. Based on a large number of client onboarding process review and implementation projects, we can provide you with exceptional expertise in this area. We truly believe operational efficiency and customer satisfaction starts with understanding the business and being capable of implementing change in the systems.
Synpulse follows a clear framework to increase the data quality and to streamline the client lifecycle. Yet we can offer you a bespoke service offering depending on your current challenge:
- The High Spot Process Review measures the process against quantitative / qualitative targets to identify bottlenecks and redundant activities. It proposes possible options (min / med / max) for the future.
- Our Business Case demonstrates which option is of most value to the organization.
- An analysis of the current state of the IT Front Architecture leads to a redesign of the organizational approach, processes, and solution architecture.
- New technology may be introduced in order to support the client onboarding. Our proven Platform Evaluation framework helps finding the right platform/tool.
- Together with all the relevant stakeholders from the front office, compliance and operations, an Implementation Roadmap is created.
- A Pipeline Management tool is introduced which includes control mechanisms such as KPI dashboard analysis and success rate monitoring.
Banks with an optimized client lifecycle management benefit from
- increased profitability and satisfaction through superior customer service
- unlocking cross-selling potential and revenue growth by attracting new customers
- improvement in operational efficiency by reducing process flow time and error ratio
- increased flexibility for upcoming regulatory requirements
Advisory Products & Services
Advisory Products & Services – Financial Advice in Banks
Advisory services to bank customers are being redefined. Where in the past a meeting in person and the reliability of the bank advisor were the key factors, today digitalization, individualized advice, and regulatory compliance are taking precedence.
New laws and regulations place very great demands on the advisory process. Everything must be transparent, documented down to the very last detail and in keeping with the customer's risk profile. The risks contained in portfolios require constant monitoring. Banking customers, meanwhile, tend to want individualized purchase recommendations, opportunities to get independent advice, and online access. They also welcome video consultation, because that saves them the journey to meet with an advisor.
All these new demands can only be met with a professional, integrated software solution. Synpulse advises you on finding the best solution for your advisory strategy. Our approach is to develop this solution together with you, based on the direction and orientation of your bank and your customers. Taking this as our basis, we orient organization, processes and IT systems toward providing the best possible support for your strategy.
Synpulse draws its own expertise from several studies and surveys relating to advisory services in banking. This, combined with our banking experience from countless implementation projects, enables us to develop for our clients bespoke solutions that build on and complement the existing organizational and IT infrastructure in the best possible way.
Using the Synpulse «Market Radar – Advisory Solutions», we are able to significantly shorten the process of evaluating appropriate advisory solutions and by doing so create greater added value for our clients.
With the benefit of several advisory studies and our many years of project experience in the banking industry, Synpulse is the right partner to join you in developing new and innovative advisory solutions and implementing them quickly and competently in your bank. We look forward to taking the step into the new digital age by your side.
Customer Intelligence & Predictive Analytics
Digital Analysis and Data Management
Data is the new oil. What that means is demonstrated very impressively by internet giants like Google. But there are ways for banks to utilize data gainfully, too, for example in product development, process optimization, or marketing. In most cases, data is available in great quantities. The challenge lies in harnessing it for specific purposes.
Banks generate huge amounts of data every day. As communication shifts increasingly onto digital channels, the amounts of data are growing constantly. Yet digital communication is not the only major source of data. Data is collected elsewhere too, for example in CRM systems.
This data contains a great deal of untapped potential, if it can be evaluated and interpreted correctly. The challenge is that data is often not organized centrally inside a company. And it comes in various forms - some structured, others not. The latter, unstructured form includes text documents, film and audio files, all of them packed with information.
So how can companies put data to successful use? Descriptive analysis is a method widely employed to examine what happens and why. It is a way of finding out, for example, how product sales have developed and for what reasons. The insights gained through this process can be implemented in decision-making at a later stage.
Data can also be used to assess probabilities of future events and their causes. For example, once descriptive analysis has helped to optimize an offering, predictive analysis can show when a campaign for that product is likely to generate the greatest demand. Process optimization works in a similar way, also factoring in external events.
If you are looking for ways to employ data analysis gainfully in your organization, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We will be happy to support you in evaluating and implementing the right solution for you.
Open Banking
Open Banking
Open Banking describes the shift from a monolithic to a distributed platform-based business model unlocked by technology and regulations. The benefits of the Open Banking movement include a customer experience ready for the next generation, new revenue streams, and a sustainable service model for underserved markets. Having only just begun, this evolution is now transforming the financial industry, so banks need to act now to be among the fittest to survive.
Read more about our Open Banking strategy for private banks:
Read more about operating model implications of Open Banking:
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Synpulse Open Banking Services
Synpulse helps financial institutions to embrace Open Banking. We support organizations with Open Banking services and products ranging from business strategy and proposition definition to API strategy and implementation, and all the way through to target operating models.
Open Banking Technology Partner
Synpulse is a global implementation partner of the NDGIT API Platform. Together, we can transform your IT organization and technology stack so that you are ready for the future of banking.
In collaboration with our partner NDGIT, we run the NDGIT FinTech Marketplace in Switzerland. The Marketplace allows you to access a continuously growing ecosystem of Swiss and European best-of-breed FinTech applications as a service operated on a Swiss FINMA-approved private cloud. Speed up your digital roadmap and combine FinTech services into your own differentiating user journeys with a single contract and integration.


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A Conor McGregor Win Brought Ryan Riess to Dublin
Ryan Riess comes to Dublin for the first time after watching a thrilling Conor McGregor victory in Vegas this summer. He tells PokerNews how he is enjoying the city and culture while also trying to take down the 10k One Day High Roller.
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How can I give a wedding toast/speech that gives glory to God?
This is a great opportunity to glorify God. Usually at a wedding, even at the marriage of two believers, there will be a number of non-Christians there. You can focus on how God has worked in the lives of the couple, if they are believers. You can recount some of the things the Lord has done in your friendship with the bride or groom; some areas where you've observed the Lord working in their lives; some of the ways you hope and pray that God will bless them in their life together. If the couple are non-Christians, you can use the opportunity to speak of how God is good in providing marriage as a blessing and how you hope that he will do good to them in their life together as the only real source of joy and strength.
Every couple will face trials in marriage and the only way that those trials can make them stronger and more committed to one another is if Jesus Christ is at the center of their marriage. Use the biblical material on marriage from Genesis 2:18, 24 as a basis, or Proverbs 31 about the wife, or Psalm 127 or 128 as reminders of how intimately God is involved in marriage and that marriage is his idea. That is a way to bring glory to him.
"Questions and Answers" is a weekly feature of the OPC website. The answers come from individual ministers in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church expressing their own convictions and do not necessarily represent an "official" position of the Church, especially in areas where the Standards of the Church (the Scriptures and the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms) are silent.
The questions come from individuals like yourself. If you have questions about biblical and theological matters, you are invited to send them by e-mail by using the "Pose a Question" link on the OPC home page or by clicking here.
At least one new question is posted each week, so there should always be something new here for you to read. (For those people who would like to look at previous questions and answers, they will continue to be available as well.)
The purpose of the OPC website's "Questions and Answers" is to respond to biblical and theological questions. Matters of church discipline, disputes, or debates go beyond the scope of our work. We recommend that you present your concerns in these areas to the appropriate judicatory. In most cases this will be to a local pastor, elder, or session. We do not want the website to replace personal involvement in, or commitment to, the local, visible church.
While we will respond to every serious questioner, we are not bound to give a substantive answer to every question, should we deem the question to be beyond the scope of our purpose or our own ability to answer.
You will receive an answer by e-mail. Please be patient as many of our respondents are busy pastors. The response to your question may take up to two (2) weeks. Some of the questions submitted will be chosen to be posted here, along with the corresponding answers.
Note that the "Questions and Answers" posted on the site have been editedall personal references are removed, Scripture references or from some source may be added, and sometimes portions are expandedto make the questions and answers more useful to a larger audience.
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I DO NOT trust transacting with travel agents on the phone or online! So I always insist on meeting them multiple times. This time I took a chance and filed a request. The vendors' quotes were reasonable so I chose a travel agent close to my place and scheduled a discussion. He sounded quite genuine to me, so I accepted the package. My family enjoyed the trip immensely.
What a great help! I have always felt extremely hassled by the idea of planning a trip. But going through HolidayIQ, my husband and me, we felt like making a trip happen. So we reached out and got calls from many vendors. We chose a nice little trip and the travel agents took care of everything including our visa processing and travel insurance.
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MICHAEL ADUBATO - Wednesday, August 11, 2010
United States vs Brazil
Friendly - Tuesday August 10, 2010
New Meadowlands Stadium
In their first post World Cup game, the US Men's National Team had no answers for a young Brazilian team showing few faces from its own World Cup campaign.
The Brazilians hit a pair to beat the Americans 2-0 with goals from Neymar and Pato.
In a game where the US started off well but faded slowly, it was the US' top goal scorer Landon Donovan who had the first sniff at goal in just the third minute when Maurice Edu played the Galaxy man through and Donovan raced into the box and was fouled.
Canadian referee Silviu Petrescu however seemed to punish Donovan for staying on his feet, giving no call.
The visitors were at it five minutes later when AC Milan's Alexandre Pato was played through and moved into the American box with the ball at his feet. Omar Gonzalez stood his ground however and forced the Brazilian to shoot wide of Tim Howard's far post.
With a third of the first half gone at the New Meadowlands Stadium, the Brazilians began to apply pressure on the American back four, however they were finding it hard to turn their possession into goals.
Robinho threatened and then overlapped with Dani Alves but his pass back to the Barcelona defender was played poorly and the Americans cleared the danger.
On the 18 minute mark 18-year-old Neymar found Pato in the box but his shot was knocked away by Howard for a corner kick. The ensuing kick was cleared out of the area but Benfica's Ramires collected and fired hard and true but over the top of Howard's crossbar from 20 yards out.
Michael Bradley did the same a minute later, blasting towards the Brazilian goal but never threatening Victor.
Neymar was a handful for the Americans all night long in the New Jersey heat and showed signs of what was to come in the 26th minute when he received Pato's pass at the top of the box, spun and shot. However it turned out to be a bread-and-butter save for the Jersey native between the sticks.
Howard wasn't as fortunate a few minutes later when the youngster finally put his name on the score sheet in his national team debut when Andre Santos found him in space, placing the ball onto his head and watching the net ripple behind the Everton man.
The Brazilians began playing with more confidence and looked as if they were on the training field playing one touch soccer as the Americans did their best to contain any threat.
The South Americans thought they had scored again just past the half hour mark as they ran into the corner to celebrate after a ball into the box came forward and Pato chased it to the goal line but instead of tapping it in, gave the 6'3" Howard an NFL style tackle as the ball trickled over the line. The Canadian referee took his time deciding that Pato had fouled the big keeper.
Donovan then won a free kick at the top of the Brazilian box after being fouled but his kick was punched away by Victor.
Moments later Donovan played Alejandro Bedoya, who received his first start, up the right wing. The Floridian's effort was put out for a corner kick that found Carlos Bocanegra's head, however he missed the target.
Just before the half time whistle the visitor's doubled their lead with a move that started in the midfield when Paulo Henrique Ganso played Ramires forward, who threaded the ball between a pair of defenders to Pato. This time the 20-year-old forward made no mistake and slipped the ball into the American goal for his second career Brazil strike.
Perhaps sensing a need for change, US head coach Bob Bradley made a few to start the second half by bringing another Jersey native, Jozy Altidore, who replaced the ineffective Edson Buddle. Sacha Kljestan came on for Benny Feilhaber while Brad Guzan subbed on for Howard.
It seemed to be all for nothing though when Guzan's net rippled with just a minute played, but the off sides flag spared the US this time.
The score could have been 3-0 in the 53rd minute after some skillful passing by the Brazilians with the ball ending up at Robinho's feet deep inside the US box, but the sometimes Manchester City striker only struck Guzan's post.
The Americans seemed to come to life soon afterwards when Kljestan found his ex-Chivas teammate Jonathan Bornstein heading up the left wing, that ended up as a corner kick for Donovan to take, which he did and played short to Kljestan.
The Anderlecht midfielder whipped the ball into the box and found Michael Bradley and the Princeton, NJ native found the back of the net with his head but the effort was ruled off sides.
Kljestan had a chance with a free kick just outside the box in the 67th minute but Victor was up for it and claimed it for himself.
Guzan was called into action several times as the game progressed, such as in the 70th minute when Brazil counter attacked and the Aston Villa shot stopper performed his job well. This was followed by Altidore who took a chance at goal from an impossible angle that ended up as a goal kick.
Guzan was beaten some minutes later but Ganso, one of the three Santos players on the roster, was unable to beat the far post as it ricocheted off and was collectively cleared by the defense. Robinho found the ball at his feet soon afterwards but put his contribution wide of the post.
The Brazilians continued passing the ball around the Americans as only Brazilians can and substitute Carlos Eduardo decided to pull the trigger from inside the six yard box only to see Guzan deny the Bundesliga man.
With time running out Jonathan Spector found sub Herculez Gomez well inside the Brazilian box but the Pachuca striker couldn't make it count from a few yards out.
And so time fizzled out leaving the Americans with the loss in a pretty meaningless game.
"I thought we frustrated them for a little while, which was good," Tim Howard said to YA after the game. "But a little while isn't good enough."
"They certainly showed us some things we need to work on and we know that in order to compete at this level and get to the next level which this is and the World Cup is," continued Howard. "But you have to be able to frustrate teams a lot longer than that."
"We're disappointed because of the goals we gave up but Brad played fantastic in the second half but that's the problem with these teams; they create some many opportunities and you really need to eliminate them, particularly in front of goal," he concluded.
"I think the first half wasn't so bad," Alejandro Bedoya said of the team's performance. "I think towards the end we started sitting back a little bit and giving them more time."
"(The game was) high intensity, high tempo and obviously a different tempo than what I'm used to playing over there (in Sweden)," noted Bedoya.
Bedoya and the rest of his teammates will now return to their club teams following Tuesday's defeat.
At this time, the US does not have any other international matches scheduled as US Soccer and Bradley will begin discussions on whether or not the head man will return for another World Cup cycle.
In his four years at the helm of the US national team, Bradley has composed a 38-21-8.
Findley poised to start 2014 cycle
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Friday August 13, 2010 12:34 pm
and terrible news with Yura Movsisyan no longer eligible for Team USA. He is easily better than Findley/Buddle/Gomez. probably better than Altidore at this point too.
its a real shame, USA couldnt get their act together and keep this kid...
Friday August 13, 2010 12:18 pm
James, did you have any opportunity to watch the World Cup this year? Bradley was the only US CM who was not disappointing. Your characterization of Bradley's play doesn't match reality. There also is good reason why Bradley plays - and plays well - for a team in one of the best leagues in the world while US 'technical' heroes have trouble making the starting XI in lesser leagues.
While Torres' game is 'technical' he has proven over the past year that he is not yet ready for the international stage, and it isn't just due to lack of opportunity. You cannot be happy with his play in the World Cup. Yes, I too wanted to see Torres get the opportunity to play, but his play only left me wishing Jermaine Jones was healthy. Torres' composure on the ball is not close even to Bradley's current level. I hope Torres will get to the point where he earns the right to be a regular on the US national team but he isn't there yet.
Sorry but I am dumbfounded why some American fans trot out the same old and often faulty 'analysis' for attacking the form of the better US players and yet continue to champion lesser players for more playing time.
When we have players better than Michael Bradley then I'll be all for replacing him. At present he's the best CM we have.
Thursday August 12, 2010 5:07 pm
@ rodney- several people, including me, are criticizing michael bradley's current form. he is not composed on the ball and can't get himself out of trouble if someone is on his back except by passing it backwards. his touch is awful and that is evident every time he turns. and, every time he turns he tries to hit it regardless of whether or not a striker is open. and his defensive positioning is nonexistent. it's not that we haven't found an ideal partner for him; it's that his dad is in charge so no one else will get a chance ahead of him. not even a much more skilled player like torres who only ever gets a half to display himself.
Thursday August 12, 2010 3:36 pm
Muchadu - While Altidore is a work in progress he is our best selection up front with no clear 2nd choice much less 3rd. I fear Davies will never be what he was in 2009 and we will need to find a similarly skilled replacement. Who would you replace him with that will be better now or in 2014?
Michael Bradley is one of the best players we have and will be part of the foundation for 2014 no matter who the next coach is. A lot of the criticism against him is based on his clumsier efforts 1-2 years ago, and not what he is now. Did you see his performance in the World Cup? Team USA's current problem in the middle is not Bradley, but his lack of a good midfield partner and a weak back line.
Thursday August 12, 2010 2:39 am
@rodney - I didnt mean Bradley or Altidore are problems. I meant that they obviously should not have their positions sewn up. Its painful to see his Dad shamelessly start him and have him play 90 everytime...when he really does not deserve that favoritism. Jozy needs someone to serve him in order for him to get going. Donovan has done this and adu at the junior levels has also. Davies is getting back into form recently and will be our best forward, until we find another quality forward. However, playing both DAvies and Jozy together up top would be our best bet in the near future. Let the rebuilding and healing begin. So long Coach B.
Thursday August 12, 2010 2:32 am
@Dave- good call with Lichaj and Castillo, but we need the zehavi guy who has not declared his national affiliation yet, but did express his want to play for the US. Also dont forget some exciting under 20's guys. Adu needs playing time with the first team. His experience and chemistry with Jozy is needed badly and would make altidore much better. Adu did play for aris last season, but playin for some obscure scandinavian team is only slightly better than playing for an ugh MLS team. He will hook up with a team soon and be our future attacking mid who can and will distribute quality passes and for heavens sake actually dribble AT defenders! a quality we desperately need on the international level. Some of the MLS players you named are hacks that if called up will someday deliver mediocre performances in the WC against teams like algeria and ghana, if thats what your wishing for.
Wednesday August 11, 2010 7:26 pm
1) we need someone who is a better talent evaluator. I think Bradley was a great motivator and got this team to play very well but his lineup decisions were very questionable. going with Clark over Edu and Findley over Buddle and Bornstein over anybody were downright insane.
2) we need to let our young players go overseas instead of keeping them in the domestic leagues. we also need to get these national team players playing every game for top division teams abroad. can't have our starters come from the Championship, Sweden, Norway, Denmark. they need to be on better teams...
Wednesday August 11, 2010 7:00 pm
Well, Most of these guys from the Brazil team were what the Brazilians wanted for the World Cup, but Dunga didn't take them.
There are to many excuses"USMNT was tired from WC?" WHAT! "USMNT didn't feel like playing" - against Brazil, really?
Every country in the world watches Brazil games, and your telling me the USMNT weren't inspired? Thats crazy excuses guys.
Two lines of 4 is ridiculous. After Pato's goal the Brazilian commentator asks in Portuguese (Galvao Bueno) "Why are the Americans playing a static line of four in the back?" Nobody can fully understand Bob Bradley's choices, not even other countries. USA is not bad, and don't have bad players..I'm not saying a totally new squad with a different coach would have made the outcome different. Just maybe it wouldn't have looked like College players against grade school pre teens. I thought this game would be equal (back and forth) especially since the Brazilian guys never played together before, and most of the Americans have....terrible performance.....
Wednesday August 11, 2010 5:36 pm
Personally thought the US played well for the first 20 minutes or so...we kind of fell apart after that. Like many others on here I would have liked to of seen some of the younger (Potential Players) than the team that BB put on the field last night. I liked that Bedoya & Gonzalez played, but would have preferred some others would have gotten a chance as well, expecially since we still need to find and refine the team depth. Hopefully in the next friendly some of the following players can be brought in to mix with some of the young established players:
Defenders: Edgar Castillo, Tim Ream, Eric Lichaj, Kevin Alston, and John George.
Midfielders: Eddie Gaven, Michael Stevens, Geoff Cameron and Brad Evans
Forwards: Justin Braun, Chris Pontius
Would just like to see if any of them have something to contribute in the 2014 cycle, or how far away from international play they are.
Since after the Gold-Cup 2011 players like Gomez, Buddle, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, DeMerit, and Beasley will likely be heading into international retirement.
To MuchAdu....until Freddy Adu finds a club and begins playing PLEASE, PLEASE stop calling for his inclusion in a national team match (friendly or otherwise). If he can't play for a club he has NO business playing for the country.
Wednesday August 11, 2010 5:06 pm
I watched last night's game stationed from a bodega in Brazil. It's ironic, after my friend gave me the scoop about this Brazilian squad being small and not have players with good heading skills, Brazil scored it's first goal. The US back line appeared to play panic ball, kicking away the ball rather than showing possession. The USMNT's attack disappeared after the first 20 minutes, the midfield shortly thereafter. As writers above correctly noted, Brazil put on a clinic and exposed the shortcoming of USMNT. I think Bob Bradley has achieved much, but it's time for a coach with international experience that can select & develop players to compete. Jozy is strong, athletic, and fast. His first touch is far and hard = not good for a striker. Bradley and Edu are the same style of player. Both shouldn't occupy CMF. One of the CMF's should be creative and attacking. USMNT needs proven strikers with creativity.
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No we are not closed. We are now showing Grown ups and A-team. June 29th we are premiering Eclipse and doing the prequals. Call for more details. Our box office number is 352-622-1245. Our movie line is 352-390-2731. You can also find times and buy tickets at Fandango.com and carmike.com. Sorry for the inconvience of the Marion website and other issues we havent completely gotten to buy the rights for all of it yet. Come support our theatre!
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Glad to see you guys are back up and running again! Marioncar I will pass on the admin for this page if you would like. Thanks for helping keep the MARiON alive.
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Windows 7 on a netbook
As you can see from our benchmarks, we compared XP and Windows 7 on the Atom-based Asus EEE S101, which boasts a fast flash drive; this has an exceptionally fast startup (measured to the point that Windows is responsive to input) and shutdown times (measured without applications open) and in all cases where tasks took long enough to measure, Windows 7 was measurably faster than XP.
On our long-term Windows 7 test machine, the Dell XPS M1330, Vista SP2 gave the release candidate code a run for its money but the RTM improved on all the RC times but one test (copying a 3GB folder to a network drive), it equalled or easily beat the Vista times (See benchmarks from the Dell).
Built-in applications like Paint, Media Player and Movie Maker are routinely faster than in Vista (often by up to a third) and Media Center is significantly more responsive than the Vista and Windows XP versions.
Battery life
Battery life doesn't get a significant boost on all upgraded systems compared to Vista; you can expect to see bigger improvements in battery life on new systems of comparable specification as OEMs tweak settings in the power policy. Delving into the details will probably help you squeeze more life out of upgraded models.
With the Asus EEE PC S101, our battery rundown test of wireless web browsing and streaming music and video continuously showed a welcome improvement, from 2 hours 50 minutes under XP to 3 hours 2 minutes with Windows 7 RTM. Even more welcome is that fact that the reported battery life is usually close to what you actually get.


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As my afternoon filed into the room after lunch, one of my students, R (random initial) approached me with an envelope in her hand.
"This is from my mom. She didn't get to talk to you at conferences, so she wrote you a note," she said as she handed over the envelope. I thanked her as my mind raced, trying to think of what her mom could need to talk to me about. As she made her way to her seat, I turned toward my desk and opened the card.
After I admired the card (gorgeous!), I opened it up and began to read the note. By the end, I had tears in my eyes. R began the year as one of my most reluctant readers and writers. Her mother was writing to thank me- for helping her to discover the love of reading.
I quickly put the card away, but I've already pulled it out to read again tonight. It makes my heart burst. 🙂
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Is rooting for Visual Basic like rooting for the Red Sox?
Here in the US we have this professional Baseball team called the Boston Red Sox.
According to Wikipedia (and known to be true) "In 1918, the team won its fifth World Series, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history."
Stated another way, for 86 years Boston fans rooted for their team. They pined for them, aching, hoping that they'd win again. That folks would give them the respect they deserved and see their team for what they are - winners.
After a few years of this suffering one may, without realizing it, begin to wallow a smidge. To enjoy it. Being an underdog can be kind of fun. If pain is fun for you.
However, after 2004, the Red Sox's curse, the "Curse of the Bambino" was broken after they won the World Series. Why is this significant? Because there is a whole generation of folks who didn't suffer rooting for the Sox. For them, the Sox have always won. It's easy to root for the Red Sox when they are winning.
Old timers don't like this. They try to remind young people that the drought, the pain, was clearly broken through the strength of their faith, but these protestations fall on deaf (young) ears.
Visual Basic programmers, historically, have tended to be a bit long suffering, patiently enduring the wrongs and difficulties of VB while being mocked by the C# folks. "VB's a toy." "VB's not performant." "VB programmers aren't real programmers."
But according to Paul Vick:
Apparently the great VB Performance Scare of 2001 is over and people realize that VB code runs just as fast and capably as C# code. The young people don't remember the early years as VB programmers slogged on, Dim'ing and AndIfAlso'ing while others used curly braces and semi-colons while pointing and laughing. For a time, to love VB was to suffer. However, today, while VB may not be the #1 .NET language on the tip of your tongue, but it's certainly beat the Curse of the Bambino and earned the respect of the community as a first class .NET language, and apparently the most popular one as well.
Rooting for VB isn't hard any more, just like rooting for the Sox. Rooting for C# is like rooting for the Yankees, therefore, I'm going to start rooting for the Cincinnati Reds, and for LOLCode. Both are going to go all the way.
If you liked this post, you might also enjoy these:
- Beyond Elvis, Einstein and Mort: New Programming Stereotypes for Web 2.0
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Ultra-rich elitists lecture middle class on having less children, reducing living standards while living in opulence and procreating with gusto
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Following the birth of the David and Victoria Beckham's fourth child last week, the modern vanguard of the elitist, arcane and racist eugenics movement, now re-packaged as "overpopulation," reacted by lambasting the Beckhams as a "bad example" for families, labeling them "environmentally irresponsible" for having too many kids. However, the leaders of this movement are almost exclusively comprised of ultra-rich elitists who themselves have numerous children and are rampaging hypocrites.
"The Beckhams, and others like London mayor Boris Johnson, are very bad role models with their large families. There's no point in people trying to reduce their carbon emissions and then increasing them 100% by having another child," said Simon Ross, chief executive of the Optimum Population Trust.
The scope of this article is not to debate the validity of the overpopulation argument, which in other reports we have vehemently debunked as unscientific quackery (the population of the planet is set to rapidly decline after 2050 and is already doing so in many countries), it is to expose the rampant hypocrisy of those telling us to lower our living standards, reduce CO2 emissions and have less kids while they themselves live in luxury, fly around in private jets, and procreate with little concern for "overpopulation".
Just take a brief look at the lifestyle choices of some of the leading proponents of global warming and overpopulation movement, who while telling others to reduce their living standards and have less children, are themselves living in opulence with their giant families.
Al Gore
As the leading luminary of the global warming movement, you would expect Al Gore to live up to the standards he lectures everyone else about. Gore recently called on women to access "fertility management" (abortion) in order to stabilize global population.
However, just like the Beckhams, Gore has four children of his own, who presumably enjoy the luxury of his $8.8 million seaside mansion in Montecito, California (absent any worries about rising sea levels).
Gore is set to become the first "carbon billionaire," but he offsets his 12-times the average power consumption by purchasing carbon credits ….bought largely from his own company, Generation Investment Management.
George Soros
Soros was one of the participants of a secretive 2009 conference of elitists which took place in Manhattan at the home of Sir Paul Nurse, a British Nobel prize biochemist and president of the private Rockefeller University. The meeting was focused around curbing 'overpopulation'.
But Soros himself seems to have little personal interest in following a lifestyle consistent with his public persona – he has five children from two different marriages.
Illustrating this hypocrisy, Soros has given over a billion dollars to his family's Open Society Institute, which issues grants to promote abortion.
Warren Buffett
Billionaire industrialist Warren Buffett has donated millions to charities and foundations that are involved in population control, including Family Health International, IPAS, Planned Parenthood and the Population Council. The money was used to develop drugs that sterilize women, as well as equipment used to carry out abortions in the third world. Only after his shareholders complained did Buffett cease such donations through his Berkshire Hathaway company in 2003.
However, Buffett was present at the 2009 "billionaire club" meeting in Manhattan, suggesting that his zeal for population control has far from waned.
Of course, Buffett's desire to reduce overpopulation doesn't apply to his own personal life, he has three children and travels the globe in a $6.7 million dollar private jet.
David Rockefeller
In 1992 at a UN Ambassador's Dinner, Rockefeller gave a speech in which he decried the rapid rise of world population and its impact on "our planetary ecosystems".
Another attendee of the "overpopulation" club in 2009, Rockefeller has six children and owns four mansion estates. He has poured millions of his fortune into global warming and overpopulation fearmongering.
Rockefeller doesn't seem to fussed about his own half a dozen offspring's impact on the "planetary ecosystem".
The Rothschild Family
Being the owners of the leading carbon trading exchange, the Rothschilds have been eager to spread the global warming/overpopulation myth with enthusiasm, particularly through the work of David Mayer de Rothschild (pictured) who has become a leading climate change campaigner.
The exchange is set to be worth $150 billion dollars by next year, continuing the Rothschilds' historical legacy of manipulation, financial scams and rip-offs that have established them as the foremost banking dynasty on the planet.
The founder of the family, Mayer Amschel Von Rothschild, had no less than ten children.
Ted Turner
"Mr. Turner – a long-time advocate of population control – said the environmental stress on the Earth requires radical solutions, suggesting countries should follow China's lead in instituting a one-child policy to reduce global population over time. He added that fertility rights could be sold so that poor people could profit from their decision not to reproduce," the Globe and Mail reported last year.
Turner's call for western nations to enforce a tyrannical policy that in China is administered by undercover police and "family planning" authorities who kidnap, force drug and then forcibly abort babies of pregnant women, has nothing whatsoever to do with his concern for the environment.
Turner himself has five children and owns no less than 2 million acres of land. He is the largest private landowner on the planet, falling short of only the royal families of Europe. Turner has publicly advocated shocking population reduction programs that would cull the human population by a staggering 95%, a figure only achievable by outright genocide, mass abortion and infanticide.
Prince Charles
Prince Charles, the next King of England, routinely lectures the unwashed masses about sustainability and reducing their living standards. While stating that the "age of convenience" must come to an end to save the planet, in 2009 he embarked on a 16,000 mile round trip in a luxury converted Airbus with 14 of his staff at a cost of half a million dollars to browbeat people into limiting their carbon dioxide emissions.
While ordering the peasants not to eat beef to help mother earth and insisting that people "use less stuff," Charles gorges himself on the finest cuisine prepared by the royal family's chefs as he relaxes in the surroundings of his four mansion estates, including his Highgrove estate which covers over 900 acres.
21st century eugenics
The fact that the leaders of a movement that is trying to guilt trip the middle class into shying away from having children, suppressing their quality of life and obsessing about CO2 emissions, are ultra-rich elitists who come from huge sprawling family dynasties and spew carbon dioxide from every orifice as they gallivant around the globe living a life of opulence, should tell us something about the credibility of the message.
The overpopulation myth is a tool of control freaks, a discredited and arcane reinvention of the eugenics dogma, designed to oppress, micro-manage and enslave the population by imperiling them to stunt their freedom, prosperity and happiness, while its proponents are stinking hypocrites who would do the planet a huge favor by following their own advice and disappearing off the face of the earth for good.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
This article was posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:39 am


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More Dancing With The Stars 13 Wannabes, Campaigning, and Possible Contenders In The Making
Well coolest Dancettes, as we enter July, the rumors for new cast contenders for Dancing With The Stars continue to surface. I've been running into a few wannabes and people campaigning again. First up, how about Randy Jones? Does that name sound familiar from the 70's? Randy was most known as the original cowboy of the legendary disco group, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE!! Here he was "then" performing YMCA with his buddies (watching this takes me back. What a scream! 😀 ) in case you need a reminder!! And here he is "now";
Ok, so on second thought? 😯 But, if you'd like to add your support for Randy, be sure to "add" this facebook page to your favorites as a fun campaign has started. Seriously, I got the giggles so bad seeing this for the first time last night. I think Randy would be a hoot if he was picked to do the show, do you?
Thanks to Courtney for this next possible contender in the making! How about soap star MICHAEL E. KNIGHT?? As many of you might know, Michael is best known for playing Tad Martin on the soap opera "All My Children". This guy very much wants to dance. Campaigning for him has began at twitter and facebook.
He's cute! I say bring him on! 🙂
Hey, and let's not forget Colleen Zenk fans are still campaigning for her to dance. Check out this fun promo they did for her recently;
Colleen Zenk – Dancing with the Stars – Season 13 Promo from Team Colleen on Vimeo.
Come on, bring on BARBARA!!! We'll never hear the end of the campaigning for her until you do. lol
How about Jason Alexander?
Jason, "forever known as George Costanza on Seinfeld", said he's been asked to do the show on several occasions. Below is more from AJC.
How about "Dancing With the Stars'? He said he's turned them down on several occasions. "I have a pretty private life," he said. "When you do any reality show, it becomes more invasive than I'm willing to go. I have a cousin who was on 'Survivor' twice, Jonathan Penner. It was very clear reality TV creates stories and characters the way they want. I have too delicate an ego for that."
Alexander admits he wouldn't be bad on the show. "I was a song-and-dance man," he said. "That part is wonderful. It's the rest of the stuff surrounding it that I'm not really terribly interested in."
He'd be fun. I wish they'd get him!!
And for those not patiently waiting (like myself 😯 ) for Henry Winkler to dance on Dancing With The Stars, he's recently said unless his buddy Ron Howard was his partner, he doesn't plan to do the show …not even with someone elses legs. lol Below is more from the Hollywood Reporter.
THR: Do you think at point you'll be ready to do Dancing with the Stars?
Winkler: Never. Not with someone else's legs. I watch it. I enjoy it.
THR: You could get Ron Howard to do it with you — a mini Happy Days reunion.
Winkler: I would do it if Ron was my partner. He's like my younger brother. Listen, I had no idea I would ever put on the leather jacket again until he called me about Obama.
What's with all of these guys wanting to dance with each other? Ok, I can dig it.
We look forward to your thoughts as always. 😉


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Leake's strong start lifts Reds to win over Crew
Right-hander pitches 8 1/3 strong innings, Phillips drives in three
MILWAUKEE -- Did the Reds solve their clutch hitting conundrum? Not exactly. Was pitcher Mike Leake as crisp as he's often been lately -- even though he lasted into the ninth inning? Not exactly.
But both the offense and Leake did enough for the Reds to come out 6-2 winners over the Brewers on Wednesday at Miller Park. Cincinnati salvaged a game in the series and snapped a three-game losing streak before heading to Atlanta for four games before the All-Star break.
"It would have been a graveyard in here if we didn't pull this one out," Leake said. "It was nice to get out of here, and hopefully we do something in Atlanta."
The Reds put the leadoff batter on base in seven of the nine innings. But each of their first four runs came with outs attached to the play. By going 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position, the Reds are now batting .167 in those situations over the last 24 games.
It was still enough to take a 4-1 lead through 4 1/2 innings against wild-throwing rookie Johnny Hellweg, who was sent back to the Minors following the game.
"My dad always told me that pressure busts a pipe," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "You keep that pressure on them and sooner or later something will come through."
Shin-Soo Choo started the game with a double to left field and scored on a two-out single by Brandon Phillips. Trying to extend his hit to a double, Phillips was the third out after a rundown between first and second.
Following a leadoff single by Jay Bruce in the second, the Reds had the bases loaded with no outs, as Todd Frazier was hit by a pitch and Xavier Paul walked. But only one run scored, on Devin Mesoraco's sacrifice fly to make it 2-1, before Leake grounded into a double play.
In the third, after Joey Votto's one-out double put runners on second and third with one out, Zack Cozart scored on a Phillips groundout to give the Reds a 3-1 lead. Hellweg walked his first two batters in the fifth, but the only run that scored was on a Bruce groundout.
"I know I sound greedy right now, but we want all the runs we can get and to try and not keep them in the game," Baker said. "When a game is close like that, especially in this ballpark, you're keeping them in the game by not cashing in those runs. A lot of times it comes back to haunt you."
This time it did not, as Leake worked 8 1/3 innings, giving up two runs, four hits and four walks with two strikeouts. He retired 13 in a row before allowing a one-out single in the ninth to Jonathan Lucroy, which prompted his exit. Aroldis Chapman recorded the final two outs in a non-save situation.
In the early innings, there were some hairy moments for Leake.
"It wasn't the best game I've pitched," said Leake, who threw 106 pitches to improve to 8-4 with a 2.69 ERA. "They made me work and were aggressive against me. That worked to my advantage. I definitely made some pitches when I needed to, to get out of jams. They put some pressure on me."
Leake started his day by allowing Logan Schafer's double followed by a Jean Segura single. But all that resulted in was a Carlos Gomez sacrifice fly. The leadoff batter in the third, Jeff Bianchi, walked, but was thrown out at home by Todd Frazier, who picked up on a two-out squeeze bunt attempt by Segura.
"He mixes his pitches well, locates outstanding with all of his pitches [and] he's down in the zone," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Leake. "We didn't square-up too many balls."
In the fourth, Leake walked his first two batters, but escaped on an odd double play where one baserunner was forced out and one was tagged out on Rickie Weeks' hard shot to short. The play went 6-4-5-6.
Milwaukee made it a 4-2 game in the fifth when Sean Halton led off the inning with his first Major League home run, a shot to left-center field.
"Leakie couldn't get the first batter," Baker said. "That game wasn't an easy game. From the score, it looked like it was. We left a lot of men out there. They were in the game until the end. Like Mesoraco said, that was the best/worst game he's thrown this year. Leakie has a lot of guts and kept fighting and fighting and got the victory."
The Reds, who had dropped four of their five coming in, finally cashed in on scoring chances with some hits with men in scoring position in the seventh. Against reliever Donovan Hand with runners on first and second and one out, Phillips lofted a soft single to center to score Choo. After lefty Mike Gonzalez took over, Bruce kept the rally going with a lined single to center that scored Votto.
"We're still not where we need to be, hitting-wise," Frazier said. "At the same time, when we get runners on, we're the best team with less than two outs to get the guy in, no matter what. Whether it's a groundball RBI or sac fly, that's what wins games. We'll take it every day of the week and twice on Sundays."


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What if Montee Ball stinks?
It's a question we haven't really touched on too much here, so let's talk about it for a second. The Broncos are all-in on the aptly named running back, but what if Ball proves to be like, I don't know, Lance Ball?
Clearly, that's the gamble the Broncos are taking, though I do believe that Montee Ball will be an effective starting back for your Denver Broncos.
But the Broncos are now "chasing Lombardi" as general manager John Elway said at the NFL owners meetings. For all intents and purposes, Denver must look at this season as its final shot to win a Super Bowl with Peyton Manning. That's the mindset. That's why Elway went all Spearmint Rhino on free agents, making it rain with dollar bills.
Yet at running back, the Broncos have an unproven starter.
It's funny because, on one hand, running back is a vital position in an NFL offense, a person whose production, timeliness and brawny blocking is imperative for a NASCAR offense such as Denver's.
But on the other hand, this one-time glamour position has lost some luster. Teams have a platoon thing going on, teams don't draft running backs high (not one went in the 2013 first round) and aren't as willing to invest in the Eric Dickersons of this era.
Point in case, of course, is our old buddy Knowshon Moreno. Last season, he ran for 1,038 yards with 10 touchdowns AND caught an additional 60 passes. In 1996, I can only imagine the free agency frenzy to get a glamour back. Teams would've flown Coolio to their facility to give the free agent a private concert.
Yet in 2014, Moreno makes one measly visit to Miami, and weeks after free agency began, he's still a free gent. Shoot, it even got to the point where the Broncos have pondered bringing Moreno back at a reduced rate.
How bonkers. In early February, he's the marquee back, and eight weeks later, he's a backup or maybe even a backup's backup.
Of course, Denver has invested in Ball by drafting him pretty high (second round, 58th overall in 2013), and believes that by making him a No. 1 back, he will blossom. So does Ball, as he told me last month: "I want the football every time. I think I'm going to have a great offseason, and I'm going to have a better season next year for sure. …
"It was a very unfortunate situation for us, obviously, in the Super Bowl, but it gave us a lot to work for. We understand how much it took to get there, and for me as a rookie, it was great to be a part of the process leading up to the Super Bowl, because I truly understand what it takes. And I'm going to play a huge role in next year's success, and I'm really looking forward to it."
The Broncos still believe in backs C.J. Anderson and even Ronnie Hillman, who after two seasons still is only 22 until September 14th. I still see Denver bringing in a reliable, veteran running back, someone with, as John Fox sometimes says, "skins on the wall." But it's hard to see them bringing in Moreno to backup his backup.
As such, they're giving Montee the ball.


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I'll Be Your Friend
1. In every soul there burns a flame
That lights our path and helps us get back home again.
And should it grow too dim to see,
We wander, lost. We cannot see eternity.
I. I'll share my light when yours is low.
II. You'll share your light when I can't see the way to go.
I. On every choice (I. and II.) so much depends.
I'll be your friend.
2. My hopes and dreams are like a spark.
I share them, and they glow more bright within my heart.
My sorrows aren't so hard to bear
When you are there to listen, understand, and care.
3. I know your heart is good and true,
So when you stumble, I still see the best in you.
When I grow tired along the way,
You cheer and help me want to strive another day.
I. and II. Along our way I'll be your friend.
Text: Jan Pinborough
Music: Kenneth Jones
Artist: Pinborough/Jones
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 1998-06-01
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