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I don't understand why I keep getting so sick. Why does my immune system suck so bad? I exercise, eat right for the most part…sure, I drink here and there and indulge in the wonders in life but who doesn't? I literally was sick a month ago, hacking and wacking in bed and here I am AGAIN sick. I took numerous doses of cough medicine last night and I kept waking up dying with this horrible cough, like this medicine did NOTHING for me…so frustrating. I don't understand this madness whatsoever.
I've been thinking about my novel again, creating ideas in my mind..I really should write them down so I have a better idea of where it will all fall, but putting my thoughts to paper is the challenge, isn't it? Speaking of novels I read the first book in the Divergent series a few months ago and I finally watched the movie today. I was pleasently surprised with Shailene Woodley's performance, I loved her in Secret Life of The American Teenager, but never knew she would actually do well in an action role. I love these sort of dystopia series like The Hunger Games, so fun to read and so unrealistic in my opinon, imagine our world like that? Or living in one for the matter, the ideas and imagainations these authors have are incredible, I only hope that mine can stretch as far.
I'm heading to the doctors as we speak, hopefully I can find some answers and get some medicine that will actually work!


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Over Rs.7 crore in cash was recovered from vehicles on Wednesday in Bihar's Saran and Siwan districts during routine checking in the poll-bound state, police said.
Rs.7 crore haul was made from a vehicle in Chapra while Rs.12 lakh was found in a vehicle in the neighbouring Siwan district, the police officer added.
The Income Tax department and Bihar Police have intensified a crackdown on the use of unaccounted cash as the model code of conduct is in force for the upcoming assembly polls.
The five-phase assembly elections will begin on 12 October and counting of votes will take place on 8 November.

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(Just a note in case any of what I wrote steps on anyone's toes: please keep in mind I grew up under this mentality. Yes, it is snarky but only towards the bonds that kept me chained to fear for so long.)
1—How do you respond when criticized /corrected?
A: I begin throwing things at the criticizer and screaming obscenities.
B: I laugh hysterically and start in on a litany of the criticizer's faults.
C: In all circumstances I love to be criticized. I show a joyful countenance when my father chastises me (with a Biblical rod, of course) for leaving a book on the table. When my mother tells me that wearing my hair in a ponytail could cause men to lust, I am grateful for her sound advice. If no one is criticizing/correcting me at the moment, I go around asking everyone in my family what each one thinks I do wrong. It is so wonderful that I even self-criticize constantly.
2—I like to talk…
A: Nonstop—during funeral services, during my best friend's graduation ceremony, at the bedsides of relatives who are deathly ill.
B: Only if everyone will shut up and listen to my awesomeness.
C: I don't really talk at all. I only whisper—mostly Bible verses and quotes of things my father and pastor say.
3—When I talk I tend:
A: To tell racist jokes and ribald stories.
B: Let out the skeletons in EVERYONE's closest.
C: See above. (Question 2, answer C.)
4—In the heat of the moment, I often:
A: Get into fist fights
B: Call my family names.
C: I don't really have a "heat of the moment" because heat is akin to passion and passion is evil. I don't really disagree with anyone ever—except for wicked people, of course—but when people do disagree I try to help them all agree with the truth. If they won't I go to my room and read my Bible.
5—I gravitate toward people who are:
A: Murderers and thieves.
B: Wily politicians and slick lawyers.
C: I haven't really found anyone outside my family who is holy enough to be like-minded. My contact with people is limited to short encounters such as with the cashier at the grocery store, strictly for the purpose of witnessing.
6—People come to me:
A: Because I serve them beer, cocaine and sinfully rich chocolate brownies.
B: To hear me blaspheme God.
C: Because my countenance is so blindingly aflame with the truth of Christ that they flock by the droves to hear the secret of my peculiar separateness—or they would if they weren't all fools.
7—People have called me:
A: A whore.
B: Cruel and heartless.
C: Prudent. In fact, my little sister's name is Prudence because prudence is such a wonderful virtue. It means never taking risks which God—and your parents—don't include in their life plan for you. Things like driving cars, smiling at boys, or taking a class at a local college may seem innocent but they can lead to all sorts of deadly sins and evil and wickedness and most of all, foolishness.
8—Ignorance is:
A: Something I take pride in.
B: Really fun, especially when I fail tests because of it.
C: Something I try to combat in my heart every day by learning what my parents say God says and by keeping my ears unpolluted by worldly things such as women's rights, how to recognize spiritual abuse and any form of modern culture or science.
9—My parents:
A: Are so strict because they like, don't want me to do drugs and stuff.
B: Hide me in a closest because I'm so weird.
C: Are my source of inspiration for my whole life. They are my direct line to God and if I could I would marry them and live with them forever and ever.
10—When I'm around the opposite sex:
A: I behave like an animal in heat.
B: I drool uncontrollably, no matter the age difference or relationship.
C: I treat them as brothers/sisters in Christ. To clarify, I do not speak with them unless absolutely necessary to convey an important message such as "Your clothes are on fire" and if they address me I mumble a reply and flee to the safety of my parents' umbrella of protection to escape a drenching in the thunderstorm of lust.
11—I know I can be foolish:
A: But that's okay. I also enjoy jay birding while jaywalking.
B: Wait, could it be I'm not a fool? Nah, that's a stupid thought.
C: And since I am hanging above the chasm of foolishness by a single slender thread I must strengthen that thread by screaming out loud to God whenever I see something evil such as a woman in jeans or a blank television screen in the electronics section of a store. Anything else would be foolishness.
12—Is foolishness a sin?
A: No, and I don't think murder is either.
B: No, because 2+2=Hyperbole.
C: Yes, but not the kind of foolishness I have and struggle every day to overcome. The kind of foolishness you have is a sin.
13—To find wisdom, all I have to do is:
A: Wish on a star.
B: Smile and the world smiles with me…or something.
C: Fear the Lord and obey His commandments—and my parents' commandments, and Bill Gothard's/Michael Pearl's/my local cult leader's commandments.
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For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. Exodus 9:15
Mostly B's:
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. Proverbs 30:14
All C's:
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:23


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After six months of being on leave due to unspecified health matters, Apple CEO Steve Jobs may be back to work. Numerous sources, including Reuters and The Mac Observer, are reporting that Jobs has been seen back on campus, leading to speculation that he may already be working again—at least in limited capacity.
Steve Jobs took temporary leave in January of this year after months of speculation over his weight and overall health. Jobs stated in an open letter that his recent weight-loss was more serious than first thought. The ongoing distraction for him, his family, and the company warranted his time away. This round of health concerns also brought back reminders of Jobs' bout with pancreatic cancer in 2003.
It is curently unknown just how hands-off Steve was during his leave, though he alluded that he would still be a part of Apple's "major strategic decisions" during his time away. The mock turtleneck-wearing CEO, to our knowledge, never took any official leave from from Disney's board of directors or from his role as director of Pixar. However, if the recent news that he had a liver transplant in April is true, it's likely that the CEO took time off from those positions as well.


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What is web hosting?
A web hosting service is a type of internet hosting service that allows you to create your own website and launch it to the web. To do this, web host companies provide space on a server that you either buy or rent from the company. This also includes connecting the server to the internet, usually in a data center.
Are there different kinds of hosting?
The different types of services that a web hosting company can offer varies a lot, but the most common is a basic web page and small-scale hosting of files that you upload to the web through FPT or a web interface.
Most host companies also provides an interface where you easily can control your space via a control panel. Here you can install scripts and e-mail services as well as other modules. Some host specialize in specific softwares or services such as e-commerce and blogs.
What should I think about when choosing a service?
When you choose your hosting company you should take in consideration what kind of server that you will be needing. There are different kinds of servers and hosting. Shared hosting is usually the cheaper option, because servers are shared between more than one company or client. Your website will be hosted on the same server as a website that belongs to someone else. This has several disadvantages including the fact that the setup is inflexible and cannot cope with a large amount of traffic. Dedicated hosting is a much more advanced form of hosting, where you buy a physical server. This means that the entire server is dedicated to you with no one else sharing it, and you have full control of the server, including choosing operating system, hardware, etc. Sometimes you can utilize multiple servers which are all dedicated to your own use. Dedicated servers allow full control over your hosting.
Managed hosting can have different meaning depending on the provider. Usually its an extension of dedicated hosting, but the difference is that the management and maintenance on the servers is handled by the hosting provider, and not by the client. You get the same functionality of dedicated hosting but help with the day-to-day management of the servers. The level of management is usually what differs the different kinds of managed hosting services. It usually includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Server monitoring: The process of scanning the servers in search of irregularities and potential failures. If this is not scanned regularly minor errors can evolve into major issues or service disruption.
Security: This is virus scanning, spam filtering, firewall configuration and operation system updates in addition to standard physical data center security measures.
Full back-up and storage: If your company looses data it can become very costly in money, time and consumer trust. With a back-up both vital and all critical or personal information is backed up and stored securely.
Server configuration and maintenance: Managed hosting providers usually offers staff that is specialists, with expertise that ensures you that the servers always run smoothly.
Support: Some of the managed hosting providers offer a bigger range of support where you often can reach the company easily through an 24/7 telephone support.
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Samsung's high-profile flagship is barely out the market and already it has been rooted. XDA Senior Recognized Developer ChainFire has now even provided a version of his CF-Root image to let users gain root access to their soon to be Galaxy S5 smartphones.
ChainFire, who is now part of the OmniROM core team, is probably most known for his SuperSU app. However, he has also been providing the CF-Auto-Root utility, which is an easy way for rooting Samsung devices. The tool actually uses the stock Samsung firmware and has been known to work with devices such as all previous Galaxy S flagships and Galaxy Note phablets. And now it works with Samsung's latest flagship, at least with the SM-G900F model. Other variants are not yet supported but those might come later once the firmware for those devices become available.
Now that more adventurous users will have a way to root the Galaxy S5, all that remains is actually waiting to get their hands on one. Unfortunately, if rumors do pan out, that might be a longer wait than usual. Samsung might be experiencing a few bumps along the road ahead of its scheduled April 11 launch. A fire in one of its more important factories has the media speculating about supply shortages. And while supply isn't a problem in its hometown of Korea, bans on carriers may lead some to wait a lot longer after April 11. Comically, the situation has ended up with at least two carriers to start selling the Galaxy S5 yesterday, much to Samsung's bafflement.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world will patiently wait two more weeks, and those eager to root their smartphones might want to hold off for a while as well. CF-Root is relatively easy to use but still does require the use of tools like Odin for flashing the image. While the process is easy and the risks are relatively minimal, there are still precautions to be taken and things to be aware of, especially when dealing with Samsung' new KNOX security framework.


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Toronto has many exciting voices at the moment, and a lot are playing around with the r'n'b genre. Just yesterday we received a new record from one of those faces, River Tiber. Louis Val is a new singer we came across on Soundcloud who's in a similar lane, bending his vocals and songwriting skills over experimental r'n'b, often resulting in something melancholic and vibe-y (for lack of a better descriptor).
Today we're excited to introduce him to the HNHH audience by way of our premiere of his latest record, "Dismissive." Produced by CVRE, who also handles two other records on Louis' Soundcloud, this one bridges the gap of r'n'b and light electronic music, it's almost house-like. Louis' high-pitched vocals don't provide too many lyrics on this particular record, instead they repeat and weave in and out of the heartbeat-mimicking production.
Louis is preparing a new project, and sent along this statement about this record: "Out of all the songs I had in the stash, I decided to let this one go, mainly because I wanted to set the mood for my upcoming project and just show consistency. I believe in music that makes you dance and feel alive and I feel like not a lot of people my age or from my ends like making music that would have people dancing and being happy its always so gloomy and shit, I can't really knock anyone for that because that was me before I found my voice. This song talks about how everything feels like a drag especially when you finally acquire the person you desire, you just feel unsatisfied regardless how much effort she puts in."
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It is my great pleasure to introduce to you our guest blogger, Lorie Fangio.
Lorie is a culinary instructor and publisher of Around the Table Foodie Blog where she shares gourmet delights from the kitchen that will most definitely inspire you and your family to gather Around the Table again.
Several times a year she also leads A Taste of Paris, where she takes small groups to France for cooking school. Doesn't that sound divine and such an inspirational way to Live Beautifully!!??
This French Chocolate Bark is so simple, beautiful to look at and delicious to eat. I hope you will try it at home and check out Lorie's blog found at LorieFangio[dot]net.
Homemade edible gifts are deliciously charming. Gifts from the kitchen made with love are a great way to spread joy this holiday season. Consider skipping the hustle bustle of crowed parking lots and long lines at the mall and instead seek refuge in your kitchen to prepare sweet treats from the heart.
I adore making French Chocolate bark for everyone on my holiday list. It's perfect for coworkers, neighbors even for hostess gifts. The French have the right idea with this straightforward approach. Instead of mixing bits of nuts and fruit into the chocolate to flavor it, we simply sprinkle goodies on top like colorful confetti. The result is irresistible artful shards of pure bliss.
There are only a few steps in the process of making chocolate bark.
First decide on the toppings you would like to use. The sky is the limit; my favorite combination is pistachios, dried apricots and dried cherries. Almonds, crushed peppermints, freeze dried strawberries, coconut and sprinkles all make great toppings too.
Begin by melting 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Use the least amount of heat to melt the chocolate.
Place a silpat on a baking sheet or line a baking sheet with parchment paper to keep your chocolate from sticking. And pour on the melted chocolate!
Spread the chocolate out into a thin layer, the thinner the better, you want the chocolate to snap once it sets.
Next, get creative and sprinkle on the toppings. Place the baking sheet into the refrigerator until the chocolate has hardened. Break the bark into pieces.
I like to package French Chocolate bark in colorful boxes adding a ribbon and chalkboard labels to detail the flavor.
Another idea is to place the bark into small jars and tie on ribbon and perhaps a cute tree ornament.
Chocolate bark is wonderful for entertaining as well.
You can find Lorie, her blog and all information about A Taste of Paris by clicking here.
Stay tuned tomorrow for my Friday Favorites so you can hear all about my cooking class with Lorie where I learned to make more delicious epicurean holiday treats!


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The America-First winning is exponential. Union leadership met today with a pro-jobs, pro-growth, pro-USA president. Leadership from construction/manufacturing, pipe fitters, steel workers and industrial machinist unions met today with President Trump and exit the meeting with incredible praise for the respect he showed them.
Pause. Let that sink in. Union Leadership praising a Republican President. It's a new day folks, and President Trump is the leading edge of a tectonic political realignment.
Just to put an exclamation point on the evolution, President Trump takes union leadership into the oval office and puts icing on the cake. Watch, and more importantly 'listen' to this video:
Union leaders say they're looking forward to working with Pres Trump: "The respect [he] just showed us… was nothing short of incredible." pic.twitter.com/ra6T3lKsCR
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) January 23, 2017
Legacy left-wing media will do their earnest best to downplay these events.
A few hours earlier President Trump brought the Corporate Executive Officers of major U.S. manufacturing businesses into a similar meeting to discuss the agenda of America First policy and outline his economic policy initiatives.
However, you'll note the keen difference between the CEO meeting and the Labor Union meeting. President Trump brought the union team into the oval office. This is not a subtle or nuanced matter which should be overlooked by those who are understanding who we have elected as "A People's President".
Trump is exponentially smart, and knows how to present a very specific and truthful outline of principle for the American electorate. Within those bold truths, decades of manipulative political efforts deployed by his political opposition is simply destroyed like a feather in a hurricane.
This is jaw-droppingly brilliant stuff which needs to be emphasized. Not only is our President focused like a laser on American interests by walking in the land of bold and dynamic truth, he's also deconstructing all political opposition at the same time.
How are Washington DC liberal democrats going to stand against Trump, when the political constituents of traditional democrat "blue-dog" moderate groups align with him? Short answer, they can't.
How are Washington DC big government (Wall street) Republicans going to stand up against Trump when the base of their support aligns with Trump policy. Again, short answer, they can't.
The base of President Trump's support is widening and deepening as rapidly as the base of his initial support was created. The difference between the two groups is the initial base trusted him because of his history on these issues; the second group, the enlarging base, are those who did not believe but are now seeing reality – He's the real deal.
As he reshapes the political constructs, President Trump is leaving the Democrat party with only the raving moonbats as their constituency – the very far left. Additionally, those within the Republican party who oppose him are similarly revealed as big government, crony capitalistic GOPe types. In essence, President Trump is methodically fracturing the UniParty.
"Wolverines" !
….Trump follows up meeting with the CEO's and then labor unions, by IMMEDIATELY meeting with key Democrat and Republican leadership.
The party leadership is also watching Trump meet with business titans and union leadership, and he's doesn't give the UniParty any time to 'huddle up' and construct their political oppositional talking points.
President Trump's schedule of urgency means the UniParty leaders have to relate to the events 'in real time' without the traditional poll-testing, asking the various lobbying special interests for constructs, or the ability to advance a constructed oppositional narrative.
In essence, Trump's high energy approach, based on American values and principles, creates consistently building momentum and opposition is always reacting.
President Trump creates winning!
RT @DaveNYviii: Trump tells union leaders he just terminated TPP. Hearty round of applause ensues. pic.twitter.com/ShkhTe1ERy
— Writer, CR HIATT (@CR_HIATT) January 23, 2017


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It's one thing to say that there are too many people on Earth and we need to stop breeding irresponsibly or we'll all suffer. That's an accurate statement. It's quite another to claim that the extinction of the human race, voluntary or otherwise, would be a good thing. Good for who? There'd be nobody left. Yeah they talk about the "Biosphere" and the "Environment," but those things only have value so long as there's somebody around to enjoy them. A field of clover with nobody to look at it will bring zero joy to the world.
The extinction of humanity would mean the end of poetry, film, politics, music, literature...half the things that make this world wonderful. It would also mean that there's nobody around to appreciate anything else. Who cares if the coral reefs rebound if the only entities that experience them are eels?
The environment is a resource. Like any renewable resource it should be taken care of, lest it become destroyed, but it's not good in and of itself. Likewise the irresponsible actions of humanity don't mean it's not the greatest species living on earth and worthy of preservation. The fact is that the reason we need to control our behaviors is not because we're REALLY worried about some beetles going extinct, it's because we're fucking ourselves over by heating the planet and destroying important resources. Yes there should be fewer humans on the Earth. Significantly fewer. But that's not the same as having none as a goal.
Plus if every rational person stopped breeding then who would be left creating kids? The morons and the fundies. Already the fact that third-worlders breed at rates far beyond the West and developed East is causing problems, because you have vast populations of uneducated underemployed people cooped up in smallish countries, threatening to flow into and capsize our...I'll say it...better societies. And yes, assimilation works, but if you have 50 million people entering a society of 25 million...who will end up assimilating?
Anyone who wants humanity to die out is creepy and wrong. What we need is for humanity to live smarter and more responsibly.


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Written by Mutala Abubakar and edited by Obolobo "When they are on your waist, they shape your body by keeping the waist small, so the hips are more accentuated," explained Linda, a 27 year old bead seller. The Coca-Cola bottle exemplifies the Ghanaian feminine ideal of beauty: a minimum of a B-cup, a flat belly, and "child-rearing" hips. Mutala visited the Accra Art Centre located adjacent to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park on Accra "High Street" (28th February Road). The Accra Art Centre […]
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How to Find Out If the Home I Rent Is in Foreclosure?
State and federal laws protects tenants' rights when their rental units are in foreclosure. For example, California Civil Code 2924.8, 2924b requires a trustee to inform tenants at least 20 days before the foreclosure sale of a property in which they live. If the buyer of the foreclosure property wants to evict the tenants, the tenants must receive 60 days' notice.
Properties in rent-controlled areas may have extra protection. A tenant living in a San Francisco rent-controlled unit cannot be forced to leave his home, even if the property is sold in a foreclosure. Under San Francisco's Rent Stabilization Ordinance, tenants evicted due to no fault of their own can apply for a move allowance of up to $5,000 per tenant.
Visit your county assessor website. In California, the State Board Of Equalization provides a listing of county assessors (see Resources).
Search for your property and write down the parcel number. If you're using the website for the county of San Francisco's office of the assessor, click on "Parcel Information" and type in your address, or click on the aerial view maps.
Visit your local county recorder website. Some counties, like San Francisco, have a combined assessor-recorder office, and the parcel and record information can be searched on the same site.
Click on the Records section of your county recorder's website. In San Francisco, enter your parcel number and click on "Foreclosure Documents." If the homeowner of your property is delinquent in his mortgage payments, there will be references to a notice of default from the lender and possibly a notice of foreclosure, depending on the stage of foreclosure the property is in.
- Each county's assessor and recorder website varies slightly in format and structure.
- Continue paying your rent If your rental unit is sold through a foreclosure; otherwise the new owner could have a just cause to evict you. If you do not know who the new owner is, put the money aside in an escrow account.
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Seven AESD schools have been honored with the SupportMusic Merit Award from The NAMM Foundation for their outstanding commitment to music education. Alexander Stoddard, James Guinn, John Marshall, Loara, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, and Theodore Roosevelt are the proud recipients.
The SupportMusic Merit Award recognizes individual schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.
To qualify for the SupportMusic Merit Award, schools answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.
Research into music education continues to demonstrate educational/cognitive and social skill benefits for children who make music. A series of landmark studies by scientists and researchers at Northwestern University found a link between students in community music programs and life-long academic success, including higher high school graduation rates and college attendance. In another study from the University, it was discovered that the benefits of early exposure to music education improves how the brain processes and assimilates sounds, a trait that lasts well into adulthood.


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September is the beginning and the end of a lot of things. As far as Netflix is concerned, it's just another month to stream some of the dopest shows and movies around. While there are a bevy of shows and movies leaving Netflix this month, there are a bunch of better ones taking their place. If you don't have a Netflix membership yet, you need to get with it and make it happen.
Season three of Netflix Originals Series Narcos kicks off this month and it promises to be just as mind-blowing as the other two. Netflix has been hittin' with the Original Series selections with the promise of more to come. American Vandal, First They Killed My Father, and Strong Island are amongst the list of Original Series set to drop this month. The highly anticipated comedy special from Jerry Seinfeld is also on deck for release. He joins the ranks of comedians like Dave Chappelle who released their material through the Flix.
Pulp Fiction makes its way to the Netflix catalogue as well as Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, all the JAWS flicks, and Dead Poet's Society are also on deck for Netflix streaming. If you missed these culture classics the first time around, now is the perfect time to catch up. Disney drops Beauty and the Beast into Netflix rotation as well as Mulan and Hercules.
While we are focused on switching seasons, getting back to school, and erasing the memories of Summer Fridays, television is important too. Be sure to get your dose of what's on September Netflix before they're gone.


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The White House's Sob Story on Sequestration, Part II
On February 8, the White House listed "the most damaging effects of a sequester on the middle class." The list blamed Republicans for not closing tax loopholes as a replacement for part of the sequester, though Tea Party Patriots highlighted the hypocrisy in this tactic when one considers the White House extended over $65 billion in special interest tax loopholes in the fiscal cliff deal.
Now comes another sob story from the White House on how sequestration will harm the states. From Huffington Post:
It's looking increasingly like the government is about to impose on itself $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts. So as part of its strategy to pressure Republicans into accepting new revenues as part of a deal to prevent the sequester from taking effect, the White House released new reports on Sunday that outline the ugly effects those cuts would have in individual states.
And woe are the states being hit:
In Ohio, 350 teacher and teacher-aide jobs are at risk, which means 43,000 fewer students will be served, Furman said on a Sunday conference call with reporters. In Virginia, 90,000 civilian Department of Defense employees would be furloughed. About 4,180 fewer children in Georgia would get vaccines and, in Kentucky, 400 fewer victims of domestic violence would end up being served.
Recently approved aid for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts will also be at risk, officials said, and commuters should expect more delays in airports.
Of course, the White House is saying tax increases would be better than the full effect of sequestration, and Huffington Post has quotes from two Republican governors and one Democratic governor criticizing the sequester:
"We are budget balancers. There is an art to it," said North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R), talking to HuffPost at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C. this weekend. "The worst thing is to have no flexibility."
Dalrymple said governors were briefed at the meeting that the cuts would come from individual federal line items that would flow down to the states, a plan he said he feared wouldn't give state officials enough control over how their states were impacted.
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D), meanwhile, told HuffPost the real focus should be on passing Obama's proposal, not on how states should be preparing for cuts that will hurt the middle class.
The sequester "is going to stop our economic recovery in its tracks," Hassan said.
"We don't like taxes. We don't like increasing taxes," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) said during a Sunday appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation." "But we know we have to be pragmatic. We know there has to be some kind of compromise, but dang it, they need to get the job done. They don't need to leave the public out there hanging."
Huffington Post has links to how sequestration is allegedly going to impact the states. Check them out at your leisure, though be warned that – much like the White House's list of middle-class cuts – it is a sad story of alleged spending "cuts" and how much Republicans are to blame. Never mind that the President initiated the sequester, apparently – it's more about positioning the public's image against those who want even this modest measure of fiscal discipline.


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This is a really simple yet fun and logic skill improve game. Your object in this puzzle game is help and guide your ball through a path that you build to go into an exit area. The game will not start until you have completed the route path. You must move each individual block to make it a sequence pattern to solve the puzzle.
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In hand cream advertisements, you are told that all you need is to use a good moisturizer to attain soft hands—wrong!
The secret to smooth, supple hands is actually removing dead, dry, cracked skin first with an exfoliating scrub.
Then once the calloused layer is gone, the moisturizer can penetrate to soften your living skin.
Your hands need attention when:
- You can see small cracks in your skin where there is a fine dirt inlay that doesn't wash away.
- Your hands look aged and tired. An exfoliation will remove all the dead cells, allowing the new cells to be visible—your hands will look refreshed.
- Your hands feel rough and textured—even the thickest, richest hand cream won't change that!
- You want to feel nurtured and cared for—do a spa treatment for yourself or your friend.
- Before a manicure.
- After hard, laborious work.
- In the winter when your hands feel dry and cold.
Soften hands with a sea salt hand scrub
Sea salt is an excellent exfoliant, as it easily smooths away rough and hardened skin, yet is gentle when applied in repeated circular movements.
You don't need to buy expensive sea salt scrubs; you can make this sea salt hand scrub easily at home—and avoid extra chemicals you simply don't need.
This recipe combines the exfoliant grains of sea salt with lemon, to brighten and minimize age spots, honey to sooth chapped skin, and coconut oil to deeply replenish and protect your skin.
- Mix 1 tbsp coconut oil with 1 tsp honey until a smooth, thick paste forms.
- Squeeze in 2 tsp fresh lemon juice, and mix further.
- Add 2-3 tbsp sea salt to the paste, and mix well.
- Apply to clean, moist hands in a gentle circular motion. The longer you exfoliate, the more dead skin you will remove. Concentrate on knuckles and the sides of your fingers, where the skin has become calloused.
- When finished, wash hands in warm water, and apply a light oil or moisturizer.
The before and after effect is dramatic, especially if you have neglected your hands for a long time.
If your skin is still visibly calloused, that is okay. It may take a few treatments to wear down those thick layers of dead skin. Repeat this routine one or twice a week, as the results will appear gradually over several weeks.
When Not to scrub
Some types of dry and irritated skin are the result of eczema. If dryness and cracking continue, see a doctor or skin specialist, as a more medicated approach may be needed.
Don't forget about your pups!
Now that you are enjoying your super-soft hands, no doubt your feet will be next?!
Exfoliation can likewise be done for your feet, and a scrub or pumice stones are good methods. Best results will happen when you first soak your feet to soften the hard skin; foot soaking has additional health benefits.
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Microsoft Headquarters
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August 7th, 2018
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This "cloud thing" is not going away. What adjustments can you do in your life-long-learning path as an IT Operations person to take advantage of the current transition to hyperscale cloud environments? Join Rick Claus as he shares technical tweaks that have worked for him and nuggets of knowledge he discovered from 20+ years of on-premises know how – somehow still magically relevant in this cloud world.
This will be a fast paced humorous demo session where Rick will be sharing all the resources used throughout the session as well as introducing a team of Cloud Ops Advocates to keep in touch with after the conference.


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Toigo Organic Farms building greenhouse in Middlesex Township
By Joshua Vaughn, The Sentinel, MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP — A large greenhouse meant to grow organic produce is beginning to take root in the Midstate. Toigo Organic Farms LLC, of Shippensburg, has begun construction on the first of potentially three greenhouses in the 300 block of Old Stonehouse Road North with an estimated cost of construction …Read More
How Organic Farming Naturally Deters Pests Without Chemicals
By Ethan A. Huff, contributing writer to Natural News The federal government has awarded a $750,000 grant to Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman to investigate the merits of organic farming in eradicating pests without the use of chemicals. Inspired by a survey conducted by researchers at nearby Oregon State University, the research project to be …Read More
Spider venom pesticide that has no sting for bees
A pesticide made from spider venom has been found to kill insects without harming honeybees. By Sarah Knapton, Researchers at Newcastle University combined venom from the Australian funnel-web spider and lectin from snowdrops to create a "bio-pesticide". Common neonicotinoid pesticides used on crops in Britain are believed to be behind a catastrophic decline in honeybees …Read More
Biocontrol: 'Predator' Pesticides Help Farmers Save Their Plants, And The Planet
The best weapon against insects is often other insects. by Rémi Barroux, PARIS — Roundworms defend palm trees against red palm weevils, and minute wasps protect corn against European corn worms. Using natural tiny warriors to preserve agricultural fields is known as biological control, or biocontrol. And this method is working its way around the …Read More


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Hōjō Tokimune
Hōjō Tokimune
北条 時宗
|8th Shikken
In office
1268 – December 17, 1284
|Personal details
|June 5, 1251
|April 20, 1284(aged 32)
|Kakusanni (覚山尼)
Hōjō Tokisuke, Hōjō Munemasa
(時輔, 宗政, 宗頼)
|Hōjō Sadatoki (北条貞時)
|Jodo Shinshu
Shikken, Tokuso, Rensho
(執権, 得宗, 連署)
|Clan name
Heishi, Hōjō Clan, Adachi House
(平氏、北条氏, 安達氏)
|Given names
Masatoshi, Sagamitaro, Tokimune
(正寿, 相模太郎, 時宗)
|Posthumous names
Hōjō Tokimune (北条 時宗, June 5, 1251 – April 20, 1284) of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent (of shogun), but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism and by extension Bushido among the warrior class.
Tokimune was known to rule with an iron fist, and also eventually monopolized at one point all three titles of power, namely holding offices of Tokuso (head of clan, since birth), and Rensho (Vice Regent). During his lifetime, the following seats of power: Japanese Emperor, Imperial Regent (Sessho), and Imperial Chief Advisor Kampaku, and the Shogun, all had been completely marginalized by the Hojo Regents.
- Life 1
- Defiance of Mongols 2
- Zen advice 3
- Citations in modern media 4
- References 5
- See also 6
Born as the eldest son of the regent and Tokuso Tokiyori of the Adachi House, Tokimune was born as tokuso and groomed to become the next ruler of Japan, and became a shikken at age 18.
It is due to him that Zen Buddhism became firmly established in Kamakura, then later in Kyoto, and in the whole of Japan, especially among the warrior class.
In 1271, he banished Nichiren to Sado Island.
Defiance of Mongols
The Mongols had sent a threatening letter and emissaries to Japan in January 1268, and after discussion, Tokimune decided to have the emissaries sent back with no answer. The Mongols sent more emissaries time and time again: on March 7, 1269, September 17, 1269, in September 1271 and in May 1272. But Tokimune had the emissaries of Kublai Khan driven away, without even permission to land each time. Soon after came the first invasion in 1274. But even after the failed invasion, five emissaries were sent in September 1275 to Kyūshū, and refused to leave without reply. Tokimune responded by having them brought to Kamakura and then beheading them.[1] The graves of the five executed Mongol emissaries exists to this day in Kamakura at Tatsunokuchi.[2] Then again on July 29, 1279, five more emissaries were sent, and again beheaded, this time in Hakata. Expecting an invasion, on February 21, 1280, the Imperial Court ordered all temples and shrines to pray for victory over the Mongol Empire. Kublai Khan gathered up troops for another invasion in 1281, which again was a failure, due in part to a typhoon.
Zen advice
The Mongol invasion had been stopped by a typhoon (Kamikaze or "divine wind"), and the resistance of the new warrior class known as samurai. Tokimune planned and led the defence. Tokimune wanted to defeat cowardice, so he asked Mugaku Sogen (his Zen master) for advice. Mugaku Sogen replied he had to sit in meditation to find the source of his cowardice in himself.
When the Mongols invaded Japan Tokimune went to Mugaku and said: "Finally there is the greatest event of my life." Mugaku asked, "How do you plan to face it?" Tokimune shouted "Katsu!" ("Victory!") as if he wanted to scare all the enemies in front of him. Mugaku responded with satisfaction: "It is true that the son of a lion roars as a lion!"
When Tokimune died, Mugaku said he had been a bodhisattva, looked at people's welfare, betrayed no signs of joy or anger and studied Zen so that he reached enlightenment.
Citations in modern media
NHK's 2001 taiga miniseries named Hōjō Tokimune highlighted the dramatic events just prior to Tokimune's birth and up to his death in 1284. Tokimune was portrayed by Kyogen actor, Motoya Izumi.
Preceded by
Hōjō Masamura
Hōjō Regent
Succeeded by
Hōjō Sadatoki
Preceded by
Hōjō Masamura
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For NY Quadrille, Pam Tanowitz Dance presents the world premiere of Sequenzas and Furtive Moments, a new dance in two parts with the first set to "Berio Sequenzas" for violin, viola and trombone, and the second set to "Furtive Movements" by Ted Hearne. Both scores will be performed live by members of The Knights, an orchestral collective based in New York, who previously accompanied Pam Tanowitz Dance at The Joyce. The evening-length work will highlight the unique arrangement of The Joyce Theater for NY Quardille by placing the musicians at various locations throughout the theater. Sequenzas and Furtive Moments will feature former Merce Cunningham dancers Melissa Toogood and Dylan Crossman, alongside four other dancers.
Commissioning support for the NY Quadrille has been provided by The Joyce Theater's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work. Special support for The Joyce's presentation of the NY Quadrille provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and Michael Rubin Architects. Underwriting support provided by Michael and Nancy Feller. Major support for The Joyce's Closing the Gap Initiative promoting female choreographers provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
There is a distinguishing wit about Pam Tanowitz's choreography. Without trying to make her audience laugh, she seems to have a rare instinct for how steps, positions and groupings can be connected or taken apart to inventive, entertaining and surprising effect.


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IU Northwest Faculty & Staff Portraits Procedures
Summary Instructional Media services periodically provides an opportunity for IU Northwest faculty and staff to have a professional quality photo taken, appropriate for campus marketing use and for display on the campus website. The photo sessions are organized, announced and run by Instructional Media Services. The photos are processed by Instructional Media Services and then made available to the Web Services team for inclusion in the Marketing and Communication web based "Photo" application and the campus website for the "Meet our Faculty" and "Meet our Staff" web pages. This document describes the process used by the teams involved, Instructional Media Services, Web Services, and Marketing and Communications to ensure a smooth workflow and notification of all stakeholders, including the process to inform the customer of photo availability and web posting information.
Process Details:
- Instructional Media Services (IMS) schedules and announces a photo session. IMS creates a Footprints issue, customer is Paul Sharpe , and the initial assignee is the individual in IMS taking the lead in arranging the photo sessions. Documented in the issue is the date of the photo session, and the status is "Work in Progress".
- IMS will process the photos with a target time of completion of two weeks.
- Once processing is complete, the photos will be transferred to the folder on the campus file server: IMS\Media and Services\Photography and Projects\IUN Portrait Project\Campus Picts_Finished\MO_Day_YEAR. IMS will create the folder as needed. The Footprints issue will be updated as follows:
- The list of usernames of those whose portrait were taken will be added to the description
- The issue will be reassigned to the Web Team
- The status will be changed to "Open"
- Web Services will copy the web version of the photos into the appropriate location on Webserve for inclusion in the campus website "Meet our Faculty" and "Meet our Staff" web pages.
- Retrieve the photos from the IMS folder.
- Copy them to the Webserve account, referenced below:
- Webserve location: http://www.iun.edu/~people/photos/web_fac_staff/_w.jpg
- Check WCMS to ensure that all photo objects are in place so that the photos will appear on the page.
- The '/WRAP_SDDU/IUN-IUN-CAMPUS/_IUN-COMMON/_internal/blocks/facStaff/photos' object must:
- contain the username of the person belonging to the photo and,
- be referenced in the 'Insert Image Block' section of every page that displays that photo.
- Check all relevant 'Meet Our Staff/Faculty' pages for a reference to this object.
- After reviewing the pages, in WCMS all affected pages must be re-published.
- Web Services will then copy the pictures into the appropriate location on the Consolidated Hosting Environment for the Marketing and Communication Photo application.
- Map a drive in Windows Explorer to the CHE link below (requires access permission from CHEHelp). Copy the newly finished photos to the mapped drive.
- CHE location: \\In-uits-chewp2\iun$\Photos
- The Web Services team will update the Footprints issue
- Indicate progress in description: Photos now available to M&C and to web content manager for display on the web.
- Re-assign the Footprints issue to the Support Center so that they are aware that there are new photos available for use in the web and in print.
- The Support Center will notify Marketing and Communications, photo customers, and web content managers of status
- Update Footprints issue with status completed and close issue
- Text of email to be sent to each photo customer:
Thank you for having a professional quality photo taken for our website. The photos have now been processed and are available for use on the campus website. If you are new to the campus, your contact information may not yet be posted on your department's website. Please contact your departmental web content manager to ask that your department's "Meet our Faculty" or "Meet our Staff" pages be updated to include your information. Loading of your picture is part of that update process. If for any reason your picture is not displaying on the web as expected, please contact the IT Support Center at 219 982 4357 (x HELP from a campus phone), or by email at email@example.com to report the problem. If you need a copy of the photo for professional purposes, please contact the campus Marketing and Communications department at 219 980 6800 to request a copy. Thank you.


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All season long there's been a debate in Chicago: Are the Bulls led by homegrown star Derrick Rose, or by emerging star Jimmy Butler? On Wednesday, they were neither.With Rose and Butler both out with injuries, the team was led by committee, a cobbled-together group of role players who stepped forward and beat the Washington Wizards 109-104.Taj Gibson and E'Twaun Moore scored 17 for the Bulls and Tony Snell was 4 for 5 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points to lead the cast of fill-ins. Doug McDermott and Mike Dunleavy each scored 14. "I had to look at the names on the back of the jerseys," Dunleavy joked about the Bulls' weird lineup. "I didn't even recognize some of them." Besides missing Rose and Butler, who has missed seven games with a knee injury, the Bulls are without Nikola Mirotic, who has appendicitis, and have played since Jan. 15 without Joakim Noah because of a shoulder injury. "It says a lot about our team, it's not just one or two guys," McDermott said. "We've got a lot of guys on this team that are capable." Regular starter Pau Gasol, who missed practice on Tuesday and was playing with the flu, narrowly missed a triple-double, finishing with 15 rebounds, 10 points and nine assists in the Bulls' third straight victory.Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 19 points. Garrett Temple scored 18 and Ramon Sessions and John Wall added 16. Markieff Morris had 10 rebounds for the Wizards. "We didn't come out with defensive urgency," Wall said. "They were moving the ball, getting whatever they wanted." After the teams played evenly in the first half, another Bulls bench player, Aaron Brooks, keyed a run at the end of the second half that gave the Bulls the lead, which they wouldn't give up. Brooks hit a soft jumper to tie the score and then a driving layup to give the Bulls a 57-55 halftime lead.The Bulls took control in the third behind 3-pointers from Snell, Moore and Dunleavy. They would lead by as much as 15, with McDermott getting a couple of thundering second-half dunks that brought the crowd to its feet.Wizards coach Randy Wittman said Washington wasn't focused defensively after the break. "We come out at the start of the second half, it's a two-point game," Wittman said. "We give up three layups and three catch-and-shoot 3s in the first three minutes. They score 15 in the first three minutes. … What'd we score, 104? You should win that. We only average 102." Rose said before the game that he was sitting for precautionary reasons, but that his hamstring had been bothering him a couple of days.Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said he was particularly proud of bench players stepping up in light of Rose's last-minute decision. "It's the next man up mentality," said Hoiberg. "It's not an ideal situation, but it's what guys like Justin Holiday, Tony Snell, E'Twaun Moore, it's why you play this game. It's for opportunities like this when your main players aren't out there."
NOTES—Justin Holiday got his first minutes since being acquired from Atlanta in a trade on Feb. 18, and hit his first shot in a Bulls uniform, a 3-pointer in the first quarter. Holiday finished with three points…..The Bulls announced their new D-League team will be called the Windy City Bulls. The team will begin play with the 2016-17 season and play its home games at Sears Centre Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates…..Alan Anderson returned to the lineup for the Wizards, playing for the first time this season after surgery on his left ankle. He finished with nine points in 16 minutes. … Gary Neal missed his seventh straight game with right leg soreness…..Despite the makeshift starting lineup, all five Bulls starters scored in double figures. … Since Jan. 9, the Bulls have had eight players miss games for a total of 60 lost games, tied for second-most games lost to injury over that span. …The Bulls are 6-1 without Rose in the lineup….The Bulls are at Atlanta on Friday night.


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Horseback Ride n Swim South Coastsouth coast Jamaica
Saddle up atop a sleek horse and trot along a lush tropical trail to a beautiful remote beach in south coast Jamaica. As you follow your attentive guide, admire the stunning panoramic views that stretch over the soft sandy beach and beyond. Then experience the surge of real 'horsepower' as you ride into the warmth of the Caribbean Sea with your well-trained horse. This horseback adventure allows you to see some of the most picturesque landscapes on the island, creating an unforgettable and memorable ride.
Tour Highlights
- Trot along a lush tropical trail to a remote beach
- Ride in the warm Caribbean Sea atop a well-trained horse
- Attentive guides lead the way accompanied by a backup rider
- Enjoy beautiful panoramic views of the Jamaican coastline
Important Information
- Confirmation will be sent within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability and minimum tour requirements
- Tour duration is not inclusive of travel time to tour location
- All tours are weather permitting
- Minimum Age 10 years
- Weight restrictions may apply
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1:30 hours approx.
Minimum Age: 10 year(s)
Days of Operation & Tour Time(s):
Monday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Tuesday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Wednesday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Thursday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Friday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Saturday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
Sunday:10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM
What to Bring:
- Change of Clothes
- Towel
- Swimsuit
- Cash
- Sunscreen
- Water Shoes
Additional Information
- Not recommended for pregnant women
- Not accessible for the physically challenged
- Not recommended for people with back problems or who have had a recent back surgery


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Kraków Airport in the Responsible Businesses Ranking
For the second time, Kraków Airport has been distinguished as one of the largest Polish companies with top-quality CSR management.
In the 12th edition of the Responsible Businesses Ranking, Kraków Airport was listed 8th in the "Services, Commerce and Transport" category, and 17th in the general ranking.
It is the only airport in Poland that has been included on the list for two years. Following last year's successful début with a crystal grade, this time Kraków Airport has proven its strong standing. Adherence to the CSR standards not only involves building lasting relations with stakeholders, protecting the environment, creating a friendly working environment or following transparent operational practices, but it is also a great chance to improve day-to-day operations of the airport based on innovative solutions.
"Start-ups of Positive Impact" was a new list added to this year's ranking. It includes organisations that apply an innovative business model generating both financial and social benefits. The winner of the category was Bioseco Sp. z o.o. from Gdańsk, which participated in last year's ScaleUp acceleration program – whose strategic partner was Kraków Airport – and together with our airport staff developed a bird airspace activity monitoring system.
The ranking was announced at the 12th Responsible Businesses and Start-ups of Positive Impact Ranking Gala, which took place on Friday (15/06) in Warsaw. The complete lists and commentary on the Ranking of Responsible Companies has been published in today's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.


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How to make money Online Fast Selling To "Boring" People
Boring people are good people too.
It seems that every day I get a call from someone looking for advice on how to make money on the Internet.
They have goals, great goals, but they are lost. They can't figure out what to sell.
They ask things like, "What can I sell? What's a good thing to sell? What's hot?"
And every single time I tell them the same thing:
You are doing it backwards. Instead of messing around trying to find a product to sell, you need to first find a good market to sell to a hungry market. Once you've found that hungry market, getting the product is easy. Once you know what a market already wants, then it is a simple matter of getting it to them.
The only problem is that once they do those steps, they many times fall into wanting to sell to markets that are already saturated. For example, the weight loss market, or the internet marketing market (it seems everyone has an eBook on how to make money online).
But I always suggest doing the opposite.
I always urge people to find a...well..."unsexy" market. Perhaps you would call it a boring market. What Im talking about is finding a market that is huge and flush with cash, but is not all that exciting.
Lets take the parenting market as an example. Thats a pretty good market. I mean everyone has a hard time with their kids and might possibly spend some money for some advice or solutions that would make their lives easier. Another one that is huge, and even desperate for answers, is the growing number of people looking for care for their aging parents.
When someone gets a debilitating disease and can't fend for themselves, they will do anything or pay anything just to get some help and keep their dignity.
Those are just a couple examples.
There are so many different markets. There are just millions of them.
Youve got to come up with one that is hungry with a real need and where there is money to spend.
Just remember, the market you sell to doesn't have to be sexy and it doesn't have to be exciting. It just has to be big, passionate and filled with people who are not afraid to spend money.
And if you go for the "boring" ones, you will find less competition and an environment where it is easier to make money.


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Performing iconic songs from the past and bringing them to life is the forte of the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Get Creedence Clearwater Revisited Mescalero tickets to experience legacy wonderful rock concert. The glorious performance is scheduled at the Inn Of The Mountain Gods Resort Casino. The band released an album titled Recollection, which soon after its release, received a 'platinum' status by the RIAA. Over the years songs of the band made it to numerous charts including The Billboard 200, Top Pop Catalog and Top Rock Albums.
Timeless beauty of great music is something defined by the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The band initiated as Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968 and reformed in 1995 as Creedence Clearwater Revisited. A lot has changed since the band was first established. The world has witnessed several revolutions and technical advances since the sixties. But the vibrant songs of the band are a testament to the divine essence of music that still prevails.
Clearwater Revisited started off with performing over a hundred shows per year. Initially the founding members Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (former members of as Creedence Clearwater Revival) did not want to perform on stage, they performed at private parties only. Given the opportunity, they took the big step and have been giving amazing concerts since then. Accompanying Cook and Clifford are members Kurt Griffey, Steve Gunner and John Tristao. The band released a two disc live album in 1998 by the title "Recollection".
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Institutional investors around the world that are active in alternative assets are becoming more proactive in managing them, according to a new survey by Preqin, an alternative investments data provider.
Thirty percent of investors surveyed said they had grown their investment teams to source private equity, hedge fund, real estate and infrastructure opportunities over the past two years, and the same proportion expected to do so over the next two years.
Some 35% of investors in each of the four main alternative asset classes planned to increase their allocations over the long term.
As alternative assets become an ever more important part of their portfolios, investors need substantial teams to identify and monitor alternative asset investments, Preqin noted in a statement.
Preqin based its survey on responses from some 380 institutional investors in alternative assets throughout June, July and August. Nearly half of respondents were based in North America, with the remainder in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. Investors included public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, asset managers, family offices, banks and investment banks.
The survey also found the following:
- Only 4% of investors said they had downsized their alternative assets investment team over the past year, while 66% had made no changes.
- 41% of private equity investors used an internal investment team to source new investment opportunities, compared with 27% of hedge fund, 25% of real estate and 14% of infrastructure investors.
- 51% of private equity investors felt positive about the asset class, while at least a third of investors in each of the other alternative asset classes did so.
- Hedge fund investors were least satisfied with their investments over the past year, with 27% saying their hedge fund investments had fallen short of expectations.
- A third of real estate investors said their investments had exceeded expectations, compared with 14% of infrastructure, 12% of private equity and 9% of hedge fund investors who felt the same.
"Although hedge funds have not had the best start to 2014 in terms of returns, all four main alternative asset classes are generating solid performance figures over longer investment horizons, and as a result investors are mostly satisfied with their portfolios," Andrew Moylan, head of real assets products at Preqin, said in the statement.
And despite hedge funds' weak first-quarter performance, investor enthusiasm for hedge funds is surging. Indeed, Preqin found in a study earlier this year that hedge fund investors weren't chasing high returns, but looking for uncorrelated, risk-adjusted returns.
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I've been slacking on this one, because contrary to popular belief, a damn good sambal takes effort and time. And honestly I didn't want to rush the job, because the real question was which sambal recipe to make.
Sambal is a chilli sauce that can include a variety of other ingredients, such as ginger, shallots, lime juice, shrimp and/or garlic. Depending on the country and region, sambal can be coyingly sweet, pinchingly sour, garlicky or just burns all the way down your gut. It is served alongside a multitude of dishes, such as fried chicken, barbequed squid, stir-fried noodles or even simple sliced cucumbers.
Sambal belacan is probably the most common sambal in Singapore and Malaysia. The paste is traditionally made with pounded fresh chillis with toasted shrimp paste (belacan) in a stone mortar, with sugar and lime juice. It can be used to stir-fry vegetables and it is very similar to sambal tumis, which is the same concoction stir-fried until the bright red colour has turned a darker ochre shade and the oils have leached out. My mother would always make a huge batch of sambal tumis when she made mee siam, as she used the same sambal to stir fry the bee hoon and make the gravy.
Unfortunately any dreams I've had of making homemade sambal with my own harvested chilli died alongside the dozen or so chilli plants I've tried to cultivate on our balcony. Packets of fresh chillies can be pricey at the market, but a friend apparently has a monster of a birds' eye chilli plant and gifted me a whole ziplock bag of chillies. This was as good a time as any to make a batch to share amongst friends!
So here's an adaptation of my mum's recipe for sambal tumis, which uses belachan and I use as a condiment. It works really great with fried chicken, omelettes and fried rice/vermicelli. This stored in an airtight container will last at least 2 weeks (longer if you pour oil over the top) or months in the freezer.
- 1 large handful of large red chillis
- 1 small handful of chilli padis (less and/or deseeded if you don't want too much heat)
- 10 cloves of garlic
- 1 large red onion (or at least 6 shallots)
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons tamarind puree
- 2 tablespoons gula melaka or palm sugar
- 250ml boiling water
- Salt to taste
- Mix the tamarind puree and palm sugar in the boiling water, and set aside until it cools.
- Blend the chillis, garlic and onions in a blender until you get a smooth paste. If you want to be traditional about it, you can use a mortar and pestle, but I'm lazy and prefer to whizz everything up in a blender.
- Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok on medium heat and add the pureed chilli mixture. Fry for at least 15 minutes until the mixture has lost most of its moisture. At this stage, it should be quite fragrant and the oil has been mixed well into the paste.
- Add the tamarind puree and sugar liquid to the pan, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and continue to stir occasionally for at least 15 minutes. Continue to fry until the paste has again lost most of its moisture, changed to a deep red and the oil begins to separate from the paste.
- Add salt to taste.
- Distribute the mixture in prepared containers (preferably airtight and glass) and allow to cool. You can freeze the sambal into small ice-cubes for longer term storage, but remember to wash the ice-tray well if you intend to reuse to make ice.


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Steven Spielberg is offering two new films this holiday season, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse. Each of them epitomizes two common threads running through the filmmaker's oeuvre: perpetual cliffhanger action (Tintin) and sentimental wartime heroism (War Horse).
The animated Tintin follows in the steps of Spielberg's Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park films, among others. Based on a mid-20th-century comic book series, Tintin is joyous, clever, and endlessly inventive. The titular hero is a teenage reporter who often finds himself embroiled in mysteries that take him to far-flung locales. He is aided and sometimes rescued by his terrier companion, Snowy. (The premise is established in a wonderful opening-credit sequence reminiscent of Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can.)
When Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell) purchases a model ship he fancies, he runs afoul of the villainous Sakharine (Daniel Craig), who desires it for mysterious reasons and is warned by another man to get rid of the ship immediately. His curiosity aroused, Tintin researches the ship the model is based on, the Golden Unicorn, which was lost at sea with a secret cargo centuries earlier.
Thus a tricky plot is set in motion that will take Tintin across the sea to North Africa and back, encountering a range of vivid characters and wondrous cinematic environments. One minutes-long, single-shot action sequence involves a jeep, a bazooka, a falcon, a burst dam, a tank, and an entire city of diversionary obstacles. It could never be pulled off as live action.
The Adventures of Tintin is essentially consequence-free narrative, and it evinces a seemingly effortless mastery of action timing. It is the Aaron Rodgers of this pair of Spielberg films.
War Horse follows in the Empire of the Sun, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan line of Spielberg films. It's concerned with the value of righteous-belief-infused hard work, faith, courage, loyalty, and redemption. It is the Tim Tebow of the films. If you like Tim Tebow, you'll love War Horse.
Based on a children's novel and Broadway play, War Horse starts with the birth of a foal — an "awww" moment for the audience at a recent screening and the film holds true to crowd-pleasing form from there. The thoroughbred foal grows up and is bought at an auction by an English farmer (Peter Mullan) who needs a work horse to plow his field but is captivated by the spirited animal and wants to outbid his landlord (David Thewlis) for the prized pony. The farmer's wife (Emily Watson) is not pleased and fears for the livelihood of the family. Their teen son, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), is overjoyed — he had seen this horse born and watched it grow up on nearby land. Albert feels a deep connection to the horse, which he names Joey.
Can the horse overcome the odds and deficiencies of its bloodline and plow the field and save the farm? In the film, it's a referendum on faith and hope, and it draws the attention of dozens of villagers, who wish to see this miraculous horse pull off something it shouldn't by any right have the natural ability to do.
But then World War I breaks out, and Joey is sold to the war effort, which needs horses for its cavalry. Albert is devastated. In continental Europe, there are ennobling speeches, brave charges, and slaughter. (The Great War summarized in 10 minutes of film.) Joey is captured by the Germans and passes hands throughout the film, a cross-section of the WWI experience. War Horse attains a kind of episodic pull, a series of little melodramas and big dramas, an occasionally, whimsical, bloodless World War I.
My vote is overwhelmingly with Tintin. And Aaron Rodgers, for that matter. Opinions vary.
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Opening Sunday, December 25th
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We often marvel at our unique business that combines cars primarily built between 1958 and 1960 and a web site driven world that is all very much brand new. This Saturday, we stretched our technology to its limits and it broke, so our website went down for a while, and of course, since you are reading this message, it is now back up again.
Our shared server, it seems, was overloaded, and while I would like to imagine a panel full of Lucas parts heating up and letting the smoke out, instead I suspect some administrator in a far away country felt we were using too much juice, and rather than dim the lights of everyone else on our shared server, they shut us off. Soon we will have our own dedicated server, which will hopefully speed page loading and prevent this from ever happening again.
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Bryan Adams' song, "Cuts Like A Knife" is sort of stuck in my head as I write this post. Orin Swift has done it again. Even though Prisoner broke off and did their own thang, I still compare all Orin Swift wines to the Prisoner because that's my favorite. That is, until now. Dun, dun, dun!! I can't believe it! The Prisoner has been my go-to wine for years and I still love it, but after drinking Machete and then a glass of Prisoner next, I found a new love. Sorry Prisoner, it's not you, it's me. We will still be close friends, but Machete slashed its way deep into my heart. Ok, enough terrible puns. Let's get to the meat of it.
The wine is a Petite Sirah. It's jet black as it goes, glug, glug, glug into the glass and the aromas hit you like an atomic bomb. There's a perfect combination of BBQ, dark chocolate, tobacco, fig and vanilla. It's robust, but not too chewy and the finish lingers on the palate forever.
Binny's sells this for $46. I'm not sure what the story behind the beautiful semi-clothed dame walking around or straddling a car are all about. I do know that not every bottle has the same picture though so double check the label before you buy. Thank you Deb for sharing this wonderful wine with me!
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17 Jan, 2012
Day 1 of Phase I (detox)
Posted by: sgregg In: Getting healthy
Good morning!
I am excited about getting this detox started. I ate breakfast later than I wanted, but I didn't get a chance to get it sooner. I had 1/2 cup of oatmeal made with 1 cup of skim milk. I sliced some strawberries and bananas on top and also added blueberries. It was tasty. I definitely missed the butter and sugar. Since I ate at 9am, my next meal will be at 12. I'm sipping on a cup of mint herbal tea right now. With NO sweetener at all. I can't believe it, but I'm trying. I'll be back with an update later.
1pm update:
At 12pm, I ate sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, sugar snap peas, carrots, red bell pepper, garlic, and pineapple over a cup of brown rice. I sauteed the veggies in olive oil, soy sauce, and fresh squeezed orange juice. I couldn't finish the plate. I'm not supposed to eat again until 3pm. I will probably have a yogurt since I need something small.
4:35pm update:
The snack bug is really hitting me right now. I'm trying my best to fight the urge. I just ate a small helping of sweet potato fries that I made earlier. They helped a little, but not much. I know I can get through it. It's a mental thing. I'm not hungry, I just want to snack. And that chocolate cake sitting on the counter is NOT helping. But I'm not going to back down. I'm going to fight it. This is from the book, "Remember, cheating is a decision. If cheating is the choice you make, you are only cheating yourself." I just need to keep this in mind. I am only cheating myself if I choose to eat something that is not good for me. Oh! I just remembered! I have some sugar-free gum that I bought this morning! I'm either going to have that or some herbal tea with splenda.
7:50pm update
Well, so far, so good. Here's my total food schedule for the day:
9am – 1/2 cup oatmeal made with skim milk, strawberries, blueberries, few slices of banana
9:30am – 1 cup of mint herbal tea
12pm – 1 cup brown rice with sauteed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, red pepper, sugar snap peas, garlic) and pineapple. Veggies were sauteed in olive oil, soy sauce, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Also, ate a few homemade sweet potato fries.
1:48pm – Ate the rest of the banana from this morning.
2:20pm – 11 Almonds
4:45pm – Sweet Potato fries (2 sweet potatoes worth)
5pm – 1 cup of lemon herb tea w/ tsp. of splenda
6pm – Phase I Pizza – I only ate a 1/4 of the crust, but ate all the toppings. Toppings were: black and green olives, tomato, red pepper, mushrooms, fat-free cheese, and red onion. The crust was 1 egg white, 1 cup of oatmeal, 1/2 can of garbanzo beans, EVOO, and seasonings.
7pm – shared banana with DD