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Expand Your Mind And Expand Your Wallet By Reading These…
In between working on the impending launch of my new product SecretBlogWeapon, I've taken some time out to re-engineer and optimize my business.
I've the fortune to be a member of a business-focused mastermind from whom I've got great advice, and have a number of established marketers on my skype list that I can consult regularly.
I'm not one to stand still, however, and have also enrolled the help of some of the greatest business minds to give me some advice in the next step of my internet marketing journey.
Donald Trump "How To Get Rich"
Property magnate and business owner Donald Trump has been a great help.
I haven't had the chance to talk to "The Donald" on the phone yet, but I have been reading his bestseller "How To Get Rich".
It's not so much a "How to Get Rich" book, but it does give you insight into how Donald Trump runs his business, his business strategies, negotiation techniques, views on beautiful women and how some of his seminal projects, including his golf resorts and business operating procedures are decided.
For fans of the Apprentice, there's great insight into how Mark Burnett and The Donald came together to work on the project.
And if you think you have a busy day, you also get a rundown of one of Donald's typical days. It might leave you feeling like an underachiever, even if you are already a Type-A personality.
As soon as I make my way through this volume, I'm planning to check out the other 10 bestsellers he's penned.
The "Demon" in rock band Kiss might seem a strange choice for a business biography. But look beneath the makeup and you'll discover an astute businessman.
Going back to his childhood entrepreneurial pursuits, you'll discover that Gene has had a hand in starting up profitable businesses since his early childhood days.
His prime motivation for becoming a rock star (getting lots of hot women and making lots of money) are a living example of how passion and income generation can be combined successfully.
My interest was piqued about Gene after reading rave reviews about his presentation at Dan Kennedy's SuperConference a couple of months ago.
I'm going through Sex Money Kiss now and Gene candidly shares his philosophies (and suggested action plans) on making money, relationships with women and ideas for kickstarting your business.
Both these books have been helpful and given me new ideas to implement in my business not only because I have picked up new techniques and strategies to apply, but also because the books penned by Gene himself and with the assistance of a copyeditor in the case of Trump shift my thinking a couple of notches upwards in terms of what's possible.
This "brain food" might just be the spark to set you off to a higher level in your business and personal life.
Check them out:
* How To Get Rich
* Sex Money Kiss
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5 comments on Expand Your Mind And Expand Your Wallet By Reading These…
The Gene Simmons book is definitely worth a read, he is one seriously smart guy with a great mind for business. People only need to look at the success of KISS as a business entity to see that.
I will have to check out the Trump book, thanks for the review!
I have been listening to an audio book of Donald Trumps. I love the way he is always thinking big.
well of course, everyone loves to get rich but not everyone would love to do hard work `:*
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HP seems like they're picking a fight with RIM over the similarities in UI design between the TouchPad and the PlayBook. Both tablets manage apps as cards, allowing you to swipe between them as they run in the background. Both tablets also have similar swipe gestures, allowing you to swipe apps off the screen. When both companies were asked to comment on the issue, things got pretty passive aggressive.
HP on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Jon Oakes, director of product marketing, TouchPad
From what we've seen in the market, there are some uncanny similarities. It's a fast innovation cycle and a fast imitation cycle in this market, so we just know that we have the creative engine here to continue to build on what we have, and we'll keep innovating, we'll keep honing and those guys hopefully will continue to see the value in it and keep following us by about a year.
RIM's response. Jeff McDowell, senior vice president for business and platform marketing
I feel that we set out from the ground up to define a user experience that we felt would delight our customers, and we landed in a place that may look like other competitive devices. But there was no intention and no preconceived notion that this is what we want to end up looking like. In fact, I think QNX had that design lined up before we even started working with them.
You know, cars over time end up looking a lot alike because you put them through a wind tunnel, and when you're trying to come up with the best coefficient to drag ratio, there's one optimized shape that gets the best wind resistance, right? Well, when you're trying to optimize user experience that juggles multitasking, multiple apps open at once and on a small screen, you're going to get people landing on similar kinds of designs.
Jon comes across as pretentious while RIM's McDowell takes the high road and points out the obvious answer: a lot of UIs look the same because they're the right way to do it. Did every blog rip off the first blog's formatting? No. It's just that presenting content in that form makes the most sense. You could present your content in that way, or you could just go Gawker's route and present it in some ass-backwards way that nobody wants to read. Same goes for a tablet UI.
More commentary over at LapTop Mag.

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Automated Mortgage Processing
SoftWorks AI is helping automate all aspects of the mortgage life cycle
Automating Mortgage Loan Processing
Manual mortgage loan packet processing is a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error prone task. Financial institutions must hire skilled knowledge workers to organize, read, understand, and evaluate mortgage applications properly. At hundreds of pages each, processing these loan packets in high volumes can become exceedingly resource-intensive without an automation solution in place.
With SoftWorks AI's sophisticated mortgage process automation software, packets can be assembled, classified, and prioritized in a streamlined manner with exceptional accuracy rates. In addition, Trapeze for Mortgage Processing extracts and auto-validates critical data from the loan packets so that users can approve or deny loan applications with as little time and effort possible, improving turnaround time and helping financial institutions acquire more profitable loans in an efficient manner.
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SoftWorks AI's Trapeze software understands mortgage loan processing. Tax records, driver's license photos and other required documents can vary widely in file type, structure, and data field location. Trapeze can ingest numerous file types (.doc, .xps, .zip, .eml, etc.) and classify distinct documents (credit reports, birth certificates, etc.) into appropriate categories to create an organized, automated environment. Our ability to understand the entire loan packet fuels other functionalities in the mortgage life cycle such as cash flow analysis and income verification. This understanding enables our Automated Income Analysis and Verification module to dramatically improve underwriter productivity.
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The Trapeze Mortgage Analytics platform tracks every aspect of the mortgage automation workflow, providing our clients with real time data on the overall effectiveness of their operations. Mortgage Analytics can analyze thousands of data points to provide a holistic view of your system's performance and pinpoint where additional productivity gains can be realized.
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Through mortgage document automation, SoftWorks AI's Trapeze software exceeded the organization's requirements for a more efficient mortgage processing workflow, all while maintaining highly accurate data extraction rates. Our Trapeze solution enabled the organization to identify high-priority loans to be separated out and processed first. Critically, loan packet processing time was reduced from over 2 hours to under 5 minutes each, shattering the organization's initial speed requisites to greatly accelerate their operations. Data field extraction accuracy rates were very high, and automated document assembly and classification rates were near-perfect. Trapeze was able to integrate seamlessly with the organization's workflow to radically improve the speed and accuracy of the company's mortgage loan processing system.
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The annual Autism West Symposium is a signature event for anyone with an interest in autism, its opportunities and challenges.
A unique event in Western Australia, the fifth Symposium features inspiring local, national and international thought-leaders in the field, including those with lived experience. Presentations will include keynote and breakout sessions on a wide range of topics designed to inform, inspire and engage.
Taking place across one and a half days, the Autism West Symposium 2019 brings together individuals on the spectrum, family members, carers, allied health professionals, service providers, educators, employers, researchers and policy makers, and provides an excellent opportunity to connect and network. Keynote speakers include Payam, Andrew Whitehouse, Emma Goodall, Judy Singer and Wenn Lawson. For a full list of speakers and topics please click here.
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We recognize and respect the individuality, confidentiality and dignity of each patient and provide quality care regardless of the patient's social status. The provision of care is designed to support ultimate patient care and to bring innovations based on patient needs.
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Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology aims to promote and restore the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by heart disease. Our services help patients and their families learn about treatments, identify risk factors and work toward making heart-healthy lifestyle changes. Our objectives demonstrate our commitment to the promotion of health, education, clinical care and research:
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- To improve quality of life for the cardiac patient through intervention, non-intervention and surgical cardiology services.
- To provide counseling on heart-healthy living; this will reduce the risk of further coronary heart disease.
- To reduce further admissions to hospital for coronary heart disease.
- To reduce deaths from coronary heart disease.
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Foster development and profile research in the cardiac therapeutic, prevention and risk reduction field from all groups of health care professionals. Link various programs at Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology to the heart and vascular program and cardiac patients via satellite projects pertaining to health promotion.
- To enhance and ensure the development of multidisciplinary cardiovascular health workforce who has broad-based knowledge and skills.
- Provide a variety of continuing medical education activities for health workforce which will create an environment of contemporary life-long learning, and meet the clearly defined needs in our changing health care environment.
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The emergency department of Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology is a state of art facility, first of its kind in the public sector Rawalpindi Division. The department is well equipped with all the necessary gadgetry to handle all cardiac emergencies adequate number of well trained staff to provide timely and quality care to the patients round the clock, 24/7.
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- Imaging tests like chest X-ray, echocardiogram, nuclear scan.
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Teaching yoga was not an intention I had set out for myself, but I have been led down this road because of my love of yoga. My journey began when my personal trainer handed me a DVD of Journey Into Power with Baron Baptiste in the Fall of 2005. This was my first experience with any yoga outside of a gym setting. I was intrigued and wanted to have a real life experience with Baron teaching, which led me to my first Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park in an all day immersion with Baron in September 2006. The following year lead to a Personal Revolution Weekend in Seattle, WA, and each year after I sought out weekend workshops with Baron until I attended Level One training in Hilo, Hawaii in February 2010. Going to this training was for personal growth, at least that is how it started out. By the time I returned home I wanted to share what had opened up to me! I started teaching from my home to one or two friends at a time, followed up with finding a space outside of my home to share yoga with 3 or 4 more friends. I attended Level 2 Teacher Training in Austin 2010 and became a Certified Baptiste Teacher in June 2011.
In April 2011 I took the steps to rent a space to have yoga classes in. I currently teach 5 classes a week and am slowly growing a Baptiste Community right here at home and it feels so good! I feel honored to be a Certified Baptiste Teacher and I continue to grow on so many levels with each training I attend.


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Wallabies back-rower Scott Fardy will play in the Brumbies' potentially season-defining Super Rugby clash with the lowly Western Force on Saturday, but David Pocock remains sidelined.
Fardy was left bloodied and bruised after copping a knock to the head and hurting his shoulder in last week's loss to the Blues in Auckland.
But coach Stephen Larkham on Thursday named him for the last-round battle at GIO Stadium after giving him a couple of days off, making just one change to his starting line-up.
Prop Ruan Smith will replace Ben Alexander in the run-on side to celebrate his 50th Super Rugby cap, with Alexander - who this week signed a one-year deal with the ACT franchise - moving to the bench.
Pocock (fractured eye socket) and Jordan Smiler (knee) both trained with the squad this week but were still not fit to play.
"It's good to see both of them running around and getting close to play," co-captain Christian Lealiifano said.
It's been an intense week on the paddock for the Brumbies, according to Lealiifano.
The Australian conference leaders are looking to retain their place on top of the ladder and secure a place in the finals - but it will largely be determined by Friday night's match between the NSW Waratahs and Blues.
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If the Tahs lose by more than seven points, the Brumbies will get a home playoff regardless of their result on Saturday.
Anything else, and Larkham's men will have to match or beat it when the play the Force to get that spot.
It could have a huge bearing on how they approach the game, but lock Sam Carter is refusing to buy into it.
"I guess some blokes will be thinking like that but, if we're thinking like that at this stage of the season, we don't deserve to be in the final," the Wallaby said.
"We've got a pretty strong mindset heading into this weekend."
Carter said discipline and defence had been a key focus this week, after a somewhat "flimsy" effort - especially in the first half - against the Blues.
He rates the last-placed Force a dangerous prospect, even though they've won just two games all season.
"Whenever they play, they're always in the contest and they've lost a few games by only 10 points," he said.


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Term Dates 2020-21
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Our firm understands the importance to plan for the future. We also know that it is difficult to think about a time when you are no longer available to make your wishes known. We make it easier to prepare wills and other estate planning documents by taking a thoughtful, understanding approach with our clients. We welcome you to visit our office and discuss your needs in a initial free consultation. When you are ready to formalize your wishes, we will guide you through the process and help ensure everything is in order.
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From our office in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, we provide a variety of estate planning services, including:
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A new HBO documentary chronicles more than 80 years at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre. BR host Jan Mabry talks to the man who made it happen, Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams, at a special SFFILM screening.
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A middleweight bout between Dave Branch (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Rousimar Palhares (11-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) now is official for March's UFC on Versus 3 event.
Branch replaces Brazilian fighter Alexandre Ferreira, who was forced to withdrawal from the event due to the devastating flooding that's killed family and friends in his native country.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) passed along news of the change this past week, and UFC executives recently made it official.
UFC on Versus 3 takes place March 3 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., and the main airs on Versus. Branch vs. Palhares is slated for the untelevised preliminary card.
Branch has built a two-fight win streak with decision victories over Tomasz Drwal and Rich Attonito, both in the UFC. It's been a fortunate turnaround for the grappling specialist following an octagon debut gone horribly wrong. He took on Gerald Harris at UFC 116 and was knocked out cold in the third round by a slam to the mat.
Meanwhile, leg-lock specialist Palhares is on the mend after perennial contender Nate Marquardt halted his three-fight win streak at UFC Fight Night 22 in September. It an uncharacteristic slip – literally – he grabbed ahold of Marquardt's leg and moved to execute his signature move. But when Marquardt easily slid out of the submission, he left himself open for a counterattack when he signaled to referee Herb Dean that something fishy was going on. Marquardt, in turn, pounced and pounded him out for a TKO win.
Although Palhares and his camp initially protested the sequence, commission officials checked his opponent immediately afterward and determined no foul play was at hand (just a pair of shaved legs, as it were). He later apologized for the greasing accusation.
The latest UFC on Versus 3 card now includes:
- Martin Kampmann vs. Diego Sanchez
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- Shane Roller vs. Thiago Tavares
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Depression cases are on the rise particularly in today's youth. The pre-school peer group is the quickest-growing portion of the populace to be diagnosed with clinical depression.
We assign blame anywhere we can, bullying, our workplace, or busy schedules. Yet what we must do is discover a solution.
Certain people do not wish to medicate their children's moods, or their own. Depression will occur to almost everyone at some point. Depending on how good you control the circumstances will determine if you need to get some outside help.
Rather than running to a physician each time your mood is low, try utilizing movement to generate serotonin (the hormone that makes you feel good) to see if you can utilize a natural method to reach your goals.
Exercise and Depression
Although, exercise is supposed to be considered a basic part of our lives, it is frequently used as an alternate treatment for conditions like depression. Unfortunately, what is considered the "norm" in today's culture is to medicate the problem.
When depression takes hold, you might discover it much harder to use exercise and movement as a mood-enhancer. Most individuals who are depressed feel sluggish and would rather wallow in their present situation.
Try using just a small amount of exercise because it can help. It is known as a "runner's high," but technically you do not have to pound the pavement at a quick pace to receive the advantageous of endorphin-driven actions.
Strength-training, walking and other types of exercise may all help to release endorphins into your body. It acts as a stress-reliever, and it offers pain relief as it blocks pain signals.
As your endorphins sustain your elevated moods, they assist in building your immune system, helping you stay happier and healthier longer. You may have to visit your physician if your depression increases.
Even if the doctor prescribes medication, you can still get the benefits from the painkilling effects of the endorphin release by exercising.


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North Dakota newspaper outs lawmakers who voted down bill barring anti-LGBT discrimination
A North Dakota newspaper identified every state lawmaker who opposed a bill expanding anti-discrimination protections to the LGBT community, with a front page displaying all of their faces on Friday.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead listed all 55 members of the state House who voted against the measure, Senate Bill 2279, following a 90-minute debate on Thursday. The newspaper noted that this is the third time in six years that this type of bill has been voted down.
As the Forum reported, the bill was split into two parts: one covered eliminating sexual orientation as the basis for bias in housing, employment, and credit and brokerage services; the other part covered "public accomodations and services."
Both provisions were voted down. The Forum also identified the 27 legislators who voted for both provisions in the bill, as well as the 7 who split their vote, supporting one provision but not the other. Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) suggested support for expanding the state's anti-discrimination ban to cover housing and employment-related matters.
"I'm concerned that we have missed an opportunity to affirm what North Dakotans already believe, which is that discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation is not acceptable," Dalrymple said in a statement.
Twelve Republicans broke party lines and joined with Democrats in supporting the bill, including one of its sponsors, state Rep. Thomas Beadle (R). Beadle told the Forum that SB 2279 was supported by many of the state's largest employers out of fear that rejecting it would spur the kind of criticism levied against Indiana and Arkansas, where "religious freedom" bills allowing businesses to reject gay customers were approved.
"While we can see the backlash in Indiana, the mere perception of LGBT discrimination will have negative consequences for our state," Beadle said.
The bill passed in the state Senate last month, but quickly faced hurdles in the House, where the state House Human Services Committee took it to the floor with a recommendation not to pass. The committee's chair, Rep. Robin Weisz (R), said it "did not receive any testimony that showed any outright discrimination going on" while discussing the bill.
But contrary to Weisz's account, WDAY-TV reported that more than 30 people testified supporting the measure, vastly outnumbering opponents.
"Listening to the testimony today, I'm wondering if I was at the same hearing as the chair because he was claiming there's no evidence of discrimination against LGBT people in the state of North Dakota," North Dakota Human Rights Coalition head Barry Nelson said. "I heard many stories at this hearing alone."
According to the Forum, the bill's defeat has already led the Red Raven Espresso Parlor coffee shop in Fargo to post a sign banning each of the lawmakers who opposed it from entering, "unless accompanied by a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Queer, Intersex or Asexual person."
The front page was posted online in its entirety by the Newseum, and can be seen below.
[h/t Talking Points Memo]


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Rio de Janeiro, Sep 15 (IANS) Veteran Brazilian football tactician Luiz Felipe Scolari has said that he could continue coaching into his 70s and has not ruled out coaching at another World Cup.
Scolari, who turns 69 in November, is contracted to Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande until the end of next year but says he is not thinking about retirement, reports Xinhua news agency.
"I don't have any definitive plans," Scolari told Brazil's SBT television channel. "I don't work just so that I can be a part of another World Cup.
"But it's ok to dream because that (the World Cup) is obviously the peak. I feel in perfect condition to work for a lot longer."
Scolari coached Brazil to victory at the 2002 World Cup before leading Portugal to the semi-finals of football's showpiece tournament four years later.
He returned to coach Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, which ended disastrously for the hosts when they lost 1-7 to Germany in the semi-finals.
Scolari took over as head coach at Guangzhou Evergrande in June 2015 and has guided the club to two Chinese Super League (CSL) titles and an Asian Champions League triumph.
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Can someone please translate this bizarre critique of psychological testing, or frequentist statistics, or all of the social sciences, or Plato, or something?
- Posted by Paul Gowder on July 19th, 2009 filed in philosophy, psychology, stupidity
- 2 Comments »
Some psychology professor on 3QD apparently thinks that psychological testing is "not scientific" because of the assumption of normally distributed data. Or something.
The strangest bit is a bunch of extremely confusing (and, I suspect, confused) stuff about the central limit theorem not counting because it's a "tautology." (I mean, of course it's a tautology in some sense, since it's a bloody mathematical proof — but it's an informative tautology in that it doesn't premiss the presence of normally distributed data, so what's this guy's problem?)
A reader commented, in Part 1 of this article, on my observation that the normal curve is not a representation of nature, by saying I should look up the Central Limit Theorem (CLT). The CLT states that the distribution of means from a very large number of random samples will tend to be distributed normally. Here's the problem with that comment. The CLT is part of the larger statistical theory, a tautology, that forms the basis for PTT. Since every statement of a tautology is always true, the reader was trying to prove his assertion of the ubiquity in nature of the normal distribution, by asserting another element of the same tautology. That which is tautologically true, cannot be assumed to be a result of empirical discovery, no matter the common sense appeal, long time use, or the prestige of the author(s), and the sales of their books.
In fact, the whole essay is full of this seemingly-incoherent tautology! screaming.
Sometimes we copped a reprieve by using an F-distribution because it was more robust in the face of non-normal distributions. Where did we get the notion of F-distributions being robust? You guessed it. It came from the same tautological statistical theory as the Central Limit Theorem.
I'm not as familiar as I'd like to be with any real debates (to the extent there are any) about the normal assumption, so if there is anything real underneath here, please do clue me in. As far as I can tell, however, this guy just sees a theorem and concludes that any statistical method derived therefrom is a tautology and therefore not science. Maybe it's just a weird brief for bayesianism rather than frequentism? (Except, of course, that bayesian statistics uses proofs too, and if he doesn't like the normal distribution how does he feel about all the creepy stuff with priors?)
Ah-ha. I just looked at part 1. It is a weird brief for bayesianism:
This is the first in a planned series of articles with the frontispiece title, "Psychological Science:". To give you an idea of other topics that may develop, here are a few working titles. "Sigmund Freud, a Personal and Scientific Coward", "Classical Inference, Bad. Bayesian Inference, Good", and "Fighting Over Combat Related PTSD".
Part 1 also contains the what has to be the worst possible argument against the theory of forms. It's worth reproducing in its entirety:
The problem started with Plato, and maybe Socrates
Do you see what just happened? We have just stepped into Plato's (c. 428 BCE – c. 348 BCE), and maybe Socrates' (c. 469 BCE – c. 399 BCE), World of Ideal Forms, or World of Ideas. Is this bad? You bet it is. From a scientific point of view, PTT stepped in a big pile of dodo, two piles to be exact.
Let's look at Plato's Forms or Ideas. Plato proposes two realities: that of the sense or experiences which are subject to change; and that of the unchanging essences in the World of Ideal Forms. In the world of our experiences, we encounter kitchen tables, coffee tables, wooden tables, tables constructed from FedEx boxes, and so many other tables. Each of these expressions of a table in the world of experience, actually partakes of the reality of Tableness from the World of Ideal Forms. For Plato this was not a metaphor. It was as real as real can be. The World of Ideal Forms was so real that it was the ultimate reality, or at least the home of many ultimate realities. A draftsman's table did not so much partake of the Ideal Form of Tableness, as the Ideal Form of Tableness infused the world of experience. Another way of saying this is that the Ideal Form of Tableness acted upon the world of our senses. Tableness was real and it had power.
Ideal Forms were not limited to those that could yield tangible expressions (like tables) in our sensory world. The World of Ideal Forms was populated, also, with immutable principles and attributes like Justice and Beauty and Intelligence and Depression. These principles acted upon the world of experience and were expressed in our things, and our institutions. The State, properly organized, was the highest expression of Justice in the world of experiences. Thomas Aquinas, proved the existence of the soul and the afterlife with the argument from Justice. In short, since we see an incomplete expression of Justice in our daily lives, and since Justice is real and acts upon God's creation, then scores must be settled and ledgers must be balanced somewhere other than in the world we experience. Aha! Therefore, there is an afterlife. Aha!, again. The afterlife must be populated by souls so that Divine Justice can be visited upon something that outlasted decayed flesh. British humor captured this nicely with an Anglo-Saxon St. Peter. "English souls up this way. The French, down there, please."
That's it. That's his entire discussion of Plato. He then proceeds to write as if he's shown that a theory that assumes the existence of forms is false and/or dumb and/or unscientific. As far as I can tell, the whole argument from this proposition is the guilt-by-association from Aquinas. For that, he's earned the "stupidity" category.
(Naturally, there is no argument at all for the claim that the assumption of latent variables entails some kind of Platonism about psychological traits. He just asserts it.)
My prediction: he'll soon plunge into a discussion of theory-ladenness and claim that his preferred method of doing science can escape it.
How very odd.
2 Responses to "Can someone please translate this bizarre critique of psychological testing, or frequentist statistics, or all of the social sciences, or Plato, or something?"
ellen Says:
July 21st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
"we can't all be sublime"
-paul gowder
fuck me. not in a good way.
mariana Says:
July 21st, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I think the main method this person has to explain things is trough hypotesis proof from probability area. The secondaries ones all belong to probability area too Therefore she went and tried to expalined it with that metodology she knows, with has nothing to do with what she tries to proof, it is like she is trying to fit a square and a round peg.
Please do not let this person be a teacher cause nowbody will ever learn anything


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At Wilson Barnes, we employ a team approach to every project we engage. Our people bring this approach to life with an attitude that focuses on doing whatever it takes to get the job done right the first time, even if it's a project they're not assigned to. Their willingness to help all team members succeed shows in every project we complete and contributes to our being selected by the client to build their projects again and again.


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Politico's O'Connor to Bloomberg
Politico's Patrick O'Connor moves to Bloomberg to cover regulation among other issues. There was a going away party for O'Connor Thursday night at Union Pub.
Congratulations to O'Connor.
As reported by Politico's Mike Allen, a lengthy roster of journos attended the party.
See the list after the jump…
We hear Bloomberg is aggressively going after reporters from variety of Capitol Hill publications. Stay tuned…
From Mike Allen's Playbook: A going-away bash for POLITICO's beloved Patrick O'Connor — who's running away for a fantastic job at Bloomberg — featured beers, NCAA on the overhead TVs, and much recess anticipation from the Hill types. Among those SPOTTED on the covered porch of Capitol Hill's Union Pub: wife Katie, Rodell Mollineau, Tommy "The Bull" Burr, Ron and Sara Bonjean, Erica Lovley, Kasie Hunt, Brian Walsh, Paul Kane, Shannon Flaherty, John Murray, Brad Dayspring, Matthew Murray, Lisa Lerer, Victoria McGrane, Dan Reilly, Manu Raju, Maddog, JMart, Doug Heye, Alex Eisenstadt, the Brothers Mullins (Brody and Luke), Anne Schroeder Mullins, Chris Frates, Ben Pershing, Glenn Thrush, Marty Kady, Michael Steel, Jon Scofield, Jennifer Hing, Amber Marchand, Ken and Emily Spain, Rob Collins, and Scott Mulhauser.


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Happy Friday everyone! Made it through the week! Which is always something to celebrate. :) We woke up this morning to a surprise snowfall. Thankfully for us, March has been more of a Lamb then a Lion which makes this new blanket of snow even more unusual. What I am really looking forward to that first warm day where I can open the windows again, here's to hoping it's not that far away!!
I am excited to kick off the weekend linking up with Erika, Andrea and Narci with a Friday Favorites post. Here are a few of my favorites from this past week....
This sweet blue eyed boy turned 3 last week!! I can not believe we no longer have a toddler in the house or even a baby for that matter. I love my sweet Nicholas so much, his constant energy keeps me on my toes and his sweet cuddles warms my heart. Its been a fun filled 3 years with my little man, I can't imagine life without him!
I finally bought my Hunter boots but sadly have not worn them yet. They seem like they run a little on the big side and thinking of actually going DOWN a whole size. Anyone have this happen when they bought these boots or is this normal when wearing willies? If anyone has had this experience, I would LOVE for you to comment below. I need to drive myself back to Nordstroms to try on a smaller pair just to compare.
Jeff decided to take the day off last Friday so we took the kids to the Cleveland Children's Museum to get out of the house for the day. The kids LOVED the huge sand box and would have played in it for hours if we let them. Jeff and I were able to just sit and hang out together as the kids played which was AWESOME! This never happens, definitely a sigh of the kids growing up and becoming more independent. Sadly, the baby stage is further and further behind us with my little man turning 3.


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Canada has set ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, which will require the building sector to move to a zero carbon future.
The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines the federal government's commitment to fight climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.
The framework has set the stage, recognizing that carbon emission targets can only be met through concerted efforts in the building sector as one of the largest contributors to climate change, according to Thomas Mueller, president and CEO, Canada Green Building Council.
Mueller was a keynote speaker at Buildex Vancouver 2018 where he discussed how green buildings can meet carbon emissions targets.
Moving the building sector to zero carbon performance is a global initiative with many countries on board including Sweden, Germany and Australia. But over the last 10 years, Canada has moved into a global leadership position through innovation and investment in LEED certified green buildings.
"I think we have a very advanced green building sector and this is an opportunity for us to stay ahead of the curve and drive innovation," he said.
He defined a zero carbon building as "one that is highly energy-efficient and produces onsite, carbon-free renewable energy in an amount sufficient to offset the annual carbon emissions associated with operations."
In determining the carbon footprint of a building, it is often not energy performance, but the carbon intensity of the local electrical grid and the fossil fuels used. Recognizing these differences is important, advised Mueller, as the sector looks at eliminating fossil fuels with onsite renewable energy strategies such as solar and geothermal.
Zero carbon represents the next cycle of innovation in green building, continuing Canada's global leadership in taking tangible steps in reducing carbon emissions from buildings.
"If we build every new building over 25,000 square feet to zero carbon between now and 2030, we will save about 7.5 million tons of carbon," said Mueller.
The challenge is that existing buildings represent more than 80 per cent of Canada's building stock which will still be standing in 2030 and is "underestimated" to be 50 per cent of the building stock in 2050. These buildings present a greater emissions reduction opportunity than any new construction activity.
"Retrofit is critical to achieving a zero carbon future," stressed Mueller.
Existing buildings are not only critical to achieving the targeted GHG emissions reductions, but present a massive economic opportunity. Large-scale upgrades to existing buildings will create jobs and drive the creation of new technologies.
Mueller also highlighted CaGBC's new Zero Carbon Building Standard, which uses carbon as the key metric in assessing commercial, institutional and multi-family building performance and combines this measure with enhanced envelope performance and renewable energy options.
He discussed the four key components of the standard which include zero carbon balance, efficiency, renewable energy and low carbon materials.
Project teams are required to evaluate energy use holistically, including impacts on peak electricity, and determine the GHG emissions associated with structural and envelope materials.
"We want designers and builders to start looking at the carbon associated with materials to make better decisions," he said. "Building with wood is a great way to sequester carbon. Cement is also finding new ways to sequester carbon."
To date 16 pilot projects representing different building types, sizes and locations have signed on to be the first projects to achieve zero carbon performance.
"The real opportunity is not only in new buildings but in existing buildings too – we need both to move the sector forward to a zero carbon future," he said.
Cheryl Mah is managing editor of Construction Business.


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DC BATMAN FAMILY (6DE – Friday) – For several years now, and particularly during the Rebirth era, Tom King and Scott Snyder have been the two most prominent writers for DC, so it's not surprising that those two were the leaders of the two big DC Comics panels I attended– the Batman Family and the Justice League panels. However, while it wasn't surprising that they'd be the focus of the panel, what was surprising is the context for Tom King being the center of attention.
I counted 5 times that King apologized to the crowd for the choices he made in Batman #50 — since it broke his heart also, which doesn't even take into account that he had to have a personal bodyguard at the convention due to death threats he received as a result of those choices. King explained his initi plan, that the clues are there if you're able to spot them; this has also been all about exploring Bruce Wayne rather than Batman.
Batman has had his body broken, his mind broken, and experienced the pain of Robin dying, but he'd never truly experienced the pain of a broken heart, a vulnerability that Bruce Wayne has that Batman doesn't. While the first 50 issues were about breaking Batman in a way he hadn't been before, King plans to make the next 50 about how Batman comes back from this after experiencing true happiness for the first time and much of that will begin with Dick Grayson; Nightwing will be moving back in with Bruce to hopefully provide him with the same moral support he received after the Flying Graysons died.
This led into two of the few bits of actual news to come out of the panel, the fact that Peter Tomasi would be taking over on Detective Comics beginning with #994 in the run up to #1000 and that they'd be returning Batman to his Hush era suit. King offered the in-universe explanation for the costume change as Batman having to rebuild himself and being unable to do so in the costume he wore when his heart was broken. However, the actual reason for the change has more to do with embracing the history of the character and not just what it means to the fans but what superheroes mean to the history of this country.
Another thing to spin out of the effects of Batman #50 is the Catwoman solo series, and Joelle Jones, the writer/artist, was on hand to speak about it. The main thing she spoke about was her interest in creating a female villain that's gross and awful with no redeeming qualities. King then went on to offer Jones the highest praise as a writer/artist, calling her a modern day Frank Miller. Mairghread Scott also spoke about taking over Batgirl with #25 and doing a murder mystery that involves James Gordon Jr. She described it as "Silence of the Lambs with a family vibe."
Bryan Hill spoke about his Black Lightning story in Detective Comics being one that will have important consequences going forward. Enrico Marini also spoke a little bit about his upcoming graphic novel Batman: The Dark Prince Charming, which will be a much more intimate Batman/Joker story involving a much funnier Joker than the one we've become accustomed to in recent years. Lastly, Mitch Gerads hadthe funniest moment of the panel, speaking of his desire to draw a single page story of Alfred picking up all of post-coital diamonds remaining on the roof. 3.5/5 Bat Bibles.
DC JUSTICE LEAGUE (6DE – Friday) – The Justice League panel was much more informative, on the other hand, though I'll spare everyone much of the spoilery details. Snyder spoke of the plans for the JL and how the culmination of everything he, James Tynion IV and Josh Williamson are doing will be crazier than everything they've done so far, including Metal.
Part of that will include doing a deeper dive into the Legion of Doom, with future Justice League issues focusing specifically on individual members of the LoD. Tynion also gave details about his Justice League Dark, mainly talking about how this book will be about the horrifying consequences of using magic as a result of the conclusion of Metal.
Williamson described his Justice League Odyssey as a big cosmic book with Darkseid at its heart and will show that he — Darkseid — truly is the greatest hero in the DCU. Adam Glass then proceeded to talk about his Teen Titans, which came out of Damian realizes that sometimes the grownups don't actually know what they're talking about.
As good as that stuff was, the majority of the panel was Snyder, Williamson, and Tynion excitedly talking about what they've come up with for Justice League, revealing some of their ideas for the culmination of this story and information as far ahead as Justice League #11. 4/5 Justice Bibles.
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Indigenous Group Realizes Spirit of Satoyama Initiative
2016.8 (Issue No. 290)
I. The origin of Satoyama Initiative
In 2000, the United Nations Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 5) decided to combine agriculture with biodiversity conservation. Later in 2002 through international cooperation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) advocated the preservation and protection of agricultural biodiversity, knowledge, food and livelihood security, and traditional agricultural culture. Nevertheless, due to overdevelopment and exploitation of global resources, disaster caused by climate change, decline in agricultural population and quick loss of tropical rain forest, it is still not possible for food and environmental protection to reach a balance. In 2010, the UN Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 10) which took place in Japan had activated the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), proposing the landscape composed by forest, community and agricultural ecosystem from the plains to the mountains. It aims to reach the harmonious coexistence between society and nature by sustainable management of land and natural resources while maintaining biodiversity and sustainable use of resources.
Based on composite rural ecosystems similar to Satoyama-like landscapes around the world, the Satoyama Initiative was generated from the long-term interaction between human's lifestyle and nature. Its vision is to realize societies in harmony with nature through a three-fold approach: consolidating wisdom on securing diverse ecosystem services and values, integrating traditional ecological knowledge and modern science to promote innovations, and exploring new forms of co-management systems or evolving frameworks of "commons" while respecting traditional communal land tenure. The approach should entail five crucial perspectives: resource use within the carrying capacity of the environment, cyclic use of natural resources, recognition of local traditions and culture, multi-stakeholder participation and collaboration, contributions to sustainable socio-economies. Within the initiative, a variety of forests, grassland and wetland co-exist and form an intricate pattern where wild animals dwell and some of the inhabitants are endangered species. On the other hand, it assists in preventing disaster, protecting watershed and offering other important ecosystem service. The harmonious long-term interaction between rural residents and surrounding natural environment has created complex mosaic landscapes called socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). These landscapes have a variety of different names across countries and languages, such as Muyong, Uma and Payoh in the Philippines, Mauel in Korea, Dehesa in Spain, Terroirs in France and other Mediterranean countries, Chitemene in Malawi and Zambia, Satoyama and Satoumi in Japan, Fungshui forest and Tianyuan in China, to name a few.
II. Satoyama Initiative expands deep into the indigenous tribes
The Council of Agriculture (COA) plays the role of central administrative institution for the promotion of biodiversity, and is responsible for wildlife and habitat conservation. In addition to marking wetlands with ecological value into protected areas for wildlife and habitat, the Forestry Bureau under COA has been actively working on conservation of hill, farmland, and wetland near the forest and protection of the mountains alongside indigenous tribes in recent years due to the conflict that came between economic development and environmental protection. The Forestry Bureau has 60% of forest area under its jurisdiction, overlapping with traditional indigenous lands and dwellings areas. 74% of the indigenous reserves are forestry land, and according to Regulations on Non-urban Land Use Control, forestry lands are used exclusively by the forestry industry and its relevant facilities. Under such land usage control, the indigenous people either cannot cultivate, or they overuse land due to unfamiliarity with such regulations, whichever the case it impacts their livelihood. In the past, the Forestry Bureau paid less attention to the dependency between community residents and forest when managing forest resources, especially the life and cultural demand of indigenous tribes. The negligence caused conflicts between forestry administrations and community residents. Moreover, the lack of active communication resulted in long-term distrust and opposition. Taking nature conservation as objective, protected areas including national parks, wildlife refuges, and nature reserves established in the traditional indigenous patrimonial regions all have differences in social economy, local customs, and geographical environment. As many indigenous tribes are located around protected areas, the management strategy should be coordinated with the development objective of community, so as to reduce the pressure of economic development and the conflict between residents and government administrations. In the mean time, the lack of professionals in administrative institutions and the incompleteness or inflexibility of the regulations could be solved. The Indigenous Community Conservation Area and Collaborative Management could be regarded as feasible management strategy for forestry business sectors.
The Indigenous Community Conservation Area refers to natural and/or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity, ecological, and cultural values, voluntarily conserved by indigenous and local communities, through community regulations or other effective means. Voluntary management on local ecosystem is carried out through traditional knowledge and tribal regulations, which further protect important ecosystems and endangered species. Collaborative management is also known as joint administration, which emerged from the changes of environment and society. As the central government was unable to solve part of the environmental problems, collaborative management gradually became the ideal managerial tool for reserves or buffer zones. The advantage dwelt on the compromised responsibility from government institutions to protect resources, and scientific knowledge, especially local information, enabling decision making process to take resource users and managers into consideration. In this way, a fair decision would be made to take care of other marginal groups.
Satoyama Initiative is dedicated to restore the balance between human and land, which is closely related to international issues such as community conservation area, agricultural biodiversity, and traditional indigenous knowledge. Thus, in 2008 the Forestry Bureau collaborated with National Pingtung University of Science and Technology's Professor Chen Mei-hui to develop ecotourism in the local community of Shuangguei Lake Major Wildlife Habitat and Adiri village in Wutai Township, Pingtung near Dawushan Nature Reserve. Even though typhoon Morakot hit the tribe in 2009 and stopped the progress of ecotourism, an extensive reconstruction of infrastructure, homeland, life, culture and industry was carried out to offer more working opportunities and retain more people in the tribe. Transition of forestry industry took place in 2010 in accordance with the connotation of Satoyama Initiative, liberalizing reasonable use of environmental resources to local tribes which served as cooperative partner to resource governance institutions. Various tasks such as patrol, conservation, and monitoring have been carried out in Ali, Dalai, Dewun, and Dawu tribes along the Highway No. 24, which enabled indigenous tribesmen to strengthen the collection of tribal legend, hunting culture, traditional taboo, regulations, knowledge and experience inherited from ancestors living in the forest through such works. By means of research, data collection and establishment, the know-how of the past could be activated with modern science and assist indigenous people to pay heed to industrial reconstruction, such as culture creative products (ie. galangal woven work), songs (ie. Paiwan and Rukai), ecotourism (ie. 2 days and 1 night Adiri ecotourism), educational training, reactivation of traditional farming (ie. millet, quinoa, pigeon pea, taro, etc.), and planting herbal medicine in the lowland and peripheral gap lands (ie. Danggui and anoectochilus). In the past, the tribe relied on the primary industry for survival, and the cultivation methodology was inherited from ancestors with no need for pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Even though it requires more manpower, this type of cultivation is friendly to the environment and food compared with conventional farming. With this advantage, promoting the tribal crops with certification to ensure the quality and value of agricultural products would help these tribes to become the social production and ecological tribes that fit the spirit of Satoyama Initiative.
Moreover, in order to safeguard indigenous people's inherent right to utilize forestry resources and advance towards forest co-management and resource sharing, the COA announced that the work for drafting the Traditional Indigenous Land and Forest Property Management Regulation is in progress. After the promulgation of the said regulation, indigenous people would be able to collect forest produce such as wild plant and mushroom within national forests and public forests based on traditional culture, rituals, and personal use, among other purposes.
III. Conclusion
The Satoyama Initiative was conceived to restore the balance between human and land through traditional socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), as well as emphasize the harmonious co-existence between man and nature. The international community regards the initiative as a new international system, which helps to pass down traditional wisdom and tribal culture in the forest tribal villages. Moreover, the indigenous reserves should be used for the purpose of maintaining sustainable natural resource and traditional cultural resource, and the management collaboration between public and private sectors in indigenous communities should be developed. The Forestry Bureau and National Pingtung University of Science and Technology launched a collaborative management project with indigenous communities along the highway No. 24 with the purpose of boosting tribal industrial development and innovative thinking of rural rejuvenation. In the future, the Forestry Bureau would continue to expand and intensify the spirit of Satoyama Initiative by promoting it to other tribes, expanding the public-private collaborative framework, building cooperative network with local government, establishing public-private collaborative marketing platform of ecological industry and local ecological industry, creating new employment market, and increasing the income of residents so that the ultimate goal of collaborative management, Satoyama Initiative, and community conservation zone could be accomplished.
The UN Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity took place in Nagoya, Japan in October, 2010.
Concept of Satoyama (a: regular cutting rotation of forest land to offer fuel wood and charcoal; b: coniferous forest; c: red pine; d: forest near the household; e: bamboo forest; f: meadow; g: paddy; h: pasture; i: irrigation canal; j: irrigation pond; k: village; l: livestock (cow and chicken); m: vegetable and mushroom; n: flame cultivation; o: irrigation canal maintenance; p: management of regular rotation of forest land and bamboo forest; q: management of coniferous forest; r: collecting the leaves from deciduous forest to generate compost; s: burning the charcoal; t: shiitake mushroom; u: shrine; v: goshawk; w: Japanese salamander; x: kingfisher; y: farmer and forest protector; z: hiker).
Indigenous people participated in patrol and monitoring operations.
"Four secret paths to Shangri-La" offers four ecological routes for 2-days-1-night tours along the highway No. 24 featuring the beauty and story of Green Utopia in Dawadawan, Roaming the Coffee Country in Dewun, Misty Dreamland in Ali, and Riding on the Moonlight in Dawu.


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AIM Global Breaks 2 Guinness World Records In 2 DaysBy Marhgil Macuha on Jun 1, 2015 in Amazing, Asia, World •
Alliance In Motion Global, Inc. (AIM Global), a leading network marketing company in the Philippines, broke two Guinness World Records in two consecutive days, on May 30 and 31, 2015.
AIM Global made the biggest human smiley with 8,018 people participating on May 30, 2015 at the Quirino Grandstand, beating Qatar's previous record of 4,047 participants set on March 27, 2015.
Meanwhile, the record for the most people wearing costume masks held by Angels Baseball in Anaheim, California, USA, participated by 27,080 people in 2011, was beaten by AIM Global on May 31, 2015. AIM Global broke the record with 30,050 verified participants wearing smiley face masks during their 9th Anniversary celebration at the Philippine Arena.
A Guinness World Records representative officially announced the success of the record breaking attempts during the company's anniversary held at the Philippine Arena on May 31, 2015.
Here's a report from 24 Oras about the record attempt for the biggest human smiley:
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EVA'S TALK IS ABOUT: "ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE FANTASTIC" Eva Mohr is the co-founder of Allthatiwant.com an e-commerce platform for fashion and urban cycling couture. She has a background in media and business, published a book about the digital transformation of the movie industry and worked in film, for e-commerce companies and as a consultant for urban innovation before committing to the love of fashion and bicycles. Eva is also a member of THOUSAND Network formerly known as Sandbox Network and an ambassador for NOW-Network of Women.
ALLTHATIWANT.COM: A COMPANY FOUNDED BY FASHION ENTHUSIASTS, BICYCLE LOVERS AND FRIENDS. Allthatiwant.com was founded 4 years ago in NYC and the team members are now based out of Honolulu, Cologne and TelAviv. "We believe bike lanes are the new runways and we want people to look and feel beautiful on their ride. Everyday we're on the hunt for new designs and on a mission to create products that make your bike life more fashionable and easy."
THE CHOICE TO RIDE IS YOURS…WHY NOT LOOK GOOD WHEN MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION! "As individuals and as a company we strive to make environmentally friendly and socially-responsible decisions. We started as avid cyclists, who love fashion and want to show that a healthy and more active lifestyle is 'cool' and fun, rather than trying to educate people by telling them what to do.
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Date November 25, 2016
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When you're looking for a great baby gift, you can't go wrong with a Mickey Mouse doll.
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The release date on the third Thor solo movie is quite a way off. The God of Thunder's epic third instalment is set for release on November 3rd 2017. However this isn't stopping the casting news and plot details from rolling in. Lately news has come out that Mark Ruffalo's Hulk will appear in Thor: Ragnarok. It was just a rumour until recently when it was confirmed that Mark Ruffalo is currently finalising talks with Marvel Studios to appear in the apocalypse as it appears in Norse mythology. The destruction of Asgard is a pretty big concept to conclude the trilogy on.
Taika Waititi, a director from New Zealand is tipped to direct the fantasy flick which is sure to be a really sweeping adventure. What's more there are whispers that the script is the darkest so far and that the dynamic between Hulk and Thor is similar to a buddy cop film. JoBlo, who originally reported on Ruffalo's involvement have also said that they heard the plot will involve "a distant planet that is not Asgard and not Earth." Could this be the inclusion of the Planet Hulk storyline from the comics at last? Time will tell.


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County to Hold Mental Health Resource Fair
Montgomery County is scheduled to hold a Mental Health Resource Fair on May 16th at the Montgomery College's Rockville Campus.
According to a news release, information on services available to the community will be provided by staff from the Department of Health and Human Services. Resources that will be highlighted include, community-based prevention programs, crisis services, peer-support programs, mental health services, and other support for residents.
The fair is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services' Behavioral Health and Crisis Services Core Service Agency and the Montgomery College Mental Health Program.
The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Small Gym located at 51 Mannakee Street in Rockville.
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Play-Hookey - Online Classroom
Digital logic is at the core of all digital computers, and yet it is entirely based on three fundamental operations, designated AND, OR, and NOT. See how it's possible in these pages…..
These pages now include coverage of the major logic families as well as some practical experiments that you can perform with real components to see for yourself how they work.
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Line Clock - Play-Hookey
"In many digital circuits, we need a regular and continuous train of pulses to control the timing of various circuits. In some cases, we want two separate pulse trains, one the inverse of the other. In other cases, we may want two square wave pulse trains in quadrature...."
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How to Make It
Step 1
Sprinkle lamb with salt. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add lamb; sauté 5 minutes or until browned. Add bell pepper and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Add water and next 5 ingredients (water through peas); cover, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cilantro, sage, and black pepper; simmer 5 minutes.
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Note: Substitute 1 pound beef tips for lamb, if desired. Prepare recipe as directed, increasing water from 1/2 cup to 1 cup and simmering from 5 to 15 minutes longer.


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It's not very nice to go to the cafeteria, smell the biscuits and gravy, feel rather comforted in the thought, and then be denied being able to have it because it has sausage in it.
It used to be that I enjoyed biscuits and gravy quite a bit but when I became allergic to beef and pork, I had to stop since it is usually a sausage gravy. So, it has been a long time since the smell of biscuits and gravy felt very comforting; I've had to move onto other foods. So, I don't know why it smelled good this morning. It was a bit of a blow to find that I couldn't eat it.


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University of Southampton (2014) Roman Amphorae: a digital resource [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1028192
Courtesy of Mira Pavletic, Brijuni
Tamás Bezeczky
Distinctive FeaturesThe Lamboglia 2 amphorae were replaced by the Dressel 6A whose form they closely resemble. Very often these Dressel 6A amphorae were produced in Lamboglia 2 workshops, and it is often difficult to distinguish the two types from each other when fragmentary. The forms of the amphorae in this group also exhibit a wide variety. The handles are round in section rather than oval and the neck is longer and more slender in relation to the body. Sometimes they are stamped on the rim and the neck.
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Date RangeLate first century BC to mid first century AD (Carre, 1985; Piccottini, 1997; Bezeczky, 1998a).
Search: [1st century BC] [1st century AD]
OriginThe type is generally considered to come along the Adriatic from Calabria up to Rimini (Panella, 1970; Buchi, 1971; Baldacci, 1969; Carre, 1985; Van der Werff, 1986; Bezeczky, 1998).
Search: [Italy] [North West Europe]
DistributionItaly, particularly the north-east region, Croatia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, France, Britain, north Africa, Dalmatia, Noricum, Pannonia and the Aegean (Carre, 1985; Tchernia, 1986; Cipriano and Carre 1989; Bezeczky, 1994d; Bruno, 1995; Bezeczky, 1998a; Lund, 2000; Bezeczky, 2001).
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ContentsTituli picti mention wine and garum (Baldacci, 1969; Buchi, 1971, Piccottini, 1997), but it has long been thought that this form carried olive oil from Istria (Degrassi, 1962; Zevi, 1966; Will, 1996).
CommentsPrincipal contributor: Tamás Bezeczky
ClassificationAugst 38
CEIPAC linkThe following link will take you to the Centro para el Estudio de la Interdependencia Provincial en la Antiguedad Clásica CEIPAC database. In the CEIPAC system this amphora has the ID KE51+BYZ. Note: access to CEIPAC requires registration, which is possible via http://ceipac.ub.edu/corpus_reg.php?IDM=e


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ALKOSELR397 is a specific inactivated whole cell yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397) product containing elevated levels of organic selenium (min. 98%).
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