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"He gave his father The Talk."
Dos Equis tries different things with The Most Interesting Man in World, but the campaign's strength lies, and will always lie, in those inspired one-liners—the ones your wife's uncle is always parroting because he knows you work in advertising, and aren't those just the most hilarious commercials you've ever seen in your life?!
"In a past life, he was himself."
"If opportunity knocks and he's not home, opportunity waits."
These two new spots have some great lines—worthy additions to the Most Interesting canon. And while Havas Worldwide has been branching out with the character—it had that answering machine gimmick, and most recently announced it would be celebrating Cinco de Mayo beginning on Dos de Mayo—the original TV-spot formula remains the purest distillation of the character.
He's the same old guy in these ads, only more so. He plays handball. He deciphers hieroglyphics. He goes to India. Even when he's modernizing, it's with a smirk. In one of the new ads, he's gone mobile—with one of those early giant 1980s brick-like cellphones. In the end, the guy is just too cool to be cool.
Like the man himself, this campaign always does best by staying the same.
Client: Dos Equis
Spots: "Handball," "Telecom"
Agency: Havas Worldwide, New York
Chief Creative Officer: Lee Garfinkel
Executive Creative Director: Christian Carl
Creative Directors: Paul Fix, Carlos Fernandez
Writers: Daniel Berenson, Christian Beckett
Art Directors: Jon Vall, Rick Cohen, Jonathan Ong
Director of Integrated Production: Joe Guyt
Executive Producer: Dave Evans
Associate Producer: Matt Sausmer
Managing Director: Kersten Rivas
Group Account Director: Katy Milmoe
Account Director: Marie Massat
Account Supervisor: Alexis Beechen
Account Executive: Sarah Louie
Planner: Theo Soares
Production Company: @radical.media
Director: Steve Miller
Director of Photography: Eric Schmidt
Executive Producer: Gregg Carlesimo
Producer: Barbara Benson
Editorial Company: Outside Edit + Design
Editor: Jeff Ferruzzo
Cutting Assistant: Matt Dolven
Assistant Editor: Laurel Smoliar
Visual Effects Supervisor, Flame Artist: Johnny Starace
Audio Engineer: Eric Thompson
Music Composer: Brett Fuchs
Executive Producer: Sila Soyer
Colorist: Company 3
Colorist: Tom Poole
Producer: Katherine Andrews


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This reflection was generously shared by Darcy Huffman, a member of The Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd in Olympia, Wash, one of the congregations that is directly supporting communities in India through Partnership Bihar. In this post, Ms. Huffman reflects on her experience after visiting the project in January 2018.
Have you ever heard of something called a witness tree?
The Urban Dictionary defines a witness tree as a "solitary tree amid remote or wide open landscape. Usually a witness tree has been around for many hundreds of years and is the only witness to the history in that area."
In January, my traveling companions and I came across such a witness tree in Pandedih, a remote village in the Bihar State of India. It's funny how a tree, like a mountain, can capture your heart no matter where it is.
We were in India to visit villages that are part of Partnership Bihar, a Lutheran World Relief that launched in October 2016 with the mission to create year-round food security and sufficient nutrition for 4,000 farming families, or some 20,000 residents. The $1 million project is being funded by 10 congregations in the United States from coast to coast, including my church, The Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd in Olympia, Wash.
Pandedih was the last of our village visits. In the days before our group had visited two other villages, JoraAam and Kusumdih, each rich and unique in their cultures and their progress in the project for which we were visiting.
But somehow, Pandedih was special for me. Perhaps it was the way they welcomed us into their homes. Perhaps it was the fresh peas they picked for us right from the fields, handing them to us like they were offering us their hearts. Perhaps it was the young woman who insisted on practicing her English with me as she led me around introducing me to every single one of her family members. Perhaps unlike the other villages, it was because the people were more forthcoming of their questions about what our lives were like. It seems that they were just as curious about our lives, as we were about theirs. They wanted to know among other things, if we all had cars, if we grew our own food and if we arranged marriages for our children.
Honestly, I think it was because these women were so sure of themselves and they knew exactly what they wanted from this program. When asked, without hesitation they told us that they want 1) peace in their village, 2) an equal opportunity for boys and girls to go to school, 3) gender equality, 4) enhanced food production for better nutrition and income and 5) to eliminate the need for their husbands to migrate to the cities for work during the non-growing season. Currently about 98 percent of the men in the village are away from home, working in factories for six months of the year.
The social changes in the village have already been substantial. One of the most significant changes is that the women and girls in the village are no longer eating last, thereby getting more food and nutrition. Their families are now eating together, a feat that I pointed out, many of our families have a hard time doing.
Another significant change is the elimination of money lenders in the villages because of the formation of self-help groups. Each self-help group works as a small "credit union." Each time the group meets (usually weekly) women will bring 10 rupees (about 15 cents) if they are able. They pool this money and then lend it to other women in the group for various needs like medicines, school, or farming supplies. The money is paid back in installments at a very low interest rate.
The men in the village seem most supportive of the changes in their wives and daughters. You could see the pride in their eyes, and in the eyes of their sons.
As I left Pandedih and the witness tree that day, I couldn't help but wonder what kind of changes the tree would witness in the future. I am confident that with the continued support of Lutheran World Relief and their partners the future of the village is in good hands

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I spent a lot of time trying to learn new Gods and just getting better in general during S3. It was quite a rough time, since I had some major mechanical issues, but in the end I think I did okay. Back To Selection
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I haven't made an awful lot of videos for this season, but I still do have a whole bunch of footage. I think I'll edit and upload them, just so I can have more matches to compare to and share some more of my progress. Back To Selection
*SMITE* S2 featured a clearer, lighter UI to make it look less depressing more professional. My skills improved a little compared to S1 and I made a lot of videos featuring other co-players. Back To Selection
*Pixel Piracy* (PC)
Pixel Piracy is a side-scrolling 2d, real time strategy/sandbox/simulation game, in which the player controls the crew of a pirate ship. He must sail over a number of sea zones, each with procedurally generated events in a roguelike fashion, while facing against pirates and other hostile forces; recruiting new crew members, keeping discipline, outfitting, upgrading […]
These are matches from when I just had started out with *SMITE*. The UI and pretty much everything else used to look way different from how it does now and my skills were also pretty cringe-inducing. If you'd like to watch these for nostalgia's sake or simply to see how bad I used to be, […]
*Garry's Mod* (PC)
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. Unlike regular games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play. [Source: Steam] Back To Selection
*Terraria* (PC)
Grab your tools and go! You can do many things in Terraria: make weapons and fight off a variety of enemies in numerous biomes, dig deep underground to find accessories, money, and other useful things, gather wood, stone, ores, and other resources to create everything you need to make the world your own and defend […]
*Snowboard Kids 2* (N64)
The game features 10-year-old children (excluding Linda, who is 11) who snowboard down various courses, not necessarily involving snow. Many reviewers compared its style to that of the Mario Kart series. In addition to the usual gameplay of a snowboarding game, Snowboard Kids adds "Shots" (special weapons used to attack players) and items which can […]
*Pokémon Stadium* (N64)
The ultimate Pokémon battle is about to begin… At long last, all of your favorite Pokémon are ready to go head-to-head on the N64! Whether you're battling a friend, a Gym Leader or a tournament contestant, you're about to witness some of the most spectacular battle scenes in history! Select a team from a huge […]
*Mario Party 2* (N64)
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If you're one of the biggest names ever in rap and you decide to write and direct a feature film, then why not sign up your fellow hip hop brethren to create the soundtrack. That's exactly what Wu-Tang Clan member RZA has done for his upcoming movie The Man with the Iron Fists.
The calibre of talent on the soundtrack for The Man With The Iron Fists may see the soundtrack go down as one of the greatest of all time, with some of the names including Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and RZA himself teaming up with The Black Keys for a track called The Baddest Man Alive.
Of course perhaps the biggest name on the soundtrack is that of Kanye West, who offers up a new song titled White Dress. As noted by 405, White Dress sees West go back to the playful beats and catchy style reminiscent of singles from Late Resignation and Graduation. The track sounds damn smooth and its straightforward approach works well with West's straightforward lyricism.
Check out the snippet of White Dress by Kanye West, then check out the trailer for RZA's The Man with the Iron Fists. It looks super badass, and did we mention that the cast includes Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu and is presented by Quentin Tarantino…
Listen: Kanye West – White Dress
Watch: The Man with the Iron Fists – Official Trailer


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Top 10 online casinos – How to find them?
There is a very large number of online casinos available all across this planet and many of them are providing excellent casino experiences, but because they are so many, it could take many months to sift through of the available opportunities in order to put together a short list of those truly exemplary casinos available online.
Licensed operators
Game Selection
Live Casino
Support & Service
Payout Rates
There is also a whole range of important factors to consider such as; casino bonuses, promotions, games and software, online casino security, supported languages, supported currencies, professional and effective customer support, payment processes and many other important factors. Any online casino who fails in just one of these areas is simply not fit to be included in a top 10 online casinos list.
What are the top rated sites?
Fortunately there are many well experienced and professional gamblers, such as high rollers, and these people have investigated thousands of online casinos and all that information has then been put together in order to determine which online casinos are worthy of a place on the top 10 online casinos list globally. The following are the top casino candidates included in this list:
- Jackpot City Casino
- Leo Vegas Casino
- Slots Magic Casino
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- Betsafe Casino
- Casino.com
- Casumo Casino
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Every one of the casinos on this list has been tested to be completely safe and secure.
The role of a license
Licensing of online casinos is important in order to ensure that the entire online gambling industry is properly regulated and that everyone is complying with gambling legislation. Licensing also protects those people who join a specific online gambling casino and when that casino does anything that is an obvious breach of gambling legislation, then the person who has been wronged by that online casino is completely within their rights to lodge a complaint with the gambling commission who has issued the license for that online casino to operate.
Games and software
There are several factors which have to be considered in order to ensure that a gambler will have an extraordinary gambling experience and therefore things such as graphics should be considered as well as the collection of games which is available at that casino and also the software which is used by that casino.
The collection of casino games should be sufficient to provide in the needs of all gamblers and all of those games should be of the highest possible quality in order to ensure a gaming experience which is of the highest standard.
In this regard it is important to understand something about software developers and also to know which developers are currently considered to be the best in the gaming development industry. Some of the most successful developers at this point in time is Microgaming, the organisation NetEnt and Playtech. The most popular online casinos are those who have an excellent selection of live casino games, but they should also have a wide variety of slot games.
Detailed information about promotions
There can be no doubt that the majority of people who decide to join an online casino are those who were been attracted by the promotions which are offered by that online casino. Naturally it would do a gamblers no good to focus only on the rewards, bonuses and promotions when other important factors are not in place such as excellent security or customer service. Nevertheless it is often worthwhile to make use of attractive bonuses and rewards because there can be no doubt that an experienced gambler can gain a lot from those bonuses and rewards.
There is also the deposit bonus which is offered by online casinos which can often provide gamblers with superb opportunities and this can often result in very large winnings. At the very least those deposit bonuses will provide gamblers with the opportunity of finding out whether that online casino will really be able to provide in the specific needs of the gambler that applies to the no deposit bonus as well. Remember that casino reviews can provide a lot of alternative information when it comes to rewards, bonuses and promotions.
Info about prominent payment methods
Once again this is an area where some online casinos will simply be in a league of their own and these casinos will have a payout system which is light years ahead of the competition and which is simply the most consumer friendly system available in the industry. Other casinos may have a whole range of procedures and conditions which will apply before a payment is processed and this will require gamblers to do some research before they commit to any of the available casinos in the industry.
Professional gamblers are in agreement that one of the most important things to remember as far as online casinos are concerned is that you want to do business of a casino who has a professional and quick payout system in other words there should be no unnecessary delays when it comes to withdrawing your funds. Any money which is won by a gambler becomes the property of that gambler and therefore they should be able to have immediate access to that money and any unnecessary delays in this regard only leads to frustration and anger and also to nasty reviews on the website of that online casino.
Who to ask when there are questions or problems?
Any problems, relating to pay outs, financial transactions or unacceptable gambling experiences should be resolved instantly by the customer support department of that online casino. It has been seen repeatedly that when a casino fails in this area they will lose members very quickly because this is one area where compromise is like a death sentence.
The article ends with a conclusion
Gambling should be a carefree and enjoyable experience, there should be no unnecessary obstacles which lead to frustration and anger. Whenever these negative conditions are present, such a casino will continue to lose members because those people will simply go to an online casino which is able to consistently provide a high standard of service.


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October 1995Volume 13, Number 10
My aunt in Massachusetts, who's never had much interest in politics, is now a land-rights activist. Bureaucrats hounded her for months, insisting that her small plot is a wetland "protected" under federal law, and demanding that she repent of the high crime of planting a garden on her own property. Now the swelling anti-government citizens' army has another soldier.
In the years since the greens gained prominence in government, the cause of property rights has become a genuine populist issue. The activists are not corporate lobbyists but average people who believe that they are being stripped of the right to use their property as they see fit. For the people harmed by environmental laws, the issue means war: us (the property-owning citizens) vs. them (the elites in environmental organizations and government).
In every region, hard knocks from the feds are pushing people into active resistance. The West, in particular, has been the site of a virtual state of war between citizens and federal regulators. The government claims ownership rights for itself that it refuses to grant to those who actually use the land. People in rural counties hadn't had to think much about the federal government. Now they know it and hate it.
When California Republican Congressman Richard Pombo held hearings earlier this year to discuss the effects of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on ordinary Westerners, he found a citizenry furious at the environmental police. Like landowners in 1776, these rebels are determined to resist further encroachments on the rights of property.
Freshman Republicans tend to sympathize with these victims of government regulations. Many of the freshmen entered public life for the purpose of curbing and repealing federal laws, and restoring some sense of privacy from government on the home and land. Beating back the greens wasn't in the trifling Contract with America, but it was central to many House elections.
The Republican leadership in both houses of Congress has a different view. These guys have been in Washington during the period when passage and enforcement of eco-regulations grew sharply. They voted for the legislation that caused the most conflict, but as beltway bandits, they have shielded themselves from the effects.
The result could be explosive. Chuck Cushman, national coordinator of the Grassroots ESA Coalition, has argued that "grassroots and property rights activists actually had more influence in the Senate when the Democrats were in control."
Can it be true? The ESA hearings of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works actively excluded testimony from landowners who have seen their property values reduced or zeroed out by regulations. "Not a single victim of the ESA was allowed to testify," said Cushman. "Out of 14 witnesses today on three different panels, not one of them has been personally harmed by the ESA's onerous land-use regulations."
The most fervent environmentalist among the Republican leadership turns out to be Newt Gingrich himself. At the final session of Pombo's Congressional hearings earlier this year, Gingrich appeared unsympathetic to the plight of those testifying. He even turned the tables on them by intoning: "there are enormous interests that we have as human beings in maintaining biological diversity."
In a familiar routine, Gingrich thus thwarted a worthy effort by freshmen, many of whom still believed that a "Republican Revolution" should include an honest effort to restore land rights and shrink Leviathan. At the very minimum, it was supposed to unseat the eco-crazies that Clinton had elevated to top posts.
Gingrich repeated his performance this summer when he opposed Republican efforts to eliminate the functions of the National Biological Survey (NBS). To its proponents, the program is a non-partisan exercise in species identification and classification. But we know that government never gathers statistics without a reason. The program's scope is unprecedented, and its upshot could easily be a tripling of the number of species on the endangered list. It's anyone's guess as to how many more millions of acres the federal government will thereby be able to grab.
The Speaker is not shedding any tears for the victims of the NBS. Gingrich, whose boyhood dream was to be a zookeeper, has been described by left-wing Harvard ant expert E.O. Wilson as "intensely interested in animals." According to U.S. News & World Report, Gingrich has held informal meetings with prominent green scientists for months, including entomologist Thomas Eisner and Marxist paleontologist Steven Jay Gould, but no meetings with land rights groups.
The Speaker's green side, incidentally, is nothing new. Last year, he co-sponsored a measure by Rep. Gerry Studds (D-MA) that would double spending on endangered species and give additional powers to environmental regulators. In the past, Gingrich's support for environmental measures has ranged from the 1979 Alaska Lands Bill, which closed off 68 million acres, to the Clean Air Act of 1990, whose cost has been estimated at over $40 billion annually.
There's no real private property in Washington, D.C., and its residents are the biggest enemies of property rights, rivaling even the vandals and looters in a New York blackout. It takes guts for any member of Congress to stand up to this green establishment. Even when their own constituents are calling, it's easier for the leaders to go along with Washington's status quo, however tyrannical it may be.
But they should remember--and the freshmen should continue to remind them--what they are there to do. They are not supposed to side with the Beltway establishment; they are supposed to oppose it and dismantle it. Truth is, what's good for landowners is good for the country at large. To paraphrase a remark attributed to Mises, government is the only entity that can take over a perfectly good piece of land and render it totally useless.
They should also remember that people like my aunt have far more loyalty to their land than to any particular political party, much less the present leadership of Congress.
Thomas E. Woods, a summer fellow of the Mises Institute, is a doctoral candidate in History at Columbia University


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What is the 'Internal' in Internal boxing. Part-3
22nd August
The most important theoretical aspect to consider when reviewing the 'Internal' in Nei Jia Quan is that they are 'embodied' concepts/philosophy. These concepts are unique to traditional Chinese culture and they actively shape the methods and combat strategies of these boxing systems.
The foundational framework in Taiji Quan is Yin/Yang theory. As the primary method and martial namesake (Taiji = Yin/Yang) it is obvious that we need to understand how Yin/Yang theory becomes a defining principle of this Taiji boxing system.
The cosmological theory of Taiji refers to the two emergent states of Yin and Yang. Visually this is expressed in the Taiji diagram often referred to as 'two swimming fish'. In this diagram, Yang/White holds a balanced predominantly upper state in relationship to Yin/Black which sits below. Both express the theory of interdependence and continuous transformation from one to the other … Read More »
What is the 'Internal' in Internal Boxing-Part 2
9th August
As I have already mentioned in Part-1 the three main boxing systems that are associated most commonly with Nei Jia Quan are Hsing Yi, Ba Gua and Taiji quan. These three systems are bound together by a common conceptual framework, hence their grouping. Internal Boxing systems are an 'embodied' principle/concept and this separates them from most other systems that have developed primarily around the mechanics of attack and defence, speed, strength and of course stamina. Internal systems are developed out of traditional Chinese cultural concepts and ideas. These same concepts/ideas also can be found manifest in other aspects of Chinese culture like Daoist religion, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Qi Gong, Chinese Art and Feng Shui etc. They are culturally defining and express a cosmology, theories of origination, explanations of natural process and phenomena, illness and disease, seasons, growth and decay, … Read More »
What is the 'Internal' in Internal Boxing – Part 1
5th August
There is often much discussion about the relative merits and characteristics of the Internal/External schools of Chinese boxing. Most of these discussions seem to be generated by practitioners who seek clarity on what has become a cloudy and often misunderstood martial classification. Interestingly it seems to be a conversation that means more to the practitioners of the so called 'Internal' schools than those of the 'External' schools. In addition it is also a conversation that is more likely to be had amongst western practitioners than amongst Chinese practitioners who in my experience see less conflict in the two terms.
In the spirit of shedding some light on the discussion, I have decided to put down some comments based upon my own experience and from what I have learned from my years of study under my Master Li Li Qun and more … Read More »


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However there are other factors that can slow this sort of thing down
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Are you ticked off that the Supreme Court says your boss can get all up in your personal business by, um, not footing the bill for your personal business? Take heart, my dimwitted friends!
Help is here. All you need to do is go to this site:
Then, you type in your ZIP code (ask an adult if you need help), and it'll tell you the nearest location where you can get the help you need. If there's no Walgreens near you, CVS and most other retail pharmacy chains have similar features. Google them, if you can figure out how to do that.
That way, Sandra Fluke can get her wish:
A woman's boss should not have a say in her health care decisions-stakes are too high for us to be silent #HobbyLobby http://t.co/xZ247dqtMf
— Sandra Fluke (@SandraFluke) June 30, 2014
What better way to keep your boss out of your health care decisions than by refusing to allow him (or her) to pay for them? Yay!!
In the meantime, it's just fun to watch these thwarted statists seethe:
This is a victory for religious freedom. MT @RevDebra Do NOT let anyone claim that this is a victory for religious freedom.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) June 30, 2014
Out of, not in. But close enough. MT @donnabrazile #SCOTUS ruling on #HobbyLobby is wrong! Your Boss will now get in your personal business.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) June 30, 2014
Liberals believe the exact opposite of the truth, and then become furious when normal people disagree. #HobbyLobby
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) June 30, 2014
Hobby Lobby. Time to burn that shit down.
— Jeezly-Crow™ (@Obfusticate) June 30, 2014
Good luck with that last part, John Pivovarnick!
(Hat tip: Twitchy)
Don't you support a woman's right to choose what someone else should provide for her?
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) June 30, 2014
I support a woman's right to choose what healthcare benefits she offers her employees.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 30, 2014


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Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) is responsible for educating and inspiring young minds to learn and grow in the state of Uttarakhand.
More than 10,000 schools are affiliated with the UK board. The most common functions of the board involve prescribing the syllabus and text books, conducting examinations and announcing results.
As pointed out in the beginning, the UBSE syllabus for every class is prescribed by the Uttarakhand board.
Students are taught all the important subjects including Maths, Social Science, Home Science, Science, etc. They also get to learn languages including Hindi, English and Sanskrit. After 10th, students choose a stream which includes Science, Commerce and Arts. The board also prescribes syllabus for the subjects taught in these streams.
How you perform in Class 10 examination matters a lot. It is only on the basis of the marks achieved in class 10th board, that you get the opportunity to choose a stream, especially Commerce and Science. Uttarakhand Board published the class 10th results this year on May 30, 2019. If we look at the percentage, it stood at 76.43%.
Like 10th, class 12th also holds tremendous value in the life of a student. Basis your scores in this class, you can choose a college or institution for higher studies. If we talk about the facts, in 2019 alone, 1,24,867 students appeared for class 12 examinations. When results were declared, almost 83.79% girls passed the examination. For boys, the percentage stood at 76.29%.
At Bright Tutee, we provide online video lectures for class 9th and 10th students studying in UBSE affiliated schools. Additionally, we also provide assessment and exam preparation materials which are strictly mapped to the Uttarakhand board syllabus.


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Exploring the traditional Macau dishes (and that's Chinese-style, not Portuguese) at Macau Street, estone888 says the roast squab–done to perfection, accompanied with a good mixture of pepper and salt and a lemon to squeeze over it–is one of LA's best. Crispy shrimp is also excellent. Ong choy with spicy bean curd, good; house special crab also good, garlicky and peppery, but not good enough to compare to Fernando's in Macau.
You don't have to be a high roller here, either–dinner for three runs $50. No beer.
Macau Street [San Gabriel Valley]
429 W. Garvey, between Atlantic and Garfield, Monterey Park
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Problems with database
- When I update from CVS, I get a number of conflicts from files that are obviously related to S2. (Example: cvs update: move away LJ/S2/FriendsPage.pm; it is in the way). If I delete those files and then update from CVS, I don't get the conflicts anymore, but the server completely stops working after a restart. (Internal Server Error.) If I update from the Danga repository thing and copy all the S2-related files from there, the server works again after a restart, but CVS-updating gives me the conflicts again. How can I solve this?
I've tried testing Avva's patch here - however, the added priv never shows up on my server. update-db.pl gives me the following message:
# Warning: unknown live table: s2style
update-db.pl -p produces this:
Populating public system styles (S2):
Undefined subroutine &LJ::S2::get_public_layers called at bin/upgrading/update-db.pl line 170.
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This post was originally published on this site
The Federal Reserve, President Trump and Congress have come up with $6 trillion in stimulus and relief programs to help the economy.
Stock market investors are cheering and not many are talking about the long-term risks from all the new borrowing.
Prudent investors ought to take a look at segmented money flows before making any buying or selling decisions.
Segmented money flows are like an X-ray of stocks — they see under the surface.
Let's explore with the help of two charts.
Two charts
Please click here for an annotated chart of the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA, +5.73%, which tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +5.48%. For the sake of transparency, this chart was previously published and no changes have been made.
Please click here for a chart showing segmented money flows in 11 popular technology stocks. Money flows are based on algorithms created at the Arora Report.
Note the following:
• The first is a monthly chart giving investors a long-term perspective.
• Consider looking at the second chart in the context of the long-term perspective given by the first chart.
• The first chart shows the support-resistance zone and "mother of support zones." For more details, please click here.
• The second chart shows that smart money flows are mildly positive for shares of Amazon AMZN, -1.12%, Intel INTC, +1.39% and Microsoft MSFT, +2.12%. The smart money is professional investors such as fund managers and institutions.
• The second chart shows that Alibaba BABA, +4.65% is the most interesting among this group of 11 technology stocks because smart money flows are mildly positive but momentum crowd money flows are negative. The momentum crowd is regular investors chasing stocks that have posted big returns.
• The second chart shows momentum crowd money flows are extremely positive for shares of Apple AAPL, +3.29%, Advanced Micro Devices AMD, +2.40%, Netflix NFLX, -1.24% and Tesla TSLA, +8.45%.
• The second chart shows smart money flows are neutral for shares of Facebook FB, +0.32%, Alphabet GOOG, -0.22% GOOGL, -0.17% and Nividia NVDA, +4.65%.
• Short-squeeze flows are extremely positive for Netflix, AMD and Nvidia.
• The second chart also shows "risk-adjusted rankings" and "non-risk adjusted rankings" of the 11 popular stocks in this volatile stock market.
The chart shows money flow data for short-squeezes in 11 popular tech stocks.
A short-squeeze occurs when short-sellers either panic or are compelled to buy to cover shares that were previously sold short. This leads to a lot of artificial buying that is not based on fundamentals.
A trigger for a short-squeeze can be even slightly good news.
Stock rankings
The chart also shows the relative rankings of the 11 popular tech stocks. These rankings are based on the six screens of the ZYX Change Method. (Please click here to learn about the six screens.)
Risk-adjusted rankings are more useful for medium- and long-term positions. Non-risk-adjusted rankings are more useful for short-term or trade-around positions.
It is time to nibble stocks and ETFs that are in the buy zones, provided you meet the protection criteria with the understanding that the probability is about 65% that the rally will fail. To learn about protection criteria, please see "Stock market investors are asking 'should I buy or sell?' Here's how to decide."
Where is the bottom?
The question about the stock market I am being asked most often is: "Where is the bottom in this stock market?" Opinions are a dime a dozen. To learn about an easy, objective way that all investors can use, please see "Stock market opinions abound — here's an objective way to tell when the market bottoms."
Disclosure: Subscribers to The Arora Report may have positions in the securities mentioned in this article or may take positions at any time. Nigam Arora is an investor, engineer and nuclear physicist by background who has founded two Inc. 500 fastest-growing companies. He is the founder of The Arora Report, which publishes four newsletters. Nigam can be reached at email@example.com.


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A broken seat in the stadium and a broken-down swimming pool pump need a technician to fix it.
These are some of the maintenance roles that one can keep track of using the UpLogs mobile maintenance app. The app not only helps you keep track of your maintenance needs, but it also provides an asset management platform that is intuitive and helps you to run maintenance, testing and inspection schedules that will ensure your facility is operating safely and efficiently by maximizing the life of your equipment and reducing the risk of failure.
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Most stadiums are enormous, and they require service and preventative maintenance. One broken seat in a 60,000 seater stadium is tiring and time-consuming to find. Traditionally, a broken seat is recorded, logged, the manager involved in replacement cost facilitation and then assigned to a technician who will then spend days before working on the repairs. With UpLogs, find the broken chair, take a snap and send it to the relevant team player with video and audio to enhance communication. Create maintenance work orders on the spot with pictures, videos, and audio comments. With the ease and efficiency of mobilizing resources, you not only get more done faster, but it also guarantees that the ease of communicating work orders and work requests encourages productivity and communication in the organization. For maintenance teams, UpLogs is an easy-to-use and capable system that keeps track of all assets and equipment for which the team is responsible. It also includes the schedule for maintenance and history of the maintenance activities. When a piece of equipment is not functioning properly, a member of staff can place a work request which is accessible to the team instantly.
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A chat with STS Flag Football Coach Justin Berry
Contributing author Mary Esper is a Parent Volunteer developing feature stories for our school bulletin board. She welcomes contributing student and parent authors. Contact: email@example.com.
Excerpts from our conversation:
Mary: Thanks for meeting with me Justin. You recently completed the flag football season – tell us about the team and your season.
Justin: The St. Theresa Roadrunners has a 20 member squad from 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The squad accepted girls and boys and 5 of our new students at STS participated. Our schedule included games with Sacred Heart, Kings School and Raymond Cree and the season extended from September through October.
Mary: What motivated you to form and coach a flag football team?
Justin: I played football as a kid and loved it. Now as a dad, I want to teach what I learned about the sport. Playing sports in elementary and middle school is formational to participation for high school sports. I want to help STS kids get this experience now.
Mary: What are some of the challenges you faced as a coach?
Justin: Well, as a coach, you have to understand and coach all positions on a team and I came from a background of playing the same defensive position my whole school career. So, I needed to start thinking about the game differently than I had as a player.
Also, in my tackle football career, being nice and honest were not the top values. Being tough and winning was valued, even if it meant intentionally trying to hurt my opponent. Now, as a parent and coach, I want the kids to learn the value of working hard to build skills and be competitive but to do this in an environment that is fair and decent.
My biggest challenge was learning that I am not perfect and I make mistakes. Players and coaches are both learning.
Mary: Can you say more about this last comment about making mistakes and learning from them?
Justin: Well, two examples come to mind, probably because I have been mulling both over in the post-season.
First, in one of our last games, we were tied in the 4th quarter and it was a very close, competitive game. The other side had tied a player's flag such that it could not be pulled off and this player scored a touchdown. We protested to the referee who nullified the goal. Now we were in overtime. I was steaming mad. Then, we lost the game in overtime. Now, having time to think about it in the post-season, I think losing my cool cost me. There was good reason to be angry at the cheating, but staying angry made it hard to coach well under overtime pressure. I regret not being a better role model for the players in this situation.
Second, during games, I played some players too much and other players too little. There are many aspects to developing players including developing technical skills, work ethic, using skills under pressure and playing as a team. At times I allowed myself to succumb to the "squeaky wheel gets the grease" syndrome. This is not good for anyone on the team. As a parent and coach, I learned (again) that I have to resist the easy path and do the right thing, which is to develop your players and be fair. That means saying no when saying yes is easier.
Mary: Anything else?
Justin: At the beginning of the season, a few girls joined the team but fairly soon after the season started, the girls decided not to play. I feel bad that I didn't encourage the girls to hang in there.
Author's comment: Flag football, like soccer, is a sport that more readily lends itself to coed play. However, the imbalance in numbers of girls and boys playing can be intimidating and the occasional close physical contact of players can be uncomfortable. As a school, we need to figure this one out…..maybe a girl's flag football team? Or, on a coed team, we need to talk early and often about girls and boys playing together to increase overall understanding and acceptance. This needs more thought as a school community because developing girls who want to play sports is incredibly important.
Mary: What are you proud of?
Justin: I am incredibly proud of the players. They decided to join the team and to play flag football; they balanced homework, other school activities, other sports, family time, school time and rest. They were committed from beginning to end: our practices were as well attended at the end of the season as they were at the start. They learned how to work as a team and knock off the negative, critical talk. They played well and enjoyed their wins. They learned from their losses. I think they enjoyed themselves.
Author: On behalf of parents and players, thank you, Justin. We would not have had a team without your initiative to form and coach the Roadrunners. You put in the hours of preparation and coordination needed to make it happen. And you showed us that it is ok to be human in all its guts and glory. Bravo!
Sports-oriented parents: Please think about volunteering your time to help put together a sports team at STS. A team can be in an established league or it can be a casual (STS only) team for the benefit of STS students. Talk with Mr. Keno or send me an email.


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During the day first we will explore the Tlos Historical site and Yakapark.and last one Saklıkent Gorge and mud bath.
Saklıkent Gorge is the longest gorge in Turkey and it 18 km. You will have chance to walk through the gorge. Tlos is one of the most important historical in the Lycian region and Yakapark is the famous restaurant and trout farm in the Yaka district.
As well as we can do the some activities like Saklıkent Gorge rafting but it is extra.
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Advanced Installer 9.0 Release Notes
On March 26th, 2012 Caphyon Ltd. is proud to announce the release of Advanced Installer 9.0 in Free, Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions. This release is available for download on the Advanced Installer website.
The 9.0 release brings a much awaited refresh for Advanced Installer's User Interface. Discover and employ installer functionality easier than ever before with the Ribbon Toolbar and a simplified, streamlined command structure.
Probably our most requested Advanced Installer feature ever, converting existing EXE installers to MSI packages is now as easy as running a wizard. Prepare any setup for network deployment through Active Directory with just a few mouse clicks.
A redesigned and much simplified Custom Actions view, the ability to import packed SharePoint solutions, and many other improvements and bugfixes make Advanced Installer 9 our best Windows Installer authoring tool yet!
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- Ribbon Toolbar
- Ability to convert EXE packages to MSIs
- Import packed SharePoint solutions
- Minimal progress dialog for image slideshow
- Digital Signature command line option
- New path variable command line option for merge module projects
- Redesigned Custom Actions view
- Available users and groups are now displayed in username edit controls
- Added connection/session timeout configuration for IIS web applications
- Removed minimum HTTP bindings requirement for web applications
- Temporary files support for "Call function from standard DLL" custom actions
- Maintenance command lines are now updated automatically when selecting MSI package prerequisites
- Multiple selection support for image slideshow
- "CFBundleShortVersionString" can now be customized for MAC OS X builds
- Removed mandatory value requirement for App-V server settings
- Java Launcher now supports services which use "System.exit(0)"
- Added support for PKCS #12 digital certificate with .p12 extension
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- Error when navigating through tables in Table Editor
- Crash when deleting a file referenced by another element
- Crash when deleting a folder referenced by a chained package
- Crash when adding a file extension in a Windows Mobile project
- Error when importing a WiX fragment
- Error when selecting an MSI for an Attached custom action
- Error when duplicating a Default Program in File Association view
- Error when using an installation path ended with multiple backslashes
- Enhanced UI started the EXE bootstrapper after a prerequisite reboot
- EXE bootstrapper command line did not escape quotes in the MSI command line options
- EXE bootstrapper was automatically enabled when adding feature-based prerequisites using the wizard
- Feature-based prerequisites did not support pseudo-formatted values for their URLs
- "Automatically use the previous version's language" option enabled the "Check for a newer version before install" functionality
- "Check for a newer version" bootstrapper option did not use the correct URL
- "/justcheck" Updater option did not support the "-url" parameter
- New line tokens were ignored by text file updates
- Office Add-In configuration registry keys were incomplete
- Some build options were ignored when using copy/paste
- Prerequisite settings were not saved before exporting to repository
- Global search could not find installer properties
- ICE38 component automatic fix broke the fix for a different component
- ICE38 validation error was not re-evaluated before an automatic fix
- Empty custom tables were not inserted in the MSI
- File registration did not work for DLLs which had MPR.DLL as a dependency
- Assembly native image was not generated correctly
- Assembly native image settings were not converted correctly for older projects
- An incorrect error was shown when a .NET Installer Class Action failed
- Duplicate installation paths were available when installing some side by side packages
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"I Won't Stop Crushing On Kcee Till He Comes To Pay My Bride Price"– Bobrisky
Nigeria babier, Bobrisky is getting crazier every blessed day. He is always seeking for attention in the worst possible way cuz that is the only thing he knows how to do. But the truth is, we still don't know if Bobrisky is a girl or a boy.
Anyway, call it attention seeking or pure madness, Bobrisky has been publicly professing his love for Nigerian music singer, Kcee in recent weeks. FYI - Kcee is married with kids…
He continued again with a series of posts on Snapchat saying he won't stop crushing on the singer till he comes to pay his bride price.


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Welcome to Woven From Words!
Always with a book in my hand and a story in my heart!
I present monthly OwlCrate & Book of the Month unboxings. I look forward to my selections every month!
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GA TWIN TOWERS is the premier project of Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation. This elegant twin towers project is located right in the heart of EDSA, Mandaluyong City.
The whole idea of GA TWIN TOWERS came about due to the demand of the market to find an affordable and decent place to live in within the vicinity of the 2 major business districts, namely Makati and Ortigas Center.
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The second floor of GA TOWERS is a haven of simple yet pleasurable amenities. Residents can take a dip in the swimming pool or get fit and pamper their bodies in the gym and spa. And when you don't feel like cooking, there are several fast-foods establishments to choose from.
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Unit 2920 Lower Penthouse of GA Tower 1 along EDSA cor Boni Ave, Madaluyong.
Very accesible MRT station is just a few steps away. Just in front of Robinsons Mandaluyong, the unit has a very nice view of Mandaluyong, Makati and Manila bay.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Griswalds go to North Carolina
We had a great Christmas. As you may know, we do a big Christmas Eve family dinner. Dad comes over and cooks from about noon to about 6pm. People stream in all day and it is so awesome. Christmas morning was pretty great too. When you have kids, it is so awesome to start traditions and have memories. We open presents at about 7am, then my family comes over about 9am. We do gift exchanges and then we eat. My wife does a couple stradas and we do bagels and lox and those kind of things.
Obviously, the house is a mess after all that and it is really hard to pack for a 7 day winter adventure with all that going on. Once everyone leaves, we turn it into high gear. I clean the house (as best as I can) and my wife starts to pack.
If you didn't hear, we were going to the mountains of North Carolina to a city called Sapphire, 38 miles SW of Asheville. It is about a 10 hour drive from our house.
Oh, and I almost forgot, I invited my wife's family to join us up there. She has a cousin that is married (they are our age) and they have three children, a 16 year old girl, a 14 year old boy, and a 4 year old daughter. And her other cousin, who is a single mom of a 11 year old girl. We really love their company and we have been talking about doing this vacation for a long time. I figured this is a 4 bedroom house, it should be fine. We were very excited.
As an aside, at Thanksgiving, we met the 16 year old's boyfriend and they made the soft sell on us about him coming on the trip. What I mean by soft sell is, "Oh, he is coming with us."
And, after much discussion in the car on the way home, we were going to let it be. But two days before we were supposed to leave, they texted us (you know how I feel about texting) saying, "Our son's girlfriend is coming, too."
Now I really do love my wife's cousins. I love them more than my own cousins. And not because I have to love them, but because I really like being around them. And maybe I don't know anything about having teenagers and the craziness that goes on, but my wife had to call and talk to them about our concerns. We were going to take the two upstairs bedrooms and let the kids have the downstairs but we didn't want teenage orgies going on in front of our 11, 10 and 7 year olds. They understood where we were coming from and said it would be cool. My wife calmed down and was comfortable with the conversation.
So, at about 2pm we loaded up the family truckster and were off. We had a laptop, an iPhone, an iPad, a portable DVD player, a ton of movies, and half of everything we owned packed in that van. And we drove. We were in constant contact with the cousins, who are from Miami, because we planned on meeting in Orangeburg, GA, for our first layover.
We got into the hotel, where we were meeting, about an hour and a half before they did. We settled in and went to bed. By the way, we stopped in a Denny's right off the highway at about 7pm and it was PACKED. Full of folks going to Disney World and such.
We woke up the next morning to their text at 6:30am, "Ready to go." So we dragged ourselves to the free breakfast downstairs. I met my cousin in the lobby. Hugs and kisses all around because everyone was so excited about the mountains. We went in to the restaurant, and my cousin was like the mayor, saying hello to everyone. I looked at my wife like, "What the !@#$ is going on here?" How does he know all these people?
Turns out he has invited just about everyone he knows. His sister and her family and his parents are there. They got their own place together. He invited a co-worker and his family who are getting their own place. And everyone is downstairs at the breakfast place at this hotel. It was like little Havanna in there. It was a little shocking but whatever - the more the merrier. It was going to be great. Packed up the car and got on the road. And, oh yeah, it was already snowing.
Trust me this is a good thing.
We now have about 20 Floridians who have just wee wee-d themselves because there is snow on their windshields.
I am the lead car in a train of 5 cars. I have got the GPS going and my wife is following our tracks on GoogleMaps on the iPhone. Somewhere in South Carolina the directions start to get hairy. What I mean is that you have to go through some small towns to get to this mountain road. The GPS is telling me to go on this road but GoogleMaps is telling me that road. And you know that everyone else's GPS is saying something else.
I know everyone must have thought I was screwing things up so I just pulled over. "My GPS said we should have gone...." "Well, my printed out MapQuest told me we should have turned..."
Whatever. Someone else take over. I don't care. So now I am car #3 out of five. Too many personalities.
We got to Sapphire Valley just fine, without anymore trouble, at about 1pm. We drove into the "neighborhood" and there was A LOT of snow on the roads. Great to play in, but no so much fun to drive in. We got about 1/4 of a mile in (and that was about 2 miles short of our destination) and couldn't go anymore. Well, s!@#$t.
We had to turn the Havanna convoy around. We went to the neighborhood community center and asked around. They said that the neighborhood was supposed to be plowed, but that we should probably get a hotel for the night. We checked in at the Hampton Inn right across the street from the community center. One of the five families got to their home.
(This the front yard of the one house that we got in)
(this is how we chilled the booze)
We were hopeful that tomorrow we were going to be able to get to the house. The next day. we awoke to 12 degree temps. Homey doesn't play 12.
It was bone-chilling cold, but that is why we were there. They said the roads were going to be plowed that day but we didn't want to rush anything. We went tubing and tried to waste time.
At 4pm, we tried the mountain. Yee haw, the roads were plowed. Yessiree we should be in our house in an hour or two.
Okay, so I was wrong. A plowed road doesn't always mean a drivable road. We made it up the mountain about 1/4 farther before it got too steep for a minivan. One of families brought a 4x4, so we called him up. I thought if he could get us up there, we could make better decisions. Well, he got us up about a mile before he was starting to slip. We are Florida boys, what the hell do we know about mountain driving?
So we bagged it for the second night. Back to the one house that was inhabited and we all had a Cuban feast. My wife and I decided to rent at a Bed and Breakfast that night, and it was very cozy for our family. The others decided to sleep on the one available house's floor. That would be 7 adults and 9 children in a three bedroom house (with hardwood floors).
We woke up fine and they woke up ticked off because of lack of sleep. They went straight to the local time share place and rented two condos for the remainder of the time. They didn't want to risk not having a bed to sleep in for another night. They asked me if I thought this was okay.
What was I going to say? I kind of felt responsible for their misery. But I was still holding out hope we could get to this house. I was thinking to myself, "They say they are going to plow the roads again until they are passable. They are going to salt the roads. We could possibly get there today."
But then again, they can be right and they would really be angry. We checked into the condo. My family shared a two bedroom condo with my wife's cousin and her daughter. They got a room and we got a room. Our boys slept on a pull-out couch.
We went from a 4,000 square foot house on the side of a mountain with pristine views and 2,000 decks looking out to 900 square feet on the bottom of the mountain to this. We did get to the house, but I am not going to tell you anything else.
I know I sound like such a wussy. I heard on the radio that Florida is the only state NOT getting snow today. All of you have seen these photos right outside your house. But like I said, I am a Florida boy and get to see snow like every 3 years.
I have to go now and shovel about 8 inches of sunshine off my driveway (I know I am rubbing it in).
See you friday,
4 comments:
- Ju Blaine said...
Wow that's crazy. School is shut down until Monday because we still have like 6-7 inches on lookout Mtn. My brother and i had already moved back in, but i decided to drive down to Florida to hang with the girlfriend for the weekend! It's a lot calmer down here that's for sure!
Joe Lloyd
- January 13, 2011 at 12:34 AM
- Hannah said...
Sounds like you had a nice, relaxing vacation... I'm sad it didn't snow here, though; places even 45 minutes away got snow, but we didn't get a drop of precipitation despite the 25-degree weather. Oh well. I would've had to stare at it longingly from my office window all day anyway, so I guess it's just as well!
- January 13, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- scottsdale dentist said...
This blog keep me from reading from the top till the end...some parts made me laugh..sorry...
- February 7, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- gatordmd said...
I am glad you liked it. There are many more laughs to come. I promise, so keep reading.
- February 8, 2011 at 8:31 AM
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Ryan Reynolds claims he has "every intention of adopting"
Ryan Reynolds, the utterly delicious husband to the equally as gorgeous starlet Scarlett Johansson, has admitted that he has "every intention of adopting at some time."
The 32-year-old Hollywood star, who is currently promoting romantic comedy, 'The Proposal', with co-star Sandra Bullock, has an adopted brother which has made him contemplate adopting in the future.
Reynolds explained:
"My oldest brother is adopted and I have every intention of adopting at some time. I'm very grateful for having my brother in my life. I couldn't be more pro-adoption. There are plenty of kids in the world that need it."
The actor, who married Johansson, 24, in an intimate ceremony at a Canadian wilderness retreat last year, said of his life growing up:
"I learned how to take a punch from a very early age, I was routinely pummeled into a fine cottage cheese. I have my father's face and body, but my mother's unshakeable thirst for knowledge. She works part-time jobs, but basically she's been a student her whole life. She still goes to university and she's in her 60s."
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Papa John's Pizza, the US-founded pizza delivery franchise with more than 5000 restaurants around the world, wants to see 100 stores established in New Zealand.
"We are targeting a total development potential of approximately 100 units for the entire country," international business development manager Erin Snyder told Fairfax.
She says if the company finds a strong candidate to oversee the franchise in New Zealand, it could be here in 2018.
If it succeeds, Papa John's will be up against Pizza Hut, Domino's and Hell Pizza, among many independent pizza outlets.
Domino's leads the way with 114 stores in New Zealand, followed by Pizza Hut with 93 and Hell with 66.
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New Zealand has been rated one of the fattest countries in the world, with 29.2 percent of Kiwis classed as being obese in 2015, using data from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
In New Zealand there's one McDonald's restaurant for every 27,000 Kiwis and one KFC restaurant for every 41,000 of us.
The United States leads the way in McDonald's restaurants, with one franchise for every 14,200 Americans.


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OCCUPATION: State Legislator representing Tantalus, Makiki and McCully
RUNNING FOR: U.S. Congress, 2nd District
MAUITIMEWEEKLY: Why should people vote for you?
BRIANSCHATZ: Because I have the energy level and skills to compete in a room full of 435 barracudas!
Are you sure about that?
Yes, I'm sure about that.
What's the biggest problem facing your district?
Lack of infrastructure.
So, I take it you've been to Maui?
I've been there 15 times already for this election.
What do you intend to do about this problem?
Bring home federal money for bypass roads in Lahaina and Kihei. I think those are the two biggest jam-ups.
What are your feelings on Hawaiian sovereignty?
Self-determination is critical to protect Native Hawaiian
institutions and programs. More importantly, the federal government
must recognize there was a Hawaiian nation that proceeded America.
Without that recognition, Hawai`i will become a different place.
What do you think of the proposed Superferry?
Unintended consequences like overcrowding and difficult shipping for local farmers.
How about George W. Bush?
Overwhelmed. Petulant.
Mixed blessing.
Illegal, but not as bad as ice.
What's the most difficult thing that ever happened to you?
Coming to terms with the death of a loved one.
Care to elaborate?
No, sorry.
What's the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
Peeing my pants in the middle of class in fourth grade.
I appreciate your honesty. You must've been a dedicated student.
I don't know why I peed in my pants!
What's the last book you read?
Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat.
What's your favorite thing about Maui?
The people.
Everyone says that!
Well, it's true. That and the fact that you can get good Mexican food on Maui.
Is Maui going to have an infrastructure-related disaster very soon?
Well, I'm a hopeful person. I think that the business cycle will
slow and development won't be so rampant. You also need to get the
right people on the County Council who take things seriously—there are
some good candidates there. In order to avoid a disaster, those two
things need to happen. And I think they will. MTW


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Iran's Rohani 'should have refused' Obama phone call
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief, General Mohammad Ali Jafari (pictured), on Monday criticised President Hassan Rohani's telephone call with US President Barack Obama, the first senior Iranian official to slam the diplomatic move publicly.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief said Monday President Hassan Rouhani should have refused a telephone call from his US counterpart, in the first public criticism of the move by a senior official.
Rouhani's landmark conversation with Barack Obama last week was the first contact between leaders of the two countries since the rupture of diplomatic relations in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"The president took a firm and appropriate position during his stay" in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, General Mohammad Ali Jafari said in an interview with the Tasnimnews.com website.
"But just as he refused to meet Obama, he should also have refused to speak with him on the telephone and should have waited for concrete action by the United States."
Jafari said the Iranian government could make "tactical errors" but added that these could be "repaired".
"If we see errors being made by officials, the revolutionary forces will issue the necessary warnings," added the commander of the elite Guards who consider themselves as defenders of the values of the revolution.
The criticism came despite appeals earlier this month by both Rouhani and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the Guards, to steer clear of politics.
Jafari said Washington should respond to the good will shown by Rouhani in New York by "lifting all sanctions against the Iranian nation, releasing Iranian assets frozen in the United States, ending its hostility towards Iran and accepting Iran's nuclear programme."
The commander of the Guards air wing General Amir-Ali Hadjizadeh told the corps' own sepahnews.com website that "US hostility can't be forgotten with a phone call and a smile".
But Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan backed Rouhani's decision, arguing that Obama's call was the sign of Iran's "the power and greatness".
Before and during his stay in New York, Rouhani indicated he had "full authority" on the nuclear negotiations with the West, and the support of Khamenei.
The supreme leader has yet to comment on the telephone conversation, but on September 17 he said it was "unnecessary" for the Guards to get involved in politics.
The previous day, Rouhani called on the Guards to "stand above political tendencies".
Rouhani, elected in June on a platform of easing confrontation with the West and lifting sanctions that pummelled the Iranian economy, accepted a phone call from Obama on Friday, and the pair spoke for 15 minutes.
The impetus for the call came from Iranian officials.
The momentous conversation was broadly welcomed in the Iranian press as well as abroad, but a small group of hardline Islamists protested outside Tehran's Mehrabad airport on his return.
A shoe was thrown, as the protesters chanted: "Death to America," a slogan that was long a ritual refrain at official rallies.
In addition to the telephone call, Iran held talks Thursday with foreign ministers of the major powers on the framework for negotiations on its nuclear programme which are due to be held in Geneva on October 15-16.
The West wants major concessions from Tehran including the suspension of all enrichment of uranium beyond the level required to fuel nuclear power plants, and the closure of Iran's underground enrichment facility near the central city of Qom.
The United States and Israel have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran's nuclear drive, which they say is aimed at developing atomic weapons.
The West wants major concessions from Tehran including the suspension of all enrichment of uranium beyond the level required to fuel nuclear power plants, and the closure of Iran's underground enrichment facility near the central city of Qom.
Iran insists its nuclear drive is entirely peaceful in nature and that it is enriching uranium to five and 20 percent only to generate electricity and for medical purposes.
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A rare amphibian is fiercely guarding a clutch of around 50-60 eggs in a water-logged cave near Postojna in southwestern Slovenia, and biologists are nervously anticipating babies.
Nicknamed dragons because of their long, serpentine bodies, olms are a species of blind, aquatic salamanders that eat, sleep, and breed entirely underwater. Despite having a lifespan of around 100 years, olms only lay eggs once or twice a decade, making what's about to happen a very, very special event.
While we've got up to 60 eggs to pin our hopes on, biologists on the scene suspect that only a few will end up hatching, and it's anyone's guess as to when that will happen, and how long it will actually take.
"Right now it looks like three are good candidates," Saso Weldt, a biologist working at the cave, told the BBC. "She started laying eggs on 30 January. She is still laying one or two eggs per day, and they need something like 120 days till they hatch."
Three babies from 60-odd eggs might sound like a pretty dismal result, but thanks to an aquarium that's been built inside the Slovenian olm cave, these creatures have been given the best chance of survival, away from the predators, pollution, and temperature fluctuations that other olm families have to deal with.
They're now being monitored around the clock by a team of researchers that are definitely not going to let any rival olms ruin the event like they did back in 2013. As Jonathan Webb reports for the BBC, another of Postojna's captive olms laid eggs three years ago, but none of them hatched, and the fact that other olms ate a bunch of them certainly didn't help.
This time around, the mother olm - known locally as Dragon Mum - has been isolated, and is being fed extra oxygen for good measure. "This is very cool - it is quite extraordinary," said Primoz Gnezda, a biologist working at Postojna Cave. "But also, we are quite scared that something will go wrong, because the eggs are very sensitive."
It's not only going to be an incredible thing for us to witness if Dragon Mum does end up having live, healthy offspring, it's going to be a real boon for biologists who study the elusive species. Everything we think we know about what will happen with those eggs - which isn't much - is based on a single colony of olms that was established in an underground lab in the French Pyrenees more than 60 years ago.
"It is very significant because there is not a lot of data about anything, [relating to] the reproduction of this group of animals," olm expert Dusan Jelic from the Zoological Society of London told the BBC.
Best of luck, Dragon Mum and future babies, we're rooting for you!


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|Mongolia is a land of high desert studded with
mountain ranges. Perfect for the contry's meat and dairy
Now I'm pretty good in geography, but I'm going to tell you that I had to get down my globe to find out where Mongolia is. I know, I know, you're all laughing because you know it's a country bordered by Russia and China. Truthfully, I think I must not have been paying attention in geography class the day that part of the globe was being discussed.
It doesn't matter what you name this recipe. It would taste great if it was known as "Gunk". But I warn you. It is warm on the tongue and the back of the throat, though it doesn't make my mouth hurt or my lips swell in pain. And while the food is spicy, it's a good kind of heat that I found addictive and I wished I'd doubled the recipe. By the time my guests and I finished eating, all that remained was a bit of the steamed rice I'd served as a side. Everything else was gone. Which only means I'm going to have to make it again. And soon. Because yes, it was that good.
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup water
1 Tbs. soy sauce
1 Tbs. agave nectar
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. sirracha
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
8 oz. mushrooms of your choice
8 oz. package of seitan, cubed or cut into strips
2 tsp. grated ginger, fresh
1 good pinch of cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 big handful of snow peas
2 green onions, sliced thin
1/4 cup diced cilantro
3 cups steamed rice
Make the sauce by combining the first six ingredients together in a small bowl.
Place a large wok or skillet on medium-high heat. Add the vegetable oil and stir fry the mushrooms and seitan until they are lightly browned. Add the snow peas, scallions, and cilantro and and cook another 2-3 minutes. Add the spices and stir fry another 3-5 minutes.
Add the sauce to the pan, reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until the sauce has thickened. Serve over the steamed rice.
Try not to smack your lips while eating.
Serves 3-4, depending upon how many sides you have.
|Vegans are always ready to try something new and tasty.
This recipe has been adapted from the cookbook, Chloe's Ktichen.


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Keep up to date
The Highfields region is set to host its first First Coat mural at the Highfields Village Shopping Centre in December 2016. A welcomed inclusion to the Centre, the north facing Woolworths wall will feature a large-scale street art mural from local artist Gimiks Born.
The Highfields community will take part in the process, with the Centre proposing two concepts to go to a public vote to decide on the final design that will appear on the high traffic centres exterior.
Engaging the community even further, student workshops at the Highfields State Secondary College will be held by artist Gimiks Born throughout November. Students will learn a number of artistic skills and will produce a completed artwork of their own to keep.
Round Sqaure Marketing will assist the Highfields Shopping Village in executing the campaign, including media liasing and managing all community engagement strategies.


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Why is this install asking for .NET 3.5 …
I'm not using any code that's specific to .NET 3.5 framework. I am however developing my application using Visual Studio 2008. Yes I have specified the target framework as .NET2.0. Still my installer that my setup project created is asking for .NET3.5.
Normally this is no big deal, just download the core .NET3.5 framework files, about 70MB and your done. But let's say that you don't have the system requirements for .NET3.5, for example Windows2000. You can't install .NET 3.5 on Windows2000.
So I did some investigation on the setup project. Because I was absolutely sure I did not write any code that required .NET3.5 it had to be there somewhere.
In your Setup Project you need to look for Deteched Dependencies. There is a node called Microsoft .NET Framework, double click this and look at the property window:
As you can see, you can specify the required .NET framework there. Change this to the framework you desire and you're ready to go!


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China Hepatitis B Vaccine Vaccine Policies Continue Facing Difficulties, Says Huidian Research
26 Oct 2012 • by Natalie Aster
According to the National Serum Epidemiological Survey of Hepatitis B and the Related Diseases, hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate of 1 to 59 years old group nationwide is 7.18%. Calculated at this data, there are still about 93 million hepatitis B surface antigen carriers in China. In May 2012, (24 O'clock of May 1st to 24 O'clock of May 31st, 2012), there were 113,147 reported morbidity cases and 56 deaths all over China.
Over the years, China has promulgated a series of policies on inoculation of hepatitis B vaccination. However, relative to the high carrier rate of hepatitis B patients in China, the supporting power of the national policies is not enough.
The new report "Analysis of China's Hepatitis B Vaccine Industry, 2012-2016" by Huidian Research shows that there are still many problems in the implementation of hepatitis B vaccine policies, and the effect is not ideal. The main reasons are: firstly, the leaders of local governments and relevant departments do not pay enough attention to the importance and urgency of hepatitis B disease's prevention and control work, especially in the remote and economically underdeveloped regions, the leaders of government and relevant departments did not give proper attention and policy guarantees to this issue; secondly, the serious shortage of funds investment influenced implementation of various measures, at present, only neonates can vaccinate free hepatitis B vaccine; thirdly, high medical cost results in a number of patients whose economic strength is limited cannot be treated in time; fourthly, lacking of standard diagnostic reduces the quality of hepatitis B epidemic disease reports.
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Michel Nykjaer will attempt to reclaim the European Touring Car Cup at the Salzburgring this weekend behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Cruze.
The Dane won the title at his first attempt in 2007 at Adria in a GR Asia-run SEAT Leon. He then won again in 2008 at the Salzburgring driving a Chevrolet Lacetti entered by Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark. In 2009, at Braga, he failed to retain his crown in the Lacetti.
In last year's series (which was made up of three events rather than just one) he contested the second and third rounds at the Salzburgring and at Franciacorta, using the SEAT Leon TDI he was racing in the WTCC with SUNRED. He won all four races he entered, which was enough to see him finish runner-up overall, just four points behind James Thompson.
This weekend he will again use a Chevrolet, this time a 2.0 litre normally-aspirated Cruze model run by the Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden team, usually raced by Rickard Rydell in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.


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I have been fascinated by the suggestion that life with cancer somehow equates to "a new normal" in my families existence. I don't know what that is supposed to mean, exactly; isn't "normal" supposed to be an objective center, a median experience, the fulcrum of an ever-swinging scale? But nowhere does the relative nature of normality present itself so clearly as with the slide into a chronic, managed illness.
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The management of the football club Baki has approached several foreign players with the possibility of their transfer to be formalized by the start of the new season.
Baki is about to clinch transfer agreements with Suad Liji, a midfielder of the Albanian national team, and Latvian forward Stoltserts. Both have been invited to trial performance in the framework of the club's preparations in Guba.
So far the Baki club has hired Ionuts Badya, a defender of Dinamo Bucharest, and Alban Dragusha, who was transferred from Ukrainian football club Vorskla last year. Baki's goal keeper Soso Grishikashvili is also a foreigner вЂ" he is a standby goal keeper of the Georgian national football team.
During its trial games, Baki has succeeded in gaining a 3:2 victory over MKT-Araz, another local club, which last month hired Igor Nakonechniy, a Ukrainian coach.


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The cuttest evil eye bracelet you will ever wear. This mini enamel vermeil or sterling silver based bracelet will discretely bring you luck and will blend with any other styles. The silk thread will allow size adjustment and will be perfect for gifts of any gender.
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A cellular watch that can make video calls? You won't find many of them because smartphones are so much better at doing that, but we've probably all longed for this seemingly futuristic concept when we were young (just as our own James Trew confessed in his Neptune Pine review). Thanks to the folks over at Doki Technologies, kids these days will get to realize this dream.
The DokiWatch is a rugged Android smartwatch with a 1.22-inch touchscreen, and it packs all the essentials for keeping an eye on a child: It comes with 3G radio (1900/2100 MHz; works on AT&T and T-Mobile) plus a Micro SIM slot, as well as location tracking (using GPS, WiFi and cellular signal), an SOS button and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera -- the part which makes it stand out from the other kids smartwatches.


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Living in the Past, Jane Lovering
Living in the Past, Jane Lovering
Genre: Women's Fiction
Well, I'll start with that genre category, women's fiction. Why? I so hate that we alienate men from stories that they could well enjoy, splitting books into Women's and Men's is so dated, harks back to the fifties or so and has no place in literacy today. Well, that's my take.
Anyway, to the book. I love Jane Lovering's stories, find ChocLit delivers books I almost always love, and this one was another perfect read. A story that's got that bit extra, not a cut and paste romance but one where there's a fascinating story line running through.
I'm kind of open minded about time travel, just because we don't understand it, if its possible, doesn't mean it isn't. After all years back what's common place now was thought impossible, but science and technology brings leaping progress in what was thought impossible. I think of it as sort of parallel worlds, existing at the same time and maybe parts are thinner, maybe its some bloodlines, maybe time of year etc that allow people to pass through.
I love Grace, she's been a widow for two years, and talks still to Jamie. I talk daily to my late husband to, so her feelings resonated with me. She has some great friends and they have been a solid support and as part of that Grace gets dragged off on an archaeology dig.
Duncan, the dig leader is a terrific character. He appears abrupt, abrasive and grumpy, yet his colleagues and students follow him avidly, knowing he's very skilled at his career. This dig is personal for him though, and through it Grace discovers some of why he appears so unapproachable. I so felt for him, what an awful thing to happen, and the repercussions have shadowed his whole life.
Its kind of not hard to see where the story goes, but that didn't matter, its delivered in such a fascinating way. I really felt there with Grace, out in the mud of the 21st century with the dig, and then back with Lady Hen. I love the way the two stories worked seamlessly, how they fitted together, and how we gained insights of the characters, saw how events can shape us. Life happens and we react to it, and what happens to us affects us as people.
Stars:Five, another great read from Jane, one I was really absorbed in and enjoyed thoroughly.
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