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Baccarat Game Cheating
The notion of cheating in casino table games has been around since the games themselves, and Baccarat cheating is no exception. What's really interesting about this game is that there are a lot of cheating options based on simple concepts because just seeing one card into the shoe or knowing what the very next card to be dealt is going to be can give you enough information to get a big advantage over the Baccarat casino. We're going to look at how this type of cheating works on a fundamental level and what is and isn't considered cheating.
The Fundamentals of Baccarat Cheating
The biggest thing you can do to cheat at Baccarat, and the thing that almost every form of cheating is based around, is figuring out what the next card to be dealt is going to be. In games that involve a burn card, you'll actually need to see the next card after that, and there are various ways to try for this including marked cards, deck structuring and more. We're going to skip over the different ways to actually find out what this card is since those methods are constantly changing. Instead, we're going to look at what you do with that actual information once you have it.
When You Know the Next Card
Baccarat Wiki Tips: If you know the next card to be dealt in an eight-deck game, then there are plenty of opportunities to explore Baccarat cheating. When the dealer shows a ten or face card, you'll have a 5.5% advantage over the house by betting on the banker. An ace gives the banker bet a 5.4% edge, and that drops slightly to 4.9% for a two. The threes, fours and fives also all give the banker wager an advantage over the house, and this edge is of 4.3%, 3.2% and 1.1%, respectively.
The remaining four cards all give the player hand an advantage, and it can be pretty substantial. A player bet when a six is to come gives a 0.8% edge, but that jumps to 7.4% when the card is a seven. You should also bet for the player on an eight for a whooping 17.29% advantage against the house. Finally, if you know the next card to come is a nine, then you'll have an amazing 21.53% edge for betting on the player. It goes without saying that you can absolutely destroy this game for massive winnings if you can figure out what that next card is going to be when you're betting.
What's Not Considered Cheating
While there are many techniques for Baccarat cheating, it's also important to realize what cheating is not. If you're just using information that you get from the normal play of the game, then that's never cheating. For example, if a dealer is flashing that next card by accident, and you're not doing anything shady to find out what that next card is with cooperation or changing the basic rules of the Baccarat game like with marking cards, then it's not cheating.
It's also important to note that card counting in Baccarat isn't cheating either, though casinos discourage it. You have to understand that they can stop allowing you into the games or onto the property for any reason, and they have to protect the house advantage of their games. That's why no matter if you're cheating or not, advantage players have to try to fly under the radar.


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Sports fans are livid over SKY's decision to hike the price of its Fan Pass service, whilst cutting subscription options.
Earlier this week the television giant, which has a near monopoly on the broadcast of many sports in New Zealand, said daily and weekly passes to its two-year-old online service would no longer be sold. Day passes went for $15 and weekly, $20.
From May 24, the monthly subscription for Fan Pass will go from $60 to $100.
"Netflix doesn't allow you to come in on a Saturday, binge view House of Cards and then disconnect," SKY chief executive John Fellet said, defending the company's decision.
But many Kiwi sports fans have taken to social media to say they'll just use pirated streams, rather than pay SKY's new prices.
A post on the New Zealand section of popular site Reddit had more than 280 comments as of Saturday afternoon, virtually none of them defending SKY.
"Congrats Sky, you just turned me back into an illegal streamer instead of a paying subscriber," wrote user BSnapZ.
"I was a streamer, then I started using fanpass a bit, now it's back to the streams. Idiots," added brownlee8mybaby.
"It's like Sky are now seeing their own product as an enemy to their subscription service," wrote pictureofacat. "Instead of embracing the shift towards internet-based streaming, they're doing everything they can to protect their dying, outdated platform."
Reaction on Twitter was just as negative. Blogger and host of Maori TV's Media Take Russell Brown said SKY was "basically murdering" its online sports service, whilst making its Sky Go service "harder to use than ever".
"I was honestly considering a monthly pass on Fanpass to watch the Lions tour. Not anymore," wrote user Pseudony_Ms.
Gavin Odgen summed up his feelings in a Star Wars gif.
Spinoff chief and media commentator Duncan Grieve said SKY's plan appears to be to "obstinately stick to the distribution method it came into the world with three decades ago".
"The customer experience of watching whatever, wherever and whenever you want on any device with a slick accessible interface is a huge part of the appeal. And no amount of price-ratcheting will change that."
He pointed out SKY's normal sports package is $20 cheaper than Fan Pass will be.

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Allow all users to select all other trusts in custom peer lists
At the moment, trusts can only select other trusts within the same sector as peers i.e. community trusts with community trusts, mental health with mental health. This suggestion would allow all trusts to choose anyone else from the NHS to peer against, whether they be acute, acute specialist or even ambulance trusts, where data are available.2 votes
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Enable bespoke peer lists to be copied between compartments
It would be useful if custom peer groups could be applied to more than one compartment, rather than having to reselect all relevant trusts for every relevant dashboard.3 votes
Save custom peer groups so they are visible across all trust users
As a user from a trust, it would be helpful to be able to save a custom peer group that can be accessed and used by all users within the trust without all peers having to be individually selected by each user individually.11 votes
More information about the services trusts deliver
Add a list of trusts providing different services so that I can select trusts who deliver similar services as peers.3 votes
New peer group - FSM trusts
It would useful to be able to peer against all trusts in financial special measures3 votes
Include Opportunity Scanner in the list of dashboards for which you can define specific peer groups.3 votes
Allow NRLS Data that NHS Improvement already publish to be available on Model Hospital , so that you can create Peer Groups
NHS I publish NRLS data every month based on Trust's uploading their data to the NRLS system, it would be useful to move this into Model Hospital that way, Trusts could pick Peer Groups to compare activity, such as MH Trusts of similar size / service provision or geographical locations.1 vote
Remove restrictive specialist trust peer groupings
Specialist trusts in some metrics are only able to see 16 specialist providers in the interactive chart (e.g. Sickness absence, radiology agency spend etc).
It would be really helpful if this restriction were removed, to enable all interactive charts to display results for all c137 providers.
My (specialist) trust would like to benchmark against all providers, but the current limitation (where n=16 in the distribution on certain metrics) doesn't facilitate this.0 votes
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The Counterintuitive Jihad
The Counterintuitive Jihad
WASHINGTON: Gone are the days when avoiding religious and political discussions was essential to retaining friendships. Today one cannot open a newspaper without stumbling upon a story on murder and mayhem in the name of jihad somewhere in the Muslim world and op-ed pieces that implicate Muslims and Islam as a monolithic faith. Discussing religion and politics in public and private squares is essential to peace, coexistence, development and progress!
Among the most misunderstood and, indeed, most abused moral concepts of the 21st century is the doctrine of jihad. The doctrine was not fairly presented or objectively analyzed in the marketplace of ideas – merely shoved by the events of 9/11 onto a dichotomous stage of political theater designed to keep Islam and the West apart. The script was written, the actors played their roles. For some, the "clash of civilizations" was unavoidable.
As a multifaceted spiritual process to improve one's relationship with Allah by enduring challenges, improving conditions, improving one's own self and one's relationship with family, neighbors, community, with all of God's creation, jihad is abused by actors on both sides.
Its root word comes from J-H-D in Arabic, which means struggle or strive. There is no room for reckless violence, domination, transgression, chaos or oppression within that definition. Yet, for the average person in the West, Muslim or not, the word projects a negative picture of angry, sword-wielding Muslims waging holy war against non-Muslims.
Ironically, the concept of holy war, or xarb al-muqaddas, does not exist within Islam. In Islam, war is a situational phenomenon permissible only under specific conditions such as self-defense, ending oppression, or establishing law and order. Declaration of a war – violent struggle or jihad – comes only after all other means of remedying a given problem were exhausted. Only a legitimate state can foster necessary deliberation on the legitimacy of that final decision, maintain monopoly of its army's arsenal and discipline transgressors.
Wars cannot be holy, because in Islam once something is holy, it remains holy.
This is why violent extremists who arbitrarily declare themselves a legitimate authority do not win genuine, sustainable public support. The holy war concept erroneously associated with Islam is deeply rooted in the doctrine that inspired the Crusades.
According to the Prophet Mohammed's teachings, the best form of jihad is the word of truth, or demanding justice before a tyrant – speaking truth to power. Since the Arab Spring – and before that with the anti-apartheid, civil rights and anti-colonial movements – history's testimonies have long revealed that the most potent power in changing policies, compelling political concessions, reforming societies, is the united will of the people once they decide to take their rage to the streets, peacefully, even if that means risking their lives.
Violent extremists such Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda are notorious to omit or outright disregard the 13 years when the Prophet Mohammed and his companions endured persecution with perseverance before migrating to Medina, though this period of Islamic history is the foundation of the faith. Extremist groups do not care for the wellbeing of the people or resort to means other than violence to settle differences or resolve problems. "Where is your 13 years?" is a question they cannot answer.
In a Hadith, the Prophet said, "The greatest form of jihad is Jihadul nafs" – that aimed at purifying one's self. The inward struggle requires three elements: self-knowledge, self-discipline and humility to recognize the transcendental objective of one's actions and inactions. The Koran confirms this form of jihad in chapter 11, verses 1-10, in which God reveals that ultimate success belongs to those who morally purify their own selves and ultimate failure belongs to those who morally corrupt their own selves.
Mohammed was resolved on transforming a society primarily ignorant both in the moral and literal sense. The fundamentals of Islam are encapsulated in one of the shortest chapters in the Koran, chapter 103, verses 1-3. As an illiterate, his motto was "Innama al 'ilmu bi ta'alum, innama al sabru bil tasabur, innama al hilum bi attahallum," or "Verily true knowledge is gained through the act of seeking and practicing; verily patience and perseverance is gained through the act practicing, and verily the honorable act of forbearance is gained through practice." In other words one must regularly demonstrate these qualities before being considered a sincere follower – an area in which violent extremists fail miserably.
Examples from history are worth studying:
When Mohammad returned to Mecca after suffering persecutions, in the year 622, he ordered his oppressors to gather and posed the question, "What do you think I ought to do to you now?" Then, he released them with the words: "Today, no harm shall be done onto you. You may leave (or stay peacefully) for you are free."
Muslim leaders, including Umar Ibn Al-khattab and Salahuddin Al-Ayyoubi, displayed forbearance upon conquering the city of Jerusalem centuries apart, the 7th and 12th, respectively, and recognizing as all great leaders do, that the high road and long-term view carry priority over satisfying one's vindictive urges.
Ali Ibn Abi-Talib while engaged in a swordfight, also in the 7th century, struck his opponent's weapon out of his hand. Ali lifted his sword to deliver a fatal blow, and his enemy spat in his face. Ali immediately disengaged. The enemy questioned Ali, who replied: "In the beginning I wanted to kill you for God's sake; but, after you spitted on me, I wanted to kill you solely for my sake and that is not permissible in Islam."
The likes of Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda fail to abide by the self-discipline that curtails reckless violence in all its forms. The answer as to why can be encapsulated in one sentence: ignorance about the teachings of Islam and an attitude that I call assertive ignorance. The violence-first doctrine has absolutely no trace in Islam.
Mohammed described Muslims in several ways: "Al Muslimu man salima annaasu min lisaanihi wa yadih," or "A Muslim is the person whom the people of all faith or lack thereof are safe of his or her hands and tongue." On another occasion, he said, "Al mu'minu man amanahu alnaasu bi dima'ihim wa amwalahim," or "A faithful is the person whom the people of all faith, or lack thereof, trust him or her with their lives and their wealth." The Prophet also said in no uncertain terms, "Inna Allaha Rafiqun yuhibu al-rifq. Wa ya'ti bil rifqi mala ya'ti bil u'nf," or "Verily God is Gentle and Kind and loves gentleness and kindness. And He bestows through gentleness and kindness what He would not bestow through violence and cruelty."
The means of extremists do not achieve blessings, forgiveness and acceptance.
It would require a personal jihad to break the shackles of groupthink. One must conduct one's own study and form independent opinions about the nature of jihad and its religious context.
Life is indeed a perpetual struggle without which there is derailment of conscience and depression of the heart and the mind. In the absence of necessary moral restraints, the human being has the capacity to be savage – the capacity to manipulate, exploit, hoard, corrupt, oppress and carry out genocide against other humans. None of these are considered jihad.
Jihad is the constant motivation for gaining knowledge, to seek and create opportunities for ourselves, to cultivate good families and good communities, to spiritually develop and purify ourselves, find the sublime Creator, understand the purpose of our respective lives and find a common ground in which coexistence is possible.
Abukar Arman is Somalia Special Envoy to the United States. This article is based on a presentation he gave at an event, 19 October, 2012, organized by the Muslim Students Association of Ohio State University. On Twitter: @4DialogSK


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BOSTON--Ford Motor expects to manufacture as many as 2 million all-electric and gas-electric vehicles in the next 10 years, betting that rising oil prices and consumer interest will sustain a long-term transition to new technologies.
The company has set a goal of making 10 percent to 25 percent of its fleet "electrified" by 2020, which represents somewhere between 800,000 and 2 million cars, said Nancy Gioia at a media event here on Wednesday. Ford announced on Wednesday that Gioia will hold a newly created position of director of global electrification, which covers hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles.
Plug-in electric vehicles promise to offer a much lower cost-per-mile than gasoline cars and deliver substantial environmental benefits. But in the near term, hybrids will likely represent the largest volume in the mix of technologies, said Gioia at the event.
"We've finally demonstrated the technology, the life, the durability, the safety (of hybrids)--all of that has reached a comfort zone to make it viable. Now it's going to be affordability that will drive mass market adoption," she said.
Ford is now working on an updated generation of its hybrid power train which will be used on its plug-in hybrid vehicles, which will come to market in 2012. Equipped with a larger battery than a traditional hybrid, the company projects its plug-in hybrid cars will allow drivers to go about 30 miles in electric mode, with the gasoline engine kicking in as needed for acceleration during those initial miles.
Before then, though, Ford plans to release an all-electric Focus compact sedan in 2011. An all-electric Transit Connect utility van is scheduled for release in 2011.
The electric Focus will be built in Michigan on the same manufacturing lines that make the gasoline version of the car. The car, which is expected to have a higher upfront cost than a gas Focus because of the large battery, which will offer 23 kilowatt-hours of storage, or about 100 miles of driving range.
In addition to electrification, Ford is implementing a number of other efficiency enhancements to gasoline engines, with an eye toward high volume. Earlier this year, Ford started introducing its EcoBoost direct-injection turbo technology which allows 4-cylinder cars to have the same power as 6-cylinder models.
Ford is also developing "start-stop" technology where a vehicle's engine turns off after being immobile for a few seconds, such as a stop light. This technology will come to manual transmission Fords in Europe next year and the company expects to bring it to automatic transmissions as well, Gioia said.
Opening a niche for pure electrics
For all the excitement around the potential for electric vehicles at Ford and other automakers, there is skepticism over how much all-electric cars will appeal to consumers, at least in the next decade.
For consumers, there's the ongoing concern over "range anxiety" where a driver can't find a spot to recharge during a drive. Also, there aren't many charging spots in public places, complicating the picture for city dwellers, for example.
Still, Ford expects growth from plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles. There are many consumers and fleet vehicle drivers who have relatively short driving cycles on repeatable paths, making them good candidates for either type. Demand for battery-electrics may be driven by cities which have created incentives for low-carbon transportation technologies or emissions-free zones, Gioia added.
"So whether it's incentivized or just driving behavior, we do see growth in battery electrics around the world. I'm not sure North America will be the driver," she said. "We may have the early-adopter lead, but if major infrastructure is not put in place, it will be hard to promote that."
During the media day, IHS Global Insight analyst John Wolkonowicz projected that pure electric vehicles and range-extended electric vehicles, like the Chevy Volt, will represent just over 1 percent of the total market by 2014. All electrics will outsell range-extended vehicles, he said.
Is the grid ready?
As any auto industry executive will tell you, the transition to plug-in electric vehicles requires coordination with utilities.
If large volumes of vehicles plugged into the grid at the same time, more expensive and polluting power plants may need to be constructed to meet the demand. To avoid that, automakers and smart-grid software companies are developing smart-charging technology that will allow vehicle charging at off-peak times, typically the overnight hours.
National Grid is one of several utilities working with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Department of Energy on a study to measure the effects of plug-in electric vehicles on the grid. At this point, National Grid is mainly gathering data on electricity usage and charge patterns, said Steven Tobias, principal analyst for technology and innovation at National Grid on Wednesday.
Farther out, utilities could rely on plugged-in vehicles for short-term storage to stabilize the grid. But National Grid's main concern is making sure that plug-in electric vehicles work well with smart-grid home energy management systems, said Stan Blazewicz, the global head of technology at the utility.
Adding a few thousand plug-in electric vehicles across National Grid's Massachusetts and New York regions wouldn't be much of a concern in terms of demand, Blazewicz said. But utilities and automakers expect that "clusters" of consumers in neighborhoods will buy them. "When you get 100 vehicles all in the same area, that's when it becomes a challenge for us," he said.
There is technology that will allow utilities to control the rate of charging without creating an inconvenience for the consumer, he added. "At some point, we need the smart grid to manage EVs. We don't want to be the roadblock."
For its part, Ford is developing an in-car charge-management program and wireless system to communicate directly with smart meters, Gioia said.
When it comes to battery-electric or range-extended vehicles, one of the biggest barriers to consumers in the near term will be the higher upfront price, said Wolkonowicz. Government policies will "get us sliding down the technology curve where more and more people will see this as something they want to do," he said.


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"In the long haul, the absence of any public scrutiny means the practice in the future could evolve into one that is an extremely uncompetitive, behind-the-scenes give away of work with the taxpayer not knowing whether a fair price is being paid. The current system may have flaws, but at least the public is assured of a competitive price."
"The Fusion really feels like our cars last year, and when they were good last year, they were easy to drive."
"I'm having so much fun, it's hard to explain it, ... They just keep giving me great cars with great engines."
"We felt like if everything went well and we got some lucky breaks and a caution at the end that we would be sitting good at the end of the race on fresh tires. I am telling you what the big win for the day was that we had a lot of fun. Racing with Jeff Burton and Greg Biffle that was great fun."
"Four wins, man, I can't believe it."
"If I could write a book, there's going to be a chapter about Mark Martin. He's an unbelievable guy. He has an amazing character. He actually treats people exactly how they treat him. I mean, he doesn't waver."
"It's really easy to get down and out and have a bad attitude when things aren't going well, but that doesn't help you,"
"Richmond is a great track, and it will be a fun race to watch this week. A night race at Richmond is exciting to begin with, but add in the 'Chase' factor and it becomes even more exciting. Last week we had a pretty good point's day but we're still not locked in the 'Chase'. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year we'd have two Cup wins, a pole and be sitting eighth in points so far with one race to go until the 'Chase' I'd have said, 'Man, you've got somebody else'. I just didn't expect our year to go this well. Our primary goal this week is to make the 'Chase'. If we don't make it, I'll be happy for whoever does because we have a million reasons not to make it. But we really want to make it and I think we can."
"It will be great to be back in Charlotte this weekend. It's always good to race close to home. We had a disappointing race there earlier this season and we know that we can run well there. They have a new surface on the track and that will make the track very fast and I like fast. That will be awesome and work to our advantage. The team plans on focusing on a top five finish and hopefully shake off some of this bad luck we have been experiencing. We have a great team and we plan on showing that at Lowe's."
"To avoid this kind of wreck, you just can't race hard when you're in a tight space, ... You gotta be smart."
"I'm not the greatest qualifier and I'm learning a lot. I'm really excited to get to start up front in a race that we really need to run well in."
"A lot can happen in 500 laps and, at Martinsville, things like pit strategy and tire management can make or break you, ... This is definitely one of the bigger obstacles for us as a team in the 'Chase.'"
"If we've got race-winning power, we're going to go win the race. If we don't, we're going to just not wreck."


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I just had the deepest conversation that I have ever had. Exposed some things about myself that I haven't said to anybody before. It's a crazy feeling.
Hello everybody! It's Tom Scharpling, the host of The Best Show On WFMU! WFMUs 2011 fundraising marathon is underway, and I'm doing my second and final fundraising marathon show this Tuesday, March 8th from 9 PM- midnight EST, asking for your pledges to help keep WFMU up and running for another year. Remember, WE ARE A LISTENER SPONSORED STATION, and the way we make our operating budget is through our marathon. We don't take sleazy corporate grants or shady government subsidies or any of that stuff, and that allows us to bring you freeform radio that is 100 percent free - that's the beauty of not having ties to The Bad Guys.We've got special guests galore coming down to make the show as much fun as possible. What kind of special guests you may ask? For starters weve got TED LEO returning to the Best Show airwaves! And we will also have CARL NEWMAN from the New Pornographers on hand! And JOHN HODGMAN will also be in the studio! And KURT VILE is gonna swing by also! Four of the most talented people in The Biz are all going to be LIVE IN THE STUDIO this Tuesday night! Unbelievable, right? So call and pledge 1-800-989-9368 or pledge online at www.wfmu.org this Tuesday March 8th between 9 PM- midnight EST!! But you gotta pledge DURING the show to get the exclusive Best Show DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK, available to anyone who pledges $75 or more!The first item in the pack is a vinyl 7 record called RATED GG! The single is comprised of exclusive songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, CINECAST!ED UP, TY SEGALL and TED LEO! There will also be a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER, DUMP, JULIE KLAUSNER and more!Seriously this thing is going to be legendary. And it is ONLY available by pledging DURING MY SHOW. After that it will not be for sale anywhere ever!The second part of the pack is a POSTER designed by CHARLES BURNS! Burns is a true mega-talent - one of the all-timers in the comics game for the last two decades - and he has been kind enough to lend his talent to The Best Show! And again, this poster will be GONE FOREVER if you dont pledge DURING MY MARATHON SHOW ON TUESDAY MARCH 8th!There will also be an awesome T-SHIRT included in the pack, which is shown here! And if thats not enough Im adding a BUTTON to the mix! Also awesome and also available ONLY BY PLEDGING DURING MY MARATHON SHOWS.Once the marathon is over, ALL THESE THINGS ARE GONE FOREVER.There are pledge levels at $150, $365, $500, $1000 and $3000, and the station takes care of you big-time with a TON of awesome prizes and shirts and CDs that you cant get anywhere else. And unlike that PBS or NPR crap, WFMUs premiums are all top-notch and well made who hasnt seen a cool WFMU t-shirt in their travels? And everything is 100 percent TAX DEDUCTABLE!And as an added bonus, anyone who pledges $500 or more will receive a SCREENED VERSION of the Charles Burns poster in addition to the printed version! Amazing! And for you white whales out there, we have a truly amazing prize on the table for whoever pledges the most money over the course of my two shows. STEVE LAMBERT designed an absolutely beautiful work of art called UNSTOPPABLE that will be given out to the largest Best Show pledger! Ive included a picture of it here and you can check out more info on Steve Lambert by checking out visitsteve.com! And if you want to support the station but don't have the money right now, YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY YOUR PLEDGE RIGHT AWAY! The station sends you a bill in the mail and you can take care of it later. You can structure your payments in EASY MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS! But the important thing is pledging and being a part of something Good in a world that is filled with Too Much Bad, especially in These Troubling Times.IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO CALL OR PLEDGE ONLINE DURING MY SHOW, I will gladly write the pledge up myself. You can email me your information - name, address and pledge amount - and I will fill it out myself. All addresses and information is completely confidential and is not sold or distributed in any way shape or form, so don't worry about your privacy. Write me at email@example.com and Ill take care of it.And PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS! Put it on Facebook and Twitter and MySpace and maybe even Friendster if you can still remember your password. Post it on like-minded message boards! Tell co-workers and friends and family members and whoever! The station has a huge mountain to climb this time, but we can do it if enough people step up to the plate and pitch in.THE FACTS:Tuesday March 8th between 9 PM-midnight ESTTED LEO, CARL NEWMAN, JOHN HODGMAN and KURT VILE LIVE IN STUDIOCALL 1-800-989-9368 or PLEDGE ONLINE at www.wfmu.org on TUESDAY MARCH 8th between 9 PM-midnight EST and be counted!Thank you!Tom Scharpling.


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Simple Hair Loss Homemade Shampoo Recipe! Worth Trying!
No more expensive shampoos? Is this possible? How easily to save your hair and return back the shiny appearance?This simple recipe about hair loss homemade shampoo you will now try once and use it forever! You will forget about all those well-known shampoos because you cannot get rid of this one.
It takes only few minutes of preparation.
What we need:
- shampoo base
- 2 glasses distilled water
- Dried herbs (Also you can use a organic tea bag of each herb):
- rosemary tea (If you choose this tea, it will give your hair a healthy natural shine. It strengthens hair folicles and slowly stimulates hair growth);
- sage tea (People consider it as strong antioxidant with great antibacterial properties);
- nettle tea (stimulates hair growth and strengthens roots);
- lavender tea (prevents scalp irritation and greasing);
- 2,000 mg methylsulfonylmethane powder – MSM
- 1 clean glass jar
- 1 plastic bottle (3 dl)
How to prepare hair loss homemade shampoo?
Mix all the chosen herbs in a jar.
Heat the quantity of distilled water until it starts boiling. Then take it off the heat. Add 3 tablespoons of the herbal mixture, cover and let it rest for about 35-40 minutes.
After half an hour add the MSM powder. Leave it like that for another 10 minutes until it actually dissolves. Strain well and put the liquid in a plastic bottle.
Put 1 dl of the herbal tea in a bottle and then add 1,5 dl of the shampoo base. Close the bottle; shake well until the ingredients are well mixed and combined.
In any herbal pharmacy you can easily find MSM powder and shampoo base.
Keep the herbal mixture in a closed jar for the next use.
MSM contains sulfur which stimulates hair quality and growth. The same applies for our nails. It actually feeds the roots with oxygen and nutrients, renews and nourishes skin.
Try it today! It really worth trying.
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Ted Cruz: 'Unfortunate' GOP Split on Cloture Vote
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is leading the charge to defund the Obama health-care law, bemoaned the fact that Republican split Friday on a procedural vote to keep the government running.
"It's unfortunate that Senate Republicans are not united this time around," Mr. Cruz told reporters Friday, moments after the Senate approved a government-funding bill that included money for the federal health-care law.
The first-year Texas senator's crusade to block the law has polarized fellow Republicans, with supporters cheering him to take every step necessary to dismantle it and detractors worried his efforts will result in a government shut down or a default on U.S. debt.


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2018 Christmas Appeal For International Political Prisoners
The James Connolly Society Welfare Department will again be sending solidarity cards to political prisoners throughout the world this Christmas. Last year we sent out over 2000 cards to political prisoners. Each A5 card is inscribed with the message: Revolutionary Greetings from the James Connolly Society. JCS Greeting cards being sent to political prisoners with your help.… Continue reading 2018 Christmas Appeal For International Political Prisoners


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Between nights in the low 20's and day time temps reaching into the 70's, the rose bushes have a variety of fresh to freeze dried blooms. Mama Manx was looking in the window hoping one of us would let her in. Laurie made note of how cute she looked, while I photographed her. The kitty was very patient staring through the glass and screen until we finally let her in.
We headed out early this morning, in sub-freezing temperatures, all bundled up, with coffee and Kindles in hand, prepared to brave the line and elements to exercise out right to vote — but there was no line. The poll workers outnumbered the voters, so we ended up spending about as much time saying hi to an old friend attending the vote scanner as we did voting.


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The most crazy driving game is back with a second episode ! Madmen Racing 2 offers 12 original vehicles like a Hot Dog wheelchair, motorized R2D2 or a baby pram with race tires. But this suite also offers 32 new and amazing circuits where you will not only show your driving skills but also show cunning and craftiness to win the races. Use the nitro at the right time, do flips to win a temporary speed boost and put out of state other competitors with a variety of weapons.


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Find a Dodge Ram 3500 for Sale near Edmonton
Experience and power - the development behind the Dodge Ram 3500 for sale near Edmonton at Brown's Chrysler is definitely going to make the right first impression if you've never driven one before. For those of you who know what you're getting into, well, we're just glad to be able to offer the reliability and the transparent approach to customer service that has drivers coming down to work with us from across the province. Why? Because our small-town hospitality that's backed by the effectiveness of the Ram brand. Especially the Ram 3500 - which practically speaks for itself with its sturdy design and technical features that stand at the top of the segment. But let's get to specifics, shall we?
Drive a Ram 3500 from Brown's Chrysler
With the Dodge Ram 3500 for sale near Edmonton, you can enjoy driving a truck that has no compromises - only the solutions to your work and travel needs. Embrace the opportunities with an available payload of up to 3,352 kg (7,390 lb) and torque that sure to stand out and impress up to 900 lb-ft. Then, there's the remarkable expectations to set you on a path for a successful time bringing more along for the ride thanks to the critically effective towing up to 14,157 kg (31,210 lb). Work with us and let's find out which of the 3500's models makes your life better. Choose from 4x2 and 4x4 options, engines that include the award-winning 5.7-Litre HEMI VVT V8, the 6.4-Litre HEMI VVT V8, and the incredible 6.7-Litre Cummins Turbo Diesel I-6. With a variety of standout qualities that include cabin size options and cargo bed lengths, this is a truck that's worthy of your time and capable of meeting your demands without complaints! Find yours today when you work with the team at Brown's Chrysler - we're here to offer more and get you the results you're after - that simple!


text: Transporter 2 is a 2005 French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson. It is the sequel to The Transporter. It is followed by Transporter 3. The film stars Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Keith David, Hunter Clary, Shannon Briggs, Matthew Modine and Jason Flemyng. Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a professional "transporter" who delivers packages without questions. ... more on Wikipedia


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Otep - The Lord Is My Weapon
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the relation between our consu
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penalize me: play on my insecurities. and you can feign ignorance, but you're not
stupid, you're just selfish.
You're a slave to your impulse. and i kinda thought we all shared common threads in
that we gravitated here to challenge the conventions we've been fed by a culture
that treats (living, breathin
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'till it's me who serves as your commodity? through (for example), institutionalized
violence and oppression o
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insist on feigning indignance (aka: indignation) to reason? to collective
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Mine. then we can grow together and make this shit-hole planet better in time. so
why not consider someone else: stop consuming animals.


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Tuesday Tomorrow
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: January 16th, 2018
Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Members of an Egyptian expedition fall victim to an ancient mummy's curse in this thrilling Veronica Speedwell novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries.
London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell can't resist the allure of an exotic mystery—particularly one involving her enigmatic colleague, Stoker. His former expedition partner has vanished from an archaeological dig with a priceless diadem unearthed from the newly discovered tomb of an Egyptian princess. This disappearance is just the latest in a string of unfortunate events that have plagued the controversial expedition, and rumors abound that the curse of the vengeful princess has been unleashed as the shadowy figure of Anubis himself stalks the streets of London.
But the perils of an ancient curse are not the only challenges Veronica must face as sordid details and malevolent enemies emerge from Stoker's past. Caught in a tangle of conspiracies and threats—and thrust into the public eye by an enterprising new foe—Veronica must separate facts from fantasy to unravel a web of duplicity that threatens to cost Stoker everything..."
EGYPT!!! Also, Deanna Raybourn I think is the #1 author out there who I want to see at a book signing that I haven't met yet, just FYI all booksellers in the Midwest!
The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
Published by: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: January 16th, 2018
Format: Hardcover, 448 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife, a fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford.
It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyone's lips these days is "flickers"—the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and you'll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all.
In this fledgling industry, Frances finds her true calling: writing stories for this wondrous new medium. She also makes the acquaintance of actress Mary Pickford, whose signature golden curls and lively spirit have earned her the title "America's Sweetheart." The two ambitious young women hit it off instantly, their kinship fomented by their mutual fever to create, to move audiences to a frenzy, to start a revolution.
But their ambitions are challenged by both the men around them and the limitations imposed on their gender—and their astronomical success could come at a price. As Mary, the world's highest paid and most beloved actress, struggles to live her life under the spotlight, she also wonders if it is possible to find love, even with the dashing actor Douglas Fairbanks. Frances, too, longs to share her life with someone. As in any good Hollywood story, dramas will play out, personalities will clash, and even the deepest friendships might be shattered.
With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Girls in the Picture is, at its heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of a glittering new era—its myths and icons, its possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak."
I think this is the Benjamin who is going to be the first author of 2018 at the Wisconsin Book Festival... or it could be Chloe...
Deadly Sweet by Lola Dodge
Published by: Ink Monster, LLC
Publication Date: January 16th, 2018
Format: Kindle, 265 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"For fans of Hex Hall, The Magicians, Practical Magic, and Food Wars!
Anise Wise loves three things: baking, potion making, and reading her spellbooks in blissful silence. She might not be the most powerful witch, but enchantment is a rare skill, and her ability to bake with magic is even rarer. Too bad one wants witchcraft on their campus. Anise's dream of attending pastry school crumbles with rejection letter after rejection letter.
Desperate to escape her dead-end future, Anise contacts the long-lost relative she's not supposed to know about. Great Aunt Agatha owns the only magic bakery in the US, and she suddenly needs a new apprentice. Anise is so excited she books it to New Mexico without thinking to ask what happened to the last girl.
The Spellwork Syndicate rules the local witches in Taos, but as "accidents" turn into full-out attacks on Anise's life, their promises to keep her safe are less and less reassuring. Her cranky bodyguard is doing his best, but it's hard to fight back when she has no idea who's the enemy. Or why she became their target.
If Anise can't find and stop whoever wants her dead, she'll be more toasted than a crème brûlée.
Who knew baking cakes could be so life or death?"
Because I NEED my Sabrina fix until the new series is a go on Netflix!


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Tips and Techniques to Speed Up Windows Vista PC
Is your computer slow? We can understand how much stress you will have while having a slow computer. There are various reasons for a computer's slow speed and performance. It could even be your fault. Computers are machines which are made of electronic components. Machines usually get repairs due to heavy and continuous usage and improper maintenance. Computer problems can be based on either software or hardware. There are solutions to resolve your problem.
Reasons for the Low Speed of your Windows Vista PC
Sometimes we keep the answer in front of us and search everywhere. Similar to that the reasons for your slow PC might have been in front of our eyes. But we wouldn't have noticed them carefully. We wouldn't have given proper attention on that issue.
- Overloaded startup programs:
While installing some software gives you a option to choose if you want to start the program when the computer boot. Don't agree with that option and uncheck it. But some software programs automatically launch it when the computer starts booting. To terminate unnecessary startup programs go to the "Run" command box and type "msconfig". In the msconfig window switch to the startup tab and uncheck the unnecessary startup programs. Don't uncheck the Windows system programs.
- Threatening malware attacks
Malware is any malicious software which affects a computer's performance. Malware will compromise your computer. It hacks your personal information and your sensitive details. Malware terminate your computer programs in order to execute itself. These malware could be prevented by installing upgraded anti-malware software. You should update this software regularly for real-time protection.
- Registry corruption problems
Registry is kind of a log which notes all our computer activities. Use a registry booster to increase the speed of your registry and repair it. Always backup your registry before doing any changes in the registry.
- Small page files and space
Page files are used in system processing functions. Small page files won't provide enough space to process.
- Temporary internet files
Temporary internet files allocate some space unnecessarily. To clear this type "temp" and "%temp" in the Run command box and clear the files.
- Badly fragmented hard drive
Defragment your hard drive. Defragmentation reduces the amount of fragmentation in the file systems.
- Overheating problems
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text: If you have a large listening room and want a pair of ESL speakers that will fill the room with music, the Prince III you see here will easily fulfill that requirement. KingSound is not a brand that will first roll off your tongue like Sound Lab or Martin Logan but if you had to choose based on sound quality and value, then you should make it a point to remember this brand. Compared to Sound Lab and Martin Logan's fully electrostatic speakers (not the hybrid models that have a powered cone woofer), the KingSound is a considerably "cheaper" alternative. Built standards are high and is almost on par with the best from Sound Lab. Each speaker stands 5′ 11″ tall, 20″ wide and 15″ deep (depth of the base footers). They are very power hungry at 6 ohm nominal impedance and 83 dB sensitivity so the manufacturer recommends an amplifier with 150W or 100W minimum. Frequency response is 48Hz – 26 KHz. The Prince III does require some time to sort out its optimum placement in the room but once that is sorted out, you will be treated to an expansive soundstage with incredible transparency. Although rated to go down to 48Hz, the bass slam sounded deeper and punchier than the ratings suggest. We drove them with 250W and it sounded glorious. Each speaker has its own transformer/crossover boxes that your speaker cables will go into. The speaker is then plugged into that crossover/transformer box via a heavy gauge cable with a multi-pin connector that you typically see on high voltage devices. The crossover/transformer box is powered by a AC/DC adapter that is housed inside a bamboo like casing. Input voltage is 100-240V so the speakers can be used anywhere in the World. The whole setup are shipped in two crates. One big crate for the speakers and another crate for the footers, transformer/crossover boxes and AC/DC adapters. Cosmetically, the speakers look really good. Minor scuff marks and knicks here and there on the wood side panels and footers but nothing major. Grille cloth is fully intact with no tears or any issues. Local pickup from our store welcomed but if shipping is required, they will ship freight.


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Google Are Coming After Amazon and eBay with the 'Buy' Button
Searcher's Market
There aren't many online rings that Google haven't already thrown their hat into but they've never really tried their luck at the online marketplace game. The shopping tab in the search engine certainly makes it easier to source what you're looking for without needing to jump directly to an actual retail site, but now Google have gone a step further and unveiled plans to add a 'Buy' button to specific searches.
The button will start showing up on mobile searches within the coming weeks, but only for certain sponsored results. Tapping the button will lead you to a purpose built Google shopping page which will allow you to enter any other specifications about the product you intend to buy. For instance, if it's a shirt, the page will ask you to fill in what size and colour you want. It's uncertain as of yet whether or not payment is handled here as well, but shipping and delivery options are still covered by the selling site.
The launch is going to be very marginal, at first, given that it will have no desktop presence and even on mobile it will only apply to a minority of searches. A small selection of companies have said that they are interested in getting involved, most notably Macy's, with many more likely signing up depending on how well the service fares in the initial stages.
This is a risky move for Google. Typically any attempts they've made to venture into already-competitive territory have been fairly hit-and-miss. Chrome was a huge success, their mobile phone initiative has been a lukewarm success but Google+ has failed to deliver on its promises and is currently suffering something of a lingering death.
With this, Google are moving into a world dominated by Amazon and eBay and turning what was once a search engine into a functioning marketplace which saves payment details, passes shopper information onto retail sites and more advertising might be heavily detrimental (another likely reason why they aren't rolling this out on desktops). It's pretty murky, and difficult to predict, but I can't imagine any future which sees Google giving Amazon anything to worry about.
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Good Evening CFTP Peeps,
I am so excited that January 1st this year landed on a Sunday. The first day of the year is such an important part of the year. No matter who we are, we all do a little bit of soul searching at the beginning of each year. Even if it is cliche to set goals on January 1st we still in one way or another do it. I am a huge advocate of goal setting and planning and so January 1st is like Christmas to me. I love seeing everyone taking an inventory of their lives and deciding what to change or what to keep the same in order to continue to progress towards the type of person they would like to become.
In my opinion, in order to set goals for the future we need to take an honest inventory of the past.
While out riding yesterday I snapped this picture. We had made our way to the top of a nearby hill and this is looking over towards the box in Bluffdale. I've been thinking a lot about what I wanted to say today and this picture was a perfect illustration of what I have been thinking about. In our day to day lives in and outside the box we can only see what is right in front of us. When we have gone out the door these past few days, sometimes we couldn't see more than a few feet in front of us and a few feet behind us. We couldn't see the beautiful snowcapped mountains around us. We couldn't see the trees and the grass. No matter how hard we looked we could never see the bigger picture.
In life and especially in fitness, I fear that the majority of us get stuck in the fog of our memory. We get stuck and we don't see really just how far we have come. We can't see the mountains we have built. We can't see the progress that we have made.
So, before making your 2017 goals I want you all to look back and appreciate just how far you have come over the past year. As your coach at The Point, I have seen each and every one of you overcome obstacles this year. I have seen you hit personal records over and over and over again. You all have put in the hard work and have built a foundation and built habits that will make this year's resolutions possible to accomplish. You have laid the groundwork for this upcoming year and I know that you all are ready for 2017.
Now that you have gotten on top of your hill and seen just how amazing this past year has been; it is time to make goals for the future. JJ Peterson posted something today and he has allowed me to use them here.
He wrote this:
"10 bullet proof ways to make sure you live far below your potential in 2017:
1. Compare yourself to others
2. Never serve others
3. Blame others
4. Dwell on mistakes of the past
5. Make excuses
6. Fear failure
7. Set really small goals
8. Wish for happiness in the future
9. Complain about everything
10. Think negative thoughts"
We all know that's why we're here
I'll be the same disappointment I've been for the past three years"


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Third Time's The Charm Episode February 16, 2010
February 16 2010
9:30am - 11:30am
that's right folks, getting outta dodge this week but not before leaving you with some ace tunes from the likes of The Soft Pack, Hockey Dad Records comp and much more!
Track Listing:
knack · get the knack
don't be afraid to ask
black hollies · softly towards the light
invisible forces
fresh & onlys · grey eyed girls
trash talk
reigning sound · love and curses
trash talk
chain and the gang · down with liberty...up with chains!
beautiful & very smart
harlem · v/a-casual victim pile
answer to yourself
soft pack · s/t
ew way ew
thomas function · in the valley of sickness
wealthy barber
b-lines · v/a-hockey dad records
walk alone
nu sensae
spot a trend
dead ghosts
shalom, motherfuckers
hard feelings
manipulators · ease up on the breakdowns
new love
pretty vanilla · seven inches deep EP
saturdays girls
split ups · s/t demo
sudden changes
mode moderne · ghosts emerging
like an idiot
needles//pins · first world problems
crazy over you
test patterns · blackout EP
destroy them
marked men · s/t
waiting for your call
sonic avenues · s/t
beat in hell
points · s/t
honey i need
pretty things · s/t
surprise, surprise
rolling stones · ...now!
king khan & bbq show · invisible girl
cone of light
almighty defenders · s/t
Death Of Youth
Vapid · Practically Dead


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Two Quebec entrepreneurs leading a half-billion dollars residential real estate project, La Cité de Mirabel Français
Feb 12, 2013, 12:42 ET
This unique urban housing concept will take place on the "Premium Outlets" future site, beginning of summer 2013
MONTREAL, Feb. 12, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Ray Junior Courtemanche and Daniel Proulx, sole Quebec promoters of the entire residential part of the project located west of the Laurentian Autoroute at exit 28, are pleased to announce the construction of La Cité de Mirabel, an urban development of more than 2,000 residential units, including condos, townhouses and tower houses for retirees. This development will be fully integrated with the "Premium Outlets" complex in Mirabel, which will occupy the same piece of land.
This state-of-the-art residential project of 2.2 million square feet, will generate an economic impact of more than half a billion dollars for the Mirabel area and create approximately 250 direct and indirect jobs over a period of 5 years. Construction of the roads and infrastructures is planned for May 2013, while the construction of the first houses, condos and townhouses is scheduled for June 2013.
La Cité de Mirabel's project is the result of lengthy negotiations between the two promoters and MSG Lac Mirabel Quebec SEC (Morgan Stanley Group and Sheldon Gordon Group), owner of the land, a 14 million square feet area. These two seasoned entrepreneurs were able to demonstrate that a residential portion would maximize the development of the area, providing unparalleled quality of life for future residents. A beautiful park with water games will be integrated into the project to enhance family life. Furthermore, a protected area of more than three million square feet has been renovated to preserve and protect the environment and natural resources, at a cost of $ 2.5 million dollars.
"We are very proud that La Cité de Mirabel will represent significant economic benefits for the region," said Ray Junior Courtemanche, Co-developer of the project. "Our perseverance and unique vision of the project allowed us to win the confidence of the foreign investors" says Courtemanche.
"La Cité de Mirabel comes to life thanks to the support of all our partners and collaborators, convinced by multiple approaches, including a few Montreal - New York trips to discuss in person with some of them," said Daniel Proulx, owner of La Cité de Mirabel. These efforts will have allowed us to put in place the much needed infrastructure to create, from scratch, La Cité de Mirabel.
La Cité de Mirabel's project, in round figures:
- More than 2000 homes built in an area of over 2.2 million square feet, on "Premium Outlets'" future site;
- Services nearby, within walking distance (grocery, restaurants, medical center, office building, a mall, leisure, etc.);
- More than 3 million square feet of wetland and protected forests, including the development of some ponds and aquatic vegetation, located behind the houses;
- Condos available starting at $ 170,000;
- Three 14-storey buildings with rooftop terraces and townhouses;
- A residential tower for retirees;
- A park with water games.
To view La Cité de Mirabel's project, please see the following video: http://youtu.be/cdt5OofhXEQ
"This important project will bring significant visibility for Mirabel. The promoters of La Cité de Mirabel saw a great potential for residential development at the interchange of Highway 15 and exit 28. We applaud their vision and are convinced of the viability of the project. The experience and expertise in developing construction projects of these two entrepreneurs are no longer to prove ; they immediately gained the confidence of all stakeholders involved in the process, "says Hubert Meilleur Mayor of Mirabel.
About La Cité de Mirabel
Ray Junior Courtemanche, of Investissements Ray Junior inc. and Daniel Proulx, of Investissements Au Pied Carré inc., have joined forces to found La Cité de Mirabel, the largest residential real estate project west of the Laurentian Autoroute in Mirabel, where the future "Premium Outlet Center" will be located. Sharing the same passion and vision for real estate development, these two Quebec entrepreneurs have created a unique concept for urban clientele on the North Shore of Montreal.
Ray Junior Courtemanche, in business since the age of 17, has completed more than $ 70 million worth of real estate projects. Today, as one of the three shareholders of Construction Danam Bonzaï, this contractor has built various prestigious homes in Blainville-sur-le-Lac, Fontainebleau and Lorraine, as well as luxury housing projects in Laval, condos in Lanaudière and triplexes in St-Augustin, Mirabel. More recently, through Ray Junior Investment, he added several commercial buildings to his credit, as well as the future state-of-the-art development "La Cité des Affaires du Boisé de l'Équerre" on Boul. Dagenais in Laval.
Daniel Proulx, from Investissements Au Pied Carré inc., joined La Cité de Mirabel's project without hesitation, bringing the knowledge and expertise he acquired over the last 20 years. Acting in residential construction since the age of 18, he continued his passion by investing in real estate development in Quebec, including participating in acquiring more than 500 lots in the areas of Terrebonne, Blainville, Laval and the Laurentians. Always on the lookout for new si stes of interest, Daniel Proulx crossed the borders of Quebec and invested in western Canada. His vision, business sense and perseverance will allow La Cité de Mirabel's project to reach the required scope for its expansion.
For more information on La Cité de Mirabel, visit www.citemirabel.com.
Video with caption: "La Cité de Mirabel is a half a billion dollar residential real estate project that will be built on the "Premium Outlets" future site in Mirabel, beginning of summer 2013". Video available at: http://youtu.be/cdt5OofhXEQ
Image with caption: "Quebec entrepreneurs Daniel Proulx and Ray Junior Courtemanche are proud to announce today the construction of La Cité de Mirabel, a half a billion dollars residential real estate project. This unique urban housing concept will be built on the "Premium Outlets" future site in Mirabel, beginning of summer 2013 (CNW Group/La Cité de Mirabel inc)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130212_C4779_PHOTO_EN_23585.jpg
Image with caption: "Quebec entrepreneurs Daniel Proulx and Ray Junior Courtemanche are proud to announce today the construction of La Cité de Mirabel, a half a billion dollars residential real estate project. This unique urban housing concept will be built on the "Premium Outlets" future site in Mirabel, beginning of summer 2013 (CNW Group/La Cité de Mirabel inc)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130212_C4779_PHOTO_EN_23587.jpg
Image with caption: "Two Quebec entrepreneurs leading a half-billion dollars residential real estate project, La Cité de Mirabel (CNW Group/La Cité de Mirabel inc)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130212_C4779_PHOTO_EN_23589.jpg
SOURCE: La Cité de Mirabel inc
For further information:
or interview requests with Ray Junior Courtemanche, spokesperson for La Cité de Mirabel, please contact:
Matom Communication
Julie Deschambault or Lydia Juliano, associates
514.891.8645 / 514.949.1446
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Murray N. Rothbard
Edward Elgar, 1995, xvi + 556 pp.
Murray Rothbard tells us that this gigantic work was first
envisioned as a "standard
Adam Smith-to-the-present moderately sized book, a sort of
Heilbroner" (p. xv). When we see what has emerged from that
plan, a
parallel at once springs to mind. Cervantes began Don
Quixote as a short
story, according to Ramón Menéndez-Pidal; but he
expanded it into one of the great books of the world. Likewise,
the "moderately-sized
book" has become one of the great intellectual enterprises
of our age.
For Rothbard, the history of economics has an unusually broad
scope. To him
it include not only economic theory but virtually all of
intellectual history as
well. As he often did in conversation, Murray Rothbard here
advances definite
and well-thought out interpretations of major historical
As an example, Machiavelli was in his view a "preacher of
for him the fashionable portrayal of the Florentine as the
founder of value-free
political science (p. 189). With characteristic acuity, Rothbard
asks: "Who
in the history of the world, after all, and outside a Dr. Fu
Manchu novel, has
actually lauded evil per se and counselled evil and vice
at every step
of life's way? Preaching evil is to counsel precisely as
Machiavelli has done:
be good so long as goodness doesn't get in the way of something
you want, in the
case of the ruler that something being the maintenance and
expansion of power"
(p. 190).
And he concludes his discussion with a stinging rebuke to
modern political
scientists, who "eschew moral principle as being
`unscientific' and
therefore outside their sphere of interest" (p. 192).
Rothbard firmly rejects the Weber thesis, according to which
the "inner-worldly
asceticism" that Calvinism encouraged played a key role in
the rise of
modern capitalism. Capitalism began long before Calvinism; and
the stress upon "God
and profit" that Weber found distinctively Protestant was
present in the
Catholic Middle Ages.
For the Weber thesis, Rothbard substitutes another contrast
Catholics and Protestants, here following Emil Kauder. The
Calvinist stress on
the calling led to emphasis on work and saving and distrust of
Catholic Europe, in the Aristotelian and scholastic tradition,
found nothing
wrong with consumption. This difference led to a crucial split in
the growth of
economics, between utility and cost-of-production theories of
I fear that readers will have become impatient because I have
yet to treat
economic theory. But one last topic before doing so, covered in
what to my mind
is the single most brilliant page in Rothbard's two volumes. With
a few bold
strokes, Rothbard demolishes oceans of misinterpretation about
the quarrel
between the ancients and moderns. "The pitting of
`tradition' vs.
`modernity' is largely an artificial antithesis. `Moderns' like
Locke or perhaps
even Hobbes may have been individualists and `right-thinkers,'
but they were
also steeped in scholasticism and natural law" (p. 314).
Further, on the same page our author strikes at another theory
of vast but
unmerited influence. "Neither are John Pocock and his
followers convincing
in trying to posit an artificial distinction and clash between
the libertarian
concerns of Locke or his later followers on the one hand, and
devotion to
`classical virtue' on the other . . . why can't libertarians and
opposers of
government intervention also oppose government `corruption' and
Indeed, the two generally go together" (p. 314). I wish that
interested in European history would study this marvelous
Rothbard firmly opposes the Whig view of the history of
economics, in which "later"
is inevitably "better," thus rendering the study of the
unnecessary. In his view, much of economics consists of wrong
turnings; and the
present volume ends with a tale of decline that will surprise
many readers. Yet
paradoxically, Rothbard's own method is in another way Whiggish
itself. He has
his own firmly held positions on correct economic theory, based
on his
surpassing command of Austrian economics. He accordingly is
anxious to see how
various figures anticipate key Austrian themes or, on the
contrary, pursue blind
The dominant theme in Rothbard's appraisal of economics is the
nature of
value. Economic actors, endeavoring to better their own position,
themselves by their subjective appraisals of goods and services.
The pursuit of
an "objective" measure of value is futile: what
influence can such an
alleged criterion have, unless it is reflected in the minds of
economic agents?
Rothbard especially emphasizes, in this connection, the
so-called paradox of
value. How can it be that water costs little or nothing while
gold is
extraordinarily expensive? Life cannot exist without the former,
while the
latter is the merest luxury. The answer, fully developed by the
school, depends on the fact that subjective appraisals of
particular units of a
good, not the supposed value of the whole stock of the good,
determined price.
Since water is abundant while gold is scarce, there is no anomaly
at all in the
greater price of the latter.
Our author never fails to praise those who reach or approach
this insight.
The scholastics fare especially well: Pierre de Jean Olivi, e.g.,
realized that
the "important factor in determining price is
complacibilitas, or
subjective utility, the subjective desirability of a product to
the individual
consumers. . . . utility, in the determination of price, is
relative to supply
and not absolute" (p. 61). Again, he lauds Jean Buridan for
extending the
subjective utility analysis to money (p. 74).
A key corollary of the subjectivist position is that an
exchange does not
consist of an equality: each party values more highly what he
obtains than what
he surrenders. Those who miss the point arouse our author to
protest. Even
Aristotle, whom he much admires as a philosopher, does not escape
censure: "Aristotle's
famous discussion of reciprocity in exchange in Book V of his
Ethics is a prime example of descent into gibberish.
Aristotle talks of a
builder exchanging a house for the shoes produced by a shoemaker.
He then
writes: `the number of shoes exchanged for a house must therefore
correspond to
the ratio of builder to shoemaker. . . .' How eh? can there
possibly be a ratio
of `builder' to `shoemaker'?" (p. 16). Those who knew Murray
Rothbard can
almost hear him asking this.
The subjectivist insight by no means died with the close of
the Middle Ages.
On the contrary, the School of Salamanca upheld it in the
sixteenth century; and
in the eighteenth, Cantillon and Turgot considerably extended it.
But the path
of economics was not one of continued progress. Theory suffered a
major setback
through the work of one of Rothbard's main villains, Adam
Far from being the founder of economics, Smith in the eyes of
Rothbard was
almost its gravedigger. Although Smith in his classroom lectures
solved the
paradox of value in standard subjectivist fashion, "in the
Wealth of
Nations, for some bizarre reason, all this drops out and
falls away"
(p. 449). Smith threw out subjective utility and instead sought
to explain price
through labor cost. Because of Smith's mistake, the "great
tradition [of
subjectivism] gets poured down the Orwellian memory hole"
(p. 450).
Rothbard's discussion of utility constitutes only one strand
in his
powerfully argued case that Smith derailed economics from the
achievements of the scholastics and their French and Italian
successors. And
even in the discussion of utility, I have had to omit much. (The
dissection of Daniel Bernoulli's mathematical approach to utility
[pp. 38081],
e.g., should not be missed). But no review can do justice to the
scores and
scores of insights and scholarly discoveries in this volume.
Murray N. RothbardEdward Elgar, 1995, xvi + 556 pp.
The reader of this volume will at once face a puzzle: how was
one person
able to unify so vast a mass of material into a tightly organized
narrative? I
cannot pretend to provide a full answer, but one part of the
solution lies in
the fact that Rothbard follows a few main themes with iron
One of these central themes emerges in the book's initial
chapter: "J.B.
Say: the French Tradition in Smithian Clothing."
Jean-Baptiste Say, far
from being a mere popularizer of Adam Smith, "was the first
economist to
think deeply about the proper methodology of his discipline, and
to base his
work, as far as he could, upon that methodology" (p.
And what is the procedure that Say advocated? One starts from
certain "general
facts" that are incontestably known to be true. From these,
the economist
reasons deductively. Since the beginning axioms are true,
whatever is validly
deduced from them also is true. Here, in brief compass, Say
discovered the
praxeological method that came to full fruition in the work of
Mises and
Rothbard himself.
To understand praxeology, a key point about the initial axioms
must be kept
in mind. The starting points are common sense,
"obvious" truths, e.g.,
that people engage in exchange in order to benefit themselves.
The economist
should not begin from oversimplified hypotheses about the economy
as a whole,
chosen because convenient for mathematical manipulation. To
adopt this wrong
method was the besetting vice of the economics of David Ricardo,
the main
impediment, in Rothbard's view, to the development of economic
science in the
nineteenth century.
This conflict of method had a fundamental effect on the
content of Say's and
Ricardo's economics. Say began from the individual in action, the
subject of the
common sense propositions he took to be axiomatic. Thus, Say
placed great
emphasis on the entrepreneur. One cannot assume that the economy
adjusts itself: only by the foresight of those able and willing
to take risks
can production be allocated efficiently. "It seems to us
that Say is
foursquare in the Cantillon-Turgot tradition of the entrepreneur
as forecaster
and risk-bearer" (p. 26).
Again, Say's stress on the individual underlies his analysis
of taxation,
which Rothbard rates among his greatest contributions. Some,
notoriously Adam Smith, consider taxes a way to benefit the
public; but Say
would have nothing of this nonsense. Taxation, in essence, is
theft: the
government forcibly seizes property from its rightful owners. If
powers-that-be then condescend to spend some of their ill-gotten
gains for the "public
benefit," they are in reality purchasing people's goods with
the people's
own money. Taxation, accordingly, should be as low as possible:
the search of
Smith and his followers for "canons of justice" in
taxation must be
rejected. Rothbard characteristically adds: why have any taxes at
As any reader will discover after a few pages, Rothbard spurns
desiccated neutrality of much contemporary pseudo-science. He has
his heroes and
villains, chosen not by arbitrary preference but according to his
reasoned conception of economic principles. Yet he is no
uncritical partisan of
his heroes: he is a master of the fine discriminations that Dr.
Leavis has
taught us characterize the great critic.
When, we turn to Rothbard on Ricardo, the atmosphere is
entirely different.
Once again, our author reverses conventional opinion. Say was not
a popularizer,
but a great economist; likewise, Ricardo was not the first truly
economist. His much-praised logic is "verbal
mathematics" that
fundamentally misconceives economics. "Ricardo was stuck
with a hopeless
problem: he had four variables, but only one equation with which
to solve them:
Total output (or income) = rent + profits + wages. To solve, or
rather pretend
to solve, this equation, Ricardo had to `determine' one or more
of these
entities from outside his equation, and in such a way as to leave
others as
residu<als" (p. 82).
Rothbard explains with crystal clarity the path by which
Ricardo sought to
escape. He simply held fixed as many of his variables as he
could: by
oversimplified assumptions, he could "solve" his
equations. In
particular, he adopted a theory of rent based on differential
which Rothbard neatly skewers; and he made price largely a
function of the
quantity of labor time embodied in a commodity's production.
Ricardo's labor theory of value had a consequence that would
no doubt have
shocked its author: it paved the way for Marxism. "Marx
found a crucial
key to this mechanism [by which the capitalist class would be
expropriated] in
Ricardo's labor theory of value, and in the Ricardian socialist
thesis that
labor is the sole determinant of value, with capital's share, or
profits, being
the `surplus value' extracted by the capitalist from labor's
created product"
(p. 409). And with his stress on the Ricardian roots of Marxism,
Rothbard begins
a devastating assault on "scientific socialism," the
like of which has
not been seen since Böhm-Bawerk.
As Rothbard notes, Marx's economics falls into error from the
start. Marx
assumed that in an exchange, the commodities traded have equal
value. Moreover,
he took this postulated equality in a very strong sense: both of
the goods must
be identical to some third thing. This, by spurious reasoning
that Rothbard
deftly exposes, he claimed could only be labor.
But the flaw in Marx's derivation does not lie in the details
of his
argument. A leitmotif of Rothbard's work is that an
exchange consists
not of an equality, but rather of a double inequality. Marx's
whole edifice thus
rests on a spurious assumption, and the three volumes of Das
constitute an elaborate attempt to conjure a solution to a
non-existent problem.
But the difficulties of Marxist economics are not confined to
its starting
point. Rothbard points out that Marx's theory of wage
determination really
applies not to capitalism but to slavery. "Oddly, neither
Marx nor his
critics ever realized that there is one place in the economy
where the Marxist
theory of exploitation and surplus value does apply: not
to the
capitalist-worker relation in the market, but to the relation of
master and
slave under slavery. Since the masters own the slaves, they
indeed only pay them
their subsistence wage: enough to live on and reproduce, while
the masters
pocket the surplus of the slaves' marginal product over their
cost of
subsistence" (p. 393).
Rothbard does not confine his assault on Marxism to an
exposure of its
economic fallacies. Behind the economics of Marxism, he finds a
religious myth, the goal of which is "the obliteration of
the individual
through `reunion' with God, the One, and the ending of cosmic
`alienation', at
least on the level of each individual" (p. 351).
One might at first think that abstruse theosophical
speculations that date
back to Plotinus have little to do with Marxism. But Rothbard
convincingly shows
that Marx, through the intermediary of Hegel, presented a
secularized version of
this witches' brew in the guise of "scientific
socialism." In the
course of doing so, Rothbard makes Hegel's philosophy seem
amusing; his remarks
on the "cosmic blob" are worthy of Mencken (p. 349).
analysis of Marx's philosophy re-enforces the pioneering
investigations of Eric
Voegelin; this parallel between the conclusions of these two
great scholars is
all the more remarkable in that Rothbard, though familiar with
Voegelin, was not
deeply influenced by him
So filled with material is the book that one could easily
write another
detailed review stressing entirely different parts of it, such as
the long and
learned account of the bullionist controversy. I shall, with
regret, confine
myself to two final items. In his discussion of utilitarianism,
philosophical turn of mind is evident. He notes that according to
that system,
reason "is only a hand-maiden, a slave to the passions. . .
. But what,
then, is to be done about the fact that most people decide on
their ends by
ethical principles, which cannot be considered reducible to an
original personal
emotion" (p. 57)?
Rothbard has here rediscovered an objection to utilitarianism
raised by
Archbishop Whately: how can utilitarianism accommodate
preferences based on
competing ethical systems? John Stuart Mill, though familiar with
the objection,
never answered it in a convincing way.
I cannot resist ending with Rothbard's assessment of Mill:
"John Stuart
was the quintessence of soft rather than hardcore, a woolly
minded man of mush
in striking contrast to his steel-edged father. . . . John Stuart
enormous popularity and stature in the British intellectual world
was partially
due to his very mush-headedness" (p. 277).
You will not elsewhere encounter an intellectual historian who
writes like
that. Murray Rothbard's two volumes are a monument of


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Well, the Christmas shopping season is upon us. Unless you're one of those 'got it together' people who is already done with this particular Holiday task. If you are, I hope you got me something nice.
This post is my 2015 Christmas list. I'm posting this list on my website for a couple of different reasons. The first is that I always seemed to get asked what I want and got tired of repeating myself so posted a list on Facebook. I decided this would be a better platform.
The second reason is that I wanted to write and thought this would be an easy enough post. I have a third reason but I think I will discuss that at the end. If I give it all away now you'll have no reason to keep reading.
This list is not in order of priority or desire.
Cash always feels like an impersonal gift but I ask for it for a specific reason. My birthday is in January and over the last few years I have gone to stay with my cousin Shiloh in Sioux Falls for a week or so. Well, doing that costs me a pretty penny each year if I want to get in all of the things I'd like to do including restaurants I want to eat at. So getting cash for Christmas would take care of that.
I also would not mind cash because I'd like to buy an HDTV for my bedroom. I'm thinking something small in the range of 20 inches. I found one at a good price not that long ago. I would put it in my bedroom and connect my Apple TV to it so I can stream Netflix and other services while I'm lying in bed. I do take Paypal donations.
APPLE TV – 4th Generation
I have a third generation Apple TV which is the one I'd like to put in the bedroom if I get a 4th Generation model. Why not get something like a Chromecast, Roku or Amazon Fire? I have concerns with accessibility of those devices for the visually impaired and like the integration I get from being able to access my iTunes account on it.
There are 2 models. The 32GB is $149 and the 64GB model is $199. I could make due with the 32GB model because it is unlikely that I will play a lot of games, if any.
This is pretty much the most popular piece of Star Wars related merchandise for 'The Force Awakens'. I have absolutely no idea how the app that controls the droid works with voiceover on an iPhone but I would love to try and find out.
In October, I got a Derek Carr jersey and am I ever so happy that I did. He's been having a great year and is a legitimate star on the rise in the NFL. He's also the only current player for the Raiders that I have a jersey of. I have a few more that I would like to add to the mix: Kahlil Mack (#52), Amari Cooper (#89), Latavius Murray (#34) and Charles Woodson (#24). That is roughly the order of desirability as well.
Authentic Scale Ring and Classic Steel Cage sets
Here's a link for the Steel Cage and here's one for the ring and I should note the ring is necessary for the cage and so if I only got one, I'd prefer the ring. Also, since I'm a WCW fan this would also be pretty cool to get.
There are figures that I want as well but it would be simpler for me to deal with that question asked individually.
I used to not like the idea of gift cards because they limited where you could spend your money. However, I'd happily take gift cards from Amazon.com, Audible.com or iTunes. I'm unlikely to run out of things that are on my Audible or iTunes wishlists.
So that's pretty much the list I've come up with at this time. Now I can talk about the third reason for wanting to put this up.
The truth is I'm unlikely to get most of the things on this list and it is entirely possible that I get none of them. I'm okay with this. Putting together a Christmas list was particularly difficult for me this year because in many ways I am very content with what I have. If I end up with none of the things listed above, I'll survive just fine. I often write about being depressed or down in the dumps but that doesn't mean I am unable to recognize how fortunate and blessed that I actually am. I have good friends that care deeply for me and a loving family who I can go to at any time. I have a roof over my head and do not lack for things to eat. I have comfortable clothes that keep me warm in winter and cool in summer. I may wish to update my look soon but that's something I'd prefer to do on my own rather than put clothing on my Christmas list.
There is one other thing I thought of while writing this post. Even though I put this list together, I'm not going to be bothered if people come up with their own ideas. Some of the best gifts I have gotten in recent years are things that I wouldn't have thought to ask for at any point. So the more creative the better but the fact remains that I do get asked and this is my answer.
The old saying that it is better to give than recieve is something I believe in to a high degree. I'm very much looking forward to doing my own Christmas shopping this year. I have great ideas in mind for my friends. Family is another matter as I'm not exactly sure what we're doing.
So there is my list for what it is worth and my reasons behind posting it. Alright, I'm not going to lie, I'm also curious to compair next year's list to this one and see how much things change.


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The PPC have agreed to implement additional safeguards in order to bring about similar protections for EU citizens as they enjoy under the GDPR. These include introducing stricter rules for handling EU citizen's sensitive personal information. Creating a complaints procedure for EU citizen's regarding how their personal data is accessed by the Japanese government authorities.
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Blaser Mills Law recently launched a regulatory consultancy business called BM Data Services. The consultancy acts as a Data Protection Officer (DPO) for businesses that must appoint a DPO under GDPR and the business either needs to or wants to outsource this responsibility. BM Data Services can also act as an EU Representative for non-EU businesses that are required to appoint a representative in the EU under Article 27 GDPR. For more information about BM Data Services, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Note, BM Data Services, is a separate business and only provides GDPR services by qualified GDPR practitioners. It does not offer legal services and is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.