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I received this book for free from Entangled Publishing, NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Summer Before Forever by Melissa Chambers
Series: Before Forever #1
Published by Entangled: digiTeen on August 22, 2016
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance
Pages: 274
Source: Entangled Publishing, NetGalley
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Chloe Stone's life is a hot mess. Determined to stop being so freaking skittish, she packs up her quasi-famous best friend and heads to Florida. The goal? Complete the summer bucket list to end all bucket lists. The problem? Her hot soon-to-be stepbrother, Landon Jacobs.
Landon's mom will throttle him if he even looks at his future stepsister the wrong way. Problem is, Chloe is everything he didn't know he wanted, and that's…inconvenient. Watching her tear it up on a karaoke stage, stand up to his asshole friend, and rock her first string bikini destroys his sanity.
But there's more than their future family on the line. Landon is hiding something—something he knows will change how she feels about him—and she's hiding something from him, too. And when the secrets come out, there's a good chance neither will look at the other the same way again…
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The Summer Before Forever
Melissa Chambers
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Novels are works of fiction…mostly. Many of us draw on what we know, or we take pieces and parts of our lives…stories we've heard and experiences we've had, and we mold them into fictitious stories. Other times, we take dreams or fantasies and we draw them out into stories. We allow ourselves to live out different lives on the page or even live in the setting of our dreams for little while.
I love the beach. My whole life, I've wanted to live there. I've been quite a bit, but I've never made that transition away from everyone and everything I know. That's where books come in. I don't have to actually live at the beach to smell the salty ocean air. I can just sit down at my keyboard and dream up a sandy beach, waves licking at my toes, and sun warming my skin.
My debut YA novel, The Summer Before Forever, takes place in a town called Destin, Florida. This is a beach town in the panhandle that I've been to more times than I have fingers and toes to count on. I grew up going to this town as a toddler and have been just about every year since.
I have so many memories of Destin as a teenager. There's something so wonderful about separating yourself from all the kids at school who know all your embarrassing moments and your status in the hallway cliques. For me, Destin was like a clean slate for the week. A place where there was a level playing field, and everyone, including me, was the mystery guy or girl.
I wanted my heroine, Chloe, to have that anonymity. She's been through some really heavy stuff back home, and although she's got to endure a summer with her estranged father, she gets to remove herself from all of that stress and walk into a clean slate. Sometimes we need that.
Chloe goes on a transformation that spans the summer. She's been sent running back into her conch shell after a terrible incident with a boy back home, and she has to find a way to gain her confidence and strength back. It's always a challenge working on a character's journey, and we writers have to make sure we're not rushing it or drawing it out longer than the reader has a tolerance for. Chloe works on a list of confidence-building tasks as supplied by her crazy, very confident best friend, Jenna. As Chloe completes the tasks, she finds herself creeping back out of her shell, but around every corner, there are reasons to hop right back in.
I love to read stories told in dual POV. I like getting both perspectives. For this reason, I wrote this story in dual POV. I like giving the reader a break from the same voice throughout every chapter, and it also provides a deeper character arc for both sides. I felt like I really got to know Landon better than I would have if the whole story would have come from Chloe's perspective. But I will say that in some instances, I like the mystery a single POV story provides when we never get in the hero's head.
Landon is your typical swoony YA romance hero. He's strong and athletic, confident but lets his guard down for Chloe on occasion. He's also good to his sometimes overbearing mother. It's tough to dislike a guy who cares about his mom! But he's got a clink in his armor – something he wants desperately to hide from Chloe. But keeping a secret so big may end up making things ten times worse.
Landon was really fun to write, but he also took a lot of research on my part. I got to know him so well that way as I read articles, watched videos, and figured out ways to really make him tick.
I hope you will enjoy The Summer Before Forever. Should you choose to read, I promise you toes in the sand, warm summer nights, and a blossoming relationship that will give your stomach a major case of the butterfly-itis!
Perfect; romantic, forbidden!!!
I want to kiss this girl more than I've ever wanted anything in my life… more than I want to play football, more than I want to freaking breathe. by Landon
- Landon is the most perfect boyfriend ever. He is such a great guy, that is easy to fall in love with him. I have three teenagers of my own, two of them are boys, and he is the kind of man I would like my boys to become.
- Chloe is a great heroine. She is still maturing, growing up, learning about herself. She has one of the biggest evolutions I have seen a character have in a book. Amazing! I could easily relate, connect and understand her.
- Jenna was not instant love, but when you get to know her, you fall in love. She is a great secondary character and I would love to know her better, to "hear" her point-of-view also.
- This plot is fenomenal. Is about love, friendship, growing up, first love, coming of age. It's sweet and romantic.
- I couldn't put this book down. I had real trouble stoping to do anything. One of the most addictive reads I had in a long time.
- I can't wait to read more of this author. I'm really hoping that I get to see all of them in college on the next book.
- This book is a journey worth taking!
- I love the cover!
- The author touches so many important themes on this book, but at the same time, it all make sense in the story. They are there for are reason and everything enriches the reader's experience.
- Sorry, this is one of those reads that left me speechless. I can't think of any thing that I haven't liked it.
- What's not to like?
I don't know what your experience level is, but I just want to make sure you know you don't owe any asshole any part of you. by Landon
You MAY read this book because you love YA novels; you SHOULD read this book because you love a sweet love story; you MUST read this book if you are looking for a real cathartic experience of first love and friendship!!!
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Hotel Outlook: Economic Growth, Occupancy, and Airbnb
At Lever Capital Partners we are also seeing positive ADR and Occupancy growth for most of our hotel clients. Given the run up in RevPAR, there has been a slew of development and the commercial real estate financing world is now taking a harder look at new development projects. Commercial real estate lending for new hotels is now only provided for the best owners where the STR report shows a true need for the asset in question. There's been a bunch of CRE News about Airbnb and the effect that it's having in the hospitality market but I haven't seen it given the deals we've looked at. Maybe it's having a greater effect in primary markets like NYC and San Francisco but many of the assets we've financed recently continue to have positive RevPAR trends. Overall we continue to like the hospitality segment but are cautious along with the lenders about what might happen if there's a slowdown in the segment given the increase in average interest rate for commercial real estate loans.
– Adam Horowitz, Principal of Lever Capital Partners and President of the Real Estate Capital Alliance
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World Bank report projects a trillion-dollar food market for Africa
Africa's farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to more capital, electricity, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods, says a new World Bank report.
The report "Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness," calls on governments to work side-by-side with agribusinesses, to link farmers with consumers in an increasingly urbanized Africa.
"The time has come for making African agriculture and agribusiness a catalyst for ending poverty," says Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa Region. "We cannot overstate the importance of agriculture to Africa's determination to maintain and boost its high growth rates, create more jobs, significantly reduce poverty, and grow enough cheap, nutritious food to feed its families, export its surplus crops, while safeguarding the continent's environment."
According to the report, Africa's food and beverage markets are projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030, tripling the current market size of $313 billion.
This will bring more jobs, greater prosperity, less hunger, and significantly more opportunity that enable African farmers to compete globally, said the report.
The report argues that adverse trends like falling export shares and rising food imports can be reversed through good policies, sustained public-private investment, and strong public-private partnerships backed by open, transparent procedures and processes along the entire value chain.
Africa has more than half of the world's fertile yet unused land – only two percent of the continent's renewable water resources are used compared to the global average of five percent. Post-harvest losses run 15 to 20 percent for cereals and are higher for perishable products due to poor storage and other farm infrastructure.
While pointing to the need for significant investment in infrastructure the report carries an unequivocal warning: in the rush to allocate land for agribusiness, care needs to be taken so that acquisitions do not threaten people's livelihoods and land purchases or leases are conducted according to ethical and socially responsible standards, including recognizing local users' rights, holding consultations with local communities, and paying fair market-rate compensation for land acquired.
The report also took an in-depth look at entire value chains – the process for taking products from farms to markets – for five commodities, rice, maize, cocoa, dairy and green beans.
Africa is the world's leading importer and consumer of rice, paying US$3.5 billion for import bills.
Ghana, a top importer, produces more varieties of rice but at significantly higher cost.
"Improving Africa's agriculture and agribusiness sectors means higher incomes and more jobs. It also allows Africa to compete globally. Today, Brazil, Indonesia and Thailand each export more food products than all of sub-Saharan Africa combined. This must change," says Jamal Saghir, World Bank Director for Sustainable Development in the Africa Region.
The report says agriculture and agribusiness should be at the top of the development and business agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa. Strong leadership and commitment from both public and private sectors is needed.
For success, engaging with strategic "good practice" investors is critical, as is the need for strengthening of safeguards, land administration systems, and screening investments for sustainable growth.
Concluding on an upbeat note, the report says Africa can draw on many local successes to guide governments and investors toward positive economic, social and environmental outcomes.
"African farmers and businesses must be empowered through good policies, increased public and private investments and strong public-private partnerships," says Gaiv Tata, World Bank Director for Financial and Private Sector Development in Africa. "A strong agribusiness sector is vital for Africa's economic future."


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THE Republican presidential field has become a showcase of evangelical anti-intellectualism. Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann deny that climate change is real and caused by humans. Mr. Perry and Mrs. Bachmann dismiss evolution as an unproven theory. The two candidates who espouse the greatest support for science, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr., happen to be Mormons, a faith regarded with mistrust by many Christians.
The rejection of science seems to be part of a politically monolithic red-state fundamentalism, textbook evidence of an unyielding ignorance on the part of the religious. As one fundamentalist slogan puts it, "The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it." But evangelical Christianity need not be defined by the simplistic theology, cultural isolationism and stubborn anti-intellectualism that most of the Republican candidates have embraced.
Like other evangelicals, we accept the centrality of faith in Jesus Christ and look to the Bible as our sacred book, though we find it hard to recognize our religious tradition in the mainstream evangelical conversation. Evangelicalism at its best seeks a biblically grounded expression of Christianity that is intellectually engaged, humble and forward-looking. In contrast, fundamentalism is literalistic, overconfident and reactionary.
Fundamentalism appeals to evangelicals who have become convinced that their country has been overrun by a vast secular conspiracy; denial is the simplest and most attractive response to change. They have been scarred by the elimination of prayer in schools; the removal of nativity scenes from public places; the increasing legitimacy of abortion and homosexuality; the persistence of pornography and drug abuse; and acceptance of other religions and of atheism.
In response, many evangelicals created what amounts to a "parallel culture," nurtured by church, Sunday school, summer camps and colleges, as well as publishing houses, broadcasting networks, music festivals and counseling groups. Among evangelical leaders, Ken Ham, David Barton and James C. Dobson have been particularly effective orchestrators - and beneficiaries - of this subculture.
Mr. Ham built his organization, Answers in Genesis, on the premise that biblical truth trumps all other knowledge. His Creation Museum, in Petersburg, Ky., contrasts "God's Word," timeless and eternal, with the fleeting notions of "human reason." This is how he knows that the earth is 10,000 years old, that humans and dinosaurs lived together, and that women are subordinate to men. Evangelicals who disagree, like Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, are excoriated on the group's Web site. (In a recent blog post, Mr. Ham called us "wolves" in sheep's clothing, masquerading as Christians while secretly trying to destroy faith in the Bible.)
Mr. Barton heads an organization called WallBuilders, dedicated to the proposition that the founders were evangelicals who intended America to be a Christian nation. He has emerged as a highly influential Republican leader, a favorite of Mr. Perry, Mrs. Bachmann and members of the Tea Party. Though his education consists of a B.A. in religious education from Oral Roberts University and his scholarly blunders have drawn criticism from evangelical historians like John Fea, Mr. Barton has seen his version of history reflected in everything from the Republican Party platform to the social science curriculum in Texas.
Mr. Dobson, through his group Focus on the Family, has insisted for decades that homosexuality is a choice and that gay people could "pray away" their unnatural and sinful orientation. A defender of spanking children and of traditional roles for the sexes, he has accused the American Psychological Association, which in 2000 disavowed reparative therapy to "cure" homosexuality, of caving in to gay pressure.
Charismatic leaders like these project a winsome personal testimony as brothers in Christ. Their audiences number in the tens of millions. They pepper their presentations with so many Bible verses that their messages appear to be straight out of Scripture; to many, they seem like prophets, anointed by God.
But in fact their rejection of knowledge amounts to what the evangelical historian Mark A. Noll, in his 1994 book, "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind," described as an "intellectual disaster." He called on evangelicals to repent for their neglect of the mind, decrying the abandonment of the intellectual heritage of the Protestant Reformation. "The scandal of the evangelical mind," he wrote, "is that there is not much of an evangelical mind."
There are signs of change. Within the evangelical world, tensions have emerged between those who deny secular knowledge, and those who have kept up with it and integrated it with their faith. Almost all evangelical colleges employ faculty members with degrees from major research universities - a conduit for knowledge from the larger world. We find students arriving on campus tired of the culture-war approach to faith in which they were raised, and more interested in promoting social justice than opposing gay marriage.
Scholars like Dr. Collins and Mr. Noll, and publications like Books & Culture, Sojourners and The Christian Century, offer an alternative to the self-anointed leaders. They recognize that the Bible does not condemn evolution and says next to nothing about gay marriage. They understand that Christian theology can incorporate Darwin's insights and flourish in a pluralistic society.
Americans have always trusted in God, and even today atheism is little more than a quiet voice on the margins. Faith, working calmly in the lives of Americans from George Washington to Barack Obama, has motivated some of America's finest moments. But when the faith of so many Americans becomes an occasion to embrace discredited, ridiculous and even dangerous ideas, we must not be afraid to speak out, even if it means criticizing fellow Christians.
Karl W. Giberson is a former professor of physics, and Randall J. Stephens is an associate professor of history, both at Eastern Nazarene College. They are the authors of "The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age."
By KARL W. GIBERSON and RANDALL J. STEPHENS
Quincy, Mass.
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Quality luxurious 'GEORGIA AWARD' winning 2 level sub-penthouse offers view from everyroom, centrally located in Vancouver next to Stanley Park with panoramic u nobstructed view to ocean harbour, North Shore mountain and dazzling city light. Hi-ceilings and spacious living floor plans. Totalling 4,900 sq ft on 2 levels and huge decks. Hardwood flooring throughout with radiant heating, air-conditioned and security system. Designer's living room, family room and big kitchen with lots of granite finishing. 3 big bedrooms with ensuite; master even has steam bath. A stylish spiral staircase down to the lower level leads to the den, hobby room and two bedrooms each with ensuites. Grand lobby entrance with 24 hour concierge service


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Jacob Willemsz. van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father, 1532
Jacob Willemsz. van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father, 1532. Maerten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen (1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574) was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–6 in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World.


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Facebook Updates App Center Game Categories, Spotlights Bingo Blitz, Vostu
Facebook recently tweaked the categories in its app center, allowing users to more easily find games and bring more fun applications to the forefront. The site also highlighted developer Vostu and a popular game from Buffalo Studios, Bingo Blitz.
Facebook recently tweaked the categories in its app center, allowing users to more easily find games and bring more fun applications to the forefront. The site also highlighted developer Vostu and a popular game from Buffalo Studios, Bingo Blitz.
Facebook announced Wednesday that it updated the game genres available in app center in order to make it easier for people to find games
Facebook's Sean Quinlan described the changes:
We are introducing new and updated game categories to the app center to make it easier for people to browse and find games. These changes to genres, such as breaking out "Action & Arcade" into two separate categories, are aimed at helping people find a variety of games and drive more traffic to developers with apps in the app center. The games category will move to the top of the category list and be prominently displayed, with games subcategories below it. We will continue to periodically update game genres to reflect the growing and diverse games ecosystem.
Additionally, Facebook gave kudos to game developer Vostu, maker of Candy Dash and Mini Fazenda. Vostu updated its payment flow using Facebook's application-programming interface to make payment via mobile phone easier. The developer optimized virtual goods pricing to match the available price points, and it also streamlined the way mobile gamers pay.
Since Vostu did that, the total number of users who paid via mobile grew fourfold, mobile payment increased by 260 percent, and mobile revenues weight on total revenues more than doubled.
Facebook also put Bingo Blitz, developed by Buffalo Studios, in the developers' blog spotlight. Bingo Blitz recently added monthly premium subscriptions, offering players benefits and rewards. The game also offered bigger daily awards for every day that subscribers returned to the game, along with access to special playing rooms.
The result? 85 percent of subscribers return daily to collect rewards. Buffalo Studios told Facebook that renewal rates are 80 percent for subscribers each month, and subscriptions have boosted total revenue by 8 percent.
Brooke Olson, vice president of studio operations at Buffalo Studios, discussed with Facebook how Bingo Blitz has found success:
We structured our (subscription) offering around daily rewards, so the more frequently people come, the more rewards they get. It has been a great retention mechanism for us.


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This weekend, the coming Perseids meteor shower is expected to put on quite a show. The peak of the shower will occur Sunday night, August 11th until dawn on Monday the 12th. Viewing on Saturday evening the 10th until Sunday at dawn ought to be great viewing too.
The Perseids historically have shown 50 meteors an hour and sometimes peaking at 100 per hour. This shower is named for their apparent point of origin: the constellation Perseus. I wouldn't worry if you can't find the constellation Perseus as the meteors should be visible in all parts of the sky.
This is also a great time to take some dazzling pictures. See How to take photos of a meteor shower for hints on taking some great pics!
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Mainland Chinese are the number one group taking advantage of Portugal's "golden residence visa" and they're buying up properties in the EU nation.
The Portuguese golden residence visa was established in 2012 and it offers residency permits to non-Europeans purchasing local properties.
This also gives them to right to travel freely anywhere in the EU.
After five years of residency they can then apply for citizenship.
By the end of July, 2014 there are about 1166 investors making use of these visa and 952 of them are from China.
"If people were buying property just for the return on their investment, they'd buy in the UK, Australia or the US. Here it's all about the golden visa . . . Chinese are the only nationality we sell to whose primary aim is to get a golden visa", said Yansi Xu, a Chinese graduate employed by Portuguese property developers Libertas according to the Financial Times.
The property they purchase needs to cost more than 500,000 Euros but buying a home in Portugal is much cheaper than doing so in Beijing or Shanghai.
Most of the auctions for high end real estate are now being done in Chinese. According to reports from mainland China, 90 percent of bidders are Chinese.
In the last nine months a fifth of the properties for sale in Portugal have been purchased by overseas buyers, most of them from China.
The Chinese taking advantage of this scheme are also attracted to the idea of being able to provide their children with a decent education in a safe and free environment.


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Help to get insight on Hotels in Ecuador
Hello everybody,
i'm preparing a trip to Ecuador/Galapagos and I made a first selection of hotels and Lodges that I liked... on their website and tripadvisor
maybe someone could help me with proper insight :
Quito : la Mansion del Angel or Le Parc
Termas de Papallacta
Hamadryade Lodge
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back to Quito and then to the Galapagos Safari Camp on Santa Cruz
the two I really would like to do, especially because it's my honeymoon are Hamadryade Lodge because everybody seem to love the place. luxurious with great activities such as rafting primary rainforest jungle tours and such.
and Galapagos Safari Camp which seems to follow the same concept, combining luxury and adventure.
now all this seem perfect, but I would feel more comfortable if someone could confirm that
thank you very much, all advices are appreciated
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Great selection of hotels! I would recommend any of the ones you mentioned.
Hamadryade is a lovely place. However, for primary forest and a true Amazon Jungle experience I would recommend a lodge within the Yasuni National Park area such as: Napo Wildlife Center, Sacha Lodge, La Selva Lodge or other lodges with not only stunning forests but also cultural experiences such as: Huaorani Lodge, Kapawi, Shiripuno Lodge.
The Galapagos Safari Camp is a great selection for honeymooners, but you would spend most of your stay in just one island so a cruise will also be recommendable.
Let me know if you would like a quote in any of the hotels you mentioned or if you have any more questions. We love to help Ecuador travelers!


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Video: Police raid headquarters of Greece's public broadcaster
A team of labour journalists, in Greece for a special media project of the global union federation Public Services International – held the last interviews with reporters and technicians who've been occupying and running Greece's public broadcast station for five months – before police raided their Athens headquarters in the early hours of 7 November. Independent filmmaker Aris Chatzistefanou (InfoWar) was on-location at the time of the raid, and produced this new video report.
More information:
- Greek government evicts media workers occupying headquarters of national broadcaster
- Thousands rally to support public broadcaster
- Riot Police raid ERT headquarters
- Greek Journalists Occupy Newsroom
- Greece's ERT TV station symbolises what is happening to the country (The Guardian)


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I met with Dr. Wiet today and signed the forms and asked my final questions. He believes I'll come through it fine. New and improved. I'm feeling as confident as I think I've felt all along, and I'm just ready for this thing to happen. The past week has been like sitting in an airport waiting for a long-delayed, non-stop, twenty-hour flight to Siberia. It's gonna suck, so can we just get on with it already?
A lot of people fear not waking up from a serious surgery like this. I don't. I know I'll wake up. The thing is, what will I wake up to? I'm not worried about pain. I just don't want to be worse-off than I was before. I want to be better. But what can I do about that? Nothing.
I'm trusting my future to people who have spent long, successful, and highly-regarded careers working every day on problems like this. I'm trusting my fellow human beings who are elite, resourceful, well-equipped experts in a highly specialized field. I'm trusting two months of my own research and thought, and countless hours of soul-searching. I'm trusting my own will to fight, recover and reclaim my life and the way I want to live it.
In 32.5 hours I will go black and wake up after what will seem to be just a few seconds — and I will be facing a new reality.


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Black Card Management on Preparing for an Interview
We at Black Card Management have been fortunate enough to find excellent careers that match with our professional goals. However, we know that many people are still looking for the right fit. If that sounds familiar, you are likely going to interviews regularly. If you want to make sure that you nail your job search, you'll need to prepare for each interview with the following materials.
Keep in mind that not every location will have excellent cell phone coverage. Make sure to print out a hard copy of the directions to the interview site. Getting lost on the way will not only make you look bad, it will also be extremely stressful.
Bring multiple copies of your résumé, printed on a good quality paper. At Black Card Management, we always ask candidates for copies to review during their interviews. Make sure to have extra copies just in case there are more people in the meeting than you expect. Additionally, extra copies will help when you have interviews at multiple companies (should you forget to print more between them).
Have something to record notes from the interview, such as a notepad and pen. Not only will this help you to remember the details of the discussion, it will demonstrate your seriousness and professionalism. You can also record questions that you would like to ask during the interview.
Remember these materials the next time you attend an interview in order to make it run as smoothly as possible. We at Black Card Management strongly suggest that you spend a little time preparing in order to increase your chances of getting an offer.


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Within any business, solid customer relations are the crucial elements to success. Without solid business practices, your money will not be received in a timely fashion, your invoices will go unpaid, and your merchandise and goods will cease being delivered to you. How can you remedy these soiled business relationships? Collecting past due debts is the very first step to bringing your money straight to where it is needed – in your accounts.
The key to remember when beginning debt recovery is to start collection efforts as soon as possible. One of the biggest mistakes business owners tend to make are letting the accounts go past due for too long. 30-60 days past due is still early enough for favorable results, however once the account goes past 60+ days, your chances of debt recovery grow slim.
One of the first things you can do when you are ready to begin collecting on past due accounts is sending out a collection notice. This notice can be sent out when the debt is approximately 30 days past due, and gives your debtor a chance to make good on the money owed. This letter also gives a kind reminder for the debtor to review their records, as sometimes a missed payment truly is just an oversight on their part.
Persistence is key
If there is no response from the letter after 5-10 days, a follow up call is always a good step to take. A phone call is an important step to take whenever attempting to collect on a debt, as it gives a personal note to the collection efforts. While it is true that many debtors simply avoid phone calls from their creditors, some will be straightforward and speak with you regarding their debt. During this phone call, you can find out if there are any issues which will keep them from repaying the debt, such as recently losing a job or another form of economic hardship. Many individuals owing money are more likely to set up repayment terms once they feel their creditor will work with them.
As a professional courtesy, another collection call can be made after 5 days should the payment not be received in your office. During this debt recovery call, you can offer your debtors a chance to set up a repayment plan. Unfortunately, many debtors will be more than willing to set up a repayment plan while on the telephone, without actually intending to make good on the payment plan. Should a payment not be received after the initial 30 days, sending written correspondence, a 5 day call and a 10 day call, there is the need to escalate the past due debt to the next level.
Time for help?
When you are having a hard time collecting past due debts for your debtors, hiring a collections agency may be your best bet into getting that money back to your accounts. Collection agencies are skilled professionals with a solid background in the research and collection of past-due accounts. These professionals will have the knowledge and the ability to track down your debtors, contact them, and give them an opportunity to repay their debt with favorable terms. Hiring a debt collection agency, which can also handle global international collections allows your staff to focus on their core work assignments instead of spending hours each day tracking down missed payments.
While nobody truly enjoys collection calls and the task of hounding their debtors over missed payments, leaving the task in the hands of professional collection agents is the best step to help ensure your company survives these hard economic times.


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Hello Ian
Just a quick note to say thank you for coming to check on our event. The food was amazing and you were so right, too much evening food but, hey ho!!! I must say that the team led by the truly wonderful Barney were all outstanding. A total credit to the Milsom family. Please once again pass our thanks to the Chef and the team for making our day so special. When we plan our next event we know who we are gonna call and it's not Ghostbusters, it is you guys.
Last but by no means least thanks again to you for making us feel so relaxed from the outset and over seeing everything for us.
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Professor Tim Crook, who chairs the Institute's Professional Practices Board, says:
What worries us is that the statement ended up in the mainstream media but it doesn't have any official source. We can't find a statement being quoted on the Crown Prosecution Service website or the Ministry of Justice website, or their twitter feed.
He added '…we believe justice can only be done if journalists are the watchdogs of democracy and the eyes and ears of the public.
The Institute has released a media statement saying:
The Venables case is another example of the continuing decline of Open Justice in the UK… The Institute argues that reporting restrictions of criminal proceedings can only be valid if the court and judge issuing them, and the extent and terms of the orders are publicly available and accessible.
The man formerly known as Jon Venables has been charged with offences relating to indecent images of children and will appear in the Crown Court. In order that justice can be done, no further details are being released at this stage and the proceedings are subject to reporting restrictions.
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The world around us is alive with color and sound. Often, there is too much information to absorb and our minds become overwhelmed with data. Every individual has a different tolerance level for data overload. Some individuals are only comfortable when immersed in color and noise while others prefer silence and monochrome. Others still move between immersion and stillness, sometimes favoring one, sometimes the other.
The Awaodori is a festival dance that has been practiced and performed in some parts of Japan for centuries. Zen Buddhism, one of the principle religions of Japan since at least the tenth century, places an extremely high value on silence. Buddhist monks will often take vows of silence that will last for decades. Some Buddhist monasteries prohibit all forms of sound within their compounds except for the drone of insects or the singing of birds. This dichotomy within Japanese culture is not a paradox. It arises out of the natural differences between individual humans. Neither the clamor of the Awaodori nor the stillness of a Buddhist monastery is appropriate for everyone. There is no greater value in one over the other. Differences between individuals are neither something to be celebrated nor something to be scorned. It is our differences that define us individually and allow us each to play a different role in the great drama that is life.
There is a story told in Hinduism that I am very fond of. A wise and learned Brahmin was the most valued advisor to a particular king. He served his king from the time he finished his studies of the ancient texts until the day the kind died and was replaced by the son. The son did not value the wisdom of the old Brahmin, so he sent him into retirement. As a part gift in recognition of his long service to the kingdom, the son gifted the Brahmin with a rare, beautiful, and very valuable vase. It was the only item of any worth the Brahmin had ever owned and he cherished greatly.
One night, a few years after his retirement, a thief broke into the Brahmin's home. As he reached for the vase the old man awoke. The two stared into each other eyes for a few moments. The thief spoke first, "If you try to stop me, I will kill you. If you report me to the magistrate my sons will find you and kill you."
"But this vase is my only treasure," replied the Brahmin, "if you take it from me what use will I have for my life?"
"Does your life mean so little you would sacrifice it for a vase?"
"You misunderstand me. I will not try to stop you from taking the vase. I just want you to know that when you leave here you are not taking a simple vase. You are taking my heart and soul with you and I will be devastated."
The thief looked into the watery eyes of the old Brahmin. The Brahmin looked into the desperate eyes of the thief. For a moment, each felt the other's pain and each knew the other's heart. Then the thief slowly backed out through the door and the old Brahmin laid back down to sleep. The thief went on to sell the vase and feed his family while that night the Brahmin died in his sleep and went on to his next life.
The first time I heard this story, I thought it was a story about accepting fate and forgiving wrongdoing. Now, decades later, I realize the story is much more complex. It plays off many of life's dichotomies against one another without offering any additional commentary on the good or bad of each. Unlike an Aesop's fable or a Biblical proverb, there is no overriding moral theme being presented. The purpose of the story is to remind us that we each go through life surrounding by different conditions, different situations, and under different pressures. We each make individual choices to confront or accept the challenges that life throws at us. We each play out our role in accordance with our internal reality even when that internal reality has little or no relation to the one surrounding us. Our differences neither raise up to kingship nor carry us down to thievery. King, Brahmin, and thief each play a different role in the greater drama that is life itself. The color and noise of our life shapes us, but our choices define us.
The beauty of the vase given to the Brahmin, the cacophony of Awaodori, the power of a new king, and even the desperation of a thief shapes the internal reality of everyone who reads this, even as the story and the festival shaped my understanding of the world I live in. Without these rich experiences, our internal reality can become so detached from the external one that we lose all touch with both. Insanity is the result of a schism so great between the internal world and the external world that the individual can no longer function effectively either within their own mind or within the greater world. Everything collapses and the individual either withdraws completely, lashes out violently, or takes their own life.
Color and noise connect us to the world, preserve our sanity, and shape our inner world, regardless of how much or how little we can tolerate. Even a Buddhist monastery devoted to silence must allow the droning of insects and singing of birds. These simple flashes of color and sound keep the monks grounded in the real world while their silent meditations allow them to explore their internal world.
I cannot define your tolerance for color and noise, and you cannot define mine. Instead, the key is recognizing that you and I exist within a shared reality, regardless of the state of our internal world. I have no right to impose my color and noise onto you, and you have no right to impose your color and noise onto me. However, when we come together and compare our internal worlds, magic happens. Your color and noise shapes mine, while my color and noise shapes yours, and we both come away stronger, saner, and better equipped for whatever challenges the next day brings.
Color and noise, the internal and the external, everything has merit at some point to some individual. The only real enemy is disdain because it prevents an individual from those new experiences which are vital to growth, maturity, and eventually, wisdom.
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How to bulk engineer the resource column in variable list?
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You can block-select several (or all) variables and use the menu "Edit/Assign block to resource manually" to change the resource allocation for all selected variables in one step.
To block-select several variables you left click into the name of the first and with keeping the left mouse key down you drag down over several variables. To select all the variables click on the name of the first variable (be sure to not be in the edit name mode) and then press SHIFT+CTRL+END. That will select the whole Variable list.
In your case I would first filter the variable list for all unassigned variables by clicking on the small triangle on the right side of the RES header of the resource column and select the "----". Only Unassigned Variables should show now. Then Block select them all (see above) and then use "Edit/Assign block to resource automatically". This will assign the variables to the resource that contains the program where the variable is written to(connected to an output of a function block).


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Given the recent presidential tantrums about "the wall," it's no surprise that Robert Frost's Mending Wall should come to mind. Like many of Frost's poems, its lines are often quoted out of context to make a point that is very different from the poet's intention. How many times have you heard: "Good fences make good neighbors…" as if it were a biblical admonition to sharpen one's boundaries, clarify one's property lines, make distinctions and separations. In the actual poem, though, Frost is ironically quoting his neighbor. His own response?
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.
Suddenly an image from my sixteenth year appears: 1961, the inauguration of John Kennedy. Frost was invited to read. It was the first time a poet had been asked to do this. But in the glare of sunlight reflected by the snow, the elderly poet couldn't read the poem he'd written for the day and went on to speak The Gift Outright with its disturbing and ambiguous ending:
Such as we were we gave ourselves outright
(The deed of gift was many deeds of war)
To the land vaguely realizing westward,
But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced,
Such as she was, such as she would become.
No more poetry at presidential inaugurations until 1977 when Jimmy Carter invited James Dickey to read at the inauguration gala. The Strength of Fields, ends with:
Lord, let me shake
With purpose. Wild hope can always spring
From tended strength. Everything is in that.
That and nothing but kindness. More kindness, dear Lord
Of the renewing green. That is where it all has to start:
With the simplest things. More kindness will do nothing less
Than save every sleeping one
And night-walking one
Of us.
My life belongs to the world. I will do what I can.
At Clinton's first inauguration, Maya Angelou read On the Pulse of the Morning:
The River sang and sings on. There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew The African, the Native American, the Sioux, The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh, The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, The Privileged, the Homeless, the Teacher. They hear. They all hear The speaking of the Tree. Today, the first and last of every Tree Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River. Plant yourself beside me, here beside the River. Each of you, descendant of some passed On traveller, has been paid for. You, who gave me my first name, you, Pawnee, Apache, Seneca, you Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then Forced on bloody feet, Left me to the employment of Other seekers — desperate for gain, Starving for gold. You, the Turk, the Swede, the German, the Eskimo, the Scot, You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought, Sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare Praying for a dream. Here, root yourselves beside me. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved.
Obama invited Elizabeth Alexander to read at his first inauguration and Richard Blanco at his second.
Alexander's Praise Song for the Day contains these stanzas:
Say it plain: that many have died for this day.
Sing the names of the dead who brought us here,
who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges,
picked the cotton and the lettuce, built
brick by brick the glittering edifices
they would then keep clean and work inside of.
Praise song for struggle, praise song for the day.
Praise song for every hand-lettered sign,
the figuring-it-out at kitchen tables.
Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,
others by first do no harmor take no more
than you need. What if the mightiest word is love?
In One Today, Richard Blanco writes:
Hear: squeaky playground swings, trains whistling,
or whispers across café tables, Hear: the doors we open
for each other all day, saying: hello / shalom,
buon giorno / howdy / namaste / or buenos días
in the language my mother taught me—in every language
spoken into one wind carrying our lives
without prejudice, as these words break from my lips.
With the exception of Frost's flinty lines, the poems celebrate difference, inclusion, labor, kindness and love, values sadly absent in today's public discourse.
Will the poets return to civic life? I have no idea. It's tempting, these days, to see the world as a dystopian epic heading toward apocalypse. But in her magisterial new history of the United States, These Truths, Jill Lepore writes:
"The American experiment had not ended. A nation born in revolution will forever struggle against chaos. A nation founded on universal rights will wrestle against the forces of particularism. A nation that toppled a hierarchy of birth only to erect a hierarchy of wealth will never know tranquility. A nation of immigrants cannot close its borders. And a nation born in contradiction, liberty in a land of slavery, sovereignty in a land of conquest, will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history."
For me, the act of remembering and praising these poets is one way to give meaning to the ever-conflicted history of our collective experiment.


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Oral Tradition (journal)
Oral Tradition is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1986 by John Miles Foley covering studies in oral tradition and related fields. As well as essays treating certifiably oral traditions, the journal presents investigations of the relationships between oral and written traditions, as well as brief accounts of important fieldwork, a symposium section (in which scholars may reply at some length to prior essays), review articles, occasional transcriptions and translations of oral texts, a digest of work in progress, and a regular column for notices of conferences and other matters of interest. Oral Tradition spans a number of academic fields and disciplines, including, folklore, cultural anthropology, social anthropology, ethnography, ethnomusicologylinguistics, classics, and comparative literature.
Publication history[edit]
From 1986 till the end of 2006, Oral Tradition was published by Slavica Publishers, with an additional online edition through Project MUSE from 2003 onward. However, both of these publication venues are subscription-based and for that reason they unavoidably excluded a substantial segment of the journal's potential readership, particularly non-western academics and institutions. To rectify this, beginning in September 2006, Oral Tradition is published open access by the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition. All journal articles from this point onward will be published exclusively online, but back print issues are now available online as well.
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Christ is Risen!
Truly He is Risen!
One thing I have learned from years of teaching and being a parent is that life goes on no matter what. Whether I am tired or sick, unmotivated, unprepared, or busy and distracted, life is still moving.
After our Spring Break and a full week of Pascha (Easter) preparations we Orthodox Christians culminated the week with the triumphal presence of Christ risen from the tomb. "He is not here, He is risen just as He said." (Matthew 28:6)
Our school week began on Monday at 12:00 noon, appropriately with sharing a meal together. Students and faculty took joy in sharing/trading their lunches as usual, with the festal addition of rich meats and cheeses. The traditional red eggs were presented and, of course, the cracking egg game followed, while proclaiming, "Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!"
The faculty decided to continue this jovial mood and moved our day out of doors to let the students work on their sport of the season, wiffle ball. The very breezy weather added another challenge, showing mastery in all that we do.
Wiffle ball being ended, and points of the winning houses being rightly recorded to the ongoing competition scores, we decided to extend the Bright Monday games to an egg relay and egg toss, with the Paschal Greeting given throughout.
Tuesday we participated in the Paschal Divine Liturgy with the people of St. Nicholas. The Gospel reading for the day was the telling of two men who encountered Jesus on the road to Emmaus. They were surprised at Jesus being the only stranger in Jerusalem to have not heard of the happenings. Their eyes were restrained so that they did not know him. As Father Dragan recounted to us through his sermon, our eyes – like theirs – are opened only when we "break bread" and commune with Christ.
The middle days of the week were carried out almost as usual, excepting the absence of our Headmaster, who is struggling to overcome illness. We miss his presence at school and pray that God will strengthen him and sustain his health. Classes resumed with much review and solidifying of concepts learned over the last few months.
Friday brought back some normalcy, as well as a new project presented by the faculty. The general schedule being as it was before Lent: prayer, reading, cleaning, Tae Kwon Do, lunch, outreach/activity guilds. More specifically we began a new reading project, which was received by the students with much joy and enthusiasm – the reading of a Shakespeare play, "As You Like It." What a poignant representation was our "theatre in the round," having older and younger scholars engaged together.
The students ended the day (and week) by being the "hands and feet" of Christ while working with Randy Evans of FOCUS International (Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve) to package meals for children in Indianapolis who are in need. Our students assembled 39 bags (enough to provide 390 weekend meals for hungry school children) in 1 hour and 35 minutes! Of course, what do you think followed all of this hard work? More wiffle ball.
All of this action may cause some to wonder if we merely like to keep the children busy. Or, perhaps we just have children who are full of energy. One who takes a deeper look will see that our activities (from classes, to lunch, to games, to service) are full of purpose.
When the students play games, they are learning about sportsmanship and about their own strengths and weaknesses, in character and physique. When the students participate in liturgical services, they are participating in the life of Christ and His Church. When they study together, there are many opportunities for in-class mentoring. When they perform service work, it is with comradery and encouragement.
This purpose is grounded in our recent feast. The grammar students have been working on penmanship while writing the Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom. (You parents of grammar students get your hands on it if you can.) What beautiful wording of the Feast of Feasts. Some of my favorite lines are as follows:
"Enjoy ye all the feast of faith: Receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness.
O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen and life reigns. Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave.
For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
To Him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages. Amen"
May we be like the ointment-bearing women who, in coming to the tomb to prepare the body for burial, while taken with trembling and thought to flee found the Angel who cried: Rejoice, be not afraid, He whom you seek is risen. Go quickly and proclaim to the Disciples: The Savior is risen from the grave.
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The horses at Team Fredericks are enjoying fresh, clean and nutritious feed from the revolutionary Fodder Solutions feeding system as they prepare for a busy season. Clayton and Lucinda have been using the feed on some of their top performers for several months, and have seen great changes since switching them onto the fodder. They are excited at the prospect of having the whole yard on a fresh fodder diet.
"I am very impressed with the way the horses are on the Fodder Solutions feed, particularly in their temperament. They are working really well, and they are galloping with plenty of energy but without all the fight at the beginning", says Clayton.
Clayton first saw the Fodder Solutions system in Australia, and with sales of over 1100 systems worldwide, it is the leader in fodder production systems. Now manufactured here in the UK, the users of the system are reporting great improvements in their horses since switching them onto a fresh fodder diet.
"I wanted something that was cost effective and Fodder Solutions seemed to make a lot of sense. Initially it was the cost benefit that attracted me, and even if it was not for the top horses I felt that it still made sense as the basis for feeding the yard", says Clayton.
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"I have generally found that the horses are a lot stronger and more supple, but in a relaxed way. I like the fact that I can increase quite significantly the amount of protein in their diet to build muscle without the risk of tying up. On the day after they have galloped they come out soft and supple. The mares can get very stressy but they have been much more settled. One of the mares is not the easiest in the world but it has worked well – her muscle development is very good, she is relaxed, lean and fit.
I have been feeding it to my Olympic hopefuls and the benefits are huge, not just the cost savings but also it is better for their digestion, their coats are doing really well and there is plenty of flexibility of altering the seed mix for more protein", explains Clayton.
Clayton's vet is also enthusiastic. "In the build up to the 2012 eventing season, Clayton Fredericks' horses have been primarily fed by Fodder Solutions hydroponic feeding system. The horses are in great condition, both physically and mentally with no dietary or enteric problems in training. Two horses that have been very prone to tying up issues in the past have done exceptionally well on this feed". Well-known racing and eventing vet, Clive Hamblin, MRCVS.
Feeding the fodder is easy; the 8Kg mat is pulled from the system and taken to the stables. There the mat is put in the feeders and the horses happily get stuck in, eating the whole mat with no waste. For those in competition, additional seeds can be sprouted, including sunflower and lupin, these seeds are sprinkled on top of the barley seeds and provide higher levels of protein, oil and starch required for the work that top competition horses are required to perform.
Clayton recalls how much the horses enjoy the fodder: "The feed is very palatable – it is a bit different to eat and to begin with they did not seem quite sure about eating the whole mat – but once they know how to eat it they just chuff in! If you walk down the stables carrying a mat, they all want it!
Fodder Solutions systems are equally suited to small and large yards, with a range of sizes providing a cost efficient and time saving feed solution. The smallest Fodder Solutions systems produce 25kg of feed per day and are ideal for small and private yards, larger units are available capable of producing up to 500kg per day and bespoke systems can be manufactured to any size.
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The horses at Team Fredericks are enjoying fresh, clean and nutritious feed from the revolutionary Fodder Solutions feeding system as they prepare for a busy season. Clayton and Lucinda have been using the feed on some of their top performers for several months, and have seen great changes since switching them onto the fodder. They are excited at the prospect of having the whole yard on a fresh fodder diet.


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We also hire a Parent Communication Representative. This person works closely with our Health Care team as well as with our counselling team and will be able to update parents quickly on any concerns your child might have while at camp.


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What would you do if you could perform any miracle? What temptations would that bring? How would it change you? R. L. Copple explores these questions and more in Reality's Dawn, the first volume of The Reality Chronicles.
Written as an allegory, Reality's Dawn is told in the very simple first-person narrative of the main character, Sisko. Having walked into the local steam house, where everyone is supernaturally given exactly what they deserve, young Sisko emerges with the ability to perform any miracle he wishes, but with a very important catch: He cannot use his ability to benefit himself. This one rule sounds like it would be simple enough to obey, but the temptations that Sisko faces are abundant.
Each chapter records a new adventure in the hero's life and is loaded with danger, action, and Biblical morals. He'll gain friends, join a gang, fall in love, and become a popular healer near and far. The question is, will he be able to maintain his devotion to God in the midst of it all?
I give Reality's Dawn a recommendation of Excellent and will eagerly anticipate reading the rest of The Reality Chronicles.
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An alien ship has crash-landed on Earth, setting off a new wave of drug addiction and world war in its wake, while the sole survivor of the wreckage vows revenge against the god-like authorities of his home planet. At the same time, the new president of the GenRes Company is obsessed with living up to his father's medical success and has just discovered how to transform normal children into Genetically Altered super-humans. Who will control these children? The scientist, the alien, and a couple of ambitious criminals are all eager to keep them for their own use. But Someone else has entirely different plans for them. Follow as each development merges together and a new breed of adolescent superheroes rises to the forefront in book one of The Gifted: In the Beginning.
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Great Research Paper Ideas On Poetry For You To Consider
Writing poetry is considered an art form by many people and one can see why. Even none enthusiasts often find themselves caught in the magic of masterfully crafted sentences, a good example of this is popular music, most of which, is poetry. When we speak of poems, one may envision short sentences, with a rhyming beat, but they can be much more than this.
Through history, scholars have studied poems by great authors, trying their best to uncover the hidden meanings of the lines, an enjoyable venture for many. Since we often place so much meaning in the words of poems, it is no surprise that many research projects are undertaken, often to find the truth of popular poems. Consider the following research topics on poetry:
- How did we as a species, come to develop the act of writing our feelings and emotions using poetic methods?
- What is the true purpose of poetry in our society? Can it be replaced with anything else?
- Does poetry have the ability to affect a persons mental state?
- How does one determine good poetry, from bad poetry?
- Is poetry a measure of our intelligence, or is it just another one of our whims?
- What would happen to society, if poetry were made illegal because of its ability to strongly influence our feelings?
- Is it possible for new forms of poetry to be developed, despite our intense exploration of the practice?
- The definition of a true poet and what it means to live the lifestyle necessary to be truly great.
- What is the true value of poetry to society as a whole?
- If poetry is considered a form of art, why is it not displayed in galleries, in the very same way that paintings are?
- What set apart the great poets of history from the rest? What was so different about them that they were able to become legends through their words alone?
- The definition of a poem is very loose, how is this possible while maintaining such sensitive features?
- What is the most significant defining factor of a good poem compared to a bad one?
- Is it possible to create an impressive, badly done poem?
- Should poetic speech become an official part of school curriculum, very much like a foreign language subject is taught?
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This Ad About Dangerous Driving Is 100% Not Headed Where You Think It Is
A 'road without rules' that already exists
Imagine a road without rules—one where you can drive like a madman, cut people off at will, and stop wherever you want for an impromptu selfie.
That might sound either awesome or awful. Luckily, none of us has to experience it in real life … or do we? This riotous spot on the subject veers off into a message you might not see coming:
Have you watched it yet? Ready for spoilers? OK, good, here we go.
This is actually an ad for Wed'ze ski helmets, brought to you by sports retailer Decathlon and French agency Rosapark. The tagline is, simply, "Wear a helmet."
The spot works because it doesn't so much preach as revel in the pleasure of the weird universe its creators have made, and we're carried right along, pretty much willing to roll with anything that comes along.
"We shot the film's car scene in the north of Thailand, near the border with Laos, at an old deserted airport that had a two-kilometer runway," explains Rosapark's brand director, Victor Faubert, to Adfreak. "It's really a great country to find beautiful vintage cars [we can] customize, which was important because we wanted to give them the same colors as the brand's ski suits."
The ski portion, on the other hand, was shot in the French Alps "on the first day of the season," Faubert goes on. "We were lucky to have snow. And even after all that, we had a considerable amount of post-production work to make sure we only saw the cars and the runway, enveloping them in smoke."
While Rosapark's production timing was lucky, dropping the ad during ski season was more intentional. People think more about the merry that awaits (the whistling wind! Fondue!) than about the accidents they could have.
A 2015 IFOP study found that two-thirds of skiers fail to wear helmets. It's not that they don't know they should, either—97 percent of kids 10 and under wear one, so what we're facing here is more of a cycling situation: People recognize the need, but just don't want to be bothered.
That's more than a bit silly, given that the helmet is probably the least expensive of all the gear you'll be buying or renting, would probably keep your head warm and isn't more dorky than everything else you have on.
So just wear the damn helmet. And save the selfies for the lodge.
Directed by David Bertram of Standard Films, :20 and :30 versions of the ad will air internationally from starting today. This longer version will be shared via social media.
BRAND : Decathlon
AGENCY : Rosapark
Co-founder: Jean-Patrick Chiquiar
Co-founders/CCOs: Gilles Fichteberg et Jean-François Sacco
Copywriter: Nicolas Gadesaude
Art Director: Julien Saurin
Brand Director: Victor Faubert
Brand Manager: Adélaïde Destaillats
Agency TV Producer: Adélaïde Samani
PRODUCTION: Standard Films
Director: David Bertram
Production Director Domitille Laurens
Sound: Les Kouz
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Though it may seem like there are endless allegations against celebrities for one crime or another these days, it's good to remember that not all Hollywood stars use their fame for evil.
In a social media post created by a Twitter user named Bakoon, people are being called to share their positive experiences of dealing with famous people in real life.
"If anyone has any nice allegations against a celebrity, that would be great too," says Bakoon. "Does a famous actor give good christmas presents?"
While some of the stories are as simple as celebrities leaving hefty tips for their servers and baristas, others are way more heartwarming.
One of the first tweets to get the ball rolling was from Mara Wilson, the actress who starred in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, vouching for the kindness of her film co-star Danny Devito.
And the stories just get better and better.
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman let me stay with them when my mom was in the hospital for cancer surgeries
— Mara "Get Rid of the Nazis" Wilson (@MaraWilson) November 10, 2017
Danny DeVito tipped $120 to have two cases of wine one delivered one block to his apartment.
— Kristaps Johnson (@megaclang) November 9, 2017
i was an extra in a movie with Michael Keaton. He played frisbee with us, took pictures, and signed my friend's Batman DVD
— ((((((Beanie Barstein)))))) (@McLeemz) November 9, 2017
Charles Schultz drew me a picture when I was 4 getting my tonsils out.
— Wizard (@fmc21369) November 10, 2017
Nathan fillion is amazing and often gets food truck service and similar as thanks to the production crews on shows/etc he appears in
— The "Nazis Aren't Welcome On My Site" Sixler (@Thesixler) November 10, 2017
Dave Matthews waved back at me enthusiastically at a pizza place when I mistook him for a friend and not, ya know, Dave Matthews.
— Renee Branson (@ReneeBranson72) November 11, 2017
long story, but brad pitt wrote a check to buy 2 tractors for poor farmers he met from Africa. Asked to be anonymous.
— gawain (@niawag2011) November 10, 2017
Michael Stipe is really kind and good at defusing freaking-out-at-famous-strangers teenagers using self-deprecation and fashion discourse
— Cyrus needs finger splints, please help (@chrysopoetics) November 10, 2017
My mom's friend met Anthony Hopkins @ a hotel & they had breakfast 3-4 days in a row to talk about the meaning of life instead of themselves
— LP (@lleightonpaull) November 10, 2017
Jason Alexander made me snacks while I paired his palm pilot to his prius
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LeVar Burton stopped in the middle of an interview to thank the bar staff by name for being so attentive.
— Richard Whittaker (@YorkshireTX) November 10, 2017
I was crying quietly to myself after my Mom died in a cafe, Robin Williams noticed me and paid my check. He whispered things usually get better.
— catherine (@pantone7605) November 11, 2017
robin williams was the nicest, most compassionate celebrity I ever had the pleasure of knowing in person. personally saw him threaten to beat the hell out of some rando harassing a homeless person in the ocean district six or so years ago
— A Sense of Pride and Accomplishment (@caylenb) November 9, 2017
David Tennant not only graciously accepted an academic paper from a random fan in the Richard II stage door line but actually read it and sent me an appreciative note about it
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I accidentally walked into Waka Flocka so hard my head clunked on his chest and he was so scared I'd deeply injured myself
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My husband sat next to him at a film festival event in SF a couple years ago. When it was over, Keanu stayed and picked up other people's trash.
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Are We Our Social Profiles?
Exploring Social Media and Identity
Credit: http://aimiewallace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/identity1.jpgIdentity is an abstract thing, yet society constantly tries to define it in order to give it purpose within society. The state doesn't use identity simply to make each person a number in the system, but does so to benefit people who have aligned their identities with that state, particularly by protecting their personal information and the property linked to their identity. In the case of social media, security of identity and the maintenance of personal privacy is even more difficult because social media identity is even more indefinable. Are we our social profiles? Can they represent who we are in the same way our real existence does? These are among many metaphysical questions that may need to be answered about social profiles. In the following consideration and evaluation of ethics in social networks, it is important to first speculate whether the social identity of a person is synonymous with and representative of that individual's legitimate identity—meaning people are who their social profiles state that they are and are to be held legally, philosophically, and ethically accountable to them. However, before making this assertion, it is necessary to look at the society's view of the issue.
The rapid development of social technology has inhibited legal regulations from adapting alongside of them, which leaves our world in a state of transition. This transitive state makes the ethics of social media a much grayer area than it might otherwise be if laws were in place to implicate an action as legally wrong. Legality is often dictates what people believe to the socially and morally acceptable, so this lack of authority has led to an ambiguous understanding of ethical standards in the society of social media. Ambiguity often causes an individual to tend towards the ethical side that is most beneficial to themselves. In the case of social media, this has led to a belief that individuals are not responsible for the actions of their social profiles. Thus, actions that people might consider to be unethical and dangerous in the real world are more "amoral" if not moral in a social network. The public often turns a blind eye towards these amoral actions as a response to the lack of authority in the social media spectrum; the absence of an authority means there is no ruling over what is what is not a socially acceptable behavior. Inadequate restriction of social media has major ramifications. An important consequence is that people have no basis off which to build what Aristotle called "practical reason," or an mid-ground between opposing sides of behavioral and emotional Credit: http://firstcallmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/fb.jpgexpression. This is a time when unparalled technology is emerging, people don't inherently know how to behave in a virtual environment, and there is no figure of "social media virtue" that they can emulate. As a result of these things, it seems that the public at large does not believe that social profiles are equivalent to real identity and act as if the virtual world is not bound as tightly, if at all, in the same ethics and laws of the real world. If they did, there may be no need to create a new authority to dictate what is socially—and therefore ethically—acceptable.
The government's attempt to become this authority is what causes conflict between the state and the people. As the state struggles to regulate and restrain the public's use of social media, the people in turn determine whether those actions are ethically acceptable to them. The difficulty in this exchange is that social media has already existed a state of freedom, so any action the state decides to take is only going to be seen as restrictive even if it meant to be protective of people's identities and personal privacy.
This concudes Part II of "Evaluating Social Media Ethics," Part III addresss the privacy ethics of social media.
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Saxo Bank Reinforces its Commitment to High Performance Sports
22 May, 2014, 09:06 BST
HELLERUP, Denmark, May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Joint press briefing prior to the Monaco Grand Prix featuring the Lotus F1 Team's Romain Grosjean and Marco Sørensen as well as Bjarne Riis of Team Tinkoff-Saxo at Lotus' motorhome.
Saxo Bank, the leading online trading and investment specialist, will move into pole position with the Lotus F1 Team for the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, expanding on its branding of the team's 2014 challenger, the E22, as driven by Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.
As reinforcement of the exposure and business-to-business opportunities Saxo Bank has enjoyed since becoming Lotus F1 Team Official Business Partner at the start of this season, the E22's sidepods will feature the distinctive Saxo Bank logo for the Monaco Grand Prix highlighting the bank's partnership with the team. Ultimately, Saxo Bank branding will feature on five race cars: The two Lotus F1 Team cars, the Tech 1 Formula Renault 3.5 race car driven by Marco Sørensen and the two Lotus Formula Renault 3.5 team cars.
Lars Seier Christensen, co-CEO and co-founder of Saxo Bank, has said:
"At Saxo Bank, we are proud to be supporting the entire Lotus team, especially Denmark's very own Marco Sørensen, the official Lotus F1 Reserve and Development driver. Lotus is one of the most iconic and successful marques within global motor racing, and the Monaco Grand Prix is the perfect platform upon which to exhibit the Saxo brand."
Prior to the race, both Romain Grosjean and Marco Sørensen, along with Bjarne Riis, founder of the Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team 'Tinkoff-Saxo' - which Saxo Bank has sponsored since 2008 - have been invited by Lars Seier Christensen to a joint press briefing at the Lotus F1 Team motorhome. This event on 23 May, 6 pm CET, will mark the first time that representatives of both Saxo Bank's sporting partnerships have appeared together.
Lars Seier Christensen added:
"At Saxo Bank, we know that if you want to facilitate change, innovation and extraordinary commercial performance, the key component is talent. This is why Saxo Bank is unequivocally committed to the ongoing support and development of talent through our sponsorships of F1, WSR and Pro Tour Cycling.
"Sponsoring these high performance sports is the embodiment of Saxo Bank's general approach and how we excel in our line of business. Everyone can relate to the efforts and sacrifices that Romain Grosjean, Marco Sørensen or Alberto Contador have made to get to the position they are in today. This can be used as an aspiration and inspiration for the Saxo Bank offering and business model."
About Saxo Bank
Saxo Bank is a leading online trading and investment specialist, offering private investors and institutional clients a complete set of tools for their trading and investment strategies. Its financial community portal, TradingFloor.com, is the first multi-asset social trading platform. A fully licensed and regulated European bank, Saxo Bank enables clients to trade FX, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures, Options and other derivatives on our award-winning SaxoTrader platform, accessible on PCs, tablets or smartphones through a single account and available in more than 20 languages. The platform is white-labelled by more than 100 major financial institutions worldwide. Saxo Bank also offers professional portfolio and fund management as well as traditional banking services through Saxo Privatbank. Founded in 1992, Saxo Bank is headquartered in Copenhagen and has offices in 25 countries throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Australia.
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Revolutionising the espresso extraction process Barista Technology proudly introduces the industry-first collaboration between two of the industries leading brands Puqpress and Victoria Arduino. This incredible culmination offers precision tamping paired with premium 'on-demand' grinding in one single unit.
This combination provides a seamless (hands-free) grind and tamp solution for today's most demanding barista.
The new Puqpress M2 is designed to work perfectly with the amazing Mythos 2 on-demand coffee grinder. Bringing all the great features from the Puqpress Q2 but now in a new body that sits perfectly under the Mythos 2 grinder.
Unparalleled engineering and state-of-the-art design are just of the amazing aspects of the Puqpress automatic tamper which deliver perfectly compressed coffee grounds and a precisely level tamp - every time.
With this bundle you'll discover the future of espresso grinding with the highly anticipated Victoria Arduino Mythos 2 Espresso Grinder. Featuring massive 85mm titanium-coated burrs, updated Clima Pro 2.0 technology, and a new variable speed motor that saves your shop energy, it's a stunning follow-up to the beloved Mythos One and a great addition to your bench!
The star feature is Victoria Arduino's Clima Pro 2.0 technology. Using both a cooling fan and a heater, the grinder's able to stay a constant temperature from open to close—no more frustrated baristas in the morning hours as the machine heats up and the grind setting has to change over and over again.
This tech made the Mythos One grinder a star, but this 2.0 version offers two benefits: (1) the temperature can be precisely set to the degree by your baristas and (2) the target temperature can be lower than before.
The grinder's large 85mm flat steel burrs are coated in titanium that not only provides better ground uniformity, but also an extended lifespan. As grounds travel to your portafilter, they're de-clumped by the Clump Crusher, which also leaves no grounds stuck in the grinder. Micrometric grind settings can be set using the LCD display, as well as the dosing method: by time for 'Temporized' models and by volume for 'Gravimetric' models
Another notable feature is the variable speed motor. This can grind beans from 600 to 1200 rpm, according to each bean's needs. Not only is it better for the long-term health of your grinder, but it also helps you save on energy costs in the long-run.
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|416 x 202 x 518 mm (D x W x H)
|550W (variable speed) 300W (fixed speed)
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24.5kg (Variable Speed Version)
Gross weight
23.5kg (Fixed Speed Version)
|Portafilter Compatibility
Suits 53-58.4mm baskets including VST.
All types of portafilters, all brands, single or double spouts
|Tamper Diameter
58.4mm (customised, tolerance +/- 0.1mm), suits basket sizes ranging from 53mm-58.5mm.
|Tamper Shape
Flat bottom
|Adjustable Pressure
10-30kg (+/- 1kg)
|Cycle Duration
1.3 seconds
|Lower Clamp Height
|Adjustable height to suit different portafilters via hex key
|LCD display for pressure adjustment
|Cleaning Setting
|Available via one-touch LCD display
|24-month parts & 3 months labour warranty
|Cable Length
|2.5-metre power cable
|70 watts
|Input Voltage
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|380 (D) x 180mm (W) x 170mm (H)
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