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[SAO PAULO] Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday approved a preliminary investigation into plea bargain deal allegations from former Transpetro head Sergio Machado that President Michel Temer had solicited campaign donations in 2012 that had illicit origin.
Brazil Supreme Court Judge Teori Zavascki approved the probe that also cites Senate President Renan Calheiros, among others, the court said.
Transpetro is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro SA, also known as Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company ensnared in Brazil's largest ever corruption scandal.
Brazil's Supreme Court revealed in June that parts of Machado's plea bargain testimony alleges that the campaign contribution requested by Mr Temer was made legally by engineering group Queiroz Galvao but resulted from a kickback on contracts with Petrobras.
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3 voices that defined 90's country – touring together on stage with one full band electric. Combined over 40 Top 10 radio smash hits and 25 million albums sold!
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Sammy Kershaw rode in on country's new traditionalist wave in the early '90s, finding success with ballads and a blend of updated honky tonk, Southern rock with a hint of Cajun flavor, and crossover-minded country-pop. Songs include "She Don't Know She's Beautiful," "Cadillac Style," "Anywhere But Here," "Haunted Heart," "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer," "I Can't Reach Her Anymore," "Third Rate Romance," "Meant To Be," and "Love of My Life."
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Aaron Tippin's first single, "You've Got To Stand For Something," kicked off his career in a big way! He was asked to join the Bob Hope Show in the early '90's to go over and entertain the troops in Iraq. After that, the hits continued to pile up – "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio," "That's As Close as I'll Get to Loving You," "Kiss This," "For You I Will," "I Got It Honest," "My Blue Angel," and "Workin' Man's PhD," among them.
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Collin Raye is nothing if not passionate. His soulful delivery has set country standards in such searing ballads as "Love, Me," "In This Life," "Not That Different," "One Boy, One Girl" and "If I Were You". Always an energizing showman, he has also blazed through such vivid rockers as "My Kind of Girl," "Little Rock," "That's My Story," "Man of My Word," "I Want You Bad (and That Ain't Good)," "Somebody Else's Moon," "Little Red Rodeo," "I Can Still Feel You" and "I Want You Bad."
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Bridgit Evans, Executive Director at the SAB Foundation, is a leading figure in the efforts to promote business development and entrepreneurship in South Africa. As a former entrepreneur, she is a firm believer in a future, which incorporates women-owned and led businesses in South Africa. "Women must take advantage of the opportunities available to them today. I always tell women I mentor that they are more powerful than they think," asserts Evans.
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Evans recognised the day-to-day challenges of being an entrepreneur first-hand when she ran her own business over a four year period with 14 employees. "My journey of entrepreneurship provided me with invaluable real-life experiences. I fully understand the challenges entrepreneurs have, especially women; therefore; I am sensitive to the dynamics that must be navigated. This insight significantly contributed to the structure of SAB Foundation programmes that meaningfully support women-owned or led businesses," she explains.
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The SAB Foundation was established in 2010, with an entrepreneurial focus, specifically on women, the youth and people in semi-urban and rural areas. Women run half the businesses under the SAB Foundation.
"The Foundation has a number of key projects and initiatives, such as the Tholoana Enterprise Support Programme, which supports small businesses through seed funding and coaching. Another project is the Social Innovation Awards, which were introduced in 2011, with the objective of encouraging business solutions that address social challenges. There is an annual grand prize of R1.3 million for the winning entry. From these awards, over the years, we have undertaken outstanding innovative projects that have made a positive social impact," elaborates Evans.
The Disability Empowerment Awards centres around empowering people with disabilities. Evans adds, "Over 70% of people with disabilities are unemployed. We hope that these awards will draw attention to this issue and make significant inroads to reducing the very high unemployment statistics of people living with disabilities." Taking a holistic look at our country's policy framework entrepreneurship, Evans is positive about the outcome: "Pieces of legislation such as the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act play a pivotal role in redressing the imbalances of the past by encouraging greater participation by entrepreneurs, specifically that of women, in our economy. I believe that our government has created an enabling environment to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs that will support them to establish thriving and sustainable businesses."
While acknowledging the framework could improve through continuous engagement between government, business and civil society, Evans adds: "Ultimately it comes down to an entrepreneur taking action and doing their best to succeed in business." The SAB Foundation continuously strives towards having a broader representation of women-owned and led businesses active in the SAB supply chain. "This is one avenue we use to encourage the development of women entrepreneurs so they can enter industries which are traditionally male-dominated," states Evans.
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This section is from the book "Human Sexuality", by J. Richardson Parke. Also available from Amazon: Human Sexuality.
As I have before remarked, in all animals there are certain relics of bisexuality which never wholly disappear. The hen retains the rudimentary spurs of the cock; the useless nipple of the man develops, under certain conditions, into the lactiferous breast of the woman; in the female clitoris we see the rudimentary male penis; while in the various works on teratology may be found more or less striking evidences to support Letamendi's theory of "panhermaphrodism,"1 as a principle as universal as sex differentiation itself.
But if there be an indeterminate point at which, by absolutely unknown processes, whether fortuitous or designed, this sex separation begins, until we arrive at some more definite knowledge of that starting-point, and the morphological influences of which it is the center, we must be content to regard these subtle sex-approximations, and deviations, as, if not accidental, at least wholly beyond the domain of present knowledge. Before we class the minute organic variations from a given type as abnormalities, however, we should have a distinct idea of what constitutes an abnormality. Is the study of nosology wholly distinct from that of teratology? And how far are we justified in associating phenomena, which have been known to result from disease, with those which are equally well known to be the product of organic predisposition?
We know color-blindness and criminality to be entirely distinct, as diseases, from scarlatina and smallpox; but where does the difference begin as to symptomatology? And if Letamendi's suggested theory1 of latent male germs in the female, and female germs in the male, striving for mastery, and thus producing sexual inversion, be true, is it not equally true that the same, or similar, embryological action is what produces the normal sex?
So far as the psychic features of inversion are concerned, it is quite probable that they depend largely if not wholly on antenatal influences; but those influences, notwithstanding all that has been written, are still too problematical and vague to constitute little more than what Moll calls mere "happy thoughts" in the morphology of the subject,
While it may be regarded as settled, therefore, that sexual inversion is a product of degeneration, psychical and physical, toward the full development of which a great many causes contribute; while it is a phenomenon, in the main, of weakened will power, licentious habits of thought, and a too luxurious civilization; while it springs from a false sexual ideal, rather than deficient intellect; and while its practice is so destructive of both social and private morals that the law takes almost universal cognizance of it, yet, in the nearly total absence of what may be regarded as adequate scientific data concerning its nature and causation, I deem it prudent to touch only very lightly upon the vast mass of speculation, physiological and psychical, which recent years have produced in reference to it; limiting myself to those practical phases of the question in which society suffers from, and endeavors to protect itself against, the sexual invert; and, without assuming that high moral tone which would be distinctly out of place in dealing with a pathological problem, to protect the invert himself, or herself, from physical destruction, by pointing out the penalties which this, in common with every other violation of natural law, must ultimately entail.
But, before entering in detail upon the various phases which the pathology of the theme presents, a brief synopsis of the views currently held in scientific circles, and sanctioned by writers of unquestioned repute, appears to be at least proper.
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Those who can't do, teach.
I used to hate that sentence, but after my experience in the industry I have to admit there is a nugget of truth to that.
Let me explain the difference, if you are a good teacher you will spend 60+ hours a week in order to put out quality courses but the vast majority of people in the industry are pure fucking piss-takers and they do not care about the educational impact of their work. It's a sad situation but it's true, once you're in the system it is very difficult to get those losers out.
I quit mainly due to bureaucracy and the difficulty in trying to change the system. Also, the administration that is passed off onto teachers eat up a huge amount of time which should be spent on improving their courses. The students unfortunately have gotten progressively worse (been teaching for 5 years). They have become unbelievably entitled to what they want out of courses and the university itself, to the point that anyone who is capable of teaching will quit uni because they don't want to listen to little whiny bitches on top of an incredibly demanding job.
Every semester I was 'graded' by my students, I had excellent responses such as 'this has been the best teacher I have ever had' along with 'this teacher was disrespectful to the students and should not be allowed to teach' in the same class. If your teaching score was low then you would be given a warning letter and this would effect your promotion and re-hiring within the university. I would accept any criticism if any qualified teacher would sit in my class and grade my teaching but instead it was relegated to students with a vested interest or a chip on their shoulder to grade my class. 90% of replies were either back slapping or completely vindictive.
I'm done with this shit, let the students get what they paid for, which is fuck all to begin with. They had a great deal at the beginning and they decided to piss on it. They do not know that I have quit and next semester they will have to deal with the consequences of their bitching. I have been in contact with the uni and so far they have had to hire two different professors to replace me. AMAA
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iwasauniprofessor 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Third level education is a necessary evil, you learn a lot more than just your subject.
University is not for everybody, you may not like to sit in front of a screen or a book for a long period of time, if you have the discipline to do that then it's a good place to cut your teeth. You learn how to live with people, pay the bills, work a second job and learn delayed gratification. You have to turn down social nights in order to get your assignment done. The majority of students (including myself) are not that way inclined, it's a paradigm shift that takes place incrementally over a number of years. I believe that this is the real value of university, once you come out of it you have the confidence to work hard, despite rough times and eventually achieve results.
University is for students who do not have the motivation or discipline to educate themselves (this is a large portion of the population). If you have zeroed in on what you want to do at a young age, AND have the discipline and motivation an apprenticeship or learning online is better than university learning.
You do not need a high priced university to learn the above. I have worked alongside private colleges that run into $160,000 for their four year tuition and I question whether or not they really get the benefit of that money. I won't get into my subject here but it deals with programming and you could take that amount of money, buy yourself a high end computer and learn everything you need to know online. The only question is are you motivated to do it.
The last thing I'll say is that some university's have good business contacts, that may be part of the fee but fuck me it better be worth it.
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iwasauniprofessor 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Hi and thanks for the question.
I'll contrast them professionally first and then personally.
Professional certifications are not recognised in most universities mainly because you have to have a level higher than the students that you are grading. So you need to have a masters if you grade degree students, you need to have a doctorate if you are grading masters students.
Personally I don't know enough about certs vs. degrees, I would imagine that it's pretty specific to the field that you are working in. Degrees in any case basically tell your employer that you are determined enough to work towards a goal for four years, certificates do not display the same commitment. International certifications would be viewed the same as certificates. Unfortunately you have to have the correct papers to get into academia, it's basically a 'boys club', do the same shit we went through in order to be recognised. I was at a disadvantage at uni because I didn't have a doctorate only a masters and that capped me at a certain pay even though the courses that I taught were insanely lucrative for the uni.
I'm sure that uni's are offering these courses simply because the money is cheap (student loans are easy to get) and they wanted more students, but they couldn't have the barriers so high. They made a decision (because other uni's also made that decision) to let in any fucktard with a wad of cash. Don't think of uni's as bastions of education, they are a business first and foremost, if your grant money is gone so is your job. It doesn't matter how good a teacher you are or how important your department is to society. At one stage uni's were pushing education but right now they are business, squeezing out professors (many professors are still on the 'adjunct' track... this means they have no real contract and teach the longest hours) and honing in on 'popular' courses.
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iwasauniprofessor 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) ago
This was fun! I'll be back in a week or so's time, so if you want to leave your questions here I'll answer them after a bit. I'm travelling at the moment and this has been a lot of fun wasting time. I'll get back to anyone with a question. Thanks, and Merry Trumpmas!
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iwasauniprofessor 0 points 1 points 1 points (+1|-0) ago
Nope. Never had the opportunity and would never have taken it. My wife is way hotter than my students. Wouldn't want to deal with the drama, I live a bullshit free life.
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Lucky were the dolls and indeed the guys, as they sat down to watch this year's incredible production of Guys and Dolls. The story took us deep into the New York underworld, amongst the gamblers and gangsters, known to us as the crapshooters. Running the show was Nathan Detroit, played by the phenomenal Max L, delivering sparkling comedy alongside his partner Miss Adelaide, the spectacular Ella H. Together they gifted the audience with moments of laughter as, celebrating the 14th anniversary of their engagement, they presented the relatable struggles of a husband and wife. From Adelaide's sniffling lament to her performances with the wonderful hot box girls, Ella wowed the audience with her incredible vocal and acting abilities.
Above ground Nathan, constantly finding himself in sticky situations, decides to make a bet with the infamous Sky Masterson. Little does he know that Sky never loses a bet! So when Nathan bets Sky that he can't win over Sarah Brown, an uptight Save-A-Soul missionary, Nathan finds himself in even more trouble. Sure enough the dashing, swashbuckling Sky Masterson, played by Ivan L and Harry A, manages to persuade the stubborn and opinionated India F and Sophie W to go to Havana with him. The pair, never having been in love before, fall deeply for one another and leave us with a sweet aftertaste during the interval following their climactic solos & duets If I Were a Bell, My Time of Day, and I've Never Been in Love Before. Both couples brilliantly told the story of first love through their outstanding performances.
The constant battle between the honest and respectable Save-A-Soul Mission and the less virtuous, more mischievous crapshooters kept the audience on their toes throughout. Keane B, Nat O, Alex L and Arthur H provided many comic moments and tremendous singing, not forgetting of course the hysterical one-liners from Jacob W as Big Jule and the rest of the crazy crapshooters. The Crapshooters' Ballet and Luck Be a Lady were highlights of the evening in terms of dance, song and atmospheric lighting from Mr Chandler. Morgan S was a spirited comic nemesis as Lt Brannigan, whilst Antony L and Jojo W, playing tender-hearted Arvide Abernathy and fearsome General Cartwright, hit the high spot too with their unsuspecting support of the crapshooters and hilarious hallelujahs. So too did the fabulous hot box girls, cavorting zanily in Bushel and a Peck, or instructing us to Take Back Your Mink.
A few weeks later and I'm still singing the magical songs from this incredible production. A credit to not only the cast, but to Dr Morgan-Williams and his wonderful orchestra. From the stunning costumes, to the astonishing set and lighting organised by the incredible production team, everything was perfect. Sue me if I'm wrong, but Mr Smith's admirable production could easily have been mistaken for a West End show, with every single member of the company full of energy and talent. A spectacular triumph!
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Farah Khan ditches long time pal Shah Rukh Khan for a younger actor?
Bollywood filmmaker Farah Khan has opted to choose a younger actor for her next film over her long time pal and superstar Shah Rukh Khan
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Farah Khan who has had an on-off friendship with Shah Rukh Khan may have just ditched him for her next film and is on the lookout for a younger actor. Shah Rukh Khan apparently had issues with the script offered to him and took a lot of time with it. According to a story in Deccan Chronicle it seems like choreographer-director Farah Khan waited for a while, but now she wants to move on in her career without casting her best friend Shah Rukh Khan.
Farah and Shah Rukh are as close as siblings, but SRK has not been having the time to work on Farah's next film. It's also because King Khan is not too happy with the quality of the film dished out to him.
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So, now Farah wants to cast a younger actor in her next film and make changes depending on whom she is casting.
"Farah has been busy with her TV shows of late, and hence has not been disturbed with her work schedule. But once her show is over, she wants to start her film and hence has decided to look beyond Shah Rukh for the film. She had done it earlier with Tees Maar Khan, but failed because the film with Akshay Kumar flopped badly. This time she wants a younger actor in the film," says a trade source.
Farah has directed films like Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om and Happy New Year earlier with Shah Rukh Khan.
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It's a habit Brooke Henderson does not seem to want to break. Nor should she.
At the end of play in her last seven golf tournaments around the world (six of those on the LPGA) she has occupied a spot in the top ten finishers. And it's not been always been easy.
Last week the 18 year-old from Smiths Falls jumped from a share of 30th all the way to a piece of 10th on the final day at the LPGA Kia Classic.
She faced a similar scenario on Sunday as she entered the final eighteen at the LPGA's first major of the season, the ANA Inspiration, in a share of 33rd.
As she has done so frequently of late, she was undeterred and roared up the leaderboard with a late charge that again brought her into a share of tenth. Birdies on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 18th holes in Rancho Mirage propelled her to a closing 67 (-5) and a -7 total for the week.
Her 281 (73, 69, 72, 69) total padded her LPGA earnings by another $48,155 and brought her 2016 LPGA tally to $342,888.
She is projected to remain in 6th place in the Race To CME Globe.
Hamilton's Alena Sharp has a tough Sunday; her rounds 70, 74, 69, 78 earned her a share of 56th place.
Lydia Ko earned her 12th LPGA title with the victory and her second major championship.


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Boba Fett plays a minor role in The Empire Strikes Back. It's a pivotal role, no doubt. He is the one who manages to follow Han Solo. What did he really do though? He didn't out think Solo. He didn't capture Solo. All he did was tell Vader where to find him.
If Fett is such a bad ass, why did he need Vader's help to capture Solo? And don't tell me he didn't need Vader. If Fett had been able to capture Solo on his own, he wouldn't have bothered working for the Empire. He would have taken Solo to Jabba the Hutt in the first fucking place. No, Fett was just another pansy ass servant. Just like Vader was subservient to Emperor Palpatine, Boba Fett bowed to Vader.
Fett has 3 whole lines in Empire. In all of them, you see that he knows his place. Never does he argue with Vader. He either submits outright or raises an objection only to be placated by Vader.
Darth Vader: There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations.You can almost hear Vader rolling his eyes every time Fett bothers to speak. But, he does end up with Solo in his clutches, flying his ship to Tatooine to make his delivery to Jabba (who refused to tip because Solo was cold! HAHAHAAHA!! Get it? He was FROZEN in carbonite!). So, again, I will admit that Fett was important to the story of Empire. I'm not debating that. I want to know why so many seem to adore him.
Boba Fett: As you wish.
Darth Vader: You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker.
Boba Fett: He's no good to me dead.
Darth Vader: He will not be permanently damaged.
Boba Fett: What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me.
Darth Vader: The Empire will compensate you, if he dies. Put him in.
Lets look at his role in Return of the Jedi. Here we see Fett has not only delivered Solo, he's also decided to stick around for a while. Obviously this implies that Fett is unemployed. Truly, a sad state of affairs, but who wants to trust a bounty hunter who kow tows to the Empire? You hire Fett only to find that suddenly the Empire is all up in your shit. Not cool. So, the unemployed Fett hangs out on Tatooine long enough to see some bounty hunter he's never heard of bring in Chewbacca. This has to be, initially, quite insulting. Sure, he brought in Solo, but he failed to get the Wookie.
And if that weren't embarrassing enough...a blind man knocked him into the mouth of the sarlaac. Boba Fett died in the stomach of a stationary creature. And to those of you who would argue that 'he survives in the books' I say 'Fuck you and your dumb ass books'. The Emperor cloned himself in the books too. Big fucking deal. No, we'll stick with what happened in the movies, thank you very much. George Lucas has made enough changes to these movies over the years that I think we can assume that if Fett had survived, it's be in the movie. Fett's dead. He died, screaming like a little girl, as he fell into a hole in the sand.
But, that's okay, you hold onto your little anti-hero worship. Just know this...everything Lucas did to emasculate Vader in Episode 1, he did to Fett in Episode II. I know, you'd rather forget the why little brat crying with his dad's head in his hands. All he could do is cheer his father on from the sidelines. Sure, maybe he could pilot a ship (so long as he didn't have to worry about any gas/brake/clutch pedals). So what though? So could Anakin at that age, and Anakin stopped destroyed an entire droid army as a result.
And think about this, do you think that Lucas would bother with action figures for all the no-name background character if Boba Fett figures hadn't flown off the shelves? No. Of course not. The nerds made a minor character popular and have paid the price for that for 30 years. Way to go nerds. Serves you right.
Just keep throwing your money away on merchandise for a bounty hunter who doesn't even deserve it. Me? I'll stick with the real badass...IG-88.


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Fight Over Groundwater Spreads|to Wealthy California Enclave
SANTA BARBARA (CN) – When a lake was discovered under the Slippery Rock Ranch near Santa Barbara three years ago, the owners quickly realized the aquifer was more precious than the avocado trees above it – and it had a wealthy neighbor willing to pay for it.
But with California in the throes of its worst drought on record, the Goleta Water District took exception to ranch owners pumping water from Goleta and selling it to the town of Montecito. And when the district filed suit seeking an injunction in February, a water war was on.
"We're not rolling the dice here in Goleta and hoping it will rain," said John McInnes, general manager of the Goleta Water District, who said Goleta residents don't want water leaving their community.
"This is their water, and they've invested millions and millions of dollars in the basin. That was all done so in this time of drought that water would be available to them."
But the Slippery Rock owners – including the man who created the "Law & Order" TV series – say they can do what they please with the water because it's not connected to Goleta's water supply.
"We did a fairly extensive hydrogeologic study," said attorney Steve Amerikaner, who plans to file a response to the lawsuit at the end of the month.
More than a year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown asked Californians to reduce their water use by 20 percent in his Emergency Drought Proclamation. Now the state is in its fourth year of drought, and some communities, like Montecito, have enacted mandatory water restrictions.
When owners of the Slippery Rock Ranch discovered it had 200,000 acre-feet of water underneath its trees in the Goleta foothills, they realized they had a body of water as big as nearby Lake Cachuma, one of Goleta's water sources.
Knowing nearby communities could use the water, Amerikaner said, the owners offered to sell it to four water districts in Santa Barbara County. Two were interested, Amerikaner said — Goleta and Montecito. When talks with Goleta broke down, he said, that left Santa Barbara's southern neighbor.
"Montecito was both interested and reasonable in what they were expecting," he said.
Montecito, a small community of 8,900, is one of the nation's wealthiest, with residents who have included Oprah Winfrey, George Lucas, Steve Martin, Drew Barrymore and Jeff Bridges.
The 1906 mansion used in the movie "Scarface" is on the market in Montecito for $35 million. A website lists an Italian-style villa for rent at $3,500 a night, noting: "There's plenty of room on the polo field for your helicopter should you need a place to park it."
One of Slippery Rock's owners, Dick Wolf, also lives in Montecito, Amerikaner confirmed. Wolf is an Emmy-winning TV writer and producer, who wrote for "Hill Street Blues" and produced "Miami Vice" before creating the massively popular "Law & Order" series.
Being a Montecito resident, Wolf is keenly aware of the bleak water situation, according to the Montecito Water District's website.
"Unlike other local communities, Montecito does not have a robust groundwater basin," the site states. "With few wells, we are almost completely reliant on surface water supplies. Therefore, we are actively pursuing all leads on supplemental water supplies, including desalination."
Tom Mosby, general manager of the Montecito Water District, could not be reached by phone or email. But in late January, he and two directors spoke to the Goleta district's board of directors during the public comment section, according to the Noozhawk news site.
"We implore you to work with us to find a solution to our common money and water problems," director Richard Shaikewitz told the board.
He was referring to an offer made by Wolf and his partners to sell roughly 2,000 acre-feet of water to Montecito per year.
An acre-foot is enough water to cover an acre 1 foot deep.
"The water we're talking about extracting is sustainable, meaning it will be replenished by rainfall," Amerikaner said.
But McInnes said there's a problem: the lake under Slippery Rock Ranch connects to Goleta's basin, known as "The Chalice."
"It's a bedrock formation that's immediately adjacent to and above" the Goleta basin, McInnes said. "Unless the laws of gravity don't exist, that water flows downhill."
Therefore, he said, any water taken from the Slippery Rock Ranch is taken from the Goleta, just north of Santa Barbara.
"That could throw the basin into a significant imbalance," McInnes said.
Goleta has worked hard to conserve water, McInnes said. Meanwhile, Montecito's wealthy are known to lavish their lawns.
Goleta residents use roughly 60 gallons of water per person per day, McInnes said, compared to 300 gallons per day used by residents of Montecito.
"Even with all of that, it's not enough to contend with the four driest years in the history of California."
Right now, he said, residents are drawing roughly 5,000 acre-feet of water from the Chalice each year and 14,000 acre-feet from all its water sources.
Supply is at about 70 percent of their normal demand.
As the Slippery Rock owners prepared to sell their water, Goleta Water District filed suit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court Feb. 13, seeking an injunction to stop it.
According to the lawsuit, filed by attorney Frederic Fudacz, a 1989 case, referred to as the Wright Judgment, grants the water district rights to extract water from the basin and requires it to submit annual water management plans to the court to bring the basin into hydrologic balance.
The Slippery Rock water is connected to the basin, so selling water from the ranch would cause "irreparable injury" to plaintiffs and its customers, according to the lawsuit.
"The harm caused by defendants' unauthorized water appropriation for private profit is magnified by prolonged drought conditions, and the critical need of this water for use by plaintiff Water District for the regional benefit of 87,000 residents," the complaint states.
Amerikaner said California's rules for extracting groundwater are complicated. But he said if Slippery Rock is not connected to the basin, the Wright Judgment does not apply, and underground water is no different than oil found under private land.
"The owner of the land has rights to the water," Amerikaner said.
With the West suffering a multiyear drought, lawsuits over water rights have intensified.
Ranchers in Texas have sued the state, challenging its right to make them join a water conservation district.
In California , litigation is likely over a $25 billion plan to send water from the Sacramento-Bay Delta southward through two giant tunnels. Environmentalists this month told lawmakers that corruption in regulatory agencies threatens the water supply with contamination from fracking .
Farmers in western Nevada sued the state for ordering them to cut their groundwater pumping by half.
And states throughout the West continue to fight over rights to river water , which has been over-apportioned virtually everywhere, particularly the Colorado River.


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News without trust is rumour, bullshit and gossip. So, we've come to a pretty pass when publishers like the New York Times and the Washington Post are thinking about getting hitched to that lyin', cheatin', two-timing heart, Facebook.
But that is just what's happening.
Facebook is not content that Big Ink just embeds links to its stories in the Facebook newsfeed. The social media giant would now like to bring those news stories in-house and include them right in the Facebook content offering. It's been courting the media players since late last year and the newsrooms are expressing guarded interest. Why? Because the social network has 1.44 billion users. And, about 30 per cent of Americans get their news from Facebook. That's a newsfeed publishers can't ignore, especially when they're hemorrhaging cash the way a touring production of Sweeney Todd goes through fake blood.
Now, most people would trust Lucy van Pelt with a football over Facebook most days. Year after year the social network has promised it won't share our personal information, then shares our personal information. Promises it won't change settings without our permission, then changes our settings behind our backs. Says it cares about our privacy, then sells our data to the highest bidder. Facebook might say it doesn't want a listeria outbreak, but I'd advise against putting it in charge of a meat-packing plant any time soon.
News publishers, of course, know this. And, they know that Facebook has full control over dials and valves that control the mix of content that flows into the Facebook feed. For years the social network has tweaked those controls sometimes in the favour of traditional news, sometimes to goose up the stories your friends like, sometimes to, well, nobody but Facebook really knows.
Back in 2012, for example, Facebook launched the Social Reader, which featured a metric buttload of news notifications pouring into millions of readers' feeds. The Washington Post and The Guardian, among others, thought this was news nirvana. That is, until, Facebook fiddled with the dials and suddenly the Social Reader was sucking air.
And who could forget the heydays of Zynga, the reprehensible meritocracy that brought us Farmville and Texas Hold 'Em Poker. In 2011 the gaming company was Facebook's golden boy, flying high on the Facebook newsfeed. Then the social network caught up with mobile, changed its special deal with Zynga and by 2013 the sketchy gamester was a subsistence farmer, all but cut off from the formerly lucrative cash cow of the Facebook audience.
In that same year Facebook wrote this about its newsfeed:
"We've noticed that people enjoy seeing articles on Facebook, and so we're now paying closer attention to what makes for high quality content, and how often articles are clicked on from News Feed on mobile."
So, good news for publishers.
But, just last week Facebook wrote, about the same feed:
"We've also learned that people are worried about missing important updates from the friends they care about."
So, bad news for publishers who will see their items deprecated relative to posts titled "OMG, look at my mermaid manicure!" or "I'm The Professor! Which Gilligan's Island character are you?"
But despite all that fiddling, Facebook doesn't see itself as doing any editing. In a 2014 interview with the New York Times, Greg Marra, the software engineer behind the Facebook newsfeed algorithm, said:
"We try to explicitly view ourselves as not editors. We don't want to have editorial judgment over the content that's in your feed. You've made your friends, you've connected to the pages that you want to connect to and you're the best decider for the things that you care about."
And, just last week Andy Mitchell, Facebook's director of news and global media partnerships, told a journalism conference in Perugia [PEAR OU JA] that the social network only wants to "improve the experience" of Facebook users getting the news they're most interested in.
This may ring true for Facebook and perhaps most of its users, but for journalists, it's patent bullshit. Of course Facebook controls the feed, of course they act as editors and of course user experience is only important as it serves Facebook.
So, there are two problems here.
First, publishers will be at the mercy of what Facebook considers to be an ideal newsfeed mix, a concoction that changes with the whims of Facebook and whatever user data and demographics they toss into the soup. It will rarely have anything to do with the quality, accuracy, importance or providence of the news.
Second, Facebook is not to be trusted. It misuses its audience and misleads about its intentions. It serves itself first. It is the Norma Bates of social networks.
In the long run, print publishers who hop in the sack with Facebook are heading for heartbreak.
Listen to an audio version of this column, read by the author, here.
Wayne MacPhail has been a print and online journalist for 25 years, and is a long-time writer for rabble.ca on technology and the Internet.
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Termodinâmica de modelos integráveis
Tavares, Thiago Silva
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In this work we study the thermodynamics of integrable spin chains, like the Heisenberg model and it's spin-s generalization with competing interactions. We have used the quantum transfer matrix approach and obtained a finite set of non-linear integral equations in each case. From the numerical solution of these equations we plotted phase diagrams by varying the parameters h (external magnetic field) and ωj, which couples the different competitive interactions.


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It appears that Microsoft has been inserting some controversial code into its OS. Jaqui Greenlees tipped me off to this and has commented about it in his own blog.
There has been a second article written about the particular implications of this "feature" which makes for a very interesting read: Bolted-on security features


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Tagged: Donald Trump
Womens' Image — Gone Too Far?
In the 1960's the women's right movement coincided with the sexual revolution, leaving my generation and the subsequent generations to enjoy more freedom to dress as we choose, dance with abandon, and in general no longer be held to constraints that we must be covered head to toe and speak only when spoken to.
Pioneering women broke further taboos: Barbra Streisand wearing a see-through pantsuit to the Oscars, Madonna dancing on stage in a bra and garter belt, and play-boy bunnies becoming mainstream icons. Since then there has also been a steady loosening of what's considered sexual vs. sensual and where the line is between being an empowered woman that chooses to be scantily clad (Cher, Madonna) and an unclassy tramp who shows off her body for National attention (Anna Nicole Smith, Kim Kardashian).
That classy vs. slutty line is so blurred now, it's hard to teach our girls the difference between being comfortable with their bodies and in their desire to be attractive, with knowing what is too much and what sends the wrong signal. My gym has several TV screens always mounted on the wall and yesterday I watched the current music videos channel as I was on a treadmill. I saw back-to-back videos (at yeast 5) where the singer was a young women (in both pop and country music genres) who paraded around in lingerie, employing stripper moves as they danced and writhed around in very sexually suggestive positions, all the while singing about love and/or betrayal.
As these are all current and popular performers, I realized these videos are telling young girls that is what is sexy, this is what boys want. Of course, ask any real man (even a high school boy if his head's on straight) and they'll say that type of girl is not at all who they want as a girlfriend, but they sure do like lusting over them just them same. So sadly, mixed signals abound, and what we're left with is a large populous of girls and women displaying their bodies as nothing but devices for sex, not even realizing that many of our pop-culture icons have a brain in their head and are using their musical talents to build business empires (Rhianna, Beyonce, and even Miley Cirus).
If you feel my blog today is a bit "soap-boxy" well I'm preparing my daughter to enter sixth grade. I've heard my share of horror stories about girls being coerced to perform oral sex on boys as early as 5th grade, and my stomach spins, and even the age-old spin the bottle has evolved to be heading into a dark closet for an imposed 5 minutes of making-out. I feel it is imperative that I prepare her to understand the confusing hormonal impulses that are going to rear their ugly head for the next several years of her schooling, and paramount to that preparation is that I help her to understand the deference between been attractive vs. sexual. That's very difficult with all the images around her saying this is what is normal and right.
Essentially today's post is food for thought for all of you and hopefully we can open a mass dialogue as to how to not go backwards in women's rights and sexual liberation, but not to keep going so far that we can have a president who says it's okay to "grab women by the pussy." Oops, guess we're already that far gone!
Being Blunt Again
In 2013 I wrote the post Can I be blunt. In light of the current erosion in our Nation's capital (I mean YOU #45), I felt it was a good time to update and re-post it, and remind everyone that while it is paramount that we be truthful with each other, tact is even more important!
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What's the difference between tact and blunt? When you are being honest are you tactful in your delivery, or are you being blunt? Do you make a conscious decision when to invoke either approach or is your personality simply always tactful or always blunt? Well, let me be blunt … I recommend using both at the same time.
The dictionary defines tactful as: "a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others, so as to avoid giving offence; having skill or judgment in handling difficult or delicate situations."
Blunt has a much more, well…blunt, definition: "lacking subtlety; straightforward and uncomplicated, quick and to the point." Also many people who wrongly pride themselves on being blunt, are really being rude. There's a very short and fine line between bluntness and rudeness. Clearly our current President has ample rude-bluntness (one of the selling points for those who voted for him), and none of the tact (again, sadly, one of his selling points to his fans).
While I am a huge proponent of being blunt (I do think there's too much candy-coating these days), I only advocate bluntness when it is colored with tact. Tact is the tempering that keeps bluntness from being rude.
I bring this up today because I find that often my clients aren't honest with themselves or those around them, and a little "cutting to the chase" (i.e., being blunt) could really help them move forward in their lives. If this resonates with you, read on…
For me, being blunt means speaking straight to the point in a quick and honest way. I don't like to tiptoe around an issue, hoping that the recipient gets the gist of what I'm trying to say, and with the sentiment that I intended. But unlike some people who get labeled as brutally honest (i.e., their truth tends to hurt), I feel that if you deliver your blunt honesty with compassion and respect (i.e., tact) you will not be brutal and ideally you may be helpful.
Being too tactful (without bluntness) has it's own set of problems. This approach often results in a wishy-washy delivery of what you think the person wants to hear. Inside you're thinking I wish I could just tell them the truth, but what comes out is a round-about soft-ball that doesn't really get things resolved. How much time is wasted in your life having misdirected communication because you're trying to be tactful. If someone asks for your opinion, or you are in a position to offer helpful wisdom or advice – do it quickly, compassionately, and be succinct!
That leads me to my other favorite word when it comes to communication between people – succinct. Succinct means: "marked by brevity and clarity; concise." Succinct goes beautifully hand-in-hand with bluntness, as both imply quick or brief, and being succinct when you're being tactfully blunt is helpful as you won't overkill your message. Get to the point, deliver your message with kindness (even when it's constructive criticism) and then stop talking and let your words sink in. (Again, if our current leader could only follow this advice.)
So the next time you need to be honest about something of importance to you or another person, be tactfully-blunt, and succinct, and you will enjoy a quicker resolution and likely receive more appreciation and respect from those around you.
Women vs. Woman
Over two years ago I posted Stop Competing, Start Caring which focused on the rampant issue of women putting each other down through mean-spirited acts of unspoken competition. From the gym to work environments I see women continuing to combat jealousy via negativity and attempts to feel superior. Sadly, I suspect if my gender was more supportive of each other on the whole, if we'd have a woman as president today instead of the misogynist we're stuck with. But I digress…
I recently joined a new gym, the kind of gym where everyone is very fit and focused on hard core workouts. This is no meat-market pick up joint, or Planet Fitness where you cannot grunt or show too much skin. Despite being a fitness professional I found clientele on the workout floor a bit intimidating, so I decided the best counter-action was to smile sincerely at everyone, especially the women. Not surprisingly, but too my renewed dismay, only one out of every ten women smiled back. Even with deliberate eye contact and my broad and welcoming smile, they looked away with down-turned mouths. I even attempted to strike up a conversation with one woman in-between sets and she answered me quite curtly and sauntered off.
So here is the post again, with slight updates, in my hopes to remind all women that we do not need to compete or be jealous of each other. The grass is NEVER greener on the other side, and only if we work together can we continue the improvements to our role in society that the Suffragettes's started and the 60's feminist movement continued.
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Since I was a young girl I've been aware of the serious nature of girls competing against each other for just about everything from friends to grades to boys. It gets worse and uglier as we grow into women. I see it at the gym, the mall, restaurants – women sizing up the competition. You can see it in their expressions, a defensive once-over seeking some flaw or registering uncalled-for disapproval.
I've mentioned this before, living in Las Vegas I regularly see parades of girls, each more scantily clad than the next, perched in ridiculously high heels, all glaring at the gaggle next to theirs to see if there is anyone they can put down to make themselves feel better. Belittle the competition and they're no longer a threat, right? Yet despite girls' intentions, the message men take away from this contest of looks is that we're offering your bodies and not our brains, and thus they don't really care which girl they get.
The question is why are we so quick to condemn or ridicule? The answer is competition. We compete to be prettier, smarter, slimmer, or funnier. But the true concern really comes down our fear that someone is "better than me." Girls are constantly worried that another girl will get more attention, steal a mate, or even get a better mate. We regularly match our own worth against the next girl – which only serves to chronically undermine one's self-esteem – and we usually know nothing about this other girl's character and/or life other than her "cover" which we judge.
It's sad that we are driven to such levels of insecurity that we view our fellow "sisters" as potential threats to our happiness. I suspect this is also a part of the reason that women are still undervalued and underpaid in the workforce. It's bad enough that we have to compete with men for jobs, but when women consistently treat each other with distrust and resentment in a work environment, it's easy for employers to offer us less money knowing that we'll accept it just to get ahead of the next woman.
I know in my youth I did my share of mocking another or feeling envious of another girl's achievements or looks, but I've worked hard in this second half of my adult life to remind myself that the grass is rarely greener on the other side, and that we all have strengths and weaknesses, gifts and limitations, and the only person I should compete with is myself – to constantly grow and improve.
So I suggest that all women take stock of their attributes and stop beating yourselves up about your detriments. If there's a negative aspect of yourself that you can actually change, DO IT and move on. Otherwise, be proud of who you are what you've achieved and never stop trying to be more. Consider the woman next to you your equal and always be there for each other.
If we can teach our daughters through this example, we just might have a generation of women that work together to boost each other up, improve the world at large, and show men that we are not only equal, but in some areas might even be superior? Just food for thought.
Dig Deeper
In light of receiving many encouraging responses to last week's post (No More Labels), I contemplated further why we feel the strong need to label everyone with an adjective indicating physical approval or rejection based upon our exteriors. It hit me that this is because a huge portion of our society is shallow – shallow in their views of bodies, shallow in their treatment of women, shallow in our obsessions with ourselves and our need to conform. Keep in mind, I'm not calling people shallow per se (a disparaging usage), I'm saying our choices and/or view points can be shallow as the dictionary defines the word: of little depth.
Now I'm not pointing an accusatory finger around blindly without looking within – I spent the week analyzing how and when I make choices based upon my insecurities or "shallowness." I concluded that society (myself included) is often so busy and focused on the trivialities of day-to-day life that we are living only on the surface, which in itself equates to a shallow life (for the surface has little depth). It doesn't help that somehow we just elected the shallowest of shallow men as President (I'm allowed my opinion) which seems to further prove my point that a vast amount of society doesn't care to look below the surface.
So what do we do about it? Well just the suggestion that we look deeper at how we view and treat each other, as well as how we view ourselves, will cause us to make less shallow choices. Once you become aware that you're prone to judging a book by its cover, it's harder to maintain that habit.
I put myself to the test this past week and did my best to view others with less pre-conceived notions about who they are based upon their outsides or a limited glimpse of behavior. I especially applied this new perspective to myself. Anytime I hesitated to do something or try something because I worried about how that would seem to others (those who might judge me only by my surface), I forged forward with the encouraging reminder that if if you dive deeper (or live life less shallow), you find unexpected treasures.
My conclusion is that I will ever-more look below the surface so I can better understand and appreciate the diversity of those around me, have a fuller life, and encourage everyone else to do the same. That way we can hopefully rid society of the labels and judgments that bind (or rather blind) us.
Caring vs. Living
How much time do you spend in a day thinking or worrying about what other people may think of you? Take your time, really think about this. I know that most of us spend a great deal of time concerned with how our actions or words will affect (or have affected) our family, friends, co-workers, and yes, even strangers. This appears to be a built-in commonality to most humans – it is in our "human nature" to need each other. We all instinctively desire families and friends, and as we evolved as a civilization, that instinct created a side-affect of caring about how others view us.
Recently I've been analyzing this trait we share, with the realization that while caring about approval is important, we waste a lot of time caring about the wrong issues or people. There are, of course, millions of individuals who seem to not care what other's think, demonstrated either by their clear disregard for anyone's wishes other than their own, or their overly-vehement verbal claims that they just don't care what anyone thinks (Mr. Trump?). But even for these types, I know with certainty that in some aspect, in certain circumstances, or at the very least with a select few people in their lives, these non-care-ers do in fact care very much. They've just adopted the habit of shrugging their shoulders and letting go of the emotional turmoil that can come with caring. Sometimes we envy those who seem to not care because it appears freeing and less stressful. But remember once you force human nature to not care, you loose a lot of joy in life that comes from caring.
Now caring should not be confused with compassion, sympathy and empathy — which we all should strive to have more of. But caring to the point that we berate ourselves for our choices, or feel embarrassment or guilt about our actions, is the issue I'm addressing today.
How many times have you stopped yourself from doing something because you worried about how you might look or sound. What experiences have you missed out on because of this? The sad thing is that 90% of the time no one would have judged you poorly or possibly even noticed. The remaining 10% of the time, or rather the remaining 10% of people who might have a negative opinion, they're either strangers that you will NEVER see again, or they are friends/family who better have unconditional love for you or they're not worth being in your lives (in my opinion)!
Children do not start out with these concerns, they do and say what they want and live life to the fullest learning along the way how far they can go on pure instinct and the desire to find joy and fun in everything. It is only in the structured social and behavioral environment of school that they start to care – or more precisely start to temper their choices based upon their concern that other's might judge them negatively. While sometimes this is a good lesson (i.e., not to put their bodies in harms way, not to speak out of turn, not to say hurtful things, etc.) it also crushes our inherent instincts to step out on a ledge and try something new.
While I'm not offering a solution to this dilemma today, I simply want to bring it to your consciousness and offer the reminder that some aspects of childlike abandon could do your life some good. Adulthood doesn't mean we should stop learning or seeking to push ourselves and our minds and constantly seek new experiences. We have the benefit of adult wisdom when it comes to protecting our bodies and minds, but perhaps we should incorporate back in some of the innocence and bravery of youth. So stop worrying so much about what other's think and just worry about if you're doing right by YOU!
Is It Wrong To Be Right?
My patience as a parent is continually tested by my 10-year old's need to be right. I engage far too often in a test of wills as we battle for who is right. I know in the back of my mind that right isn't necessarily what's important. Being honest, being compassionate, being reliable – those are traits to strive for. Being right, well that's really about the ego.
Obviously we all love being right when it comes to matters of fact or real life importance, but most of us lock horns when we are obsessed with being right on matters of the heart – things we feel passionately about. But our egos truly get in the way when they push us to stop listening or seek a compromise because only being right will do. This is most evident with the current HUGE ego standoff between republicans and democrats.
Trump is nothing but an egomaniac who is driven 24/7 with being right even when he is clearly wrong (even when just the day before he said he was right with a completely opposite stance). Many people believe to their bones that they are right about Hillary, that she's a duplicitous power hungry bitch who cannot be trusted when she smiles and says she's right. Because of our need to be right, we have all been subjected to over 12 months of rhetoric and mud slinging just to be on the side that gets to say they're right (the winners).
What's wrong with all this is that 99% of the time being right doesn't make a bit of difference. Clearly the majority of American's thought they were right to elect Obama. The Republican controlled House and Senate however, thought they were right to deem every one of his acts or proposals as wrong. The end result is that almost nothing has improved in the last four years, and whether Trump or Clinton wins, the next four years are likely to be just as stagnant as the last. Sadly, being the right person for the Presidency this year won't change what's wrong.
Forget about politics, how about the entertainment industry? Kanye West is so certain that everything he does is right, he had no compunction interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech a few years back to inform the whole world that Beyonce was the right winner. His wife Kim Kardashian believes she was wrongfully attacked because she posted a nude photo of herself as a "mother with nothing to wear." Who's right, the outraged women of the world, or the self-obsessed media whore who was exercising her right to free speech?
What I'm trying to teach my child is the difference between "beneficial rightness" and "detrimental rightness." When we correct a friend, spouse or parent as they're telling a story and their facts are little out of order, does interrupting and/or correcting them serve any purpose? Does it make the story better? Does it make them feel better or you?
Conversely, when you correct someone (like your kids) on something like the spelling of a word, or a math equation, that benefits them. When you correct their behavior or their nutrition, that benefits them. When a candidate denies lying about their past, if there are validated facts that prove them wrong, we as a people should learn what's right (i.e., true) — that benefits us.
So who IS right, or when is it right to be right? Who cares! Ultimately being right doesn't get the job done – real listening and compromise is what's needed in this world.
Be Nice & Work Hard
When I was growing there were two principles that my mother instilled in me. One was that all adults were to be addressed by a title – either Mr Blank and Miss So and So, or Aunt X and Uncle Y (if related, or a very close family friend). She told me that adults were not my peers and deserved the respect of a title and not just a first name. The second principle was a strong work ethic that was based on the simple rule that work/chores were to be done first and completed prior to playing. What I see currently with many kids and young adults is a lack of both of these ideals, resulting in a ruder and less accomplished society.
Now while my soapbox preaching today may seem righteous and judgmental this is not my intent. I am actually sharing these opinions because, as demonstrated by the horrifying societal appeal of idiot-savant Donald Trump, we clearly need to raise our current and future generations to be less self-focused and self-entitled (mob mentality) and more diligent, polite, and village-supportive.
To do this we must start with the kids. I am NOT raising my child without these ideals firmly in place. I've had to instruct many of my child's friends and cousins that I am not Ariana, but Ms. Ariana, or Aunt Ariana. I insist that she address all her friend's parents by Mr. or Miss (and their name), and all Aunts and Uncles are to be titled thusly. She routinely grumbles when I hand her a stack of thank you cards each year after her birthday, but do them she must!
I've also had to deal with my child saying her friends "play first and do homework when they feel like it," so she wants to do her homework after dinner, etc. Despite the fact that she is a very good student, I continue to insist that homework and chores are completed prior to playing or socializing. I want this work ethic firmly instilled by the time she's in high school when the demands are higher and routines get fully ingrained.
Even removing the "societal improvement" argument, I feel this is important because the key to achieving your life goals in a timely fashion is through discipline and personal networking. Remembering someone's name when you meet them; referring to them with a respectful title; following up meetings with a thank you note; or completing a task or request in a timely fashion are all ways to up your value as you climb the career or education ladder.
So when I hear people unhappy with their lives (or "life in America"), yet they do nothing to improve their own situations or teach their children to work hard for that obligatory "more" – I say look at your work ethic. Then stand up, treat those around you with respect, conduct yourself with respect and reliability, and with a little elbow-grease (hard work) and you'll find things can and will improve.


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Sao Paulo, March 19, 2019 – Seara Alimentos is showcasing its main fresh and processed products during the 31st Super Rio ExpoFood, which is being held at the Riocentro, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, from March 19-21. The Company is at stand D-4, which is around 210 m², will be offering tastings to visitors from Rio, who will also have an opportunity to find out more about its portfolio of products.
During the events, guests will be able to try out the products Seara will be activating throughout the year as part of the Company's initiatives, such as the Pepper Border Salami, Mushroom Mix Hamburger and its Meatloaf, all part of the Seara Gourmet range. Visitors will also be able to try out some of the products from its regular range, including Smoked Mortadella, Pizza Pan Pepperoni, Chickenitos Supreme, Turma da Mônica Potatoes, Easy Roast Chicken Thighs, Seara DaGranja Chicken Breast and Pork Filet Mignon Cubes from the Frozen and Loose range.
"Rio de Janeiro is a very important region for Seara Alimentos. Being at Rio ExpoFood is an opportunity to unveil our new products and present some of our more recent innovations, which focus on offering customers and consumers the best possible products. We can also show our products have been developed for a wide range or audiences and occasions and are very versatile", said José Cirilo, Seara Alimentos executive Marketing director.
Around 500 companies will be exhibiting over the three days of Super Rio Expofood, which focuses mainly on the retail sector (supermarkets, bakeries, hotels, bars and restaurants).
About the 31st Super Rio EXPOFOOD
Date: March 19-21, 2019
When: 2 pm to 10 pm
Where: Riocentro – Rua Salvador Allende, 6.555 – Jacarepaguá – Rio de Janeiro / RJ
About Seara
Seara has been on Brazilian shelves for over 60 years. It is a Brazilian food brand that is fully committed to product quality and offers a wide range of fresh pork and poultry products as well as prepared and processed foods. Sold nationwide, Seara currently supplies ready-to-eat products to millions of Brazilian homes annually, catering to a wide range of different tastes. These products include Chicken, Pork, Breaded Product, Hamburger, Ready-to-eat Dishes, Cold Cuts and Vegetables, Pizzas, Sausages and the special Seara Monica Gang brand. Seara Alimentos sells to over 130 countries (such as Saudi Arabia, Germany, United States, United Arab Emirates, China and Japan) and holds several international certificates for production excellence, including the BRC (British Retail Consortium), SWA (Supplier Workplace Accountability), Global GAP (Global Agriculture Chain Certificate), Swiss Law, ISO 14001, Halal Certification, Certificate of Conformity (ESMA Halal National Mark), among others.


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Ole! It's a wrap for these quick and easy breakfast wraps courtesy of Del Monte Foods! Made with all sorts of veggies – this is one high-energy, protein-packed breakfast of choice!
Confetti Breakfast Wraps
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 5 Minutes
1 egg, beaten
2 egg whites
1 can (15.25 oz.) Del Monte® Whole Kernel Corn, drained
1 can (14.5 oz.) Del Monte® Diced Tomatoes, well drained, squeezing out excess liquid
1 cup spinach
3 oz. low-fat, low-sodium, shredded Jack cheese
1/4 cup sliced green onions
8 warm whole wheat tortillas
1. Beat egg and egg whites. Spray skillet with non-stick cooking spray. Add eggs and scramble, breaking up into small pieces.
2. Combine eggs, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, cheese and onions.
3. Spoon mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up and secure with a toothpick.
4. Heat in microwave 30 seconds on high or until warm and cheese is melted.
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Hunter Assassin is one of the wonderful games developed by Ruby Games Studio. This game is a really impressive one. This game is about killing enemies with a knife. This game is available on both iOS and Android operating systems. Here we will share complete information with you about Hunter Assassin. Gameplay After the release of Hunter Assassin, more than 500 million people install this game. This only happens due to the credibility of developers and the simplicity of the game. Roby Games Studio provides very impressive products in terms of its graphics and gameplay. Hunter Assassin is a very easy game. You can easily bend in this game. Hunter Assassin is about your patience and thinking. Assassin your targets with patience and proper planning. In this game, guards keep moving in each room with light. If they found you, they will shoot on you, and your points will decrease to zero. If your points become zero, your life will be the end and that particular level will start again. Attacks and assassin the guards before your points reach zero. You have to keep away from the eyes of the guards. On the left top corner, you will find the information about your remaining enemies. To kill your enemies, you have to hide in the shadow, and attack from the behind. If your assassin all the enemies, you will be moved to the next level. Each new level has a unique map. Use this map to kill your enemies and achieve your targets. There is a limit of points, if you got these points you can upgrade your fighter. In Hunter Assassin, you have the opportunity to get gifts. This opportunity can only be achieved if you collect 3 keys. If you collect 3 keys, then you will get a gift having 9 boxes. Select any three boxes, points in those three boxes will be added to your overall score. Visuals From a visual point of view, Hunter Assassin is a very simple and cool game. No difficulty for the beginners to play this game. The colors used in this game are very attractive. There are many rooms and places to hide. You can use these rooms and places to hide from the guards. This will be on your thinking ability, how you attack your targets? Stay away from the guards, and attack from the backside on the guards and kill them. In different rooms, there are keys available. Collect these keys from the rooms and increase your diamonds. Controls From the control point of view, this is a classical game. To move your fighter is very simple. Move your finger, your fighter will move in the same direction. When you reach near to your enemy, just tap on your enemy. Your fighter will kill that particular enemy. The overall graphical user interface of this game is very simple.
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Erin Turner is a site-specific installation artist who is interested in land-based practices, preservation, and collaboration. Through symbolic narratives, her work questions place, public and private usage of land, and the ephemeral qualities of communication. Her most recent projects questions the implication of energy and mineral extraction methods, and what the conversation is between the land and the people associated. She often collaborates with musicians and dancers to create interdisciplinary and interactive works.
Recent work has been seen in the Queens Museum, CODA Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, and Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa Hardesty Arts Center. She is currently working on a long-term project restoring the Ed Galloway Totem Pole Park in rural NE Oklahoma. She has installed her sculptural installations in both rural and urban settings throughout the United States such as the Grand Canyon, the Cahokia Mounds, Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Oak Flat, Arizona, Oklahoma, Upstate New York, and NYC. Internationally her work has been installed in India, Thailand, France, Argentina, and The Netherlands.
Erin has attended Pratt Institute, La LLOYTA in Barcelona, the University of Tulsa, and La UMSA (Universidad de Museo Social Argentino) Buenos Aires, receiving her BA in Fine Arts with emphasis in Painting in 2007. She has guest lectured at the Tulsa Community College. She resides between the Rockaways, NYC, and Upstate New York, and is an MFA candidate in Social Practice at Queens College.
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