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Review: Syndicate
If there was one game that completely flew under everyone's radar during its development stages in 2011, it would be the EA published and Starbreeze-developed Syndicate. Seriously, with all the games I've seen in the past year, I didn't even know this was a "thing" until about three or four months ago. As it turns out, it's actually the re-imagining of a series that's nineteen years in the making. Because of that, Syndicate shares the same basic foundation as the original but manages to add a whole ton of character (read: story) along the way.
Does it live up to the original title? Is it a silent hit in the making? Read on to find out.
If you've got a thing for futuristic corporate espionage, then this will be the game for you. The story in Syndicate takes place in 2069, a time when the world has been flipped on its head and corporations have taken control, both literally and figuratively. Thanks to a company known as Eurocorp, the world's upper class population has built a dependency on the DART chip; a piece of silicon that attaches to a human's nerve system and acts not just as an identifier but as a means of endless information. In other words, a Google search engine…in your brain.
In this digital future painted by Starbreeze, knowledge is power, and that knowledge is everywhere. The corporations of the world want to harness the power that comes with these DART chips and use it as a means of control. You play as agent Miles Kilo, a "super chipped" syndicate bred to fight under the control of Eurocorp. His sole purpose is to ensure the company's survival by protecting its secrets at any cost.
The game opens up on a routine intel collecting mission, but once that data is obtained, you're thrown a curveball. You learn about a mole on the Eurocorp side; one who has been giving up company secrets to Aspari — a rival coporation building their own DART chip based on Eurocorp's design. What happens next unravels the chain of events that take you through Syndicate's single player campaign.
Finally, an espionage game that doesn't have me hiding in shadows. If someone would ask me to describe the gameplay in Syndicate in two words, they would be 'fast' and 'furious.'Because of its fast paced nature mixed with platforming, as I was playing I couldn't help but call it Mirror's Edge with guns.. However, don't expect to find any parkour here save for the slick floor sliding technique you get when you hit the crouch button while sprinting.
Syndicate does a great job of creating a futuristic New York City by developing a stark contrast between the high rise, high society living of "chipped" inhabitants with the dark and dingy "underground" environments that house the "chipless" downtown city dwellers. As you explore the world as Kilo, you'll notice that all of your surroundings are blanketed with what seems like never ending meta-data adding to the whole "information overload" that the DART chip is known for. Anything and everything you look at in your field of view has some kind of value in the form of information.
Visually the game rips a page right out of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but instead of hues of gold, we see tons of blue thrown in it's place. Stylistically the game has a good amount of unique design and decent use of color but it's ultimately erased when you start noticing all of the "light bloom" effects that are constantly thrown in. It's so bad at certain points, with the screen so overly washed out, that it literally hurt my eyes while playing. If this was done as an attempt to create some sort of visual interest, it's certainly an aspect that fell flat on its face.
The title looks really slick but there was something I couldn't help myself from thinking the entire time. How can a game so pretty have such boring level design? Sure, this kind of story is best told in a linear fashion, but it doesn't have to necessarily feel that way. They give you all of this sci-fi to work with which, in turn, creates intrigue, but they disallow any sense of exploration and it's something that could have helped to add to the game's story as well as the paltry six hour play time.
The game's sound is on par with what you'd expect with any shooter these days. We get a decen't 5.1 mix, however the voice work and soundtrack (an engaging but underwhelming techno) is for the most part, forgettable.
The game's biggest redeeming factor is without a doubt its co-op mode. You can take to Xbox Live or PSN with up to three more friends for non-stop action all the while ditching most of the annoying issues of the single player campaign. DART chips and all the benefits that come from them are also found in this mode, and instead of the usual "revival" techniques found in other shooters, you'll find yourself "rebooting" your downed comrades back to life. Co-op also gives you the chance to check out some other locales outside of New York City in the game.
As a gamer who has been looking for more engrossing single player campaigns as of late, I was stunned to find just how much more fun I was having with Syndicate's co-op. It was good enough to the point that it actually helped the title gain back some points in my book. Had this mode been left out, it would have barely made this game a rental, but now that it's in there I have to recommend it for any fan of co-op games.
Syndicate has a lot of good ideas going for it. The sci-fi foundation and the mood it creates is one part Bladerunner, one part The Matrix, with a nice sprinkle of Deus Ex: Human Revolution to act as a binder. For the most part it works. Unfortunately, as you get into the juicier bits of the narrative, the flaws in the game step in the way of the science along with the story that its creators wanted to tell. Mix that in with some trivial platforming and "where do I go next" moments that manage to rear their ugly head from time to time, and you're left wondering why, all of the sudden, there are dead end stops in what you thought was going to be a rollercoaster ride.
Try it for the science. Quickly run through the story. Stay for the co-op.


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Over the past decade, Cayman's coffee scene has grown rapidly, offering a wide range of options for java lovers to get their caffeine fix.
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Volume 3, Issue 2, April - June 2006
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Editor-In-Chief: Liang-Jie Zhang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center USA
"Web Services in Data, Control, and Applications"
Jia Zhang, Northern Illinois University, USA
Liang-Jie Zhang, Editor-In-Chief, IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
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"Search Strategies for Automatic Web Service Composition"
Nikola Milanovic, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Miroslaw Malek, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
This paper investigates architectural properties required for supporting automatic service composition. First, composable service architecture will be described, based on modeling Web Services as abstract machines supported by formally defined composition operators. Based on the proposed infrastructure, the authors give several options for achieving automatic service composition by treating it as a search problem. Namely, basic heuristic, probabilistic, learning-based, decomposition and bidirectional automatic composition mechanisms will be presented and compared. Finally, this article discusses the impact and outlook for automatic composition.
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"XWRAPComposer: A Multi-Page Data Extraction Service"
Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jianjun Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Wei Han, IBM Research, Almaden Research Center, USA
Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
James Caverlee, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Sungkeun Park, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Terence Critchlow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
David Buttler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Matthew Coleman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
The authors of this paper present a service-oriented architecture and a set of techniques for developing wrapper code generators, including the methodology of designing an effective wrapper program construction facility and a concrete implementation, called XWRAPComposer. This wrapper generation framework has two unique design goals. First, the authors explicitly separate tasks of building wrappers that are specific to a Web service from the tasks that are repetitive for any service. Second, inductive learning algorithms that derive information flow and data extraction patterns by reasoning about sample pages or sample specifications are used. More importantly, the authors design a declarative rule-based script language for multi-page information extraction, encouraging a clean separation of the information extraction semantics from the information flow control and execution logic of wrapper programs.
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"An Ontology-Based Content Model for Intelligent Web Content Access Services"
Stephen J. H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Norman W. Y. Shao, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
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"Self-Reconfiguration of Service-Based System for Service Level Agreements and Resource Optimization"
Ying Li, IBM China Research Laboratory, China
Kewei Sun, IBM China Research Laboratory, China
Jie Qiu, IBM China Research Laboratory, China
Ying Chen, IBM China Research Laboratory, China
In this paper, the authors propose an autonomic computing approach to the problem of reconfiguration, that is, enabling the service-based system to configure itself by means of a loop of monitoring, analyzing, planning and executing. This article begins by formalizing the definition of reconfiguration. Then, a description is given on how to implement the autonomic computing mechanisms for reconfiguring service-based systems to satisfy Service Level Agreements with minimal resource consumption. The approach is demonstrated on a resilient service provisioning environment. Finally, the preliminary experiments are evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
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"UML-Based Support for Designing and Validating Web Service Descriptions"
Juanjuan Jiang, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Tarja Systä, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
WSDL descriptions, often characterized as IDLs for Web services, are a key for Web service interoperability. Therefore, special care should be taken in designing WSDL descriptions. In this paper, the authors present an approach that provides UML-based support to design and validate WSDL descriptions. To promote Web service interoperability, WS-I organization provides a Basic Profile that defines clarifications, refinements, interpretations, and amplifications of Web service specifications, including WSDL. The article suggests UML-based profiles to define structural rules of WSDL documents as well as Basic Profile recommendations for WSDL descriptions. These profiles can be used to guide the user in designing correct and Basic-Profile-compliant WSDL descriptions and to check the validity of existing WSDL descriptions. A method and tools for such validity checking is proposed, and the applicability of the approach with case studies.
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Web Services are among the most important emerging technologies in the e-business, computer software and communication industries. The Web Services technologies will redefine the way that companies do business and exchange information in the twenty-first century. They will enhance business efficiency by enabling dynamic provisioning of resources from a pool of distributed resources. Due to the importance of the field, there is a significant amount of ongoing research in the areas. In a parallel effort, standardization organizations are actively developing standards for Web Services. The Web Services are creating what will become one of the most significant industries of the new century. The International Journal of Web Services Research is designed to be a valuable resource providing leading technologies, development, ideas, and trends to an international readership of researchers and engineers in the field of Web Services.
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Exclusive Interview – Marc Aeberhard – President & Managing Director, Luxury Hotel & Spa Management
Luxury travel and hospitality was more than ever under the spotlight at ITB Berlin 2018. At this year's ITB Berlin Convention, the session entitled, "Luxury Hotels: Secrets of the Hidden Luxury Phenomenon" underlined the fact that "bling bling is out". We met with session moderator, Marc Aeberhard – President & Managing Director, Luxury Hotel & Spa Management, at the new "Loop" zone in Hall 9, and asked him firstly to tell us more about his company, based in Zurich.
We open hotels, we manage hotels and we turn hotels around when they were in some kind of trouble. We restrict our new activity to small and tiny hotels but to the very highend and the top end; beyond starratings. We understand that the philosophy of luxury runs through a life cycle, just like a product, so you have an infancy stage, a growth stage, the maturation stage etc. Luxury today in the western world has moved beyond what one might call bling-bling. It's not the tangibles. Today, everybody can afford crystal glasses and everybody can afford a golden bath tub if they want so you do not distinguish yourselves by these things… It's beyond this. All the tangibles are the new standards, so what is new? It's about Aphrodite… It's about eternal youth… it's about living forever… and safety, in the sense of not being just shot on the road but also have a paparazzi free zone, living incognito, living without a mask, having the possibility of drinking water from the tap, fresh air. It's all about what money cannot buy. This is where the new definition of luxury starts, so this is where we are putting our company, and what we are focusing on. Our hotel projects very much take this as a basis, as a common ground, as a common denominator. It's a question of triple bottom-line – it has to be economically profitable, socially responsible, and it's ecologically sustainable.
Your presentation was one of the most successful ones at the show. Why so, do you think?
Luxury in general is something that attracts a lot of people, simply because we noticed there is a bit of confusion in the market, because we are changing the paradigm.
We attempted to give a broader understanding of what this new luxury is all about. Within these different new dimensions of luxury, we picked out the element of safety, and within safety, we spoke about "hidden" luxury. Hidden luxury is some kind of parallel universe, in which the rich and superrich want to move around. Take the Obamas and the Royal highnesses and so on, who would just like to be treated like normal people. They would like to have some fine time off, some quality time with their families and not be chased by Paparazzi and bodyguards and so on. This has become an enormous privilege for these kinds of people – to find these kinds of settings.
This year at ITB, you have based yourself at the "Loop", a new zone at the show which seems to have been very successful. Can you tell me a little bit more about this and how you are leveraging the loop towards your success?
The question is who moves the markets, and by experience, it is the top. If you want to move something, you have to start at the top. And what the Loop does is exactly that. We are trying to create a tool where the top of the trade meets in an environment that is comfortable for them. This is what Loop managed to do. It's a bit like a speed dating module. You have a central wheel with 10 booths where you have your slot every 15 minutes with a new contact. Outside that you have a more informal communication area with little tables and stools and so on so there is a very open kind of communication. However, the common ground is that people that come here all speak the same language!
Photo: Marc Aeberhard – President & Managing Director, Luxury Hotel & Spa Management


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Are you a KU Leuven alumnus living in New York City? Then KU Leuven is coming to you! On the evening of 25 October, a group of young alumni (22-35 years old) from KU Leuven will visit New York City and they would like to meet you and have a drink together. If you are an alumnus of KU Leuven and interested in joining us, please contact tour guide Katrien (click here) for further details! Hope to see you there!
Please not: registrations for this informal event by sending a mail to Katrien (click here)
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Daily Archives: July 13, 2008
Yoshi's Island 3 @ Crane Arts Gray Space
DoN LoVeS the Yoshi Island Video installation by Brian Franklin in the Gray Space's side room, a perfect execution of mutlimedia music and visuals filling the space with a futuristic soundtrack, all of the art in the rest of Golden Calf benefitted from the music. Created for Super Mario Brothers video game the music is 4 soundtracks playing simultaneously, simultaneous overlapping loops of bloopy tones creating a modern sound design installation with late 20th Century video game music repurposed into new art. As game technology advances and leaves artifacts behind, Franklin rescues the musical artifacts like a modern day monk saving information in illuminated manuscripts. The music stand with the score displayed elevates the piece to Wagnerian dramatic heights developing a sense of nostalgia for a time when video game technology was new.


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News Roundup: Student debt; Uber; and Airbnb
What we've been reading this week at InVigor:
- Federal government preparing to forgive billions of dollars in student loans to doctors and white-collar Americans under debt forgiveness law
- How to win an argument at Thanksgiving dinner like a trial lawyer
- Why Uber is not the future of work
- French couple sues Airbnb for copying their apartment
- Tesla recalls 90,000 sedans due to one European customer's seat belt issue
- Research shows that eating together can enhance performance. Looks like lunch is on the company!
Airbnb news roundup startup Tesla Uber


text: Lean IT Leadership Lean IT Leadership General Programme Pricing Lesson Planning Reviews Course details Type of training: Classroom Duration: 3 days Training costs: £ 1019 Register directly download brochure Our customer rating Trainer Kate Hamblin +44 0118 324 0620 Send an Email Contact Us This Lean IT Leadership Certification course is one of four courses included in the new Lean IT certification program defined by the Lean IT Association. The Lean IT Foundation level course is a mandatory requirement for all other levels within the certification scheme.What is "Lean Leadership"? It's a leadership model focused on cultural transformation enabling people to identify and deal with quality issues at the source or where work happens. The model teaches leaders about the importance of three core principles: Go See, Ask Why and Show Respect.This 3-day certification course teaches the approach of lean leadership, focused on inspiring, enabling and empowering the organization to continuously improve through the behavior of personal accountability and a view of value creation that includes all stakeholders in a value stream.The course provides you with the knowledge of how and why Lean Leadership is different than traditional hierarchical or command and control models. It focuses on the Lean principles such as "Gemba" (Go To Where The Work Happens) and "Jidoka" (Empowerment of the team member to "Stop The Line") to address quality issues as soon as they are discovered. Lean Leadership principles are critical to enabling an agile team which deals quickly and effectively with service and process improvement opportunities.Learning OutcomesDuring this intensive 3-day course, you will learn how to:Differentiate between traditional and lean leadership stylesUnderstand Cascading Communication "Hoshin Kanri" (ensure information is getting to the right levels)Establish vision, mission and improvement prioritization with all levels of stakeholdersEstablish and use lean teams and dealing with typical team dysfunctionsUse Leadership behaviors and role modelingApply Walking the process — Go to the GembaUse Lean Visual Management and Meeting StructureApply Employee Performance dialogue and review processesPlan and organise for a Lean IT OrganisationDevelop a holistic measurement frameworkPlan and design Lean organization transformational strategiesWho Should Attend?A Lean Leader is someone who is involved with leading or sponsoring a Lean improvement initiative at any level of the organisation and within any "department".This course is designed for IT practitioners interested in expanding their leadership, mentoring and team development skills based on the Lean principles developed through the "Toyota Way", including:Managers tasked with department level improvementsSenior IT LeadersLean project sponsorsProject ManagersAny role responsible for leading quality and continual service improvement initiatives.PrerequisitesFor this course you are required to have successfully attained your Lean IT Foundation Certificate. You will need to provide us with a copy of your certificate upon registration in order to be admitted into this course. To look at available dates for the Lean IT Foundation Certification.Qualification Lean IT Leadership Certification ExamMultiple choice60 questions per paper39 marks required to pass (out of 60 available) – 65%120 minutes durationOpen Book – Lean IT Leadership Official Publication only Read More Collapse Programme This lean certification is developed by the Lean IT Association (LITA). LITA is a non-profit organization and aims to provide a certification scheme aimed at practitioner organizations looking to adopt Lean IT principles in the IT Service development and operations department as well as professionals that want to be certified in Lean IT on various levels. For more information see http://www.leanitassociation.com/ Materials included with this course provide a very good overview of the concepts and principles, and adequately prepare attendees for the exam. For those seeking to expand further, we recommend the following publications and articles: Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation — Steven C. Bell, Michael A. Orzen Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide — Jeffrey K. Liker Examination requirements Multiple choice 60 questions per paper 39 marks required to pass (out of 60 available) – 65% 120 minutes duration Open Book – Lean IT Leadership Official Publication only Read More Collapse Cost & Packages Description Cost Training costs £1019 Packages All prices include lunch, coffee and tea. Price is excluding VAT. Lean IT Association logo is a registered trademark of the Lean IT Association LLC. All rights reserved. Course Planning Start date Type Day Location Pricing Register Timetable Read More Collapse Reviews


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(As part of my learning python in ArcGIS)
I used the simple clipping tool and then I paste the "Python snippet" (below) in the python window within ArCMap.
arcpy.Clip_analysis(in_features="RI_Sewers", clip_features="Providence", out_feature_class="C:/EsriTraining/PythEveryone10_1/PythonInArcGIS/RhodeIsland.gdb/Sewers", cluster_tolerance="")
But it doesn't execute when I press enter (once or twice). It just doesn't do anything, what am I missing? It shows no errors.
Would greatly appreciate any help!


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How do we feel when someone complains to us about something? Inspired, motivated, trusting, admiring?
Probably not. Most people are less likely to follow our lead after we complain to them.
Those of us who have some kind of leadership position find ourselves with more "legitimate" reasons to complain than anyone. We see more of the things that are broken, we deal with more difficult people, and we carry more of the stress of seeing something through to success.
But when we complain about a problem, we (at least for the moment, and at least in the eyes of onlookers) are surrendering our own power to fix that problem. A complaint is a desperate, frustrated attempt to get some help, somehow. It's not a good look for anyone, "leader" or not.
Complaints are far from inspiring for the people around us. And they generally doesn't yield the positive results we expect. But there's a deeper problem if we take complaints one step further, to blame.
When we vocally complain to someone following us about a problem and we expect them to fix it, we aren't just surrendering our responsibility as leaders. For better or worse (and whether or not we have a "right to complain"), we're surrendering our leadership to them when we complain to them.
Every complaint is one step toward complete abdication of personal responsibility, and personal responsibility is the only reason we're leading in the first place.
I'm not saying we shouldn't delegate work and responsibility to other people. I'm just saying that we shouldn't do it by means of complaint.
If we have leadership roles in something, we're probably going somewhere or doing something with a group of people. Maybe it's building a company. Maybe it's developing a spiritual community. Maybe it's starting a football league. In any case, the problem belongs to all of us. The key is to realize this – that we don't have to own the problem alone, and that we also can't put it on the back of someone else alone.
There are some easy things we can do to share responsibility without losing it.
We can be proactive in providing constructive feedback to the people following us. We can provide clear specifications, directions, ideas, inspiration, prodding, suggestions. We can give people what they need to take responsibility for the problems we all share.
We just have to give up complaints. They're not for us anymore.
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Brand Name : Godworker
Model Number : GW-1390
Certification : CCC.CE.FDA
Place of Origin : Jinan
MOQ : 1 set
Price : USD5500-19000/set
Payment Terms : T/T, Western Union, MoneyGram, Alibaba Trade Assurance
Supply Ability : 90 sets / month
Delivery Time : 7--22 working days
Packaging Details : Plywood case with steel frame
color : blue+ white / black +red / gray
laser power : 60W / 80W / 100W / 130W / 150W / 280W / 300W
steel : 0.1--3mm
acrylic : 0.1--35mm
precision : 0.015
warranty : 3 years
mirror lens : IIVI Brandgh fg
software : RDwork
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optional 2 : rotary device
optional3 : ballscrew + servo motor
optional 4 : smaller laser tube with head
1. High precision: Adopt Japan pansonice servo motor with PMI MSA-20R Linear Rail transmission greatly improve the response speed & cutting precision of equipment, extend the time of using.
2. Constant light system :The machine uses the constant light,achieving high precision cutting of the whole area.
3. High precision and stability: with precision TBI ballscrew & PMI Linear Rail transmission mechanism and optimized the Ruida RDC 6442G system control, it can meet the precision parts processing ,also can work for long hours.
4. Adopt Yongli-280W sealed CO2 laser tube, main consumable items are electric energy, water-cooling,auxiliary gas and laser light.
5. Sample structure,easy operation ,stable laser device and low maintenance cost.
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How Vloggers Are Changing the Face of Advertising – And Why it's A Good Thing
Video bloggers, or 'vloggers', are a relatively new trend in advertising and marketing, and people are nervous. We can see why. This is a young person's game, and the people in charge – the kids sitting in front of the camera, are not playing by 'business' rules as we've established them. No, they're playing by the rules of entertainment, of socialisation, and of peer support. They've taken the power of marketing away from the corporate suits and they're in no hurry to give it back. Who can blame them?
It's easy to be unnerved by this, especially as an established business owner. 'How can we utilise this?' you may be wondering. It's a fast-moving world, and it's only moving faster; trying to hop on this bandwagon will be as difficult as jumping on the joy-ride-high of 80's punk, or 50's rock and roll, or cave-man fire. It's happened. A movement is afoot. There is no 'jumping on and steering it yourself' now. So what to do, from a corporate viewpoint? Well, the best thing to do is simple – respect it.
These young, innovative entrepreneurs (because yes, they are business people, just like you!) are impressive. They've built themselves from the ground up, with little-to-no blueprint for what they're doing. They're the energisers, the idealist, the inventors. This means that no, they will not be calmed down and you can't talk them into old techniques. It may seem intuitive to try to fit vloggers into a similar box as TV advertising – this is a trap, though. With TV, you are lacking a direct audience engagement. Vloggers, on the other hand, directly interact with their audience. They respond in real-time to comments, they take suggestions, they argue. It is closer in similarities to the even-older olden days of someone standing on a soapbox on the corner of the street. This means that the power of the speech is not in the money, or flashiness, behind it. No, it's comes down to good old fashioned likability.
The worry here is, of course, that this makes advertising more insidious. Companies are pushing things to these vloggers; what's to say the vloggers aren't singing their praises just to keep the pay-check coming in? And for you, the business, where's your guarantee that they will sing your praises? There's no rules in this new online jungle. However, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, this actually gives advertising more integrity. Because these pools of followers have collected around the vloggers due to genuine, mutual interests, the vloggers know that it is not in their best interest to fake their opinions, or sell out in any way. They've developed a genuine relationship with their fans – and their fans can tell when they're being lied to.
It's not all doom and gloom though. Influencer Marketing is here! This essentially is where corporate types, like you, link up with vlogger types, and start to work together to promote your product or service. It has to be genuine though, else the vlogger and their fans simply won't buy into it (or you). But that's where a talented agency comes in; building strong relationships between a company and its 'Influencers' is at the core of any good Influencer Marketing strategy.
So, how does this help a business that is looking to advertise? Well, this all means that consumers are starting to trust advertising once again. Yes, you have to work a little harder to find a vlogger, a spokesperson, who genuinely believes in what you are producing, and you or your agency have to work endlessly to maintain and grow that relationship – but it's worth it. When you do, you also gain their band of followers, and those followers will be loyal, because this whole little industry is being built on one, special thing: authenticity. These are authentic people, with authentic likes and dislikes, and that makes the whole marketing business more authentic in return. That, now, is something to celebrate.


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Rommy was born and raised in New York and has lived around the world, in Berlin, Stockholm, San Francisco and more. He admits he lives a "privileged" life.
After taking a job at Microsoft in Vancouver, Rommy decided to move into Gastown, an area which reminds him of the vibrant, exciting atmosphere of Berlin, and has a "creative, self-starting energy."
He finds particularly interesting the dramatic contrast of young, affluent residents and the poor and the homeless.


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Gen. 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Before you take me the wrong way, I don't think God is a woman. I do believe there are some very beautiful feminine characteristics in our God, if not how could women have been created in His image.
Gen. 1:26-27 ¶ Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." ¶ So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
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In our first glimpse of God in the opening verses of Genesis, we see the interaction of the trinity. We see God the Father, we also see His word (the Lord Jesus), and their interaction with the Holy Spirit in creation. The Spirit is said to be hovering (râchaph
to brood; by implication to be relaxed: – flutter, move, shake)
This word hovering is the hebrew word for a mother bird incubating her eggs. This is a beautiful picture of the motherly aspects of the Spirit of God. A.B. Simpson spoke powerfully about this beautiful attribute of God.
"There is in the divine Trinity a personality corresponding to human relationships. Human fatherhood expresses a need which is met in God the Father. Human motherhood has its origin in the Holy Ghost. Human brotherhood, and the higher, closer fellowship of the husband and the bridegroom, are met in Christ, the Son of God, our Brother and our Bridegroom. We cannot reason out the divine Trinity, but God can make it real to our spiritual instincts.
There are times when the orphaned spirit feels the need of a mother's delicate and tender touch, and we think how mother once used to comfort and help us as no other friend could do. Then we need the mother heart of God. The Holy Ghost, the author of the mother's heart and the child's dependent love, is able to meet in us the deep need which has outgrown our infant years, and still looks up to God with its orphaned cry for love and sympathy."
Religion has tried to replace this need for nurturing with various female deities. There have been various claims to being the "mother of heaven", even some streams of Christianity have tried to deify saints to replace this longing in our souls for nurturing. Only the Holy Spirit can satisfy this craving of our soul. All of us need to be "mothered", it is a cry in our soul from the instant we are born. When we are introduced to Jesus Christ we are also introduced to the person of the Holy Spirit. Only the Holy Spirit can care for us and mend the scars of being orphaned in this world that so many of us carry. Today, allow the Lord to carry you in His arms, after all, some things only respond to a mother's touch.


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Having four distinct seasons is truly a gift, and usually nature's timing comes right around when we've had enough of the old and are ready for the new. There are so many things to look forward to this fall in Rochester, NY, here are my top picks:
Yes, I am one of those parents who eagerly awaits the first day of school. Our family had an amazing summer full of adventures and fun, but summer slacking time is over. I'm a girl who honestly prefers structure, routine and dedicated time for getting back to business.
If you're new to Rochester, this is the perfect time to meet new people and make friends through your children's school. One of my most memorable new friend encounters took place just outside school, where I complimented a mom on her funky rain boots, and she's still one of my favorite people today. Don't forget to smile!
In just six years, the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival has become one of the most successful fringe festivals in the nation. This year it takes place September 12th-22nd in downtown Rochester. The Rochester Fringe features over 500 unique and creative performances by musicians, dancers, comedians, visual artists, theater groups and more, many of which are free or at a nominal cost. Don't miss PUSH Physical Theatre, the Silent Disco and the Spiegeltent. There is truly something for everyone, kids included. For tickets go to rochesterfringe.com, call (585) 957-9837, go to the Box Office (corner of Main & Gibbs) or at the venue door one hour before the start of the show.
Some people may disagree, but this summer's weather was superb, especially after that extended season of frozen Narnia we had last winter. But now, I am really looking forward to the crisp fall air, foggy, chilly mornings and ample opportunities to layer on a snuggly sweater and boots to cozy up by the fire pit. Hope you can join me.
From the gentlemen who really know how to throw a party, Mark Siwiec and Duffy Palmer, this new downtown lounge will be the place to be. I can't wait to sink back into the leather couches and bid farewell to the lazy days of rosé with a bespoke old fashioned cocktail. Follow their 80W facebook page for updates and October launch news. 7 Lawrence Street, Rochester.
The greater Rochester area is home to so many wonderful orchards and farms where you can pick your own apples, drink apple cider, eat donuts, and purchase pies. NY Upstate has a list of the best places to go.
The epitome of fall is perfectly represented in the Northeastern U.S., and harvest season in Rochester brings us an abundance of classic fall items. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hayrides, grape stomping, scarecrows, and mums (Garden Factory has over 30 varieties). The Rochester's Kids Out and About website has the master guide to fun.
Now in its 9th year, Fashion Week Rochester highlights local designers, boutiques and businesses with themed runway shows and a boutique crawl. A fun way to discover unique local fashion, accessories and artists that you wouldn't find at the mall. I love that they don't take themselves too seriously, using real people from all walks, shapes, sizes and ages as the models. Best of all, the proceeds go to The Center for Youth's homeless programs. A great excuse for a girl's night out. Tickets go on sale September 5th, at fashionweekofrochester.org.
I am always amazed at the spectacular display of colors in the trees this season. This is one of the things I missed most when we lived in Miami. Just driving around town you can't miss the changes, but to fully indulge the eyes, take a foliage tour by boat on the Erie Canal, by trolley, by hot air balloon, or simply by walking in a local park or taking a tour in Mount Hope Cemetery. Another extensive list of places to savor Autumn is on one of my favorite websites http://daytrippingroc.com/autumn/.
I hope you get to take advantage of a few of these activities and events. It's hard not to have a deep appreciation for the abundance of nature, rich experiences and people our area is home to. Feel free to send me your ideas and suggestions at email@example.com.


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Learn fun facts and participate in activities and experiments inspired by the creations of Black inventors! Join us for this special program, "Spotlight on Black Inventors," on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4:30 p.m. The program and activities are appropriate for ages 5 and older. Explore and learn even more with these titles from DC Public Library:
You are warmly invited to attend the Southwest Book Discussion featuring The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Let us at Southwest Library set you up on a date...with a book!Come on by anytime between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28 to see if you can make a connection with any of our candidates. Just pick up a wrapped book, check it out, and see what happens! If it works out, great! If not...just bring it back, no hard feelings or awkward questions asked, and give it another shot!
You are cordially invited to attend the February drop in computer classes at Southwest Library from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Learn about a different computer-related topic each week. Feb. 4: Introduction to Personal Computers Feb.
DC Public Library will open at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
DC Public Library is closed Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to inclement weather.
It's time for our next Sunday movie matinee!On Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m., we'll be showing the film, based on a novel by Kathryn Stockett, that landed Octavia Spencer her Oscar.
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You are invited to attend the Kitchen Table Book Discussion at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25.


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This fall and spring (and for the next three years) I'll be meeting with seven other NYC playwrights sharing pages as part of the Dorothy Streslin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages.
An integral part of this initiative is our Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, which has been fostering the creation of new works by emerging playwrights for nearly 20 years. Throughout its history, the Group has helped launch the careers of over 40 writers and supported the creation of close to 150 new plays. Led by our artistic staff, the Group is composed of eight up-and-coming writers who participate in the program for a three-year cycle.
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By Macy Monte
I had a beautiful chocolate lab named Gingerbread Girl Monte, though everyone called her Ginger, beloved Ginger. She was beautiful, and she came camping with us. Ginger was my parents' first "baby," so when I came to life, she was there.
Her hairs on her face were graying, and her legs were weakening. And she got sick, very sick. But then she got better, and happy tears would trickle down our cheeks. Then, after she'd turned 13, she left us. This is that story.
Ah, the day before Thanksgiving. But no turkeys, cranberry sauce, or pies filled our brains. Sadness, saying good-bye, and Heaven took their place. We all knew our Ginger had to leave.
Heaven. A place many people have seen, though none able to tell a living soul. But what if it doesn't exist to dogs? What if she lives multiple lives? What if she already has? No one will ever know. Or at least be able to tell a living soul.
My mom had made cakes. Not with cake batter, though. A cake that was flat, circle-shaped, and had Ginger's paw print engraved in it. Even Ginger's nail was there. Mom had placed jars of paint in a semi-circle arrangement on our dining room table. Browns, reds, greens, oranges, blues, and many more. So we sat there and let our brushes swirl in the colors and slather them on the cakes. (Mom had to paint over Matthew's with brown and orange. Matthew requested she do it.) Mine was red and green. Christmas colors, now my favorite holiday. When we were all done, we waited for Madison. It took her forever, though it turned out to be the best one. Then it was time to say good-bye.
She lay on the ground, wondering why everyone was making such a big deal about a car trip. We were clinging to her, petting her, kissing her. When our tears rolled down our red cheeks, she licked them up like they were a tangy pear. We all saw her white and gray hairs on her face, like a younger version of Santa. Her back legs were bent at an odd angle, one that caused her pain. And then dad lifted her and brought her to the van after our good-byes. And Mom scurried after Dad and Ginger. And then they were gone. I'd never see Ginger again.
We popped in the disc to Inside Out and watched it glumly. I cried the whole time. When I finally stopped crying, I thought of her and burst into tears again. Just a vague thought of her burst me to tears. It still does. Then Mom and Dad came home. Both were in tears, and both smothered us with hugs and kisses. We just stood there, all six of us, but we didn't feel whole. A part of us was gone. The seventh was gone.
Ginger wasn't our first pet. We had two cats, Eppy and Fluffy. Fluffy was a boy, and he was extremely fluffy. He would come into my room at night and roll around on the floor. I would giggle, then full burst laugh when I saw his fur poof up like a pufferfish. Then he'd prance over and seemingly float up to my bed. His tail would tickle my nose, and I would sneeze up stray furs.
Eppy was a girl and was very shy and timid. She had short, black fur and penetrating eyes. She would only come out to see Madison, Mom, and Dad. The boys always scared her to death, so Eppy apparently expected the same from me. She and Fluffy would troop up the stairs like a two-man army to get to our rooms on the third floor. Then Fluffy and Eppy would turn the corner to my room. Fluffy would scamper up to my bed and soar up while Eppy scavenged through the jungle of my room. When she reached the end, Madi's door stood ajar, and she leapt through to her room. She strolled through the neat-as-a-pin room that belonged to my sister and stepped right into Madi's arms. They boosted her up to her bed, and they snuggled together.
But we had to donate them to a shelter when the boys came along. We were all so happy when the cats were here, then so mad and sad when they were gone. Pets don't last forever. But their memories do.
It's always so hard to say good-bye. When you know you'll never see them again, it makes it 10 times harder. But everyone has to say good-bye. When you are leaving a state or leaving a relative's house, it's hard. But knowing you'll never see them again, it makes you want to stay forever.
I still remember Ginger. But just dim memories. Her fur, scent, and look are slowly blurring away, disappearing. So I made a shrine. I placed four drawings, flowers, a photo, her collar, the painted cake, and a small cardboard puppy in my room.
I'm going to tell a story about a little girl who had to say good-bye. It starts like this: I had a beautiful chocolate lab…


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1. We're three days away from the French election, and Bank of America analysts say markets are "still underpricing risks". With no majority winner likely, it's just a run-off to decide the two candidates for a final vote in May. But the risk we're talking about is one of Le Pen victory, which could also be a proxy vote for a "Frexit". The polls are tight – Le Pen has 22.5% of the vote, with former investment banker Emmanuel Macron in the lead on 24%. Le Pen could probably expect some form of bump today, sadly due to the fact two police officers were killed in a shooting on the Champs-Elysees.
2. Here's one trader working up a sweat waiting on a stock market shock. Known as "50 Cent" due to his or her liking for contracts that cost roughly that much, investing in VIX calls – essentially betting on investor nervousness – has cost them $89 million. This year.
3. Markets got a little leg-up in the US overnight with treasury secretary Stephen Mnuchin saying forget about the healthcare mess, tax-cut reform plans were in the works and that tax legislation would be passed this year. But really, all eyes are on Monday morning's French election. Australian stocks nudged a little higher yesterday, driven by the banks, and June Futures point to a solid opening today. The Aussie dollar has crawled off the mat and iron ore futures ripped higher again.
4. We found out what Malcolm Turnbull's "Australian values" are. Turns out, they're exactly the same set of values – to the word – Australian pollies have been trotting out for decades. So if the values are the same, why does the citizenship test need to change? Here's what the PM had to say about that on ABC's 7.30 programme last night.
5. You're most likely only just finding out who Bill O'Reilly is. He's had a long career as a journalist, political commentator and host of Fox News, but will now be remembered as the guy fired over sexual harrassment allegations who will, according to sources at a rival channel, sign off with a $US25 million golden handshake. Add that to former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes' $US40 million golden handshake – over, you guessed it, sexual harrassment allegations – and justice, it seems, has lost its way a little:
$65M of the $85 Million in FOX harassment payouts is going to the men who were fired b/c of harassment allegations: https://t.co/heZakhxnLx
— Alex Wagner (@alexwagner) April 20, 2017
Contracts, huh?
6. US president Donald Trump's approval rating is starting to climb back up. It's gone from 35% to 43% in the past three weeks, coinciding with his new focus on
distractions bombing terrorists in the Middle East. But that could be short-lived, because Syria has moved its planes closer to Russian missile defences. Gah! What would Kid Rock do?
7. Russia, meanwhile, is thinking about beefing up its aircraft carrier stocks. Right now, it has only one, and it's not great. But a Russian website recently reported on plans to build "the biggest aircraft carrier in the world". It's already off to a great start, with the concept called "Shtorm".
8. The "Game of Thrones" theory bandwagon has rumbled into life, nearly three months out from the new series premiere. HBO just released a bunch of pics, and just about all of them have some clue about where the main characters are headed. We've done the guesswork for you.
9. After TPG emerged as Australia's next major mobile carrier last week, one independent telco claimed Telstra needn't be worried, it's Vodafone that will be killed off. Vodafone today broke its silence, claiming TPG can't build a decent mobile network for $600 million.
10. Juicero CEO Jeff Dunn would like people to know his $US400 wifi-enabled juicing machine is a revolution. Everyone else sees it as a $100 million funded plastic box that screams "tech bubble". It squeezes a glass of juice – out of $US4-$US7 bags that pretty much contain, well, juice. Wonderfully, Bloomberg journalists recently discovered they could squeeze just as much juice out of the bags with bare hands that don't need a wifi signal or a $US400 plastic vice. Today, we've got Dunn's reply on why you wouldn't ever do that.
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Vertical Features takes its name from Peter Greenaway's 1978 featurette Vertical Features Remake. A fictional documentary that also borrows from the language of structural film, Greenaway's experiment serves to trouble claims of authenticity and authorship, issues still relevant in the world of documentary and other non-fiction media, especially as it moves online and into the gallery.
The name Vertical Features serves to evoke the idea of work that exists adjacent—even perpendicular—to conventional cinema, works that risk oversight. The series hopes to promote vital non-fiction film and video that has had little or no Toronto exposure, including documentary, essay films, hybrid experiments, and artists' moving image, placing contemporary films in dialogue with historical rediscoveries. Supplemented by introductions and discussions with guest scholars, artists, and critics, Vertical Features serves to highlight and situate these exceptional works.
Vertical Features is a project by Jesse Cumming, Olivia Wong, and Dan Browne.
$7 General Admission | $5 Students/Underemployed
Unless noted, all screenings take place in:
Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L'an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l'art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
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Students will have me for Social Studies the whole year.
Supplies are usually less expensive when bought at the beginning of the
school year.
1 Binder (1' or 1.5")
Pencils (enough for 180 school days)
Pencil Pouch (may be used in other classes)
Looseleaf paper (3 hole)
Ear buds for 1/1 computers
Sleeve for laptop
Also, please provide 1 of the following for class use:
1 box of plastic sandwich bags
1 box of bandaids
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
1 container of disinfecting wipes
Failure to come to class with charged laptop, binder, and pencil will be dealt with as a discipline issue and may
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"Eggcessories" For the Big Green Eggby Cynthia on 10/25/12
"Versatility is the name of the game with a Big Green Egg. Perfectly prepare anything from a steakhouse style grilled steak to a tender brisket, turkey or a freshly baked loaf of bread. Vegetables, stews, casseroles – even pies and desserts are superb. You can literally cook an entire meal in one EGG!" – Big Green Egg, LIFE Style Magazine. V2.12. 2012
"EGGcessories" –
• Egg Nests – Raises the EGG to a comfortable cooking height and allows for easy mobility
• Egg Mates – Shelves for the sides of the EGG. Available in 100% Cedar wood or composite.
• Egg Tables – Made in the USA from cypress wood. Available in different lengths and styles for the XL, L, and M EGGs.
• The Plate Setter – No BGE is complete without one. The Plate Setter is used for indirect convection cooking by providing a barrier between the fire and the food. The Plate Setter is great for low & slow BBQ and baking. The design of the Plate Setter allows the heat to circulate evenly in the dome of the EGG, keeping the direct heat of the fire from reaching the food.
• The BBQ Guru DigiQ System – Automatically controls the internal temperature of the Big Green Egg.
• Vertical Turkey Roaster – Holds your turkey upright during cooking to produce the most flavorful and juiciest turkey you've ever tasted! Also available: Vertical Chicken Roaster, Sittin' Turkey(or Chicken) Ceramic Roaster and Folding Stainless Beer Can Chicken Roaster
• Grill Gripper – Makes lifting stainless and porcelain cooking grids easy and safe
• Ash Tool – The perfect tool to clean out the small amount of ash that collects at the bottom of the EGG. Fits perfectly in the draft door.
• Pizza/Baking Stone – a baking stone that allows you to bake a variety of recipes from pizzas to breads and desserts. The stone distributes heat evenly, and pulls moisture from the outer surface of the dough for a crunchy crust.
• Deep Dish Pizza/Baking Stone – The perfect complement to the pizza/baking stone. This deep dish cookware bakes pizzas, pies and quiches.
• Cast Iron Cooking Grids – Cast Iron has the benefit of superior heat conductivity producing the perfect sear.
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If you live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and would like to donate comics to the charity, there are several ways to do that…
* Drop them off at our monthly Meet & Gabs, or our other appearances
* Send them directly to ComicBooks for Kids. For more information, go to: www.comicbooksforkids.org/donate.
If you would like to make a monetary contribution, we suggest that you send it directly to ComicBooks for Kids. Go to www.comicbooksforkids.org/donate to find out more.
You can also purchase coloring books that features art from greats such as: John Bolton, Gary Gianni, Aaron Lopresti, Art Baltazar, Val Mayerik, Steve Rude, Shawn McManus, Stan Sakai, William Stout, Dan Parent, Rich Tommaso, the late Mike Wieringo, Topper Helmers, Jerry Bingham and more! All proceeds go to help ship comics to hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. For more information and how to purchase these coloring books, go to their eBay store. There's also a Comicbooks For Kids variant for the Doctor Who Christmas Special comic! Check out the link here and get your own copy today! SUCH a great cover!
JUST ADDED!!! A C2E2 2020 ComicBooks For Kids variant cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #102 with an previously unpublished art by co-creator Kevin Eastman!! How cool is THAT?? Please join us in giving these kids some joy and escapism in their lives. Thank you.


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Poll: Obama Leads; Interest In Debate High
With 40 days left until the election, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads GOP rival John McCain 47 percent to 42 percent among registered voters in a new CBS News/New York Times poll. The five-point difference mirrors the findings in a CBS/NYT poll last week. Likely voters also favor Obama by five points, 48 percent to 43 percent.
Three in ten registered voters say they are uncommitted to a candidate, up from 26 percent last week.
Interest in tomorrow's scheduled first presidential debate is high. Sixty-four percent of registered voters say they are "very likely" to watch the debate, which McCain has proposed delaying so that the candidates can focus on the financial crisis. Obama has said the debate should go on as planned. Less than one in ten registered voters say they are not likely to watch the debate.
The poll was conducted between Sept. 21st and Sept. 24th, largely before McCain proposed delaying the debate and announced that he was suspending his campaign.
Enthusiasm for both candidates has cooled, though Obama still holds a significant edge over his rival. Fifty-three percent of Obama supporters support the Democratic nominee enthusiastically, down eight points from last week. Thirty-six percent of McCain supporters back their candidate enthusiastically, a drop of 11 points from last week.
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The Presidential Race
The Economy
Foreign Policy
Obama leads McCain with women, moderates, Democrats, and younger voters. Sixty-one percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary back the Illinois senator, while one in four former Clinton supporters back McCain.
McCain has the edge with men, conservatives, and whites, including white men and white Catholics. The race is even among white women.
Independents now break to the GOP nominee 43 percent to 39 percent. This swing group has lived up to its name: Obama had a five point edge with Independents last week, while McCain was winning their support after the GOP convention.
Though Friday's debate is scheduled to focus on foreign policy, voters appear to be more interested in domestic economic issues. Asked what they hope to learn from the debate, 18 percent said they want to learn about the candidates' plans for the economy; just 4 percent cited the war in Iraq, and even fewer pointed to foreign policy more generally. The top issue cited, at 29 percent, was the all-encompassing "positions on the issues."
Nearly half of uncommitted voters say the debates will have a great deal of influence on their vote in November.
Perception Of The Candidates:
Registered voters are generally more confident in Obama when it comes to handling the economy and McCain when it comes to handling terrorism, though majority of voters are at least somewhat confident in either candidate's abilities to deal with the two issues.
Nonetheless, the poll results when it comes to the economy - overwhelmingly cited as voters' top concern - could portend trouble for the GOP nominee.
Forty-five percent of registered voters are "not confident" in McCain's ability to handle the economy. That's 11 points higher than the 34 percent who are "not confident" in Obama on the economy. Just 17 percent are "very confident" in McCain's ability to handle the economy, 12 points fewer than the 29 percent who are "very confident" in Obama.
McCain holds a clear edge when it comes to terrorism, however. Forty percent of registered voters are "very confident" that he would make the right decisions when it comes to terrorism, 12 points higher than Obama; just 23 percent are "not confident" in McCain on the issue, 14 points fewer than say the same of Obama.
Nearly two-in-three voters worry McCain would be too quick to use military force in dealing with other countries; a slightly higher percentage worry Obama would be too slow to use force.
A majority believe McCain cares more about protecting corporations, while 70 percent say Obama cares more about protecting ordinary people.
McCain is more widely seen as ready to be president, with 62 percent saying the GOP nominee is ready versus 46 percent for Obama. McCain is also seen as more likely to be an effective commander-in-chief.
Obama is more widely perceived as understanding voters' needs and problems - nearly 2 in 3 voters say Obama does so, versus about half for McCain - and as more likely to improve the U.S. image around the world.
Obama's favorable rating now stands at 43 percent, down two points from last week; his unfavorable rating stands at 30 percent, down five points. McCain's favorable rating has slipped six points since last week to 38 percent. His unfavorable rating stands at 35 percent.
Both Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continue to receive net overall positive ratings, though Palin is more familiar to voters. Biden's favorable rating is 33 percent, down 5 points from last week, while his unfavorable rating is 17 percent; half of those surveyed said they didn't know enough about Biden to have an opinion or were undecided.
Palin's favorable rating is 37 percent, a slight decline from last week, while her unfavorable rating is 29 percent.
Women are split on the Alaska governor, with 34 percent viewing her favorably, 33 percent unfavorably, and the remainder undecided or not sure. Thirty-eight percent of white women have a favorable opinion of Palin, while 45 percent of white women with a college degree have an unfavorable opinion of her.
The Economic Crisis:
Americans are divided about whether or not the government should provide assistance to Wall Street companies. Forty-two percent approve of the government's plan to give money to financial institutions to help them get out of the financial crisis, while 46 percent disapprove.
The sentiments cross party lines - 43 percent of Republicans approve, as do 41 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of independents. Americans making $75,000 or more are more likely to approve of the plan.
When told specifically that the Bush administration's plan would provide $700 billion to financial service companies that have made extensive bad investments, lost money and are in danger of going bankrupt, four in ten don't know enough about it to express an opinion. Among those with an opinion, views are more negative than positive. Just 16 percent think it's a good idea, while more than twice as many, 38 percent, think it's a bad idea.
Nearly half of those surveyed blame bad management by banks for the crisis, while 27 percent blame lack of government supervision and 17 percent blame a combination of the two. Republicans are more apt than Democrats to blame poor management instead of poor government oversight.
More then four in ten Americans think there is too little regulation of business, a figure that is higher than in previous CBS News Polls. Roughly two in ten say there is two much regulation, while 18 percent say there is the proper amount.
Even 34 percent of Republicans think the government regulates business too little these days.
A majority of Americans support a proposal, put forth by some Democrats, to help homeowners having trouble paying their mortgages as part of the government program to help Wall Street. Roughly one in three oppose such a proposal.
More than half of voters say that the economy and jobs are the issues that will be most important in deciding which candidate to support for president, up four points from ten days ago. Terrorism and national security is a distant second, at 11 percent, followed closely by gas prices and energy, health care and the war in Iraq.
Among voters who say the economy will be the most important issue in their vote, Obama has a nearly twenty percentage point lead over McCain.
Just 17 percent of Americans say the condition of the economy is even somewhat good; zero percent think it is very good. Nearly half say the economy is in very bad shape, the highest percentage ever in a CBS News Poll. Seventy percent of Americans say the economy is getting worse, while just 2 percent say it is improving.
Nearly half of homeowners claim to have been affected by falling house prices, and 48 percent of homeowners with mortgages are concerned about being able to pay their mortgages.
One in 5 Americans say that overall they are having trouble making ends meet, and just under half are just getting by.
Foreign Policy And The Campaign:
Americans are divided on their views about Iraq: Forty-six percent say things are going well there, while 51 percent say things are going badly. McCain voters are significantly more likely to view the situation in Iraq positively than Obama voters.
President George W. Bush's approval rating when it comes to foreign policy remains low. Just 26 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling foreign policy, while nearly two in three disapprove.
Fifty-eight percent of registered voters think McCain would generally continue the president's foreign policies. One in three say he would move in a different direction.
More Americans today volunteer Iran as a serious threat to the United States than any other country. Iran was cited by 21 percent of those surveyed, followed by China at 12 percent, Russia at 8 percent, and Iraq at 6 percent.
In April 2003, after U.S. forces seized Baghdad, Iran was chosen by virtually no one: The top country then was North Korea, cited by 39 percent, which in this survey was cited by just 4 percent of respondents.
Just one in ten Americans believes Iran requires military action now, however; sixty-one percent say the threat posed by the country can be contained with diplomacy.
Nearly three in four Americans say it is a good idea for the president to meet with leaders of unfriendly nations; 20 percent say it is a bad idea.
Only 15 percent of Americans believe the United States should try to change a dictatorship to a democracy when it can. A slim majority of those surveyed think the U.S. will be safer in the long run if it stays out of other countries' affairs in the Middle East.
Forty-four percent of Americans say the troop surge is making things better in Iraq, down 6 points from last week. Eleven percent say the surge is making things worse, while 33 percent say it is having no impact.
Majorities of Americans believe that the United States did not do the right thing by going to war with Iraq and that the Bush administration focused too much on Iraq over Afghanistan. Fifty-five percent of Americans believe things are now going badly in Afghanistan, while 31 percent believe things are going well. Assessment of how things are going for the U.S. in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically in the last seven years.


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From the seven seas to the "Kiez" – your event location right on the Reeperbahn
Ahoi St. Pauli // Reeperbahn 157 // 20359 Hamburg
If you are looking for a very special location for your event, with all the flair of maritime history, why not drop your anchor at the AHOI, in the heart of St. Pauli? Combining the allure of seafaring tradition with contemporary design, the attraction of this venue is not just its appearance, but its unique atmosphere.
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Host your own special corporate and private events for family, friends, clients or colleagues on the AHOI's rustic decks, and whether you are planning a conference, a kick-off, a birthday celebration or a wedding – from the AHOI you will enjoy an unbeatable view over the "Große Freiheit", the best-known street on the Reeperbahn.
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- At a distance from the cross
- (Matthew 27:55) - "And many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him."
- (Mark 15:40) - "And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome."
- (Luke 23:49) - "And all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee, were standing at a distance, seeing these things."
- Close to the cross
- (John 19:25) - "Therefore the soldiers did these things. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."
This is no contradiction at all. Quite simply, at one point in the crucifixion chronology, the women were standing at a distance, and then later they were standing closer. You can check the chronology at the Crucifixion Chronology page.
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Gautier is located along the Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the West Pascagoula River and winds through waterways and bayous. Gautier by land is located approximately 90 minutes west from New Orleans and 90 minutes east from the beaches in Florida. The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is a 395 acre park, managed by the city, located in northern Gautier. Going south, the city reaches all the way down to the southern tip of our state. Interstate 10 and Highway 90 both run horizontal through Gautier. This is a huge natural coastal resort community with stately homes, rural roads and historic landmark properties surrounded by bayous and wetlands on three sides offering eco-tourism at its finest.
There is plenty to do in the City of Gautier. Enjoy a boat ride down one of the historic scenic bi-ways with homes on the waterfront. Fuel up your boat by water at the only fueling marina in Jackson County, Mary Walker Marina. Take your pick from three restaurants on the water as a dining destination. Hike a wildlife refuge while learning and caring about Mississippi endangered species. If golf clubs are in your bag, choose from not one but two pristine championship golf courses. Dine at some of the best hidden foodie spots on the coast picking from fine dress or bayou bum. Spend time shopping at Belk, the only department store in Jackson County.
The incorporation of this coastal city happened in 1986 making the City of Gautier the youngest city on the Gulf Coast. "We are creating our young coastal cities identity by focusing on eco-tourism, natural amenities and original annual events," says April Havens, City of Gautier Grants & Projects Manger. More family fun is offered by the City of Gautier with outdoor activities such as tennis courts and a state of the art soccer complex.
The people who make up this community are excited about growth as a city, the opportunities of nature in their area and they are proud to share it. They stick together and embrace tourism. When asked what a tourist can expect when visiting Gautier, Councilman Casey Vaughan says, "During your visit, fill your days with activities in Gautier starting with a gourmet cup of coffee with pastries, to our unique nature themed splash pad at George Martin City Park, disc golf and archery range at Shepard State Park, a round of golf at Shell Landing or Hickory Hill Golf Course, a game of bowling at Spanish Trail Lanes, or a tour of the Singing River and our serene bayous by Eco-Tours of South Mississippi." People of Gautier hold some of the oldest names, land and wealth within the state of Mississippi. You would never know it simply because they embrace their natural surroundings and are genuinely kind people.


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How to Do a Self Driven Safari in Kurger National Park South Africa
When you go to South Africa's Kruger National Park, make sure you do your own self driven Safari! Why should you do your own self driven safari instead of joining a tour group? Because you want the freedom to move and drive at your own pace. Not to mention, driving in South Africa is fun … Read more